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Imperfection /
"" ... Aspirations to perfection awaken us to our actual imperfection." It is in the space between these aspirations and our inability to achieve them that Grant reflects upon imperfection. Grant argues that an awareness of imperfection, defined as both suffering and the need for just...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edmonton, AB :
AU Press,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Cultural dialectics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1: Imperfection. Plato and the Limits of Idealism
- The Van Gogh Letters: The Art of the Unfinished
- The Trouble with Visions
- Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka, and Regressive Inversion
- Osama, Theo, and the Burnt Fool's Bandaged Finger
- What the Buddha Didn't Say
- Not So Good News: The Gospel According to Mark
- Part 2: Self. Immortal Souls and State Executions
- The Eyes Have It: Seeing One's Self and Others
- The God of Battles and the Irish Dimension of Shakespeare's Henry V
- Crucifying Harry: Victims, Scapegoats, and the Northern Ireland Troubles
- Talking to the Cyclops: On Violence and Self-Destruction
- Doing Nothing About It: Taoism, Selflessness, and Non-Action
- Cliff Jumpers and Delta Dwellers: On Religious Language and Commitment
- Part 3: Freedom. Dr. Johnson, Freedom, and the Book of Psalms
- Sex, Society, and Romeo and Juliet
- Cartoons from Denmark and the March of the Zombies
- Vergil and the Almighty Dollar
- Endgame in Sri Lanka: Dharmapala's Legacy and Rajapaksa's War
- Jung and The Secret of the Golden Flower
- Kieslowski's Red: Fraternity in the Making.