Radical Hope - Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Lear Klappentext Plenty Coups, last great Chief of the Crow Nation, said, "When the buffalo went away the hearts of my people fell to the ground and they could not lift them up again. After this nothing happened." In Lear's view, this story raises an ethical question that challenges us all: how should one face the possibility that one's culture might collapse? Zusammenfassung Plenty Coups, last great Chief of the Crow Nation, said, “When the buffalo went away the hearts of my people fell to the ground and they could not lift them up again. After this nothing happened.” In Lear’s view, this story raises an ethical question that challenges us all: how should one face the possibility that one’s culture might collapse? Inhaltsverzeichnis I. After This! Nothing Happened A Peculiar Vulnerability Protecting a Way of Life Gambling with Necessity Was There a Last Coup? Witness to Death Subject to Death The Possibility of Crow Poetry II. Ethics at the Horizon The End of Practical Reason Reasoning at the Abyss A Problem for Moral Psychology The Interpretation of Dreams Crow Anxiety The Virtue of the Chickadee The Transformation of Psychological Structure Radical Hope III. Critique of Abysmal Reasoning The Legitimacy of Radical Hope Aristotle's Method Radical Hope versus Mere Optimism Courage and Hope Virtue and Imagination Historical Vindication Personal Vindication Response to Sitting Bull Notes Acknowledgments Index

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Lear, Lear Jonathan
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2008
• EAN: 9780674027466
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02746-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Sioux, PHILOSOPHY / General, death, Traditions, Philosophy, United States, Indigenous, Sitting Bull, Destruction, Ethics and moral philosophy, Visions, Warrior, Aristotle, Optimism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis, dream interpretation, frank b linderman, many war achievements, abysmal reasoning, bravery, whites, alaxchiiaahush, chickadee