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Why It Helps to Read Great Books: Texts, Society and Time
From: University of Chicago
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Constantin Fasolt |
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION |
The great works of Western literature, from the Bible through St. Augustine's City of God and forward in time to Karl Marx's Capital, furnish ample room for readers to reflect and analyze. Constantin Fasolt (right), professor of medieval and early modern history at the University of Chicago, explains why such works--and their provocative contradictions--are vital tools for contemporary readers to question and understand human society past and present. Fasolt begins with an analogy from that favorite American pastime, baseball. |
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Constantin Fasolt explains the benefits of--and questions raised by--reading core works from Western literature. |
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