Crazy Culture
The Sins of Civilization- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2012
Summary
Crazy Culture is a series of broadsides against many widely held misconceptions in both academe and the general public, who is often seen clustering under the politically correct banner of multiculturalism. Heinegg confronts the notion that all culture—especially that of non-westerners and oppressed minorities—is somehow good in itself and that outsiders have no right to criticize or condemn any cultures except their own. He also challenges the view that the term “culture” applies primarily to a handful of masterpieces, as opposed to the great bulk of artistic products and folkways, and that the proper attitude toward the vast spectrum of culture, past and present, is sentimental admiration. Surveying both the history and ideology of cultural realms such as our treatment of animals, religion, sexual norms, politics, economics, urban life, the arts, and athletics, Heinegg deftly identifies and explains ubiquitous traces of cultural sins by humanity.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2012
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7618-5683-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7618-5684-9
- Publisher
- Hamilton Books, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 88
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Prelude No access
- Introduction No access
- Chapter One. The Primal Sin No access Pages 1 - 8
- Chapter Two. The Sexist Sins No access Pages 9 - 16
- Chapter Three. The Religious Sins No access Pages 17 - 27
- Chapter Four. The Urban Sins No access Pages 28 - 35
- Chapter Five. The Sins of Technology No access Pages 36 - 43
- Chapter Six. The Economic Sins No access Pages 44 - 50
- Chapter Seven. The Political Sins No access Pages 51 - 59
- Chapter Eight. The Narcissistic Sins No access Pages 60 - 67
- Chapter Nine. The Artistic Sins No access Pages 68 - 74
- Chapter Ten. The Ludic Sins No access Pages 75 - 80
- Conclusion No access Pages 81 - 88





