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The evolution of modern capitalist society is increasingly being
marked by an undeniable and consistent tension between pure
economic and ethical ways of valuing and acting. This book is a
collaborative and cross-disciplinary contribution that challenges
the assumptions of capitalist business and society. It ultimately
reflects on how to restore benevolence, collaboration, wisdom and
various forms of virtuous deliberation amongst all those who take
part in the common good, drawing inspiration from European history
and continental philosophical traditions on virtue. Editors Kleio
Akrivou and Alejo Jose G. Sison unite well-known academics who
examine new ways of understanding the relations between social
classes, organizations, groups and the role of actors-persons. They
propose ways to restore virtue in our economy-society-person
relations with the purpose of overcoming the current challenges of
capitalism which more often than not sacrifice happiness and
broader, sustained prosperity for the achievement of short-term
efficiency. This book also explores a moral psychology that
underpins normative virtue ethics theory, and seeks a deeper
understanding on how the concept of prudence and the distinct forms
of rational excellence have evolved since Aristotle and the
co-evolution of Western-Aristotelian and Eastern virtue ethics
traditions. This interdisciplinary book will be of interest to
business ethics scholars, organizational behaviour academics,
organizational sociologists, qualitative research scholars and
economic historians. Policy-makers who are interested in improving
collaborative frameworks and cross-institutional collaboration
policies will also find value in this book. Contributors include:
A. Adewale, K. Akrivou, H. Alford, L. Arch, V. Barnes, R. Beadle,
O. Bolade-Ogunfodun, M. Casson, A. Dobie, A. Gonzalez Enciso, D.
Koehn, M. Hanssen, B.M. McCall, G. Moore, L. Newton, J.V. Oron,
G.R. Scalzo, A.J.G. Sison
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One of the most iconoclastic philosophers of all time, Nietzsche
dramatically rejected notions of good and evil, truth and God.
Beyond Good and Evil demonstrates that the world is steeped in
false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. With wit and
subversive energy, Nietzsche demands that the individual impose
their own 'will to power' upon the world.
This timely collection of essays by leading international scholars
across religious studies and the environmental humanities advances
a lively discussion on materialism in its many forms. While there
is little agreement on what ‘materialism’ means, it is evident
that there is a resurgence in thinking about matter in more
animated and active ways. The volume explores how debates
concerning the new materialisms impinge on religious traditions and
the extent to which religions, with their material culture and
beliefs in the Divine within the material, can make a creative
contribution to debates about ecological materialisms. Spanning a
broad range of themes, including politics, architecture,
hermeneutics, literature and religion, the book brings together a
series of discussions on materialism in the context of diverse
methodologies and approaches. The volume investigates a range of
issues including space and place, hierarchy and relationality, the
relationship between nature and society, human and other agencies,
and worldviews and cultural values. Drawing on literary and
critical theory, and queer, philosophical, theological and social
theoretical approaches, this ground-breaking book will make an
important contribution to the environmental humanities. It will be
a key read for postgraduate students, researchers and scholars in
religious studies, cultural anthropology, literary studies,
philosophy and environmental studies.
This collection aims to map a diversity of approaches to the
artform by creating a 360° view on the circus. Three sections of
the book, Aesthetics, Practice, Culture, approach aesthetic
developments, issues of artistic practice, and the circus’ role
within society. This book consists of a collection of articles from
renowned circus researchers, junior researchers, and artists. It
also provides the core statements and discussions of the conference
UpSideDown—Circus and Space in a graphic recording format. Hence,
it allows a clear entry into the field of circus research and
emphasizes the diversity of approaches that are well balanced
between theoretical and artistic point of views. This book will be
of great interest to students and scholars of circus studies,
emerging disciples of circus and performance.
The Rise of the Radical Right in the Global South is the first
academic study—adopting an interdisciplinary and international
perspective—to offer a comprehensive and groundbreaking framework
for understanding the emergence and consolidation of different
radical-right movements in Global South countries in the
twenty-first century. From deforestation and the anti-vaccine
movement in Bolsonaro’s Brazil to the massacre of religious
minorities in Modi’s India, the rise of the radical right in the
Global South is in the news every day. Not long ago, some of these
countries were globally celebrated as emerging economies that
consolidated vibrant democracies. Nonetheless, they never overcame
structural problems including economic inequality, social violence,
cultural conservatism, and political authoritarianism. Featuring
case studies from Brazil, India, the Philippines, and South Africa,
and more generally from Africa and Latin America, this book
analyses future scenarios and current alternatives to this
political movement to the radical right. It proposes a shift of
focus in examining such a trend, adopting a view from the Global
South; conventional theoretical tools developed around the
experience in Global North countries are not enough. The authors
show that the radical right in the Global South should be analysed
through specific lenses, considering national historical patterns
of political and economic development and instability. They also
warn that researching these countries may differ from contexts
where democratic institutions are more reliable. This does not mean
abandoning a transnational understanding of the radical right;
rather, it calls for the opposite: the chapters examine how the
radical right is invented, adapted, modified, and resisted in
specific regions of the globe. This volume will be of interest to
all those researching the radical right and the politics of
development and the Global South.
