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In this essay of extraordinary scope and depth, Eric McLuhan explores faith as a form of knowing. He does so against the backdrop of preliterate man’s concrete, bodily submersion in the putting on of poetry and drama (the practice of mimesis) and post-literate man’s bodiless submersion in electronic communication, in which sender and receiver are everywhere and nowhere at once. In traversing the Aristotelian and Medieval concept of sensus communis, he examines synesthesia as, in effect, its...
| Автор | Eric McLuhan |
How can we gain insight into and mastery of ourselves? Entering the world of the great philosophers and engaging with them, we become aware of what we are capable of becoming. They speak to us of themselves and the good life and thereby offer the possibility for self-development. While this sounds like psychology, it is what the ancient Greeks called moral philosophy and its main precept is 'know oneself'. To know oneself is to embrace one's personal power. From Socrates to...
| Автор | Robert Spillane |
Two schools of thought have long dominated libertarian discussions about ethics: utilitarianism and natural rights. Those two theories are important, but they’re not the only ways people think about ethics and political philosophy. In Arguments for Liberty , you’ll find a broader approach to libertarianism. In each of Arguments for Liberty’s nine chapters a different political philosopher discusses how his or her preferred school of thought judges political institutions and why...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
• The author’s book The Sustainability Revolution had sales of over 20,000. • This book should have strong academic pick-up from Green MBA programs, architecture programs, geography, environmental science, etc. • Audience will include municipalities, green builders, and the green business community. • Book outlines examples of innovative programs in both urban and rural areas that various schools, businesses, and organizations are implementing to...
| Автор | Andres R. Edwards |
San Antonians love Cary Clack for the sparkle of wit and wisdom he brings to them in his column in the <I>San Antonio Express-News.</I> But his style and sensibility make his work equally popular far beyond that city. He offers pithy, probing coverage of national issues such as terrorism, racism, and child abuse, but his keen sense of humor often turns to the stuff of everyday life such as the inexplicable power of Krispy Kreme doughnuts and his terror of clowns. The columns...
| Автор | Cary Clack |
In Admirable Evasions, Theodore Dalrymple explains why human self-understanding has not been bettered by the false promises of the different schools of psychological thought. Most psychological explanations of human behavior are not only ludicrously inadequate oversimplifications, argues Dalrymple, they are socially harmful in that they allow those who believe in them to evade personal responsibility for their actions and to put the blame on a multitude of scapegoats: on their childhood, their...
| Автор | Theodore Dalrymple |
Appeals to “human dignity” are at the core of many of the most contentious social and political issues of our time. But these appeals suggest different and at times even contradictory ways of understanding the term. Is dignity something we all share equally, and therefore the reason we all ought to be treated as equals? Or is it what distinguishes some greater and more admirable human beings from the rest? What notion of human dignity should inform our private judgments and...
| Автор | Gilbert Meilaender |
Most American young people, like their ancestors, harbor desires for a worthy life: a life of meaning, a life that makes sense. But they are increasingly confused about what such a life might look like, and how they might, in the present age, be able to live one. With a once confident culture no longer offering authoritative guidance, the young are now at sea—regarding work, family, religion, and civic identity. The true, the good, and the beautiful have few defenders, and the higher cynicism...
| Автор | Leon R. Kass |
Over the past thirty years, as Wesley J. Smith details in his latest book, the concept of animal rights has been seeping into the very bone marrow of Western culture. One reason for this development is that the term “animal rights” is so often used very loosely, to mean simply being nicer to animals. But although animal rights groups do sometimes focus their activism on promoting animal welfare, the larger movement they represent is actually advancing a radical belief...
| Автор | Wesley J. Smith |
What does it mean to be a hero? In The Heroic Heart, Tod Lindberg traces the quality of heroic greatness from its most distant origin in human prehistory to the present day. The designation of “hero” once conjured mainly the prowess of conquerors and kings slaying their enemies on the battlefield. Heroes in the modern world come in many varieties, from teachers and mentors making a lasting impression on others by giving of themselves, to firefighters no less willing than their...
| Автор | Tod Lindberg |
Warum gehen Menschen ins Kloster – nicht nur für ein hippes Schweigewochenende, sondern ein ganzes Leben lang? Was bewegt moderne Menschen dazu, sich einem religiösen Orden anzuschließen? Dauerhaft auf Ehe, Familie, Besitz und Selbstbestimmung zu verzichten? Stephanie Mende hat 16 Frauen und Männer getroffen, die sich für das Ordensleben entschieden haben. Von 23 bis 92 Jahren, vom Physiker bis zur Bierbrauerin, mit ganz unterschiedlichen Lebenswegen, Charakteren und Beweggründen. In...
| Автор | Stephanie Mende |
"Ich bin Gott begegnet – und war danach nicht mehr derselbe!" Es sind keine außergewöhnlichen Typen, die so etwas sagen, sondern ganz normale Menschen. In diesem Buch zur Sendereihe ERF MenschGott erzählen sie ehrlich von ihren Lebenskrisen und wie Gott scheinbar ausweglose Situationen verändert hat. Sie erzählen von Heilung, einem neuen Selbstwert, von übernatürlichen Erlebnissen und einem kompletten Neubeginn. Es sind Geschichten, die Mut machen, Gott ganz neu oder vielleicht auch zum...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Antoinette Tuff arbeitet an einer Schule. Eines Morgens sieht sie sich dort dem Lauf eines Sturmgewehrs gegenüber. Vor ihr ein ganz in Schwarz gekleideter Angreifer. Hinter ihr 800 Grundschüler und deren Lehrer. Mutig und im festen Vertrauen auf Gottes Beistand stellt sie sich dem Mann entgegen und geht voller Mitgefühl auf ihn ein. Tatsächlich gelingt es ihr, ihn von seinem Vorhaben abzubringen. Dieses Buch ist vor allem aber auch der persönliche Bericht einer Frau, die auf ihrem Lebensweg...
