Obligatory reflex or default position before practically every choice we make It affects not only individuals; organizations societies and cultures can also be ambivalent How often have we asked the scornful uestion Are we the Hamlet of nations? How often have we demanded that our leaders appear decisive judicious and stalwart? And how eager have we been to censure them when they hesitate or waver?Weisbrode traces the concept of ambivalence from the Garden of Eden to Freud and beyond The Obama era he says may be America’s own era of amb.
ambivalence book On Ambivalence PDF/EPUBObligatory reflex or default position before practically every choice we make It affects not only individuals; organizations societies and cultures can also be ambivalent How often have we asked the scornful uestion Are we the Hamlet of nations? How often have we demanded that our leaders appear decisive judicious and stalwart? And how eager have we been to censure them when they hesitate or waver?Weisbrode traces the concept of ambivalence from the Garden of Eden to Freud and beyond The Obama era he says may be America’s own era of amb.
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PDF Kenneth Weisbrode ´ PDF On Ambivalence Epub Ù ´ marjoriejane.co ambivalence book, On Ambivalence PDF/EPUBTook me the longest time to read this little book I started it many times over the past few years enjoyed what I read well enough but just couldn't bring myself to finish it The book itself provides a thoughtful explanation
PDF Kenneth Weisbrode ´ PDF On Ambivalence Epub Ù ´ marjoriejane.co ambivalence book, On Ambivalence PDF/EPUBThis is an essay in book form the 88 pages are each only as big as my hand The dearness of the package and the title persuaded me to make an impulse buy I'm not sure it was worth my hard earned pennies and yet I do find it an appealing litle book to contemplate just as an object and the one illustration is lovely a reproduction of a 15th c painting of Adam and Eve They're the father and mother of ambivalence thanks guys which according to Weisbrode has become an unfortunate and defining aspect of contemporary life I feel in total agreement with him but partly instinctively because he doesn't spell out all of his arguments and I need 'em spelled out Still this is clarifying on a basic level and helps me begin thinking about ambivalence which I've always suffered from The aut
PDF Kenneth Weisbrode ´ PDF On Ambivalence Epub Ù ´ marjoriejane.co ambivalence book, On Ambivalence PDF/EPUBNo joke I'm ambivalent about this book and I'm relieved most reviewers seem to be so too Not a brilliant essay or argument by any means but it does get intriguing toward the end talking about Obama's ability to make hay out of our society's ambivalence and talking about war and peace and how there are no clear victories any with so many outside actors and interests involved He's getting into globalism and our difficulty with it and how sometimes not taking action is the better decision despite its ambivalent nature This probably warrants an immediate reread with those thoughts in mind
PDF Kenneth Weisbrode ´ PDF On Ambivalence Epub Ù ´ marjoriejane.co ambivalence book, On Ambivalence PDF/EPUBThis tiny book is packed full of interesting ideas At its worst it is a bit of a linguistic game my primary gripe with some areas of philosophy but at its best it is chock full of examples and analysis He concludesSo long as we embrace or at least accept ambivalence as individuals we may continue to decry and contain it constructively as a society Perhaps doing so can usher in a new era of human progress; or perhaps not
PDF Kenneth Weisbrode ´ PDF On Ambivalence Epub Ù ´ marjoriejane.co ambivalence book, On Ambivalence PDF/EPUBNot so much a book but an essay on ambivalence For me the most insightful part of the book was this sentence the ambivalent soul will probably want all of the above and to enjoy the benefits without the costs; to value and to overcome the luxury of idleness; in other words to have it both ways
PDF Kenneth Weisbrode ´ PDF On Ambivalence Epub Ù ´ marjoriejane.co ambivalence book, On Ambivalence PDF/EPUBThis book did bot make me any cleverer Finished it although rather uickly but with a feeling that the author did not want anyone who is not super elite academic to understand what he is trying to say In other words This book made me feel stupid
PDF Kenneth Weisbrode ´ PDF On Ambivalence Epub Ù ´ marjoriejane.co ambivalence book, On Ambivalence PDF/EPUBReally an essay that interestingly links all the most prominent examples of ambivalence in western cultural production then results in the unsatisfying