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The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self
Yale University Press
June 2010
On Sale: May 25, 2010
176 pages
ISBN: 0300145187
EAN: 9780300145182
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In this ambitious book, acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson
applies her astute intellect to some of the most vexing
topics in the history of human thought—science, religion,
and consciousness. Crafted with the same care and insight as
her award-winning novels, Absence of Mind challenges
postmodern atheists who crusade against religion under the
banner of science. In Robinson’s view, scientific reasoning
does not denote a sense of logical infallibility, as
thinkers like Richard Dawkins might suggest. Instead, in its
purest form, science represents a search for answers. It
engages the problem of knowledge, an aspect of the mystery
of consciousness, rather than providing a simple and final
model of reality.By defending the importance of individual
reflection, Robinson celebrates the power and variety of
human consciousness in the tradition of William James. She
explores the nature of subjectivity and considers the
culture in which Sigmund Freud was situated and its
influence on his model of self and civilization. Through
keen interpretations of language, emotion, science, and
poetry, Absence of Mind restores human consciousness to its
central place in the religion-science debate.
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