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The Humane Vision of Wendell Berry
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2011 Cloth: 978-1-61017-001-7 | eISBN: 978-1-61017-052-9 Library of Congress Classification PS3552.E75Z73 2011 Dewey Decimal Classification 818.5409
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THIS BOOK
A striking contribution to the Wendell Berry—poet, novelist, essayist, critic, farmer—has won the admiration of Americans from all walks of life and from across the political spectrum. His writings treat an extraordinary range of subjects, including politics, economics, ecology, farming, work, marriage, religion, and education. But as this enlightening new book shows, such diverse writings are united by a humane vision that finds its inspiration in the great moral and literary tradition of the West. In The Humane Vision of Wendell Berry, Mark T. Mitchell and Nathan Schlueter bring together a distinguished roster of writers to critically engage Berry’s ideas. The volume features original contributions from Rod Dreher, Anthony Esolen, Allan Carlson, Richard Gamble, Jason Peters, Anne Husted Burleigh, Patrick J. Deneen, Caleb Stegall, Luke Schlueter, Matt Bonzo, Michael Stevens, D. G. Hart, Mark Shiffman, and William Edmund Fahey, as well as a classic piece by Wallace Stegner. Together, these authors situation Berry’s ideas within the larger context of conservative thought. His vision stands for reality in all its facets and against all reductive “isms”—for intellect against intellectualism, individuality against individualism, community against communitarianism, liberty against libertarianism. Wendell Berry calls his readers to live lives of gratitude, responsibility, friendship, and love—notions that, as this important new book makes clear, should be at the heart of a thoughtful and coherent conservatism. See other books on: 1934- | Berry, Wendell | Literary Figures | Mitchell, Mark T. | Wendell Berry See other titles from Intercollegiate Studies Institute |
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