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This book analyzes Eric Voegelin's scholarly works from the 1950s
and early 1960s and examines the ways in which these works are
relevant to the twenty-first century political environment. The
collection of essays evaluated in this book cover a wide array of
topics that were of great curiosity sixty years ago and still
relevant in today's society. The authors in this volume demonstrate
that Voegelin's erudition on topics such as revolutionary change,
ideological fervor, industrialization, globalism, and the place for
reason and how it may be cultivated in complex time's remains as
meaningful today as it was then.
The modern turn in political philosophy established the ontological
primacy of the ego, reducing the community to a mere assemblage of
individuals, and led to the repudiation of natural duties in favor
of inherent individual rights. The modern project culminated in the
work of Friedrich Nietzsche, whose emphasis on radical
individuation left human beings both liberated and exiled.
Individuals were free to create (and to recreate) themselves anew,
but they were simultaneously uprooted from any larger community.
Indeed, the very possibility of shared meaning, let alone shared
political life, was called into question. This volume consists of
essays addressing the efforts of philosophers, artists, caretakers,
and-perhaps most importantly-teachers to reestablish a foundation
for political life in postmodernity. The origins of these efforts
are diverse, and their modes are varied. Individuals seek communion
with the divine, either with or through others; they pursue
friendship among strangers; and they search for meaningful
relationships in both the classroom and the public square.
Reflecting the various means by which individuals seek communion
with others and with the transcendent, divine Other, the essays
contained in this volume explore the modes through which
individuals forge relationships with others in an age of isolation.
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The West at War (Paperback)
Bradley C. S Watson; Contributions by Akbar Ahmed, Robert Alt, Alberto R. Coll, Barry. Cooper, …
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R1,693
Discovery Miles 16 930
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In The West at War, Bradley C. S. Watson brings together renowned
scholars and public policy experts to reflect on perhaps the most
pressing problem of our time-the West's increasingly bloody
conflict with forces that seek nothing less than its destruction.
In eleven provocative chapters, contributors deal with the internal
challenges and external conflicts facing Western civilization in
the context of the "war on terror." Ranging from the nature of
Islam and the West, to ethics and terror, to the western way of
warfare, the volume deals thematically with major issues raised by
this conflict in a way that no other single-volume does.
Contributors bring to bear arguments on the philosophic, political,
religious, ethical, and policy dimensions of the war. As the title
of the book suggests, this conflict implicates all of Western
civilization, demonstrating that this not merely an "American"
concern.
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The West at War (Hardcover)
Bradley C. S Watson; Contributions by Akbar Ahmed, Robert Alt, Alberto R. Coll, Barry. Cooper, …
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R3,471
Discovery Miles 34 710
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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In The West at War, Bradley C. S. Watson brings together renowned
scholars and public policy experts to reflect on perhaps the most
pressing problem of our time-the West's increasingly bloody
conflict with forces that seek nothing less than its destruction.
In eleven provocative chapters, contributors deal with the internal
challenges and external conflicts facing Western civilization in
the context of the 'war on terror.' Ranging from the nature of
Islam and the West, to ethics and terror, to the western way of
warfare, the volume deals thematically with major issues raised by
this conflict in a way that no other single-volume does.
Contributors bring to bear arguments on the philosophic, political,
religious, ethical, and policy dimensions of the war. As the title
of the book suggests, this conflict implicates all of Western
civilization, demonstrating that this not merely an 'American'
concern.
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