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Book Synopsis Mephistopheles by : Jeffrey Burton Russell
Download or read book Mephistopheles written by Jeffrey Burton Russell and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mephistopheles is the fourth and final volume of Jeffrey Burton Russell's critically acclaimed history of the concept of the Devil, continuing in this volume the story from the Reformation to the present.
Book Synopsis Ideology and International Relations in the Modern World by : Alan Cassels
Download or read book Ideology and International Relations in the Modern World written by Alan Cassels and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cassels offers a novel perspective on the part played by ideology in international relations over the past two centuries. His treatment is not restricted to the familiar totalitarian ideologies of communism and nazism, but also includes conservatism, liberalism and nationalism. The focus and emphasis given to ideology in an historical survey of such broad scope make this book unusual, and even controversial.
Book Synopsis Troubled Identity and the Modern World by : L. Donskis
Download or read book Troubled Identity and the Modern World written by L. Donskis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-05-25 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book maps what Leonidas Donskis terms 'the troubled identity', that is, the identity that constantly needs assurance and confirmation. Through an identity-building-and-shifting process, argues Donskis, we can move from political majority to cultural minority, or the other way around.
Book Synopsis The Sacred in the Modern World by : Gordon Lynch
Download or read book The Sacred in the Modern World written by Gordon Lynch and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is often claimed that we live in a secular age. But we do not live in a desacralized one. Sacred forms—whether in 'religious' or 'secular' guise—continue to shape social life in the modern world, giving rise to powerful emotions, polarized group identities, and even the very concept of moral society. Analyzing contemporary sacred forms is essential if we are to be able to make sense of the societies we live in and think critically about the effects of the sacred on our lives for good or ill. The Sacred in the Modern World is a major contribution to this task. Re-interpreting Durkheim's theory of the sacred, and drawing on the 'strong program' in cultural sociology, Gordon Lynch sets out a theory of the sacred that can be used by researchers across a range of humanities and social science disciplines. Using vividly drawn contemporary case material - including the abuse and neglect of children in Irish residential schools and the controversy over the BBC's decision not to air an appeal for aid for Gaza—the book demonstrates the value of this theoretical approach for social and cultural analysis. The key role of public media for the circulation and contestation of the sacred comes under close scrutiny. Adopting a critical stance towards sacred forms, Lynch reflects upon the ways in which sacred commitments can both serve as a moral resource for social life and legitimate horrifying acts of collective evil. He concludes by reflecting on how we might live thoughtfully and responsibility under the light and shadow that the sacred casts, asking whether society without the sacred is possible or desirable.
Book Synopsis A Model Message for a Modern World by : Jimmie L. Chapman
Download or read book A Model Message for a Modern World written by Jimmie L. Chapman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ordinary People and Extraordinary Evil by : Fred E. Katz
Download or read book Ordinary People and Extraordinary Evil written by Fred E. Katz and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-07-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Posits that our most ordinary behavior can lead us to participate in the most horrendous acts, perhaps even with zeal and joy, but certainly without remorse. Using the Holocaust as the pivotal example, examines the lives of the head of Auschwitz and a physician there, then the life of an exemplary physician to show the similarity; an American officer in Vietnam is also examined. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Responding to Terrorism by : Robert Imre
Download or read book Responding to Terrorism written by Robert Imre and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorism and political violence as a field is growing and expanding. This volume provides a cross-disciplinary analysis - political, philosophical and legal - in a single text and covers the full spectrum of issues, including torture, terrorism causes and cures, legal issues, globalization and counter-terrorism.
