Emerson and Self-Culture
Emerson and Self-Culture

Author: John T. Lysaker

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2008-03-10

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 025300022X

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How do I live a good life, one that is deeply personal and sensitive to others? John T. Lysaker suggests that those who take this question seriously need to reexamine the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson. In philosophical reflections on topics such as genius, divinity, friendship, and reform, Lysaker explores "self-culture" or the attempt to remain true to one's deepest commitments. He argues that being true to ourselves requires recognition of our thoroughly dependent and relational nature. Lysaker guides readers from simple self-absorption toward a more fulfilling and responsive engagement with the world.

Hints For Self Culture
Hints For Self Culture

Author: Lala Har Dayal

Publisher: Jaico Publishing House

Published: 1977-01-01

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 8172242832

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Man S Personality Needs Growth And Development In Its Four Different Aspects Namely: Intellectual, Physical, Aesthetic And Ethical. Through These Four Facets Of Life, The Author Disseminates The Message Of Rationalism For The Young Men And Women Of All Countries. These Short Hints On Self-Culture Addresses You To Make Best Use Of Your Life And Helps You To Build Your Personality As A Free And Cultured Citizen.

The Autobiographical Self in Time and Culture
The Autobiographical Self in Time and Culture

Author: Qi Wang

Publisher:

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0199737835

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This book traces the developmental, social, cultural, and historical origins of the autobiographical self - the self that is made of memories of the personal past and of the family and the community. It combines rigorous research, compelling theoretical insights, sensitive survey of real memories and memory conversations, and fascinating personal anecdotes to convey a message: the autobiographical self is conditioned by one's time and culture.

Culture And Self
Culture And Self

Author: Douglas B. Allen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-02

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 0429969716

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Traditional scholars of philosophy and religion, both East and West, often place a major emphasis on analyzing the nature of "the self." In recent decades, there has been a renewed interest in analyzing self, but most scholars have not claimed knowledge of an ahistorical, objective, essential self free from all cultural determinants. The contributors of this volume recognize the need to contextualize specific views of self and to analyze such views in terms of the dynamic, dialectical relations between self and culture. An unusual feature of this book is that all of the chapters not only focus on traditions and individuals, East and West, but include as primary emphases comparative philosophy, religion, and culture, reinforcing individual and cultural creativity. Each chapter brings specific Eastern and Western perspectives into a dynamic, comparative relation. This comparative orientation emphasizes our growing sense of interrelatedness and interdependency.