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Holding Up a Mirror: How Civilizations Decline

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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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  • Imprint Academic Brand
  • Dec 1, 1996 Pub Date:
  • 9780907845607 ISBN-13:
  • 0907845606 ISBN-10:
  • English Language
  • 9.02 in * 1.77 in * 5.98 in Dimensions:
  • 2 lb Weight: