Portraits of Integrity : 26 Case Studies From History, Literature and Philosophy

"Portraits of Integrity depicts more than 20 historical, fictional and contemporary figures whose character or life raises questions about what integrity is and how it is perceived. Integrity might be culturally bound, but this diverse set of portraits demonstrates that it is not the special preserve of any one culture. Portraits of Socrates, Mencius, Rama and Job, alongside the aspirational 16th-century couple John and Dorothy Kaye, civil rights activist Ella Baker and an anonymous banker, highlight the persisting ? sometimes conflicting ? features of a life lived with integrity. An introduction identifies and discusses the key questions and themes raised by the case studies, encouraging the reader to determine for themselves the weight and significance of the recurring topics integrity brings up - truth, awkwardness, goodness, and charisma. For anyone looking to learn more about this elusive virtue, Portraits of Integrity is an essential collection. It uncovers the manifold aspects of integrity, illustrates the various possibilities for its expression in a life and asks whether living a life of integrity means living a life of isolation and hardship, or if it is possible to live with integrity without jeopardising all else."-- Provided by publisher Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 List of figures 9 Notes on contributors 10 Introduction 18 The faces that we meet 22 In conclusion 27 Recommended reading 28 Notes 29 Chapter 1: Plato’s Socrates 32 Recommended reading 41 Notes 42 Chapter 2: Boethius 44 Recommended reading 51 Chapter 3: Rāma 52 Recommended reading 60 Notes 60 Chapter 4: Antigone 62 Acknowledgements 67 Recommended reading 68 Notes 68 Chapter 5: Job 70 Recommended reading 77 Notes 77 Chapter 6: Ella Baker 80 Recommended reading 87 Notes 87 Chapter 7: ‘Albert’ 90 Recommended reading 97 Notes 98 Chapter 8: Huang Zongxi 100 Recommended reading 107 Notes 108 Chapter 9: Lambert Strether 110 Recommended reading 116 Notes 117 Chapter 10: Confucius’ village worthies 118 Recommended reading 126 Notes 126 Chapter 11: G. E. M. Anscombe 128 Recommended reading 135 Notes 136 Chapter 12: Mohandas Gandhi 138 Recommended reading 145 Notes 146 Chapter 13: Tolstoy and the Tolstoyans 148 Recommended reading 156 Notes 157 Chapter 14: Simone Weil 158 Recommended reading 166 Notes 166 Chapter 15: Guan Yu 168 Recommended reading 176 Notes 177 Chapter 16: Gerrard Winstanley 180 Social activism and integrity 181 Recommended reading 188 Notes 189 Chapter 17: Amadou Bamba 190 Recommended reading 198 Notes 198 Chapter 18: Abai Kunanbayev 200 Recommended reading 209 Notes 209 Chapter 19: Amrita Sher-Gil 212 Recommended reading 222 Notes 223 Chapter 20: Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann and Georg Waitz 224 Recommended reading 231 Notes 232 Chapter 21: Hannah Arendt 234 Recommended reading 241 Notes 242 Chapter 22: Anansi the Spider 244 Recommended reading 250 Notes 251 Chapter 23: The Cookes and the Kayes 252 Recommended reading 264 Notes 264 Chapter 24: Titus Pomponius Atticus 266 Recommended reading 273 Notes 273 Chapter 25: Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Letters from America 276 Recommended reading 285 Notes 285 Chapter 26: Virginia Woolf 288 Recommended reading 295 Notes 296 Afterword 298 Index 303