Disappointment Or the Light of Common Day |
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| Author:
| Fleming, Bruce E. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7618-3299-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2005 |
| Publisher: | University Press of America, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $67.99 |
Book Description:
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In his new work,
Disappointment, Bruce Fleming starts from the realization that even objective views of the world are so only under specific circumstances. Subjects range from war and the nature of explanation systems such as science and astrology to a concept Fleming calls "coloring." When we identify coloring, it seems to us that a single quality of something larger has eclipsed all its other qualities--for example, skin color or sexual orientation coming to stand for the...
More DescriptionIn his new work, Disappointment, Bruce Fleming starts from the realization that even objective views of the world are so only under specific circumstances. Subjects range from war and the nature of explanation systems such as science and astrology to a concept Fleming calls "coloring." When we identify coloring, it seems to us that a single quality of something larger has eclipsed all its other qualities--for example, skin color or sexual orientation coming to stand for the whole much more complex individual.