Author: Peter Manchester File Type: pdf The fourth century Neoplatonist Iamblichus, interpreting Plotinus on the topic of time, incorporates a diagram of time that bears comparison to the figure of double continuity drawn by Husserl in his studies of time. Using that comparison as a bridge, this book seeks a phenomenological recovery of Greek thought about time. It argues that the feature of motion that the word time designates in Greek differs from what most modern scholarship has assumed, that the very phenomenon of time has been misidentified for centuries. This leads to corrective readings of Plotinus, Aristotle, Parmenides, and Heraclitus, all looking back to the final phrase of the fragment of Anaximander, from which this volume takes its title according to the syntax of time.About the AuthorPeter Manchester, Ph.D. (1972) in Philosophical Theology, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University. He has published on Augustine, Parmenides, Plotinus, Iamblichus, and Aristotle, and on Eternity in the Encyclopedia of Religion (1987).

Author: Jan Goggans File Type: epub Jan Goggans has found a wonderful way to explore the rich history of 1930s California by giving us a deep look at the indispensable work of economist Paul Taylor and photographer Dorothea Lange, the brilliant husband-wife team whose classic from 39, An American Exodus, deserves a spot on the shelf right next to The Grapes of Wrath. With prose thats as insightful as Taylors own and as vivid as a Lange photograph, California on the Breadlines both captures and contextualizes this hugely important period. Gogganss book will surely find its own place in the canon of Californiana.--Rick Wartzman, author of Obscene in the Extreme The Burning and Banning of John Steinbecks The Grapes of WrathDuring the Great Depression, Paul Taylor and Dorothea Lange took to the embattled fields of California on behalf of a suffering nation. This elegant narrative presents the national service and shared passion of two talented Americans swept up by the drama of their times and their growing discovery of each other.--Kevin Starr, University of Southern CaliforniaA rich and gorgeous book, and an elegant treatment of the complex and fascinating personalprofessional relationship between husband and wife, labor economist Paul Taylor and photographer Dorothea Lange. Their photojournalism gave face and voice to the mute shuffling in 1930s California breadlines, etching into the national mind the greatest sufferers in a decade of agony. Professor Goggans study is seminal in 21st century California studies thoroughly researched, critically sophisticated and global in imagination, a pleasure to pore over and read through. California on the Breadlines is a true and riveting narrative of the rare, singular partnership between Lange and Taylor.--Jack Hicks, co-editor of The Literature of California, Volume IThis is an extraordinary book. Goggans elegantly interweaves sound scholarship with the moving human stories of Californias Dust Bowl immigrants. In bringing the agony of Depression-era California home to the nation, we immediately think of John Steinbeck and Carey McWilliams. But Goggans makes it dramatically clear that Taylor and Lange, labor economist and photographer, husband and wife, fused documentary photojournalism and the traditions of protest literature to create a new form that was at least as essential in telling that story and in proposing remedies. As such, California on the Breadlines is a powerful reminder that even in terrible economic times, when Americans are willing, hope and imagination are always possible.--Peter Schrag, author of Not Fit for Our Society Immigration and Nativism in AmericaA major contribution, meticulously researched and written. Goggans refracts the complex histories of California labor and migration through the lens of Lange and Taylors fieldwork, landmark images, and remarkable marriage. Rare in scholarship, this book narrates historys epic arc alongside the more intimate story of Lange and Taylor, providing a wealth of insights on the Great Depression that reads like the Great American novel.--John T. Caldwell, author of Production Culture and director of Rancho California (por favor) California on the Breadlines offers a compelling analysis of how Langes and Taylors work grew out of their shared social concerns and how that work offers a unique portrait of the cultural imagination of their time--which of course, their work also helped to shape.--Terry Beers, author of Gunfight at Mussel Slough Evolution of a Western MythGoggans provides an accessible and compelling account of the path that brought Paul Taylor and Dorothea Lange together and led them to dedicate their lives and work to documenting conditions of poverty in California.--Flannery Burke, author of From Greenwich Village to Taos Primitivism and Place at Mabel Dodge Luhans