The Code of Man: Love Courage Pride Family Country

图书标准信息

• 作者 Waller R. Newell 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins
• 出版时间 2003-10
• ISBN 9780060087517
• 定价 242.40元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 304页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Aworthymaniscompassionate,decent,andgentlemanlytowardothersoutofasenseofpride.Hewillnotstooptobehaveviciously,andhewillnotdemeanhimselfbyactingcruelly...Amandoesnotseekoutafight,buthewillfighttoprotecthimself,hisfamily,andhiscountry.Agentlemanissilentunlesshehassomethingworthwhiletosay.Heisreserved,dignified,andmannerly...If"familyvalues"istomeananythingmorethanapleasingslogan,wemustdrawuponthewellspringsofthedeepestethicalandreligioustraditionsofAmericanandWesterncivilization,bothtohoneourdiagnosisofthecurrentagonyofmanlinessand,moreimportant,toprovidethehealingbalmofinsight,compassion,rectitude,andguidance.--fromTheCodeofMan"Inmanyways,"WallerR.Newellwrites,"youngmentodayareindeepspiritualtrouble.ButtheyarealsoyearningforawaybacktothenoblestidealsofAmericanmanhood."TheCodeofManrepresentsadeepandthought-provokingefforttohelpguidecontemporarymenbacktothoseideals,asembodiedinwhatNewellcallsthefivepathstomanliness:love,courage,pride,family,andcountry.Atthedawnofthetwenty-firstcentury,heargues,wehavegrownsoconcernedabouttherolesofsexandviolenceinoursocietythatwehaveforgottentheoldervirtues:romanceanderos,courageandpatriotism,theblendofloveandbraveryittakestoraiseafamily.InTheCodeofMan,heexhortsustolooktothetraditionalvirtuesofthepastforinspiration.Contrastingthetime-honoredlessonsoftraditionalvoices--ShakespeareandAbrahamLincoln,JaneAustenandTeddyRoosevelt--withthechaoticsignalsemanatingfromsourceslikeEminem,videogameslikeThrillKill,andGothculture,Newellillustrateshowwehavecometoassociatecouragewithviolence,"transgression"withwisdom.Mostdisturbing,heargues,theessentialtriumphofWesternculturemayhaveleftuswithabuildingreserveofuntappedaggressiveenergy,andnoconsensusabouthowtochannelit--asituationthatthreatenstoweakenusatthecore.Seamlesslyweavingtogetherliteraryreferencesfromadiversebodyofsources,WallerNewelloffersanopen-eyedlookatwhatitmeanstobeamaninAmericatoday,andaclarioncalltorecaptureourtraditionsifwearetopreserveourcharacterasasociety...andavoidcatastrophe.

【作者简介】

WallerR.NewellisaprofessorofpoliticalscienceandphilosophyatCarletonUniversityinOttawa,Ontario.TheeditoroftheacclaimedanthologyWhatIsaMan?:3,000YearsofWisdomontheArtofManlyVirtue,heisacontributortoTheWeeklyStandardandotherpublications.AformerfellowattheWoodrowWilsonInternationalCenterforScholarsinWashington,D.C.,andaJohnAdamsFellowattheInstituteofUnitedStatesStudiesattheUniversityofLondon,helivesinOttawa,Canada.