Description:
Out of print for decades, this lucid and realistic survey of a total civilization is once again available to readers in a new Angelico Press edition.
Brief description: JOHN LUKACS was born in Budapest in 1924 and came to the United States in 1946. Until his retirement he taught history at Chestnut Hill College near Philadelphia. He also held visiting professorships at Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, and the University of Pennsylvania. A prolific writer, Lukacs's best-known works include The Duel, Five Days in London, The End of the Twentieth Century and the End of the Modern Age, A Thread of Years, and Historical Consciousness.
Review Quotes:
"An admirable achievement. Lukacs's style is especially enjoyable." -ROBERT LILIENFELD, The Nation
"Mr. Lukacs is that rare being, an absolute first-rate historian who can write with both detachment and brilliance about history as a form of thought, a part of culture, a distinctive mode of Western consciousness." -ROBERT A. NISBET
"A series of brief essays that deftly and pungently dissect the ills of contemporary society.... Mr. Lukacs is especially adept at shattering idols and at demolishing shibboleths. The ideas expounded by the author are provocative, challenging, and controversial." -JULES DAVIDS, World Affairs