| Author: | Jean-François Augoyard | ISBN: | 9780773580664 |
| Publisher: | McGill-Queen's University Press | Publication: | April 5, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jean-François Augoyard |
| ISBN: | 9780773580664 |
| Publisher: | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Publication: | April 5, 2006 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
While acknowledging the significant gains modernity and post-modernity offer Western civilization in the areas of liberty and knowledge Schmitz sees in their arguments a superficiality that does not "bite to the bone." In The Recovery of Wonder he proposes we approach the world as a gift in order to regain the sense of wonder Shakespeare so eloquently recognized.
While acknowledging the significant gains modernity and post-modernity offer Western civilization in the areas of liberty and knowledge Schmitz sees in their arguments a superficiality that does not "bite to the bone." In The Recovery of Wonder he proposes we approach the world as a gift in order to regain the sense of wonder Shakespeare so eloquently recognized.
