Self and soul :: a defense of ideals /
In a culture that has become progressively more skeptical and materialistic, the desires of the individual self stand supreme, Mark Edmundson says. We spare little thought for the great ideals that once gave life meaning and worth. Self and Soul is an impassioned effort to defend the values of the S...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In a culture that has become progressively more skeptical and materialistic, the desires of the individual self stand supreme, Mark Edmundson says. We spare little thought for the great ideals that once gave life meaning and worth. Self and Soul is an impassioned effort to defend the values of the Soul. Edmundson guides readers back to the ancient sources of the three great ideals: courage, contemplation, and compassion. Homer's Iliad presents two contrasting versions of the heroic ideal: Achilles, who risks everything to become the greatest of warriors, and Hector, who sacrifices his life to defend his people. Plato's quest is for timeless truth: he is the prime example of the authentic thinker, concentrating the ideal of contemplation. The third great ideal, compassion, is embodied by Jesus, the Buddha, and Confucius, who taught loving kindness, forgiveness, and forbearance in a world where such qualities are difficult and sometimes dangerous to espouse. Shakespeare and Freud are the modern world's great enemies of these ideals, Edmundson argues. Shakespeare detests chivalry and has little time for faith and philosophy. Freud sees ideals as illusions that will inevitably betray us. But between them, a new ideal arises: imaginative creation, exemplified by Blake and Shelley. Self and Soul is, as Edmundson provocatively writes, an attempt to resurrect Soul in the modern world. (Publisher). |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (283 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index. |
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| spelling | Edmundson, Mark, 1952- author. Self and soul : a defense of ideals / Mark Edmundson. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015. ©2015 1 online resource (283 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file rdaft Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index. Polemical introduction: The triumph of self -- Ancient ideals. The hero ; The saint ; The thinker -- Ideals in the modern world. Shakespeare and the early modern self ; The poet ; Freud and the ideal self -- Polemical conclusion: In the culture of the counterfeit. In a culture that has become progressively more skeptical and materialistic, the desires of the individual self stand supreme, Mark Edmundson says. We spare little thought for the great ideals that once gave life meaning and worth. Self and Soul is an impassioned effort to defend the values of the Soul. Edmundson guides readers back to the ancient sources of the three great ideals: courage, contemplation, and compassion. Homer's Iliad presents two contrasting versions of the heroic ideal: Achilles, who risks everything to become the greatest of warriors, and Hector, who sacrifices his life to defend his people. Plato's quest is for timeless truth: he is the prime example of the authentic thinker, concentrating the ideal of contemplation. The third great ideal, compassion, is embodied by Jesus, the Buddha, and Confucius, who taught loving kindness, forgiveness, and forbearance in a world where such qualities are difficult and sometimes dangerous to espouse. Shakespeare and Freud are the modern world's great enemies of these ideals, Edmundson argues. Shakespeare detests chivalry and has little time for faith and philosophy. Freud sees ideals as illusions that will inevitably betray us. But between them, a new ideal arises: imaginative creation, exemplified by Blake and Shelley. Self and Soul is, as Edmundson provocatively writes, an attempt to resurrect Soul in the modern world. (Publisher). Print version record. Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed March 5, 2021). Conduct of life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85030802 Ideals (Philosophy) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064136 Ideology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064155 Self (Philosophy) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85119709 Soul. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125350 Morale pratique. Idéaux (Philosophie) Idéologie. Moi (Philosophie) Âme. ideology. aat ethics (philosophical concept) aat PHILOSOPHY Ethics & Moral Philosophy. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Social. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY History & Surveys General. bisacsh Conduct of life fast Ideals (Philosophy) fast Ideology fast Self (Philosophy) fast Soul fast has work: Self and soul (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGy8XtMVqpb3CdpmtJyB8y https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Edmundson, Mark, 1952- Self and soul 9780674088207 (DLC) 2015004974 (OCoLC)905450224 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1086473 Volltext |
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