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Autore: |
Lear Jonathan
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Titolo: |
Radical hope : ethics in the face of cultural devastation / / Jonathan Lear
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Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2006 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
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 | |
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 ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-674-04002-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910808460903321 |
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