Henry David Thoreau and the Moral Agency of Knowing

Release on 2003-05 | by Alfred I. Tauber

Author: Alfred I. Tauber
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520239159
Category: Literary Criticism
Page: 317
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Henry David Thoreau and the Moral Agency of Knowing

"Tauber's book is encyclopedic—not only a revealing and comprehensive study of Thoreau but also a full vision of the Romantic Weltanschauung and its relevance to contemporary concerns in philosophy, science, and poetics. While this scope is wildly ambitious, Tauber admirably delivers, always informing his parts with the whole, consistently altering the whole with his parts."—Eric Wilson, author of Emerson's Sublime Science "In arguing for the centrally moral and ethical value of Thoreau's works, Tauber is taking a brave stance in these slippery postmodern times…. It's one thing to praise Thoreau for his opposition to the Mexican War, his philosophy of passive resistance, and his fervent opposition to slavery. It's quite another to argue that his entire project—his whole sense of identity, self-formation, and his relation to nature—is part of a deeply moral enterprise….Thoreau's modernity has been defined in many ways in recent years. Tauber adds another important and distinctive dimension to this discussion."—H. Daniel Peck, John Guy Vassar Professor of English, Vassar College

Language: en
Pages: 317

Henry David Thoreau and the Moral Agency of Knowing

Authors: Alfred I. Tauber

Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-05 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

Language: en
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The Concord Saunterer

Authors: Alfred I. Tauber

Categories: Concord (Mass.)

Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher:

Books about The Concord Saunterer

Language: en
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The Thoreau Society Bulletin

Authors: Thoreau Society

Categories: Concord (Mass.)

Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher:

Books about The Thoreau Society Bulletin

Language: en
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Christianity & literature

Authors: Thoreau Society

Categories: Concord (Mass.)

Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher:

Books about Christianity & literature

Language: en
Pages: 328

Patient Autonomy and the Ethics of Responsibility

Authors: Alfred I. Tauber, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus Zoltan Kohn Professor Emeritus of Medicine Alfred I Tauber

Categories: Medical

Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Mit Press

Tauber examines the historical & philosophical competition between facts (scientific onjectivity) & values (patient care) in medicine. He analyzes the shifting ideas of personhood behind the doctor-patient relationship, offers a topology of autonomy & explores the philosophical & practical strategies for reconfiguring trust & autonomy.