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"Santayana portrays aspects of American character with an astonishing vividness and pungency which has often been imitated but not equalled by later writers."--[London] Times Literary Supplement. George Santayana probably did more than anyone except Alexis de Tocqueville to shape the critical view of American culture. The great philosopher and writer coined the phrase "genteel tradition," introducing it to a California audience in 1911. The phrase caught fire, giving a name to the culture of the republic. Santayana's address appears in this collection of influential essays about the country he lived in from 1872 to 1912. Because he remained European in spirit, the Spaniard brought a sharp detachment to his observations. He points out the American split between thought and action, theory and practice, the traditional and the modern, the arts and business, the high-brow and the popular. He also examines the excessive moralism in national life, which baffles Europeans. These nine essays touch on American idealism and materialism and American endeavor, sacred and profane. Also the editor of Jefferson's Literary Commonplace Book, Douglas L. Wilson is Lawrence Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Knox College. Robert Dawidoff, a professor of history at Claremont Graduate School, is the author of The Genteel Tradition and the Sacred Rage: High Culture vs. Democracy in Adams, James, and Santayana

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Humanities Philosophy History of Western philosophy

• Plný název: Genteel Tradition
• Podnázev: Nine Essays by George Santayana
• Autor: George Santayana
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 201
• EAN: 9780803292512
• ISBN: 0803292511
• ID: 04924704
• Nakladatelství: University of Nebraska Press
• Hmotnost: 255 g
• Rozměry: 200 × 133 × 12 mm
• Datum vydání: 01. May 1998

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