In Search of Civilization
Remaking a tarnished idea
- Published: 25 June 2009
- ISBN: 9780141961262
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 208
In a passionate defence of its qualities, John Armstrong argues that the concept of civilisation still has specific meaning . . . it is underscored with the fragments of a memoir that in part explains . . . the book's considerable charm and spirit of innocent longing
Elizabeth Speller, Financial Times
An engaging and persuasive writer with a very non-technical approach to theoretical issues . . . he has some fine turns of phrase . . . His aesthetic sense seems strong and reliable
Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph
In a passionate defence of its qualities, John Armstrong argues that the concept of civilisation still has specific meaning . . . it is underscored with the fragments of a memoir that in part explains . . . the book's considerable charm and spirit of innocent longing
Elizabeth Speller, Financial Times
John Armstrong's new book, lyrical, courageous and uplifting, is seeking to do nothing less than reform the ambitions of western societies and encourage the growth of a set of values he captures with a highly unusual and intriguing word: "civilisation".
Alain de Botton, Guardian