Religion, Redemption and Revolution
Religion, Redemption and Revolution

Author: Wayne Cristaudo

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2012-04-28

Total Pages: 633

ISBN-13: 1442698128

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Religion, Redemption, and Revolution closely examines the intertwined intellectual development of one of the most important Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century, Franz Rosenzweig, and his friend and teacher, Christian sociologist Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy. The first major English work on Rosenstock-Huessy, it also provides a significant reinterpretation of Rosenzweig's writings based on the thinkers' shared insights — including their critique of modern Western philosophy, and their novel conception of speech. This groundbreaking bookprovides a detailed examination of their ‘new speech thinking’ paradigm, a model grounded in the faith traditions of Judaism and Christianity. Wayne Cristaudo contrasts this paradigm against the radical liberalism that has dominated social theory for the last fifty years. Religion, Redemption, and Revolution provides powerful arguments for the continued relevance of Rosenzweig and Rosenstock-Huessy's work in navigating the religious, social, and political conflicts we now face.

Planetary Service
Planetary Service

Author: Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2013-04-08

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1620324482

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The U.S. Freedom of Information Act at 50
The U.S. Freedom of Information Act at 50

Author: W. Wat Hopkins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-12-18

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1351271105

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The federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which recently turned 50, has been hailed as the primary means by which US citizens can know about how their governors operate in a democratic republic. Recently, however, it has been criticized as ineffective because it is cumbersome and full of loopholes. This book examines the role and effectiveness of the FOIA, comparing the FOIA world with the pre-FOIA world, rating its effectiveness compared to other access laws internationally, examining ways in which it can be improved, and questioning whether it should be dismantled and replaced. This book was originally published as a special issue of Communication Law and Policy.

Cross-Cultural Reflections on Chinese Aesthetics, Gender, Embodiment and Learning
Cross-Cultural Reflections on Chinese Aesthetics, Gender, Embodiment and Learning

Author: Eva Kit Wah Man

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-01-29

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9811502102

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​This book gathers research and writings that reflect on traditional and current global issues related to art and aesthetics, gender perspectives, body theories, knowledge and learning. It illustrates these core dimensions, which are bringing together philosophy, tradition and cultural studies and laying the groundwork for comparative research and dialogues between aesthetics, Chinese philosophies, Western feminist studies and cross-cultural thought. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, the book also integrates philosophical enquiries with cultural anthropology and contextual studies. As implied in the title, the main methodologies are cross-cultural and comparative studies, which touch on performances in art and aesthetics, social existence and education, and show that philosophical enquiries, aesthetical representation and gender politics are simultaneously historical, living and contextual. The book gathers a wealth of cross-cultural reflections on philosophical aesthetics, gender existence and cultural traditions. The critical thinking within will benefit undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in the area of comparative philosophies. It blends academic rigor with personal reflection, which is a critical practice in feminist philosophy itself.

DMZ Crossing
DMZ Crossing

Author: Suk-Young Kim

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2014-03-18

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0231537263

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The Korean demilitarized zone might be among the most heavily guarded places on earth, but it also provides passage for thousands of defectors, spies, political emissaries, war prisoners, activists, tourists, and others testing the limits of Korean division. This book focuses on a diverse selection of inter-Korean border crossers and the citizenship they acquire based on emotional affiliation rather than constitutional delineation. Using their physical bodies and emotions as optimal frontiers, these individuals resist the state's right to draw geopolitical borders and define their national identity. Drawing on sources that range from North Korean documentary films, museum exhibitions, and theater productions to protester perspectives and interviews with South Korean officials and activists, this volume recasts the history of Korean division and draws a much more nuanced portrait of the region's Cold War legacies. The book ultimately helps readers conceive of the DMZ as a dynamic summation of personalized experiences rather than as a fixed site of historical significance.

Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence

Author: Suri Ratnapala

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-08-08

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 1316621170

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"[This book offers an] overview of legal theory and philosophy...[It] examines...the discipline's major ideas, and promotes an...understanding of the social, moral and economic dimensions of the law. By locating the major traditions of jurisprudence within the history of ideas, the author deepens students' understanding of the perennial debates about the nature and function of law and its relation to justice."--

The Supreme Court and Constitutional Theory, 1953-1993
The Supreme Court and Constitutional Theory, 1953-1993

Author: Ronald Kahn

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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Combining theoretical sophistication with a fundamental comprehension of the political institutions of the USA, this study aims to demystify the workings of the United States Supreme Court and its place in democracy.