Introduction,
2019
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Introduction, Emmanouil Aretoulakis
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
No abstract provided.
The Aesthetics Of Terrorism And The Temporalities Of Representation,
2019
Uppsala University and Malmö University
The Aesthetics Of Terrorism And The Temporalities Of Representation, Robert Appelbaum
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
Representations of terrorism, in fiction and non-fiction, summon their readers and viewers to examine terrorism in any of at least four modes of temporality: the past, the past perfect, the continuous present, and the simple present. This essay explains those modalities and shows how they work with reference to novels, a film documentary, and contemporary American television, including the documentary Black September and the series NCIS. The modalities are ideological as well as narratological functions and are sometimes employed to occlude the historical and pragmatic dimensions of terrorist violence. Terrorism is always already aesthetic and “hyperreal,” in Jean Baudrillard’s …
Isis And Futurist Terrorism Versus Cyberpunk,
2019
Gulf University, Kuwait
Isis And Futurist Terrorism Versus Cyberpunk, Thorsten Botz-Bornstei
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
The origin of science fiction is twentieth-century Futurism. For the largest part of the twentieth century, science fiction maintained an optimistic attitude towards the future. At the end of the 1970s, the modern, optimistic, and futurist vision of the future, typical for avant-garde movements of the 1930s, took a negative turn and became dark, pessimistic, and cynical, in a postmodern sense; it became what would be called, in a word, ‘cyberpunk.’ In this article, I want to show that the terrorist organization generally known as ISIS (Islamic State) intends, or rather intended, to go back to futurism and modernism by …
Dismantling Bodies: The War On Terror, And The Wound Aesthetic Of Csi: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2015),
2019
University of Derby, U.K.
Dismantling Bodies: The War On Terror, And The Wound Aesthetic Of Csi: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2015), Christopher J. Davies
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
This paper interrogates the aesthetic signature of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2015). Utilizing a selection of representative episodes airing during George W. Bush’s first term, I analyze how CSI mobilizes a particular aesthetic of wounding in which wound sites, bodily and geographic, may be understood to serve as vulnerable apertures through which underlying threads of critical engagement with the direction of the 9/11 discourse may be aspirated from within the body of the text. Specifically, I approach the wound sites of CSI as sources of war-on-terror critique that serve political double-duty. On the one hand, CSI’s injury-centric narratives and …
Table Of Contents,
2019
The RASHAD Center, Inc.
Table Of Contents, Regennia N. Williams
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
Madiba And Martin: A Bibliography Compiled By Martha Ruff,
2019
Prince Georges County Memorial Library System
Madiba And Martin: A Bibliography Compiled By Martha Ruff, Martha Huff
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
Transformational Leadership: Flow, Resonance, And Social Change,
2019
Montgomery College
Transformational Leadership: Flow, Resonance, And Social Change, Enas Elhanafi
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
South Africa As A Dynamic Teaching Experience,
2019
Cleveland State University
South Africa As A Dynamic Teaching Experience, Robert A. Simons, Christine Dickinson
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
The Spiritual Mandela: Faith And Religion In The Life Of Nelson Mandela,
2019
Cleveland State University
The Spiritual Mandela: Faith And Religion In The Life Of Nelson Mandela, Jenni L. Shelton
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
Don’T Demean “Invasives”: Conservation And Wrongful Species Discrimination,
2019
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Don’T Demean “Invasives”: Conservation And Wrongful Species Discrimination, C. E. Abbate, Bob Fischer
Philosophy Faculty Research
It is common for conservationists to refer to non-native species that have undesirable impacts on humans as “invasive”. We argue that the classification of any species as “invasive” constitutes wrongful discrimination. Moreover, we argue that its being wrong to categorize a species as invasive is perfectly compatible with it being morally permissible to kill animals—assuming that conservationists “kill equally”. It simply is not compatible with the double standard that conservationists tend to employ in their decisions about who lives and who dies.
