{"product_id":"through-a-glass-darkly-blurred-images-of-cultural-tradition-and-modernity-over-distance-and-time-9789004115972","title":"Through a Glass, Darkly: Blurred Images of Cultural Tradition and Modernity over Distance and Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn today's European arts and sciences most of the time we see not only other, but also our own cultural traditions and the different forms of modernity like a dim image in a mirror. The question this book addresses is whether it is possible to get an almost face-to-face intimacy with various forms of cultural tradition and modernity by using our experiences and our powers of imagination, i.e. our expectations, in a more fruitful way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a Glass, Darkly: An Introductory Essay, Wil Arts  Beyond Melancholy and Before Utopia: Plea for a Boring World, Wolf Lepenies  Experience and Expectations of the East, Jack Goody  Global Expectations, Local Experiences. Non-Western Modernities, Nilüfer Göle  The Visual Arts Today. Experiences and Expectations, Hans Belting  Old Virtues and Vices as Icons of a New Morality, Harry Peeters  Pursuing the Spirit of the Laws: An Epilogue, Willem Witteveen","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210593558871,"sku":"9789004115972","price":66.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/through-a-glass-darkly-blurred-images-of-cultural-tradition-and-modernity-over-distance-and-time-9789004115972","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}