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Since the publication of The Modern Temper thirty years ago, Joseph Wood Krutch has maintained and enhanced his distinguished place in American letters. Now, for the first time since the publication of The Measure of Man-which won the National Book Award as the most important work of nonfiction in 1954 Dr. Krutch has written a book about his central concern, the nature of man and society. In HUMAN NATURE AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, he contributes a searching commentary on American life today. This book focuses on concepts familiar to all of us. and, characteristically. Dr. Krutch probes them in highly original and concrete fashion. Sympathetic and incorruptible, he writes about such vital contemporary problems as prosperity and the cult of the "high standard of living" (how synonymous is with the "good life"?): the problem of the threatened loss of our belief in the dignity of man; the peculiar nature of American materialism; the question of more "leisure" for whom and for what; and the meaning of the welfare state. The Measure of Man was a defense of the reality of human choice and will against HUMAN NATURE AND THE HUMAN CONDITION upholds the validity of value judgments against Relativism, which Dr. Krutch considers the great "religion" of our time. His thesis is that good and evil, the beautiful and the ugly are not merely relative to a particular culture-the "prejudices of a given society"-but have meaning in relation to a permanent human nature. In developing this theme, Joseph Wood Krutch reveals himself as a modern humanist who brings alive the enduring principles of humanity.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. (PVG Personality). This 12 song collection includes the hit single "In Love With a Girl," plus many more, including: Next to Me * Cheated on Me * Young Love * We Belong Together * and more. The author of the influential The Modern Temper over thirty years ago, and the recent winner of the NBA award with The Measure of Man, Dr. Krutch has maintained and extended his consistently distinguished position as an American man of letters- and opinion. His new book, intended as a companion volume to The Measure of Man, further sustains his brilliant exposition of the humanist point of view. Dr. Krutch examines the subversion, corruption and dehumanization of Man under the pressures of conformism, overpopulation, materialism, and every sort of hidden persuasion to be less than his best. Science and technology and psychology have replaced the truly proper studies of Man - which is, of course, Man himself. We need a return to the humanities, and unless this occurs, man will continue to be pliable and frustrated. Right now we buy what we don't need to impress people who don't care in a world dangerously full of hungry, politically discontented people. We have been sold- and oversold- until we don't know what we want, how to get it, or who we are at all to begin with. Along the way Dr. Krutch has his say on status symbols, organization men, the Johnnies who can't read, management - - and he recapitulates effort-lessly, succinctly, the field mined by Jacques Barzun, Vance Packard and W.L. White-with a little of David Riesman. His contemplative study is a little of all of these, but it is distinctly his own- pervaded with his abiding faith in the survival and triumph of Man. For those who bought The House of Intellect and probably some of those who liked The Status Seekers, it should be an important book and widely reviewed. (Kirkus Reviews) This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780313210105
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