Paradoxes of Peace: Or, the Presence of Infinity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781564785398)

Paradoxes of Peace continues the meditation of Mosley's Time at War, at the end of which he wrote that humans find themselves at home in war because they feel they know what they have to do, whereas in peace they have to discover this. But what should inform them--custom? need? duty? ambition? desire? Forces pull in different directions--fidelity versus adventurousness, probity versus fun. During the war, Mosley found himself having to combine fondness for his father, Oswald Mosley, with the need to speak out against his post-war politics. In times of peace, his love for his wife and children, too, seemed riddled with paradoxes. He sought answers in Christianity, but came to see organized religion as primarily a social institution. How does caring not become a trap?

Author: Nicholas Mosley
ISBN-10: 1564785394
ISBN-13: 9781564785398
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2009
Pages: 190
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/12/2009 pg. 38
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 280