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The civilization of experience : a Whiteheadian theory of culture

Title
The civilization of experience : a Whiteheadian theory of culture / David L. Hall.
Author
Hall, David L.
Publication
  • New York : Fordham University Press, 1973.
  • ©1973

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Description
xv, 240 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The Orestes Brownson series on contemporary thought and affairs ; no. 8
Uniform Title
Orestes Brownson series on contemporary thought and affairs ; no. 8.
Subject
  • Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947
  • Whitehead, Alfred North
  • Culture
  • Culture > Origin
  • Social evolution
  • Cultural Evolution
  • Culture
  • culture note
  • Kultur
  • Begriff
  • Cultuur
  • Ervaring
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Methodology -- Speculative method -- Scientia universalis and Ontologia generalis -- Analogical generalization -- The primary analogate -- The aesthetic event -- The structure of experiencing -- Appearance and reality -- The aim of experience -- The speculative construction of a theory -- The concept of culture -- Societies and persons -- A definition of culture -- Cultural aims -- Art and civilization -- Adventure -- Peace -- Culture interests -- Cultural-interest theories -- Abstraction -- The value-interests -- Science and philosophy -- Peace and religion -- Three religious intuitions -- A genetic account of religion -- The religious insight -- Some implications of the theory -- Religion and the cultural problem -- The religious problem -- The cultural problem -- Religion, art, morality -- The cultural function of art -- Art and tragic beauty -- Morality and the control of process -- The secularization of morality -- Religion, science, philosophy -- The adventure of science -- The technological state of mind -- The burden of philosophy -- The fallacy of the perfect dictionary.
ISBN
  • 0823209601
  • 9780823209606
LCCN
72083493
OCLC
  • ocm00702835
  • 702835
  • SCSB-171137
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library