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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823746403321

Titolo

Through a glass, darkly : blurred images of cultural tradition and modernity over distance and time / / by Wil Arts (ed.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, MA, : Brill, 2000

ISBN

1-280-46418-6

9786610464180

1-4175-4069-9

90-474-0032-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (115 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

ArtsWilhelmus Antonius <1946->

Disciplina

909.82

Soggetti

East and West

Civilization, Modern

Civilization, Modern - Philosophy

Civilization, Modern - 1950-

Civilization, Modern - 1950- - Philosophy

Cognition and culture

Social change

Culture conflict

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Contributions read at a conference held on the 26th of November 1998 at Tilburg University, Holland.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Through a Glass, Darkly: An Introductory Essay; Beyond Melancholy and Before Utopia: A Plea for a Boring World; Experience and Expectations of the East; Global Expectations, Local Experiences: Non-Western Modernities; The Visual Arts Today: Experiences and Expectations; Old Virtues and Vices as Icons of a New Morality; Pursuing the Spirit of the Laws: An Epilogue; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The question this text addresses is whether our images of cultural tradition and modernity in East and West, in past and present, are so blurred that we look at them as through a glass, darkly? The contributors argue for greater understanding and communication



between cultures.