| Автор | Alex Tresniowski |
Am 22. Mai 1979 hielt der spätere Nobelpreisträger und indische Wirtschaftswissenschaftler und Philosoph Amartya Sen in Stanford einen Vortrag, der unser Denken über Entwicklungshilfe und Verteilungsgerechtigkeit nachhaltig erschüttern sollte: Mit Bezug auf die Gerechtigkeitstheorie des Philosophen John Rawls führte er seine These aus, dass es nicht um die Verteilung von Gütern oder Geld (z.B. in der Entwicklungshilfe), sondern um die Chancen gehen solle, die jeder einzelne zur Verwirklichung...
| Автор | Amartya Sen |
As the host of one of National Public Radio’s most popular interview programs, Michael Krasny has spent decades leading conversations on every imaginable topic and discussing life’s most important questions with the foremost thinkers of our time. Now he brings his wide-ranging knowledge and perceptive intelligence to a thoughtful and thought-provoking exploration of belief; and lack of belief. Many books and pundits advocate for a specific God, while others adamantly declare there is no God....
| Автор | Michael Krasny |
Although successive generations of the Frankfurt School have attempted to adapt Critical Theory to new circumstances, the work done by its founding members continues in the twenty-first century to unsettle conventional wisdom about culture, society and politics. Exploring unexamined episodes in the school’s history and reading its work in unexpected ways, these essays provide ample evidence of the abiding relevance of Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin, Marcuse, Löwenthal, and Kracauer in our troubled...
| Автор | Martin Jay |
Bringing together established academics and award-winning comic book writers and illustrators, Portraits of Violence illustrates the most compelling ideas and episodes in the critique of violence. Hannah Arendt, Franz Fanon, Jacques Derrida, Edward Said, Paolo Freire, Michel Foucault, Susan Sontag, Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler, and Giorgio Agamben each have ten pages to tell their story in this innovative graphic title. Dr. Brad Evans is a political philosopher, critical theorist and author...
| Автор | Brad Evans |
This book argues that Kant’s theory of international relations should be interpreted as an attempt to apply the principles of reason to history in general, and in particular to political conditions of the late eighteenth century. It demonstrates how Kant attempts to mediate between a priori theory and practice, and how this works in the field of international law and international relations. Kant appreciates how the precepts of theory have to be tested against the facts, before the theory is...
| Автор | Georg Cavallar |
A sexual relationship, whether fleetingly casual or profoundly permanent, involves at its core the establishment of attachment and an integrative drive to belong. It can include a range of incentives, coloured by physiological drives, cultural contexts, and personal histories. It also involves the physiological processes of brain and body as they relate to the realm of the mind and subjective experience. This complexity poses a challenge for clinicians when developing an integrated psychological...
| Автор | Tony Schneider |
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll in twelve volumes comprises philosophical, political religious, and other literary works by American writer and orator. Table of Contents: Volume 1: The Gods Humboldt Thomas Paine Individuality Heretics and Heresies The Ghost The Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child Conclusion About Farming in Illinois What Must We do to be Saved? Volume 2: Some Mistakes of Moses Some Reasons Why Orthodoxy Myth and Miracle Volume 3: Shakespeare Robert Burns ...
| Автор | Robert Green Ingersoll |
Este libro comienza con la primera inmigrante —una adolescente procedente de Irlanda— registrada en la nueva oficina de inmigración abierta en la isla de Ellis a finales del siglo xix. Pero, en realidad, las mujeres llevaban formando parte de la historia de Manhattan desde mucho tiempo atrás. Y a algunas de ellas dedico el capítulo de las pioneras. Sufragistas, activistas, periodistas, mecenas, damas de la alta sociedad, escritoras, filántropas, enfermeras y un larguísimo etcétera pusieron su...
| Автор | Pilar Tejera Osuna |
Un reto para la iglesia evangélica de hoy, en particular para las iglesias reformadas, es que demos el lugar debido a la Cena del Señor que nos señala el Señor Jesucristo.Desde la noche en que Jesús instituyó la Cena del Señor, este sacramento ha jugado un rol central en la fe y la práctica de la Iglesia. Por eso es curioso que tantos creyentes no valoran la Cena del Señor.Dice el autor: «Los creyentes no la observan tan importante y luego le asignan poco sentido. Ignoran mayormente la teología...
| Автор | Richard D. Phillips |
En cada época, la Iglesia necesita del avivamiento, ciertamente hoy más que nunca. Y en el corazón de cada creyente devoto, hay un anhelo por el avivamiento personal, para conocer la realidad espiritual de la presencia de Dios en su plenitud y profundidad. Así fue la pasión más grande del Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, uno de los expositores más grandes del siglo veinte. También fue su motivo en esta serie de mensajes que fueron predicados en el Centenario del Gran Avivamiento en Gales, que también...
| Автор | Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones |
Dice el autor: Vivimos en una época de grandes privilegios espirituales. El evangelio ha sido predicado casi en todo el mundo. La Biblia está disponible en más idiomas que en cualquier otro tiempo en el pasado. En muchas partes del mundo las iglesias han crecido rápidamente. Pero debemos preguntarnos a nosotros mismos ¿Cómo nos ha beneficiado todo esto?Déjeme hacerle unas preguntas que le ayudarán a descubrir la verdad acerca de su condición espiritual:1. ¿Ha pensado seriamente acerca de su...
| Автор | J. C. Ryle |