Описание: In this brilliant study, Thomas Pfau argues that the loss of foundational concepts in classical and medieval Aristotelian philosophy caused a fateful separation between reason and will in European thought. Pfau traces the evolution and eventual deterioration of key concepts of human agency--will, person, judgment, action--from antiquity through Scholasticism and on to eighteenth-century moral theory and its critical revision in the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Featuring extended critical discussions of Aristotle, Gnosticism, Augustine, Aquinas, Ockham, Hobbes, Shaftesbury, Mandeville, Hutcheson, Hume, Adam Smith, and Coleridge, this study contends that humanistic concepts they seek to elucidate acquire meaning and significance only inasmuch as we are prepared positively to engage (rather than historicize) their previous usages. Beginning with the rise of theological (and, eventually, secular) voluntarism, modern thought appears increasingly reluctant and, in time unable to engage the deep history of its own underlying conceptions, thus leaving our understanding of the nature and function of humanistic inquiry increasingly frayed and incoherent. One consequence of this shift is to leave the moral self-expression of intellectual elites and ordinary citizens alike stunted, which in turn has fueled the widespread notion that moral and ethical concerns are but a special branch of inquiry largely determined by opinion rather than dialogical reasoning, judgment, and practice. A clear sign of this regression is the present crisis in the study of the humanities, whose role is overwhelmingly conceived (and negatively appraised) in terms of scientific theories, methods, and objectives. The ultimate casualty of this reductionism has been the very idea of personhood and the disappearance of an adequate ethical language. Minding the Modern is not merely a chapter in the history of ideas; it is a thorough phenomenological and metaphysical study of the roots of today`s predicaments. "[A] learned, deeply important, and accomplished study . . . that calls upon a set of interpretive and communal traditions that, far from being fossilized, contain radical and renovating power, but whose power can be called on, extended, elaborated, and applied to the present and future only if one knows that those traditions can and do remain alive and available, and that we ignore or pronounce them `past` at our peril. The sweep and comprehensiveness of the work are remarkable. This is not a history of philosophy at all. It is a call for us to rededicate ourselves to a serious, demanding practice of humanistic studies." --James Engell, Gurney Professor of English and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Автор: Purcell Richard Название: Race, Ralph Ellison and American Cold War Intellectual Cultu ISBN: 0230321437 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230321434 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: While the arms race of the post-war period has been widely discussed, Purcell explores the under-acknowledged but critical role another kind of `race` - that is, race as a biological and sociological concept - played within the global and cultural Cold War.
Автор: Risden E. L. Название: Tolkien`s Intellectual Landscape ISBN: 078649865X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786498659 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3326.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The work of J.R.R. Tolkien has had a profound effect on contemporary fiction and film making, yet criticism often places him at the margins of twentieth- and twenty-first century thought and experience. He actually sits near the centre of the last century's intellectual landscape: his fiction created a new market for the “fantasy trilogy,” his academic work represents what philology can still accomplish in academe and beyond, and his Catholic faith retains great meaning for millions of persons worldwide.Imaginative literature continues to grow even as publishers cut back on creative fiction: recently it has moved energetically into film, gaming, and, and online fan fiction, but in the twentieth century it bridged the gap between “leaned” and “popular” spheres of interest and readerships.Tolkien's living landscape continues to please, instruct, and inspire, drawing new generations of audiences to Middle-earth for the pleasure of adventure and to grapple with the upheavals of his time and their aftermath.
Описание: Focusing on key works of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American literary realism, Phillip Barrish traces the emergence of new ways of gaining intellectual prestige - that is, new ways of gaining cultural recognition as unusually intelligent, sensitive or even wise.
Автор: McGrath Alister E Название: Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis ISBN: 047067279X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780470672792 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3477.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Marking the 50th anniversary of Lewis death, The Intellectual World of C.S. Lewis sees leading Christian thinker Alister McGrath offering a fresh approach to understanding the key themes at the centre of Lewis theological work and intellectual development.
Автор: Harris Johanna I Название: Intellectual Culture of Puritan Women, 1558-1680 ISBN: 113750367X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137503671 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 7685.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field reveals the major contribution of puritan women to the intellectual culture of the early modern period. It demonstrates that women`s roles within puritan and broader communities encompassed translating and disseminating key texts, producing an impressive body of original writing.
Описание: In this tetxt, Clive Bloom offers a radical and controversial guide to the possibilities for intellectual life, popular culture, literary production and political authority in multi-cultural Britain in 2000 and beyond.
Описание: The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture uses the notion of amara - the Egyptian concept of collective and connective agency - to explore the relationship between the Egyptian intellectual and `the people` in contemporary Egyptian literature and culture.
Описание: This book explores the resistance of three English poets to Francis Bacon`s project to restore humanity to Adamic mastery over nature, moving beyond a discussion of the tension between Bacon and these poetic voices to suggest theywere also debating the narrative of humanity`s intellectual path.
Автор: Landgraf Название: Decadence in Literature and Intellectual Debate since 1945 ISBN: 1137431016 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137431011 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 10760.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Bridging the gap between decadence as it is traditionally understood in literary and cultural studies and its relevance to current phenomena, this interdisciplinary collection examines literary texts and movies from Europe and the United States since 1945.
Автор: Fleishman Название: George Eliot`s Intellectual Life ISBN: 1107402662 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107402669 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: George Eliot`s intelligence and her wide knowledge of history, literature, philosophy and political thought shaped her fiction and her non-fiction. This intellectual biography tells the story of her development from her initial Christian culture towards a humanistic and progressive world view which informed her crowning literary achievements.
Автор: Cuddy-Keane Название: Virginia Woolf, the Intellectual, and the Public Sphere ISBN: 0521828678 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521828673 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14256.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Virginia Woolf, the Intellectual, and the Public Sphere, first published in 2003, relates Woolf`s literary reviews and essays to early twentieth-century debates about the value of `highbrow` culture, the methods of instruction in universities and adult education, and the importance of an educated public for the realization of democratic goals.
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