Nevin Thomas R. Irving Babbitt: An Intellectual Study 9780807836293

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Автор: Nevin Thomas R.
Название: Irving Babbitt: An Intellectual Study
ISBN: 9780807836293
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Биографии: общее жизнеописание

Литературоведение: Общие вопросы

ISBN-10: 080783629X
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 205
Вес: 0.33 кг.
Дата издания: 30.06.2012
Серия: Biography
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: Black & white illustrations
Размер: 229 x 152 x 12
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Biography: general
Подзаголовок: An intellectual study
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Few men in Americas intellectual history have sought as much as Irving Babbitt to be a crucible for the cultural values that America, expecially in its progressive epoch, had no inclination to receive. Over sixty years after his death, Babbitt remains a figure of controversy. He retains his reputation as a reactionary defender of genteel morality and taste, yet, as Thomas Nevin reminds us, he continues to be a scholar of importance and an erudite, forceful teacher who influenced -- among others -- T. S. Eliot, Van Wyck Brooks, Walter Lippmann, Austin Warren, and David Riesman.Nevin argues that the tradition Babbit represented did not so much uphold class mores as it urged that literature embody and inculcate discipline. In this book-length study of Babbitts humanism, Nevin examines the controversial critics attacks on collegiate educational reform, his literary and aesthetic criticism, his political philosophy of an aristocratic democracy and his fusion of humanism with Buddhism. Included in each chapter are substantial portions of Babbitts unpublished correspondence with Paul Elmer More, letters that eloquently reveal points of agreement and difference between Babbitts humanism and the theism that More came to espouse.Although this study reflects the variety of Babbitts concerns, it concentrates on his major ideas: the need to maintain the dualism that is the legacy of the Western philosophical tradition, the imperative that critically sound standards of judgment be maintained in the individual and in society, and the affirmation of the human will against the reductive forces of materialistic ideologies. Humanism, as Babbitt defines it, opposes the ascendance of utilitarian science because the sciences, however legitimate in the area of phenomenal inquiry, as a secular faith supplant the traditional strength and appeal of cultural and religious standards. Literature itself under the influence of naturalism either reflects a mechanized, demoralized society or merely escapes aesthetically from its ugliness.With the reprinting of some of Babbitts writings, scholars may now reassess his thought. Irving Babbitt should renew interest in a major American thinker and vindicate many of his arguments that apply to the problems of our own day.Originally published in 1984.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Irving Babbitt: An Intellectual Study, Nevin Thomas R.