Author: Donn Welton File Type: pdf The recent first-time publication of works from Edmund Husserls later years, especially his Freiburg period, combined with new studies of his method and theories, has stimulated a remarkable shift in perceptions of the scope and significance of Husserls transcendental phenomenology. Informed by a deep reading of not just the works published during Husserls lifetime but also the countless lectures and manuscripts he wrote in his later years, the essays in The New Husserl provide an alternative approach to Husserl by examining his work and his method as a whole and by probing issues, old and new, that occupied him during this exceptionally productive period. The noted Husserl specialist Klaus Held opens the book with two essays, published here in English for the first time, that provide an insightful and lucid introduction to Husserls central texts. Other prominent Husserl scholars treat his most important and lasting contributions to philosophy, such as the concept of intentionality, the theory of types, time-consciousness, consciousness and subjectivity, the phenomenological method, and the problem of generativity. By inviting readers to discover this new Husserl, the present collection is likely to shape scholarly discussions of Husserls thought for some time to come. Presents fresh research and new perspectives on Husserls thought.**
Author: Claudia Theune
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p box-sizing inherit text-rendering optimizelegibility margin 1rem padding This book presents archaeological research from places of war, violence, protest and oppression of the 20th and the 21st centuries sites where the material relics give a deep insight to fateful events a shadow of war.p box-sizing inherit text-rendering optimizelegibility margin 1rem padding The research started about 25 years ago, at a time when the academy more generally was becoming interested in the history of National Socialism and the Holocaust. The work began in former concentration camps of the Nazi dictatorship.p box-sizing inherit text-rendering optimizelegibility margin 1rem padding The focus was on the central places of the camps, such as the gas chambers, crematoria, or execution sites, as well as prisoners barracks and the parade grounds. In many cases, these sites revealed forgotten and vanished structures, where archaeological excavations can offer the possibility for commemorating the victims.p box-sizing inherit text-rendering optimizelegibility margin 1rem padding The research has since widened and includes other sites of Nazi dictatorship and the Second World War, as well as the First World War, the Cold War and locations of civil wars and civilian protest against state authorities and against companies and corporations in many parts of the world.p box-sizing inherit text-rendering optimizelegibility margin 1rem padding Contemporary archaeology must take a global perspective to deliver comprehensive insight.p box-sizing inherit text-rendering optimizelegibility margin 1rem padding Archaeological finds often shed light on daily life, revealing survival conditions in the internment camps the lives of people and their fighting and dying on battlefields and in trenches. Likewise, the relics of politically active people in protest camps can reveal their commitment in civilian protest.p box-sizing inherit text-rendering optimizelegibility margin 1rem padding Sometimes material remains can help to tell an alternative or balancing narrative to the states official recorded history.p box-sizing inherit text-rendering optimizelegibility margin 1rem padding The enormous volume and diverse range of material culture presents challenges and opportunities. Through careful archaeological investigation, we can present different and new perspectives that are not recorded clearly in existing written, pictorial or oral archives. The merging and examination of all sources together is what enables us to understand the complexity of the history. This book will also present future directions in contemporary archaeology that will help bring the study focus beyond sites and assemblages of war and protest.
Author: Simon Hailwood
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Many environmental scientists, scholars and activists characterise our situation as one of alienation from nature, but this notion can easily seem meaningless or irrational. In this book, Simon Hailwood critically analyses the idea of alienation from nature and argues that it can be a useful notion when understood pluralistically. He distinguishes different senses of alienation from nature pertaining to different environmental contexts and concerns, and draws upon a range of philosophical and environmental ideas and themes including pragmatism, eco-phenomenology, climate change, ecological justice, Marxism and critical theory. His novel perspective shows that different environmental concerns - both anthropocentric both anthropocentric and nonanthropocentric - can dovetail, rather than compete with, each other, and that our alienation from nature need not be something to be regretted or overcome. His book will interest a broad readership in environmental philosophy and ethics, political philosophy, geography and environmental studies.**
Author: Thomas Kselman
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Religious liberty is usually examined within a larger discussion of church-state relations, but Thomas Kselman looks at several individuals in Restoration France whose high-profile conversions fascinated their contemporaries. Exploring their reasons and the repercussions they faced, Kselman demonstrates how this expanded sense of liberty informs our secular age.
