
Hope of the Poor
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- Cover
- Contents
- Front Matter
- Title Page
- Publisher Information
- Preface
- The Hope of the Poor
- 1: Philosophical Preliminaries
- I. Our Common Humanity
- II. Agency
- III. Practical Reason
- IV. Radical Philosophies
- V. Religion
- Next Steps
- 2: Framing a Philosophy of Ordinary Life
- I. Experiences
- II. Achievements
- III. Relationships
- 3: The Human Condition
- I. Practical Wisdom
- II. Pictures and Myths
- III. Geocentrism and Anthropocentrism
- IV. The Baconian Vision
- V. Neo-Baconianism
- 4: Poverty versus Impoverishment
- The Argument So Far
- I. Identifying 'the Poor'
- II. Assessing the Quality of Life
- III. Living a Good Life
- 5: Giving, Receiving, and Benefitting
- I. Combatting Impoverishment
- II. Priorities
- III. Aid and Dependency
- IV. Poverty, Prosperity, and Frugality
- V. Wealth versus Enrichment
- Summary of the Argument Up to this Point
- 6: Economic Development and the Form of the Personal
- I. The Crisis of the Personal
- II. The Form of the Personal, the Baconian Vision, and Economic Development
- III. Persons, Objects, and Organisms
- IV. Humanity and 'Development'
- VII. Returning to Practical Reason
- 7: Redeeming the Time
- I. Life and Time
- II. Vocation and Dwelling
- III. Development and Contingency
- IV. Action, Purpose, and Style
- V. Death and Meaning
- VI. Practical Wisdom and Religion
- Back Matter
- Bibliography
- Books
- Also Available
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