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Author : Dwight D. Murphey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : LCCN:78061119
Author : Paton, H J
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317852674
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Dwight D. Murphey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002998600
Author : George Scialabba
Publisher : Pressed Wafer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : 0983197563
Nonfiction. Politics. Literary Criticism THE MODERN PREDICAMENT is George Scialabba's second essay collection, following his acclaimed WHAT ARE INTELLECTUALS GOOD FOR? (Pressed Wafer, 2009). In 23 compact, lucid essays ranging across philosophy (Kierkegaard, Nietzsche), literature (D. H. Lawrence, T. S. Eliot), history (Michael Foucault, Christopher Lasch) and politics (Michael Harrington), Scialabba poses a number of searching questions, directly and eloquently, continually returning to one: Is moral progress possible, and at what price? In her introduction Barbara Ehrenreich writes, "As long as we exist as a species, we'll be debating what constitutes morality and virtue, and we could hardly have a better guide than George Scialabba." James Woods hails THE MODERN PREDICAMENT as a stimulating encounter with "one of America's best all-round intellects."
Author : Herbert James Paton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Religion
ISBN : OCLC:500372895
Author : Frederick Henry Heinemann
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1979-03-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X000955398
Author : H. J. Paton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138870870
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Hj Paton
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1355722063
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : H. J. 1887- Paton
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 134111743X
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : David A. Palmer,Elijah Siegler
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226484983
Over the past few decades, Daoism has become a recognizable part of Western “alternative” spiritual life. Now, that Westernized version of Daoism is going full circle, traveling back from America and Europe to influence Daoism in China. Dream Trippers draws on more than a decade of ethnographic work with Daoist monks and Western seekers to trace the spread of Westernized Daoism in contemporary China. David A. Palmer and Elijah Siegler take us into the daily life of the monastic community atop the mountain of Huashan and explore its relationship to the socialist state. They follow the international circuit of Daoist "energy tourism," which connects a number of sites throughout China, and examine the controversies around Western scholars who become practitioners and promoters of Daoism. Throughout are lively portrayals of encounters among the book’s various characters—Chinese hermits and monks, Western seekers, and scholar-practitioners—as they interact with each other in obtuse, often humorous, and yet sometimes enlightening and transformative ways. Dream Trippers untangles the anxieties, confusions, and ambiguities that arise as Chinese and American practitioners balance cosmological attunement and radical spiritual individualism in their search for authenticity in a globalized world.
Author : Herbert James Paton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Christianity
ISBN : UCAL:$B686094
Author : Philip Clayton,Steven Knapp
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191619601
Does it make sense - can it make sense - for someone who appreciates the explanatory power of modern science to continue believing in a traditional religious account of the ultimate nature and purpose of our universe? This book is intended for those who care about that question and are dissatisfied with the rigid dichotomies that dominate the contemporary debate. The extremists won't be interested - those who assume that science answers all the questions that matter, and those so certain of their religious faith that dialogue with science, philosophy, or other faith traditions seems unnecessary. But far more people today recognize that matters of faith are complex, that doubt is endemic to belief, and that dialogue is indispensable in our day. In eight probing chapters, the authors of The Predicament of Belief consider the most urgent reasons for doubting that religious claims - in particular, those embedded in the Christian tradition - are likely to be true. They develop a version of Christian faith that preserves the tradition's core insights but also gauges the varying degrees of certainty with which those insights can still be affirmed. Along the way, they address such questions as the ultimate origin of the universe, the existence of innocent suffering, the challenge of religious plurality, and how to understand the extraordinary claim that an ancient teacher rose from the dead. They end with a discussion of what their conclusions imply about the present state and future structure of churches and other communities in which Christian affirmations are made.
Author : Charles Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1992-03-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521429498
Charles Taylor's latest book sets out to define the modern identity by tracing its genesis.
Author : Hilary Lawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015012864388
In Reflexivity Hilary Lawson argues that self-reference is central to contemporary philosophy. Using Nietzsche, Heidegger and Derrida as the main examples, he seeks to show that reflexivity was the primary motor of their work. It is implicit that similar arguments could be applied to Wittgenstein and the analytic tradition.
Author : Wael B. Hallaq
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231530866
Wael B. Hallaq boldly argues that the "Islamic state," judged by any standard definition of what the modern state represents, is both impossible and inherently self-contradictory. Comparing the legal, political, moral, and constitutional histories of premodern Islam and Euro-America, he finds the adoption and practice of the modern state to be highly problematic for modern Muslims. He also critiques more expansively modernity's moral predicament, which renders impossible any project resting solely on ethical foundations. The modern state not only suffers from serious legal, political, and constitutional issues, Hallaq argues, but also, by its very nature, fashions a subject inconsistent with what it means to be, or to live as, a Muslim. By Islamic standards, the state's technologies of the self are severely lacking in moral substance, and today's Islamic state, as Hallaq shows, has done little to advance an acceptable form of genuine Shari'a governance. The Islamists' constitutional battles in Egypt and Pakistan, the Islamic legal and political failures of the Iranian Revolution, and similar disappointments underscore this fact. Nevertheless, the state remains the favored template of the Islamists and the ulama (Muslim clergymen). Providing Muslims with a path toward realizing the good life, Hallaq turns to the rich moral resources of Islamic history. Along the way, he proves political and other "crises of Islam" are not unique to the Islamic world nor to the Muslim religion. These crises are integral to the modern condition of both East and West, and by acknowledging these parallels, Muslims can engage more productively with their Western counterparts.