The Wreck of Western Culture by John Carroll
Humanism built Western civilisation as we know it today. Its achievements include the liberation of the individual, democracy, universal rights, and widespread prosperity and comfort. The author looks at the failure of the West's 500-year experiment with humanism, and its dire cultural consequences, that concludes with 11 September 2001.A passionate, imaginative, richly detailed interpretation of the spiritual history of the modern West'
* BookForum *'Features pugnacious prose, expository skillfulness, transgressive wisdom, and mental verve.'
* The Weekly Standard *
John Carroll is professor of sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne. His books include The Western Dreaming, Terror: a meditation on the meaning of September 11, The Existential Jesus, Ego and Soul: the modern west in search of meaning, and Greek Pilgrimage.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781922247766 |
| ISBN 10 | 1922247766 |
| Title | The Wreck of Western Culture |
| Author | John Carroll |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Scribe Publications |
| Year published | 2014-10-09 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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