Confronting the Myth of Human Progress: Thomas Merton and the Illusion of Privilege
The article focuses on challenges related to myth of human progress signified by American writer Thomas Merton in his writings. Topics discussed include a difference made in between human person and alienated individual by Merton; poem "Atlas and the Fatman," book "Conjectures of a Gu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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AMS Press
[2015]
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The Merton annual
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Pages: 149-158 |
| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CF Christianity and Science KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBE Anthropology |
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Human Growth
B CONJECTURES of a Guilty Bystander (Book) B Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 B ATLAS & the Fat man (Poem) B Mythology B Narcissism |
| Summary: | The article focuses on challenges related to myth of human progress signified by American writer Thomas Merton in his writings. Topics discussed include a difference made in between human person and alienated individual by Merton; poem "Atlas and the Fatman," book "Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander" by Merton related to person-based humanism; critiques of illusions of mass-technological society and narcissistic humanism by Merton. |
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| ISSN: | 0894-4857 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Merton annual
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