Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (939 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195058631 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is a past president of the American Historical Association, a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an honorary member of the Royal Historical Society.. McNeill is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Chicago. About the Author:William H
Photos. By weaving together Toynbee's thought and times this clear-sighted book may help restore the historian's reputation. As this sympathetic critical biography shows, Toynbee was a man of many contradictions: he favored a U.N. but believed peace was more likely to be achieved under a world empire. According to McNeill ( Rise of the West ), Toynbee extended knowledge beyond the limits set by other historians, but his work is poetic in essence and ought to be evaluated as such. Although his global and prophetic vision was widely
What emerges is both poignant and thought-provoking, a biography and a commentary about how history is written and how it should be pursued. Arnold Toynbee was one of the most remarkable thinkers of the 20th century, a man of far-reaching imagination, extraordinary erudition, and an infinite capacity for hard work. McNeill weaves together Toynbee's intellectual accomplishments and the personal difficulties of his private life, providing both an intimate portrait of a leading thinker and a judicious evaluation of Toynbee's work and his legacy for the study of history. Indeed, such was the regard for his Study that Time magazine, in a cover article on Toynbee published in 1947, declared that he had "found history Ptolemaic and left it Copernican." In Arnold Toynbee: A Life, William H. McNeill illuminates the strengths and weaknesses of A Study of History as well as the countless other works penned by this prolific writer, examining the responses of other historians (including the devastating attack mounted by Hugh Trevor Roper) and Toynbee's attempts to modify his Study to answer these criticisms. And McNeill also examines Toynbee's tormented personal life, including
Igor Biryukov said His non-Eurocentric ideas are relevant today. When Henry Luce [a magazine publisher who was called "the most influential private citizen in the America of his day"] met Toynbee in New York in 19His non-Eurocentric ideas are relevant today Igor Biryukov When Henry Luce [a magazine publisher who was called "the most influential private citizen in the America of his day"] met Toynbee in New York in 1942 he was very impressed. In March 1947 Henry Luce put Toynbee's picture on the cover of Time magazine. The enthusiasm Luce and the American establishment developed for Toynbee's ideas suited the American public. They needed guidance in a puzzling postwar world where Russia, a wartime friend and ally, suddenly turned into a potential enemy, while Germany and Japan, the nation's wartime enem. "His non-Eurocentric ideas are relevant today" according to Igor Biryukov. When Henry Luce [a magazine publisher who was called "the most influential private citizen in the America of his day"] met Toynbee in New York in 19His non-Eurocentric ideas are relevant today Igor Biryukov When Henry Luce [a magazine publisher who was called "the most influential private citizen in the America of his day"] met Toynbee in New York in 1942 he was very impressed. In March 1947 Henry Luce put Toynbee's picture on the cover of Time magazine. The enthusiasm Luce and the American establishment developed for Toynbee's ideas suited the American public. They needed guidance in a puzzling postwar world where Russia, a wartime friend and ally, suddenly turned into a potential enemy, while Germany and Japan, the nation's wartime enem. 2 he was very impressed. In March 19His non-Eurocentric ideas are relevant today Igor Biryukov When Henry Luce [a magazine publisher who was called "the most influential private citizen in the America of his day"] met Toynbee in New York in 1942 he was very impressed. In March 1947 Henry Luce put Toynbee's picture on the cover of Time magazine. The enthusiasm Luce and the American establishment developed for Toynbee's ideas suited the American public. They needed guidance in a puzzling postwar world where Russia, a wartime friend and ally, suddenly turned into a potential enemy, while Germany and Japan, the nation's wartime enem. 7 Henry Luce put Toynbee's picture on the cover of Time magazine. The enthusiasm Luce and the American establishment developed for Toynbee's ideas suited the American public. They needed guidance in a puzzling postwar world where Russia, a wartime friend and ally, suddenly turned into a potential enemy, while Germany and Japan, the nation's wartime enem. he was very impressed. In March 19His non-Eurocentric ideas are relevant today Igor Biryukov When Henry Luce [a magazine publisher who was called "the most influential private citizen in the America of his day"] met Toynbee in New York in 1942 he was very impressed. In March 1947 Henry Luce put Toynbee's picture on the cover of Time magazine. The enthusiasm Luce and the American establishment developed for Toynbee's ideas suited the American public. They needed guidance in a puzzling postwar world where Russia, a wartime friend and ally, suddenly turned into a potential enemy, while Germany and Japan, the nation's wartime enem. 7 Henry Luce put Toynbee's picture on the cover of Time magazine. The enthusiasm Luce and the American establishment developed for Toynbee's ideas suited the American public. They needed guidance in a puzzling postwar world where Russia, a wartime friend and ally, suddenly turned into a potential enemy, while Germany and Japan, the nation's wartime enem. Schmerguls said Any student of Toynbee should read. I confess I only read D. C. Somervell's abridgment of Arnold Toynbee's first six volumes A Study of History, so I cannot claim to be a student of his work, but I was impressed mightily by that reading. This biography of Toynbee by the eminent historian William H. McNeill is of consistent interest and does not fail to relate Toynbee's troubled personal life as well as explore his eminent historical writing life. After reading this bio I concluded that Toynbee's theories and prophecies have not proved overly valid. E.g., he feared the U.. Splendidly Researched and Written Biography Peter Ramming Arnold J. Toynbee's reputation precedes him rather formidably. Like the Church Fathers Origen and St. Augustine, or modern thinkers such as Immanuel Kant and Sigmund Freud, Toynbee was a man of the highest learning whose immense body of written scholarship is likely seminal in many aspects, but which, due to its massive size, can seem quite intimidating to the average reader who wants to get an idea of the nature of Toynbee's work. Sometimes it can seem easier to begin with a good biography of such influential scholars. For Toynbee, th