Embracing Alienation

Author : Todd Mcgowan
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1915672236
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Embracing Alienation written by Todd Mcgowan and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The left views alienation as something to be resisted or overcome, but could it actually form the basis of our emancipation? In Embracing Alienation, Todd McGowan offers a completely different take on alienation, claiming that the effort to overcome it is not a radical response to the current state of things but a failure to see the constitutive power of alienation for all of us. Instead of trying to overcome alienation and accede to an unalienated existence, it argues, we should instead redeem alienation as an existential and political program. Engaging with Shakespeare’s great tragedies, contemporary films such as Don’t Worry Darling, and even what occurs on a public bus, as well as thinkers such as Descartes, Hegel, and Marx, McGowan provides a concrete elaboration of how alienation frees people from their situation. Relying on the tradition of dialectical thought and psychoanalytic theory, Embracing Alienation reveals a new way of conceiving how we measure progress — or even if progress should be the aim at all.

Author : Todd Mcgowan
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1915672228
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Embracing Alienation written by Todd Mcgowan and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The left views alienation as something to be resisted or overcome, but could it actually form the basis of our emancipation? We often think of our existential and political projects as attempts to overcome or eradicate alienation: therapists imagine that they help patients to attain self-identity; political revolutionaries strive for a society in which they can live in harmony with others; ecological activists work toward a future form of existence in touch with the rest of the natural world. In Embracing Alienation, Todd McGowan offers a completely different take on alienation, claiming that the effort to overcome it is not a radical response to the current state of things but a failure to see the constitutive power of alienation for all of us. Instead of trying to overcome alienation and accede to an unalienated existence, it argues, we should instead redeem alienation as an existential and political program. Engaging with Shakespeare’s great tragedies, contemporary films such as Don’t Worry Darling, and even what occurs on a public bus, as well as thinkers such as Descartes, Hegel, and Marx, McGowan provides a concrete elaboration of how alienation frees people from their situation. Relying on the tradition of dialectical thought and psychoanalytic theory, Embracing Alienation reveals a new way of conceiving how we measure progress — or even if progress should be the aim at all.

Author : Ines Estrada
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1683961897
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alienation written by Ines Estrada and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn in hazy gray pencil and printed in blue pantone ink, this book is about Elizabeth, an exotic dancer in cyberspace, and Carlos, who was just fired from the last human-staffed oil rig, attempting to keep their romance alive. When they realize that their bodies are full of artificial organs and they live almost entirely online, they begin to question what being human actually means. Do our ancestral, or even animal, instincts eventually kick in, or are we transcending the limits of our bodies? When an unplanned pregnancy is caused by an AI hack, Elizabeth must decide if the child is the next step in evolution ― or a glitch that will wipe out humanity once and for all.

Author : Godfrey Kesari
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532652623
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Atonement Creating Unions written by Godfrey Kesari and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did Jesus die on the cross? Does the atonement have any spiritual significance? This book is a bold and imaginative endeavor to make atonement theology rational, in a fresh way, in our interreligious world. Seeking connections between Christian and Hindu thinking in order to create hermeneutical bridges, Godfrey Kesari aims to open up creative ways of reimagining the doctrine of the atonement, which is so central to the Christian message. Kesari retains the particularity of the unique events embracing the life, suffering, and death of Christ while linking clearly to the more universal considerations that are encountered within Visistadvaitic Hinduism. These explorations in turn contribute to a new way of seeing the Christian revelation. This is a ground-breaking work that attempts to find a way of treating and defending the centrality and theological significance of the atonement with contextual relevance.

Author : Alexander Dunlop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1174 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cases decided in the Court of session (Teind court, and House of lords) from 1841 to (1862) written by Alexander Dunlop and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 1174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Scotland. Court of Session
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1178 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Teind Court, Court of Exchequer and House of Lords written by Scotland. Court of Session and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 1178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R. Felix Geyer
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781412816762
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alienation, Society, and the Individual written by R. Felix Geyer and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of alienation is an umbrella concept that includes powerlessness, meaninglessness, social isolation, cultural estrangement, and self-estrangement. For researchers, the study of alienation is a three-fold task: first, understanding the discrepancy between individual values and actions and general living and working conditions; second, analyzing the overt and latent forms of oppression in social structures; third, accounting for social circumstances that hinder or facilitate individual or collective action against those alienating structures. Alienation, Society, and the Individual provides a timely and broadly representative overview of the most recent developments in alienation research and theory. Alienation, Society, and the Individual makes it clear that alienation research has come of age. Further theoretical developments remain important and as demonstrated In this volume, which revives theoretical debate so as to reformulate classical concepts in view of developments in modern society, the concept of alienation is now increasingly applied to empirical research in a variety of fields. Included here are theory driven evaluations of empirical research on migrant workers, as well as comparative studies on differing liberation ideologies in South Africa. This volume reflects the effects of political developments in Eastern Europe on Marxist alienation theory. While Marxist theory remains important, it is no longer directed exclusively toward criticism of capitalist society. New applications include a critique of Eastern European state socialism, analysis of consumer, rather than capitalist society, and uncommon examples of empirical research carried out within a Marxist framework. The book concludes with a chapter that evaluates recent theoretical and methodological innovations and sets priorities for future research. Alienation, Society, and the Individual offers an unusual combination of theory and practice that make it a state-of-the-art volume. It will be read by sociologists, political scientists, social psychologists, philosophers, and anthropologists.

Author : Theresa A. Thorkildsen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317445430
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adolescents' Self-Discovery in Groups written by Theresa A. Thorkildsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounded in investigations conducted over the past 25 years, Adolescents’ Self-Discovery in Groups demonstrates how adolescents can become more active in society based on how they form, maintain, and evaluate groups. By collaborating with youth in a wide range of communities, Thorkildsen details the trajectory of adolescents’ development—from a primarily self-oriented perspective to beliefs about and participation in local and global activities. Focused especially on the potential of schools for catalyzing this development, this volume details youth’s affirmations and critiques of educational practices, and uses these evaluations to illustrate adolescents’ readiness to fulfill leadership responsibilities. Written for scholars, students, and professionals seeking to understand how adolescents construe their social worlds, Adolescents’ Self-Discovery in Groups makes a powerful case for group interaction being central to adolescent development.

Author : Various
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000518841
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Library Editions: Hegel written by Various and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-20 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published between 1982 and 1991 the 3 volumes in this set Reflect the diversity in Hegelianism and every branch of philosophy which he contributed to. Examine Hegel’s work in relation to Marx and Wittgenstein Discuss Hegel’s social theory Examine British Hegelian thinking and the lines of its development Offer an interpretation of Hegelian theory that is relevant for the understanding of modern republican constitutions.

Author : Felix Rösch
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113739529X
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power, Knowledge, and Dissent in Morgenthau's Worldview written by Felix Rösch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive investigation into Hans Morgenthau's life and work. Identifying power, knowledge, and dissent as the fundamental principles that have informed his worldview, this book argues that Morgenthau's lasting contribution to the discipline of International Relations is the human condition of politics.