Buy Holding Up a Mirror by Anne Glyn-Jones - Bookswagon
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Home > Society and Social Sciences > Sociology and anthropology > Anthropology > Social and cultural anthropology > Holding Up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline
Holding Up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline

Holding Up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



International Edition


X
About the Book

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.

Table of Contents:
Illusion and realtiy - does it matter which is which?; from metaphysics tp physics - from the 4th to the 6th century in Greece; Hellenistic pleasure and prosperity - the fourth to the second centuries; the Greek world disintegrates - the 1st and 2nd centuries; sententious to saucy - the Roman world, C3BC-C1AD; pity or fear? or brutalization? the rise and rise of the ampitheatre; the ascendancy of the senses; the fruits of materialism; paying the price - the 2nd and 3rd centuries; the shattering of the mirror - the 4th to 6th centuries; through a glass darkly - the 6th to 10th centuries; scholars and scientista - the 10th to 12th centuries; from mass to melodrama - C12-C15AD; post-reformation ambiguities - the 16th to mid-17th centuries; rights supplant rites - the mid-17th to late 18th centuries; technology triumphant - the 18th century; propriety and prosperity - the 19th century; secular certainties - the 20th century; art for art's sake; cause and effect; where the rainbow ends; straws in the wind.

Review :
"A visionary book. Painful yet true in its portrait of the present." -- Bryan Appleyard Sunday Times "A thoroughly researched and illuminating reinterpretation of 'The Crisis of Our Age'." -- Angela Ellis-Jones Times Literary Supplement "Her thesis is challenging and her examples abundant and abundantly interesting." -- Alan Massie Daily Telegraph "Glyn-Jones' intriguing book puts an entirely new gloss on the stereotyped picture of fanatical Islamic theocracy." -- Frank McLynn New Statesman and Society "Ann Glyn-Jones does us a great service." -- Tim Heydon Identity


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780907845607
  • Publisher: Imprint Academic
  • Publisher Imprint: Imprint Academic
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 652
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: How Civilizations Decline
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0907845606
  • Publisher Date: 10 Jan 2000
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 45 mm
  • Weight: 1074 gr


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Holding Up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline
Imprint Academic -
Holding Up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Holding Up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!