| Wretched Aristotle: Using the Past to Rescue the Future Contributor(s): Dougherty, Jude P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739140078 ISBN-13: 9780739140079 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $57.41 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 909.098 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 246 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: About eighty-five years ago, philosophers and literary intellectuals as diverse as Edmund Husserl, George Santayana, and Paul ValZry, aware of the declining influence of Christianity, spoke of 'the crisis of Western civilization.' In Wretched Aristotle: Using the Past to Rescue the Future, Jude P. Dougherty offers an intriguing reexamination of this crisis in contemporary times. Situating his argument in the context of ongoing debate concerning the nature of the public philosophy that underpins ideas of freedom, Dougherty identifies the essential features of Western culture through a series of interrelated essays. Each essay reinforces the idea that modernity cannot be understood apart from its break with classical antiquity. Wretched Aristotle offers a refreshing historical approach to this issue that will make it appealing to those interested in the mutual influence of science and culture and the role of religion in culture. |
