Absence of Mind - The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self

Informationen zum Autor Marilynne Robinson is the author of Gilead , winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction; Home , winner of the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction; and Housekeeping , winner of the 1982 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for first fiction. She is also the author of two previous books of nonfiction, Mother Country and The Death of Adam . She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop and lives in Iowa City. Klappentext An ambitious book by the acclaimed writer considering some of the most vexing topics in the history of human thought: science, religion and consciousness, challenging the sense of logical infallibility that thinkers such as Richard Dawkins suggest and restoring human consciousness to the central place in the religion-science debate. 'Robinson's argument is prophetic, profound, eloquent, succinct, powerful and timely' Karen Armstrong, "Guardian" Zusammenfassung By defending the importance of individual reflection! this title celebrates the power and variety of human consciousness in the tradition of William James. It explores the nature of subjectivity and considers the culture in which Sigmund Freud that was situated and its influence on his model of self and civilization.

Product details

• Authors: Marilynne Robinson, Robinson Marilynne
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.07.2011
• EAN: 9780300171471
• ISBN: 978-0-300-17147-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: The Terry Lectures; The Terry Lectures; Terry Lectures (Paperback); The Terry Lectures Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, Philosophy of Mind, MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology