Hubris Falls

Hubris Falls
Author: Matthew S. Hiley
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 162634650X

A Most Fantastic Tragedy ​The year was 1997. For Brian “Legs” Hamilton and his friends, it was the summer that followed graduation from college, the summer before life as an adult actually began—back when they were still invincible. It became the summer when anything that might have remained innocent in their lives came to an abrupt end. Legs and his friends embark upon one last road trip before they must face the real world. They set their sites on rafting amidst the canyons of the Rio Grande River along the Mexican border as their final chaotic drug-fueled exploit. A five-day adventure that was supposed to be the best time in these young men’s lives ends as a nightmare that will haunt them forever. We all love our friends. We think we know them, and we think we know ourselves. Sometimes, though, circumstances spiral out of control, and life forces us to confront who we are and whom we’ve surrounded ourselves with. Hubris Falls is a fast-paced, darkly comic tale of a group of men on their final, drug-fueled bender before adulthood who are trying to find their way—but are finding only the harshness and tragedy of life instead.

Sophocles: An Interpretation

Sophocles: An Interpretation
Author: R. P. Winnington-Ingram
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1980-02-28
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521296847

A series of interconnected studies which analyze the seven surviving tragedies by Sophocles.

Hubris

Hubris
Author: Meghnad Desai
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Economic forecasting
ISBN: 9780300219494

A frank assessment of economists' blindness before the financial crash in 2007-2008 and what must be done to avert a sequel The failure of economists to anticipate the global financial crisis and mitigate the impact of the ensuing recession has spurred a public outcry. Economists are under fire, but questions concerning exactly how to redeem the discipline remain unanswered. In this provocative book, renowned economist Meghnad Desai investigates the evolution of economics and maps its trajectory against the occurrence of major political events to provide a definitive answer. Desai underscores the contribution of hubris to economists' calamitous lack of foresight, and he makes a persuasive case for the profession to re-engage with the history of economic thought. He dismisses the notion that one over-arching paradigm can resolve all economic eventualities while urging that an array of already-available theories and approaches be considered anew for the insights they may provide toward preventing future economic catastrophes. With an accessible style and keen common sense, Desai offers a fresh perspective on some of the most important economic issues of our time.

Home on the Strange

Home on the Strange
Author: Glen Wells
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2015-06-24
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1329255003

Partial Disclaimer: Fiction's sticky story is that any resemblance to actual persons, places, things and events are either entirely coincidental or used fictitiously. Nonfiction must content itself with getting more things right than wrong and avoid making stuff up as it goes along. If it is true that communication changes brain states and to want to communicate is to want to change brain states, then in the end, attempting to mix the two will do the most changing

Systematic Theology: Volume Two

Systematic Theology: Volume Two
Author: Paul Tillich
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2013-12-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 022616005X

The second volume of the eminent Christian philosopher’s magnum opus, in which he explores humanity’s quest for Christ. Paul Tillich’s Systemic Philosophy is the most comprehensive and definitive presentation of his groundbreaking theological message: his “method of correlation”, which finds the answers to humanity’s most urgent existential dilemmas in the principles of Christian revelation. In volume two of this three-volume work, Tillich comes to grips with the central idea of his system—the doctrine of the Christ. Here, Tillich describes the human predicament as the state of “estrangement” from ourselves, from our world, and from the divine Ground of Being. This situation drives us to the quest for a new state of things, in which reconciliation and reunion conquer estrangement. This is the quest for the Christ.

