From Dawn to Decadence

From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life : 1500 to the Present | Jacques Barzun

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One of the greatest historical surveys of western intellectual culture.

Barzun writes with the confidence of an outlaw and the learning of a sage. Contentious. Invoking. Empathetic. A very exciting historical romp through the minds of history's greats!

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RusskayaChica

From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life : 1500 to the Present | Jacques Barzun

Huh. Never really thought about the shift in attitude toward antiquity over the course of the Renaissance. I imagine the Scientific Revolution had something to do with this.

Libby1 In the late 90s with all the talk of postmodernism I thought we'd move beyond the use of the term modern. This appears not to have happened. I know that I feel a great gap in my education around ancient texts and ideas. 8y

RusskayaChica @Libby1, I hear you about the gap. I've enjoyed teaching history of psych because I've had to go back and engage material from before the late 19th c...in some cases, way before! 8y

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RusskayaChica

From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life : 1500 to the Present | Jacques Barzun

Only 100 pages in, but Barzun's book seems to hold a lot of promise for illuminating the question of why Western culture is so unique. McDonald's paraphernalia included for irony :-p

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