Beyond Fate (Massey Lectures) (The CBC Massey Lectures)

Visser, Margaret

ISBN 10: 0887846793 / ISBN 13: 9780887846793

Edité par House of Anansi Press, 2005

N° de réf. du vendeur 0887846793-3-34593754

Synopsis :

In spite of modern ideals and achievements in the area of freedom and choice, people today are often afflicted with a sense that they cannot change things for the better. They feel helpless, constrained, caught -- in a word, fatalistic. Beyond Fate, Margaret Visser's 2002 CBC Massey Lectures, examines why.

This timely and important book investigates what fate means, and where the propensity to believe in it and accept it comes from. Visser takes an ancient metaphor -- ubiquitous, influential, perhaps unavoidable -- where time is "seen" and spoken of as though it were space; she examines how this way of picturing reality can be a useful tool to think with -- or, on the other hand, may lead us into disastrous misunderstandings. There are ways out. But first, by observing how fatalism manifests itself in our daily lives, in everything from table manners and shopping to sport, we understand our profound attachment to fate, so that we can consider its role in our lives and our cultures.

À propos de l?auteur: Margaret Visser is a writer and broadcaster. She divides her time between Toronto, Barcelona, and southwestern France.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Beyond Fate (Massey Lectures) (The CBC ...
Éditeur : House of Anansi Press
Date d'édition : 2005
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Good