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portada Holding up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Year
1996
Language
English
Pages
652
Format
Paperback
ISBN
0907845606
ISBN13
9780907845607
Edition No.
2

Holding up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline (in English)

Anne Glyn-Jones (Author) · Imprint Academic · Paperback

Holding up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline (in English) - Anne Glyn-Jones

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Synopsis "Holding up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline (in English)"

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.

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