B. Southgate

Contentment in Contention

Acceptance Versus Aspiration

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-35459-3
• 2012
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 369g
• ISBN-13: 9780230354593
• ISBN-10: 0230354599
• Artikelnr.: 34007732

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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