Autonomy, Suffering, And The Practice Of Medicine: A Relational Approach,
2019
University of South Florida
Autonomy, Suffering, And The Practice Of Medicine: A Relational Approach, Michael A. Stanfield
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
In this project, I argue that the conventional view of personal autonomy that is operational in contemporary American culture, bioethics and medical practice places undue emphasis on individualism and a limited range of personal qualities and attributes (such as self-sufficiency). Instead, I argue in favor of a relational approach to autonomy which recognizes that each person that exists has certain minimal connections or relations to others, and these connections/relations are identity-forming. Unfortunately, current medical practices have tended to overemphasize individuality and choice (consistent with the conventional view) while minimizing or excluding these relational aspects. As a result, informed consent and …
A Defense Of Free-Roaming Cats From A Hedonist Account Of Feline Well-Being,
2019
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
A Defense Of Free-Roaming Cats From A Hedonist Account Of Feline Well-Being, C. E. Abbate
Philosophy Faculty Research
There is a widespread belief that for their own safety and for the protection of wildlife, cats should be permanently kept indoors. Against this view, I argue that cat guardians have a duty to provide their feline companions with outdoor access. The argument is based on a sophisticated hedonistic account of animal well-being that acknowledges that the performance of species-normal ethological behavior is especially pleasurable. Territorial behavior, which requires outdoor access, is a feline-normal ethological behavior, so when a cat is permanently confined to the indoors, her ability to flourish is impaired. Since cat guardians have a duty not to …
A New Catechism For The Digital Age,
2019
Seattle Pacific University
A New Catechism For The Digital Age, Bruce D. Baker
SPU Works
Preaching and teaching in our digital age demands theological reflection to answer challenging questions raised by exponential technologies. Can an AI become conscious? Is AI intelligent, really? Can a robot sin? Can we program morality? Can we upload our minds? Is transhumanism a technical possibility? Do we need to rethink eschatology? In this paper I hope to contribute to a constructive dialog. I suggest this catechism format as a means to support the need of the Church to teach sound theological doctrine with respect to these challenging questions. By no means do I wish to imply that this catechism is …
Nathifa Greene, Assistant Professor Of Philosophy,
2019
Gettysburg College
Nathifa Greene, Assistant Professor Of Philosophy, Musselman Library, Nathifa Greene
Next Page
In this latest Next Page column, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Nathifa Greene ’03 shares her longtime love of Toni Morrison, Zadie Smith, and George Eliot, as well as a newfound appreciation for speculative fiction.
W. E. B. Du Bois’S “Conservation Of Races”: A Metaphilosophical Text,
2019
Marquette University
W. E. B. Du Bois’S “Conservation Of Races”: A Metaphilosophical Text, Kimberly Ann Harris
Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications
Nothing was more important for W. E. B. Du Bois than to promote the upward mobility of African Americans. This essay revisits his “Conversation of Races” to demonstrate its general philosophical importance. Ultimately, Du Bois’s three motivations for giving the address reveal his view of the nature of philosophical inquiry: to critique earlier phenotypic conceptions of race, to show the essentiality of history, and to promote a reflexive practice. Commentators have been unduly invested in the hermeneutic readings and as a result have misunderstood its philosophical dimensions. Du Bois did more than introduce the concept of race into the purview …
'Our Faith Is Good, But Strict': The Transformation Of The Apostolic Christian Church-Nazarene In North America,
2019
The University of Akron
'Our Faith Is Good, But Strict': The Transformation Of The Apostolic Christian Church-Nazarene In North America, Aleksandra Djurić-Milovanović
Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies
The number of religious minorities from Central and Eastern Europe prone to migration to the English-speaking world increased considerably during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Among them were the Evangelical Baptists, or Neutäufer, founded by a former Reformed minister, Samuel Fröhlich, around 1830 in Switzerland. Reviving some of the old Mennonite principles, this newly emerging religious community was emphasizing nonresistance, a refusal of taking oaths, the rejection of infant baptism, and separation from the world. Their expansion to Southeastern Europe in the late nineteenth century attracted new members from various ethnic groups. Because of state oppression and religious persecution, the …
"Hell Is Other People.”,
2019
Georgia Southern University
"Hell Is Other People.”, Philosophical Discussion Group
The Philosopher's Stone
"Hell is other people.”
Depaul Digest,
2019
DePaul University
Depaul Digest
DePaul Magazine
DePaulia Fantasy Football League; Democratizing Medicine; Campus/Alumni Calendar of Events; Regional Chapters; Musings: DePaul FEST; Milestones; Student Profile: Gabby Henderson; Master Class: The Perniciousness of "Ethical Decision-Making"
Girl,
2019
University of Bridgeport
Girl, Timothy Eves
Between the Species
“Girl” is a short story about the relationship a family has with their dog. Over the course of the dog’s life, the family grapples with a series of moral issues, including abuse of companion animals, euthanasia of companion animals, and the ethics of diet.
Dewey And Our Present Purposes. A Review Of Dewey And Education,
2019
Department of the Philosophy of Culture, Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw
Dewey And Our Present Purposes. A Review Of Dewey And Education, Eli Orner Kramer
Democracy & Education
In this review essay of Walter Feinberg's new book, Dewey and Education, the reconstruction of philosophers for our present purposes is explored, as well as Feinberg’s criticisms of Deweyan “optimism” in context of his own social imaginary.
