Author: Thomas Asbridge File Type: epub blockquoteFrom a renowned historian who writes with maximum vividness (The New Yorker) comes the most authoritative, readable single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land. blockquoteNine hundred years ago, a vast Christian army, summoned to holy war by the Pope, rampaged through the Muslim world of the eastern Mediterranean, seizing possession of Jerusalem, a city revered by both faiths. Over the two hundred years that followed, Islam and Christianityboth firm in the belief that they were at Gods workfought for dominion of the Holy Land, clashing in a succession of chillingly brutal wars the Crusades. For the first time, this book tells the story of that epic struggle from the perspective of both Christians and Muslims. A vivid and fast-paced narrative history, it exposes the full horror, passion, and barbaric grandeur of the Crusading era, leading us into a world of legendary championssuch as Richard the Lionheart and Saladinshadowy Assassins, poet-warriors, and pious visionaries across the desert sands of Egypt to the verdant forests of Lebanon and through the ancient cities of Constantinople, Cairo, and Damascus. Drawing on painstaking original research and an intimate knowledge of the Near East, Thomas Asbridge uncovers what drove Muslims and Christians alike to embrace the ideals of jihad and crusade, revealing how these holy wars reshaped the medieval world and why they continue to influence events today. From BooklistAuthor of The First Crusade (2004), British historian Asbridge widens his vista to the entire 11951291 duration of the crusading era, giving prominence in the holy-war epic to antagonists forever famous Richard the Lionheart and Saladin. Each leaders role as standard-bearer of his cause reflects Asbridges significant emphasis on the entanglement of secular politics with the overt religious aspect to the wars between Latin Christianity and Islam. Crass considerations of dynastic power were never separate from the calculations of these champions and their successors, and partly indicate Islams desultory pace in expunging the Christian states established by the First Crusade. In addition, medieval warfares high-risk characterin which a single encounter, such as the 1098 siege of Antioch or the 1187 Battle of Hattin, could completely turn the strategic tablesgoes far in Asbridges able hands to informing readers about the course of the Crusades. With perceptive commentary about spiritual motivations behind crusading and perspectives from contemporary Islamic sources, Asbridge constructs a comprehensive, sophisticated, and arresting analytical narrative rewarding to any level of historical interest, whether recreational or scholarly. --Gilbert Taylor ReviewA truly comprehensive history of holy war in the Holy Land. Emphasizing the dramatic Third Crusade and its heroic antagonists, Richard the Lionheart and Saladin, the narrative reads like an adventure story, albeit one that is both factual and instructive. (Publishers Weekly (starred review) )Brilliant, authoritative, and accessible, Thomas Asbridges THE CRUSADES is a must read. Asbridge balances impeccable scholarship with a gifted storytellers engaging voice. He vividly portrays the driving forces and personalities, the perspectives of Christians and Muslims, and the legacy of the Crusades in Christian and Muslim history and imagination. (Professor John L. Esposito, Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, and author of The Future of Islam. )

Author: Michael Slote File Type: pdf Eminent moral philosopher Michael Slote argues that care ethics presents an important challenge to other ethical traditions and that a philosophically developed care ethics should, and can, offer its own comprehensive view of the whole of morality. Taking inspiration from British moral sentimentalism and drawing on recent psychological literature on empathy, he shows that the use of that notion allows care ethics to develop its own sentimentalist account of respect, autonomy, social justice, and deontology. Furthermore, he argues that care ethics gives a more persuasive account of these topics than theories offered by contemporary Kantian liberalism. The most philosophically rich and challenging exploration of the theory and practice of care to date, The Ethics of Care and Empathy also shows the manifold connections that can be drawn between philosophical issues and leading ideas in the fields of psychology, education, and womens studies.ReviewKudos to Michael Slote for advancing the boldest claim for an ethics of care and showing how it provides a superior account of both individual and political morality. In this closely reasoned and far-seeing book, he argues for a Copernican revolution in moral philosophy, moving empathy and relationship from the periphery to the center of an ethical universe. In doing so, he exposes the heartlessness of patriarchal ideas and institutions that have marginalized caring and empathy along with women. Slotes reframing brings moral philosophy into alignment with current research in neurobiology and developmental psychology, revealing the link between reason and emotion, self and relationship, and showing the costs of severing these connections. - Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice, University Professor, New York University, USA Eminent moral philosopher Michael Slote argues that care ethics presents an important challenge to other ethical traditions and that a philosophically developed care ethics should, and can, offer its own comprehensive view of the whole of morality. Taking inspiration from British moral sentimentalism and drawing on recent psychological literature on empathy, he shows that the use of that notion allows care ethics to develop its own sentimentalist account of respect, autonomy, social justice, and deontology. Furthermore, he argues that care ethics gives a more persuasive account of these topics than theories offered by contemporary Kantian liberalism. The most philosophically rich and challenging exploration of the theory and practice of care to date, The Ethics of Care and Empathy also shows the manifold connections that can be drawn between philosophical issues and leading ideas in the fields of psychology, education, and womens studies.

Author: Heinz-D. Fischer File Type: pdf Volume 20 of the series describes the development of the award for Biographies and Autobiographies from 1917 through 2006. In addition, the complete jury reports from this period are reprinted by facsimile. So it can be documented how the annual deliberations went until a winner was selected. Among the prize-winners were John F. Kennedy before his presidency, the diplomat George F. Kennan or the aviator Charles Lindbergh.**

Author: Christine Tappolet File Type: pdf Negative emotions are familiar enough, but they have rarely been a topic of study in their own right. This volume brings together fourteen chapters on negative emotions, written in a highly accessible style for non-specialists and specialists alike. It starts with chapters on general issues raised by negative emotions, such as the nature of valence, the theoretical implications of nasty emotions, the role of negative emotions in fiction, as well as the puzzles raised by ambivalent and mixed emotions. The second part of the volume consists of studies of specific emotional phenomena, ranging from the emotion of being moved and the sense of uncanniness to jealousy, hatred, shame, contempt, anxiety, and grief. **ReviewThis is a superb, albeit unsettling, volume. Existence without anxiety, grief, disgust, hatred, or jealousy would be unrecognisable and an understanding of such negative emotions is an essential part of the examined life. Ranging from accounts of particular negative emotions to general issues concerning emotional valence, ambivalence, value, and rationality, these essays are essential reading for anyone working on affective phenomena.ul lJoel Smith, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, The University of Manchesterl ulAbout the AuthorChristine Tappolet is Full Professor at the Departement de philosophie at the Universite de Montreal. Her research interests lie mainly in ethics, moral psychology, and emotion theory. She has edited a number of volumes, including, with Sarah Stroud, Weakness of Will and Practical Rationality (2003), and is the author of two books, Emotions et valeurs (2000), and Emotions, Values, and Agency (2016). Fabrice Teroni is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Geneva. He has published several articles and monographs on the general theory of emotions (The Emotions A Philosophical Introduction, Routledge 2012), on the nature of shame (In Defense of Shame The Faces of an Emotion, 2011) and on memory. He has recently edited, with Hichem Naar, The Ontology of Emotions (2017). Anita Konzelmann Ziv was Senior Research and Teaching Assistant in the Philosophy Department at the University of Geneva. Her research focuses on shared and moral emotions. She co-edited Self-Evaluation Affective and Social Grounds of Intentionality (2011) and Institutions, Emotions, and Group Agents Contributions to Social Ontology (2013).