Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.12.1972
Verlag
LSU PressSeitenzahl
308
Maße (L/B/H)
21,6/14/1,8 cm
Gewicht
437 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-8071-2489-5
A decade and more has passed since the first publication of Still Rebels, Still Yankees. During that time the book has become recognized as a classic affirmation of the necessity of tradition in conserving cultural order.
Donald Davidson, a major figure in the Agrarian Movement, summed up the intent of the work this way: "The general theme that binds the essays--no matter what their specific subjects--is the conflict between tradition and anti-tradition that characterizes modern society, with tradition viewed as the living continuum that makes society and civilization possible and anti-tradition as the disintegrative principle that destroys society and civilization in the name of science and progress. The South, which has suffered most in its devoted defense of tradition, naturally offers me examples for consideration; but this is not a book about the South as such. It is as near as I can come, in essay form, to defining what I would conceive to be the true American position." In a brilliant and graceful style, Davidson pursues his theme in a rich variety of subjects: poetry, myth, and folklore; and in the complex rivalries between nation and region, the free citizen and the Leviathan state, the values of religion and the facts of science. Order, sanity, and fullness of life are cornerstones of the tradition against which he appraises writers like Hardy and John Gould Fletcher, the historiography of Toynbee, and the social reporting of W. J. Cash.Noch keine Bewertungen vorhanden
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