The Millenniad

Humanity's Road to Maturity

George Vid Tomashevich - Edited by Raymond K. Kent Ph.D

Universal in scope, and unusually diversified in content, this work encompasses human efforts, struggles, and concerns from cosmology to sociology.

Suffused with benevolent irony and, at times, sardonic humor, it depicts our species' struggle against early ignorance, fear, and superstition, often institutionalized into powerful and controlling bodies seeking to monopolize the interpretation of the unknown. The whole work is in the form of a poem divided thematically into twelve cantos. It touches upon ancient, medieval, and modern philosophy in relation to concomitant developments in science and technology as they gradually reveal the nature of the universe, its material substance, as well as the problems of life, consciousness, and self-awareness. From the beginning, it also deals with major problems of politics, economics, morality and religion. From the subjective nature of the introductory parts, to the epilogue, the whole work is a portrayal of a modern intellectual's immersion in, and confrontation with contemporary reality and its open questions. The Millenniad is a massive, erudite, and thought-provoking effort worthy of serious reading and critical contemplation.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Humanities Press

Pages: 434 •

978-1-59102-495-8 • Paperback • October 2006 • $48.00 • (£37.00) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.

978-1-59102-953-3 • eBook • October 2006 • $45.50 • (£35.00)

Subjects: Poetry / American / General

The Millenniad

Humanity's Road to Maturity

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Universal in scope, and unusually diversified in content, this work encompasses human efforts, struggles, and concerns from cosmology to sociology.

Suffused with benevolent irony and, at times, sardonic humor, it depicts our species' struggle against early ignorance, fear, and superstition, often institutionalized into powerful and controlling bodies seeking to monopolize the interpretation of the unknown. The whole work is in the form of a poem divided thematically into twelve cantos. It touches upon ancient, medieval, and modern philosophy in relation to concomitant developments in science and technology as they gradually reveal the nature of the universe, its material substance, as well as the problems of life, consciousness, and self-awareness. From the beginning, it also deals with major problems of politics, economics, morality and religion. From the subjective nature of the introductory parts, to the epilogue, the whole work is a portrayal of a modern intellectual's immersion in, and confrontation with contemporary reality and its open questions. The Millenniad is a massive, erudite, and thought-provoking effort worthy of serious reading and critical contemplation.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Humanities Press

Pages: 434 •

978-1-59102-495-8 • Paperback • October 2006 • $48.00 • (£37.00) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.

978-1-59102-953-3 • eBook • October 2006 • $45.50 • (£35.00)

Subjects: Poetry / American / General

Reviews

""Personal and at times pessimistic, this epic contains profound insights scattered throughout like polished jewels on black velvet.”—William Engelbrecht, Ph.D.Emeritus Professor of AnthropologyState University of New York College at Buffalo“A masterpiece and the fruit of genius. In The Millenniad the most ethereally artistic aspects of humanity meet the most rigorously scientific, fashioned by a mind uniquely qualified to take us on this intellectual adventure.”—Davis Valleau Curtis, Ph.D.Professor of Communications, Blackburn College
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The Millenniad

Humanity's Road to Maturity

George Vid Tomashevich - Edited by Raymond K. Kent Ph.D

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Humanity's Road to Maturity

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