Myths Of Modern Individualism

Author : Ian Watt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521585644

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Myths of Modern Individualism by Ian Watt Pdf

In this volume, Ian Watt examines the myths of Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan and Robinson Crusoe, as the distinctive products of modern society. He traces the way the original versions of Faust, Don Quixote and Don Juan - all written within a forty-year period during the Counter Reformation - presented unflattering portrayals of the three figures, while the Romantic period two centuries later recreated them as admirable and even heroic. The twentieth century retained their prestige as mythical figures, but with a new note of criticism. Robinson Crusoe came much later than the other three, but his fate can be seen as representative of the new religious, economic and social attitudes which succeeded the Counter-Reformation. The four figures help to reveal problems of individualism in the modern period: solitude, narcissism, and the claims of the self versus the claims of society. They all pursue their own view of what they should be, raising strong questions about their heroes' character and the societies whose ideals they reflect.

Author : J. Martin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230535756

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Myths of Renaissance Individualism by J. Martin Pdf

The idea that the Renaissance witnessed the emergence of the modern individual remains a powerful myth. In this important new book Martin examines the Renaissance self with attention to both social history and literary theory and offers a new typology of Renaissance selfhood which was at once collective, performative and porous. At the same time, he stresses the layered qualities of the Renaissance self and the salient role of interiority and notions of inwardness in the shaping of identity. Myths of Renaissance Individualism , in short, will interest students not only of history but also of art history, literature, music, philosophy, psychology and religion.

Author : Stefan Jonsson
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0822325705

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Subject Without Nation by Stefan Jonsson Pdf

Jonsson analyzes how Musil explains the foundation of modern theories of subjectivity.

Author : Barry Alan Shain
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0691029121

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The Myth of American Individualism by Barry Alan Shain Pdf

Sharpening the debate over the values that formed America's founding political philosophy, Barry Alan Shain challenges us to reconsider what early Americans meant when they used such basic political concepts as the public good, liberty, and slavery. We have too readily assumed, he argues, that eighteenth-century Americans understood these and other terms in an individualistic manner. However, by exploring how these core elements of their political thought were employed in Revolutionary-era sermons, public documents, newspaper editorials, and political pamphlets, Shain reveals a very different understanding--one based on a reformed Protestant communalism. In this context, individual liberty was the freedom to order one's life in accord with the demanding ethical standards found in Scripture and confirmed by reason. This was in keeping with Americans' widespread acceptance of original sin and the related assumption that a well-lived life was only possible in a tightly knit, intrusive community made up of families, congregations, and local government bodies. Shain concludes that Revolutionary-era Americans defended a Protestant communal vision of human flourishing that stands in stark opposition to contemporary liberal individualism. This overlooked component of the American political inheritance, he further suggests, demands examination because it alters the historical ground upon which contemporary political alternatives often seek legitimation, and it facilitates our understanding of much of American history and of the foundational language still used in authoritative political documents.

Author : Marc Champagne
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781788360319

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Myth, Meaning, and Antifragile Individualism by Marc Champagne Pdf

Jordan Peterson has attracted a high level of attention. Controversies may bring people into contact with Peterson's work, but ideas are arguably what keep them there. Focusing on those ideas, this book explores Peterson's answers to perennial questions. What is common to all humans, regardless of their background? Is complete knowledge ever possible? What would constitute a meaningful life? Why have humans evolved the capacity for intelligence? Should one treat others as individuals or as members of a group? Is a single person powerless in the face of evil? What is the relation between speech, thought, and action? Why have religious myths and narratives figured so prominently in human history? Are the hierarchies we find in society good or bad? After devoting a chapter to each of these questions, Champagne unites the different strands of Peterson's thinking in a handy summary. Champagne then spends the remaining third of the book articulating his main critical concerns. He argues that while building on tradition is inevitable and indeed desirable, Peterson’s individualist project is hindered by the non-revisable character and self-sacrificial content of religious belief. This engaging multidisciplinary study is ideal for those who know little about Peterson’s views, or for those who are familiar but want to see more clearly how Peterson’s views hang together. The debates spearheaded by Peterson are in full swing, so Myth, Meaning, and Antifragile Individualism should become a reference point for any serious engagement with Peterson’s ideas.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Individualism
ISBN : 0333803205

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Early Modern History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter L. Callero
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781442217454

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The Myth of Individualism by Peter L. Callero Pdf

New edition forthcoming in time for fall 2017! The Myth of Individualism offers a concise introduction to sociology and sociological thinking. Drawing upon personal stories, historical events, and sociological research, Callero shows how powerful social forces shape individual lives in subtle but compelling ways.

