Contentment in Contention
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Contentment in Contention

Acceptance versus Aspiration

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Contentment in Contention

Acceptance versus Aspiration

About this book

Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility ofescape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications.

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Information

Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780230354593
eBook ISBN
9780230360884

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. 1 Introduction
  6. 2 Contentment with ‘Reality’ and ‘Common-Sense’
  7. 3 Contentment within Cages (i): Science, Ethics, Politics
  8. 4 Contentment within Cages (ii): Language and History
  9. 5 Cages: Dogmatism and Escape
  10. 6 Antidote to Contentment: The Sublime
  11. 7 Education for Contentment? Utility, Conformity, Dissent
  12. 8 Conclusion
  13. Postscript
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index