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International Standard Book Number  

9781400839421 (electronic bk.)

International Standard Book Number  

1400839424 (electronic bk.)

International Standard Book Number  

9780691124131

International Standard Book Number  

0691124132

Library of Congress Call Number  

CB251-.R85 2011eb

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

909/.09821-22

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Ruiz, Teofilo F. , 1943-

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2011

Physical Description  

1 online resource (xvii, 178 p) : ill.

General Note  

Includes index.

Bibliography, Etc. Note  

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note  

완전내용The terror of history -- Religion and the world to come -- The world of matter and the senses -- The lure of beauty and knowledge.

Summary, Etc.  

요약This book reflects on Western humanity's efforts to escape from history and its terrors--from the existential condition and natural disasters to the endless succession of wars and other man-made catastrophes. Drawing on historical episodes ranging from antiquity to the recent past, and combining them with literary examples and personal reflections, Teofilo Ruiz explores the embrace of religious experiences, the pursuit of worldly success and pleasures, and the quest for beauty and knowledge as three primary responses to the individual and collective nightmares of history. The result is a profo.

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Civilization, Western

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Uncertainty Social aspects History

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Terror Social aspects History

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Disasters Social aspects History

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Adjustment (Psychology) History

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History

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Geography

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HISTORY World.

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PHILOSOPHY / General.

Additional Physical Form Entry  

Print versionRuiz, Teofilo F., 1943- Terror of history. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2011 9780691124131 (DLC) 2011011127 (OCoLC)149281819

Electronic Location and Access  

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