Worlds Apart by Owen Barfield
This book offers a new way to justify privacy based on a theory derived from Buddhist insights. It uses insights obtained from the Buddhist teachings on Non-Self to create an alternative theory of privacy. In doing so, the author first spells out the inherent differences between the Buddhist insights and the beliefs underlying conventional theories of privacy. While Buddhism views the self as existing conventionally through interactions with others, as well as through interrelations with other basic components, non-Buddhist ideas of self are understood as being grounded upon autonomous subjects, commonly understood to be entitled to rights and dignity. In light of this, the book offers ways in which these seemingly disparate concepts can be reconciled, while keeping in mind the need for protecting citizens privacy in a modern information society. It also argues that the new way of conceptualizing privacy, as presented in this book, would go a long way in helping unravel the difficult concept of group privacy.Preserving the Appearances (1988), Poetic Diction (1984), and Worlds Apart (1971) are among the many volumes written by OWEN BARFIELD, a distinguished philosopher, jurist, and student of the nature of language and human consciousness. At the time of his death in 1997, he was living in East Sussex, UK. G.B. is a long-time buddy of Barfield's. TENNYSON is an English professor at UCLA and the editor of A Carlyle Reader (1984). He is also the author of Owen Barfield on C.S. Lewis. Lewis (Wesleyan University Press, 1989) and other works.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780955958267 |
| ISBN 10 | 0955958261 |
| Title | Worlds Apart |
| Author | Owen Barfield |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Barfield Press UK |
| Year published | 2010-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 292 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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