Contentment in Contention

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2012

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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781349346554
ISBN-10: 1349346551
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: XII, 208 p.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:2012 edition
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface Acknowledgements Epigram Introduction Contentment with 'Reality' and 'Common-sense' Contentment within Cages (i): Science, Ethics, Politics Contentment within Cages (ii): Language and History Cages: Dogmatism and Escape Antidote to Contentment: the Sublime Education for Contentment? Utility, Conformity, Dissent Conclusion Postscript Notes Bibliography Index

Notă biografică

BEVERLEY SOUTHGATE Reader Emeritus in History of Ideas at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. His many publications include Postmodernism in History (2003), What is History For? (2005), and History Meets Fiction (2009). He is currently working on aspects of history's relationships with art.

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