Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation
by Jonathan Lear (2006)
The last great chief of the Crow people recounted the story of how “when the buffalo went away the hearts of my people fell to the ground, and they could not lift them up again. After this nothing happened.” In this insightful and compelling book, University of Chicago philosopher Jonathan Lear offers valuable insight into the humility and grace with which cultures can anticipate their own destruction, and yet emerge whole.
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