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Cross of Reality
Volumes
| 5- | Cross of Reality - 1953 | 28- | Cross of Reality - 1965 |
The power to make peace or war is divine. The power to wage war, or to work in peace is human.
October 14, 1953
Cross of Reality - 1953 is an introduction to Rosenstock-Huessy’s sociology, and covers the major points broached in Speech and Reality; it also covers some of the material from Soziologie I. Rosenstock-Huessy outlines his method of analyzing human social institutions: to examine on the one hand their traditions and faiths and on the other their subjective and objective aspects. That four-fold approach is the social analytical tool Rosenstock-Huessy calls the "Cross of Reality". This series concentrates on the topics of play, war, law, industry, political economy, post-war global economy, the role of economies in peace, the family, speech in society, women in society, and religion. Lecture 7 has a good presentation of speech-thinking.
Cross of Reality - 1965 is a tightly woven, succinct statement of the core concept of the "Cross of Reality".
For Richard Feringer's more detailed notes on Cross of Reality - 1953 click here, Cross of Reality - 1965 click here, or for general notes on the topic "Cross of Reality" click here.The Rosenstock-Huessy lectures are available in two versions:
• the original audio recording of Rosenstock-Huessy giving the lecture and
• transcripts of the original audio.
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The electronic package of Cross of Reality is sold on a DVD, which contains
• the original recordings of 25 1-hour college lectures in mp3 format,
• as well as every transcript of all of the English-language lectures Rosenstock-Huessy recorded, in computer text format. These transcripts are an excellent basis for word searches, to compare what Rosenstock-Huessy had to say on a particular topic or on related topics, either in different contexts across nearly 20 years.
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| Cross of Reality on DVD | ISBN: 978-1-937253-02-8 | $30 |
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| Cross of Reality - 1953 | ISBN: 978-0-912148-24-3 | $37 |
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| Cross of Reality - 1965 | ISBN: 978-0-912148-47-2 | $6 |
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