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Solomon among the Postmoderns

Author : Peter J. Leithart
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441201171

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Solomon among the Postmoderns by Peter J. Leithart Pdf

In Ecclesiastes, Solomon states that "all is vapor" and describes humans as trying to "shepherd the wind." In Solomon among the Postmoderns, author Peter J. Leithart uses these claims, as well as the entire book of Ecclesiastes, to show how Solomon resonated with postmodernism. Exploring the strengths and weaknesses of postmodernism, Leithart shows how the theory reflects an important biblical theme: the elusiveness and instability of the world. But he goes on to show that biblical faith takes us beyond cynicism and despair. Solomon among the Postmoderns will appeal to academics and laypeople alike seeking a biblical view of postmodernism.

Eric Voegelin's Dialogue with the Postmoderns

Author : Eric Voegelin
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780826264275

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Eric Voegelin's Dialogue with the Postmoderns by Eric Voegelin Pdf

This collection of essays endeavors to generate a dialogue between Eric Voegelin and other prominent twentieth century thinkers and explore some of the more perplexing issues in contemporary political theory. Each essay rests on the underlying question: is it possible or desirable to construct or discover political foundations without resorting to metaphysical or essentialist constructs? The introduction focuses on the two nineteenth century thinkers, Nietzsche and Husserl, who have framed the debate about modernity and postmodernity; thereafter, the book examines Voegelin's ideas as compared to those of other twentieth century thinkers. Discussed within the volume are Levinas and the precedence of ethics, Ricoeur's theory of narrative representation, Deleuze and the philosophy of immanence, Voegelin's relationship to a speech dimension theory of human behavior, and Patocka's theory of pre metaphysical transcendence in Socrates. What will impress scholars most about this collection is the provocative dialogue created between Voegelin and other major thinkers of postmodernism that addresses the issue of establishing foundations without foundationalism.

The Postmodern Condition

Author : Jean-François Lyotard
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0816611734

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The Postmodern Condition by Jean-François Lyotard Pdf

In this book it explores science and technology, makes connections between these epistemic, cultural, and political trends, and develops profound insights into the nature of our postmodernity.

The Postmodern

Author : Simon Malpas
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Postmodernism
ISBN : 0415280648

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The Postmodern by Simon Malpas Pdf

Simon Malpas investigates the theories and definitions of postmodernism and postmodernity, and explores their impact in such areas as identity, history, art, literature and culture. In attempting to map the different forms of the postmodern, and the contrasting experiences of postmodernity in the Western and developing worlds, he looks closely at: * modernism and postmodernism * modernity and postmodernity * subjectivity * history * politics. This useful guidebook will introduce students to a range of key thinkers who have sought to question the contemporary situation, and will enable readers to begin to approach the primary texts of postmodern theory and culture with confidence.

The Postmodern World

Author : Millard J. Erickson
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433517792

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The Postmodern World by Millard J. Erickson Pdf

In both subtle and distinct ways, postmodernism has permeated American life, becoming a part of our schools, our TV shows, our churches, our conversations, and even our own thinking. How often have we said or heard, "Do what you want, but don't push your values on me," or "You live your life, and I'll live mine"? Its sheer pervasiveness demands that we ask: Is there anything wrong with postmodernism, or with the tolerance, pluralism, individualism, and casualness that it promotes? With compelling illustrations from current events and everyday life, as well as his customary sound analysis, Millard Erickson equips discerning evangelical Christians not only to understand and recognize the phenomenon of postmodernism but to deal with its effects in a relevant, biblically minded way. As he unearths its evolution, he forcefully reveals postmodernism's inherent problems and its incoherence with the teachings of God's Word. He also unveils the greatest areas of concern for Christians and gives people the tools they need to respond more wisely, believe more certainly, and discern more soundly in this confusing age.

Jung and the Postmodern

Author : Christopher Hauke
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Culture
ISBN : 0415163854

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Jung and the Postmodern by Christopher Hauke Pdf

Setting Jung against a range of postmodern thinkers, Hauke recontextualises Jung's thought as a response to modernity. Themes include; meaning, power, knowledge and the contribution of architectural criticism to the postmodern debate.

