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The Modern Temper: A Study and A Confession
The Modern Temper A Study and A Confession Author:Joseph Wood Krutch . . . an incisive and penetrating examination of the dilemmas faced by modern man: does science destroy the foundation for belief in good and evil? is historical progress basically ruthless and amoral? is knowledge antagonistic to religion? . . . a challenge flung in the teeth of easy optimism and comfortable creeds. . . . provocative skepti... more »cism and intellectual iconoclasm, it aroused sharp debate when first published in 1929; it is as pertinent today as it was in an earlier period of prosperity and progress. Includes Author's new preface.« less