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The Organismic State Against Itself: Schelling, Hegel And The Life Of Right, Joshua D. Lambier
The Organismic State Against Itself: Schelling, Hegel And The Life Of Right, Joshua D. Lambier
Joshua D Lambier
Focusing on the political thought of Schelling and Hegel – beginning with the early texts (1796–1802), then moving briefly to Hegel’s well known Philosophy of Right (1821) – this essay revisits the Romantic-Idealist theory of the organic state by returning to its genesis in the turbulent political, cultural and scientific debates of the post-Revolutionary period. Given the controversial nature of its historical (mis)appropriations, the organic idea of the state has become synonymous with totality and closure. This essay argues, however, that the contemporary rejection of organicism relies on narrow interpretations of Romantic and Idealist notions of organic life, interpretations that …
Global Civil Culture: Crafting Universal Structures Of Feeling, Michael Galchinsky
Global Civil Culture: Crafting Universal Structures Of Feeling, Michael Galchinsky
English Faculty Publications
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Prophets, Priests, And Kings: John Milton And The Reformation Of Rights And Liberties In England, John Witte Jr.
Prophets, Priests, And Kings: John Milton And The Reformation Of Rights And Liberties In England, John Witte Jr.
Faculty Articles
In this Article, I focus on the development of rights talk in the pre-Enlightenment Protestant tradition. More particularly, I show how early modem Calvinists-those Protestants inspired by the teachings of Genevan reformer John Calvin (1509-1564)-developed a theory of fundamental rights as part and product of a broader constitutional theory of resistance and military revolt against tyranny. With unlimited space, I would document how various Calvinist groups from 1550 to 1700 helped to define and defend each and every one of the rights that would later appear in the American Bill of Rights and how these Calvinists condoned armed revolution to …
Alumni Awards: Lucia R. Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award, Robert Spoo
Alumni Awards: Lucia R. Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award, Robert Spoo
Robert E. Spoo
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Audacity: Seeing Is Believing, Robert A. Eckhart
Audacity: Seeing Is Believing, Robert A. Eckhart
Robert A. Eckhart
Audacity is a powerful--and free--software which is very useful for teaching pronunciation, because it allows student to actually see their speech. Instead of using their ears to recognize distinctions in speech patterns, they use their eyes.
Facebook: What The Heck Is It And Why Should I Care?, Robert A. Eckhart
Facebook: What The Heck Is It And Why Should I Care?, Robert A. Eckhart
Robert A. Eckhart
A simple explanation of the educational purposes of Facebook, especially as compared to using blogs from other providers/websites in class.