Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe: Toward the Revival of Higher EducationYale University Press, 01 հոկ, 2008 թ. - 286 էջ Although the essential books of Western civilization are no longer central in our courses or in our thoughts, they retain their ability to energize us intellectually, says Jeffrey Hart in this powerful book. He now presents a guide to some of these literary works, tracing the main currents of Western culture for all who wish to understand the roots of their civilization and the basis for its achievements. Hart focuses on the productive tension between the classical and biblical strains in our civilization, between a life based on cognition and one based on faith and piety. He begins with the Iliad and Exodus, linking Achilles and Moses as Bronze Age heroic figures. Closely analysing texts and illuminating them in unexpected ways, he moves on to Socrates and Jesus, who internalized the heroic, continues with Paul and Augustine and their Christian synthesis, addresses Dante, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Moliere, and Voltaire, and concludes with the novel as represented by Crime and Punishment and The Great Gatsby. Hart maintains that the dialectical tensions suggested by this survey account for the restlessness and singular achievements of the West and that the essential books can provide the substance and energy currently missed by both students and educated readers. |
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... Athens and Jerusalem 3 chapter two Athens: The Heroic Phase 14 chapter three Moses as Epic Hero 35 chapter four Socrates and Jesus: Internalizing the Heroic 73 chapter five Paul: Universal Synthesis 105 PART TWO: EXPLORATIONS chapter ...
... Athens and Jerusalem 3 chapter two Athens: The Heroic Phase 14 chapter three Moses as Epic Hero 35 chapter four Socrates and Jesus: Internalizing the Heroic 73 chapter five Paul: Universal Synthesis 105 PART TWO: EXPLORATIONS chapter ...
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... , the one that goes furthest, I think, in covering the facts, has been called ''Athens and Jerusalem.'' As used in this way those two nouns refer simultaneously to two cities and to two goals of the human mind. x Preface.
... , the one that goes furthest, I think, in covering the facts, has been called ''Athens and Jerusalem.'' As used in this way those two nouns refer simultaneously to two cities and to two goals of the human mind. x Preface.
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... Athens and Jerusalem. The interaction between Athens and Jerusalem has been a dynamic one, characterized by tension, attempted synthesis, and outright conflict. It has been this dynamic relation that is distinctive in Western ...
... Athens and Jerusalem. The interaction between Athens and Jerusalem has been a dynamic one, characterized by tension, attempted synthesis, and outright conflict. It has been this dynamic relation that is distinctive in Western ...
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Toward the Revival of Higher Education Jeffrey Hart. p a r t 1 The Great Narrative chapter one Athens and Jerusalem In this chapter we will PART ONE: THE GREAT NARRATIVE.
Toward the Revival of Higher Education Jeffrey Hart. p a r t 1 The Great Narrative chapter one Athens and Jerusalem In this chapter we will PART ONE: THE GREAT NARRATIVE.
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Toward the Revival of Higher Education Jeffrey Hart. chapter one. Athens. and. Jerusalem. In this chapter we will be considering the creative tension that arises between Athens and Jerusalem and the fundamental importance of that tension ...
Toward the Revival of Higher Education Jeffrey Hart. chapter one. Athens. and. Jerusalem. In this chapter we will be considering the creative tension that arises between Athens and Jerusalem and the fundamental importance of that tension ...
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