Michael S. Rose

Gebundenes Buch

The Art of Being Human: What "Old Books" Can Tell Us (And Warn Us) About Living in the 21st Century

Beschreibung

Fake news, genetic engineering, designer babies, Big Pharma, incipient totalitarian rule, the destruction of books, transhumanism, the desire to play God, and the serial misuse of the word "science"-it may sound a lot like America in the 2020s, but these politically charged modern concerns have been probed deeply in classic fiction by a host of prescient authors over the past two centuries. The Art of Being Human draws some much-needed attention to the impact great literature can and does have, especially in the realm of the cautionary tale, in considering how we might learn from the past in order to inform our present decisions and plan for the future, all the while maintaining our humanity amid a dehumanizing world.

Autor

MICHAEL S. ROSE is author of several previous books, including Goodbye Good Men, Ugly As Sin, and Benedict XVI: The Man Who Was Ratzinger. He holds degrees in Architecture (Cincinnati), Literary Arts (Brown), and Education (Xavier), as well as the Certificate of School Management and Leadership from Harvard Business School. From 2005 to 2021 he served as Book Editor and Associate Editor for New Oxford Review, in which some of these essays appeared in slightly different form as a part of his monthly "Literature Matters" column. He also taught literature, composition, journalism, and rhetoric at the college and high school levels before assuming his current position as Headmaster of Cincinnati Classical Academy. He is married with five children and lives in Cincinnati.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Angelico Press
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 353g
• ISBN-13: 9781621388968
• ISBN-10: 1621388964
• Artikelnr.: 66828052