{"product_id":"four-cultures-of-the-west-9780674014985","title":"Four Cultures of the West","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe workings of Western intelligence in our day--whether in politics or the arts  in the humanities or the church--are as troubling as they are mysterious  leading to the questions: Where are we going? What in the world were we thinking? By exploring the history of four \"cultures\" so deeply embedded in Western history that we rarely see their instrumental role in politics  religion  education  and the arts  this timely book provides a broad framework for addressing these questions in a fresh way. The cultures considered here originated in the ancient world  took on Christian forms  and manifest themselves today in more secular ways. These are  as John W. OMalley identifies them: the prophetic culture that proclaims the need for radical change in the structures of society (represented by  for example  Jeremiah  Martin Luther  and Martin Luther King  Jr.); the academic culture that seeks instead to understand those structures (Aristotle  Aquinas  the modern university); the humanistic culture that addresses fundamental human issues and works for the common good of society (Cicero  Erasmus  and Eleanor Roosevelt); and the culture of art and performance that celebrates the mystery of the human condition (Phidias  Michelangelo  Balanchine). By showing how these cultures  as modes of activity and discourse in which Western intelligence has manifested itself through the centuries and continues to do so  OMalley produces an essay that especially through the history of Christianity brilliantly illuminates the larger history of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646899740725,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674014987","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674014985.jpg?v=1781680862","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/four-cultures-of-the-west-9780674014985","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}