Crazy culture : the sins of civilization /
Heinegg, Peter.
Crazy culture : the sins of civilization / Peter Heinegg. - Lanham : University Press of America, [2012] - 1 online resource (xvi, 87 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
The Primal Sin -- The Sexist Sins -- The Religious Sins -- The Urban Sins -- The Sins of Technology -- The Economic Sins -- The Political Sins -- The Narcissistic Sins -- The Artistic Sins -- The Ludic Sins.
A series of broadsides against many widely held misconceptions in both academe and the general public, who is often seen clustering under the politically correct banner of multiculturalism. Heinegg confronts the notion that all culture-- especially that of non-westerners and oppressed minorities-- is somehow good in itself and that outsiders have no right to criticize or condemn any cultures except their own. He also challenges the view that the term "culture" applies primarily to a handful of masterpieces, as opposed to the great bulk of artistic products and folkways, and that the proper attitude toward the vast spectrum of culture, past and present, is sentimental admiration. Surveying both the history and ideology of cultural realms such as our treatment of animals, religion, sexual norms, politics, economics, urban life, the arts, and athletics, Heinegg deftly identifies and explains ubiquitous traces of cultural sins by humanity.
English.
9780761856849 0761856846 128336199X 9781283361996 9786613361998 6613361992
2021679060
2000 - 2099
Cultural relativism.
Culture.
Civilization, Modern--Philosophy.--21st century
Relativisme culturel.
Civilisation--Philosophie.--21e siècle
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Civilization, Modern--Philosophy
Cultural relativism
Culture
Kultur
Begriff
Kulturrelativismus
Kritik
Electronic books.
GN345.5
306
Crazy culture : the sins of civilization / Peter Heinegg. - Lanham : University Press of America, [2012] - 1 online resource (xvi, 87 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
The Primal Sin -- The Sexist Sins -- The Religious Sins -- The Urban Sins -- The Sins of Technology -- The Economic Sins -- The Political Sins -- The Narcissistic Sins -- The Artistic Sins -- The Ludic Sins.
A series of broadsides against many widely held misconceptions in both academe and the general public, who is often seen clustering under the politically correct banner of multiculturalism. Heinegg confronts the notion that all culture-- especially that of non-westerners and oppressed minorities-- is somehow good in itself and that outsiders have no right to criticize or condemn any cultures except their own. He also challenges the view that the term "culture" applies primarily to a handful of masterpieces, as opposed to the great bulk of artistic products and folkways, and that the proper attitude toward the vast spectrum of culture, past and present, is sentimental admiration. Surveying both the history and ideology of cultural realms such as our treatment of animals, religion, sexual norms, politics, economics, urban life, the arts, and athletics, Heinegg deftly identifies and explains ubiquitous traces of cultural sins by humanity.
English.
9780761856849 0761856846 128336199X 9781283361996 9786613361998 6613361992
2021679060
2000 - 2099
Cultural relativism.
Culture.
Civilization, Modern--Philosophy.--21st century
Relativisme culturel.
Civilisation--Philosophie.--21e siècle
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Civilization, Modern--Philosophy
Cultural relativism
Culture
Kultur
Begriff
Kulturrelativismus
Kritik
Electronic books.
GN345.5
306