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Recueil factice d'articles de presse sur la défense légale des artistes. 1827-1934
Author: Blasphemy, Immorality, and Anarchy
Author: Jerome FriedmanPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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The Mark of the Sacred
Author: Jean-Pierre DupuyPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804788456
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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This study of religion and violence “forces us to reexamine some of our most cherished self-images of modern liberal democratic societies” (Charles Taylor). Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls “enlightened doomsaying,” has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In this book, he pleads for a subversion of this crisis from within, arguing that it is our lopsided view of religion and reason that has set us on this course. In denial of our sacred origins and hubristically convinced of the powers of human reason, we cease to know our own limits: our disenchanted world leaves us defenseless against a headlong rush into the abyss of global warming, nuclear holocaust, and the other catastrophes that loom on our horizon. Reviving the religious anthropology of Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Marcel Mauss and in dialogue with the work of René Girard, Dupuy shows that we must remember the world’s sacredness in order to keep human violence in check. A metaphysical and theological detective, he tracks the sacred in the very fields where human reason considers itself most free from everything it judges irrational: science, technology, economics, political and strategic thought. In making such claims, The Mark of the Sacred takes on religion bashers, secularists, and fundamentalists at once. Written by one of the deepest and most versatile thinkers of our time, it militates for a world where reason is no longer an enemy of faith. “The Mark of the Sacred is one of those rare books . . . which, in an enlightened well-organized state, should be printed and freely distributed in all schools!” —Slavoj Žižek
Dictionnaire Napoleon
Author: Jean F. TulardPublisher:
ISBN: 9780828824910
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Languages : en
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From Berlin to the Burdekin
Author: David Robert WalkerPublisher: UNSW Press
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Papers on Ludwig Becker, Eugene von Guerard, Carl Strehlow , the Frobenius Institute and the representation of Aborigines annotated separately.
A Companion to Epistemology
Author: Jonathan DancyPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781444315097
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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With nearly 300 entries on key concepts, review essays on central issues, and self-profiles by leading scholars, this companion is the most comprehensive and up-to-date single volume reference guide to epistemology. Epistemology from A-Z is comprised of 296 articles on important epistemological concepts that have been extensively revised to bring the volume up-to-date, with many new and re-written entries reflecting developments in the field Includes 20 new self-profiles by leading epistemologists Contains 10 new review essays on central issues of epistemology
Theatre Histories
Author: Phillip B. ZarrilliPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0415462231
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Providing a clear journey through centuries of European, North and South American, African and Asian forms of theatre and performance, this introduction helps the reader think critically about this exciting field through fascinating yet plain-speaking essays and case studies.
The Globalization of Theatre 18701930
Author: Christopher B. BalmePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108487890
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 291
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Explores the fascinating career of Maurice E. Bandmann and his global theatrical circuit in the early twentieth century.
The Culture of Science
Author: John HattonPublisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Critical Essays on Michel Foucault
Author: Peter BurkePublisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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An anthology of responses to the ideas of Michel Foucault. These responses are concentrated in the English world, but they try to reveal the full range of reaction and to assess Foucault's achievement and his place in intellectual history.