TY - BOOK ID - 77884629 TI - The recovery of wonder : the new freedom and the asceticism of power PY - 2005 SN - 1282863282 9786612863288 0773572627 9780773572621 0773528571 9780773528574 077352858X 9780773528581 PB - Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Reality. KW - Wonder (Philosophy) KW - Philosophy KW - Truth KW - Nominalism KW - Pluralism KW - Pragmatism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77884629 AB - While acknowledging the significant gains modernity and post-modernity offer Western civilization in the areas of liberty and knowledge, Schmitz sees in their arguments a superficiality that does not bite to the bone. In The Recovery of Wonder he proposes we approach the world as a gift in order to regain the sense of wonder Shakespeare so eloquently recognized. ER -