Western Library Thought Translation Series (First Series) · Classical, Romantic, Modern

Author: [USA] Jacques Barzun
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Re-examining the romanticism buried beneath uncritically accepted habitual thinking, this book challenges textbook clichés with solid historical facts and rigorous analysis. With the courage to swim against the tide, it exposes the sensationalist fads of the academic world. Readers can see in this book the stance and attitude a cultural historian should truly have, and clearly understand the responsibility of any knowledge disseminator or revealer towards truth, as well as the meaning of their own existence. This book is less a defense of romanticism and more a powerful reminder of the "hypocrisy of knowledge," with unintentional credulity and the spread of misinformation being the most easily made mistakes.