The House of Wisdom by Florence Parry Gilliland Heide
Arthur Kenneth Chesterton, cousin of G.K. Chesterton, grew up in South Africa where he developed his colonial outsider view of England and of the First World War. By the age of 21, Chesterton was an archetypal angry young man - ex-colonial, ex-officer with literary interests and accomplishments. As an increasingly disillusioned literary critic and newspaper editor, he created a world based on his reading of English literature - an idealized version of British society. The result was a cultural despair which sealed his acceptance of fascism in 1933. In this biography, David Baker examines the socio-psychological profile of A.K. Chesterton to help explain the nature of fascism. The author questions previous academic interpretations, suggesting that a definition of fascist ideology must be broadened to take account of its fatal attraction to those who might have remained self-assured members of a democratic society.Florence Heide, who was born in 1978, studied law at the University of Münster. The promotion came during her time as a research assistant at the Lehrstuhl für Bürgerliches Recht, Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht. She is currently employed as a lawyer.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780789425621 |
| ISBN 10 | 0789425629 |
| Title | The House of Wisdom |
| Author | Florence Parry Gilliland Heide |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
| Year published | 1999-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| Prizes | Winner of Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) (Recommended) 2000, Winner of Middle East Book Awards (Picture Book) 2000 |
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