The Transcendental And The Mundane

Author : Hsu Cho-yun
Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789882372122

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The Transcendental and the Mundane by Hsu Cho-yun Pdf

Through investigation of Chinese cultural ideals and life practices, Prof. Cho-yun Hsu constructs an original portrait of Chinese spiritual life. Apart from focusing on the exalted subtleties of the scholarly elite, Prof. Hsu pays more attention to the everyday people's cultural idea. By examining their daily practices (including eating, living, medical practices, poems, songs, art, and literature) and "collective memory" such as legends, he seeks to clarify Chinese ideas concerning the universe, human life and nature, from traditional times down to the present day. Different from Judeo-Christian tradition centered on "God," the spiritual life of the Chinese people develops around ideas of being "human," and thus cultivating an interactive relationship between man, time, and space. Cho-yun Hsu considers the mode and direction of Chinese culture will impact the future of the entire world. Based on his observation, Western civilization represented by Europe and America nowadays is on the verge of a great change. The problems they are facing, including various crises of alienation and separation from nature, are, in terms of their basic origins, problems for which Western civilization lacks the resources to arrive at a solution. Thus, Chinese culture centered on the man and on the idea of intimate, interdependent relations between man and nature, might offer another solution. It is expected that, by integrating its features into modern civilization, Chinese culture can continue to prosper and be of benefit to the future of the world.

Author : Cho-yun Hsu,Zhuoyun Xu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : China
ISBN : 9882378684

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The Transcendental and the Mundane by Cho-yun Hsu,Zhuoyun Xu Pdf

Author : Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400706248

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Transcendentalism Overturned by Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka Pdf

This collection offers a critical assessment of transcendentalism, the understanding of consciousness, absolutized as a system of a priori laws of the mind, that was advanced by Kant and Husserl. As these studies show, transcendentalism critically informed 20th Century phenomenological investigation into such issues as temporality, historicity, imagination, objectivity and subjectivity, freedom, ethical judgment, work, praxis. Advances in science have now provoked a questioning of the absolute prerogatives of consciousness. Transcendentalism is challenged by empirical reductionism. And recognition of the role the celestial sphere plays in life on planet earth suggests that a radical shift of philosophy's center of gravity be made away from absolute consciousness and toward the transcendental forces at play in the architectonics of the cosmos.

Author : Martin E. Marty,R. Scott Appleby
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0226508889

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Fundamentalisms Comprehended by Martin E. Marty,R. Scott Appleby Pdf

In this fifth volume of the Fundamentalism Project, Fundamentalisms Comprehended, the distinguished contributors return to and test the endeavor's beginning premise: that fundamentalisms in all faiths share certain "family resemblances." Several of the essays reconsider the project's original definition of fundamentalism as a reactive, absolutist, and comprehensive mode of anti-secular religious activism. The book concludes with a capstone statement by R. Scott Appleby, Emmanuel Sivan, and Gabriel Almond that builds upon the entire Fundamentalism Project. Identifying different categories of fundamentalist movements, and delineating four distinct patterns of fundamentalist behavior toward outsiders, this statement provides an explanatory framework for understanding and comparing fundamentalisms around the world.

Author : John M. Koller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351217095

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Asian Philosophies by John M. Koller Pdf

With an inside view from an expert in the field, solid scholarship, and a clear and engaging writing style, Asian Philosophies invites students and professors to think along with the great thinkers of the Asian traditions. John M. Koller is a scholar and teacher who has devoted his life to understanding Asian thought and practice. He wrote this text to give students and professors access to the rich philosophical and religious ideas of both South and East Asia.

Author : James Martin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Communism
ISBN : 0415217490

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Antonio Gramsci: Marxism, philosophy and politics by James Martin Pdf

Author : S. N. Eisenstadt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0521645867

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Fundamentalism, Sectarianism, and Revolution by S. N. Eisenstadt Pdf

Fundamentalism, Sectarianism, and Revolution is a major comparative analysis of fundamentalist movements in cultural and political context, with an emphasis on the contemporary scene. Leading sociologist S. N. Eisenstadt examines the meaning of the global rise of fundamentalism as one very forceful contemporary response to tensions in modernity and the dynamics of civilization. He compares modern fundamentalist movements with the proto-fundamentalist movements which arose in the 'axial civilizations' in pre-modern times; he shows how the great revolutions in Europe which arose in connection with these movements shaped the political and cultural programmes of modernity; and he contrasts post-Second World War Moslem, Jewish and Protestant fundamentalist movements with communal national movements, notably in Asia. The central theme of the book is the distinctively Jacobin features of fundamentalist movements and their ambivalent attitude to tradition: above all their attempts to essentialize tradition in an ideologically totalistic way. Eisenstadt has won the Amalfi book prize.

