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100 1 $aRiemen, Rob,$d1962-
245 10 $aNobility of spirit :$ba forgotten ideal /$cRob Riemen ; translated by Marjolijn de Jager ; foreword by George Steiner.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$cc2008.
300 $axl, 116 p. ;$c21 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 113-114).
505 0 $aForeward by George Steiner -- Prelude: dinner at the River Café -- the quest of Thomas Mann -- Untimely conversations on timely questions -- Be brave -- Selected bibliography -- Author's note.
520 1 $a"In the pages of this book Rob Riemen argues with passion that "nobility of spirit" is the quintessence of a civilized world. It is, as Thomas Mann believed, the sole corrective for human history. Without nobility of spirit, culture vanishes. Yet in the early twenty-first century, a time when human dignity and freedom are imperiled, the concept of nobility of spirit is scarcely considered."
520 8 $a"Riemen insists that if we hope to move beyond the war on terror and create a life-affirming culture, we must address timeless but neglected questions: What is a good society? Why art? Why culture? What is the responsibility of intellectuals? Why anti-Americanism? Why nihilism? Why the cult of death of fundamentalists? In a series of three essays, the author identifies nobility of spirit in the life and work of Baruch Spinoza and of Thomas Mann; explores the quest for the good society in our own time; and addresses the pursuit of truth and freedom that engaged figures as disparate as Socrates and Leone Ginzburg, a Jewish Italian intellectual murdered by Nazis."--Jacket.
650 0 $aNobility of character.
700 1 $ade Jager, Marjolijn.
700 1 $aSteiner, George.
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