Description:
This book provides a new and original approach to the Western tradition, its foundations and the implications that its particular development has for understanding the contemporary world.
Review Quotes:
"This a special book: it is one of those rare books that has a decent chance of being received as a "modern classic". It is beautifully written. It wears its deep scholarship lightly. Its discussions are evocative and memorable. Its approach is fresh and inventive. It exhibits a delightful manner of playful seriousness. It is succinct yet rich and nuanced."
Peter Murphy, co-editor of the Morality, Society and Culture book series