عنوان

The betrayal of the West /

شابک

0816493383

شابک

9780816493388

شماره

b712510

عنوان اصلي

The betrayal of the West /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Jacques Ellul ; translated by Matthew J. O'Connell.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Seabury Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

[1978]

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

c1978.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

ix, 207 pages ;

ابعاد

22 cm.

عنوان فروست

A Continuum book

متن يادداشت

Translation of Trahison de l'Occident.

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references.

متن يادداشت

Guilty, not guilty -- Defense of western man -- Mystery of the west -- The truly poor -- The shipwreck of the left -- The betrayal of reason and history: the utopist, the geometer and the technician -- The betrayal of the individual: the executioner -- The betrayal of love and freedom: the grand inquisitor -- Epilogue: those whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes mad.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

Jacques Ellul is primarily known for his insightful critiques of Western culture. His recent books describe the "new demons" let loose upon the contemporary world by the double-edged achievements of science and industry. But he asserts in this latest book, the critics have gone too far. The West is the victim of a betrayal--that of its own children. Its intellectuals, most notably those of the Left, are necessarily that products of a civilized society. Yet they so loudly reproach this civilization for the atrocities and the destruction of rich local culture which have accompanied its growth that we are deaf to the reasoned voice which proclaims our debts to this Western tradition. When Ellul acknowledges the validity of many of these accusations, in The Betrayal Of The West he points out that they are not peculiar to the West, that they are indeed inherent in the growth of any civilization. And Ellul, as an historian, is a lover of civilization. He especially emphasizes the importance of the legacy of our own civilization. We are indebted to the West for our concepts of freedom, equality, and above all, the idea of the individual. In his words, "The West represents values for which there is no substitute. The West is a past, a difference, a shared history, and a shared human project ... The end of the West today would mean the end of any possible civilization." The Betrayal of the West explores the need for defense as well as critique of our culture. It explains the origins of the contradiction at the heart of Western Civilization and traces the course of this dialectic in three supreme chapters constructed around metaphors which correspond to the promise, the challenge, and, ultimately, the failure of the political left in Western societies.

عنوان

Betrayal of the West.

عنوان قراردادي

Trahison de l'Occident.

زبان(وقتي جزئي از عنوان قراردادي باشد)

English

موضوع مستند نشده

Civilization, Modern-- 1950-

موضوع مستند نشده

Civilization, Western.

موضوع مستند نشده

Civilization, Modern.

موضوع مستند نشده

Civilization, Western.

موضوع مستند نشده

Civilization.

موضوع مستند نشده

Historia Moderna.

موضوع مستند نشده

Modern civilization.

موضوع مستند نشده

Western civilization.

موضوع مستند نشده

Civilization.

موضوع مستند نشده

Modern civilization.

موضوع مستند نشده

Western civilization.

شماره

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Ellul, Jacques,1912-1994

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

O'Connell, Matthew J.

تاريخ عمليات

20201208030148.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y