Absence of mind : the dispelling of inwardness from the modern myth of the self / Marilynne Robinson...
Absence of mind : the dispelling of inwardness from the modern myth of the self / Marilynne Robinson...
Absence of mind : the dispelling of inwardness from the modern myth of the self / Marilynne Robinson.
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Publisher
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.
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N201.65/4
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 158 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents
Contents: Introduction -- On human nature -- The strange history of altruism -- The Freudian self -- Thinking again.
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.
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Connecticut
Date Published
c2010.
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Summary
Explores the tension between science and religion and reveals how our concept of mind determines how we understand and value human nature and human civilization.
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Absence of mind : the dispelling of inwardness from the modern myth of the self / Marilynne Robinson.
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Terry lecture series.
Essays from the lectures delivered at Yale University, the Dwight Harrington Terry Foundation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2010.
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N201.65/4
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74VKJwAWx7Zg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJwAWx7Zg
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ISBN
0300145187 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300145182 (cloth : alk. paper)
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201.65
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991022050329702626
