In Search of the Good Life: A Pedagogy for Troubled Times

by Fred R. Dallmayr

Book Overview

The great German novelist Thomas Mann implored readers to resist the persistent and growing militarism of the mid-twentieth century. To whom should we turn for guidance during this current era of global violence, political corruption, economic inequality, and environmental degradation? For more than two millennia, the world's great thinkers have held that the ethically "good life" is the highest purpose of human existence. Renowned political philosopher...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813166284
• ISBN13: 9780813166285
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary