Download or read book Arnold J Toynbee A Life written by William H. McNeill and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989-04-20 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most remarkable thinkers of this century, Arnold Toynbee won world-wide recognition as the author of the monumental ten-volume A Study of History. Its publication and phenomenal success brought him fame and the highest praise, as the reading public proclaimed him the most renowned scholar in the world. This thought-provoking, engaging study of Toynbee, written by one of today's most eminent historians, weaves together Toynee's intellectual accomplishments and the personal difficulties of his private life. Providing both an intimate portrait of a leading thinker and a judicious evaluation of his work and his legacy for the the study of history, William H. McNeill offers both a biography and a commentary on how to write and understand history. Along with an illuminating discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of A Study of History and the countless other works written by Toynbee, McNeill offers a compelling examination of the responses of other historians (including the devastating attack launched by Hugh Trevor-Roper) and Toynbee's attempts to modify his Study to answer these criticisms. McNeill also explores his tormented personal life, including his troubled marriage to Rosalind Murray and the suicide of his son, Anthony. In this sympathetic depiction of a life, both triumphant and tragic, McNeill brings his skills to bear on one of the greatest figures in his field, illuminating a career of rare accomplishment.

Download or read book Arnold J Toynbee written by William Hardy McNeill and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life of the eminent American historian, analyzing the merits and shortcomings of his many works and his often troubled personal life

Download or read book Choose Life written by Arnold Toynbee and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House. This book was released on 2023-08-06 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Time magazine Toynbee was ’an international sage’ and certainly in the same bracket as ‘Einstein, Schweitzer or Bertrand Russell’. Daisaku Ikeda is a figure of global stature, the spiritual leader of a worldwide lay Buddhist organization devoted to the promotion of education, culture and peace. Between 1972 and 1974 Toynbee and Ikeda discussed many of the vital issues which confronted their societies in the early 1970s, all of which remain current and significant. Indeed, topics such as the problems of pollution, dwindling natural resources, conflict and war, the role of religion, and population growth, are even more pressing than they were thirty years ago. In this influential and inspiring volume, which records their wide-ranging conversations, the challenge issued by both men is framed as follows: will humankind choose to salvage its destiny by a revolution in thinking and morals? Or will disaster ensue if it pursues its present course towards self-destruction and the despoliation of the environment? While recognizing that our survival is threatened by the imbalance between human immaturity and technological achievement, the optimistic message of this classic dialogue is that man-made evils have a man-made cure.

Download or read book The Toynbee Ikeda Dialogue written by Arnold Toynbee and published by Kodansha. This book was released on 1982 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of History Reconsiderations written by Arnold Joseph Toynbee and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Historian s Approach to Religion written by Arnold J. Toynbee and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hannibal s Legacy Rome and her neighbours after Hannibal s exit written by Arnold Toynbee and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Greek Historical Thought written by Arnold J. Toynbee and published by Signet. This book was released on 1960-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Death and Burial in the Roman World written by J. M. C. Toynbee and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1996-10-31 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices—now available in paperback Never before available in paperback, J. M. C. Toynbee's study is the most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices. Ranging throughout the Roman world from Rome to Pompeii, Britain to Jerusalem—Toynbee's book examines funeral practices from a wide variety of perspectives. First, Toynbee examines Roman beliefs about death and the afterlife, revealing that few Romans believed in the Elysian Fields of poetic invention. She then describes the rituals associated with burial and mourning: commemorative meals at the gravesite were common, with some tombs having built-in kitchens and rooms where family could stay overnight. Toynbee also includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries, the tomb types of both the rich and poor, and the types of grave markers and monuments as well as tomb furnishings.

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Download or read book The World and the West written by Arnold Toynbee and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Paranoid Style in American Politics written by Richard Hofstadter and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs.In The Paranoid Style in American Politics, acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups can influence — and derail — the larger agendas of a political party. He investigates the politics of the irrational, shedding light on how the behavior of individuals can seem out of proportion with actual political issues, and how such behavior impacts larger groups. With such other classic essays as “Free Silver and the Mind of 'Coin' Harvey” and “What Happened to the Antitrust Movement?, ” The Paranoid Style in American Politics remains both a seminal text of political history and a vital analysis of the ways in which political groups function in the United States.

Download or read book The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 1915 1916 written by James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) and published by Gomidas Institute. This book was released on 2000 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Surviving the Future written by Arnold Toynbee and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revision of a dialogue beween Kei Wakaizumi and Arnold Toynbee, originally published, in Japanese, in installments in the Mainichi Shimbun.

Download or read book Civilization on Trial written by Arnold Toynbee and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Life After Death written by Arnold Toynbee and published by London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson. This book was released on 1976 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A substantial section of the book is devoted to a survey of religious attitudes to survival of death since many religions arise as the direct effect rather than the cause of Man's concern with what happens afterwards. But it is not only the formal religions of East and West which provide comfort and rituals for human societies. Science both medical and anthropological is here represented, mysticism and secular culture have their place, and the intimations of survival offered by extra sensory perception are sensitively explored by an outstanding practitioner - Rosalind Heywood. Finaly Arthur Koestler in a brilliant summing up offers a tenative theory of survival with which the most sceptical reader will find it difficult to argue."--front and back flaps.

Download or read book War and Civilization written by Arnold Toynbee and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1950 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: