Radical Hope Lear Jonathan
Shortly before he died, Plenty Coups, the last great Chief of the Crow Nation, told his story--up to a certain point. After this nothing happened." It is precisely this point--that of a people faced with the end of their way of life--that prompts the philosophical and ethica… Celý popis ↓
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Radical Hope Lear Jonathan
Shortly before he died, Plenty Coups, the last great Chief of the Crow Nation, told his story--up to a certain point. After this nothing happened." It is precisely this point--that of a people faced with the end of their way of life--that prompts the philosophical and ethical inquiry pursued in Radical Hope. "When the buffalo went away the hearts of my people fell to the ground," he said, "and they could not lift them up again.
How should we live with this vulnerability? In Jonathan Lear's view, Plenty Coups's story raises a profound ethical question that transcends his time and challenges us all: how should one face the possibility that one's culture might collapse?This is a vulnerability that affects us all--insofar as we are all inhabitants of a civilization, and civilizations are themselves vulnerable to historical forces. Can we make any sense of facing up to such a
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