Emerson and self-reliance
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Emerson and self-reliance
(Modernity and political thought, v. 8)
Sage, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
During much of his life in the early 1800s, Ralph Waldo Emerson was considered as a radical thinker. His opposition to established religious opinion and to slavery was scandalous. It was Emerson's deep commitment to individualism that is at the root of his disdain. His articulation of individualism is constant, whether aimed against the group mind or institutional constrictions. Kateb has written this book to bring Emerson into our conception of modernity. Kateb gives a reading of Emerson which is friendly to the interests of Nietzsche and to later Nietzscheans including Weber, Heidegger, Arendt and Foucault.
Table of Contents
Self-Reliance and the Life of the Mind
Redeeming the Frustations of Experience
The Question of Religiousness
Friendship and Love
Individuality and Identity
Self-Reliance, Politics and Society
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