Good Order: Right Answers to Contemporary Questions

Language: English

Published by A Touchstone Book / Simon & Schuster, New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore, 1995

067188235X / 9780671882358

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297 pp. '1' in number line. Following the Editor's Introduction, "Foolish Virgins", Contents divided into 5 Parts, 14 Essays: Part I: THE SPIRITUAL ORDER (I.1) G.K. Chesterton, "The Eternal Revolution"; (I.2) Richard John Newhouse, ""The Vulnerability fo the Naked Square"; (I.3) Peter Kreeft, "Are There Any Moral Absolutes?: FindingBlack and White in a World of Grays"; Part II: THE SOCIAL ORDER (II.1) James Q. Wilson and George Kelling, "Character and Community: The Problem of Broken Windows"; (II.2) Myron Magnet, "The Hole in the Theory"; (II.3)Carol Iannone, "The Feminist Perversion"; Part III: THE ECONOMIC ORDER (III.1) Richard M. Weaver, "The Last Metaphysical Right"; (III.2) George Gilder, "The Kinetic Economy"; Part IV: THE POLITICAL ORDER (IV.1) Charles Murray, "Little Platoons"; (IV.2) Russell Kirk, "The Original-Intent Controversy"; (IV.3) George F. Will, The Revival of Classical Republicanism"; Part V: THE CULTURAL ORDER (V.1) Thomas Sowell, "Assorted Dogmas"; (V.2) Allan Bloom, "Sex and Separateness"; POSTSCRIPT [Quotation from Albert Jay Nock, "Snoring as a Fine Art," in The Atlantic Monthly (November, 1938), p. 289; Contributors to GOOD ORDER, pp. 291-293; Acknowledgments, pp. 295-296; About the Editor, p. 297. Glossy illustrated wrappers, with thin line purple borders, and with Title lettering in large black letters superimposed over pixelated portrait (detail) of "conservative" man's chin with upper chest in white shirt, gray suit and dark necktie, American Flag pin on suit lapel; Subtitle red or black letters in column on left side top third front cover; Contributor names in small red letters across bottom front cover. Inside covers age-toned; text pages and book edges uniformly, lightly, age-toned; remainder mark on bottom edge emanating from spine: describes worse than it is. but there you have it. Essentially, appears UNREAD: Tight spine (NO cracks); sharp corners; (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear, NO previous owner names. Clean text. The way to read a Classic Anthology with distinguished contributors.…

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Title
Good Order: Right Answers to Contemporary Questions
Author
Miner, Brad, Editor / Contributors: Brad Miner, G.K. Chesterton, Richard John Neuhaus, Peter Kreeft, James Q. Wilson, George Kelling, Myron Magnet, Carol Iannone, Richard M. Weaver,George Gilder, Charles Murray, Russell Kirk, George F. Will, Thomas Sowell, Allan Bloom
Publisher
A Touchstone Book / Simon & Schuster, New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore
Publication year
1995
Condition
Fine
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
067188235X
ISBN 13
9780671882358
Edition
1st Edition
Printing
1st Printing
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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