On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs - Teaching, Writing, Playing, Believing, Lecturing, Philosophizing,

Informationen zum Autor James V. Schall, S.J., (1928-2019) was a professor of government at Georgetown University and the author of many books, including Another Sort of Learning, The Order of Things, and A Student’s Guide to Liberal Learning. Klappentext Echoing philosophers such as Josef Pieper, this explains how the modern world has inverted the rational order of human affairs, devaluing the activities of leisure and placing an exaggerated emphasis on utilitarian concerns. It puts these pursuits in perspective by asking, what do we do when everything we have to do is done? Zusammenfassung Echoing philosophers such as Josef Pieper! this explains how the modern world has inverted the rational order of human affairs! devaluing the activities of leisure and placing an exaggerated emphasis on utilitarian concerns. It puts these pursuits in perspective by asking! what do we do when everything we have to do is done?

Product details

• Authors: James V Schall, James V. Schall
• Publisher: ISI Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2012
• EAN: 9781610170253
• ISBN: 978-1-61017-025-3
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works