Untimely Thoughts

Author : Maksim Gorky
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300060696

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Untimely Thoughts by Maksim Gorky Pdf

One of the most renowned Soviet writers of the twentieth century, Maxim Gorky was an early supporter of the Bolsheviks. He became disillusioned with the turn of events after the 1917 revolution, however, and wrote a series of critical articles for the magazine New Life that eventually caused the new Communist government to close down the publication. Untimely Thoughts is a collection of these articles. It is at once a brilliant analysis of the Russian national character, a condemnation of the Bolshevik methods of government, and a vision of a future in which respect for individual accomplishment replaces the tyranny of the tsars and the brutality of Russian peasant existence. A controversial book, it was not translated into English until 1968 and was not published in the Soviet Union until 1989. The English edition of Untimely Thoughts is now back in print with a new introduction and chronology by Mark D. Steinberg.

Author : Maksim Gorʹkij
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : OCLC:906498183

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Untimely Thoughts by Maksim Gorʹkij Pdf

Author : Friedrich Nietzsche
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1997-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0521585848

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Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations by Friedrich Nietzsche Pdf

The four short works in Untimely Meditations were published by Nietzsche between 1873 and 1876.They deal with such broad topics as the relationship between popular and genuine culture, strategies for cultural reform, the task of philosophy, the nature of education, and the relationship between art, science and life. They also include Nietzsche's earliest statement of his own understanding of human selfhood as a process of endlessly 'becoming who one is'. As Daniel Breazeale shows in his introduction to this new edition of R. J. Hollingdale's translation of the essays, these four early texts are key documents for understanding the development of Nietzsche's thought and clearly anticipate many of the themes of his later writings. Nietzsche himself always cherished his Untimely Meditations and believed that they provide valuable evidence of his 'becoming and self-overcoming' and constitute a 'public pledge' concerning his own distinctive task as a philosopher.

Author : Hamid Dabashi
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0700710027

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Truth and Narrative by Hamid Dabashi Pdf

Ayn al-Qudat is one of the geniuses of Islamic intellectual history and has even been described as the true father of deconstructionism. This text provides a clearly-written critical introduction to the intellectual, literary, religious and philosophical struggles of the 12th century as expressed by one of Islam's greatest and most radical writers.

Author : Mark D. Steinberg
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300101694

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Voices of Revolution, 1917 by Mark D. Steinberg Pdf

Although much has been written about the political history of the Russian revolution, the human story of what the revolution meant to ordinary people has rarely been told. This book gives voice to the experiences, thoughts, and feelings of the Russian people--workers, peasants, soldiers--as expressed in their own words during the vast political, social, and economic upheavals of 1917. The documents in the volume include letters from individuals to newspapers, institutions, or leaders; collective resolutions and appeals; and even poetry. Selected from the State Archive of the Russian Federation in Moscow, nearly all the texts are published here for the first time. In these writings we hear the voices of ordinary Russians seeking to understand the revolution and make sense of the values, ideals, and discontents of their turbulent times. Not only do they speak of their particular needs and desires--for solutions to the economic crisis or an end to the war, for example--they also reveal how relatively unprivileged Russians thought about such questions as political power, freedom, justice, democracy, social class, nationhood, and civic morality. Mark Steinberg provides introductions to the documents, explaining the language of popular revolution in Russia and setting the writings in the context of the history of the time.

Author : Gertrude Himmelfarb
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004855109

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On Looking Into the Abyss by Gertrude Himmelfarb Pdf

In On Looking Into the Abyss one of our most distinguished historians--author of Victorian Minds and Poverty and Compassion--brings her prodigious learning and authoritative moral vision to bear on the present. In particular, Gertrude Himmelfarb is concerned with exposing the intellectual arrogance and spiritual impoverishment of our most fashionable current ideas--and with tracing their dire consequences for our collective life.

Author : Amy Singleton Adams,Vera Shevzov
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781609092351

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Framing Mary by Amy Singleton Adams,Vera Shevzov Pdf

Despite the continued fascination with the Virgin Mary in modern and contemporary times, very little of the resulting scholarship on this topic extends to Russia. Russia's Mary, however, who is virtually unknown in the West, has long played a formative role in Russian society and culture. Framing Mary introduces readers to the cultural life of Mary from the seventeenth century to the post-Soviet era. It examines a broad spectrum of engagements among a variety of people—pilgrims and poets, clergy and laity, politicians and political activists—and the woman they knew as the Bogoroditsa. In this collection of well-integrated and illuminating essays, leading scholars of imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet Russia trace Mary's irrepressible pull and inexhaustible promise from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Focusing in particular on the ways in which both visual and narrative images of Mary frame perceptions of Russian and Soviet space and inform discourse about women and motherhood, these essays explore Mary's rich and complex role in Russia's religion, philosophy, history, politics, literature, and art. Framing Mary will appeal to Russian studies scholars, historians, and general readers interested in religion and Russian culture.

Author : Jr. Martin Luther King
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1548521949

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Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Jr. Martin Luther King Pdf

In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King Jr. explains why blacks can no longer be victims of inequality.

Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781429944076

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Thoughts In Solitude by Thomas Merton Pdf

Thoughtful and eloquent, as timely (or timeless) now as when it was originally published in 1956, Thoughts in Solitude addresses the pleasure of a solitary life, as well as the necessity for quiet reflection in an age when so little is private. Thomas Merton writes: "When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude it can no longer be held together by love: and consequently it is held together by a violent and abusive authority. But when men are violently deprived of the solitude and freedom which are their due, the society in which they live becomes putrid, it festers with servility, resentment and hate." Thoughts in Solitude stands alongside The Seven Storey Mountain as one of Merton's most uring and popular works. Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk, is perhaps the foremost spiritual thinker of the twentiethcentury. His diaries, social commentary, and spiritual writings continue to be widely read after his untimely death in 1968.

Author : Martin Koci
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438478937

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Thinking Faith After Christianity by Martin Koci Pdf

This book examines the work of Czech philosopher Jan Patočka from the largely neglected perspective of religion. Patočka is known primarily for his work in phenomenology and ancient Greek philosophy, and also as a civil rights activist and critic of modernity. In this book, Martin Koci shows Patočka also maintained a persistent and increasing interest in Christianity. Thinking Faith after Christianity examines the theological motifs in Patočka's work and brings his thought into discussion with recent developments in phenomenology, making a case for Patočka as a forerunner to what has become known as the theological turn in continental philosophy. Koci systematically examines his thoughts on the relationship between theology and philosophy, and his perennial struggle with the idea of crisis. For Patočka, modernity, metaphysics, and Christianity were all in different kinds of crises, and Koci demonstrates how his work responded to those crises creatively, providing new insights on theology understood as the task of thinking and living transcendence in a problematic world. It perceives the un-thought element of Christianity--what Patočka identified as its greatest resource and potential--not as a weakness, but as a credible way to ponder Christian faith and the Christian mode of existence after the proclaimed death of God and the end of metaphysics.

Author : David B. MacDonald
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781461634515

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Thinking History, Fighting Evil by David B. MacDonald Pdf

This accessible study critiques the rise of a new exceptionalism: a victim-centered nationalism promoted by American conservatives since the 1980s, borrowing imagery and vocabulary from the civil rights era and political correctness movements of the left.Thinking History, Fighting Evil explores the instrumentalization of anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism in the service of U.S. foreign policy, paying attention to how conservatives approach 'far enemies' (Islamism), 'near enemies' (Europe and Latin America), and the 'enemies within' (the domestic left).

Author : Theodore I. Rubin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1998-04-28
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780684842011

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The Angry Book by Theodore I. Rubin Pdf

Don't get even -- get mad, and get over it! When your love life is boring, maybe you don't fight enough? When sex leaves a person cold, is frozen anger the problem? If you work too much, eat too much, drink too much, is it because you are afraid to get mad? Did you ever think of your anger as something constructive? When you lose your temper honestly, it can be good for you. In this perennially bestselling book, eminent psychiatrist and bestselling author Dr. Theodore Isaac Rubin shows how one of the most powerful human emotions can change your life. Suppressed or twisted anger can lead to anxiety, depression, insomnia, psychosomatic illness, alcoholism, frigidity, impotence, and downright misery. But understanding and releasing anger can lead to greater health, happiness, and emotional wholeness. Let Dr. Rubin show you how to be what you are: a human being.

Author : Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche,Anthony Ludovici,Adrian Collins
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-27
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1387818074

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The Untimely Meditations (Thoughts Out of Season -The Four Essays, Complete) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche,Anthony Ludovici,Adrian Collins Pdf

The Untimely Meditations comprises of four essays, which are presented here in the high-quality translations of Anthony Ludovici and Adrian Collins. These early writings by Nietzsche displays much of the promise which was to unfurl later in the philosopher's life. These four essays, all different in subject and tone yet tangentially related, are also known by the title Thoughts Out of Season, and were originally published in two parts between 1873 and 1876. In each essay, Nietzsche examines aspects of modern culture and art. In the first, third and final essays he singles out a single personage as representative or influential upon of the present day, subjecting each to a philosophic critique. The first two essays are openly polemical and critical, whilst the final two offer a non-hostile and complimenting tone, with parts praising their subjects.

Author : Larry Martel
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781504955799

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Embracing Cancer—Embracing Life by Larry Martel Pdf

Regardless of whether it’s you, or someone you love that hears those blood chilling words, you-have-cancer, a cancer diagnosis turns your world upside down. You have so many fears and little comfort, so many questions and few answers, what do you do, where do you turn? Until now, little has been written that offers encouragement to ease your fears, or provides answers to the myriad of questions causing your angst. Embracing Cancer – Embracing Life: The Guide For The Journey Beyond Diagnosis, guides you along the path that leads from dread to joy. You’ll discover many things, including: Why it’s essential that you embrace your cancer. How you can move beyond the fear of death to the joy of life. Why you must embrace your family and friends. How to create your new life plan. Making the right choices – Why your decisions will affect your life and longevity. How clinical trials can add years to your life. And much more to help you find the peace and happiness you seek. The author, Larry Martel, helps you realize that a cancer diagnosis doesn’t mean your life is over, and shows you why it likely just the beginning. Larry demonstrates how to transform your feelings of powerlessness into a source of incredible strength. You can choose to live in a state of fear and anxiety or let Embracing Cancer – Embracing Life help you create a world filled with love, gratitude and joy.

Author : James Seaton
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0472106457

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Cultural Conservatism, Political Liberalism by James Seaton Pdf

Examines whether cultural studies has been too dismissive of the tradition of literary-cultural criticism that preceded it