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| Author | : Anne Wood |
| Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
| Total Pages | : 249 |
| Release | : 1985-08-01 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0773585389 |
John Harold Putman, inspector of Ottawa public schools between 1910 and 1937, was a leading progressive educator. At that time the progressive education movement in Canada was composed of two major intellectual strands, neo-Hegelian idealism and new liberalism. By tracing the thought and practices of this eminent educator, Wood shows how the neo-Hegelian philosophy of the late nineteenth century was transformed by its own logic and social imperatives into what seems to be its opposite. Idealism, ironically, ultimately comes to resemble pragmatism. Elected to the Ottawa City Council in 1905, Putman allied himself with progressive urban reformers seeking solutions to urban chaos, ward patronage, and inefficient city government. As inspector of public schools, he brought his reformist outlook to bear on providing for the discontented adolescent in the school and on implementing an efficient school system. Two schools established by Putman provided a diversified program for the adolescent; they led, however, not to the self-realization of the individual but to social unification and streaming for vocational roles. At the end of World War I the Ottawa public schools under Putman were judged the most efficient and progressive of any in Canada. But following the tenets of new liberalism and of urban school reformers in the United States, Putman achieved this goal by creating more bureaucratic practices and more formalized procedures, which again contradicted the idealist's moral, humanistic intent. In the postwar period Putman extended the efficiency principle to his survey of schools in British Columbia and his campaigns for junior high schools and county boards in Ontario. By the end of the 193OS, the author contends, the progressive educator had effectively transformed the use of schooling for life adjustment, not for intellectual purposes.
| Author | : Wilbur Marshall Urban |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 339 |
| Release | : 2024-08-30 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1040050948 |
First published in 1949, Beyond Realism and Idealism argues for a consistency of idealism with realism, or synthesis of the two positions which should retain the essential cognitive meanings and values of both. The argument of this book falls into two main parts: chapters one to six are concerned with the argument for the transcendence of the opposition and chapter seven to ten with an attempt to develop in detail a position which can be described as beyond realism and idealism. The method of the first part of the study is dialectical in the broad sense of the term and chapters seven to ten are of a different character. The final chapter, the Epilogue, discusses the significance of a transcendence of realism and idealism for modern culture and philosophy. This is an important read for scholars and researchers of philosophy.
| Author | : Christine Bader |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 187 |
| Release | : 2016-10-21 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1351861808 |
There is an invisible army of people deep inside the world's biggest and best-known companies, pushing for safer and more responsible practices. They are trying to prevent the next Rana Plaza factory collapse, the next Deepwater Horizon explosion, the next Foxconn labor abuses. Obviously, they don't always succeed. Christine Bader is one of those people. She worked for and loved BP and then-CEO John Browne's lofty rhetoric on climate change and human rights--until a string of fatal BP accidents, Browne's abrupt resignation under a cloud of scandal, and the start of Tony Hayward's tenure as chief executive, which would end with the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Bader's story of working deep inside the belly of the beast is unique in its details, but not in its themes: of feeling like an outsider both inside the company (accused of being a closet activist) and out (assumed to be a corporate shill); of getting mixed messages from senior management; of being frustrated with corporate life but committed to pushing for change from within. The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil is based on Bader's experience with BP and then with a United Nations effort to prevent and address human rights abuses linked to business. Using her story as its skeleton, Bader weaves in the stories of other "Corporate Idealists" working inside some of the world's biggest and best-known companies.
| Author | : Meghan Elizabeth Kallman |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 154 |
| Release | : 2020-04-21 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 023154846X |
Peace Corps volunteers seem to exemplify the desire to make the world a better place. Yet despite being one of history’s clearest cases of organized idealism, the Peace Corps has, in practice, ended up cultivating very different outcomes among its volunteers. By the time they return from the Peace Corps, volunteers exhibit surprising shifts in their political and professional consciousness. Rather than developing a systemic perspective on development and poverty, they tend instead to focus on individual behavior; they see professions as the only legitimate source of political and social power. They have lost their idealism, and their convictions and beliefs have been reshaped along the way. The Death of Idealism uses the case of the Peace Corps to explain why and how participation in a bureaucratic organization changes people’s ideals and politics. Meghan Elizabeth Kallman offers an innovative institutional analysis of the role of idealism in development organizations. She details the combination of social forces and organizational pressures that depoliticizes Peace Corps volunteers, channels their idealism toward professionalization, and leads to cynicism or disengagement. Kallman sheds light on the structural reasons for the persistent failure of development organizations and the consequences for the people involved. Based on interviews with over 140 current and returned Peace Corps volunteers, field observations, and a large-scale survey, this deeply researched, theoretically rigorous book offers a novel perspective on how people lose their idealism, and why that matters.
| Author | : Robert B. Pippin |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780521379236 |
Hegel is presented as a critical philosopher whose disagreements with Kant only enhance the idealist arguments against empiricism, realism and naturalism in this original interpretation.
| Author | : Jeremy Dunham |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 358 |
| Release | : 2014-12-05 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1317491955 |
Idealism is philosophy on a grand scale, combining micro and macroscopic problems into systematic accounts of everything from the nature of the universe to the particulars of human feeling. In consequence, it offers perspectives on everything from the natural to the social sciences, from ecology to critical theory. Heavily criticised by the dominant philosophies of the 20th Century, Idealism is now being reconsidered as a rich and untapped resource for contemporary philosophical arguments and concepts. This volume provides a comprehensive portrait of the major arguments and philosophers in the Idealist tradition. The book demonstrates how Idealist philosophy provides a fruitful way of understanding contemporary issues in metaphysics, the philosophy of science, political philosophy, scientific theory and critical social theory.
| Author | : Barrett Williams |
| Publisher | : Barrett Williams |
| Total Pages | : 92 |
| Release | : 2024-11-12 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : |
Dive into "The Depths of Idealism," a captivating exploration of the philosophical world that has shaped human thought for centuries. This enlightening eBook offers a comprehensive journey through the evolution and impact of idealism across different eras and cultures, sparking a deeper understanding of this profound philosophy. Begin your journey with an introduction to the roots of philosophical idealism, where foundational ideas clash and harmonize with other schools of thought. Traverse through early Western developments, from Plato's Theory of Forms to the Middle Ages' reinterpretations, illuminating the enduring significance of idealist concepts. Explore the transformative period of German Idealism, featuring the groundbreaking insights of Kant, Hegel, and Schopenhauer. Then, travel east to uncover the mystique of Vedanta and Buddhist Mind-Only Philosophy, revealing the universal resonance of idealist thought across diverse traditions. "The Depths of Idealism" deftly navigates the interplay between idealism and science, from the Age of Enlightenment to the mysteries of quantum mechanics, showcasing how idealism continues to inform scientific inquiry and innovation. Delve into idealism's profound influence on religion, from its integration into Christian theology to its symbiosis with mysticism. Understand how political systems, educational paradigms, and societal structures have been molded by idealist principles. The exploration extends to individual beliefs, the arts, and modern technology, where idealism meets virtual realities and sustainability efforts. Considerations of realism and pragmatism provide critical counterpoints, while case studies highlight real-world applications and transformative leadership. Concluding with reflections on idealism in a globalized world, this eBook invites readers to balance metaphysical perspectives with practicality in their own lives. "The Depths of Idealism" is not just a philosophical treatise but a guide to understanding idealism's enduring legacy and relevance in contemporary thought. Embrace the idealist aesthetic and uncover how its principles continue to shape our world.
| Author | : Stefan Andriopoulos |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2013-06-09 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1935408615 |
Drawing together literature, media, and philosophy, Ghostly Apparitions provides a new model for media archaeology and its transformation of intellectual and literary history. Stefan Andriopoulos examines new media technologies and distinct cultural realms, tracing connections between Kant’s philosophy and the magic lantern’s phantasmagoria, the Gothic novel and print culture, and spiritualist research and the invention of television. As Kant was writing about the possibility of spiritual apparitions, the emerging medium of the phantasmagoria used hidden magic lanterns to startle audiences with ghostly projections. Andriopoulos juxtaposes the philosophical arguments of German idealism with contemporaneous occultism and ghost shows. In close readings of Kant, Hegel, and Schopenhauer, he traces the diverging modes in which these authors appropriated figures of optical media and spiritualist notions. The spectral apparitions from this period also intersect with the rise of popular print culture. Andriopoulos explores the circulation of ostensibly authentic ghost narratives and the Gothic novel, which was said to produce “reading addiction” and a loss of reality. Romantic representations of animal magnetism and clairvoyance similarly blurred the boundary between fiction and reality. The final chapter of Ghostly Apparitions extends this archaeology of new media into the early twentieth century. Tracing a reciprocal inter_action between occultism and engineering, Andriopoulos uncovers how theories and devices of psychical research enabled the emergence of television.
| Author | : Nicholas Boyle |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 750 |
| Release | : 2013-11-21 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1107512778 |
The first study of its kind, The Impact of Idealism assesses the impact of classical German philosophy on science, religion and culture. This volume explores German Idealism's impact on philosophy and scientific thought. Fourteen essays, by leading authorities in their respective fields, each focus on the legacy of a particular idea that emerged around 1800, when the underlying concepts of modern philosophy were being formed, challenged and criticised, leaving a legacy that extends to all physical areas and all topics in the philosophical world. From British Idealism to phenomenology, existentialism, pragmatism and French postmodernism, the story of German Idealism's impact on philosophy is here interwoven with man's scientific journey of self-discovery in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries – from Darwin to Nietzsche to Freud and beyond. Spanning the analytical and Continental divide, this first volume examines Idealism's impact on contemporary philosophical discussions.
| Author | : Christopher Yeomans |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 249 |
| Release | : 2023 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0197667309 |
The Politics of German Idealism reconstructs the political philosophies of Kant, Fichte and Hegel against the background of their social-historical context. Christopher Yeomans' guiding thought is to understand German Idealist political philosophy as political, i.e., as a set of policy options and institutional designs aimed at a broadly but distinctively German set of social problems. 'Political' here refers to use of the state's power to enforce law, and 'social' to the norms and groups which are regulated by that enforcement, but which also antedate or exceed that enforcement. Because the power to enforce law is very much still being actualized by state-building in the period at issue, 'political' refers quite narrowly to a certain kind of practical legal project rather than to a perennial set of problems from the history of philosophy. By way of method, Yeomans claims that to reveal the political nature of German Idealist political philosophy requires understanding German Idealism as both taking place in and conceptualizing its own historical present--this is the sense in which it is not only political, but political philosophy. The most important general feature of the historical present of the German Idealists is the way in which the period from 1770 to 1830 was a transitional period between early and late modernity, a so-called saddle period (Sattelzeit) in which the metaphor is of a Bergsattel or shallow valley between two mountain peaks.
