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From Dawn to Decadence
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life : 1500 to the Present | Jacques Barzun
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The product of the author's lifetime, this powerful narrative, insterrsperses the author's analysis of wars, philosophy, science, manners, sex, religion, morals, art, et al, from the Reformation to the present day, with biographical sketches of influential historical figures. His conclusion is that the decadence of the current age is merely a watershed for a new age in which Western culture will again flourish.
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PippoRanito
PippoRanito
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life : 1500 to the Present | Jacques Barzun
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One of the greatest historical surveys of western intellectual culture.

Barzun writes with the confidence of an outlaw and the learning of a sage. Contentious. Invoking. Empathetic. A very exciting historical romp through the minds of history's greats!

#history #philosophy #culture

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RusskayaChica
RusskayaChica
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life : 1500 to the Present | Jacques Barzun
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Huh. Never really thought about the shift in attitude toward antiquity over the course of the Renaissance. I imagine the Scientific Revolution had something to do with this.

Libby1 In the late 90s with all the talk of postmodernism I thought we'd move beyond the use of the term modern. This appears not to have happened. I know that I feel a great gap in my education around ancient texts and ideas. 8y
RusskayaChica @Libby1, I hear you about the gap. I've enjoyed teaching history of psych because I've had to go back and engage material from before the late 19th c...in some cases, way before! 8y
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RusskayaChica
RusskayaChica
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life : 1500 to the Present | Jacques Barzun
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Only 100 pages in, but Barzun's book seems to hold a lot of promise for illuminating the question of why Western culture is so unique. McDonald's paraphernalia included for irony :-p

Libby1 Hello, @RusskayaChica ! ❤️ 8y
RusskayaChica Hello, dear @Libby1! Thanks for the tipoff about Litsy :) 8y
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