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Lädt ... The age of Utopia : Christendom from the renaissance to the Russian Revolution (2021. Auflage)von John Strickland
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"Continuing the epic of Christendom told in earlier volumes, the author explains how, between the Italian Renaissance of the fourteenth century and the Russian Revolution of the twentieth, secular humanism displaced Christianity to become the source of modern culture. The result was some of the most illustrious music, science, philosophy, and literature ever produced. But the cultural reorientation from paradise to utopia-from an experience of the kingdom of heaven to one bound exclusively by this world-all but eradicated the traditional culture of the West, leaving it at the beginning of the twentieth century without roots in anything transcendent"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I have—as yet—not read the previous two volumes in this series (Age of Paradise and Age of Division). However, I have been a faithful subscriber to Fr. Strickland’s podcast “Paradise and Utopia” on Ancient Faith Radio. I certainly believe that reading the previous two volumes would greatly enhance my enjoyment and understanding of this one—and I will certainly be reading them at some point in the future. Nevertheless, I believe this volume is not difficult to understand on its own. I am very familiar with late antiquity and medieval history and somewhat familiar with the history covered in the current volume. Even so, I was surprised by the connections the author was able to make between culture (philosophy, literature, fine arts) and politics (statecraft, wars, revolutions).
I am sure that mean readers will be familiar with some of the artists and authors from their high school or college classes. This book places them in these individuals and works into their proper context, giving them a greater meaning and the reader a better understanding of the texts. I found the section on Romanticism, covering the poets, musicians, artists and their works, to be especially interesting as the philosophy of Romanticism seemed so bereft of any certitude of the transcendent. The tragedy of these lives seems aptly appropriate given the zeitgeist of the current age.
I highly recommend this history to anyone who is interested in a deeper understanding of the several utopian-motivated movements of the modern era. I look forward to reading the previous two volumes and the projected fourth volume. ( )