On Ambivalence: The Problems and Pleasures of Having it Both Ways - Hardcover

Weisbrode, Kenneth (FEASS)

 
9780262017312: On Ambivalence: The Problems and Pleasures of Having it Both Ways
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0262017318 ISBN 13: 9780262017312
Verlag: The MIT Press, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Why is it so hard to make up our minds? Adam and Eve set the template: Do we or dont we eat the apple? Ambivalence results from a basic desire to have it both ways. Ambivalence has insinuated itself into our culture as a kind of obligatory reflex, or default position, before practically every choice we make. It affects not only individuals; organizations, societies, and cultures can also be ambivalent. How often have we asked the scornful question, "Are we the Hamlet of nations"? How often have we demanded that our leaders appear decisive, judicious, and stalwart? And how eager have we been to censure them when they hesitate or waver? Drawing upon examples from philosophy, history, literature, and the social sciences, On Ambivalence is a pocket-sized portrait of a complex human condition. It should be read by anyone who has ever grappled with making the right choice.

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Kenneth Weisbrode is a writer living in Ankara, Turkey. He is the author of The Atlantic Century.

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Verlag
The MIT Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0262017318
ISBN 13 
9780262017312
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
88
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