Strangers, Gods and Monsters: Interpreting Otherness by Kearney, Richard

Strangers, Gods and Monsters: Interpreting Otherness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415272582)

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Strangers, Gods and Monsters: Interpreting Otherness by Kearney, Richard

Strangers, Gods and Monsters: Interpreting Otherness

$52.95
Strangers, Gods and Monsters: Interpreting Otherness by Kearney, Richard

Strangers, Gods and Monsters: Interpreting Otherness

$52.95
Format: Paperback
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Strangers, Gods and Monsters is a fascinating look at how human identity is shaped by three powerful but enigmatic forces. Often overlooked in accounts of how we think about ourselves and others, Richard Kearney skilfully shows, with the help of vivid examples and illustrations, how the human outlook on the world is formed by the mysterious triumvirate of strangers, gods and monsters.
Throughout, Richard Kearney shows how Strangers, Gods and Monsters do not merely reside in myths or fantasies but constitute a central part of our cultural unconscious. Above all, he argues that until we understand better that the Other resides deep within ourselves, we can have little hope of understanding how our most basic fears and desires manifest themselves in the external world and how we can learn to live with them.

Author: Richard Kearney
ISBN-10: 0415272580
ISBN-13: 9780415272582
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2002
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.72h x 6.74w x 0.57d
By Richard Kearney
By Richard Kearney
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Richard Kearney is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and University College Dublin. His publications include On Stories, Wake of Imagination and Postnationalist Ireland (all published by Routledge), and Sam's Fall (novel).

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