Man Who Would Be Perfect (e-bog) af Thomas, Robert David
Thomas, Robert David (forfatter)

Man Who Would Be Perfect e-bog

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John Humphrey Noyes, founder of utopian communities in Putney, Vermont, and Oneida, New York, remain one of the most enigmatic reformers of the nineteenth century. The last biography, written over forty years ago, portrayed Noyes as a &quote;Yankee Saint,&quote; a man of progressive ideas and religious vision. Yet he has also been called a &quote;Vermont Casanova&quote; whose elaborate theology...
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Forfattere Thomas, Robert David (forfatter)
Udgivet 11 november 2016
Længde 216 sider
Genrer Biography: religious and spiritual
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781512807592
John Humphrey Noyes, founder of utopian communities in Putney, Vermont, and Oneida, New York, remain one of the most enigmatic reformers of the nineteenth century. The last biography, written over forty years ago, portrayed Noyes as a "e;Yankee Saint,"e; a man of progressive ideas and religious vision. Yet he has also been called a "e;Vermont Casanova"e; whose elaborate theology of Perfection is simply justified the license he took with the women in his communities.Robert David Thomas makes a convincing case that Noyes, though riven by conflict and full of contradictions, had his finger on the social and cultural problems that were bothering a great many Americans of his time. Studied out of context, Noyes must remain a mystery-radical yet conservative, shy yet arrogant, retiring, and passive yet forceful, even oppressive, in his leadership. But against the background of nineteenth-century American activism and religious enthusiasm, John Humphrey Noyes emerges as a man who overcame a tortured personal life and marshaled his inner resources to grapple with a confusing and rapidly changing social world.Using modern theories of the ego, Thomas provides a psychologically consistent portrait of Noyes and therein a new perspective on the roots of nineteenth-century Perfectionism, utopian, reform, sexual ideology, and family theory. More than a conventional psycho-biography, this study assumes a sociological theme in its explanations of the social tensions of the era and the sources of "e;disorder"e; now so frequently mentioned in studies of the previous century.