The Pure State Of Nature

Author : David Horton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000248142

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The Pure State of Nature by David Horton Pdf

'Aborigines did not cause the extinction of the megafauna . . . and it is unlikely that they have caused the extinction of any element of the fauna and flora.' 'If you want to practise control burning in order to protect houses or farms, then do it in the same way as you would use a bulldozer to clear a firebreak, but don't pretend that you are doing anything but damage to the environment.' 'If you commercialise an environmental resource you do so to make money. Don't pretend that it also benefits the environment.' Spanning fifty thousand years and an entire continent, The Pure State of Nature presents a passionate account of the Australian environment. The myths that abound in popular and scientific writing, the 'theories' and fancies about the place of humans in the ecology of this vast landmass, are subjected to scrutiny. In particular, the author demolishes the widely accepted orthodoxy about the use of fire by Aborigines and their supposed part in the extinction of the Australian megafauna. From the ruins of those myths The Pure State of Nature offers lessons for the new millennium. In turns provocative, humorous, impassioned and gentle, this is a bold book of ideas about the past and present, a book about how we can shape the future. To The Pure State of Nature Dr David Horton brings many years' experience as scientist, farmer and archaeologist. Among his publications are Recovering the Tracks and The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia. He now writes and consults from his stud sheep farm in New South Wales.

Author : Thomas Hobbes
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486122144

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Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes Pdf

Written during a moment in English history when the political and social structures were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world.

Author : Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781775416951

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Discourse on Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Pdf

The searing indictment of man-made inequality in all its many forms that Rousseau offers in Discourse on Inequality is a must-read for philosophy buffs and supporters of social justice. This artfully composed argument sets forth the core elements of Rousseau's philosophical views, including his unique take on Hobbes' concept of nature and natural law.

Author : Lee MacLean
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781442664265

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The Free Animal by Lee MacLean Pdf

Free will is a key but contested concept in the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: while the famed philosopher is known to have asserted that free will distinguishes human beings from animals, several interpreters have argued that he merely pretends to have this belief for the sake of healthy politics and to avoid persecution by religious authorities. Through careful readings of key texts and letters, The Free Animal offers a new and original exploration of Rousseau’s views on free will. Lee MacLean shows that Rousseau needs and uses the idea of human consciousness of free will to explain the development of morality, convention, and vice. MacLean bases her argument on a broad range of texts, from canonical works to Rousseau’s untranslated letters and drafts. Featuring careful analyses and an extensive engagement with the secondary literature, The Free Animal offers a novel interpretation of the changing nature and complexity of Rousseau’s intention.

Author : Eve Grace,Christopher Kelly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429665226

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The Rousseauian Mind by Eve Grace,Christopher Kelly Pdf

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is a major figure in Western Philosophy and is one of the most widely read and studied political philosophers of all time. His writings range from abstract works such as On the Social Contract to literary masterpieces such as The Reveries of the Solitary Walker as well as immensely popular novels and operas. The Rousseauian Mind provides a comprehensive survey of his work, not only placing it in its historical context but also exploring its contemporary significance. Comprising over forty chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook covers: The predecessors and contemporaries to Rousseau’s work The major texts of the 'system' Autobiographical texts including Confessions, Reveries of the Solitary Walker and Dialogues Rousseau’s political science The successors to Rousseau’s work Rousseau applied today. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, Rousseau’s work is central to the study of political philosophy, the Enlightenment, French studies, the history of philosophy and political theory.

Author : Louis Althusser
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781784785581

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Lessons on Rousseau by Louis Althusser Pdf

Althusser delivered these lectures on Rousseau's Discourse on the Origins of Inequality at the cole normale suprieure in Paris in 1972. They are fascinating for two reasons. First, they gave rise to a new generation of Rousseau scholars, attentive not just to Rousseau's ideas, but also to those of his concepts that were buried beneath metaphors or fictional situations and characters. Second, we are now discovering that the "late Althusser's" theses about aleatory materialism and the need to break with the strict determinism of theories of history in order to devise a new philosophy "for Marx" were being worked out well before 1985 in this reading of Rousseau dating from twelve years earlier, which introduces into Rousseau's text the ideas of the void, the accident, the take, and the necessity of contingency.

Author : S. A. Lloyd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108246521

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Interpreting Hobbes's Political Philosophy by S. A. Lloyd Pdf

The essays in this volume provide a state-of-the-art overview of the central elements of Hobbes's political philosophy and the ways in which they can be interpreted. The volume's contributors offer their own interpretations of Hobbes's philosophical method, his materialism, his psychological theory and moral theory, and his views on benevolence, law and civil liberties, religion, and women. Hobbes's ideas of authorization and representation, his use of the 'state of nature', and his reply to the unjust 'Foole' are also critically analyzed. The essays will help readers to orient themselves in the complex scholarly literature while also offering groundbreaking arguments and innovative interpretations. The volume as a whole will facilitate new insights into Hobbes's political theory, enabling readers to consider key elements of his thought from multiple perspectives and to select and combine them to form their own interpretations of his political philosophy.

