{"product_id":"imperfection-paperback-softback-9781926836751","title":"Imperfection (Paperback \/ softback) 9781926836751","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eImperfection\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatrick Grant (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781926836751\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.38 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cmeta name='\"generator\"' content='\"HTML' tidy see www.w3.org\u003e\n\u003ctitle\u003e\u003c\/title\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Whichcote once said that \"only madmen and fools arepleased with themselves: no wise man is good enough for his ownsatisfaction.\" While Whichcote's wise man accepts thisdisparity, the madmen and fools suffer from a deluded self-satisfactionwhich, one can assume, might make them dangerous. The twenty-four briefchapters of \u003cem\u003eImperfection\u003c\/em\u003e develop this governing idea as itrelates to the present state of the God debate, modern ethnic conflictsin which religion is a marker of identity, and the idea of freedom inrelation to the uncertainties of self-determination.\u003c\/p\u003e Human beings are imperfect creatures who nonetheless have ideas aboutperfection. Grant argues that the most interesting and creative thingspeople do are shaped in the gap between these two poles. Aretrospective view of his work over forty years, \u003cem\u003eImperfection\u003c\/em\u003edisplays the scope of his insights and reveals an important Canadianpublic intellectual.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cmeta name='\"generator\"' content='\"HTML' tidy see www.w3.org\u003e\n\u003ctitle\u003e\u003c\/title\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003epreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eintroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epart i\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eImperfection\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Plato and the Limits of Idealism 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Van Gogh Letters: The Art of the Unfinished 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Trouble with Visions31 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka, and Regressive Inversion 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Osama, Theo, and the Burnt Fool's Bandaged Finger 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 What the Buddha Didn't Say 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Not So Good News: The Gospel According to Mark 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epart ii\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSelf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Immortal Souls and State Executions 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Eyes Have It: Seeing One's Self and Others 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The God of Battles and the Irish Dimension of Shakespeare'sHenry V 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Crucifying Harry: Victims, Scapegoats, and the Northern IrelandTroubles 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Talking to the Cyclops: On Violence and Self-Destruction 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Doing Nothing About It: Taoism, Selflessness, and Non-Action121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Cliff Jumpers and Delta Dwellers: On Religious Language andCommitment 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epart iii\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eFreedom\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Dr. Johnson, Freedom, and the Book of Psalms 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Sex, Society, and Romeo and Juliet 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Cartoons from Denmark and the March of the Zombies 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Vergil and the Almighty Dollar 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Endgame in Sri Lanka: Dharmapala's Legacy andRajapaksa's War 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Jung and The Secret of the Golden Flower 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Kieslowski's Red: Fraternity in the Making 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebibliographical notes 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Athabasca University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52637931405592,"sku":"9781926836751","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/imperfection-paperback-softback-9781926836751","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}