Author : Colin Bird
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999-05-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521641289

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The Myth of Liberal Individualism by Colin Bird Pdf

This book challenges us to look at liberal political ideas in a fresh way. Colin Bird examines the assumption, held both by liberals and by their strongest critics, that the values and ideals of the liberal political tradition cohere around a distinctively 'individualist' conception of the relation between individuals, society and the state. He concludes that the formula of 'liberal individualism' conceals fundamental conflicts between liberal views of these relations, conflicts that neither liberals nor their critics have adequately recognized. His interesting and provocative study develops a powerful criticism of the libertarian forms of 'liberal individualism' which have risen to prominence, and suggests that by taking this term for granted, theorists have exaggerated the unity and integrity of liberal political ideals and limited our perception of the issues they raise.

Author : Peter L Callero
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781538172902

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The Myth of Individualism by Peter L Callero Pdf

Accessible and sharply focused, The Myth of Individualism is the perfect introduction to understanding the ways social forces influence, shape, and control our lives

Author : Charles Wesley Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCAL:B4362674

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The Myth of the Individual by Charles Wesley Wood Pdf

Author : Will Wright
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001-08-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0761952330

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The Wild West by Will Wright Pdf

This book, written by the author of the celebrated volume Six Guns and Society, explains why the myth of the Wild West is popular around the world. It shows how the cultural icon of the Wild West speaks to deep desires of individualism and liberty and offers a vision of social contract theory in which a free and equal individual (the cowboy) emerges from the state of nature (the wilderness) to build a civil society (the frontier community). The metaphor of the Wild West retained a commitment to some limited government (law and order) but rejected the notion of the fully codified state as too oppressive (the corrupt sheriff). Compelling and magnificently suggestive, the book unpacks one of the core icons of our time.

Author : Liisa Steinby
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783111026503

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Myth in the Modern Novel by Liisa Steinby Pdf

Myth in the Modern Novel: Imagining the Absolute posits a twofold thesis. First, although Modernity is regarded as an era dominated by science and rational thought, it has in fact not relinquished the hold of myth, a more "primitive" form of thought which is difficult to reconcile with modern rationality. Second, some of the most important statements as to the reconcilability of myth and Modernity are found in the work of certain prominent novelists. This book offers a close examination of the work of eleven writers from the late eighteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first, representing German, French, American, Czech and Swedish literature. The analyses of individual novels reveal a variety of intriguing views of myth in Modernity, and offer an insight into the "modernizing" transformations myth has undergone when applied in the modern novel. The study shows the presence of the "subconscious", the mythic layer, in modern western culture and how this has been dealt with in novelistic literature.

Author : Philip Ball
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226823843

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The Modern Myths by Philip Ball Pdf

With The Modern Myths, brilliant science communicator Philip Ball spins a new yarn. From novels and comic books to B-movies, it is an epic exploration of literature, new media and technology, the nature of storytelling, and the making and meaning of our most important tales. Myths are usually seen as stories from the depths of time—fun and fantastical, but no longer believed by anyone. Yet, as Philip Ball shows, we are still writing them—and still living them—today. From Robinson Crusoe and Frankenstein to Batman, many stories written in the past few centuries are commonly, perhaps glibly, called “modern myths.” But Ball argues that we should take that idea seriously. Our stories of Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Sherlock Holmes are doing the kind of cultural work that the ancient myths once did. Through the medium of narratives that all of us know in their basic outline and which have no clear moral or resolution, these modern myths explore some of our deepest fears, dreams, and anxieties. We keep returning to these tales, reinventing them endlessly for new uses. But what are they really about, and why do we need them? What myths are still taking shape today? And what makes a story become a modern myth? In The Modern Myths, Ball takes us on a wide-ranging tour of our collective imagination, asking what some of its most popular stories reveal about the nature of being human in the modern age.

Author : Ian Watt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000-07-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521783879

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Essays on Conrad by Ian Watt Pdf

A landmark collection of Ian Watt's essays on Joseph Conrad.

Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780231156424

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The Implied Spider by Wendy Doniger Pdf

Wendy Doniger's foundational study is both modern in its engagement with a diverse range of religions and refreshingly classic in its transhistorical, cross-cultural approach. By responsibly analyzing patterns and themes across context, Doniger reinvigorates the comparative reading of religion, tapping into a wealth of narrative traditions, from the instructive tales of Judaism and Christianity to the moral lessons of the Bhagavad Gita. She extracts political meaning from a variety of texts while respecting the original ideas of each. A new preface confronts the difficulty of contextualizing the comparison of religions as well as controversies over choosing subjects and positioning arguments, and the text itself is expanded and updated throughout.