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UNINA9910455451903321 |
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Autore |
Lear Jonathan |
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Titolo |
Radical hope [[electronic resource] ] : ethics in the face of cultural devastation / / Jonathan Lear |
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Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 p. ) : 4 halftones |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Crow Indians - Social life and customs |
Ethics |
Social change |
Social sciences and ethics |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- I. After this , nothing happened A Peculiar Vulnerability • Protecting a Way of Life • Gambling with Necessity • Was There a Last Coup? • Witness to Death • Subject to Death • The Possibility of Crow Poetry -- II. Ethics at the horizon The End of Practical Reason • Reasoning at the Abyss • A Problem for Moral Psychology • The Interpretation of Dreams • Crow Anxiety • The Virtue of the Chickadee • The Transformation of Psychological Structure • Radical Hope -- III. Critique of abysmal reasoning The Legitimacy of Radical Hope • Aristotle’s Method • Radical Hope versus Mere Optimism • Courage and Hope • Virtue and Imagination • Historical Vindication • Personal Vindication • Response to Sitting Bull -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Presents the story of Plenty Coups, the last great Chief of the Crow Nation. This title contains a philosophical and ethical inquiry into a people faced with the end of their way of life. |
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