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- catalog abstract ""Is everything possible and nothing true? According to Roger Kimball, this belief, with its "mixture of gullibility and cynicism," characterizes much of our modern culture. Thus his new collection of essays, Experiments Against Reality, is "largely a chronicle of spiritual disillusionment." No one who is seriously concerned with the fate of out culture can afford to ignore it."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11927545.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Is everything possible and nothing true? According to Roger Kimball, this belief, with its "mixture of gullibility and cynicism," characterizes much of our modern culture. Thus his new collection of essays, Experiments Against Reality, is "largely a chronicle of spiritual disillusionment." No one who is seriously concerned with the fate of out culture can afford to ignore it."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Art v. aestheticism : the case of Walter Pater -- The importance of T.E. Hulme -- A craving for reality : T.S. Eliot today -- Wallace Stevens : metaphysical claims adjuster -- The permanent Auden -- The first half of Muriel Spark -- The qualities of Robert Musil -- James Fitzjames Stephen v. John Stuart Mill -- The legacy of Friedrich Nietzsche -- The world according to Sartre -- The perversions of Michel Foucault -- The anguishes of E.M. Cioran -- The trivialization of outrage -- "The two cultures" today -- Francis Fukuyama and the end of history -- Josef Pieper : leisure and its discontents.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 359 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Experiments against reality.".
- catalog identifier "1566633354 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Experiments against reality.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : I.R. Dee,".
- catalog relation "Experiments against reality.".
- catalog subject "190 21".
- catalog subject "B791 .K53 2000".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Modern.".
- catalog subject "Philosophy and civilization.".
- catalog subject "Philosophy, Modern.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Art v. aestheticism : the case of Walter Pater -- The importance of T.E. Hulme -- A craving for reality : T.S. Eliot today -- Wallace Stevens : metaphysical claims adjuster -- The permanent Auden -- The first half of Muriel Spark -- The qualities of Robert Musil -- James Fitzjames Stephen v. John Stuart Mill -- The legacy of Friedrich Nietzsche -- The world according to Sartre -- The perversions of Michel Foucault -- The anguishes of E.M. Cioran -- The trivialization of outrage -- "The two cultures" today -- Francis Fukuyama and the end of history -- Josef Pieper : leisure and its discontents.".
- catalog title "Experiments against reality : the fate of culture in the postmodern age / Roger Kimball.".
- catalog type "text".