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THE ROMANTIC SYNDROME
TOWARD A NEW METHOD IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND HISTORY OF IDEAS |
| By: |
W. T. Jones |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£69.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9401504121 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789401504126 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1961 |
| Edition: |
1961 ed. |
| Series: |
International Scholars Forum 14 |
| Pages: |
255 |
| Synopsis: |
In this age of specialism philosophers, like other specialists, tend to take in each other's washing. Here, perhaps imprudently, I attempt to break out of this pattern. Though I am by profes- sion a philosopher, I am addressing primarily, not other philo- sophers, but cultural anthropologists, sociologists, historians of ideas, and literary and art critics. Thus, while there are chapters in this book on metaphysics and political theory, I do not ask, "Is the doctrine in question true?" - which is the kind of ques- tion a philosopher might be expected to raise. Instead I ask, "What can we learn from this doctrine about the personality structure of the individual who framed it and about the charac- teristic drives of the society in which he lived?"My reasons for asking and for trying to answer this kind of question, instead of the usual philosophical question, are as follows: Though the material products of culture and the overt behavior patterns of societies have long been objects of scientific study, the most characteristic products of high cultures - artistic productions like poems and paintings and theoretical structures like metaphysical and scientific theory - have not as readily yielded to exact description and analysis. Not, of course, that there is not a very extensive discussion of these matters. But most of it is carried on in terms that are regrettably vague. |
| Illustrations: |
21 black & white illustrations, biography |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
Springer |
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Non-returnable |
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