From: David M (davidint@blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: Wed Nov 02 2005 - 19:04:49 GMT
Hi DMB
Glad you liked it, yes I've read some
stuff like that about Tarnas's views, but
his book, bar the last chapter, is not
way out and historically well informed
and wide ranging. I would recommend
also reading Charles Taylor's Sources
of the Self as well for balance -Taylor
is more interested in the sources of value.
The interesting thing about the Tarnas book
is the reading is given from the perspective that
dualism is something to be overcome, very interesting
to MOQers I think.
Ta
David M
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From: "david buchanan" <dmbuchanan@hotmail.com>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 1:44 AM
Subject: RE: MD Re: Joseph Campbell & Tarnas
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> David M said:
>>I have been recommending for a while Richard Tarnas's
>>Passion of the Western Mind to MOQers, I should perhaps mention
>>that the jacket comes with a favourable comment
>>from Joseph Campbell for his fans. Tarnas discusses
>>western intellectual history with the problem of dualism
>>and its overcoming as central to his narrative.
>
> dmb says:
> I don't remember much about the Tarnas book. I just remember that I loved
> it. Its one of those books I read and immediately gave away to a friend,
> insisting that he HAD to read it and NEEDED to read it. He still hasn't
> read it. Anyway, I've been investigating the possibility of getting a
> Ph.D. in philosophy and looked him up recently to find out where he's
> working. Who knows? Maybe I'll bet lucky and end up studyingt under the
> guy. The thing is, he's considered to be pretty far out on the fringe.
> There is some sense in which he takes astrology seriously. So I'm
> fascinated with the guy and that whole transpersonal psychology thing they
> have going out in California, but philosophically its the wild, wild west.
>
> But please feel free to elaborate or make further recommendations.
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