Debates Controversies And Prizes

Author : Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet,Christian Leduc
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350348653

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Debates, Controversies, and Prizes by Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet,Christian Leduc Pdf

This volume brings together a series of cutting-edge studies on significant controversies and prize essay contests of the German Enlightenment. It sheds new light on the nature and impact of the philosophical debates of the period, while analyzing a range of pressing philosophical questions. In doing so, it focuses on controversies and prize competitions as conditions for the advancement of knowledge and the staking out of new philosophical terrain. Chapters address not only the rich content of the questions but also their wider context, including the theoretical framework of the debates and their institutional support and aims. Together they demonstrate how these debates created a rallying point and generated momentum for sustained philosophical argument and engagement in the Enlightenment era. The collection offers novel perspectives on the major role played by the Berlin Academy both within the German Enlightenment and across Europe more broadly. Through the introduction of several understudied but key figures such as Johann Heinrich Abicht, Leonhard Cochius, Pierre Le Guay de Prémontval, and Guillaume Raynal, it deepens our understanding of the richness and complexity of the period. Arranged in three parts – natural law and history, metaphysics, and anthropology – the essays provide fascinating new material on areas such as the problem of language, the emergence of psychology, colonialism, and the origins of aesthetics for the wider study of the intellectual milieu in eighteenth-century Germany and beyond.

Author : Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet,Christian Leduc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Philosophy, German
ISBN : 1350348686

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Debates, Controversies, and Prizes by Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet,Christian Leduc Pdf

"This collection brings together a series of cutting-edge studies on the most significant controversies and prize essay contests of the German Enlightenment. Chapters address questions such as the condition of possibility of the debates, their institutional support and their aims, and introduce relatively unknown but key figures of the period. Set out into four parts, the essays provide new material on areas such as anthropology, the problem of language, colonialism and the origins of aesthetics for the wider study of 18th-century intellectual and philosophical life"--

Author : Anna Auguscik
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783839438534

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Prizing Debate by Anna Auguscik Pdf

This book offers a study of the literary marketplace in the early 2000s. Focusing on the Man Booker Prize and its impact on a novel's media attention, Anna Auguscik analyses the mechanisms by which the Prize both recognises books that trigger debates and itself becomes the object of such debates. Based on case studies of six novels (by Aravind Adiga, Margaret Atwood, Sebastian Barry, Mark Haddon, DBC Pierre, Zadie Smith) and their attention profiles, this work describes the Booker as a 'problem-driven attention-generating mechanism', the influence of which can only be understood in relation to other participants in literary interaction.

Author : Leader of the Emmy Noether-Research Group Practical Reasons Before Kant (1720-1780) Sonja Schierbaum,Sonja Schierbaum,Michael Walschots,John Walsh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192869562

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Christian Wolff's German Ethics by Leader of the Emmy Noether-Research Group Practical Reasons Before Kant (1720-1780) Sonja Schierbaum,Sonja Schierbaum,Michael Walschots,John Walsh Pdf

This volume offers a collective exploration of the moral philosophy of Christian Wolff, one of the great philosophers of the 18th century. The contributors discuss major themes in Wolff's German Ethics of 1720, showing the importance of this work within the history of ethics and its continuing interest today.

Author : Colin Mustful
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781300158035

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The Tobacco Controversy of 1857: An Early Debate and its Delayed Results by Colin Mustful Pdf

During the Crimean War British soldiers developed an affinity for tobacco smoke. Upon returning to Great Britain they brought with them the habit of smoking tobacco. The proliferation of smoking sparked the first public debate about its effects. Beginning in 1857, this passionate debate of those both for and against the use of tobacco was laid out in the British Medical Journal The Lancet. Ultimately the Controversy led to no immediate results, but it acted as an introduction to the real and possible effects of tobacco smoking. And, it left a lasting impact on the tobacco question.

