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

Visser, Margaret

ISBN 10: 0887846793 / ISBN 13: 9780887846793

Verlag: House of Anansi Press, 2005

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0887846793-3-34593754

Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Margaret Visser is a writer and broadcaster. She divides her time between Toronto, Barcelona, and southwestern France.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Beyond Fate (Massey Lectures) (The CBC ...
Verlag: House of Anansi Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Good