Beyond Fate: CBC Massey Lecture
Autor Margaret Visseren Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 apr 2005
Many people today are afflicted with a sense that they cannot change things for the better. They feel helpless, constrained, caught — in a word, fatalistic. Beyond Fate examines why. In her characteristically lively prose, Margaret Visser investigates what fate means to us, and where the propensity to believe in it and accept it comes from. She takes an ancient metaphor where time is "seen" and spoken of as though it were space and examines how this way of picturing reality can be a useful tool to think with - or, on the other hand, how it may lead people into disastrous misunderstandings. By observing how fatalism expresses itself in one's daily life, in everything from table manners to shopping to sport, the book proposes ways to limit its influence. Beyond Fate provides a timely and provocative perspective on modern life, both personal and social.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780887846793
ISBN-10: 0887846793
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: HOUSE OF ANANSI PR LTD
Colecția House of Anansi Press
Seria CBC Massey Lecture
Locul publicării:Canada
ISBN-10: 0887846793
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: HOUSE OF ANANSI PR LTD
Colecția House of Anansi Press
Seria CBC Massey Lecture
Locul publicării:Canada
Notă biografică
Margaret Visser is a writer and broadcaster. She divides her time between Toronto, Barcelona, and southwestern France.