Contentment in Contention: Acceptance versus Aspiration

Southgate, B.

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 of escape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349346554

DOI: 10.1057/9780230360884

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 208