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Radical hope [[electronic resource] ] : ethics in the face of cultural devastation / / Jonathan Lear



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Autore: Lear Jonathan Visualizza persona
Titolo: Radical hope [[electronic resource] ] : ethics in the face of cultural devastation / / Jonathan Lear Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p. ) : 4 halftones
Disciplina: 70
871.01
Soggetto topico: Crow Indians - Social life and customs
Ethics
Social change
Social sciences and ethics
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Classificazione: CC 7200
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Radical hope  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-674-04002-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455451903321
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