Letters From Lake Como

Author : Romano Guardini
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467466786
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters from Lake Como written by Romano Guardini and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1994-06-10 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects a fascinating series of letters written by theologian-philosopher Romano Guardini in the mid-1920s in which he works out for the first time his sense of the challenges of humanity in a culture increasingly dominated by the machine. With prophetic clarity and unsettling farsightedness, Guardini's letters poignantly capture the personal implications and social challenges of living in the technological age — concerns that have now come to fruition seventy years after they were first raised.

Author : Romano Guardini
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 : 9780567292629
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters from Lake Como written by Romano Guardini and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1994 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paschal M. Corby
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532653964
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hope and Despair of Human Bioenhancement written by Paschal M. Corby and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-12-23 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hope and Despair of Human Bioenhancement is a virtual dialogue between Transhumanists of the "Oxford School" and the thought of Joseph Ratzinger. Set in the key of hope and despair, it considers whether or not the transhumanist interpretation of human limitations is correct, and whether their confidence in the methods of human enhancement, especially through biotechnology, corresponds to genuine hope. To this end, it investigates the philosophical foundations of transhumanism in modernity's rejection of metaphysics, the triumph of positivism, and the universalism of the theory of evolution, which when applied to anthropology becomes the materialist reduction of the human person. Ratzinger calls into question this absolutization of positive reason and its limitation of hope to what human beings can produce, naming it a pathology of reason, a mutilation of human dignity, and a facade of a world without hope. In its place, he offers a richer concept of hope that acknowledges our contingence and limitations.

Author : Christopher B. Barnett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1628926686
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kierkegaard and the Question Concerning Technology written by Christopher B. Barnett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last several decades, technology has emerged as an important area of interest for both philosophers and theologians. Yet, despite his status as one of modernity's seminal thinkers, Søren Kierkegaard is not often seen as one who contributed to the field. Kierkegaard and the Question Concerning Technology argues otherwise. Christopher B. Barnett shows that many of Kierkegaard's criticisms of "the present age" relate to the increasing dominance of technology in the West, and he puts Kierkegaard's thought in conversation with subsequent thinkers who grappled with technological issues, from Martin Heidegger to Thomas Merton. Barnett shows that Kierkegaard's writing, with its marked emphases on personal "upbuilding," stands as a place where deeper, non-technical modes of thinking are both commended and nurtured. In doing so, Barnett presents a Kierkegaard who remains relevant--perhaps all too relevant--in today's digital age.

Author : Xiangnan Xiong
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000600815
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mies at Home written by Xiangnan Xiong and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-06-17 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mies at Home is a radical rereading of one of the most significant periods in Mies van der Rohe’s career, from the mid- to late 1920s when he was developing his seminal spatial ideas— ideas that would culminate in his celebrated design of the Tugendhat House. The book examines how Mies’s experience of residing in his apartment, doubling as a studio, in central Berlin had an impact on his spatial concepts. It uncovers one of the most profound but virtually untold aspects of Mies’s development: how his visions of an ideal lifestyle came out of his own living experience and how they, in turn, informed his domestic architecture. Mies’s quest featured two breakthroughs. In the Weissenhof apartment building, he conveyed a flexible and manifold lifestyle that many of the avant-garde artists, including himself, were practicing. Later, in the Tugendhat House, he put forward an alternative way of living that centered on contemplation. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Mies at Home offers a fresh investigation of the diverse intentions and strategies the architect used in creating his iconic open spaces. It will be an insightful read for researchers, academics, and students in architectural history and theory.

Author : Michael V. Di Fuccia
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498238726
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Owen Barfield written by Michael V. Di Fuccia and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Michael Di Fuccia examines the theological import of Owen Barfield's poetic philosophy. He argues that philosophies of immanence fail to account for creativity, as is evident in the false shuttling between modernity's active construal and postmodernity's passive construal of subjectivity. In both extremes subjectivity actually dissolves, divesting one of any creative integrity. Di Fuccia shows how in Barfield's scheme the creative subject appears instead to inhabit a middle or medial realm, which upholds one's creative integrity. It is in this way that Barfield's poetic philosophy gestures toward a theological vision of poiēsis proper, wherein creativity is envisaged as neither purely passive nor purely active, but middle. Creativity, thus, is not immanent but mediated, a participation in God's primordial poiēsis.

Author : Roy K. Gibson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521842921
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger written by Roy K. Gibson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-22 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situates Pliny's Letters within the letter-writing tradition, offers new readings of favourite letters, and emphasises the importance of understanding letters within the context of original books or informal 'cycles'. For advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars interested in the study of ancient letters and imperial Latin literature.

Author : Gabriel von Wendt
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3758384990
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catholic Worldview written by Gabriel von Wendt and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The numerous debates about how culture is changing in many Western societies call Catholics to the scene. In a course for university students seeking to be leaders in society, Gabriel von Wendt has reflected on the implications of cultural change from the standpoint of a "Catholic worldview". Alongside his students, he has explored attitudes to adopt while engaging with culture in a positive and proactive way. This book seeks to make his reflections available to the wider audience of people asking themselves: What is the role of Catholic leaders in our changing culture?

Author : Katherine Stathers
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 0711252866
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 500 Walks with Writers, Artists and Musicians written by Katherine Stathers and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the diverse cultural and historical legacy of the world's greatest writers, artists and composers on foot. This unique trans-continental culture trip around the world presents a series of inspiring walks, treks, and hikes that vary between easy one-hour strolls, half day trails, and multi-day expeditions for people who love a walking holiday and are looking for a more immersive experience. The book includes walks in easy to reach countryside areas, national parks, the wild, and the great cities of the world. From an urban Street Art Walking Tour of East London to a traverse through the Georgian melting pot city of Tbilisi to a literary-themed Millennium Tour of Stieg Larsson’s Stockholm, Discover the World in 500 Walks with Writers, Artists & Musicians has all the inspiration and information you need to plan your next walking adventure.

Author : Mårten Björk
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319649272
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heidegger’s Black Notebooks and the Future of Theology written by Mårten Björk and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book probes the relationship between Martin Heidegger and theology in light of the discovery of his Black Notebooks, which reveal that his privately held Antisemitism and anti-Christian sentiments were profoundly intertwined with his philosophical ideas. Heidegger himself was deeply influenced by both Catholic and Protestant theology. This prompts the question as to what extent Christian anti-Jewish motifs shaped Heidegger’s own thinking in the first place. A second question concerns modern theology’s intellectual indebtedness to Heidegger. In this volume, an array of renowned Heidegger scholars – both philosophers and theologians –investigate Heidegger’s animosity toward the biblical legacy in both its Jewish and Christian interpretations, and what it means for the future task and identity of theology.