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Contentment in Contention : Acceptance Versus Aspiration by Beverley Southgate, Reader Emeritus in the History of Ideas, University of Hertfordshire, UK is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Contentment in Contention : Acceptance Versus Aspiration about?
Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility of escape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications.
Who reads Contentment in Contention : Acceptance Versus Aspiration?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Beverley Southgate, Reader Emeritus in the History of Ideas, University of Hertfordshire, UK
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780230354593
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Philosophy
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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