Mark Edmundson, Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals. Reviewed by

Philosophy in Review 37 (1):11-13 (2017)
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Mark Edmundson explores and defends the value of ideals in contemporary culture, focusing on courage, contemplation and compassion. In his argument, he explicates the ideas of authors and thinkers such Homer, Plato, and the Christian and Eastern religious traditions. Shakespeare and Frued are seen as detractors of the Soul.

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4. Shakespeare and the Early Modern Self.Mark Edmundson - 2015 - In Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 137-184.
Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals.Mark Edmundson - 2015 - Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
1. The Hero.Mark Edmundson - 2015 - In Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 19-50.
Polemical Conclusion: In the Culture of the Counterfeit.Mark Edmundson - 2015 - In Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 247-260.
2. The Saint.Mark Edmundson - 2015 - In Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 51-99.
Bibliography.Mark Edmundson - 2015 - In Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 261-278.
3. The Thinker.Mark Edmundson - 2015 - In Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 100-134.
Acknowledgments.Mark Edmundson - 2015 - In Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 279-280.
Index.Mark Edmundson - 2015 - In Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 281-283.
5. The Poet.Mark Edmundson - 2015 - In Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 185-216.
6. Freud and the Ideal Self.Mark Edmundson - 2015 - In Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 217-246.
Polemical Introduction: The Triumph of Self.Mark Edmundson - 2015 - In Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 1-16.
Main Sources Cited in the Text.Mark Edmundson - 2015 - In Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
Book review: Literature against philosophy, Plato to Derrida: A defense of poetry. [REVIEW]Mark Edmundson - 1996 - Philosophy and Literature 20 (2).
Literature against philosophy, Plato to Derrida: a defence of poetry.Mark Edmundson - 1995 - New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press.

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