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  • Forgiveness

    How Religion Endangers Morality

    de R.A. Sharpe ...
    Series Libro 25 - Societas
    In his book The Moral Case against Religious Belief (1997), the author argued that some important virtues cease to be virtues at all when set in a religious context, and that, consequently, a religious life is, in many respects, not a good life to lead. In this sequel he takes up the theme again because 'the intervening decade has brought home to us the terrible results of religious conviction'.He ... Leer más

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  • Philosophy of Music

    An Introduction

    de R.A. Sharpe ...
    This lively and lucid introduction to the philosophy of music concentrates on the issues that illuminate musical listening and practice. It examines the conceptual debates relevant to the understanding and performing of music and grounds the philosophy to practical matters throughout. Ideal for a beginning readership with little philosophical background, the author provides an overview of the ... Leer más

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    Music and Literature Against the Grain

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  • On Beauty and Being Just

    de Elaine Scarry ...
    Have we become beauty-blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: that it distracts us from more important issues; that it is the handmaiden of privilege; and that it masks political interests. In On Beauty and Being Just Elaine Scarry not only defends beauty from the political arguments against it but also argues that beauty ... Leer más

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  • The Selected Writings of Friedrich Nietzsche

    Collected here in this omnibus edition are three of Nietzsche's three most important books: The Anti-Christ, Beyond Good and Evil, and Thus Spake Zarathustra, as well as The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by Henry Louis Mencken. A perfect book for new readers of Nietzsche or anyone hoping to understand his writing and philosophy more thoroughly. The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by Henry ... Leer más

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  • Art Beyond Representation

    The Performative Power of the Image

    de Barbara Bolt ...
    Refuting the assumption that art is a representational practice, this book engages with the work of Heidegger, Deleuze and Guattari, C.S. Pierce and Judith Butler. It argues for a performative relationship between art and artist. Drawing on themes as diverse as the work of Cezanne and Francis Bacon, the transubstantiation of the Catholic sacrament, and Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray", ... Leer más

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  • Jacques Ranciere: An Introduction

    Jacques Rancière: An Introduction offers the first comprehensive introduction to the thought of one of today's most important and influential theorists. Joseph Tanke situates Rancière's distinctive approach against the backdrop of Continental philosophy and extends his insights into current discussions of art and politics.Tanke explains how Rancière's ideas allow us to understand art as having a ... Leer más

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  • The Hatred of Music

    Traducido por Matthew Amos, Fredrik Rönnbäck ...
    Throughout Pascal Quignard’s distinguished literary career, music has been a recurring obsession. As a musician he organized the International Festival of Baroque Opera and Theatre at Versailles in the early 1990s, and thus was instrumental in the rediscovery of much forgotten classical music. Yet in 1994 he abruptly renounced all musical activities. The Hatred of Music is Quignard’s masterful ... Leer más

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  • The Philosophy of Art

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    The Philosophy of Art is a highly accessible introduction to current key issues and debates in aesthetics and philosophy of art. Chapters on standard topics are balanced by topics of interest to today's students, including creativity, authenticity, cultural appropriation, and the distinction between popular and fine art. Other topics include emotive expression, pictorial representation, ... Leer más

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  • Levinas and the Cinema of Redemption

    Time, Ethics, and the Feminine

    de Sam Girgus ...
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    In his philosophy of ethics and time, Emmanuel Levinas highlighted the tension that exists between the "ontological adventure" of immediate experience and the "ethical adventure" of redemptive relationships-associations in which absolute responsibility engenders a transcendence of being and self.In an original commingling of philosophy and cinema study, Sam B. Girgus applies Levinas's ethics to a ... Leer más

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  • Isn’t that Clever

    A Philosophical Account of Humor and Comedy

    de Steven Gimbel ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
    Isn’t That Clever provides a new account of the nature of humor – the cleverness account – according to which humor is intentional conspicuous acts of playful cleverness. By defining humor in this way, answers can be found to longstanding questions about humor ethics (Are there jokes that are wrong to tell? Are there jokes that can only be told by certain people?) and humor aesthetics (What makes ... Leer más

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  • Robotics in Germany and Japan

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    Series Libro 5 - Dresden Philosophy of Technology Studies / Dresdner Studien zur Philosophie der Technologie
    Germany and Japan are two of the worldwide leading countries in robotics research. Robotics as a key technology introduces technical as well as philosophical and cultural challenges. How can we use robots that have a human-like appearance in everyday life? Are there limits to technology? What are the cultural similarities and differences between Germany and Japan? These are some of the questions ... Leer más

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