Nobility of Spirit
Download or Read eBook Nobility of Spirit PDF written by Rob Riemen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Rob Riemen |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2008-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780300136906 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0300136900 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Nobility of Spirit by : Rob Riemen
Book excerpt: "Riemen insists that if we hope to move beyond the war on terror and create a life-affirming culture, we must address timeless but neglected questions: What is a good society? Why art? Why culture? What is the responsibility of intellectuals? Why anti-Americanism? Why nihilism? Why the cult of death of fundamentalists? In a series of three essays, the author identifies nobility of spirit in the life and work of Baruch Spinoza and of Thomas Mann; explores the quest for the good society in our own time; and addresses the pursuit of truth and freedom that engaged figures as disparate as Socrates and Leone Ginzburg, a Jewish Italian intellectual murdered by Nazis."--BOOK JACKET.
