Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe: Toward the Revival of Higher EducationYale University Press, 01.10.2008 - 286 Seiten 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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... Hero 35 chapter four Socrates and Jesus: Internalizing the Heroic 73 chapter five Paul: Universal Synthesis 105 PART TWO: EXPLORATIONS chapter six Augustine ChoosesJerusalem 127 chapter seven Dante, Rome (Athens), Jerusalem, and Amor ...
... Hero 35 chapter four Socrates and Jesus: Internalizing the Heroic 73 chapter five Paul: Universal Synthesis 105 PART TWO: EXPLORATIONS chapter six Augustine ChoosesJerusalem 127 chapter seven Dante, Rome (Athens), Jerusalem, and Amor ...
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... heroes as Achilles and Odysseus, put forward his universal hero of the intellect, Socrates. It is important here to stress that in Plato, Homer is always there, a named and unnamed presence, antagonist and inspirer. His dialogues are ...
... heroes as Achilles and Odysseus, put forward his universal hero of the intellect, Socrates. It is important here to stress that in Plato, Homer is always there, a named and unnamed presence, antagonist and inspirer. His dialogues are ...
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... hero ofJerusalem in its heroic phase. So far as chronology is concerned, we could start the narrative of Western civilization either with Homer's epics or with the Hebrew Bible. They are the primary documents. For the heroic phase of ...
... hero ofJerusalem in its heroic phase. So far as chronology is concerned, we could start the narrative of Western civilization either with Homer's epics or with the Hebrew Bible. They are the primary documents. For the heroic phase of ...
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... heroes and heroines of the Homeric poems, and for a moment forgot their flaws, one could construct a model of areté ... hero is both eloquent in speech and heroic in action. All the great figures in Homer strive for areté, even in the ...
... heroes and heroines of the Homeric poems, and for a moment forgot their flaws, one could construct a model of areté ... hero is both eloquent in speech and heroic in action. All the great figures in Homer strive for areté, even in the ...
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... hero has achieved cannot be known until his death. Surely great Hector lost in this competition when he fled from ... heroes but is striven for by animals and inanimate objects. It is latent in the speed and spirit of noble horses, in ...
... hero has achieved cannot be known until his death. Surely great Hector lost in this competition when he fled from ... heroes but is striven for by animals and inanimate objects. It is latent in the speed and spirit of noble horses, in ...
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Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe: Toward the Revival of Higher Education Jeffrey Peter Hart Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2001 |
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