The Past in Ruins: Tradition and the Critique of Modernity

by David Gross

Book Overview

What is the fate of tradition in the modern world? Once a vital source of social cohesion and continuity, many traditions in the West today seem to have been undermined or to have disappeared... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558497595
• ISBN13: 9781558497597
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"