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Title: The Heretic's Handbook: A Contrarian's Guide to Modern Life
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Publication Date: 2013
Language: English
ISBN 10: 147871090X
ISBN 13: 9781478710905
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

As a rule, societies are rarely inclined to examine their own premises. Instead, people are routinely expected, if not compelled, to endorse the prevailing system of values and beliefs. While this approach may appear useful in terms of maintaining cultural harmony, in truth it constitutes a serious threat to a society's general health and well-being because no society can benefit from having mechanically endorsed views serve as authoritative norms. It is imperative, therefore, that we continuously ratify our cultural premises and that skeptics and contrarians be given pride of place in this process. The Heretic's Handbook seeks to address these concerns by encouraging a series of irreverent assessments in such areas as human obligation, religious conviction, friendship, economic pursuits, and the role of technology in modern life. Ultimately, readers are encouraged to approach this volume as a kind of whetstone aimed at restoring the edge to perspectives too often dulled by the sophistries of conventional belief.

About the Author

Michael A. Soupios is Professor of Political Philosophy at the Post Campus of Long Island University where he has taught and held a variety of administrative positions since 1977. The author of numerous articles and papers on classical antiquity, Professor Soupios also possesses eight graduate degrees including four earned doctorates in areas such as history, political science, philosophy and religion. He resides in East Northport, New York, with his wife, Linda.

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