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Searching for the Divine in Plato and Aristotle - Paperback

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by Julie K. Ward (Author)Ward investigates the conceptual connections between two meanings of theoria in ancient Greece: attendance at religious festivals and philosophical contemplation. Number of Pages: 220 Dimensions: 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 26, 2023

Capitalism and the New Political Unconscious: A Philosophy of Immanence - Paperback

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by Fabio Vighi (Editor), Michael Marder (Editor), Riccardo Panattoni (Editor)Taking seriously Jacques Lacan's claim that 'the unconscious is politics', this volume proposes a new understanding of political power, interrogating the assumption that contemporary capitalism functions by tapping into forms of unconscious enjoyment, rather than providing transcendental conditions for the articulation of political meanings and desires. Whether we're aware of it or not, political communication today...

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by Fulton J. Sheen (Author), Allan Smith (Editor)GOD AND WARThe wisdom of Archbishop Sheen is still winning the day. The things he wrote and said on the radio are all coming true.The reflections contained in this work are a collection of Sheen's Catholic Hour radio addresses from 1942 that were heard by millions of listeners each week. These reflections are a series of short essays that addressed the many concerns of the listeners of his day during the war. Sheen answers questions about the f...

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by Jean-François Mattéi (Author), Aseyn (Author)Albert Camus is prone to many misunderstandings. Jean-François Mattéi seeks to dispel them by offering us an innovative reading of this philosopher's work.He shows us that it is by tackling the three cycles of his work (the absurd, revolt, love) that we can better understand his various positions: his radical rejection of the death penalty and the atomic bomb, his distrust of revolution and his stance on Algeria. The book also takes into account...

Critical Theory for Social Work: A Simple Introduction - Paperback

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by Joe Whelan (Author)Covering a range of important social theorists - from W.E.B. Du Bois to Judith Butler - this accessibly written textbook encourages critical thinking and critical approaches to social work, providing an entry point for anyone interested in thinking theoretically about practice. Key features include: - essential terms explained throughout; - end-of-chapter prompts to promote further thinking from students; - suggestions for further reading complete with commentary; and...

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by Jason Ellsworth (Editor), Andie Alexander (Editor)Fabricating Authenticity expands on revised posts that originally appeared on the blog for Culture on the Edge - an international research collaborative that analyzes strategies of identification. The newly envisioned main chapters in this volume draw on a variety of sites, topics, and case studies to explore what is at stake in claims of authenticity. Here, authenticity is examined as a socially contested and constructed label that is used...

Embodied Reception: South Asian Spiritualities in Contemporary Contexts - Paperback

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by Henriette Hanky (Editor), Knut a. Jacobsen (Editor), Istvan Keul (Editor)This volume investigates contemporary bodily practices as a mode of transmitting and receiving South Asian religious and spiritual traditions. The collection's essays explore processes of adoption and adaptation, and the ways in which somatic religious practices are transplanted into new contexts, acquiring new meanings and generating dynamics of their own. Using the concept of "embodied reception" as a heuristic, the...

Critical Theory and the Authoritarian Personality - Hardcover

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by Geoff M. Boucher (Author)The worldwide resurgence of authoritarianism has sparked renewed interest in the Frankfurt School theory of the authoritarian personality, not as a topic of academic debate but as an urgent political factor. Critical Theory and the Authoritarian Personality brings Theodor Adorno's critique up-to-date in light of new forms of authoritarian politics, recent kinds of authoritarian propaganda and current findings about authoritarian personalities. Drawing on the work o...

Mad about Belief: Religion in the Life and Thought of Bertrand Russell - Paperback

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by Larry D. Harwood (Author)In this book Larry Harwood situates and evaluates Bertrand Russell's thought on religion within the context of Russell's biography. His well-known animus toward religious belief is highlighted and maintained without neglecting his quieter and comparatively unknown quest for something religious. The book argues that while Russell's critique of religious belief is not unlike that of other thinkers, his superlative prose, extraordinary skill with words, and candor gav...

The Ethics Gap in the Engineering of the Future: Moral Challenges for the Technology of Tomorrow - Hardcover

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by Spyridon Stelios (Editor), Konstantinos Theologou (Editor)Advances in computer science, artificial intelligence and data management have made engineering a dynamic and rapidly expanding industry. But have these advances enabled the manifestation of wrongdoing? If so, what can we do to counter this? The Ethics Gap in the Engineering of the Future challenges readers to think about our moral compasses and the multifaceted impact of technology on our everyday lives. Reshaping engineering ethic...

