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Henry David Thoreau and the Moral Agency of Knowing by Alfred I. Tauber (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Language: English. Publisher: University of California Press. Number of Pages: 328. ISBN10: 0520239156.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520239156
ISBN-139780520239159
eBay Product ID (ePID)2451094
Product Key Features
Number of Pages328 Pages
Publication NameHenry David Thoreau and the Moral Agency of Knowing
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEpistemology, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, American / General, Movements / Rationalism
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Philosophy
AuthorAlfred I. Tauber
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"A splendidly written book. . . . Richardson's critical discussions of the journals, "Walden, "Cape Cod, and the other works are invariably illuminating and cast a new light on Thoreau's sometimes cross-grained but fascinating personality."
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal818/.309
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Eternal Now 2. Three Apple Trees 3. Another Apple Tree 4. Thoreau at the Crossroads 5. Thoreau's Personalized Facts 6. Thoreau's Moral Universe 7. The Self-Positing I Epilogue: Mending the World Notes References Index
SynopsisIn his graceful philosophical account, Alfred I. Tauber shows why Thoreau still seems so relevant today-more relevant in many respects than he seemed to his contemporaries. Although Thoreau has been skillfully and thoroughly examined as a writer, naturalist, mystic, historian, social thinker, Transcendentalist, and lifelong student, we may find in Tauber's portrait of Thoreau the moralist a characterization that binds all these aspects of his career together. Thoreau was caught at a critical turn in the history of science, between the ebb of Romanticism and the rising tide of positivism. He responded to the challenges posed by the new ideal of objectivity not by rejecting the scientific worldview, but by humanizing it for himself. Tauber portrays Thoreau as a man whose moral vision guided his life's work. Each of Thoreau's projects reflected a self-proclaimed "metaphysical ethics," an articulated program of self-discovery and self-knowing. By writing, by combining precision with poetry in his naturalist pursuits and simplicity with mystical fervor in his daily activity, Thoreau sought to live a life of virtue-one he would characterize as marked by deliberate choice. This unique vision of human agency and responsibility will still seem fresh and contemporary to readers at the start of the twenty-first century., In his graceful philosophical account, Alfred I. Tauber shows why Thoreau still seems so relevant today--more relevant in many respects than he seemed to his contemporaries. Although Thoreau has been skillfully and thoroughly examined as a writer, naturalist, mystic, historian, social thinker, Transcendentalist, and lifelong student, we may find in Tauber's portrait of Thoreau the moralist a characterization that binds all these aspects of his career together. Thoreau was caught at a critical turn in the history of science, between the ebb of Romanticism and the rising tide of positivism. He responded to the challenges posed by the new ideal of objectivity not by rejecting the scientific worldview, but by humanizing it for himself. Tauber portrays Thoreau as a man whose moral vision guided his life's work. Each of Thoreau's projects reflected a self-proclaimed "metaphysical ethics," an articulated program of self-discovery and self-knowing. By writing, by combining precision with poetry in his naturalist pursuits and simplicity with mystical fervor in his daily activity, Thoreau sought to live a life of virtue--one he would characterize as marked by deliberate choice. This unique vision of human agency and responsibility will still seem fresh and contemporary to readers at the start of the twenty-first century.
LC Classification NumberPS3057.P4T38 2003
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