The Barbarian Principle

The Barbarian Principle
Author: Jason M. Wirth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Philosophy of nature
ISBN: 9781461943167

"Essays explore a rich intersection between phenomenology and idealism with contemporary relevance"--Provided by publisher.

The Barbarian Principle

The Barbarian Principle
Author: Jason M. Wirth
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1438448473

Essays exploring a rich intersection between phenomenology and idealism with contemporary relevance. Toward the end of his life, Maurice Merleau-Ponty made a striking retrieval of F. W. J. Schelling’s philosophy of nature. The Barbarian Principle explores the relationship between these two thinkers on this topic, opening up a dialogue with contemporary philosophical and ecological significance that will be of special interest to philosophers working in phenomenology and German idealism.

The Barbarian Principle

The Barbarian Principle
Author: Jason M. Wirth
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2013-09-04
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1438448481

Toward the end of his life, Maurice Merleau-Ponty made a striking retrieval of F. W. J. Schelling's philosophy of nature. The Barbarian Principle explores the relationship between these two thinkers on this topic, opening up a dialogue with contemporary philosophical and ecological significance that will be of special interest to philosophers working in phenomenology and German idealism.

Barbarian: Explorations of a Western Concept in Theory, Literature, and the Arts

Barbarian: Explorations of a Western Concept in Theory, Literature, and the Arts
Author: Markus Winkler
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2018-08-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3476044858

This two-volume co-authored study explores the history of the concept ‘barbarism’ from the 18th century to the present and illuminates its foundational role in modern European and Western identity. It constitutes an original comparative, interdisciplinary exploration of the concept’s modern European and Western history, with emphasis on the role of literature in the concept’s shifting functions. The study contributes to a historically grounded understanding of this figure’s past and contemporary uses. It combines overviews with detailed analyses of representative works of literature, art, film, philosophy, political and cultural theory, in which “barbarism” figures prominently. Diese auf 2 Bände konzipierte komparatistische und interdisziplinäre Studie in englischer Sprache geht der Geschichte des Barbarenbegriffs vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart nach. Seit der griechischen Antike spielen Bild und Begriff des Barbarischen eine eminente Rolle für das abendländische Selbstverständnis. Die Studie verbindet Epochenüberblicke mit der Analyse herausragender literarischer, philosophischer, politik- und kulturtheoretischer, aber auch bildkünstlerischer und kinematographischer Werke und legt einen besonderen Akzent auf den Beitrag ästhetischer Verfahren zur Aufdeckung der Herkunft und der Implikationen des Barbarenbegriffs.

Philosophy and Modern Liberal Arts Education

Philosophy and Modern Liberal Arts Education
Author: N. Tubbs
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2014-01-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1137358920

This book argues for a modern version of liberal arts education, exploring first principles within the divine comedy of educational logic. By reforming the three philosophies of metaphysics, nature and ethics upon which liberal arts education is based, Tubbs offers a profound transatlantic philosophical and educational challenge to the subject.

An Essay on the Principle of Population (First International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

An Essay on the Principle of Population (First International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
Author: Thomas Robert Malthus
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2017-11-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0393623513

The world’s population is now 7.4 billion people, placing ever greater demands on our natural resources. As we stand witness to a possible reversal of modernity’s positive trends, Malthus’s pessimism is worth full reconsideration. This Norton Critical Edition includes: · An introduction and explanatory annotations by Joyce E. Chaplin. · Malthus’s Essay in its first published version (1798) along with selections from the expanded version (1803), which he considered definitive, as well as his Appendix (1806). · An unusually rich selection of supporting materials thematically arranged to promote classroom discussion. Topics include “Influences on Malthus,” “Economics, Population, and Ethics after Malthus,” “Malthus and Global Challenges,” and “Malthusianism in Fiction.” · A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.

Rome, China, and the Barbarians

Rome, China, and the Barbarians
Author: Randolph B. Ford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2020-04-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108473954

An exploration of ethnological thought in Greece, Rome, and China and its articulation during 'barbarian' invasion and conquest.

Barbarian: Explorations of a Western Concept in Theory, Literature, and the Arts

Barbarian: Explorations of a Western Concept in Theory, Literature, and the Arts
Author: Markus Winkler
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 501
Release: 2023-07-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3476046117

Since Greek antiquity, the ‘barbarian’ captivates the Western imaginary and operates as the antipode against which self-proclaimed civilized groups define themselves. Therefore, the study of the cultural history of barbarism is a simultaneous exploration of the shifting contours of European identity. This two-volume co-authored study explores the history of the concept ‘barbarism’ from the 18th century to the present and illuminates its foundational role in modern European and Western identity. It constitutes an original comparative, interdisciplinary exploration of the concept’s modern European and Western history, with emphasis on the role of literature in the concept’s shifting functions. Critically responding to the contemporary popularity of the term ‘barbarian' in political rhetoric and the media, and its violent, exclusionary workings, the study contributes to a historically grounded understanding of this figure’s past and contemporary uses. It combines overviews with detailed analyses of representative works of literature, art, film, philosophy, political and cultural theory, in which “barbarism” figures prominently.