A World Grown Strange: A Summons to Teachers of Literature
The calamities of our dystopian time tempt teachers of literature either to a stiff defense of traditional Western civilization or else to a flaccid acceptance of post-modernist relativism. This essay argues that both strategies are mistaken. Since for post-modernists no tradition can be definitive,...
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2021
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2021, Volume: 70, Issue: 3, Pages: 224-230 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CF Christianity and Science CH Christianity and Society |
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Postmodernism
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