Nobility of spirit : a forgotten ideal / Rob Riemen ; translated by Marjolijn de Jager ; foreword by...
Nobility of spirit : a forgotten ideal / Rob Riemen ; translated by Marjolijn de Jager ; foreword by...
Nobility of spirit : a forgotten ideal / Rob Riemen ; translated by Marjolijn de Jager ; foreword by George Steiner.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
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N170/275
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Language
English
Dutch
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Physical Description
Physical content
xl, 116 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents
Foreword / George Steiner -- Prelude: Dinner at the River Cafe -- The Quest of Thomas Mann -- Untimely Conversations on Timely Questions -- Be Brave.
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2008.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Riemen insists that if we hope to move beyond the war on terror and create a life-affirming culture, we must address timeless but neglected questions: What is a good society? Why art? Why culture? What is the responsibility of intellectuals? Why anti-Americanism? Why nihilism? Why the cult of death of fundamentalists? In a series of three essays,...
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Nobility of spirit : a forgotten ideal / Rob Riemen ; translated by Marjolijn de Jager ; foreword by George Steiner.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-114)
Language note
Translated from the Dutch.
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Date Copyright
c2008.
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Call Numbers
N170/275
Record Identifier
74VMejVKw8eX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMejVKw8eX
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ISBN
9780300136906 (alk. paper)
DDC
170
MMS ID
991003138509702626
