Attitudes Toward History, Third Edition: With a New AfterwordUniversity of California Press, 5. juuni 1984 - 434 pages This book marks Kenneth Burke’s breakthrough in criticism from the literary and aesthetic into social theory and the philosophy of history. In this volume we find Burke’s first entry into what he calls his theory of Dramatism; and here also is an important section on the nature of ritual. |
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... Imagery , 273 ; Legality , 291 ; Lexicological , 293 ; Neo- Malthusian Principle , 298 ; Opportunism , 306 ; Perspective by Incongruity , 308 ; Problem of Evil , 314 ; Repossess the World , 314 ; Rituals of Rebirth , 317 ; Salvation ...
... Imagery , 273 ; Legality , 291 ; Lexicological , 293 ; Neo- Malthusian Principle , 298 ; Opportunism , 306 ; Perspective by Incongruity , 308 ; Problem of Evil , 314 ; Repossess the World , 314 ; Rituals of Rebirth , 317 ; Salvation ...
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Contents
WILLIAM JAMES WHITMAN AND EMERSON | 3 |
POETIC CATEGORIES | 34 |
THE DESTINY OF ACCEPTANCE FRAMES | 92 |
CONCLUSION | 106 |
MEDIAEVAL SYNTHESIS | 124 |
PROTESTANT TRANSITION | 135 |
NAIVE CAPITALISM | 142 |
EMERGENT COLLECTIVISM | 159 |
COMIC CORRECTIVES | 166 |
GENERAL NATURE OF RITUAL | 179 |
DICTIONARY OF PIVOTAL TERMS | 216 |
CONCLUSION | 339 |
AFTERWORD TO SECOND EDITION | 345 |
THE SEVEN OFFICES | 353 |
ATTITUDES TOWARD HISTORY | 377 |
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