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The first posthumous collection from the writings of Stanley
Cavell, shedding new light on the distinctive vision and
intellectual trajectory of an influential American philosopher. For
Stanley Cavell, philosophy was a matter of responding to the voices
of others. Throughout his career, he articulated the belief that
words spring to life in concrete circumstances of speech: the
significance and power of language depend on the occasions that
elicit it. When Cavell died in 2018, he left behind some of his own
most powerful language-a plan for a book collecting numerous
unpublished essays and lectures, as well as papers printed in niche
journals. Here and There presents this manuscript, with
thematically relevant additions, for the first time. These
writings, composed between the 1980s and the 2000s, reflect
Cavell's expansive interests and distinctive philosophical method.
The collection traverses all the major themes of his immense body
of work: modernity, psychoanalysis, the human voice, moral
perfectionism, tragedy, skepticism. Cavell's rich and cohesive
philosophical vision unites his wide-ranging engagement with poets,
critics, psychoanalysts, social scientists, and fellow
philosophers. In Here and There, readers will find dialogues with
Shakespeare, Thoreau, Wittgenstein, Freud, Heidegger, Walter
Benjamin, Wallace Stevens, Veena Das, and Peter Kivy, among others.
One of the collection's most striking features is an ensemble of
five pieces on music, constituting Cavell's first discussion of the
subject since the mid-1960s. Edited by philosophers who have been
invested in Cavell's work for decades, Here and There not only
gathers the strands of a writing life but also maps its author's
intellectual journeys. In these works, Cavell models what it looks
like to examine seriously one's own passions and to forge new
communities through unexpected conversations.
In the introduction to "The Second Sex, " Simone de Beauvoir
notes that "a man never begins by establishing himself as an
individual of a certain sex: his being a man poses no problem."
Nancy Bauer begins her book by asking: "Then what kind of a problem
does being a woman pose?" Bauer's aim is to show that in answering
this question "The Second Sex" dramatizes the extent to which being
a woman poses a philosophical problem.
This book is a call for philosophers as well as feminists to
turn, or return to, "The Second Sex." Bauer shows that Beauvoir's
magnum opus, written a quarter-century before the development of
contemporary feminist philosophy, constitutes a meditation on the
relationship between women and philosophy that remains profoundly
undervalued. She argues that the extraordinary effect "The Second
Sex" has had on women's lives, then and now, can be traced to
Beauvoir's discovery of a new way to philosophize -- a way grounded
in her identity as a woman. In offering a new interpretation of
"The Second Sex, " Bauer shows how philosophy can be politically
productive for women while remaining genuinely philosophical.
This attractive, practical guide explains how to transform backyard
gardens into living ecosystems that are not only enjoyable retreats
for humans, but also thriving sanctuaries for wildlife. Beautifully
illustrated with full-color photographs, this book provides
easy-to-follow recommendations for providing food, cover, and water
for birds, bees, butterflies, and other small animals. Emphasizing
individual creativity over conventional design, Bauer asks us to
consider the intricate relationships between plants and wildlife
and our changing role as steward, rather than manipulator, of these
relationships.
In an engaging narrative that endorses simple and inexpensive
methods of wildlife habitat gardening, Nancy Bauer discusses
practices such as recycling plant waste on site, using permeable
pathways, growing regionally appropriate plants, and avoiding
chemical fertilizers and insecticides. She suggests ways of
attracting pollinators through planting choices and offers ideas
for building water sources and shelters for wildlife. A plant
resource guide, tips for propagating plants, seasonal plants for
hummingbirds, and host plants for butterflies round out "The
California Wildlife Habitat Garden," making it an indispensable
primer for those about to embark on creating their own biologically
diverse, environmentally friendly garden.
Anyone growing up in the 1940s and 50s was conditioned to interpret
the phrase "God is like a Father" almost solely as "God is a Father
" Today we are living in a time in which the metaphors for God are
expanding.
This collection of sermons, preached over a ten-year period,
reveals God's self-giving love through the metaphor of a Wise Old
Woman.
"For at least 25,000 years humanity worshiped feminine images of
the divine. Then it all changed, and for the past 6,000 to 8,000
years virtually all mainstream religions have conceived of the
divine primarily in masculine terms. We now find ourselves at
another transformational time in history regarding our
understanding of the divine. It is a time in which we are becoming
increasingly aware that no one image, and certainly no one gender,
can adequately convey the totality of the ultimate divine mystery
of the universe.
Nancy Bauer-King, in this wonderful collection of sermons, has made
an important contribution to this crucial religious task... I
celebrate our time in history when stronger voices from people like
Nancy Bauer-King are now being heard so that we might learn in
fresh ways the breadth and depth and rich diversity of God's
word."
L. Robert Keck, author of "Sacred Eyes"
"This is a terrific book WOW You may be the Garrison Keillor of the
Wisconsin pastorate. This will be an insightful book for all the
women and men in the churches across the country who struggle for
inspiration to write their Sunday sermons, and also for many in
congregations who listen to them and seek a meaningful word for
their own lives."
