Fate remains central to many cultural outlooks, and in our age of conflict, climate change, and pandemic, it features conspicuously in debates about the future. A careful examination of this important idea is not only informative and intriguing but also timely. Fate and Life confronts the idea of fate head on and demonstrates that how we interpret and apply this concept can make it work for rather than against us.
Authors
- Published in
- Montreal, CA
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- FATE AND LIFE 2
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Dedication 6
- CONTENTS 8
- Preface 10
- 1 What Is Fate? 18
- 2 Fate’s Global Reach 45
- 3 The Language of Fate 63
- 4 Fateful Arguments 77
- 5 A Tool for Social Control 93
- 6 Attitudes toward Life 118
- Afterword 146
- Acknowledgments 154
- Notes 156
- Recommended Reading 174
- Index 178
