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Absence Of Mind

The Dispelling Of Inwardness From The Modern Myth Of The Self

by Marilynne Robinson
language: english
Publisher: Yale University Press, June of 2011 ‧
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By defending the importance of individual reflection, this title celebrates the power and variety of human consciousness in the tradition of William James. It explores the nature of subjectivity and considers the culture in which Sigmund Freud that was situated and its influence on his model of self and civilization.

Absence Of Mind

The Dispelling Of Inwardness From The Modern Myth Of The Self

by Marilynne Robinson

Property Description
ISBN: 9780300171471
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date: June of 2011
Language: English
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 176
Format: Book
Collection: The Terry Lectures
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Philosophy
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780300171471

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson nasceu em novembro de 1943, em Sandpoint, no estado do Idaho, nos EUA. Estudou no Pembroke College, da Brown University, tendo-se doutorado na Universidade de Washington em 1977. O seu primeiro romance, Housekeeping (1980), foi distinguido com o Prémio Hemingway Foundation/PEN. Gilead (2004) obteve o Prémio Pulitzer de Ficção e o National Book Critics Circle Award. O The Guardian considerou-o o segundo melhor livro do século XXI. Com Casa, recebeu o Orange Prize for Fiction e o Los Angeles Times Book Prize, e, com Lila, o National Book Critics Circle Award. Em 2012, recebeu a Medalha Nacional de Humanidades, pela «sua escrita elegante e inteligente». Os seus livros de não-ficção incluem The Givenness of Things, When I Was a Child I Read Books, Absence of Mind, The Death of Adam e Mother Country. Vive em Iowa City, no Iowa.

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