After humanity : a guide to C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man (Record no. 15435)
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fixed length control field | 02416cam a2200193 i 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
ISBN | 9781943243778 |
Terms of availability | $700 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Original cataloging agency | ICW |
Language of cataloging | eng |
Transcribing agency | ICW |
Modifying agency | ICW |
-- | OCLCO |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 823.912 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
Personal name | Ward, Michael |
Dates associated with a name | 1968- |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | After humanity : a guide to C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man |
Statement of responsibility, etc | Michael Ward |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication | Park Ridge, IL |
Name of publisher | Word on Fire Academic |
Year of publication | 2021 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Number of Pages | x, 241 p. |
Other physical details | ill., portraits |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Reception -- Occasion and context -- Overview -- A religious work? -- Background -- Legacy -- Commentary and gloss -- Conclusion -- Questions for discussio. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc | "After Humanity is a guide to one of C.S. Lewis's most widely admired but least accessible works, The Abolition of Man, which originated as a series of lectures on ethics that he delivered during the Second World War. These lectures tackle the thorny question of whether moral value is objective or not. When we say something is right or wrong, are we recognizing a reality outside ourselves, or merely reporting a subjective sentiment? Lewis addresses the matter from a purely philosophical standpoint, leaving theological matters to one side. He makes a powerful case against subjectivism, issuing an intellectual warning that, in our "post-truth" twenty-first century, has even more relevance than when he originally presented it. Lewis characterized The Abolition of Man as "almost my favourite among my books," and his biographer Walter Hooper has called it "an all but indispensable introduction to the entire corpus of Lewisiana." In After Humanity, Michael Ward sheds much-needed light on this important but difficult work, explaining both its general academic context and the particular circumstances in Lewis's life that helped give rise to it, including his front-line service in the trenches of the First World War. After Humanity contains a detailed commentary clarifying the many allusions and quotations scattered throughout Lewis's argument. It shows how this resolutely philosophical thesis fits in with his other, more explicitly Christian works. It also includes a full-color photo gallery, displaying images of people, places, and documents that relate to The Abolition of Man, among them Lewis's original "blurb" for the book, which has never before been published" -- |
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Lewis, C. S. |
Fuller form of name | (Clive Staples) |
Dates associated with a name | 1898-1963 |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Values |
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Lewis, C. S. |
Fuller form of name | (Clive Staples), |
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Koha item type | Books |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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DIS Library | DIS Library | Reference | 02/11/2021 | 700.00 | R 823.912 Ward | MH010108 | Books |