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Regency England was a pivotal time, remembered for its political
uncertainty with a changing monarchy, the Napoleonic Wars, and a
population explosion in London. In Susanna Clarke's fantasy novel
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, the era is also witness to the
unexpected return of magic. Locating the consequences of this
eruption of magical unreason within the context of England's
imperial history, this study examines Merlin and his legacy, the
roles of magicians throughout history, the mythology of
disenchantment, the racism at work in the character of Stephen
Black, the meaning behind the fantasy of magic's return, and the
Englishness of English magic itself. Looking at the larger
historical context of magic and its links to colonialism, this
inaugural treatment offers both a fuller understanding of the
ethical visions underlying Clarke's groundbreaking novel of madness
intertwined with magic, while challenging readers to rethink
connections among national identity, rationality, and power.
This book sets out to determine the validity of an accusation made
against Jacques Lacan by Noam Chomsky in an interview in 1989. He
stated that Lacan was a "charlatan" - not that his ideas were
flawed or wrong, but that his entire discourse was fraudulent, an
accusation that has since been repeated by many other critics.
Examining the arguments of key anti-Lacanian critics, Mathews
weighs and contextualizes the legitimacy of Lacan's engagements
with structural linguistics, mathematical formalization, science,
ethics, Hegelian dialectics, and psychoanalysis. The guiding thread
is Lacan's own recurrent interrogation of authority, which inhabits
an ambiguous zone between mastery and charlatanry. This book offers
a novel contribution to the field for students and scholars of
psychoanalysis, philosophy, sociology, critical and literary
theory.
This book sets out to determine the validity of an accusation made
against Jacques Lacan by Noam Chomsky in an interview in 1989. He
stated that Lacan was a "charlatan" - not that his ideas were
flawed or wrong, but that his entire discourse was fraudulent, an
accusation that has since been repeated by many other critics.
Examining the arguments of key anti-Lacanian critics, Mathews
weighs and contextualizes the legitimacy of Lacan's engagements
with structural linguistics, mathematical formalization, science,
ethics, Hegelian dialectics, and psychoanalysis. The guiding thread
is Lacan's own recurrent interrogation of authority, which inhabits
an ambiguous zone between mastery and charlatanry. This book offers
a novel contribution to the field for students and scholars of
psychoanalysis, philosophy, sociology, critical and literary
theory.
With every choice that you make in life you will be faced with a
challenge that requires you to fight. Some of those fights will be
for respect, some of those fights will be for your dreams, and some
of them will be for your very life. Life is about fighting for the
dreams that you choose to pursue. You have a choice to succeed or
to fail, you have a choice to breathe or to suffocate, you have a
choice to live your life to the fullest or to die empty and
unfulfilled. This desire to live your life to the fullest is the
fight that you must not back down from. Ultimately, no one can take
what belongs to you if you are willing to fight for it. Wrestling
for my life is a true story of a kid who would not give up in spite
of the odds. Joseph Mathews is a four-time author, mentor and
inspirational speaker. His other books include, The Dropout, Me and
My Homies, and Why Do Boys Make Girls Cry? All of his books are
available on Amazon.com. To book Joseph to come and talk about his
books and share his amazing story visit josephmathews.com.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
A Journey to the Unknown of a Young Girl Named Kahache is
sensational. It will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you
live again.
In the book of Revelation, John appeals to the faithful to avoid
the temptations of wealth, which he connects with evil and
disobedience within secular society. New Testament scholars have
traditionally viewed his somewhat radical stance as a reaction to
the social injustices and idolatry of the imperial Roman cults of
the day. Mark D. Mathews argues that John's rejection of affluence
was instead shaped by ideas in the Jewish literature of the Second
Temple period which associated the rich with the wicked and viewed
the poor as the righteous. Mathews explores how traditions
preserved in the Epistle of Enoch and later Enochic texts played a
formative role in shaping John's theological perspective. This book
will be of interest to those researching poverty and wealth in
early Christian communities and the relationship between the
traditions preserved in the Dead Sea Scrolls and New Testament.
In the book of Revelation, John appeals to the faithful to avoid
the temptations of wealth, which he connects with evil and
disobedience within secular society. New Testament scholars have
traditionally viewed his somewhat radical stance as a reaction to
the social injustices and idolatry of the imperial Roman cults of
the day. Mark D. Mathews argues that John's rejection of affluence
was instead shaped by ideas in the Jewish literature of the Second
Temple period which associated the rich with the wicked and viewed
the poor as the righteous. Mathews explores how traditions
preserved in the Epistle of Enoch and later Enochic texts played a
formative role in shaping John's theological perspective. This book
will be of interest to those researching poverty and wealth in
early Christian communities and the relationship between the
traditions preserved in the Dead Sea Scrolls and New Testament.
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