About this book
Introduction
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.
Keywords
ethics history philosophy
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230360884
- Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
- eBook Packages Palgrave History Collection
- Print ISBN 978-1-349-34655-4
- Online ISBN 978-0-230-36088-4
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