Author: Mircea EliadePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : pt-BR
Pages : 175
Book Description
Mito do eterno retorno
Author: Mircea EliadeO mito do eterno retorno
Author: Mircea EliadePublisher:
ISBN: 9789724404820
Category : Cosmogony
Languages : pt-BR
Pages : 174
Book Description
Célebre historiador das religiões, o autor analisa as concepções fundamentais em que se estruturam as sociedades arcaicas, especialmente na sua recusa do tempo histórico e na sua nostalgia do tempo mítico das origens.
Humaniza-te
Author: Nuno NunesPublisher: .
ISBN: 9893782783
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Critical Theory of Coloniality
Author: Paulo Henrique MartinsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100056956X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
This book reveals how the critique of the domination of capitalism inaugurated by the Frankfurt School becomes pluriversal, motivating the historical Critical Theory of Coloniality (CTC) dialogue between the Global South and the Global North. CTC expresses the emergence and historical actuality of a set of intellectual fields aimed at denouncing domination and promoting emancipatory ideas at the borders of colonial capitalism. The book argues that the actuality of the CTC relies on the importance of valuing theoretical and methodological pluralism in the context of the necessary redefinition of the directions of global society. It reveals a plural reflection of scientific, moral, and aesthetic character in different areas of former planetary colonisation such as Asia, Africa, and America but also on the borders of Europe. This book is aimed at researchers and students in the social sciences as well as in interdisciplinary studies. It is attractive to those who are interested in the plural development of theoretical criticism outside the European universe and who seek to understand how capitalist power has metamorphosed with planetary coloniality. Considering this book implies important reflections on topics such as development, modernity, tradition, imperialism, dependency, and democracy, it is interesting to specialists in development issues, international relations, and policymakers.
Utopia(s) - Worlds and Frontiers of the Imaginary
Author: Maria Rosário MonteiroPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351966839
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
The idea of Utopia springs from a natural desire of transformation, of evolution pertaining to humankind and, therefore, one can find expressions of “utopian” desire in every civilization. Having to do explicitly with human condition, Utopia accompanies closely cultural evolution, almost as a symbiotic organism. Maintaining its roots deeply attached to ancient myths, utopian expression followed, and sometimes preceded cultural transformation. Through the next almost five hundred pages (virtually one for each year since Utopia was published) researchers in the fields of Architecture and Urbanism, Arts and Humanities present the results of their studies within the different areas of expertise under the umbrella of Utopia. Past, present, and future come together in one book. They do not offer their readers any golden key. Many questions will remain unanswered, as they should. The texts presented in Proportion Harmonies and Identities - UTOPIA(S) WORLDS AND FRONTIERS OF THE IMAGINARY were compiled with the intent to establish a platform for the presentation, interaction and dissemination of researches. It aims also to foster the awareness and discussion on the topics of Harmony and Proportion with a focus on different utopian visions and readings relevant to the arts, sciences and humanities and their importance and benefits for the community at large.
Cruel God, Kind God
Author: Zenon Lotufo Jr.Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313396124
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
This enlightening analysis of the image of a cruel God sustained by conservative Christianity reveals how this image formed, the psychological effects of this concept, and the ways in which it has guided religious individuals—in both positive and negative ways. This book is born, in large measure, as a result of a writing by contemporary theologian J. Harold Ellens. In his essay "Religious Metaphors Can Kill" from Praeger's The Destructive Power of Religion, Ellens espouses that theological doctrines are rooted in a model of God that determines all the aspects of those doctrines, and strongly influences the cultures into which it is inserted. Conservative Christianity in the Western world, says Ellens, has at its center the image of a cruel and wrathful God. The juridical atonement theory of Anselm is a result of such an image of God, and has an important role in justifying the resort to violence in human interaction. Starting from these considerations, Cruel God, Kind God: How Images of God Shape Belief, Attitude, and Outlook analyzes three general topics: how two very different kinds of Christianities have emerged from these disparate images of God; how the doctrines of "original sin," "the plan of salvation," and "penal substitution" can be explained by psychological factors, as can the wide dissemination and acceptance of these doctrines; and how the image of a cruel God affects mental health, atrophies personality, and produces guilt and shame.
Último Império
Author: Vanderlei DornelesPublisher: Casa Publicadora Brasileira
ISBN: 8534519080
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A identificação dos Estados Unidos como império é comum na imprensa e no meio acadêmico. Porém, já no século 19, intérpretes adventistas tinham percebido esse potencial e relacionado a nação emergente às profecias apocalípticas. O objetivo deste livro é mostrar como o processo de fundação desse país provê importantes dados para iluminar a interpretação adventista de Apocalipse 13. Além disso, esclarece o atual panorama sociopolítico da nação e as perspectivas futuras. Esta leitura ajudará você a entender melhor a lógica das profecias bíblicas como revelações por parte do Deus verdadeiro que conhece e comanda a história.
Relocating the Sacred
Author: Niyi AfolabiPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438490739
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Although Brazil is home to the largest African diaspora, the religions of its African descendants have often been syncretized and submerged, first under the force of colonialism and enslavement and later under the spurious banner of a harmonious national Brazilian character. Relocating the Sacred argues that these religions nevertheless have been preserved and manifested in a strategic corpus of shifting masks and masquerades of Afro-Brazilian identity. Following the re-Africanization process and black consciousness movement of the 1970s to 1990s, Afro-Brazilians have questioned racial democracy, seeing how its claim to harmony actually dispossesses them of political power. By embracing African deities as a source of creative inspiration and resistance, Afro-Brazilians have appropriated syncretism as a means of not only popularizing African culture but also decolonizing themselves from the past shame of slavery. This book maps the role of African heritage in—and relocation of the sacred to—three sites of Brazilian cultural production: ritual altars, literature, and carnival culture.
The Myth of the Eternal Return
Author: Mircea EliadePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691238324
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade. Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no fewer than half a dozen European languages, The Myth of the Eternal Return illuminates the religious beliefs and rituals of a wide variety of archaic religious cultures. While acknowledging that a return to their practices is impossible, Eliade passionately insists on the value of understanding their views to enrich the contemporary imagination of what it is to be human. This book includes an introduction from Jonathan Z. Smith that provides essential context and encourages readers to engage in an informed way with this classic text.
Time and Space
Author: Maria do Rosário MonteiroPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1040006981
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 739
Book Description
The texts presented in Proportion Harmonies and Identities (PHI) Time and Space were compiled to establish a multidisciplinary platform for presenting, interacting, and disseminating research. It also aims to foster awareness and discussion on Time and Space, focusing on different visions relevant to Architecture, Arts and Humanities, Design and Social Sciences, and its importance and benefits for the sense of identity, both individual and communal. The idea of Time and Space has been a powerful motor for development since the Western Early Modern Age. Its theoretical and practical foundations have become the working tools of scientists, philosophers, and artists, who seek strategies and policies to accelerate the development process in different contexts.