De Ziel Van De Marionet Een Zoektocht Naar De Vrijheid Van De Mens by John Gray
Een Zoektocht Naar De Vrijheid Van De Mens
The book offers a provocative critique of modern ideas of human autonomy and progress, arguing that people are not the fully rational, self-determining agents those ideals presume but are driven by instincts, emotions and cultural narratives. It challenges Enlightenment and humanist assumptions that history advances toward greater freedom and moral improvement, showing how attempts to impose utopian schemes often unleash cruelty and repression. Drawing on philosophy, literature and history, it urges a humbler view of human nature and a conception of freedom based on acceptance of limits, restraint and moral realism rather than limitless self-mastery.
- Published
- 1995
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
- - The Soul of the Marionette
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