1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461393703321

Autore

Riker John H. <1943->

Titolo

Why it is good to be good [[electronic resource] ] : ethics, Kohut's self psychology, and modern society / / John H. Riker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Jason Aronson, c2010

ISBN

1-283-22456-9

9786613224569

0-7657-0792-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Ethics

Self psychology

Psychology and philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The moral problem of modernity -- Kohut's theory of the self -- Kohut and the philosophic tradition -- A new metapsychology : Freud, Aristotle, Heidegger, and Kohut -- Why it is good to be good -- A self psychological vision of ethical life -- Self psychology and modernity : actualizing self in the age of desire -- Social transformations.

Sommario/riassunto

In Why It Is Good to be Good, John H. Riker shows how modernity's reigning concept of the self undermines moral life and lays the basis for the epidemic of cheating that is devastating social and economic institutions. He argues that by accepting Kohut's brilliant and original psychoanalytic concept of the self, modernity can have a naturalist account for showing why it is personally good to be a morally good person.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910811769503321

Autore

Stewart Jules

Titolo

Gotham rising : New York in the 1930s / / Jules Stewart ; foreword by Amor Towles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2019

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019

ISBN

1-350-98664-X

1-78673-043-X

1-78672-043-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

974.71042

Soggetti

Nineteen thirties

Social history

New York (N.Y.) History 1898-1951

New York (N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-251) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Brother, can you spare a dime? -- The little flower and Goliath -- Trouble in the streets -- 'I can't figger what dis city is comin' to' -- All that jazz -- Gotham gets a facelift -- The thing about skyscrapers -- Seventy-seventh floor, please -- Anything you can do -- You're the top -- They all laughed at Rockefeller Center -- Village life -- Huddled masses yearning to breathe.

Sommario/riassunto

New York is often described as the greatest city in the world. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which so defines the city as we know it today from the Empire State Building to the Pastrami sandwich only came into being in the 1930s, in what was perhaps the most significant decade in the city's 400-year history. After the roaring twenties, the catastrophic Wall Street Crash and ensuing Depression seemed to spell disaster for the vibrant city. Yet, in this era, New York underwent an architectural, economic, social and creative renaissance under the leadership of the charismatic mayor Fiorello La Guardia. After seizing power, he declared war on the mafia mobs running vast swathes of the city, attacked political corruption and kick-started the



economy through a variety of construction and infrastructure projects --