{"product_id":"fighting-for-life-walter-j-ong-9780801413421","title":"Fighting for Life: Pension Funds and Corporate Engagement","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat accounts for the popularity of the macho image, the fanaticism of sports enthusiasts, and the perennial appeal of Don Quixote's ineffectual struggles? In Fighting for Life, Walter J. Ong addresses these and related questions, offering insight into the role of competition in human existence. Focusing on the ways in which human life is affected by contest, Ong argues that the male agonistic drive finds an outlet in games as divergent as football and chess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemonstrating the importance of contest in biological evolution and in the growth of consciousness out of the unconscious, Ong also shows how adversary procedure has affected social, linguistic, and intellectual history. He discusses shifting patterns of contest in such arenas as spectator sports, politics, business, academia, and religion. Human beings' internalization of agonistic drives, he concludes, can foster the deeper discovery of the self and of distinctively human freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter J. Ong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801413427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801413421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/1981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Walter J. Ong","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926112141567,"sku":"9780801413421","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_28ee8ed1-710e-4a3d-890f-0aae62ce68e1.jpg?v=1681081269","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fighting-for-life-walter-j-ong-9780801413421","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}