The Era Of The Individual

Author : Alain Renaut
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN 13 : 9788120816978
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Era of the Individual written by Alain Renaut and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Era of the Individual, the author explores the most saliant feature of post-structuralism: the elimination of the human subject. At the root of this thinking lies the belief that humans cannot know or control their basic natures, a premise that led to Heidegger`s distrust of an individualistic, capitalist modern society and that allied him briefly with Hitler`s National Socialist Party. While acknowledging some of Heidegger`s misgivings toward modernity as legitimate, Renaut argues that it is nevertheless wrong to equate modernity with the triumph of individualism. Here he distinguishes between individualism and subjectivity and, by offering a history of the two, powerfully redirects the course of current thinking away from potentially dangerous, reductionist views of humanity.

Author : Walter Ullmann
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421433982
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Individual and Society in the Middle Ages written by Walter Ullmann and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1966. The Individual and Society in the Middle Ages, based on three guest lectures given at Johns Hopkins University in 1965, explores the place of the individual in medieval European society. Looking at legal sources and political ideology of the era, Ullmann concludes that, for most of the Middle Ages, the individual was defined as a subject rather than a citizen, but the modern concept of citizenship gradually supplanted the subject model from the late Middle Ages onward. Ullmann lays out the theological basis of the political theory that cast the medieval individual as an inferior, abstract subject. The individual citizen who emerged during the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, by contrast, was an autonomous participant in affairs of state. Several intellectual trends made this humanistic conception of the individual possible, among them the rehabilitation of vernacular writing during the thirteenth century and the growing interest in nature, natural philosophy, and natural law. However, Ullmann points to feudalism as the single most important medieval institution that laid the groundwork for the emergence of the modern citizen.

Author : Alain Renaut
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Era of the Individual written by Alain Renaut and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Akrivopoulou, Christina
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522507248
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defending Human Rights and Democracy in the Era of Globalization written by Akrivopoulou, Christina and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The era of technology in which we reside has ushered in a more globalized and connected world. While many benefits are gained from this connectivity, possible disadvantages to issues of human rights are developed as well. Defending Human Rights and Democracy in the Era of Globalization is a pivotal resource for the latest research on the effects of a globalized society regarding issues relating to social ethics and civil rights. Highlighting relevant concepts on political autonomy, migration, and asylum, this book is ideally designed for academicians, professionals, practitioners, and upper-level students interested in the ongoing concerns of human rights.

Author : Luc Ferry
Publisher : Sierra Club Adventure Travel G
ISBN 13 : 9780870236952
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Philosophy of the Sixties written by Luc Ferry and published by Sierra Club Adventure Travel G. This book was released on 1990 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A very deep and essentially hostile critique of French postmodernist philosophy, beginning with an analysis of the May 1968 student uprising in France, examining its relationship to French philosophy of the sixties, and following these themes in separate chapters on Fourcault, Derrida, Bourdieu, and Lacan. Ably translated from the first French edition of 1985. Paper edition (unseen), $13.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Suzanne Melanie Miller
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393703740
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Individuals Families and the New Era Genetics written by Suzanne Melanie Miller and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2006-10-17 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative guide to the application of EMDR to war and terrorism trauma, Light in the Heart of Darkness provides an invaluable tool for all therapists looking to integrate these innovative approaches into their practices. Offering one of the most thorough overviews of EMDR treatment, this book can also be used as a general reference for all practitioners looking to broaden their understanding and care of trauma patients.

Author : Alex Zakaras
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691226326
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Roots of American Individualism written by Alex Zakaras and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-08-20 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A panoramic history of American individualism from its nineteenth-century origins to today’s bitterly divided politics Individualism is a defining feature of American public life. Its influence is pervasive today, with liberals and conservatives alike promising to expand personal freedom and defend individual rights against unwanted intrusion, be it from big government, big corporations, or intolerant majorities. The Roots of American Individualism traces the origins of individualist ideas to the turbulent political controversies of the Jacksonian era (1820–1850) and explores their enduring influence on American politics and culture. Alex Zakaras plunges readers into the spirited and rancorous political debates of Andrew Jackson’s America, drawing on the stump speeches, newspaper editorials, magazine articles, and sermons that captivated mass audiences and shaped partisan identities. He shows how these debates popularized three powerful myths that celebrated the young nation as an exceptional land of liberty: the myth of the independent proprietor, the myth of the rights-bearer, and the myth of the self-made man. The Roots of American Individualism reveals how generations of politicians, pundits, and provocateurs have invoked these myths for competing political purposes. Time and again, the myths were used to determine who would enjoy equal rights and freedoms and who would not. They also conjured up heavily idealized, apolitical visions of social harmony and boundless opportunity, typically centered on the free market, that have distorted American political thought to this day.

Author : Dr. Amit Singh , Ms. Nidhi Shanker
Publisher : Laxmi Book Publication
ISBN 13 : 1304526208
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book EXPLORING LEGAL SAFEGUARDS FOR PERSONALITY RIGHTS IN THE ERA OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE written by Dr. Amit Singh , Ms. Nidhi Shanker and published by Laxmi Book Publication. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artificial Intelligence (AI) encompasses the ability of computers or robots to execute tasks that typically require human capabilities. Such tasks include speech recognition, language translation, decision-making, and visual perception. AI is categorized into narrow AI, artificial general intelligence (AGI), and artificial super intelligence (ASI). AGI aims to match human-level performance across all tasks, while ASI surpasses human intelligence in all areas. Currently, AI focuses on specific tasks, with AGI development largely undisclosed.

Author : Leah N. Gordon
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022623844X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Power to Prejudice written by Leah N. Gordon and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gordon provides an intellectual history of the concept of racial prejudice in postwar America. In particular, she asks, what accounts for the dominance of theories of racism that depicted oppression in terms of individual perpetrators and victims, more often than in terms of power relations and class conflict? Such theories came to define race relations research, civil rights activism, and social policy. Gordon s book is a study in the politics of knowledge production, as it charts debates about the race problem in a variety of institutions, including the Rockefeller Foundation, the University of Chicago s Committee on Education Training and Research in Race Relations, Fisk University s Race Relations Institutes, Howard University s "Journal of Negro Education," and the National Conference of Christians and Jews."

Author : Larry Siedentop
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 067474473X
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inventing the Individual written by Larry Siedentop and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, in a grand narrative spanning 1,800 years of European history, a distinguished political philosopher firmly rejects Western liberalism’s usual account of itself: its emergence in opposition to religion in the early modern era. Larry Siedentop argues instead that liberal thought is, in its underlying assumptions, the offspring of the Church. “It is a magnificent work of intellectual, psychological, and spiritual history. It is hard to decide which is more remarkable: the breadth of learning displayed on almost every page, the infectious enthusiasm that suffuses the whole book, the riveting originality of the central argument, or the emotional power and force with which it is deployed.” —David Marquand, New Republic “Larry Siedentop has written a philosophical history in the spirit of Voltaire, Condorcet, Hegel, and Guizot...At a time when we on the left need to be stirred from our dogmatic slumbers, Inventing the Individual is a reminder of some core values that are pretty widely shared.” —James Miller, The Nation “In this learned, subtle, enjoyable and digestible work [Siedentop] has offered back to us a proper version of ourselves. He has explained us to ourselves...[A] magisterial, timeless yet timely work.” —Douglas Murray, The Spectator “Like the best books, Inventing the Individual both teaches you something new and makes you want to argue with it.” —Kenan Malik, The Independent