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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815960903321

Autore

Dyson Michael Eric

Titolo

Pride : the seven deadly sins / / Michael Eric Dyson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press

New York, : New York Public Library, 2006

ISBN

0-19-028966-X

1-281-15632-9

9786611156329

0-19-803647-7

1-4356-0927-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

The seven deadly sins

Disciplina

241/.3

Soggetti

Pride and vanity

Deadly sins

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 (p. [119]-130) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITOR'S NOTE; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: Enduring Pride; CHAPTER ONE: The Virtuous Vice? Philosophical and Religious Roots of Pride; CHAPTER TWO: I Witness: Personal Pride; CHAPTER THREE: Hubris and Hue: White Pride; CHAPTER FOUR: I Am Somebody: Black Pride; CHAPTER FIVE: My Country Right or Wrong? National Pride; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the fate of pride from Christian theology to the social responsibilities of self-regard and regard for the society as a whole. This work examines how pride, within black communities, becomes a necessary defense against a culture that at once formally rejected it in their religious beliefs but embraced it in their social relations.