books.google.com - "[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time."SAN...http://books.google.com/books/about/Passion_of_the_Western_Mind.html?id=0n2C299jeOMC&utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePassion of the Western Mind