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Second big screen outing for the popular cult superhero Hellboy
(Ron Perlman), who originally appeared in Mike Mignola's Dark Horse
comic series. In this highly acclaimed instalment, the mythical
world starts an uprising against humanity in a bid to take over the
Earth, and Hellboy and his team are all that stand in their way.
Can the superheroic redfaced demon prevent the destruction of
mankind once again? Guillermo del Toro writes and directs, and
Selma Blair reprises her role as Hellboy's love interest, Liz
Sherman.
This book pursues the problem of whether violence can be understood
to be constitutive of its own sense or meaning, as opposed to being
merely instrumental. Dodd draws on the resources of
phenomenological philosophy, and takes the form of a series of
dialogues between figures both inside and outside of this
tradition. The central figures considered include Carl von
Clausewitz, Carl Schmitt, Hannah Arendt, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ernst
Junger, and Martin Heidegger, and the study concludes with an
analysis of the philosophy of Jan Patocka.
This book pursues the problem of whether violence can be
understood to be constitutive of its own sense or meaning, as
opposed to being merely instrumental. Dodd draws on the resources
of phenomenological philosophy, and takes the form of a series of
dialogues between figures both inside and outside of this
tradition. The central figures considered include Carl von
Clausewitz, Carl Schmitt, Hannah Arendt, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ernst
Junger, and Martin Heidegger, and the study concludes with an
analysis of the philosophy of Jan Patocka.
Religion, War and the Crisis of Modernity: A Special Issue
Dedicated to the Philosophy of Jan Patocka The New Yearbook for
Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy provides an annual
international forum for phenomenological research in the spirit of
Husserl's groundbreaking work and the extension of this work by
such figures as Scheler, Heidegger, Sartre, Levinas, Merleau-Ponty
and Gadamer. Contributors: Ivan Chvatik, Nicolas de Warren, James
Dodd, Eddo Evink, Ludger Hagedorn, Jean-Luc Marion, Claire
Perryman-Holt, Marcia Sa Cavalcante Schuback, Michael Staudigl,
Christian Sternad , and Lubica Ucnik.
Following up on his previous book, Violence and Phenomenology,
James Dodd presents here an expanded and deepened reflection on the
problem of violence. The book's six essays are guided by a
skeptical philosophical attitude about the meaning of violence that
refuses to conform to the exigencies of essence and the stable
patterns of lived experience. Each essay tracks a discoverable,
sometimes familiar figure of violence, while at the same time
questioning its limits and revealing sites of its resistance to
conceptualization. Dodd's essays are readings as much as they are
reflections; attempts at interpretation as much as they are
attempts to push concepts of violence to their limits. They draw
upon a range of different authors-Sartre, Levinas, Schelling,
Scheler, and Husserl-and historical moments, but without any
attempt to reduce them into a series of examples elucidating a
comprehensive theory. The aim is to follow a path of distinctively
episodic and provisional modes of thinking and reflection that
offers a potential glimpse at how violence can be understood.
"Showcasing 25 residences by today's leading classical architects,
this wonderful new book also addresses the fundamental issue of
collaboration between architect, decorator, landscaper, and the
enormous cast of characters who bring their formidable talents to
the realization of every project. An Ideal Collaboration is an
important addition to the literature of architecture and design." -
Ellie Cullman "An Ideal Collaboration shares a place in my library
next to volumes on great 20th century Classicists. It is essential
as a visual reference to the continued evolution of timeless
style." - Steven Gambrel In the follow-up to the critically
acclaimed The Art of Classical Details, Phillip James Dodd
continues his look at some of the finest examples of contemporary
classical architecture in Great Britain and the United States,
while also examining how collaboration is the key to their
successful design. In reality, collaborative relationships are
rare, especially amongst designers, where each is often focused on
their own individual objectives and unable to transcend their own
egos. Often used as a catch phase, but not often realised, true
collaboration requires an understanding - and an appreciation - of
the role that all parties play in the design and construction of a
home. An Ideal Collaboration includes the work of some of the most
notable names in contemporary residential design. Architects,
decorators, landscape designers, consultants, builders, craftsmen,
artists and vendors, all address the design process and the pivotal
role that collaboration plays in creating cohesive timeless
designs.
Following up on his previous book, Violence and Phenomenology,
James Dodd presents here an expanded and deepened reflection on the
problem of violence. The book's six essays are guided by a
skeptical philosophical attitude about the meaning of violence that
refuses to conform to the exigencies of essence and the stable
patterns of lived experience. Each essay tracks a discoverable,
sometimes familiar figure of violence, while at the same time
questioning its limits and revealing sites of its resistance to
conceptualization. Dodd's essays are readings as much as they are
reflections; attempts at interpretation as much as they are
attempts to push concepts of violence to their limits. They draw
upon a range of different authors-Sartre, Levinas, Schelling,
Scheler, and Husserl-and historical moments, but without any
attempt to reduce them into a series of examples elucidating a
comprehensive theory. The aim is to follow a path of distinctively
episodic and provisional modes of thinking and reflection that
offers a potential glimpse at how violence can be understood.
Heretical Essays is Patocka's final work, and one of his most
exciting and iconoclastic. Patocka begins with prehistory,
approached through the "natural world" as conceived by Husserl and
Heidegger. According to Patocka, nature is as an alien construct,
and history, which began as a quest for higher meaning, ends with
life as self-sustaining consumption. Patocka explains how Europe
declined from its Greek heritage to seek power rather than truth,
splintering into ethnic subdivisions, and then how the
Enlightenment moved Europe from an ethical to a material
orientation. This book includes a translation of the Preface to the
French Edition by Paul Ricoeur.
Patocka's celebrated Introduction is here made available in English
for the first time. In addition to introducing Husserl's ideas,
this book is also an important work of original philosophy. Patocka
ranges over the whole of Husserl's output, from The Philosophy of
Arithmetic to The Crisis of the European Sciences, and traces the
evolution of all the central issues of Husserlian
phenomenology--intentionality, categorial intuition, temporality,
the subject-body; the concrete a priori, and transcendental
subjectivity. But rather than attempting to give a tour of
Husserl's workshop, Patocka is himself hard at work on Husserl's
problems.
_Building the Wooden Fighting Ship_ is a fascinating account of the
building of an historic ship, as well as a vivid and often
surprising account of life and labour in the eighteenth century. In
an age before industrialisation, the warship was the most complex
object built by man and employed the most advanced technology of
its time. Naval vessels of the period were, not surprisingly, so
expensive to construct that meticulous records were kept, from the
purchasing of timbers to the last details of their furnishings and
armament, including even the individual names of some of the
shipwrights and craftsmen. By carefully studying these records, the
authors have reconstructed, in extraordinary detail, the building
of HMS Thunderer -a two-decked, 74-gun ship-of-the-line. In words
and specially drawn illustrations, contemporary prints and
paintings, the authors show every stage of the building of this
ship, from the purchase and cutting of timbers right through to the
launch in 1760\. There are descriptions of Woolwich dockyard where
she was built and details of all the skills and trades involved in
her construction. First published in 1984, this book is a beautiful
and highly informative work on a significant aspect of the Royal
Navy and will appeal to enthusiasts, modellers, historians and
anyone with an interest in traditional crafts.
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