Pride

By Michael Eric Dyson

Subjects: Pecados capitales, Orgullo, Pride and vanity, New York Times reviewed, Deadly sins

Description: "Michael Eric Dyson here looks at the many dimensions of pride. Ranging from Augustine and Aquinas, MacIntyre and Hauerwas, to Niebuhr and King, Dyson offers a multifaceted look at this "virtuous vice." He probes the philosophical and theological roots of pride in examining its transformation in Western culture."--BOOK JACKET