The book of twos
Subtitle: the power of contrasts, polarities, and contradictions
By: Joseph A. Amato ; [foreword by Dana Yost]
Publisher: Ellis Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Granite Falls, Minnesota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780944024669
Subjects: Duality (Logic); Comparison (Philosophy); Theory of Opposition
Other titles: Book of 2s
Description: "In fascinating detail, Amato explores how the concept of twos--contrasts, comparisons, polarities, dualities and contradictions--has been fundamental to human thought from infant development to national identities. In Amato's telling, two becomes, literally, who we are. His wide-ranging mind ranges across history, religion, art, philosophy, war, politics, and language. The book devotes significant space to essential figures who've considered those topics at length: Montaigne, William James and Isaiah Berlin. Here, too, are Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Dostoevsky, and Freud."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Of twos I sing; title: Surfaces and depths, the plenum and plethora of things; title: Then, and then again; title: Ontological divisions; title: Language, metaphor, and meaning; title: Self and other; title: Politics and judging twos; title: Montaigne's contradictory man; title: The selves of William James; title: God : and ones and twos; title: The contradicting god of history, and the paradoxical lord of hope; title: Conclusion: Minding and mending our twos.