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Acts of Hope (Paperback, New edition) Loot Price: R1,235
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Acts of Hope (Paperback, New edition): James Boyd White

Acts of Hope (Paperback, New edition)

James Boyd White

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To which institutions or social practices should we grant authority? When should we instead assert our own sense of what is right or good or necessary?
In this book, James Boyd White shows how texts by some of our most important thinkers and writers--including Plato, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Mandela, and Lincoln--answer these questions, not in the abstract, but in the way they wrestle with the claims of the world and self in particular historical and cultural contexts. As they define afresh the institutions or practices for which they claim (or resist) authority, they create authorities of their own, in the very modes of thought and expression they employ. They imagine their world anew and transform the languages that give it meaning.
In so doing, White maintains, these works teach us about how to read and judge claims of authority made by others upon us; how to decide to which institutions and practices we should grant authority; and how to create authorities of our own through our thoughts and arguments. Elegant and accessible, this book will appeal to anyone wanting to better understand one of the primary processes of our social and political lives.

General

Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 1995
First published: October 1995
Authors: James Boyd White
Dimensions: 231 x 154 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-89511-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind
LSN: 0-226-89511-4
Barcode: 9780226895116

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