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Radical hope : ethics in the face of cultural devastation

Title
Radical hope : ethics in the face of cultural devastation / Jonathan Lear.
Author
Lear, Jonathan.
Publication
  • Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
  • ©2006

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Description
187 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
"Shortly before he died, Plenty Coups, the last great Chief of the Crow Nation, told his story - up to a certain point. "When the buffalo went away the hearts of my people fell to the ground," he said, "and they could not lift them up again. After this nothing happened." It is precisely this point - that of a people faced with the end of their way of life - that prompts the philosophical and ethical inquiry pursued in Radical Hope. In Jonathan Lear's view, Plenty Coups's story raises a profound ethical question that transcends his time and challenges us all: how should one face the possibility that one's culture might collapse?"--Jacket.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
After this, nothing happened -- Ethics at the horizon -- Critique of abysmal reasoning.
Call Number
JFD 06-14190
ISBN
  • 9780674027466
  • 0674027469
  • 9780674023291
  • 0674023293
LCCN
  • 2006043484
  • 9780674023291
OCLC
65407568
Author
Lear, Jonathan.
Title
Radical hope : ethics in the face of cultural devastation / Jonathan Lear.
Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Copyright Date
©2006
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Standard Identifier
9780674023291
Research Call Number
JFD 06-14190
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