Robinson, Marilynne.

Absence of mind the dispelling of inwardness from the modern myth of the self / [electronic resource] : Marilynne Robinson. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010. - xviii, 158 p. - The Terry lectures . - Terry lectures. .

Essays from the lectures delivered at Yale University, the Dwight Harrington Terry Foundation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- On human nature -- The strange history of altruism -- The Freudian self -- Thinking again.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780300166477 (electronic bk.)




Religion and science.
Philosophy, Modern.
Thought and thinking.


Electronic books.

BL241 / .R58 2010

201/.65