Book Synopsis BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL (Modern Philosophy Series) by : Friedrich Nietzsche
Download or read book BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL (Modern Philosophy Series) written by Friedrich Nietzsche and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. In "Beyond Good and Evil” Nietzsche accuses past philosophers of lacking critical sense and blindly accepting dogmatic premises in their consideration of morality. The work moves into the realm "beyond good and evil" in the sense of leaving behind the traditional morality which Nietzsche subjects to a destructive critique in favour of what he regards as an affirmative approach. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. Because of Nietzsche's evocative style and provocative ideas, his philosophy generates passionate reactions. His works remain controversial, due to varying interpretations and misinterpretations of his work. In the Western philosophy tradition, Nietzsche's writings have been described as the unique case of free revolutionary thought, that is, revolutionary in its structure and problems, although not tied to any revolutionary project Helen Zimmern (1846–1934) was naturalised British writer and translator born in Germany. She was instrumental in making European culture more accessible in English.
Book Synopsis Adorno's Practical Philosophy by : Fabian Freyenhagen
Download or read book Adorno's Practical Philosophy written by Fabian Freyenhagen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique exploration of Adorno's ethics, defending his challenging views about how to live in an evil world.
Book Synopsis Pilgrim in the Modern World by : L. J. Baggott
Download or read book Pilgrim in the Modern World written by L. J. Baggott and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1963, the book Pilgrim in the Modern World tries to answer fundamental questions like does the Christian faith meet intellectual, moral, and spiritual needs of the contemporary situation or it is like the irreducible surd in a mathematical problem- present as a fact but to be ignored in use? L. J. Baggott has had a long experience in the ministry of the Church of England, from work in the slums to that of Abbey, Minster, and Cathedral; from a chaplaincy of the Tower of London to the vicariate of large industrial parishes; from a visiting lectureship to the parochial tasks peculiar to four great seaports; from the supervision of Ordinands to the archdeaconship of a hundred peaceful Norfolk villages. Throughout it has become increasingly clear that man is indeed the ‘Eternal Pilgrim of the Infinite’. Christianity is an historical religion of which ‘redemption of man’ is the central and ruling thought. For twentieth century man, his pilgrimage is set in most challenging era that man has ever known, a scientific era and a temporal order in which his most important problems take their rise and shape his life. In the light of new knowledge and discovery, the book offers what the author believes the only valid and satisfying answer to the question of relevancy of the Christian faith for modern times. This is a must read for scholars of religion and Christianity.
Download or read book Radicalization written by Melissa Dearey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanding the influence of auto/biography studies into cultural criminology, Radicalization: The Life Writings of Political Prisoners addresses the origins, processes and cultures of terrorist criminality and political resistance in a globalized world. Criminologists and penologists have long been aware of the sheer volume of autobiography emerging from our prisons. Political prisoners, POWs, freedom fighters and terrorists have been consistently and strongly represented in this corpus of work, including such authors as Bobby Sands, Wole Soyinka, Nelson Mandela, Moazzam Begg, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Angela Davis, George Jackson, and Aung San Suu Kyi among others. For many of those who have been detained for ostensibly politically motivated crimes, life writing has proven to be indispensable in explaining the causes and processes which account for their situation. Embedded with these life writings are narratives of radicalization or resistance. Melissa Dearey here undertakes an international and comparative analysis of such narratives, where the 'life story' is considered as a mode of expressing and transmitting 'radical' cultural values.
Book Synopsis Hegel's Political Aesthetics by : Stefan Bird-Pollan
Download or read book Hegel's Political Aesthetics written by Stefan Bird-Pollan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the role of art in modern society? To what extent are the beautiful and the morally good intertwined? Hegel's Political Aesthetics explores Hegel's take on these ever-relevant philosophical questions and investigates three key themes: art's contribution to modern ethical life, the loss of art's authority in modern ethical life and ways of thinking beyond Hegel's analysis of art's role in society. The aesthetic is explored through the lens of German Idealism from Kant to Hegel, ultimately placing ethics and morality at the forefront of this debate. The authors explore Hegel's take on Kant's conception by historicizing what it means to be responsible to others, which for Hegel means being free within the norms of society, within what he calls ethical life. As a set of concrete social arrangements designed for finite human beings, however, ethical life falls short of actualizing freedom absolutely. The themes in this volume are motivated by a central ambivalence in Hegel's thinking about modernity. The question of freedom sits at the forefront of this text, alongside the relation between art and the spirit. This book will be of particular interest to philosophers of aesthetics, politics and ethics.
