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Gaining Ground: Towards A Discourse Of Posthuman Animality: A Geophilosophical Journey, Anne Louise Schillmoller

Anne Schillmoller

The paper seeks articulate possibilities for a reciprocal ground of animality, a non hegemonic conceptual frontier within which the sovereign terrain of liberal humanism might yield to networks of alliances and reciprocities among human and other animals. The objective is to locate topographies where the conditions of creaturely life may be conceptualised in relational and non anthropocentric terms. It seeks to identify possibilities for a discourse of animality which avoids the haunting spectre of humanism. Specifically, it explore routes which may avoid the dualisms of western thought and identify alternative ways by which animality might be conceptualised and represented. Its …

What We Talk About When We Talk About The Soul, Stephen Asma

Stephen T Asma

The author discusses the popularity among college students of the concept of the soul, and attempts to place it in its proper context. He dispenses with orthodox theological arguments and New Age arguments as scientifically untenable. He takes a so-called Wittgensteinian approach, noting soul's linguistic significance. He analyzes expressions which use the concept of soul and concludes that they are qualitatively different from testable factual expressions. He notes that soul talk is about hopes and aspirations, inspiration, or feelings deeper than friendship. He assigns it meaning outside of scientific concepts. He likens expressions of soul to creative and ethical acts, …

Why I Am A Buddhist, Stephen Asma

Stephen T Asma

Profound and amusing, this book provides a viable approach to answering the perennial questions: Who am I? Why am I here? How can I live a meaningful life? For Asma, the answers are to be found in Buddhism.

There have been a lot of books that have made the case for Buddhism. What makes this book fresh and exciting is Asma's iconoclasm, irreverence, and hardheaded approach to the subject. He is distressed that much of what passes for Buddhism is really little more than "New Age mush." He loudly asserts that it is time to "take the California out of …

Philosophy And Death: Introductory Readings, Samantha Brennan, Robert Stainton

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.

Meanings, Communication, And Politics: Dewey And Derrida, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

No abstract provided.

Monsters And The Moral Imagination, Stephen Asma

Stephen T Asma

The article discusses the cultural interest in monsters in the 21st century. The author speculates on the reasons for the interest, citing anxiety after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the war in Iraq, or the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. He notes a conference in September 2009 at the University of Oxford entitled "Monsters and the Monstrous." Cultural uses of monsters, he notes, include scolding ourselves for failure to be inclusive, the medievals' punishment for the sin of pride, or the ancient Greeks' warnings of impending calamity. He notes that monster stories can promote the individual's thought about what …

On The Task Of Becoming Human, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

No abstract provided.

Human Being, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

No abstract provided.

The Emerging New Human Being, The Culture-In-The-Self, And Ahp's New Multidimensional Intercultural Initiative, Carroy U. Ferguson

Carroy U "Cuf" Ferguson, Ph.D.

The emerging New Human Being will need to explore and come to terms with a phenomenon, operating deeply, uniquely, and diversely at a core level of all human beings on the planet. I call this phenomenon the “culture-in-the-Self,” a term coined some years ago by cofounders of Interculture Inc. What we commonly think of as culture is just the surface of this phenomenon, often appearing outwardly in the diverse “forms” of cultural scripts, beliefs, values, behaviors, and customs). I want to call attention to what goes on beneath surface culture(s), and how AHP intends to play a primary role in …

Never Mind Grendel! Can Beowulf Conquer The 21st-Century Guilt Trip?, Stephen Asma

Stephen T Asma

The writer casts doubt on whether the emasculated Beowulf put forward by J. R. R. Tolkien and in the recent movie version of the story transcends and nullifies the heroic original. He suggests that both Beowulfs may be necessary.

Badiou And Derrida: Politics, Events And Their Time, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

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The Philosophy Of Edith Stein, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

No abstract provided.

Against Transcendentalism: The Meaning Of Life And Buddhism, Stephen Asma

Stephen T Asma

From the 1970s cult TV show, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, to the current hit musical Spamalot, the Monty Python comedy troupe has been at the center of popular culture and entertainment. The Pythons John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam are increasingly recognized and honored for their creativity and enduring influence in the worlds of comedy and film. Monty Python and Philosophy extends that recognition into the world of philosophy. Fifteen experts in topics like mythology, Buddhism, feminism, logic, ethics, and the philosophy of science bring their expertise to bear on Python movies such …

Is Death’S Badness Gendered? Symposium On Christine Overall’S Book Aging, Death And Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.

Assistant And/Or Collaborator? Edith Stein's Relationship To Edmund Husserl's Ideen Ii, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

No abstract provided.

On Restricting The Evidence Base For Linguistics, C. Iten, Robert J. Stainton, C. Wearing

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.

Undecidable Time: The Political Use Of The Limits Of Derrida's Democracy To Come, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

No abstract provided.

'Mass Delusion' Or 'True Myth'? Pbs Considers The Question Of God, Stephen Asma

Stephen T Asma

The Question of God is a new 4-hour miniseries from PBS. It is based on a long-running course taught by Harvard University psychiatry professor Armand Nicholi that compares the biographies and theories of Sigmund Freud, skeptic, and C. S. Lewis, believer. On balance, the miniseries succeeds as an introduction to complex issues.

Utilitarianism As A Public Philosophy, Robert Goodin, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.

Interrogatives And Sets Of Answers, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.

Fluctus, Gravitas Et Inertia: A Phenomenological Reflection On The Relation Between The Human Person, The One And The Many Of Life, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

No abstract provided.

Actio, Passio Et Creatio In The Endliche Und Ewige Philosophie Of Edith Stein: A Poetico-Personal Response To The Challenges Of Postmodernity, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

No abstract provided.

Giordano Bruno And The Logic Of Coincidence: Unity And Multiplicity In The Philosophical Thought Of Giordano Bruno, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

No abstract provided.

October: An Education Journal, Rowan Cahill

Rowan Cahill

This 8-page pamphlet/zine is written in the form of a diary for the month of October, 1997, and was published by Bull Ant Press, Bowral (1997). In it the author comments widely on contemporary education issues, in particular the modern trend towards the corporatisation of education, a process he sees as devaluing independent and critical thought in favour of wall-to-wall assessments and examining, utility, bureaucratisation, and education reflecting "corporate and market place ideologies and practices".

Philosophy And Feminist Thinking, Jean Grimshaw, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.

The Theory Of Reciprocal Altruism, Robert Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.