Ambition: an essay on the burning desire to rise

"A stunning exploration of ambition that brings together literary, philosophical, psychological, and sociological perspectives on this most human of passions. Drawing on a long and varied tradition of writing on this topic, from authors and thinkers that range from Hesiod to Kafka and from Shak...

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Main Author: Goebel, Eckart 1966- (Author)
Other Authors: Wagner, James C. (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; London ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney Bloomsbury Academic [2022]
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Summary:"A stunning exploration of ambition that brings together literary, philosophical, psychological, and sociological perspectives on this most human of passions. Drawing on a long and varied tradition of writing on this topic, from authors and thinkers that range from Hesiod to Kafka and from Shakespeare to Freud, and from a history that moves from ancient Greece and Rome via Italian Renaissance to modernity, Eckart Goebel explores our driving passion for recognition-an insatiable hunter in the mirror-and power"--
Physical Description:260 Seiten Diagramme
ISBN:9781501383847
9781501383830

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