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Growing Spiritual Prosperity

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"Capitalism is fundamentally about giving greater freedom to people and one of the huge questions for the world is how to use freedom well." - Assoc Prof John Armstrong

Assoc Prof John Armstrong

Associate Professor John Armstrong is a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor at the University of Melbourne and Philosopher in Residence at the Melbourne Business School. He is the author of several internationally acclaimed books: In Search of Civilisation (forthcoming 2009); Love Life Goethe (2006); The Secret Power of Beauty (2004) Conditions of Love (2002) and The Intimate Philosophy of Art (2000) - all published by Penguin UK; his books have been widely translated.

Born in Glasgow, John was educated at Oxford and London, where he completed a Ph.D. on the appreciation of art, before moving to Australia in 2001. His primary interest is in the quality of relationships to ideas, people and objects - and the significance of such relationships for individual and collective flourishing. He is currently writing a book on the secret thoughts, hopes, fears and fantasies we have about the meaning of our own lives.

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USEFUL LINKS

Publications

  • Move Closer: An Intimate Philosophy of Art (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001, ISBN: 0374527822)
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  • Conditions of Love: The Philosophy of Intimacy (W.W. Norton, 2003, ISBN: 0393331733)
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  • The Secret Power of Beauty (Penguin Global, 2006, ISBN: 0140294724)
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  • Love Life, Goethe: Lessons of the Imagination from the Great German Poet (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007, ISBN: 0374299684)
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John Armstrong's next book, The Promise of Civilisation, will be published early in 2009.

CREDITS

Host: Jacky Angus
Producers: Kelvin Param and Eric van Bemmel
Audio Engineer: Craig McArthur
Theme Music performed by Sergio Ercole. Mr Ercole is represented by the Musicians' Agency, Faculty of Music
Voiceover: Paul Richiardi

Series Creators: Eric van Bemmel and Kelvin Param

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GROWING SPIRITUAL PROSPERITY

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/17/2009 - 05:11.

Professor Armstrong has said many good things about spiritual prosperity, beauty, and friendship. However, he has not been very clear on what items, concepts, pedagogical experiences, and methodologies, that can be placed in an ethics subject within commerce or science, which will not only inform its students but also increase their capacity for maturity and wisdom within their professional lives. Perhaps he is limited by the time constraints of the interview, which is a shame because I found his interview very interesting but a little shallow. Thank you.

John Candido

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GROWING SPIRITUAL PROSPERITY

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 04:56.

I think that the professor said only a small set of all his ideas. Maybe searching other interviews we can have more info about hes thoughts.
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