On Ambivalence: The Problems and Pleasures of Having It Both Ways

by Kenneth Weisbrode

A concise guide to ambivalence, from Adam and Eve (to eat the apple or not?) to Hamlet (to be or not?) to globalization (e pluribus unum or not?).

Why is it so hard to make up our minds? Adam and Eve set the template: Do we or don't we eat the apple? They chose, half-heartedly, and nothing was ever the same again. With this book, Kenneth Weisbrode offers a crisp, literate, and provocative introduction to the age-old struggle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262017318
• ISBN13: 9780262017312
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.5" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Not what I expected!

For a small book it seemed laborious to get through. I did finish it, but promptly gave it away to the Goodwill Store!