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On Settling
Robert E. Goodin
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Description for On Settling
Hardback. In a culture that worships ceaseless striving, settling seems like giving up. This title explores the dynamics of this process. It explains why settling is useful for planning, creating trust, and strengthening the social fabric - and why settling is different from compromise and resignation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
In a culture that worships ceaseless striving, "settling" seems like giving up. But is it? On Settling defends the positive value of settling, explaining why this disdained practice is not only more realistic but more useful than an excessive ideal of striving. In fact, the book makes the case that we'd all be lost without settling--and that even to strive, one must first settle. We may admire strivers and love the ideal of striving, but who of us could get through a day without settling? Real people, confronted with a complex problem, simply make do, settling for some resolution that, ... Read more
In a culture that worships ceaseless striving, "settling" seems like giving up. But is it? On Settling defends the positive value of settling, explaining why this disdained practice is not only more realistic but more useful than an excessive ideal of striving. In fact, the book makes the case that we'd all be lost without settling--and that even to strive, one must first settle. We may admire strivers and love the ideal of striving, but who of us could get through a day without settling? Real people, confronted with a complex problem, simply make do, settling for some resolution that, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691148458
SKU
V9780691148458
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About Robert E. Goodin
Robert E. Goodin is professor of government at the University of Essex and distinguished professor of philosophy and social and political theory at Australian National University.
Reviews for On Settling
"Mr. Goodin's On Settling is a brief and gentle meditation on a subject that is larger and more controversial than it may at first seem."
Daniel Akst, Wall Street Journal "Goodin's gentle little book is brimming with intelligence, sense, and humanity, and he makes a lot of progress toward understanding a concept that has received far too little attention."
Cass Sunstein, New ... Read more
Daniel Akst, Wall Street Journal "Goodin's gentle little book is brimming with intelligence, sense, and humanity, and he makes a lot of progress toward understanding a concept that has received far too little attention."
Cass Sunstein, New ... Read more