ISBN:
9781501383861
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (273 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.54
Keywords:
Ambition
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Semantics of Ambition -- 2 Eris-Agon-Ambition -- 3 Ambition in Modernity -- 1 A New Era of Ambition Jacob Burckhardt -- 2 The Ambition of Equals Alexis de Tocqueville -- 3 Critique of Success Gustav Ichheiser -- 4 Critique of Contemplation Karl Mannheim -- 5 The Ambitious Spoilsport Roger Caillois -- 6 Hesiod's Return in the Achieving Society David McClelland -- 7 Burning Ambition Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler -- The Ambition to Reject Ambition: An Afterword with a View to Montaigne -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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