Paterson The New Patricians

An Essay on Values and Consciousness
1998
ISBN: 978-0-230-37138-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten, eBook

This book expounds values which the author styles 'patrician'. It is also a critique of distinctively 'plebeian' attitudes. These two terms refer to beliefs and responses which any individual may evince, regardless of social class. The main issues in life are within our own consciousness, not in the external world. Our experiences are fraught with symbolisms, noble and ignoble, which our free imagination can reveal and our choices select, in our endeavours to create a successful human identity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paterson, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Patricians and Plebeians The Plebeianization of Reality The Dwellers Elsewhere Battlegrounds Victors The New Patricians Index

Über Autor(innen)

R.W.K. PATERSON is a former Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Hull, where he taught in the departments of adult education and then philosophy for a total of 32 years. His previous publications are The Nihilistic Egoist: Max Stirner, Values, Education, and the Adult and Philosophy and the Belief in a Life After Death. He has also published many articles and reviews in philosophical and educational journals.