Contentment in Contention: Acceptance versus Aspiration
Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility of escape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2012, 2012
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility of escape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications |
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Physical Description: | XII, 208 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9780230360884 |