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Holding Up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline

Holding Up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Anne Glyn-JonesPublish date:1996-12-01Pages:652
Language:EnglishPublisher:Imprint Academic (Ips)ISBN-13:9780907845607ISBN-10:907845606UPC:9780907845607Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:World, Civilization, Social HistorySize:9.22 x 6.26 x 1.44 inchesWeight:2.2619Product ID:SC07ZX1ZJ6

The good news is: that faith in material goods really does bring prosperity to society. The bad news is: that self-same commitment to material things leads inexorably to the destruction of the civilizations it builds. Using theatre as a measure society's health, this book shows that Ancient Greece and Rome, Mediaeval Christendom and our own contemporary society all follow the same pattern: prosperity thrives on the conviction that the material world alone constitutes true 'reality'; but that very conviction leads to a rejection of the supernatural, undermines absolute moral standards, and leads to cultural and social disintegration.


Language:EnglishPublisher:Imprint Academic (Ips)ISBN-13:9780907845607ISBN-10:907845606UPC:9780907845607Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:World, Civilization, Social HistorySize:9.22 x 6.26 x 1.44 inchesWeight:2.2619Product ID:SC07ZX1ZJ6
Publisher: Imprint Academic (Ips)

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Anne Glyn-Jones

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