The Adventurous Male: Chapters in the History of the White Male MindPennsylvania State University Press, 1993 - Počet stran: 245 In this final volume of the trilogy on the theme of adventure begun with The Robinson Crusoe Story and Seven Types of Adventure Tale, Martin Green argues that Western civilization and culture have been inspired and characterized by the idea of adventure as much as by more famous ideas like democracy and justice. Green explores the dimensions of both individual and group or political forms of adventure, uncovering the presence of the adventure idea, and tracing its influence, in various kinds of cultural activity and ideology, from exploration, sports, and nationalistic activity to philosophy, politics, science, and economics. In most cases, he finds a cult of energy, risk, and heroism that answers to the excitement of those stories defined as adventures. Moreover, he demonstrates that the cult is linked to masculinity and certain virtues associated with men rather than women. The Adventurous Male will augment ongoing discussion and debate in the realms of both feminism and the men's movement. |
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... heroes , such as Nelson — a hero of duty — as well as Indian heroes , who were more peaceable . Most striking is that when Gandhi began his campaign of passive resistance and going to jail he continued to use the language of adven- ture ...
... heroes , seemed to be non- Jewish . ( The Jewish Daniel Deronda in George Eliot's novel is not a successful hero , compared with Ladislaw or Lydgate . ) Samuel's parents ' religion treated the prohibition against killing as an absolute ...
... heroes England chose for itself included many adventur- ers , such as the Elizabethan sailors Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh , and others of the eighteenth century , such as Captain Cook and later Admiral Nelson , as well as famous ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Adventure and Masculinity | 13 |
Adventure Manhood Citizenship | 17 |
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