Library: Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
Last Loaded: 11/13/2008
MARC Timestamp: 09/08/2005
Control Number Org.: OCoLC
Control Number: 58554906
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050 00 $aHM1011$b.C88 2005
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100 1 $aCutler, Ian,$d1948-
245 10 $aCynicism from Diogenes to Dilbert /$cIan Cutler ;
foreword by Yiannis Gabriel.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Company,$cc2005.
300 $avii, 227 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-219)
and index.
520 1 $a"This book argues that cynicism is both a
progressive approach to social dilemmas and an enlightened
understanding of the human condition. The book establishes
the foundations of classical Greek cynicism and illustrates
the varied faces of the cynic phenomenon in such disparate
characters as Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Diogenes, the
Dadaists, George Bataille, Samuel Beckett, Auberon Waugh,
and the creators of South Park. It focuses on significant
periods of historical change and how cynicism gave birth to
such seminal ideas, as cosmopolitanism, asceticism, and
parrhesia. Finally, it shows how aspects of cynicism present
in today's society offer a positive strategy for living in a
hostile world."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aCynicism$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aCynics (Greek philosophy)
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