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Cargando... Self and Soul: A Defense of Idealspor Mark Edmundson
   Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.  PaulLoesch | Apr 2, 2022 |   The book is a serious indictment of current "middle class values," anode the fulness of life that we have sacrificed in order to preserve them. it is a call to awareness, reminder that there is something more to life than mere comfortable existence. To me, however, its best moments were in the concluding chapter, especially with regards to its portrayal of "Christianity" in its betrayal of the IDEALS Jesues himself proclaimed. It is a treat to read material that is intellectually stimulating, full of fresh and sometimes challenging concepts, and rich in creative and innovative perceptions and explanations. Equally refreshing when these points are so fully and richly supported through reasoning and examples that leave little doubt as to their power and as to their relationship to the conclusions they uncover. I learned a great deal from this book, will see life and living in a somewhat different way, and hunger for another book that so fully meets my hopes for finding new and exciting ideas. (  ) Paul-the-well-read | Apr 18, 2020 | It is an interesting subject, but I felt it would have been better as longish essay, not a 200 plus page book. (  ) JWhitsitt | Aug 25, 2019 |   uufnn | Feb 15, 2017 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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An ARTery Best Book of the Year An Art of Manliness Best Book of the Year 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. “An impassioned critique of Western society, a relentless assault on contemporary complacency, shallowness, competitiveness and self-regard…Throughout Self and Soul, Edmundson writes with a Thoreau-like incisiveness and fervor…[A] powerful, heartfelt book.” —Michael Dirda, Washington Post “[Edmundson’s] bold and ambitious new book is partly a demonstration of what a ‘real education’ in the humanities, inspired by the goal of ‘human transformation’ and devoted to taking writers seriously, might look like…[It] quietly sets out to challenge many educational pieties, most of the assumptions of recent literary studies—and his own chosen lifestyle.” —Mathew Reisz, Times Higher Education “Edmundson delivers a welcome championing of humanistic ways of thinking and living.” —Kirkus Reviews No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The book is a serious indictment of current "middle class values," anode the fulness of life that we have sacrificed in order to preserve them. it is a call to awareness, reminder that there is something more to life than mere comfortable existence.
To me, however, its best moments were in the concluding chapter, especially with regards to its portrayal of "Christianity" in its betrayal of the IDEALS Jesues himself proclaimed.
It is a treat to read material that is intellectually stimulating, full of fresh and sometimes challenging concepts, and rich in creative and innovative perceptions and explanations. Equally refreshing when these points are so fully and richly supported through reasoning and examples that leave little doubt as to their power and as to their relationship to the conclusions they uncover.
I learned a great deal from this book, will see life and living in a somewhat different way, and hunger for another book that so fully meets my hopes for finding new and exciting ideas. (