Download or read book Hannah Arendt written by Patrick Hayden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannah Arendt is one of the most prominent thinkers of modern times, whose profound influence extends across philosophy, politics, law, history, international relations, sociology, and literature. Presenting new and powerful ways to think about human freedom and responsibility, Arendt's work has provoked intense debate and controversy. 'Hannah Arendt: Key Concepts' explores the central ideas of Arendt's thought, such as freedom, action, power, judgement, evil, forgiveness and the social. Bringing together an international team of contributors, the essays provide lucid accounts of Arendt's fundamental themes and their ethical and political implications. The specific concepts Arendt deployed to make sense of the human condition, the phenomena of political violence, terror and totalitarianism, and the prospects of sustaining a shared public world are all examined. 'Hannah Arendt: Key Concepts' consolidates the disparate strands of Arendt's thought to provide an accessible and essential guide for anybody who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of this leading intellectual figure.
Book Synopsis Apocalyptic Narratives by : Hauke Riesch
Download or read book Apocalyptic Narratives written by Hauke Riesch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linking literature from the sociological study of the apocalyptic with the sociology and philosophy of science, Apocalyptic Narratives explores how the apocalyptic narrative frames and provides meaning to contemporary, secular and scientific crises focussing on nuclear war, general environmental crisis and climate change in both English- and German-speaking cultural contexts. In particular, the book will use social identity and representation theories, the sociologies of risk and Lakatos’ philosophy of science to trace how our cultural background and apocalyptic tradition shape our wider interpretation, communication and response to contemporary global crisis. The set of environmental and other challenges that the world is facing is often framed in terms of apocalyptic or existential crisis. Yet apocalyptic fears about the near future are nothing new. This book looks at the narrative connections between our current sense of crisis and the apocalyptic. The book will be of interest to readers interested in environmental crisis and communication, the sociology and philosophy of science, and existential risk, but also to readers interested in the apocalyptic and its contemporary relevance.
Book Synopsis God and the Modern World by : Arbinder Singh
Download or read book God and the Modern World written by Arbinder Singh and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2022-08-19 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book is about the Last Avatar of Vishnu in Kalki. It has addressed the issues of the Day to Day life through applying Spiritual concepts and Love of God in a pragmatic way. Enjoy reading the Book and feel free to send feedback and or blessings to [email protected]. Blessed by many a Saints and performing Selfless Service to Shree Durga Saptsati, Durga, Kali Mata, Vaishno Devi Mata, Santoshi Mata, Chamunda Devi and Chandi Mata, Arbinder Singh himself has attained Sainthood of the World as the Guide for the entire Humanity and the Budding Father to Lord Vishnu Himself.
Book Synopsis A World Without Jews by : Alon Confino
Download or read book A World Without Jews written by Alon Confino and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This penetrating new assessment of the burning of the Hebrew Bible by the Nazis on November 9, 1938 explores how the Germans came to conceive of the idea of Germany without the Jews, which required that both Jews and Judaism be erased from Christian history.
Book Synopsis African Traditional Religion in the Modern World, 2d ed. by : Douglas E. Thomas
Download or read book African Traditional Religion in the Modern World, 2d ed. written by Douglas E. Thomas and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African traditional religion encompasses a variety of non-dogmatic, spiritual practices followed by millions around the world. Some scholars argue it is related to the Nubian religion of Egypt's Dynastic Period. In an expanded second edition, this book examines the nature of African traditional religion and describes common attributes of various cultural belief systems, with an emphasis on West Africa. Principal elements studied include sacrifice, salvation and culture, modes of revelation, divination, and African resilience in the face of invasion and colonization. The religious experiences of black people throughout the Americas are also covered. The author finds the cosmology, symbolism and rituals of the Yoruba culture to be the fundamental bases of African traditional religion, and draws similarities between the oral and written literature of West Africans and that of New World practitioners. The influence of Islam and Christianity is also discussed. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
