Redner presents the fourth and final volume in his tetralogy. This work is more closely concerned with ideas, ideologies, ideologues, and intellectuals in general. Collectively they portray the contem
Examining the work of ten influential thinkers who prophesied war, revolution, and all the other horrors of the tragedy of European civilization, Redner asks how much they actually knew about the appr
For Harry Redner, the phrase "beyond civilization" refers to the new and unprecedented condition the world is now entering—specifically, the condition commonly known as globalization. Redner approache
Redner examines the processes that have led to the destruction of civilizations in Europe, the Americas, and throughout Africa and Asia. He argues that, despite our quality of life and unprecedented m