The middle way : finding happiness in a world of extremes
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The middle way : finding happiness in a world of extremes
Sterling Pub., c2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 597-620) and index
収録内容
- Globalization and its discontents : convergence and conflict of four civilizations
- Aristotle's golden mean : attaining excellence and happiness amidst unreason
- Buddha's middle way : creating value and compassion amidst suffering
- Confucius's balanced order : restoring harmony and virtue amidst discord
- ABC geometry : golden mean, middle way, balanced order are deeply related
- Political extremes : polarized America and the absence of a common good
- Sacred and profane extremes : blind faith versus deaf doubt
- Tribal extremes : natural dispersion and cultural commingling in the global village
- Pandora's extremes : the politicization of sex difference
- Cognitive extremes : oral, written, visual, and digital traditions
- Educational extremes : global lag and the American gulag
- Economic extremes : overabundance and dire dearth
- Totemic extremes : mcfoods, mcdrugs, and brave new mcworlds
- Middle Eastern extremes : stinging scorpions and free figs
- Terrorist extremes : bombed if we do, and bombed if we don't
- Importing the ABCs into your life : exporting them into your environment
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内容説明
Today, our global village is filled with strife, caused primarily by extremists of every kind, all unwilling to compromise. But there is a better way a middle way where we might discover common ground for peace, both personally and universally. Lou Marinoff, professor of philosophy and author of "Plato, not Prozac," reveals the ABCs of finding that spiritually rich path: Aristotle, Buddha, and Confucius. Each of these wise men knew that extremism destroys happiness, health and harmony, and shared the supremely important notion that the main purpose of our existence is to lead a good life, here and now. In three sections, Marinoff examines the contemporary world and shows how the Middle Way provides solutions to our most pressing problems. Part One looks at civilizational dynamics that drive both cooperation and conflict across borders, and introduces each of the ABCs. The second segment focuses on some notorious extremes including political polarization, and simmering religious, tribal, gender, cultural, and economic divides and how the ABCs can reconcile them. And the third, final section enlightens us on how we all can apply the ABCs to the betterment of our own lives and humanity as a whole. A short list of recommended readings accompanies each chapter, along with illustrations, maps, and eye-opening charts."
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