BEYOND THE 'ISMS BY OLAF STAPLEDON PAPERBACK

CONDITION MODERATE, SOME CHIPS & SCUFFS ON SPINE OF DUST JACKET, BOOK SHOWING SIGNS OF AGE.
A BOOK BY OLAF STAPLEDON
CATEGORY  FACTUAL
PUBLICATION SECKER & WARBURG 1ST EDITION 1942

SYNOPSIS

TWO GREAT EMOTIONAL CONFLICTS HAVE DISTURBED EUROPEAN CIVILISATION, ONE BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE, THE OTHER BETWEEN INDIVIDUALISM AND COLLECTIVISM.  AFTER AN EXAMINATION OF THE ESSENTIAL VALUES OF ROMAN CATHOLICISM, PURITANISM AND SCIENENTIFIC MATERIALISM, AND ALSO OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY, SOCIALISISM, COMMUNISM, AND NAZIISM , AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO INTEGRATE THE TRUTHS EMBEDDED IN THESE FAITHS.