Pride
By: Michael Eric Dyson.
Series: The seven deadly sins
Publisher: Oxford University Press; New York Public Library
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780195160925
Subjects: Pride and vanity; Deadly sins
Description: "Michael Eric Dyson here looks at the many dimensions of pride. Ranging from Augustine and Aquinas, MacIntyre and Hauerwas, to Niebuhr and King, Dyson offers a multifaceted look at this "virtuous vice." He probes the philosophical and theological roots of pride in examining its transformation in Western culture."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-130) and index.
Table of contents: title: The virtuous vice? philosophical and religious roots of pride; title: I witness: personal pride; title: Hubris and hue: white pride; title: I am somebody: black pride; title: My country right or wrong? National pride.