Wicked Pleasures: Meditations on the Seven 'Deadly' Sins - Couverture souple

Solomon, Robert C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0742508455 ISBN 13 : 9780742508453

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Solomon Robert C

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The seven deadly sins have provided gossip, amusement, and the plots of morality plays for nearly fifteen hundred years. In Wicked Pleasures, well-known philosopher, business ethicist, and admitted sinner Robert C. Solomon brings together a varied group of contributors for a new look at an old catalogue of sins. Solomon introduces the sins as a group, noting their popularity and pervasiveness. From the formation of the canon by Pope Gregory the Great, the seven have survived the sermonizing of the Reformation, the Inquisition, the Enlightenment, the brief French reign of supreme reason, the apotheoses of capitalism, communism, secular humanism and postmodernism, the writings of numerous rabbis and evangelical moralists, two series in the New York Times, and several bad movies. Taking their cue from this remarkable history, the contributors, allowed one sin apiece, provide a non-sermonizing and relatively light-hearted romp through the domain of the deadly seven.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Robert C. Solomon is Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Philosophy and Business and distinguished teaching professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Well known for his writings on the passions, the emotions, ethics, and excellence, Solomon is the author of numerous books, most recently A Passion for Wisdom (with Kathleen Higgins), Oxford 1997.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0742508455
• ISBN 13: 9780742508453
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 174