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- ISBN 9781926836751
- Weight: 380g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2012
- Publisher: AU Press
- Publication City/Country: CA
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Benjamin Whichcote once said that “only madmen and fools arepleased with themselves: no wise man is good enough for his ownsatisfaction.” While Whichcote’s wise man accepts thisdisparity, the madmen and fools suffer from a deluded self-satisfactionwhich, one can assume, might make them dangerous. The twenty-four briefchapters of Imperfection develop this governing idea as itrelates to the present state of the God debate, modern ethnic conflictsin which religion is a marker of identity, and the idea of freedom inrelation to the uncertainties of self-determination.
Human beings are imperfect creatures who nonetheless have ideas aboutperfection. Grant argues that the most interesting and creative thingspeople do are shaped in the gap between these two poles. Aretrospective view of his work over forty years, Imperfectiondisplays the scope of his insights and reveals an important Canadianpublic intellectual.
A mature scholar and established literary critic, PatrickGrant is professor emeritus of English at the University ofVictoria. He is the author of several books, including Buddhism andEthnic Conflict in Sri Lanka; Literature, Rhetoric, andViolence in Northern Irelands; and Personalism and thePolitics of Culture.
