Action versus contemplation : why an ancient debate still matters
Jennifer Summit & Blakey Vermeule
Bok Engelsk 2018
| Utgitt | University of Chicago Press , 2018
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| Omfang | 246 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Introduction -- From action and contemplation to stress and relaxation -- The action bias and the human condition -- Science and humanities -- Work and leisure -- Public and private -- A life of meaning in a market world -- Conclusion: the university and the world.. - "This book is about the tension and potential balance between the active and contemplative lives--between the "vita activa" and the "vita contemplativa"--ideals that have been debated since antiquity. The message of this book is that deep human needs call forth both possibilities."-- Forleggeromtale
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| ISBN | 9780226032238
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