Contentment in Contention

Contentment in Contention

Beverley Southgate

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Springer Nature B.V.
Año de edición:
2012
Materia
Historia general y mundial
ISBN:
9780230354593

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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 ofescape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive ’duty of discontent’, and its implications.

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