Author : Sangharakshita
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781911407676

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The Purpose and Practice of Buddhist Meditation by Sangharakshita Pdf

A compilation of Sangharakshita’s teachings on meditation. Whether dipped into, consulted on a specific subject, or read from cover to cover, this collection offers practical, inspiring and encouraging advice for new and experienced meditators alike. It is deeply imbued with the Buddhist vision of the role of meditation in the quest for Enlightenment.

Author : Sangharakshita (Bhikshu),Sangharakshita
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0904766586

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The Priceless Jewel by Sangharakshita (Bhikshu),Sangharakshita Pdf

The 13 essays in this volume address topics including: world peace and nuclear war; the issue of blasphemy; the possibilities for dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity; and a painting by El Greco.

Author : S. N. Eisenstadt
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0226195589

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Japanese Civilization by S. N. Eisenstadt Pdf

One of the world's leading social theorists provides a monumental synthesis of Japanese history, religion, culture, and social organization. Equipped with a thorough command of the subject, S. N. Eisenstadt focuses on the non-ideological character of Japanese civilization as well as its infinite capacity to recreate community through an ongoing past.

Author : Said Amir Arjomand
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1993-08-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791415589

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The Political Dimensions of Religion by Said Amir Arjomand Pdf

This volume explores the relationship between religion and politics. It brings a varied sample of richly detailed comparative and case studies together with a set of analytical paradigms in an integrated framework. It is a major statement on a timely subject, and a plea for the acknowledgment of normative pluralism as firmly rooted in the history of religion. The editor shows that the fact of political diversity in the history of world religions compels the acceptance of pluralism as a normative principle.

Author : Shmuel N. Eisenstadt
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438401942

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The Origins and Diversity of Axial Age Civilizations by Shmuel N. Eisenstadt Pdf

This book presents a new and original analysis of the great ancient civilizations, focusing on the breakthroughs and their institutionalization in Greece, Israel, China, and India. The conditions under which these civilizations developed are systematically explored. For comparative purposes, the civilization of Assyria, where such a breakthrough did not take place is analyzed. Attention is given to the transformation of modes of thought and symbolism. Special focus is brought to the development of the great religions and the perception of tension between the transcendental and mundane orders and between rulers and other elites.

Author : Glenn Hughes,Stephen McKnight,Geoffrey Price
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567347381

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Politics, Order and History by Glenn Hughes,Stephen McKnight,Geoffrey Price Pdf

This volume brings together critical review papers, many specially commissioned, on key themes and questions in the work of the political scientist, philosopher and religious thinker Eric Voegelin (1901-1985). Areas covered include: (1) Political science: 'Political Religions': manifestations in Nazi Germany and in contemporary European and North American nationalism; (2) International relations: the 'Cold War' in critical perspective; (3) Philosophy: Plato and Aristotle in the reading of Eric Voegelin: contemporary assessments; (4) Sociology: Correspondence of Voegelin and Alfred Schütz; (5) New Testament studies and Christology: questions and developments for Voegelin's interpretations; (6) Old Testament studies: questions and developments from Voegelin's Israel and Revelation; (7) Historical sociology: Revelation and order in axial-age societies; (8) Philosophy of history: Voegelin and Toynbee in contrast; (9) Literary studies: Voegelin in contrast with contemporary literary theory; critical readings of Milton, Greek tragedy.

Author : Sangharakshita
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781911407485

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Poems and Short Stories by Sangharakshita Pdf

This volume contains all of Sanghrakshita's poems and six short stories. It is prefaced by a foreword and two essays introducing the poems in different ways. It also includes edited versions of two talks Sangharakshita gave about specific poems, and a sequence of conversations about his poetry that were recorded towards the end of his life.

Author : Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004125345

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Comparative civilizations and multiple modernities. 1(2003) by Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt Pdf

Annotation. This collection of essays provides an analysis of the dynamics of Civilizations. The processes of globalization and of world history are described from a comparative sociological point of view in a Weberian tradition. These essays were written between 1974 and 2002 by one of the most eminent sociologists of today.