In Search of Civilization
Remaking a Tarnished Idea
“A self-effacing, humane and unparanoid call to change our wealthy yet often barbaric world for the better.” * In this provocative cri de coeur, the philosopher John Armstrong rescues the idea of civilization from irrelevance and connects it to our search for individual happiness. “Civilization” once referred to a society’s technological prowess, its political development, or its cultural achievement. In the modern era, however, the word became burdened by the legacy of colonialism and connotations of elitism. For it to have value once again, according to Armstrong, we must understand that a society balances material prosperity with spiritual…
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- ISBN: 978-1-55597-027-7
- EAN: 9781555970277
- Produktnummer: 27842926
- Verlag: Graywolf Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'828 KB
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John Armstrong
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