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Seven Letters to Melin

Author : Josef Šafařík
Publisher : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
ISBN 13 : 8024643758
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Seven Letters to Melin written by Josef Šafařík and published by Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven Letters to Melin is an exploration of man’s alienation from nature—and from himself—in the modern technological age. Conceived as a series of letters to Melin, an engineer who believes in the value of science and technical progress, the book grows skeptical of such endeavors, while also examining mankind’s search for meaning in life. To help uncover this meaning, Šafařík posits a dichotomy between spectator and participant. The role of participant is played by Robert, an artist who has committed suicide. The spectator, embodied by the scientist Melin, views the world from a distance and searches for explanations, while the artist-participant creates the world through his own active engagement. Through these exchanges, Šafařík argues for the primacy of artistic creativity over scientific explanation, of truth over accuracy, of internal moral agency over an externally imposed social morality, and of personal religious belief over organized church-going. Šafařík is neither anti-scientific nor anti-rational; however, he argues that science has limited power, and he rejects the idea of science that denies meaning and value to what cannot be measured or calculated. Šafařík’s critiques of technology, the wage economy, and increased professionalization make him an important precursor to the philosophy of deep ecology. This book was also a major influence on the Czech president Václav Havel; in this new translation it will find a fresh cohort of readers interested in what makes us human.

Seven Letters to Melin

Author : Josef Safarik
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788024647036
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Seven Letters to Melin written by Josef Safarik and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mental Maps in the Era of Détente and the End of the Cold War 1968–91

Author : Jonathan Wright
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137500964
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Mental Maps in the Era of Détente and the End of the Cold War 1968–91 written by Jonathan Wright and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental Maps in the Era of Détente and the End of the Cold War recreates the way in which the revolutionary changes of the last phase of the Cold War were perceived by fifteen of its leading figures in the West, East and developing world.

Václav Havel

Author : Kieran Williams
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780237111
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Václav Havel written by Kieran Williams and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Václav Havel claimed to want a quiet life dedicated to writing, but he lived exactly the opposite: as the most famous dissident—via his poetry, plays, and essays—in Czechoslovakia under Communist rule. This biography is the first to pay close attention to Havel’s beginnings as a poet, placing his later, more famous works in the context of his poetical beginnings. In doing so, Kieran Williams sheds new light on Havel’s formative years and the stylistic and philosophical influences that would come to shape one of the most famous Czech writers—and political leaders—of the twentieth century. Williams connects the plays for which Havel is best known to his earlier poetry as well as to his development as a writer of profound insight on the arts, his country’s social and political turmoil, and the modern condition at large. He also contextualizes Havel’s oeuvre within his dramatic private life and his ambivalence about being the scion of a patriotic and cosmopolitan Prague family. Reading Havel’s works in Czech alongside his voluminous correspondence, Williams produces a full, rounded picture of a figure of extraordinary artistic and political courage beset with inner paradoxes.

Havel

Author : David Gilbreath Barton
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822966778
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Havel written by David Gilbreath Barton and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a man who tried to resurrect the spirit of democratic life. He was born into a time of chaos and absurdity, and he took it as his fate to carry a candle into the night. This is his story and the story of many others, the writers, artists, actors, and philosophers who took it upon themselves to remember a tradition that had failed so miserably it had almost been forgotten. Václav Havel (1936–2011), the famous Czech dissident, intellectual, and playwright, was there when a half million people came to Wenceslas Square to demand an end to Communism in 1989. Many came to hear him call for a free Czechoslovakia, for democratic elections, and a return to Europe. The demonstrators roared when he spoke. “Havel to the castle,” they chanted— meaning Havel for president. And a few weeks later, Havel became a most unusual president. He was sometimes misunderstood and not always popular, but by the time of his death in 2011, the world recognized Havel as one of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century. Born into one of the most prominent and wealthy families in Prague, Havel was the constant subject of attention and an artistic eccentric in a family of businessmen. A young Havel and his family were cast by the Communist takeover as class enemies. Havel traveled a dark road that, ironically, provided the experiences he needed to reconnect not only to his own “ground of being” but to the traditions of civic society. This biography is the story of Havel’s inward journey in his underground years and thus the story of how Havel, the outsider, became the ultimate insider as president of the nation. In this intimate and sweeping portrayal of Havel, David Barton reveals the eccentricities of the last president of Czechoslovakia, and the first president of the Czech Republic.

Liminality and the Philosophy of Presence

Author : Franziska Hoppen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000359344
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Liminality and the Philosophy of Presence written by Franziska Hoppen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book departs from the attempt by political theory to confront the challenges of political life with new concepts, offering instead a mode of thought so far excluded from the canon of political theory: the philosophy of presence. Making the experience of liminality the very centre of thought, it shows how embracing ‘in-betweenness’ allows us to discern the limits of both the political order and contemporary political theory. Through an examination of the works of Gustav Landauer, Eric Voegelin, Simone Weil and Václav Havel, the author demonstrates the manner in which ‘in-betweenness’ may be cultivated by way of the philosophy of presence as a method of self-enquiry into existence as it is experienced subjectively. Arguing that since externalisation is the essence of politics and that the way to a more just society lies inwards, through a confrontation with liminality, this study of how to read philosophers of presence renders their work intelligible to the contemporary discourse of crisis and will appeal to scholars of social, political and anthropological theory and philosophy.