Author : Barry L. Schwartz
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827609327

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Judaism's Great Debates by Barry L. Schwartz Pdf

Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of this book possible: David Lerman and Shelley Wallock; D. Walter Cohen, Wendy and Leonard Cooper; Rabbi Howard Gorin; Gittel and Alan Hilibrand; Marjorie and Jeffrey Major; Jeanette Lerman Neubauer and Joe Neubauer; Gayle and David Smith; and Harriet and Donald Young. Ever since Abraham’s famous argument with God, Judaism has been full of debate. Moses and Korah, David and Nathan, Hillel and Shammai, the Vilna Gaon and the Ba’al Shem Tov, Spinoza and the Amsterdam Rabbis . . . the list goes on. Jews debate justice, authority, inclusion, spirituality, resistance, evolution, Zionism, and more. No wonder that Judaism cherishes the expression machloket l’shem shamayim, “an argument for the sake of heaven.” In this concise but important survey, Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz presents the provocative and vibrant thesis that debate and disputation are not only encouraged within Judaism but reside at the very heart of Jewish history and theology. In his graceful, engaging, and creative prose, Schwartz presents an introduction to an intellectual history of Judaism through the art of argumentation. Beyond their historical importance, what makes these disputations so compelling is that nearly all of them, regardless of their epochs, are still being argued. Schwartz builds the case that the basis of Judaism is a series of unresolved rather than resolved arguments. Drawing on primary sources, and with a bit of poetic license, Schwartz reconstructs the real or imagined dialogue of ten great debates and then analyzes their significance and legacy. This parade of characters spanning three millennia of biblical, rabbinic, and modern disputation reflects the panorama of Jewish history with its monumental political, ethical, and spiritual challenges.

Author : Henry R. Frankel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781316616048

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The Continental Drift Controversy: Volume 1, Wegener and the Early Debate by Henry R. Frankel Pdf

The definitive account of the early debate over Wegener's theory of continental drift, based on extensive interviews and archival material.

Author : CQ Researcher,
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781412979412

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Issues for Debate in Social Policy by CQ Researcher, Pdf

Issues for Debate in Social Policy is a timely supplement for courses in Social Policy. Each article gives substantial background and analysis of a particular issue as well as useful pedagogical features to inspire critical thinking and to help students grasp and review key material. Topics include: * Women′s Rights * Middle Class Squeeze * Vanishing Jobs * Race and Politics * Domestic Poverty * Welfare Reform * Hunger in America * Social Security Reform * Child Welfare Reform * Wounded Veterans * Universal Coverage * Ending Homelessness * Mortgage Crisis * Caring for the Elderly * Aging Baby Boomers * Gender Pay Gap * The Obama Presidency.

Author : Claudia Mills
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317141402

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Ethics and Children's Literature by Claudia Mills Pdf

Exploring the ethical questions posed by, in, and about children’s literature, this collection examines the way texts intended for children raise questions of value, depict the moral development of their characters, and call into attention shared moral presuppositions. The essays in Part I look at various past attempts at conveying moral messages to children and interrogate their underlying assumptions. What visions of childhood were conveyed by explicit attempts to cultivate specific virtues in children? What unstated cultural assumptions were expressed by growing resistance to didacticism? How should we prepare children to respond to racism in their books and in their society? Part II takes up the ethical orientations of various classic and contemporary texts, including 'prosaic ethics' in the Hundred Acre Wood, moral discernment in Narnia, ethical recognition in the distant worlds traversed by L’Engle, and virtuous transgression in recent Anglo-American children’s literature and in the emerging children’s literature of 1960s Taiwan. Part III’s essays engage in ethical criticism of arguably problematic messages about our relationship to nonhuman animals, about war, and about prejudice. The final section considers how we respond to children’s literature with ethically focused essays exploring a range of ways in which child readers and adult authorities react to children’s literature. Even as children’s literature has evolved in opposition to its origins in didactic Sunday school tracts and moralizing fables, authors, parents, librarians, and scholars remain sensitive to the values conveyed to children through the texts they choose to share with them.

Author : L. Morrissey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137049162

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Debating the Canon by L. Morrissey Pdf

Over the past two decades, the debate over the 'Great Books' has been one of the key public controversies concerning the cultural content of higher education. Debating the Canon provides a primary-source overview of these ongoing arguments. Many of these contributions to this debate have achieved 'canonical' status themselves; through the focus on the canon, the full spectrum of approaches to literary studies can be seen in the essays. Therefore, this collection places the recent debate within a larger context of literary criticism's development of a canon, going back to the eighteenth century.

Author : V.C. Pandey
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 8182051541

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Democracy And Education by V.C. Pandey Pdf

The present publication provides a very systematic presentation of the subject matter. A key to democracy is education. It defines democracy, aims of education, education for democracy, human rights education etc.

Author : John TULLOCH (Principal of Saint Mary's College, Saint Andrews.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019518175

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Theological Controversy; or, the function of debate in Theology. An address delivered to the Members of the Theological Society in the University of Edinburgh. With an Appendix on the study of the Confession of Faith. Fourth edition by John TULLOCH (Principal of Saint Mary's College, Saint Andrews.) Pdf

Author : CQ Researcher,
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781544303987

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Issues for Debate in American Public Policy by CQ Researcher, Pdf

Written by award-winning CQ Researcher journalists, this annual collection of nonpartisan reports focuses on sixteen hot-button policy issues currently up for debate in America. With reports ranging from immigration and the economy to sports and sexual assault, Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, Nineteenth Edition promotes in-depth discussion, facilitates further research, and helps you formulate your own positions on crucial policy issues. And because it is CQ Researcher, the policy reports are expertly researched and written, showing you all sides of an issue. Because this annual volume comes together just months before publication, all selections are brand new and explore some of today’s most significant American public policy issues, including: The Trump presidency Affirmative action and college admissions High-tech policing Immigration and the economy Sports and sexual assault Trust in media And much more! Key Features Chapters follow a consistent organization, beginning with a summary of the issue, then exploring a number of key questions around the issue, next offering background to put the issue into current context, and concluding with a look ahead. A pro/con debate box in every chapter offers you the opportunity to critically analyze and discuss the policy issues by exploring a debate between two experts in the field. All issues include a chronology, a bibliography, photos, charts, and figures to offer you a more complete picture of the issue at hand.

Author : Karen Fox
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781760465018

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Honouring a Nation by Karen Fox Pdf

The first detailed history of imperial and national honours in Australia, Honouring a Nation tells the story of the honours system’s transformation from instrument of imperial unity to national institution. From the extension of British honours to colonial Australasia in the nineteenth century, through to Tony Abbott’s revival of knighthoods in the twenty-first, this book explains how the system has worked, traces the arguments of its supporters and critics, and looks both at those who received awards and those who declined them. Honouring a Nation brings to life a long history of debate over honours, including wrangles over State rights, gender imbalances in honours lists, and the emergence and hardening of the Labor/Liberal divide over British awards, illuminating issues that are still part of Australian life—and of the honours system—today. The history of the honours system is equally the history of the nation, revealing who Australians were, what they have become, what they value, and the things that have unified and divided them. ‘National honours are a fraught recognition of merit. They beg many questions: who decides, why some people are recognised, and others ignored. Honours provide a window to the soul of the nation and invite us to consider who we really are and what we value. These are big issues to ponder. Karen Fox provides many of the answers in this timely, lively and important book.’ — Julianne Schultz AM FAHA, Emeritus Professor Media and Culture, Griffith University ‘Give Karen Fox a gong: for distinguished service to Australian culture in recognition of her authoritative yet entertaining account of how a supposedly egalitarian country embraced knighthoods, OAs and other baubles.’ — Richard White, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney and author of Inventing Australia ‘Karen Fox has written an intelligent, incisive and intriguing account of how Australians have acknowledged and elevated their fellow citizens, from the founding of the first colony to the present day … a work packed with insights about the ever-shifting determinants of social hierarchy, individual merit and public esteem … a thoroughly stimulating read.’ — Stuart Ward, Head of the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen ‘At last, a definitive account of the Australian honours system, from the First Fleet to 2021. Honours serve as a prism through which to view imperial strategies, federal rivalries and partisan, class-based and gender politics, with many scandals and controversies along the way. Karen Fox has given us a book that is both topical and compelling on evolving national identity and honours as a symbol of exclusion or inclusion.’ — Marian Sawer AO, Emeritus Professor, The Australian National University

Author : Forster Laurel Forster
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : Authorship
ISBN : 9781474469999

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Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1940s-2000s by Forster Laurel Forster Pdf

Foregrounds the diversity of periodicals, fiction and other printed matter targeted at women in the postwar periodForegrounds the diversity and the significance of print cultures for women in the postwar period across periodicals, fiction and other printed matterExamines changes and continuities as women's magazines have moved into digital formatsHighlights the important cultural and political contexts of women's periodicals including the Women's Liberation Movement and SocialismExplores the significance of women as publishers, printers and editorsWomen's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1940s-2000s draws attention to the wide range of postwar print cultures for women. The collection spans domestic, cultural and feminist magazines and extends to ephemera, novels and other printed matter as well as digital magazine formats. The range of essays indicates both the history of publishing for women and the diversity of readers and audiences over the mid-late twentieth century and the early twenty-first century in Britain. The collection reflects in detail the important ways in magazines and printed matter contributed to, challenged, or informed British women's culture. A range of approaches, including interview, textual analysis and industry commentary are employed in order to demonstrate the variety of ways in which the impact of postwar print media may be understood.