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The wreck of Western culture : humanism revisited by John Carroll is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The wreck of Western culture : humanism revisited about?
“Features pugnacious prose, expository skillfulness, transgressive wisdom, and mental verve.” —The Weekly Standard “A passionate, imaginative, richly detailed interpretation of the spiritual history of the modern West.” —BookForum Australian sociologist John Carroll turns received wisdom on its head in this brilliant, provocative, and sweeping book. Humanism is commonly credited with building Western civilization as we know it—bringing about democracy, universal rights, and prosperity. But Carroll argues that “the great five-hundred year Humanist experiment to found an entirely secular culture on earth” has been an abject failure.
Who reads The wreck of Western culture : humanism revisited?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Carroll
- Publisher
- Isi Books
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781933859699
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Social Science, History
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