Philosophy of Devotion: The Longing for Invulnerable Ideals
Author:   Paul Katsafanas (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Boston University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780192867674


Pages:   246
Publication Date:   22 December 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Paul Katsafanas (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Boston University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.548kg
ISBN:  

9780192867674


ISBN 10:   0192867679
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   22 December 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements 1: The Longing for Devotion 2: The Nature of Sacred Values 3: Resisting Comparisons of Comparable Items 4: Devotion and Dialectical Invulnerability 5: Nihilism and the Abundance of Values 6: The Enlightenment Account of Fanaticism 7: Fanaticism as Individual Pathology 8: Group Fanaticism and Narratives of Ressentiment 9: Irony, Affirmation, and the Appeal of Inarticulacy 10: Conclusion References

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Clearly written with elucidating examples...Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * Choice *


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Paul Katsafanas is Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and works on ethics, moral psychology, and nineteenth-century philosophy. He is the author of The Nietzschean Self (OUP, 2016), Agency and the Foundations of Ethics (OUP, 2013), and approximately thirty articles that have appeared in leading journals and edited volumes.

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