{"product_id":"wretched-aristotle-using-the-past-to-rescue-the-future-9780739140079","title":"Wretched Aristotle: Using the Past to Rescue the Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jude P. Dougherty\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout eighty-five years ago, philosophers and literary intellectuals as diverse as Edmund Husserl, George Santayana, and Paul Val�ry, aware of the declining influence of Christianity, spoke of \"the crisis of Western civilization.\" \u003ci\u003eIn Wretched Aristotle: Using the Past to Rescue the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, Jude P. Dougherty offers an intriguing reexamination of this crisis in contemporary times. Situating his argument in the context of ongoing debate concerning the nature of the public philosophy that underpins ideas of freedom, Dougherty identifies the essential features of Western culture through a series of interrelated essays. Each essay reinforces the idea that modernity cannot be understood apart from its break with classical antiquity. \u003ci\u003eWretched Aristotle\u003c\/i\u003e offers a refreshing historical approach to this issue that will make it appealing to those interested in the mutual influence of science and culture and the role of religion in culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47576331288727,"sku":"9780739140079","price":6366.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780739140079.webp?v=1774900500","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/wretched-aristotle-using-the-past-to-rescue-the-future-9780739140079","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}