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Author: Michael J. Hyde
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Imprint: Baylor University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.503kg
ISBN: 9781481309769
ISBN 10: 1481309765
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 30 May 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Hyde (communication ethics, Wake Forest Univ.) argues that humans ""embody a metaphysical desire for perfection,"" and he aims to show this by reviewing the pertinent thinking of a very large number of writers, from ancient history to the present, in philosophy, religion, science, and the arts--in a sense, the entire ""Western canon."" His review of the pertinent thinking of the included writers is interesting, engaging, and informative in a way that draws the reader in. To flesh out his inquiry, Hyde goes into detail in two ""case studies"" that illustrate the metaphysical desire for perfection: ""The Rhetorical Situation of Terri Schiavo"" and the recent motion picture As Good as It Gets. VERDICT This book should be of interest to a large readership from scholars to lay readers; highly recommended for philosophy and cultural studies collections in most libraries. -- Library Journal, 2010
Hyde (communication ethics, Wake Forest Univ.) argues that humans embody a metaphysical desire for perfection, and he aims to show this by reviewing the pertinent thinking of a very large number of writers, from ancient history to the present, in philosophy, religion, science, and the arts--in a sense, the entire Western canon. His review of the pertinent thinking of the included writers is interesting, engaging, and informative in a way that draws the reader in. To flesh out his inquiry, Hyde goes into detail in two case studies that illustrate the metaphysical desire for perfection: The Rhetorical Situation of Terri Schiavo and the recent motion picture As Good as It Gets. VERDICT This book should be of interest to a large readership from scholars to lay readers; highly recommended for philosophy and cultural studies collections in most libraries. -- Library Journal, 2010
Author Information
Michael J. Hyde is University Distinguished Professor of Communication Ethics in the Department of Communication and is on the faculty of the Program for Bioethics, Health and Society in the School of Medicine, Wake Forest University. He is the author of The Life-Giving Gift of Acknowledgment and the award-winning The Call of Conscience. In addition, he is the editor of The Ethos of Rhetoric and Communication Philosophy and the Technological Age; with Walter Jost he co-edited Rhetoric and Hermeneutics in Our Time and he is co-editor of After the Genome - A Language for Our Biotechnological Future. He and his wife live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
