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17+ verk 357 medlemmar 2 recensioner

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Inkluderar namnen: Jack H. Hexter, J. H. ed Hexter

Verk av J. H. Hexter

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Födelsedag
1910
Avled
1996-12-08
Kön
male
Nationalitet
USA
Utbildning
University of Cincinnati
Harvard University (MA ∙ Ph.d)
Walnut Hills High School
Yrken
professor (university)
Kort biografi
Taught history at Queens College in New York (1939-1957), Yale University (1964-1978), and Washington University in St. Louis (?-1990?).

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A concise and perfectly-structured argument, combining close reading and biography in a memorable study of a Great Book. In Utopia, Hexter finds clues to More's personal ambivalence about the difficult decision he faced as a Christian humanist: whether to remain an independent (but impotent) social critic, or to enter the (possibly corrupting) service of Henry VIII. Apparently inspired by its time (the early fifties) and the dilemmas of the Cold War, this book feels like a genuine search for insights in one of the great political philosophers. I am withholding a fifth star only because I'm not qualified to judge it as scholarship, but I would highly recommend this to any lay reader looking for a provocative and playful and, again, very well argued little book about More's Utopia.… (mer)
 
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Verk
17
Även av
1
Medlemmar
357
Popularitet
#67,136
Betyg
3.9
Recensioner
2
ISBN
26

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