To Flourish or Destruct

Christian Smith takes issue with sociological theories that explain away human actions as entirely motivated by outside forces, or explainable through simple motivations—but he fails to go quite far enough in his explanation of what causes human beings to act.

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2nd June 1951: American-English poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965). He wrote amongst many other things, 'The Waste Land ' and the plays, 'The Cocktail Party' and 'Murder in the Cathedral'. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5314 - Are Poets Really Necessary? - pub. 1951 (Photo by George Douglas/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Lazarus: In Memory of T.S. Eliot

By Rowan Williams. It is not despair, but rather an unflinching honesty about the real horrors of the world, that characterizes Eliot's later poems.

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