[PDF.34nr] Fighting for Life: Contest, Sexuality, and Consciousness

Fighting for Life: Contest, Sexuality, and Consciousness

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 | #614394 in Books |  Walter J Ong |  2012-11-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.90 x.70 x6.00l,.80 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

 | Fighting for Life Contest Sexuality and Consciousness

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||4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| THE book on masculinity|By Bill|Walter Ong was a Jesuit scholar of importance in the areas of the influence and impact of writing on civilization. This book is a little different but has been over the years the one that has been the most helpful in understanding the nature of maleness in humans and other animals. You can't do better.|3 of 4 people found the following review| || "Fighting for Life is a book about contest, the agonia of the Greek arena, and its roots in male life, especially academia. Ong describes this work as an 'excavation' which was prompted by his previous explorations of such areas as the characterist

What accounts for the popularity of the macho image, the fanaticism of sports enthusiasts, and the perennial appeal of Don Quixote's ineffectual struggles? In Fighting for Life, Walter J. Ong addresses these and related questions, offering insight into the role of competition in human existence. Focusing on the ways in which human life is affected by contest, Ong argues that the male agonistic drive finds an outlet in games as divergent as football and chess....

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Fighting for Life: Contest, Sexuality, and Consciousness   |  Walter J. Ong. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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