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On Settling /
In a culture that worships ceaseless striving, ""settling"" seems like giving up. But is it? On Settling defends the positive value of settling, explaining why this disdained practice is not only more realistic but more useful than an excessive ideal of striving. In fact, the boo...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2012.
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Introduction
- Modes of settling: settling down, settling in, settling up, settling for, settling one's affairs, settling on
- The value of settling: settling as an aid to planning and agency, settling, commitment, trust, and confidence, settling the social fabric
- What settling is not: settling is not just compromising, settling is not just conservatism, settling is not just resignation
- Settling in aid of striving: settling in order to strive, what strivings require settling, and why, when to switch between one and the other, and why
- Conclusions.