Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Fri fragt over 499,-
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv
Human Predicaments
- And What to Do about Them
Engelsk
Bogcover for Human Predicaments af John Kekes, 9780226638911
Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9780226638911
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
022663891X
Udg. Dato:
8 mar 2019
Størrelse i cm:
15,2 x 22,9 x 2,5
Oplagsdato:
8 mar 2019
Forfatter(e):

Human Predicaments

- And What to Do about Them
Engelsk
Paperback 2019
Format:

Bog beskrivelse
In his latest book, esteemed philosopher John Kekes draws on anthropology, history, and literature in order to help us cope with the common predicaments that plague us as we try to take control of our lives. In each chapter he offers fascinating new ways of thinking about a particular problem that is fundamental to how we live, such as facing difficult choices, uncontrollable contingencies, complex evaluations, the failures of justice, the miasma of boredom, and the inescapable hypocrisies of social life. Kekes considers how we might deal with these predicaments by comparing how others in different times and cultures have approached them. He examines what is good, bad, instructive, and dangerous in the sexually charged politics of the Shilluk, the Hindu caste system, Balinese role-morality, the religious passion of Cortes and Simone Weil, the fate of Colonel Hiromichi Yahara during and after the battle for Okinawa, the ritual human sacrifices of the Aztecs, and the tragedies to which innocence may lead. In doing so, he shakes us out of our deep-seated ways of thinking, enlarging our understanding of the possibilities available to us as we struggle with the problems that stand in the way of how we want to live. The result is a highly interesting journey through time and space that illuminates and helps us cope with some of the most basic predicaments we all face as human beings.
... Vis mere

Hos Booktok
311 kr
Læg i kurv nu
Sikker betaling
23 - 25 hverdage

Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9780226638911
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
022663891X
Udg. Dato:
8 mar 2019
Størrelse i cm:
15,2 x 22,9 x 2,5
Oplagsdato:
8 mar 2019
Forfatter(e):
Finder produkter...
Kategori sammenhænge