The Postmoderns

Author : Donald Allen,George F. Butterick
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0802150357

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The Postmoderns by Donald Allen,George F. Butterick Pdf

This anthology includes many of the major poets to have emerged and gained pre-eminence since World War II, and whose writing reflects not only the significant changes in this nation's postwar history, and the coming to grips with a nuclear age, but also an entirely new way of looking at and structuring reality. United by their "postmodernist" concerns with spontaneity, "instantism," formal and syntactic flexibility, and the revelation of both the creator and the process through the writing itself, these 38 poets represent very diverse strains of an essential American individualism. Included are many of the poets whose work first gained widespread national attention with the 1960 publication of The New American Poetry: Charles Olson, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Blackburn, LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Denise Levertov, Robert Duncan, and others. Among the poets included here for the first time are Anne Waldman, Diane di Prima, Ed Sanders, Jerome Rothenberg, and James Koller. In addition to a new preface by Allen and Butterick, the book provides autobiographical notes of all the poets and listings of their major works.

Making of the Postmodern Presidency

Author : John F Freie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317256441

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Making of the Postmodern Presidency by John F Freie Pdf

Throughout American history presidents have been accused of being liars, of deceiving others for political gain, of being corrupt, or of violating the Constitution. Such criticism is, to some extent, a facet of our political culture. Yet, in recent years the intensity and depth of hostility coming from news reporters, political pundits, and even academics seems unprecedented. It is the argument of "The Making of the Postmodern Presidency" that something more fundamental is occurring other than personal mendacity, character failures, or political errors; that, in fact, the model we have used to explain presidential behavior no longer works.The dominant paradigm used to assess presidential behavior-the modern presidency-is no longer an adequate explanatory model. Nonetheless, those who study the presidency continue to use it to explain behavior. This book claims that the more relevant paradigm that should be used today is the postmodern presidency model. This book traces the origins and development of the postmodern presidency.The heart of the book is composed of an examination of the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to show how each has contributed to the evolution and formation of the postmodern presidency. A penultimate chapter analyzes the 2008 presidential election through the lens of postmodernism. The book concludes with speculation on the challenges that face the Obama presidency in light of the postmodern presidency and American democracy.

The Postmodern Prince

Author : John Sanbonmatsu
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583670903

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The Postmodern Prince by John Sanbonmatsu Pdf

A work of political theory with a focus on questions of strategy that examines the politics of the New Left in the 1960s, showing how its expressivism led to political division and also prepared the ground for postmodernism. It shows also how the political economy of academic life in an increasingly commodified society strengthened the basis of postmodernism. Develops a brilliant account of a Marxism that sets itself the task of building a collective political subject capable of challenging capitalism in its moment of global crisis. [publisher web site].

Kinds of Parody from the Medieval to the Postmodern

Author : Nil Korkut
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Englisch
ISBN : 363159271X

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Kinds of Parody from the Medieval to the Postmodern by Nil Korkut Pdf

This book approaches parody as a literary form that has assumed diverse forms and functions throughout history. The author handles this diversity by classifying parody according to its objects of imitation and specifying three major parodic kinds: parody directed at texts and personal styles, parody directed at genre, and parody directed at discourse. The book argues that different literary-historical periods in Britain have witnessed the prevalence of different kinds of parody and investigates the reasons underlying this phenomenon. All periods from the Middle Ages to the present are considered in this regard, but a special significance is given to the postmodern age, where parody has become a widely produced literary form. The book contends further that postmodern parody is primarily discourse parody - a phenomenon which can be explained through the major concerns of postmodernism as a movement. In addition to situating parody and its kinds in a historical context, this book engages in a detailed analysis of parody in the postmodern age, preparing the ground for making an informed assessment of the direction parody and its kinds may take in the near future.

