Conspicuous criticism
Subtitle: tradition, the individual, and culture in modern American social thought
By: Christopher Shannon
Edition: Rev. ed., [New ed.]
Publisher: University of Scranton Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Scranton [PA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Social sciences -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Social scientists -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Americanists -- History -- 20th century; Intellectuals -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Individualism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Culture -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Study and teaching -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Social conditions
Description: Conspicuous Criticism is a ringing defense of the need for religion and tradition in contemporary society. Writing with moral passion and critical verve, Christopher Shannon offers a convincing indictment of the forces that isolate the individual in modern capitalist society and counters more than a century of efforts by modern intellectuals{u00AD} to displace tradition in favor of a humanism that actually diminishes humanity in the name of freeing its potential. Featuring in-depth analyses of the works of John Dewey, Thorstein Veblen, C. Wright Mills, and others, Conspicuous Criticism is a call to reinstate traditional relations to God, nature, and the common good. Scholars in fields from American studies to intellectual history will be forced to grapple with Shannon{u2019}s trenchant critique, which is well on its way to becoming a classic of Christian thought.
Notes: Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-221) and index