| Description |
1 online resource (217 pages) |
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text file |
| Summary |
Should we feel inadequate for failing to be healthy, balanced, and well-adjusted? Is such an existential equilibrium realistic or even desirable? Condemning our cultural obsession with cheerfulness and?positive thinking," Mari Ruti calls for a resurrection of character that honors our more eccentric frequencies, arguing that sometimes the most tormented and anxiety-ridden life can also be the most rewarding. Ruti critiques our current search for personal meaning and the pragmatic attempt to normalize human beings' unruly and idiosyncratic natures. Exposing the tragic banality of a happy life c. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I THE ART OF SELF-FASHIONING -- 1. The Call of Character -- 2. The Process of Becoming -- 3. The Specificity of Desire -- pt. II THE ART OF SELF-RESPONSIBILITY -- 4. The Blueprints of Behavior -- 5. The Alchemy of Relationality -- 6. The Ethics of Responsibility -- pt. III THE ART OF SELF-SURRENDER -- 7. The Swerve of Passion -- 8. The Upside of Anxiety -- 9. The Erotics of Being. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Character.
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Character. |
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Conduct of life.
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Conduct of life. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ruti, Mari. Call of Character : Living a Life Worth Living. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2013 9780231164085 |
| ISBN |
9780231536196 electronic book |
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0231536194 electronic book |
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9780231164085 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0231164084 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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