Feminism and the Postmodern Impulse

Author : Magali Cornier Michael,Margaret Atwood
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791430154

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Feminism and the Postmodern Impulse by Magali Cornier Michael,Margaret Atwood Pdf

Michael analyzes the intersections between feminist politics and postmodern aesthetics as demonstrated in recent Anglo-American fiction. While much has been written on various aspects of postmodernism and postmodern fiction and of feminism and feminist fiction, very little attention has been given to the postmodern aesthetic strategies that surface in post-World War II feminist fiction. Feminism and the Postmodern Impulse examines ways in which many widely read and acclaimed novels with feminist impulses engage and transform subversive aesthetic strategies usually associated with postmodern fiction to strengthen their feminist political edge. The author discusses many examples of recent feminist-postmodern fiction, and explores in greater depth Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook, Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, and Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus. She shows that feminist-postmodern fiction's emphasis on the material historical situation--the link to activist politics and commitment to enacting concrete changes in the world, and thus the need to reach a large reading public--often results in a blending and transformation of postmodern and realist aesthetic forms. Moreover, feminist fiction uses deconstructive strategies not only to disrupt the status quo but also to create a space for reconstruction, particularly of recreating new forms of female subjectivities and feminist aesthetics.

Religion, Metaphysics, and the Postmodern

Author : Christopher Ben Simpson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725237285

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Religion, Metaphysics, and the Postmodern by Christopher Ben Simpson Pdf

William Desmond's original and creative work in metaphysics is attracting more and more attention from philosophers of religion. Putting Desmond in conversation with John D. Caputo, an important philosopher of religion from the Continental tradition, Christopher Ben Simpson casts new light on Desmond's complex, multifaceted, and nuanced thought. The comparative approach allows Simpson to get at the core of recent debates in the philosophy of religion. He develops a rich understanding of how ethics and religion are informed by metaphysics, and contrasts this approach to the decidedly anti-metaphysical stance in Continental philosophy. Religion, Metaphysics, and the Postmodern presents a systematic analysis of Desmond's thought as it advances work on Caputo's thinking and on the philosophy of religion.

The Postmodern Brain

Author : Gordon G. Globus
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789027251213

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The Postmodern Brain by Gordon G. Globus Pdf

This interdisciplinary work discloses an unexpected coherence between recent concepts in brain science and postmodern thought. A nonlinear dynamical model of brain states is viewed as an autopoietic, autorhoetic, self-organizing, self-tuning eruption under multiple constraints and guided by an overarching optimization principle which insures conservation of invariances and enhancement of symmetries. The nonlinear dynamical brain as developed shows quantum nonlocality, undergoes chaotic regimes, and does not compute. Heidegger and Derrida are appropriated as dynamical theorists who are concerned respectively with the movement of time and being ("Ereignis") and text ("Differance"). The chasm between postmodern thought and the thoroughly metaphysical theory that the brain computes is breached, once the nonlinear dynamical framework is adopted. The book is written in a postmodern style, making playful, opportunistic use of marginalia and dreams, and presenting a nonserial surface of broken complexity. (Series A)

Psychoanalysis and the Postmodern Impulse

Author : Barnaby B. Barratt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317360353

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Psychoanalysis and the Postmodern Impulse by Barnaby B. Barratt Pdf

According to the author, psychoanalytic theory and practice – which discloses ‘the interminable falsity of the human subject’s belief in the mastery of its own mental life’ – is in part responsible for the coming of the postmodern era. In this title, originally published in 1993, Barratt examines the role of psychoanalysis in what he sees as the crisis of modernism, shows why the modernist position – what he calls the ‘modern episteme’ – is failing, and proposes that psychoanalysis should redefine itself as a postmodern method. In Barratt’s innovative account of psychoanalysis, which focuses on the significance of the free-associative process, Freud’s discovery of the repressed unconscious leads to a claim that is basic to postmodern ideas: ‘that all thinking and speaking, the production and reproduction of psychic reality, is inherently dynamic, polysemous, and contradictorious .’ He argues that subsequent attempts to ‘normalize and systematize’ psychoanalysis are reactionary and antipsychoanalytic efforts to salvage the modern episteme that psychoanalysis itself calls into question.

Research Method in the Postmodern

Author : James Joseph Scheurich
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : 0750706457

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Research Method in the Postmodern by James Joseph Scheurich Pdf

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.