Holding Up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline - Couverture souple

Glyn-Jones, Anne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0907845606 ISBN 13 : 9780907845607

Editeur : Imprint Academic, 2000

Synopsis

The good news is: that faith in material goods really does bring prosperity to society. The bad news is: that self-same commitment to material things leads inexorably to the destruction of the civilizations it builds. Using theatre as a measure society's health, this book shows that Ancient Greece and Rome, Mediaeval Christendom and our own contemporary society all follow the same pattern: prosperity thrives on the conviction that the material world alone constitutes true 'reality'; but that very conviction leads to a rejection of the supernatural, undermines absolute moral standards, and leads to cultural and social disintegration.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The good news is: that faith in material goods really does bring prosperity to society. The bad news is: that self-same commitment to material things leads inexorably to the destruction of the civilizations it builds. Using theatre as a measure society's health, this book shows that Ancient Greece and Rome, Mediaeval Christendom and our own contemporary society all follow the same pattern: prosperity thrives on the conviction that the material world alone constitutes true 'reality ; but that very conviction leads to a rejection of the supernatural, undermines absolute moral standards, and leads to cultural and social disintegration.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Imprint Academic
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0907845606
• ISBN 13: 9780907845607
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 652
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible