Overview: Presents the first philosophical text on pride since 1995, allowing readers to achieve a new perspective of understanding pride as a value.Explores pride from historical, philosophical and societal pe.This book explores the morality of pride, a value that has been condemned through history and is still largely unwelcome in many societies. The author explores the nature of the self and free will, and how pride links to technology and rational theology. It refers to the work of Lionel Trilling, Allan Bloom, Charles Taylor and Heidegger on authenticity; Jacob Burckhardt, Stephen Toulmin
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