Lost intimacy in American thought : recovering personal philosophy from Thoreau to Cavell / Edward F. Mooney.
| Author/creator | Mooney, Edward F., 1941- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Continuum, ©2009. |
| Description | xiv, 234 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Thoreau and others : thinking from imagination and the heart -- A philosophy in wilderness -- A lyric philosophy of place -- Death and the sublime : Henry Bugbee's In demonstration of the spirit -- Becoming what we pray : passion's gentler resolutions -- Two testimonies in American philosophy : Stanley Cavell, Henry Bugbee -- Stanley Cavell : acknowledgment, suffering, and praise : a religious continental thinker -- Bruce Wilshire : the breathtaking intimacy of the material world -- Henry James : an ethics of intimate conversation : is the unacknowledged life worth living? -- Preservative care : saving intimate voice in the humanities -- J. Glenn Gray and Hannah Arendt : squires in this vale of tears : poetry in a time of war -- Thoreau's translations : John Brown, apples, lilies. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-230) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010275124 |
| ISBN | 9781441168580 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1441168583 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781441181664 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1441181660 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | B85 .M66 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |