This collection is the first extended investigation of the relation between time and memory in Maurice Merleau-Ponty's thought as a whole and the first to explore in depth the significance of his concept of institution.
Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the 17th and 18th Centuries, grade: 1,0, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, language: English, abstract: In this paper the author would like to compare the epistemology of Rene Descartes and John Locke.
In intellectual and political culture today, the Enlightenment is routinely celebrated as the starting point of modernity and secular rationalism, or demonized as the source of a godless liberalism in conflict with religious faith.
American democracy faces severe challenges today, as everyday life gathers pace, national borders become increasingly porous, and commodity culture becomes more dominant.
In Peace: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, noted mathematician and peace researcher Anatol Rapoport explores the evolution of the idea of peace and explains why it is displacing war as a viable institution.
Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "e;object d'art"e; will be sure to add grace and elegance to tea shelves, coffee tables and bookshelves.
Seeking Wisdom in Death's Shadows: Collected Writings on How We Grieve is a rich compilation of nine original and fourteen previously published essays that makes accessible the origins and development of Thomas Attig's most significant and sometimes revolutionary contributions to understanding and living in the shadows of death, dying, loss, and grief.
Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations takes readers on a thoroughly researched and extremely readable journey through Japan's cultural history.
Walking the Path of Allyship: Men Supporting Women in MinistryFor women and men to thrive equally in ministry, the church needs male allies who are committed to supporting women in their callings.
Discover extraordinary mindfulness through whole-body Vipassana meditationBeyond the Breath is one of the first books to give a complete overview and description of sensation based vipassana meditationthe form of mediation believed to have been used by the Buddha 2,500 years ago.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, Note: Sehr Gut, Universität Wien (Religionswissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Seminar, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit soll zunächst die strukturalistische Mythos-Analyse von Walter Burkert vorgestellt werden.
Written over a century ago when Japan was abandoning its rich traditions to embrace the hysteria of colonization, this classic written by Okakura Kakuzo helped preserve the masterpieces of Japanese art and culture by illuminating the spirit of the Japanese Tea Masters.
Essay from the year 2020 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the present, grade: 1,00, University of Barcelona, language: English, abstract: Although Western societies become more and more accepting towards the diversity of sexual preferences, a big part is still averse to and discriminatory against other sexual orientations than heterosexuality.
In this fascinating cultural history of interracial marriage and its legal regulation in the United States, Fay Botham argues that religion specifically, Protestant and Catholic beliefs about marriage and race had a significant effect on legal decisions concerning miscegenation and marriage in the century following the Civil War.
A scathing critique of the global consumer culture that's bound to cause controversy among Western readers, Practical Ethics for Our Time argues that Japan's future success as a nation depends upon the ability of its citizens to uphold traditional family values and to fashion new, environmentally sustainable patterns in their daily lives.
When Jack Karouac wrote about Zen in Dharma Bums he was echoing the sentiments of the Beat generation, who found in Zen credence for a way of life unencumbered by the limits of "e;square"e; society.
"e;A richly entertaining series of Hawaiian tales with explanatory facts, which will delight and inform both the folklore fan and the general reader"e; The Honolulu AdvertiserHawaiian Legends of Volcanoes made its first appearance in 1916, in both American and British editions, as the third in a series that represented a pioneering study of Hawaiian folklore.
Oriental Fortune Telling brings to the Western reader a novel way of using cards, dice, coins, and "e;subconscious"e; numbers to arrive at modern interpretations of a fortune telling school that has existed in Asia for more than three thousand years.
The widespread influence of Buddhism is due in part to the skill with which a way of liberation was refined by it's teachers and became accessible to people of diverse cultures.
Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations takes readers on a thoroughly researched and extremely readable journey through Japan's cultural history.
A spellbinding narrative history that defies modern assumptions about women's lives in the Middle Ages and informs contemporary debates about sexual violence and the limits of justiceIn the winter of 1472, the city of Dijon, France, became the stage for a remarkable legal drama.
Abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, war, genetic engineering and fetal experimentation, environmental and animal rights--these topics inspire some of today's most heated public controversies.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, Note: Sehr gut, Universität Wien (Religionswissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Seminar, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Darren Aronofsky ist ein amerikanischer Filmproduzent.
In The Birth of Sense, Don Beith proposes a new concept of generative passivity, the idea that our organic, psychological, and social activities take time to develop into sense.
