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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811462303321

Autore

Scruton Roger

Titolo

Culture counts : faith and feeling in a world besieged / / Roger Scruton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Encounter Books, c2007

ISBN

1-282-48771-X

9786612487712

1-59403-278-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 p.)

Collana

Brief encounters

Disciplina

909/.09821

Soggetti

Christianity and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-111).

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- What is culture? -- Leisure, cult, and culture -- Knowledge and feeling -- The uses of criticism -- Teaching culture -- Culture wars -- Rays of hope.

Sommario/riassunto

Renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends Western culture against its internal critics and external enemies, and argues that rumours of its death are seriously exaggerated.