Reviews for For fear of the angels

The average rating for For fear of the angels based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-05-08 00:00:00 Jenny Juisiak Just finished this book again. I re-read it because I got thinking about contest, games, and Marshall McLuhan. Provocative & thoughtful, seems as on point today as when it was published in 1983. The strength of this book is the perspective Ong brings to the shift from renaissance to modernity in the educational system. In the West, the inherently human adversarial relationship was institutionalized: the disputational, dialectical structure of philosophy, theology, even the whole academic enterprise. An example of the shift is that Aquinas (not unlike Plato) expressed his thought in a polemic, adversarial way: a dialogue with questions, answers, criticism of answers, etc. Whereas the modern textbook is remarkably univocal. Teachers and students collaborate instead of battling each other in disputes over petty infractions. The conflict is still part of human thought but it has become internalized.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-09-30 00:00:00 Daniel L Rothbard 4. I found this book a refreshing look at the values that we (society) have placed in relationships. Covering everything from monogamy to co-habiting and divorce, this book faces the challenges of having a relationship in a changing world head on. A simple outlook on finding what makes you happy with someone else - and keeping your head out of the fairy tales of Happily Ever After.