Vaclav Havel

Author : John Keane
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465011748
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Vaclav Havel written by John Keane and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-01-04 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authorized biography of Havel, based on unrestricted access to him, his circle, and even his enemies, is not only the first definitive account of one of the modern world's great moral and political leaders but also a vivid panorama of the tumultuous events of his times. Havel's life, like that of his African counterpart Nelson Mandela, has been shaped and determined by the large political shifts of the twentieth century. Readers will taste the moments of joy, irony, farce, and misfortune through which he has lived, and realize that he has taught the world more about the powerful and the powerless, power-grabbing and power-sharing, than virtually anyone else on the world stage.

Czech Philosophy in the XXth Century

Author : Lubomír Nový
Publisher : CRVP
ISBN 13 : 9781565180291
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Czech Philosophy in the XXth Century written by Lubomír Nový and published by CRVP. This book was released on 1994 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wisdom Is a Tree of Life

Author : David Melin
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1664205578
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Wisdom Is a Tree of Life written by David Melin and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book of Proverbs was written to develop skillful living and thinking. Its wisdom will benefit the inexperienced as well as the mature. The title of the book comes from Proverbs 3:18 where the father urges his son to pursue wisdom saying, “She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her.” The commentary opens with an explanation of the long lectures of the father to his son. Then each of the short proverbs are grouped together in common topics. This commentary covers the entire book of Proverbs.

Tumultuous Years

Author : Robert J. Donovan
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826210852
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Tumultuous Years written by Robert J. Donovan and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In January of 1949 the aftershocks of the Second World War were still jarring large parts of the globe, although they had greatly diminished in the United States. In Asia, however, turbulence continued to rise as a result of the collapse of Japan, the tottering of the European empires after the war, and the combustion produced by nationalism mixed with communism. Because a segment of American opinion, generally represented in the more conservative wing of the Republican party, was very sensitive to events in Asia, the tremors in the Far East came as harbingers of disturbing political conflict in the United States." Robert J. Donovan's Tumultuous Years presents a detailed account of Harry S. Truman's presidency from 1949-1953.

An Encyclopaedia of Occultism

Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1596052376
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book An Encyclopaedia of Occultism written by Lewis Spence and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This "compendium of information on the occult sciences, occult personalities, psychic science, demonology, spiritism, and mysticism" was one of a kind when it was first published in 1920 and is still considered the best in its field today. Spence organizes a world's worth of magic -- from "Ab" (a magical month in the ancient Semitic calendar) to "Zulu witch-finders" -- into 2,500 dictionary-style entries that explore concepts and personalities both familiar (Freemasonry, Morgan le Fay) and obscure: palingenesy (a process by which plants or vegetables are destroyed and then "resurrected"), Leonora Galigai (a 17th-century Italian aristocrat who was burned as a witch). A delight for devotees of the weird and the strange, and a valuable resource for students of mythology and the evolution of scientific thought, this important volume is at home in the libraries of all book lovers. Scottish journalist and folklorist LEWIS SPENCE (1874 -1955) was a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, and Vice-President of the Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society. He published more than 40 works on mythology and the occult, including History of Atlantis, An Introduction to Mythology, and Myth and Ritual in Dance, Game and Rhyme.

An Encyclopædia of Occultism

Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book An Encyclopædia of Occultism written by Lewis Spence and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage

Author : Samuel L MacGregor Mathers
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1616402555
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage written by Samuel L MacGregor Mathers and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage-originally published in 1900, translated by Samuel Mathers from a 15th-century French document-was purportedly written by Abraham for his son Lamech. Within this volume are three books. The first book is Abraham's autobiography in which he speaks to his son. The second book is an explanation of the purification rituals necessary to bring the magician's personal demon under his control. And the third book details what feats can be accomplished once the practitioner is able to use a form of magic controlled and directed through sigils of magic words written on a grid. Anyone with an interest in the occult will find this an interesting, though perhaps impractical, guide for exploring mystic arts.

Congressional Record Index

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1348 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Congressional Record Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 1348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes history of bills and resolutions.

Congressional Record

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1330 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 1330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cases Decided in the Court of Claims of the United States

Author : United States. Court of Claims
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1000 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cases Decided in the Court of Claims of the United States written by United States. Court of Claims and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Letter and Accompanying Documents from the Hon. Richard Rush to Joseph Gales, Esq., Mayor of the City of Washington

Author : Richard Rush
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Letter and Accompanying Documents from the Hon. Richard Rush to Joseph Gales, Esq., Mayor of the City of Washington written by Richard Rush and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: