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The Long View: The Second Religiousness in the 21st Century

This is a seminal essay that John wrote for a presentation at the annual conference of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul in Minnesota, USA in 2005. He synthesizes many of his ideas into a broader prediction of

The Long View: Anatomy of Criticism

The Long View: Anatomy of Criticism

As a believer that great works of synthesis are the characteristic work of our age, I support this kind of book. Anatomy of Criticism By Northrop Frye Foreword by Harold Bloom Princeton University Press, 1957 (Paperback 1990) 383 Pages, $17.95 ISBN 0691069999 A review of this book really should

The Long View: Religion and Governance: A Response

I can't find fault with John's notion that future has a tendency to turn out otherwise than expected. Religion and Governance: A Response by John J. Reilly This comment is in reply to the paper, "Religion and Governance," produced by Harlan Cleveland and Marc

The Long View: The Lucifer Principle

This is a rare book I read before John recommended it. I think this is a worthy summary. The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History by Howard Bloom The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995 466 pp., $24.00 ISBN 0-87113-532-9 If, like the present reviewer, you are

Linkfest 2017-04-28

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The Long View: Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years

Prior to 1500, the idea that Northwestern Europe and its disapora would come to dominate the world would have seemed pretty strange. One can make a case that this is a temporary state of affairs. All of the ancient seats of civilization were in other places, and had been for

The Long View: The Coming World Civilization

The most interesting idea to come out of this book by William Ernest Hocking is the 'unlosables', those aspects of a culture that persist even when the society that created them falls into decay. It the unlosables that we speak of when we refer to the Greek or