Includes bibliographical references.In three essays, West explores the morality of asceticism, discipline, and dignity within the works of eight social theorists. He attempts to discover a feeling of pride over human affairs that differs from the pride which is condemned by theology.The devices of nature : George Fitzhugh and Thomas Carlyle -- The divided consciousness : Allen Tate, John Crowe Ransom, Paul Elmer More -- Nature and artifice : Hannah Arendt, Theodore Roszak, Paul Goodman.Digitized at the University of Missouri--Columbia MU Libraries Digitization Lab in 2013. Digitized at 600 dpi with Zeutschel, OS 15000 scanner. Access copy, available in MOspace, is 400 dpi, grayscale