Presents a new philosophy of gender categories, going beyond binary
oppositions Introduces some novel concepts, such as 'gender feels'
and applies hermeneutical injustice theory to gender One of the
first books to use analytic philosophy to disentangle a lot of the
confusing debates around gender, which are still rooted in
physiological differences
Now widely available in English for the first time, this is Carlo
Rovelli's first book: the thrilling story of a little-known man who
created one of the greatest intellectual revolutions Over two
thousand years ago, one man changed the way we see the world. Since
the dawn of civilization, humans had believed in the heavens above
and the Earth below. Then, on the Ionian coast, a Greek philosopher
named Anaximander set in motion a revolution. He not only conceived
that the Earth floats in space, but also that animals evolve, that
storms and earthquakes are natural, not supernatural, that the
world can be mapped and, above all, that progress is made by the
endless search for knowledge. Carlo Rovelli's first book, now
widely available in English, tells the origin story of scientific
thinking: our rebellious ability to reimagine the world, again and
again.
'Electrifying ... A user manual for our polarized world' Adam
Grant, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Think Again By a
two-time debating world champion, a dazzling look at how arguing
better can transform your life - and the world - for the better
Everyone debates, in some form, most days. Sometimes we do it to
persuade; other times to learn, discover a truth, or simply to
express something about ourselves. We argue to defend ourselves,
our work, and our loved ones from external threat. We do it to get
our way, or just to get ahead. As a two-time debating world
champion, Bo has made a career out of arguing. Over the past few
years, however, he's noticed how we're not only arguing more and
more, but getting worse at it - a fact proven by our polarised
politics. By tracing his own journey from immigrant kid to world
champion, as well as those of illustrious participants in the sport
such as Malcolm X, Edmund Burke and Sally Rooney, Seo shows how the
skills of debating - information gathering, truth finding,
lucidity, organization, and persuasion - are often the cornerstone
of successful careers and happy lives. Along the way, he provides
the reader with an unforgettable toolkit to use debate as a means
to improve their own. This book is an everyperson's guide to
disagreeing well, so that the outcome of having had an argument is
better than not having it at all. Taking readers on a thrilling
intellectual adventure into the eccentric and brilliant subculture
of competitive debate, The Art of Disagreeing Well proves that
good-faith debate can enrich and improve our lives, friendships,
democracies and in the process, our world.
The rapid advancement of technology has led to an explosion of
speculative theories about what the future of humankind may look
like. These "technological futurisms" have arisen from significant
advances in the fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology and
information technology and are drawing growing scrutiny from the
philosophical and theological communities. This text seeks to
contextualize the growing literature on the cultural, philosophical
and religious implications of technological growth by considering
technological futurisms such as transhumanism in the context of the
long historical tradition of technological dreaming. Michael
Burdett traces the latent religious sources of our contemporary
technological imagination by looking at visionary approaches to
technology and the future in seminal technological utopias and
science fiction and draws on past theological responses to the
technological future with Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Jacques
Ellul. Burdett's argument arrives at a contemporary Christian
response to transhumanism based around the themes of possibility
and promise by turning to the works of Richard Kearney, Eberhard
Jungel and Jurgen Moltmann. Throughout, the author highlights
points of correspondence and divergence between technological
futurisms and the Judeo-Christian understanding of the future.
The Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series,
previously known as SVEC (Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth
Century), has published over 500 peer-reviewed scholarly volumes
since 1955 as part of the Voltaire Foundation at the University of
Oxford. International in focus, Oxford University Studies in the
Enlightenment volumes cover wide-ranging aspects of the eighteenth
century and the Enlightenment, from gender studies to political
theory, and from economics to visual arts and music, and are
published in English or French.
This progressive volume furthers the interreligious, international
and interdisciplinary understanding of the role of religion in the
area of human rights. Building bridges between the often-separated
spheres of academics, policy makers and practitioners, it draws on
the expertise of its authors alongside historical and contemporary
examples of how religion's role in human rights manifests. At the
core of the book are four case studies, dealing with Hinduism,
Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Authors from each religion show
the positive potential that their faith and its respective
traditions has for the promotion of human rights, whilst also
addressing why and how it stands in the way of fulfilling this
potential. Addressed to policy makers, academics and practitioners
worldwide, this engaging and accessible volume provides pragmatic
studies on how religious and secular actors can cooperate and
contribute to policies that improve global human rights.
We are living through a period of cultural climate change. We have
outsourced morality to the markets on the one hand, and the state
on the other. The markets have brought wealth to many, and the
state has done much to contain the worst excesses of inequality,
but neither is capable of bearing the moral weight of showing us
how to live. This has had a profound impact on society and the way
in which we interact with each other. Traditional values no longer
hold, yet recent political swings show that modern ideals of
tolerance have left many feeling rudderless and adrift. In this
environment we see things fall apart in unexpected ways - toxic
public discourse makes true societal progress almost unattainable,
a more divisive society is fuelled by identity politics and
extremism, and the rise of a victimhood mentality calls for 'safe
spaces' but stifles debate. The influence of social media seems
all-pervading and the breakdown of the family is only one result of
the loss of social capital. Many fear what the future may hold.
