The Narrative of the Occident
An Essay on Its Present State
Seiten
2009
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-57562-8 (ISBN)
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-57562-8 (ISBN)
Civilizations "narrate themselves" in order to establish legitimacy, succeed against others, portray their own merits to their best advantage. The results express societal dynamics, yet also have a retroactive effect and decisively influence the self-conceptions of the "initiating societies". Political philosophies, interpretations of history and social perceptions of artistic achievements all contribute to these narratives. The dignified components, however, are by no means the sole or even the most important ones. Distinction in material culture (technological proficiency, popular art forms, etc.) or economic adroitness are even more consequential. The occidental narrative has been badly vacillating lately. Its severe crisis - due in part to a lack of collective self-confidence, but also to disagreements between its main strands - merits a meticulous analysis of a multitude of criteria. The resulting critique is embedded in reflections on a general theory of narrativity.
The Author: Georg Schmid was born in Vienna and now lives in south-western France. He has taught at universities in the USA, in Paris and mainly at the University of Salzburg. Among his recent books is Profiling the American Detective (Frankfurt am Main 2004).
Contents : Narrativity - Western values - Collective identities - The truths of visual evidence - The "9/11" paradigm and the Muslim paradigm - Politics and rationality - Catastrophism - Economic basics - Scientific progress.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.3.2009 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 630 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Schlagworte | collective identities • Essay • Georg • Hardcover, Softcover / Geschichte • narrative • narrativity • Occident • present • Schmid • State • Western values |
| ISBN-10 | 3-631-57562-9 / 3631575629 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-631-57562-8 / 9783631575628 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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