{"product_id":"still-rebels-still-yankees-and-donald-davidson-9780807124895","title":"Still Rebels, Still Yankees and Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eA decade and more has passed since the first publication of \u003ci\u003eStill Rebels, Still Yankees\u003c\/i\u003e. During that time the book has become recognized as a classic affirmation of the necessity of tradition in conserving cultural order. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDonald Davidson, a major figure in the Agrarian Movement, summed up the intent of the work this way: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The general theme that binds the essays--no matter what their specific subjects--is the conflict between tradition and anti-tradition that characterizes modern society, with tradition viewed as the living continuum that makes society and civilization possible and anti-tradition as the disintegrative principle that destroys society and civilization in the name of science and progress. The South, which has suffered most in its devoted defense of tradition, naturally offers me examples for consideration; but this is not a book about the South as such. It is as near as I can come, in essay form, to defining what I would conceive to be the true American position.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a brilliant and graceful style, Davidson pursues his theme in a rich variety of subjects: poetry, myth, and folklore; and in the complex rivalries between nation and region, the free citizen and the Leviathan state, the values of religion and the facts of science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOrder, sanity, and fullness of life are cornerstones of the tradition against which he appraises writers like Hardy and John Gould Fletcher, the historiography of Toynbee, and the social reporting of W. J. Cash.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Davidson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807124893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807124895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Donald Davidson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45180141699327,"sku":"9780807124895","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a224fb8e-5b37-425e-964a-605b5636a54e.jpg?v=1712897584","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/still-rebels-still-yankees-and-donald-davidson-9780807124895","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}