The DIM hypothesis : (Record no. 5791)

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International Standard Book Number 9780451234810
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International Standard Book Number 0451234812
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International Standard Book Number 9780451466648
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International Standard Book Number 0451466640
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Item number .P425 2012
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Classification number 303.45
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Classification number 303.45
Item number P377d
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Peikoff, Leonard.
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Title The DIM hypothesis :
Remainder of title why the lights of the West are going out /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Leonard Peikoff.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. New American Library,
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Extent xvi, 378 pages ;
Dimensions 24 cm
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Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Formatted contents note pt. 1. Epistemology. Integration ; The three archetypes ; the two mixtures ; DIM and the hypothesis -- pt. 2. DIM in modern culture. Literature ; Physics ; Education ; Politics -- pt. 3. DIM in pre-modern culture. Greece ; Rome ; The middle ages -- pt. 4. The future. Identifying a culture's essence ; The West's modal progression ; Secular modes in the United States today ; The anti-secular rebellion ; What's next.
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Summary, etc. "In this far-reaching study, Peikoff identifies the three methods people use to integrate concrete data into a whole, as when connecting diverse experiments by a scientific theory, or separate laws into a Constitution, or single events into a story. The first method, in which data is integrated through rational means, he calls Integration. The second, which employs nonrational means, he calls Misintegration. The third is Disintegration--which is nihilism, the desire to tear things apart. In The DIM Hypothesis Peikoff demonstrates the power of these three methods in shaping the West, by using the categories to examine the culturally representative fields of literature, physics, education, and politics. His analysis illustrates how the historical trends in each field have been dominated by one of these three categories, not only today but during the whole progression of Western culture from its beginning in Ancient Greece. Extrapolating from the historical pattern he identifies, Peikoff concludes by explaining why the lights of the West are going out--and predicts the most likely future for the United States"--
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Knowledge, Theory of.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Civilization, Western
General subdivision Forecasting.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Civilization, Western
General subdivision Forecasting.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Knowledge, Theory of.
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-- 10/22/2019
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