Rosemary Ruether
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Nancy L. Bauer-King was born and raised south of Madison,
Wisconsin. She married, raised four children, and then returned to
school. She earned a BA degree from the University of Wisconsin and
her MDiv degree from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. She
has served churches in Wisconsin and is currently the Associate
Pastor for Spiritual Formation at Trinity United Methodist Church
in Racine, Wisconsin.
The compelling plot of Nancy Bauer's fifth novel, The Irrational
Doorways of Mr. Gerard, winds through Cornwall, Quebec City, and
the Eastern Townships, New England, and the Fredericton area of New
Brunswick. Full of vivid description and eccentric characters, the
story brings to life the strange relationships between Arlene, her
daughter Alice, and her "found" daughter Andrea, on one side, and
their benefactor, James, and the mysterious Mr. Gerard, on the
other. The startling denouement at last fits all the mysterious
pieces together. At another level, The Irrational Doorways of Mr.
Gerard integrates the delicate complexity of Tao philosophy with
matriarchal mythology, the disorientation of the picaresque, the
character-substitution games of classical comedy, and the
heightened detail of magic realism. Bauer's post-modern blend leads
the reader through a story full of intrigue into the world of the
spirit.
In "Samara the Wholehearted," Bauer transports her readers to the
slightly tilted world of Summerland, a communal summer retreat,
where a series of unusual encounters lead Samara to "adopt" her
perpetually adolescent half-brother Fred and a disabled genius
named Marty. Mixing the traditional techniques of storytelling with
postmodern innovation and rarefied prose, Bauer produces a novel
which is both technically adept and intensely memorable.
In den letzten Jahren ist der demographische Wandel verstarkt in
den Blick der Offentlichkeit geraten und gehort mittlerweile zu den
aktuellen Themen unserer Zeit. Auch der offentliche Sektor hat
inzwischen erkannt, dass bereits heute erste Veranderungen in den
Kommunen notwendig sind, um den zukunftigen Anforderungen und
Bedurfnissen ihrer Einwohner und Burger gewachsen zu sein. Dazu
werden als Einstieg die Veranderungen der Bevolkerungsstrukturen im
Land Brandenburg naher beleuchtet und Handlungsstrategien
dargestellt. Den Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit macht das Modellprogramm
Seniorenburos" als zukunftsorientiertere Kommunalpolitik aus.
Gerade durch die Zunahme an alteren Menschen in unserer
Gesellschaft, darf der offentliche Sektor im Rahmen seiner
Kundenorientierung den weiter wachsenden Kundenkreis der
SeniorenInnen nicht ausser Acht lassen. Gerade durch den
demographischen Wandel werden die Seniorenburos zwangslaufig in der
Zukunft eine verstarkte Nachfrage erfahren. Daher wird auf die
Ressourcen und Potenziale der Seniorenburos ebenfalls eingegangen
und Losungsansatze dargelegt
Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Jura - Offentliches
Recht / VerwaltungsR, Note: 1,3, Verwaltungs- und
Wirtschafts-Akademie Potsdam e.V., Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In
den letzten Jahren ist der demographische Wandel verstarkt in den
Blick der Offentlichkeit geraten und gehort mittlerweile zu den
aktuellen Themen unserer Zeit. Auch der offentliche Sektor hat
inzwischen erkannt, dass bereits heute erste Veranderungen in den
Kommunen notwendig sind, um den zukunftigen Anforderungen und
Bedurfnissen ihrer Einwohner und Burger gewachsen zu sein. Als
Einstieg dazu werden im ersten Teil der Diplomarbeit die
Veranderungen der Bevolkerungsstrukturen im Land Brandenburg naher
beleuchtet und Handlungsstrategien dargestellt. Ferner wird unter
dem Aspekt der Verwaltungsmodernisierung im zweiten Teil der Arbeit
die Verwaltung in ihrer Rolle als Dienstleister vorgestellt und
anschliessend am Beispiel von Burgerburos naher hinterfragt. Im
dritten Teil der Diplomarbeit soll durch das Modellprogramm
Seniorenburos" veranschaulicht werden, dass es der offentlichen
Verwaltung anhand zukunftsorientierter Politik gelungen ist, einen
bedarfsgerechten Einrichtungstypen fur freiwilliges und
ehrenamtliches Engagement im Bereich der Altenarbeit zu schaffen.
Gerade durch die Zunahme an alteren Menschen in unserer
Gesellschaft, darf die offentliche Verwaltung den weiter
heranwachsenden Kundenkreis der SeniorenInnen nicht ausser Acht
lassen. Gerade durch den demographischen Wandel werden die
Seniorenburos zwangslaufig in der Zukunft durch eine verstarkte
Nachfrage zunehmend an Bedeutung gewinnen. Dazu wird im vierten
Teil der Diplomarbeit auf die Ressourcen und Potenziale der
Seniorenburos eingegangen. Es werden Losungsansatze dargelegt, um
in der Zukunft dem demographischen Wandel und seinen Veranderungen
entsprechend, den SeniorenInnen weiterhin ein kundenorientiertes
und bedarfsgerechtes Leistungsangebot bieten zu konne
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