The Good of Recognition: Phenomenology, Ethics, and Religion in the Thought of Levinas and Ricoeur (Sohn Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The Good of Recognition: Phenomenology, Ethics, and Religion in the Thought of Levinas and Ricoeur (Sohn Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The Good of Recognition analyzes the polysemy of recognition operative in the thought of two contemporary French thinkers, Emmanuel L vinas (1906-1995) and Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005). Author Michael Sohn shows that recognition--a concept most often associated with Hegel's works--appears prominently

Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA (Graziano Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Reveals the previous underexplored influence of religious thought in building the foundations of the CIA. Michael Graziano's intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller's Errand into the Wilderness (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts

The Art of Time: Levinas, Ethics, and the Contemporary Peninsular Novel (Molinaro Nina L.)(Pevná vazba)

Ethics, or the systematized set of inquiries and responses to the question 'what should I do?' has infused the history of human narrative for more than two centuries. One of the foremost theorists of ethics during the twentieth century, Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) radicalized the discipline of

Humanism of the Other (Levinas Emmanuel)(Paperback)

Levinas on the possibility and need for humanist ethicsIn Humanism of the Other, Emmanuel Levinas argues that it is not only possible but of the highest exigency to understand one's humanity through the humanity of others. In paperback for the first time, Levinas's work here is based in a new

The Varieties of Temporal Experience: Travels in Philosophical, Historical, and Ethnographic Time (Jackson Michael D.)(Pevná vazba)

Michael Jackson demonstrates the significance of a phenomenology of time through a multifaceted consideration of the gap between our cultural representations of temporality and our experience. Jackson juxtaposes philosophy, history, and ethnography in an attempt to do justice to the bewildering

The Voyage of Thought: Navigating Knowledge Across the Sixteenth-Century World (Wintroub Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The Voyage of Thought is a micro-historical and cross-disciplinary analysis of the texts and contexts that informed the remarkable journey of the French ship captain, merchant, and poet, Jean Parmentier, from Dieppe to Sumatra in 1529. In tracing the itinerary of this voyage, Michael Wintroub

The Next Phase of Business Ethics: Celebrating 20 Years of Reio (Schwartz Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The role of organizations in society, the international and multidisciplinary scope of business ethics, and the importance of narrative were concerns that were raised in early volumes of Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations (REIO). That these topics remain of interest is perhaps sobering,

Emotions, Ethics, and Cinematic Experience: New Phenomenological and Cognitivist Perspectives (Sinnerbrink Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Since the early 1990s, phenomenology and cognitivism have become two of the most influential approaches to film theory. Yet far from being at odds with each other, both approaches offer important insights on our subjective experience of cinema. Emotions, Ethics, and Cinematic Experience explores

The Art of Time: Levinas, Ethics, and the Contemporary Peninsular Novel (Molinaro Nina L.)(Paperback)

Ethics, or the systematized set of inquiries and responses to the question 'what should I do?' has infused the history of human narrative for more than two centuries. One of the foremost theorists of ethics during the twentieth century, Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) radicalized the discipline of

Black Cosmopolitans: Race, Religion, and Republicanism in an Age of Revolution (Levecq Christine)(Pevná vazba)

Black Cosmopolitans examines the lives and thought of three extraordinary black men--Jacobus Capitein, Jean-Baptiste Belley, and John Marrant--who traveled extensively throughout the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Unlike millions of uprooted Africans and their descendants at the time, these men

God in Gotham: The Miracle of Religion in Modern Manhattan (Butler Jon)(Pevná vazba)

A master historian traces the flourishing of organized religion in Manhattan between the 1880s and the 1960s, revealing how faith adapted and thrived in the supposed capital of American secularism.In Gilded Age Manhattan, Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant leaders agonized over the fate of

The Nicene Option: An Incarnational Phenomenology (Smith James K. A.)(Pevná vazba)

Christian philosophy and philosophy of religion tend to be dominated by analytic approaches, which have brought a valuable logical rigor to the discussion of matters of belief. However, the perspectives of continental philosophy--in particular, the continental emphasis on embodied forms of

The Religion of Orange Politics: Protestantism and Fraternity in Contemporary Scotland (Webster Joseph)(Pevná vazba)

The religion of Orange politics offers an in-depth anthropological account of the Orange Order in Scotland. Based on ethnographic research collected before, during, and after the Scottish independence referendum, Joseph Webster details how Scotland's largest Protestant-only fraternity shapes the

Recognition and Ambivalence (Ikheimo Heikki)(Paperback)

Recognition is one of the most debated concepts in contemporary social and political thought. Its proponents, such as Axel Honneth, hold that to be recognized by others is a basic human need that is central to forming an identity, and the denial of recognition deprives individuals and communities

A Replacement for Religion (The School of Life)(Pevná vazba)

A thought-provoking book that explores how the best aspects of religion can have a place in our modern day lives. Many of us find ourselves in the odd situation of not believing in religion--but nevertheless being interested in having a spiritual life. We may enjoy religious art and architecture,

Handbook of Religion and Society (Yamane David)(Pevná vazba)

The Handbook of Religion and Society is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of a vital force in the world today. It is an indispensable resource for scholars, students, policy makers, and other professionals seeking to understand the role of religion in society. This includes both the

Trust in the System: Research Ethics Committees and the Regulation of Biomedical Research (Hedgecoe Adam)(Pevná vazba)

An ethnographic exploration of research ethics committees in the UK, which highlights the central role of trust in biomedical regulatory decision

The Ethics of Deconstruction: Derrida and Levinas (Critchley Simon)(Paperback)

An expanded edition of the first book to argue for the ethical turn in Derrida's work New for this edition This third edition contains three new texts, and a new preface where Critchley reflects upon the origins, motivation and reception of The Ethics of Deconstruction The Ethics of

The Power of Ethics: How to Make Good Choices in a Complicated World (Liautaud Susan)(Pevná vazba)

The essential guide for ethical decision-making in the 21st century, The Power of Ethics depicts 'ethical decision-making not in a nebulous philosophical space, but at the point where the rubber meets the road' (Michael Schur, producer and creator of The Good Place). It's not your imagination:

Religion & Classical Warfare: Archaic and Classical Greece (Matthew Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Greeks were certainly no exception.Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Greeks were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to

The Practice of Altruism: Caring and Religion in Global Perspective (Habito Ruben Lf)(Pevná vazba)

The study of altruism and altruistic behavior has caught the attention of social scientists especially in recent years. What motivates individuals to cultivate attitudes and actions that promote the wellbeing of others at the expense of, or at the risk of negative consequences for their own? In our

Phenomenology, Transversality, and World Philosophy (Jung Hwa Yol)(Pevná vazba)

Phenomenology, Transversality, and World Philosophy explores the concept of world philosophy (Weltphilosophie) to take into account the reality of today's multicultural and globalizing world. It challenges the assumption that the particular in the West is universalizable, but the particular in the

Ethics in the Confucian Tradition - The Thought of Mengzi and Wang Yangming (Ivanhoe Philip J.)(Paperback / softback)

Postmodern Ethics: The Re-Appropriation of Committed Writing in the Works of Antonio Tabucchi and Leonardo Sciascia 1975-2005 (Wren-Owens Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

Postmodern Ethics offers a new perspective on debates surrounding the role of the intellectual in Italian society, and provides an original reading of two important Italian contemporary writers, Leonardo Sciascia and Antonio Tabucchi. It examines the ways in which the two writers use literature to