
The Future of Our Past
H. J. Blackham(Author)
Prometheus Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 1996
Book
Hardback
411 pages
978-1-57392-042-1 (ISBN)
Description
History has become focused on the future; the age of the information superhighway finds us always looking to the next horizon. But will there be a future for humanity? Considering the dire threats from environmental degradation, nuclear proliferation, and vicious ethnic rivalries, one may wonder what sort of future if any is in store for humankind. Eminent scholar H J Blackham tells us our future, the outcome of our history, has already been mapped out. If we want to know where we're going, we need to embrace where we've been. The Western world must take the time to understand, appreciate, and learn from its rich past in order to move toward its future."The Future of Our Past" is a powerful thematic essay that follows the course of Western history into the post-religious present in terms of cultural inheritance and legacy. Pagan Greece, Yahweh's Judea, and Christian Rome are the three universal models that shaped the past and continue to shape the present. From the Renaissance through the Enlightenment and on into the modern industrial period, the West has evolved in often tumultuous ways.
As science, politics, and economics grew and developed, they clashed with and finally broke away from the established religious viewpoint. What does the secular world offer us as a new vision of humanity? What, if any, hope can be found in the many upheavals in today's world? Blackham restores the idea that civilization is a precious inheritance of the past in which we all share. His valuable observations help us to appreciate our responsibility to preserve this legacy and pass it on to future generations.
As science, politics, and economics grew and developed, they clashed with and finally broke away from the established religious viewpoint. What does the secular world offer us as a new vision of humanity? What, if any, hope can be found in the many upheavals in today's world? Blackham restores the idea that civilization is a precious inheritance of the past in which we all share. His valuable observations help us to appreciate our responsibility to preserve this legacy and pass it on to future generations.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
721 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57392-042-1 (9781573920421)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
By H. J. Blackham