Gaia, Psyche and Deep Ecology

Gaia, Psyche and Deep Ecology
Author: Andrew Fellows
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2019-03-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351403540

Winner of the Scientific & Medical Network Book Prize 2019! In Gaia, Psyche and Deep Ecology: Navigating Climate Change in the Anthropocene, Andrew Fellows uniquely connects Earth systems, Jungian and philosophical approaches to the existential threats that we face today. He elucidates the psychological basis of our dysfunctional relationship with nature, thereby offering a coherent framework for transforming this in our personal and professional lives. Demonstrating the imperative for new ideas that transcend the status quo, Fellows tackles unprecedented 21st century challenges such as climate change through his interdisciplinary approach. Fellows proposes a worldview, informed by depth psychology, which radically contradicts the prevailing shibboleths of unlimited economic growth, dominion over outer nature and negation of our inner nature. To accommodate a broad readership, he first introduces the Anthropocene and sufficient basics of systems dynamics, Gaia theory and analytical psychology before exploring the mind-matter conundrum. He then correlates the structure, dynamics, contents and pathology of Gaia and of psyche, critiques the Western Zeitgeist as midlife crisis and establishes parallels between deep ecology and psychological individuation. This ground-breaking synthesis of Gaia theory, analytical psychology and deep ecology reveals synergies which show how we can, and why we must, relinquish anthropocentrism in order to survive sustainably as equals in and with the natural world. Combining Jungian theory with other cutting-edge disciplines to inform, inspire and heal, this book is essential reading not only for Jungian analysts, students and scholars, but for all—including professionals in Earth systems science, environmental philosophy and ecopsychology—who realise that ‘business as usual’ is no longer an option.

Gaspar The Thief

Gaspar The Thief
Author: David A Lindsay
Publisher: David A Lindsay
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2020-06-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Follow the adventures of Gaspar, a freelance thief who stubbornly refuses to swear fealty to the Thieves' Guild. Cursed with a special affinity for calamity and mishap, and a talent for snatching defeat from the brink of victory, our hero blunders from one misfortune to the next, yet somehow always manages to survive to tell the tale. Accompanied by his long-suffering companions - Hubris, a spellbroker who refuses to pay his dues to Wizards' Hall; Marna, a feisty thiefess with a quick tongue and a quicker temper; and Drune, a mischievous wight with an unusual magical ability - our unlikely hero encounters looming retribution and imminent catastrophe at every step. Whether raiding a sinister funeral ship, foiling a scheming seductress, solving a puzzling murder, or confronting a gang of villainous ship-wreckers, Gaspar always somehow manages to narrowly side step disaster. But there's seemingly no end to the troubles he can find, and he soon finds himself an unwitting player in the siege of an ancient border fortress by a goblin army. Told with an appealing mixture of seriousness and humour, this is an exciting, fast-paced romp based in a fantasy world where anything can, and usually does, happen!

Paul Tillich and Psychology

Paul Tillich and Psychology
Author: Terry D. Cooper
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2006
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780865549937

Paul Tillich, more than any other theologian of the twentieth century, maintained an energetic dialogue with psychology, and especially psychotherapy. This book explores what Tillich's theology has to offer psychologists and others working in the field of mental health, spiritual development, and pastoral counseling. Tillich's interaction with Carl Rogers, Erich Fromm, Rollo May, and other famous psychologists became an important part of his thinking. Tillich frequently pushed psychologists to see the underlying philosophical assumptions of their work. This investigation of the underpinnings of psychotherapy then encouraged psychotherapists to become more aware of the ultimate questions about meaning, purpose, and ethics that informed their work. Perhaps the greatest contribution this book offers is a careful narrative and analysis of the meetings of the New York Psychology Group, which involved such figures as Tillich, Fromm, May, Rogers, Seward Hiltner, Ruth Benedict, and David Roberts, to name just a few. This important group, which met from 1941 to 1945, dealt with issues that are very much with us today, such as whether faith can be psychologically explained, the meaning of transcendence, the relationship between psychotherapy and ethics, the appropriateness of self-love, and whether human love is parallel with Divine love.

The Existential Philosophy of Paull Tillich

The Existential Philosophy of Paull Tillich
Author: Bernard Martin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1963-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780808404002

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The Christian's Pot of Oil

The Christian's Pot of Oil
Author: Rev. Felton Millican
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2010-04-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1469117169

This book is lovingly dedicated to my faithful and beautiful wife, Izola O. Millican, who embraced my call to ministry and walked by my side, and also to my four daughters: Paquita, Latanya, Felita and Carla.