G. V. Loewen

The Bungle Book

Some Errors by Which We Live

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Produktbeschreibung

The Bungle Book presents a demythology of six salient concepts central to our modern self-understanding, The â suspectsâ of the self, the machine, and God, as well as the â sensesâ of home, love, and freedom are analyzed and put into conversation with the work of Gadamer, Heidegger, Lingis, and Midgely.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9780761866428
• ISBN-10: 0761866426
• Artikelnr.: 43492574

Autorenporträt

Social philosopher G. V. Loewen is the author of over thirty-five books on ethics, religion, aesthetics and social theory. His ten-volume adventure saga 'Kristen-Seraphim' brings many of these wider themes into general readership.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Usual Suspects The Unusual Is Suspect Unexpect the
Expected Chapter 1: The Singular Self 1.1 Narcissus 1.2 Why Is "I" So
Important? 1.3 They Are Therefore I Am Chapter 2: The Machine Messiah 2.1
Soulless Solace 2.2 The Mindless 2.3 Killjoy Was Here Chapter 3: Wanted
Dead or Alive: God 3.1 The Afterlife of God 3.2 Dead Souls Again 3.3 Fans
or Fanatics? Chapter 4: No Place like Home 4.1 Random "Birthrights" 4.2
Cloudy Skies 4.3 Where Is the Heart? Chapter 5: Either in or out of Love
5.1 Fantasy and Phantasm 5.2 Crisis in the Life of a Lover 5.3 Not Yours,
Not Mine Chapter 6: "Freedom of Thought," Thought Freedom 6.1 Corporeal
Consciousness 6.2 Incorporeal Conscience 6.3 Liberty's Pirouette
Conclusion: Non-Sense: Making Sense of Nonsense Stop Making Sense Start
Being Sensible Notes References Index