Author: Alastair Renfrew
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Author: Judith Ryan
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Novels began to incorporate literary theory in unexpected ways in the late twentieth century. Through allusion, parody, or implicit critique, theory formed an additional strand in fiction that raised questions about the nature of authorship and the practice of writing. Studying this phenomenon provides fresh insight into the recent development of the novel and the persistence of modern theory beyond the period of its greatest success. In this book, Judith Ryan opens these questions to a range of readers, drawing them into debates over the value of theory.Ryan investigates what prompted fiction writers to incorporate and respond to theory nearly thirty years ago. Designed for readers unfamiliar with the complexities of theory, Ryans book introduces the disciplines major trends and controversies and notes the salient ideas of a carefully selected set of individual thinkers. Ryan follows novelists adaptation to and engagement with arguments drawn from theory as they translate abstract ideas into language, structure, and fictional strategy. At the core of her book is a fascinating microstudy of French poststructuralism in its dialogue with narrative fiction. Investigating theories of textuality, psychology, and society in the work of Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, J. M. Coetzee, Margaret Atwood, W. G. Sebald, and Umberto Eco, as well as Monika Maron, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Marguerite Duras, Marilynne Robinson, David Foster Wallace, and Christa Wolf, Ryan identifies subtle negotiations between author and theory and the richness this dynamic adds to texts. Resetting the way we think and learn about literature, her book reads current literary theory while uniquely tracing its shaping of a genre. **
Author: Catherine Seville
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Talfourds Bill was first presented in 1837, and the public and Parliamentary controversy it provoked is reflected in contemporary pamphlets, correspondence, and hundreds of petitions presented to Parliament, as well as in the changing aims of the Bill. This book explores and sets in context the making of the Act of 1842, using it to illuminate enduring issues and difficulties in the legal concept of intellectual property. A unique feature for legal historians is Appendix II in which Dr. Seville traces the progress of eleven versions of the Bill.Book DescriptionTalfourds first Bill was presented in 1837, and the public and Parliamentary controversy it provoked is reflected in contemporary pamphlets, correspondence, and hundreds of petitions presented to Parliament, as well as in the changing aims of the Bill. This book explores and sets in context the making of the Act 1842, using it to illuminate enduring issues and difficulties in the legal concept of intellectual property. A unique feature for legal historians is Appendix II in which Dr Seville traces the progress of eleven versions of the Bill.
Author: Andrew Patner
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Playing in an orchestra in an intelligent way is the best school for democracy.Daniel Barenboim The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been led by a storied group of conductors. And from 1994 to 2015, through the best work of Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, and Riccardo Muti, Andrew Patner was right there. As music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and WFMT radio, Patner was able to trace the arc of the CSOs changing repertories, all while cultivating a deep rapport with its four principal conductors. This book assembles Patners reviews of the concerts given by the CSO during this time, as well as transcripts of his remarkable radio interviews with these colossal figures. These pages hold tidbits for the curious, such as Patners driving survey that playfully ranks the Maestri he knew on a scale of total comfort to fright level five, and the observation that Muti appears to be a southpaw on the baseball field. Moving easily between registers, they also open revealing windows onto the sometimes difficult pasts that brought these conductors to music in the first place, including Boulezs and Haitinks heartbreaking experiences of Nazi occupation in their native countries as children. Throughout, these reviews and interviews are threaded together with insights about the power of music and the techniques behind itfrom the conductors varied approaches to research, preparing scores, and interacting with other musicians, to how the sound and personality of the orchestra evolved over time, to the ways that we can all learn to listen better and hear more in the music we love. Featuring a foreword by fellow critic Alex Ross on the ethos and humor that informed Patners writing, as well as an introductionand extensive historical commentary by musicologist Douglas W. Shadle, this book offers a rich portrait of the musical life of Chicago through the eyes and ears of one of its most beloved critics.**ReviewOne of the life-changing pleasures and privileges of living in Chicago is the opportunity to hear the extraordinary Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing with some of the worlds greatest conductors on a regular basis. A Portrait in Four Movements is an addictive treat for anyone, like me, who has had so many unforgettable experiences in Orchestra Hall. Andrew Patners brilliantly evocative writing, informed by a magical combination of knowledge, passion, and wit, is combined with his unerring ability to persuade the four great maestri to share many observations of great insight. Totally engrossing.(Anthony Freud, general director, president, and CEO of the Lyric Opera of Chicago) Andrew Patner was an extraordinarily well-informed music critic and one who wore his immense learning with genuine grace. One learned from him about music and music making rather than about the idiosyncrasies of a critic. This book includes deeply informed and informative reviews of concerts by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and interviews with four of its greatest conductors. It is thus not only a wonderful collection of Patners writings but also an important set of insights into the modern history of one of the worlds greatest musical institutions.(Don Michael Randel, former president of the University of Chicago and editor of the Harvard Dictionary of Music) About the Author Andrew Patner was a Chicago-based journalist, broadcaster, critic, and interviewer.