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by Jim Grove (Author)Shankara said awakening could only be achieved through direct experience. This is the story of the author's first four decades towards attaining that supreme state through meditation, starting at an uncommonly young age in a small logging and fishing town on Canada's West Coast. While many books describe techniques for the practice of meditation and yoga, few provide an actual record of the mystical experiences and developments that follow from their application. A Curiou...

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by John Sellars (Author)The Hellenistic period was a rich and exciting time for philosophy. It saw the birth of two new schools of thought, Epicureanism and Stoicism, and important developments in Plato's Academy. Aristotelians and Cynics were also active during the period, all of which created a vibrant philosophical landscape. Many of the ideas now associated with early modern and enlightenment philosophy - such as empiricism, materialism, and religious scepticism - were widely discussed by...

What Is Race?: Four Philosophical Views - Paperback

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by Joshua Glasgow (Author), Sally Haslanger (Author), Chike Jeffers (Author)Across public discourse, in the media, politics, many branches of academic inquiry, and ordinary daily interactions, we spend a lot time talking about race: race relations, racial violence, discrimination based on race, racial integration, racial progress. It is fair to say that questions about race have vexed our social life. But for all we speak about race, do we know what race is? Is it a social construct or a biol...

Margaret Cavendish: Essential Writings - Paperback

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by David Cunning (Author)The Seventeenth-Century philosopher, scientist, poet, playwright, and novelist Margaret Cavendish went to battle with the great thinkers of her time, and arguably got the better of them in many cases. She took a creative and systematic stand on the major questions of philosophy of mind, epistemology, metaphysics, and political philosophy. She argued that human beings and all other members of the created universe are purely material creatures, and she held that there a...

Critical Thinking - Concise Edition - Paperback

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by William Hughes (Author), Jonathan Lavery (Author) A top-selling introduction to good reasoning, in a new succinct and inexpensive format. Back Jacket Critical Thinking is a comprehensive introduction to the essential skills of good reasoning, refined and updated through seven editions published over more than two decades. This concise edition offers a succinct presentation of the essential elements of reasoning that retains the rigor and sophistication of the original text. The authors pro...

Embracing Hope: On Freedom, Responsibility & the Meaning of Life - Hardcover

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by Viktor E. Frankl (Author), Alexander Vesely-Frankl (Foreword by)A highly anticipated, rediscovered collection from Viktor Frankl, published for the first time in the United States, exploring freedom, responsibility, and how we can draw meaning from the temporary nature of our lives From the bestselling author of Man's Search for Meaning, which has sold over 18 million copies The Library of Congress lists Man's Search for Meaning as one of the ten most influential books in history. Scientis...

Francis Bacon: The Major Works - Paperback

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by Francis Bacon (Author), Brian Vickers (Editor)This authoritative edition brings together an extensive collection of Bacon's writing--the major prose in full, together with sixteen other pieces not otherwise available--that reveals the essence of his work and thinking. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most...

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by Tom Lutz (Author)Our culture values striving, purpose, achievement, and accumulation. This book asks us to get sidetracked along the way. It praises aimlessness as a source of creativity and an alternative to the demand for linear, efficient, instrumentalist thinking and productivity. Aimlessness collects ideas and stories from around the world that value indirection, wandering, getting lost, waiting, meandering, lingering, sitting, laying about, daydreaming, and other ways to be open to p...

The Life Worth Living in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy - Paperback

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by David Machek (Author) Number of Pages: 271 Dimensions: 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 11, 2024

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by Marc De Leeuw (Editor), Eileen Brennan (Editor), Olivier Abel (Contribution by)Reading Ricoeur through Law, edited by Marc de Leeuw, George H. Taylor, and Eileen Brennan, is the first collection of essays solely focused on Ricoeur's thinking about law, bringing together both established and emerging scholars to offer a systematic and critical examination of Ricoeur's legal thinking. The chapters not only explore the specific contribution Ricoeur makes to the field of jurisprudence but also...

American Philosophy and the Intellectual Migration: Pragmatism, Logical Empiricism, Phenomenology, Critical Theory - Hardcover

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by Sander Verhaegh (Editor)How did immigrant scholars such as Rudolf Carnap, Max Horkheimer, and Alfred Sch?tz influence the development of American philosophy? Why was the U.S. community more receptive to logical empiricism than to critical theory or phenomenology? This volume brings together fifteen historians of philosophy to explore the impact of the intellectual migration. In the 1930s, the rise of fascism forced dozens of philosophers to flee to the United States. Prominent logical em...

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by Michael L. Peterson (Author), Timothy J. Pawl (Author), Ben F. Brammell (Author) Number of Pages: 260 Dimensions: 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 28, 2024

The Ethical Philosophy of Bernard Williams - Hardcover

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by Alan Thomas (Author) Number of Pages: 84 Dimensions: 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 21, 2024

The Problem of God in Thomas Reid - Hardcover

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by James Foster (Author)Thomas Reid was a theist and a philosopher; yet the exact relationship between philosophy and theology in his works is unclear and disputed. The aim of this book is to clarify this relationship along three lines by exploring the status, function, and detachability of theism with respect to Reid's philosophy. Regarding the first I argue that belief in the existence of God is, for Reid, a non-inferential first principle. Regarding the second I argue that theism plays at ...

Kriya Yoga y Turiya: Una guía completa sobre el despertar de la Kundalini, asanas de yoga, mudras, meditación, pranayama, filosofía hindú, - Hardcover

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by Mari Silva (Author)2 manuscritos completos en 1 libro: Kriya Yoga para principiantes: La guía definitiva de las asanas de yoga, los mudras, la meditación, el pranayama, el despertar de la kundalini y el samadhi Turiya: La guía definitiva de la conciencia pura, filosofía hindú, Samadhi, Shiva y Shakti El Kriya Yoga es un antiguo sistema de técnicas de meditación y yoga que fue traído por primera vez a Occidente a finales del siglo XIX por Paramahansa Yogananda, un maestro espiritual de la ...

Heidegger's Concept of Science - Paperback

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by Paul Goldberg (Author)This Element argues that Heidegger's concept of science has two core features. Heidegger critiques a security-oriented concept of science, which he associates with the dominance of physics in modern science and metaphysics and with a progressive resistance among philosophers and scientists to ontological questioning. Meanwhile, Heidegger advances an access-oriented concept of science, on which science is essentially founded on ontological disclosures but also constant...

Más Allá del Orden: 12 Nuevas Reglas Para Vivir / Beyond Order - Paperback

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by Jordan B. Peterson (Author)Con Más allá del orden Jordan B. Peterson se consolida como el ensayista más influyente y polémico del momento. Cuáles son las reglas esenciales para vivir que todos deberíamos conocer? Tras el éxito de 12 reglas para vivir, llega la obra que nos da el perfecto equilibrio entre orden y caos. El intelectual más influyente del momento en Occidente. The New York TimesEn 12 reglas para vivir, obra de la que se han vendido más de cinco millones de ejemplares y que h...

The Fourth Civilization, Volume One - Paperback

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by Rick Sutcliffe (Author)The Fourth Civilization: Technology, Society, and Ethics stimulates its readers to consider the ethical and societal consequences of technologies they already use, and others that will become ubiquitous. Its discussions and provocative questions integrate history, science, technology, and ethical and religious beliefs, examining the past and present and preparing for the future. Social changes always follow the adoption of new technologies. The plow drove the transit...

Reconceiving Freedom from the Shadows of Slavery - Hardcover

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by John Christman (Author) Number of Pages: 264 Dimensions: 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 09, 2025

Might is Right Or Survival of the Fittest - Paperback

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by Ragnar Redbeard (Author)Might Is Right is a controversial book published in 1896 under the pseudonym "Ragnar Redbeard." The book promotes a philosophy centered on Social Darwinism, rejecting organized religion, egalitarianism, and traditional morality. It argues for the supremacy of individual strength and self-reliance, advocating a survival-of-the-fittest ideology.The author's true identity remains debated, though some scholars believe it may have been Arthur Desmond, an anarchist and po...

Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism - China Ancient History 3rd Grade Children's Ancient History - Paperback

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by Baby Professor (Author)The China that we know today was shaped by three big religious beliefs: Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism. This book will not just differentiate the three through definitions, but it will also include historical truths to facilitate deeper understanding. Unearthing ancient history will help you to better understand China and its people today. So what are you waiting for? Get a copy now! Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.13 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: December 01...

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by Z'Ev Ben Shimon Halevi (Author)Astrology and Kabbalah is a rewrite of The Anatomy of Fate, first published in 1978. It is about astrology's place in the wider context of Existence as set out by the ancient esoteric tradition of Kabbalah.The topics to be examined are the origin of humanity and the influence of the cosmos on mankind, at both the individual and collective levels. The birth chart is looked at from a psychological and spiritual perspective, as is personal fate and transpersonal...