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Autore |
O'Malley John W |
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Titolo |
Four cultures of the West / / John W. O'Malley |
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Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London : , : Belknap, , 2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-674-26632-3 |
0-674-04169-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Civilization, Western |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2004. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction Athens and Jerusalem -- Culture one Prophecy and Reform -- Culture two The Academy and the Professions -- Culture three Poetry, Rhetoric, and the Common Good -- Culture four Art and Performance -- Epilogue The Book of Our Experience -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The workings of Western intelligence in our day - whether in politics or the arts, in the humanities or the church - are as troubling as they are mysterious, leading to the questions: where are we going? What in the world were we thinking? This text provides a broad framework for addressing these questions. |
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