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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782180803321

Autore

Schmitz Kenneth L

Titolo

The recovery of wonder [[electronic resource] ] : the new freedom and the asceticism of power / / Kenneth L. Schmitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal [Que.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-86328-2

9786612863288

0-7735-7262-7

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 131 p

Collana

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; ; 39

Disciplina

190

Soggetti

Reality

Wonder (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Where Are the Things of Yesteryear? -- The Things of Yesteryear -- Come, Let Us Talk About the Death of Things -- The Things of Yesteryear and the New Freedom -- Epilogue and Envoi -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

While acknowledging the significant gains modernity and post-modernity offer Western civilization in the areas of liberty and knowledge, Schmitz sees in their arguments a superficiality that does not bite to the bone. In The Recovery of Wonder he proposes we approach the world as a gift in order to regain the sense of wonder Shakespeare so eloquently recognized.