| Description |
xii, 306 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. Relevance of the humanities: Basic questions -- Some personal doubts -- Some reconsiderations -- 2. Uses and abuses of history: Seamy side of American history -- A long view of world history -- Uses of the future -- 3. A hard look at ethics: Moral dilemma -- Need of a new code -- Ethics in politics -- Ethics in business and technology -- American people -- 4. A new look at freedom: Basic issues -- State and the individual -- Society and the individual -- 5. Uses of science: Essential values and limitations of science -- Biological revolution -- Behavioral sciences -- 6. Uses of tragedy: Values of literature -- Relevance of high tragedy -- Interlude: Joseph Conrad's Nostromo -- A note on contemporary literature -- 7. Democracy in America: some reconsiderations: Alexis de Tocqueville -- Education of Henry Adams -- Pragmatism of William James -- Herbert Croly: the promise of American life -- Walter Lippmann -- 8. Portents of the counter culture: Springs of the counter culture -- New Left -- Revolt against rationalism -- Quest of community -- 9. An old liberal to the youth: Nature of liberalism -- Failings of American Liberals -- A preliminary consideration of alternatives -- In defense of the Liberal creed. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Modern -- 1950-
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Civilization, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
1950- |
| Subject |
United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
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United States. |
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
| Subject |
Science and the humanities.
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Science and the humanities. |
| ISBN |
0253141907 |
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9780253141903 |
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