Delivering a devastatingly insightful critique of our modern
condition, and assessing its roots and causes from the ancient
Greeks through the Reformation and Enlightenment to the present
day, Sacks argues that there is no liberty without morality, and no
freedom without responsibility. If we care about the future of
western civilisation, all of us must play our part in rebuilding
our common moral foundation. Then we will discover afresh the
life-transforming and counterintuitive truths that a nation is
strong when it cares for the weak, and rich when it cares for the
poor. Here is an inspiring vision of a world in which we can all
find our place, and face the future without fear.
In the neoliberal world, rising individualism has frequently been
linked to rising inequality. Drawing on social theory, philosophy,
history, institutional research and a wealth of contemporary
empirical data, this innovative book analyzes the tangled
relationship between individualism and inequality and explores the
possibilities of rediscovering individualism's revolutionary
potential. Ralph Fevre demonstrates that a belief in individual
self-determination powered the development of human rights and
inspired social movements from anti-slavery to socialism, feminism
and anti-racism. At the same time, every attempt to embed
individualism in systems of education and employment has eventually
led to increased social inequality. The book discusses influential
thinkers, from Adam Smith to Herbert Spencer and John Dewey, as
well as the persistence of discrimination despite equality laws,
management and the transformation of individualism, individualism
in work and mental illness, work insecurity and intensification.
This multi-disciplinary book will be essential reading for students
and scholars of sociology, economics, philosophy, political
science, management science and public policy studies, among other
subjects. It will also be of use to policymakers and those who want
to know how the culture and politics of the neoliberal world are
unfolding.
George James was a professor at a small black college in Arkansas
during the 1950s when he wrote this book. Originally from Guyana,
he was an intellectual who studied African and European classics.
He soon realized something was wrong with the way the history of
philosophy had been documented by Western scholars. Their biggest
mistake, according to James, was they had assumed philosophy had
started with the Greeks. James had found that philosophy was almost
entirely from ancient Egypt and that the records of this had not
only been distorted but, in many cases, deliberately falsified. His
conclusion was that there was no such thing as Greek philosophy
because it was stolen from the Egyptians. As a result, this was one
of the first books to be banned from colleges and universities
throughout North America. Although opponents have eventually found
some flaws, it remains a groundbreaking book to this day. Even the
famous Greek historian from the 5th century, Herodotus, admitted
that the Greeks had borrowed many important ideas and concepts from
the Egyptians. These ideas covered not just philosophy, but also
medicine, architecture, politics and more. The purpose of this book
is to restore the truth about African contributions to higher
thought and culture.
The Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series,
previously known as SVEC (Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth
Century), has published over 500 peer-reviewed scholarly volumes
since 1955 as part of the Voltaire Foundation at the University of
Oxford. International in focus, Oxford University Studies in the
Enlightenment volumes cover wide-ranging aspects of the eighteenth
century and the Enlightenment, from gender studies to political
theory, and from economics to visual arts and music, and are
published in English or French.
Why aren’t ordinary Russians more outraged by Putin’s invasion
of Ukraine? Inside the Kremlin’s own historical propaganda
narratives, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes complete sense.
From its World War II cult to anti-Western conspiracy theories, the
Kremlin has long used myth and memory to legitimize repression at
home and imperialism abroad, its patriotic history resonating with
and persuading large swathes of the Russian population. In Memory
Makers, Russia analyst Jade McGlynn takes us into the depths of
Russian historical propaganda, revealing the chilling web of
nationwide narratives and practices perforating everyday life, from
after-school patriotic history clubs to tower block World War II
murals. The use of history to manifest a particular Russian
identity has had grotesque, even gruesome, consequences, but it
belongs to a global political pattern – where one’s view of
history is the ultimate marker of political loyalty, patriotism and
national belonging. Memory Makers demonstrates how the extreme
Russian experience is a stark warning to other nations tempted to
stare too long at the reflection of their own imagined and heroic
past.
In this volume, Brakel raises questions about conventions in the
study of mind in three disciplines-psychoanalysis, philosophy of
mind, and experimental philosophy. She illuminates new
understandings of the mind through interdisciplinary challenges to
views long-accepted. Here she proposes a view of psychoanalysis as
a treatment that owes its successes largely to its biological
nature-biological in its capacity to best approximate the
extinction of problems arising owing to aversive conditioning. She
also discusses whether or not "the mental" can have any real
ontological standing, arguing that a form of reductive physicalism
can be sufficient ontologically, but that epistemological
considerations require a branch of non-reductive physicalism. She
then notes the positive implications of this view for psychiatry
and psychoanalysis, Finally, she investigates the role of
"consistency" in method and content, toward which experimental
philosophers strive. In essence, Brakel articulates the different
sets of challenges pertaining to: a) ancient dilemmas such as the
mind/body problem; b) longstanding debates about the nature of
therapeutic action in psychoanalysis; and c) new core questions
arising in the relatively young discipline of experimental
philosophy.
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