Isbn: 9780907845607 - holding up a mirror: how civilizations decline (5 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The good news is: that faith in material goods really does bring prosperity to society. The bad news is: that self-same commitment to material things leads inexorably to the destruction of the civilizations it builds. Using theatre as a measure society's health, this book shows that Ancient Greece and Rome, Mediaeval Christendom and our own contemporary society all follow the same pattern: prosperity thrives on the conviction that the material world alone constitutes true 'reality'; but that very conviction leads to a rejection of the supernatural, undermines absolute moral standards, and leads to cultural and social disintegration. …

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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Using theatre as a measure society s health, this book shows that Ancient Greece and Rome, Medieval Christendom and our own contemporary society all follow the same pattern: prosperity thrives on the conviction that the material world alone constitutes true.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Holding Up a Mirror | How Civilizations Decline | Anne Glyn-Jones | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 1996 | Imprint Academic | EAN 9780907845607 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…