In Search of Civilization: Remaking a Tarnished Idea

by John Armstrong

Book Overview

"A self-effacing, humane and unparanoid call to change our wealthy yet often barbaric world for the better." *

In this provocative cri de coeur, the philosopher John Armstrong rescues the idea of civilization from irrelevance and connects it to our search for individual happiness. "Civilization" once referred to a society's technological prowess, its political development, or its cultural achievement. In the modern era, however,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555975801
• ISBN13: 9781555975807
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.6"