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003 OCoLC
005 20191109072142.7
008 111123s2012 enk b 001 0 eng
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049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aSouthgate, Beverley C.
245 10 $aContentment in contention :$bacceptance versus aspiration /$cBeverley Southgate.
264 1 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2012.
300 $axii, 208 pages ;$c23 cm
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520 $a"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 ofescape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications."--Publisher's website.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Contentment with 'reality' and 'common-sense' -- Contentment with cages (i): science, ethics, politics -- Contentment within cages (ii): language and history -- Cages: dogmatism and escape -- Antidote to contentment: the sublime -- Education for contentment? Utility, conformity, dissent -- Conclusion.
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