Ambition: For What?

by Deborah Rhode and Deborah L. Rhode

Book Overview

An engaging account of ambition, the forces that drive and constrain it, and whether it serves our deepest needs.

Ambition is a dominant force in for human civilization, driving its greatest achievements and most horrific abuses. Our striving has brought art, airplanes, and antibiotics, as well as wars, genocide, and despotism. This mixed record raises obvious concerns about how we can channel ambition in the most productive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197538339
• ISBN13: 9780197538333
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"