After humanity : a guide to C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man (Record no. 15435)

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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
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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
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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
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    DIS Library DIS Library Reference 02/11/2021 700.00 R 823.912 Ward MH010108 Books