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024 7 _a10.7312/ruti16408
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035 _a(DE-B1597)459291
035 _a(OCoLC)868283588
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082 0 4 _a170.44
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aRuti, Mari
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Call of Character :
_bLiving a Life Worth Living /
_cMari Ruti.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2013]
264 4 _c©2013
300 _a1 online resource (224 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tPart I. The Art of Self-Fashioning --
_t1. The Call of Character --
_t2. The Process of Becoming --
_t3. The Specificity of Desire --
_tPart II. The Art of Self-Responsibility --
_t4. The Blueprints of Behavior --
_t5. The Alchemy of Relationality --
_t6. The Ethics of Responsibility --
_tPart III. The Art of Self-Surrender --
_t7. The Swerve of Passion --
_t8. The Upside of Anxiety --
_t9. The Erotics of Being --
_tNotes --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aShould we feel inadequate when we fail to be healthy, balanced, and well-adjusted? Is it realistic or even desirable to strive for such an existential equilibrium? Condemning our current cultural obsession with cheerfulness and "positive thinking," Mari Ruti calls for a resurrection of character that honors our more eccentric frequencies and argues that sometimes a tormented and anxiety-ridden life can also be rewarding. Ruti critiques the search for personal meaning and pragmatic attempts to normalize human beings' unruly and idiosyncratic natures. Exposing the tragic banality of a happy life commonly lived, she instead emphasizes the advantages of a lopsided life rich in passion and fortitude. She also shows what matters is not our ability to evade existential uncertainty but our courage to meet adversity in such a way that we do not become irrevocably broken. We are in danger of losing the capacity to cope with complexity, ambiguity, melancholia, disorientation, and disappointment, Ruti warns, leaving us feeling less "real" and less connected and unable to process a full range of emotions. Heeding the call of our character means acknowledging the marginalized, chaotic aspects of our being, and it is precisely these creative qualities that make us inimitable and irreplaceable.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aCharacter.
650 0 _aConduct of life.
650 7 _aPHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7312/ruti16408
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231536196
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