Author : Jonathan Marks
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005-10-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 052185069X

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Perfection and Disharmony in the Thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Jonathan Marks Pdf

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Author : Timothy O'Hagan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134393725

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Rousseau by Timothy O'Hagan Pdf

Timothy O'Hagan investigates Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings concerning the formation of humanity, of the individual and of the citizen in his three master works: the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality among Men, Emile and the Social Contract. He explores Rousseau's reflections on the sexes, language and religion. O'Hagan gives Rousseau's arguments a close and sympathetic reading. He writes as a philosopher, not a historian, yet he never loses sight of the cultural context of Rousseau's work.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004359888

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Marxism and Sociology: A Selection of Writings by Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz by Anonim Pdf

This selection of writings, published for the first time in English, focuses on Kelles-Krauz as a historian of ideas. While a Marxist at heart, he linked idealism, positivism, and contemporary sociology to ask about constructing traditions, social norms, and art.

Author : Louis Althusser
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781784785574

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Lessons on Rousseau by Louis Althusser Pdf

Althusser dissects the leading Enlightenment philosopher Althusser delivered these lectures on Rousseau's Discourse on the Origins of Inequality at the École normale supérieure in Paris in 1972. They are fascinating for two reasons. First, they gave rise to a new generation of Rousseau scholars, attentive not just to Rousseau's ideas, but also to those of his concepts that were buried beneath metaphors or fictional situations and characters. A new way of coming to terms with Rousseau's theoretical rigour, beneath his apparent reveries and sentimental flights of fancy, was here put to work. Second, we are now discovering that the 'late Althusser's' theses about aleatory materialism and the need to break with the strict determinism of theories of history in order to devise a new philosophy 'for Marx' were being worked out well before 1985 - in this reading of Rousseau dating from twelve years earlier, which introduces into Rousseau's text the ideas of the void, the accident, the take, and the necessity of contingency.

Author : Matthew A. Shadle
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589017511

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The Origins of War by Matthew A. Shadle Pdf

Debate rages within the Catholic Church about the ethics of war and peace, but the simple question of why wars begin is too often neglected. Catholics’ assumptions about the causes of conflict are almost always drawn uncritically from international relations theory—a field dominated by liberalism, realism, and Marxism—which is not always consistent with Catholic theology. In The Origins of War, Matthew A. Shadle examines several sources to better understand why war happens. His retrieval of biblical literature and the teachings of figures from church tradition sets the course for the book. Shadle then explores the growing awareness of historical consciousness within the Catholic tradition—the way beliefs and actions are shaped by time, place, and culture. He examines the work of contemporary Catholic thinkers like Pope John Paul II, Jacques Maritain, John Courtney Murray, Dorothy Day, Brian Hehir, and George Weigel. In the constructive part of the book, Shadle analyzes the movement within international relations theory known as constructivism—which proposes that war is largely governed by a set of socially constructed and cultural influences. Constructivism, Shadle claims, presents a way of interpreting international politics that is highly amenable to a Catholic worldview and can provide a new direction for the Christian vocation of peacemaking.

Author : Richard FIDDES
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1724
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019158365

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A general treatise of morality, form'd upon the principles of natural reason only: with a preface, in answer to two essays, lately published in the Fable of the Bees [by Bernard de Mandeville]; and some incidental remarks upon an inquiry concerning virtue, by the Right Hon. Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury by Richard FIDDES Pdf

Author : Clifford Orwin,Nathan Tarcov
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1997-03-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226638560

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The Legacy of Rousseau by Clifford Orwin,Nathan Tarcov Pdf

Few thinkers have enjoyed so pervasive an influence as Rousseau, who originated dissatisfaction with modernity. By exploring polarities articulated by Rousseau—nature versus society, self versus other, community versus individual, and compassion versus competitiveness—these fourteen original essays show how his thought continues to shape our ways of talking, feeling, thinking, and complaining. The volume begins by taking up a central theme noted by the late Allan Bloom—Rousseau's critique of the bourgeois as the dominant modern human type and as a being fundamentally in contradiction, caught between the sentiments of nature and the demands of society. It then turns to Rousseau's crucial polarity of nature and society and to the later conceptions of history and culture it gave rise to. The third part surveys Rousseau's legacy in both domestic and international politics. Finally, the book examines Rousseau's contributions to the virtues that have become central to the current sensibility: community, sincerity, and compassion. Contributors include Allan Bloom, François Furet, Pierre Hassner, Christopher Kelly, Roger Masters, and Arthur Melzer.

Author : Jean-Jacques Rousseau,Donald A. Cress
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1992-03-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0872201503

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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau,Donald A. Cress Pdf

Focuses on the cultural and intellectual milieu in which Rousseau operated. This title includes a select bibliography, a note on the text, a translator's note, and Rousseau's own "Notes on the Discourse."