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In 1980, Michel Foucault's work makes two decisive turns. On the
one hand, as announced at the start of his course at the College de
France for that year, Le Gouvernement des vivants, his topic will
be the modalities through which power constitutes itself in
relation to truth. On the other, the texts on which he will
concentrate will no longer be those of the early modern period.
Rather, he begins with one by Dio Cassius on the emperor Septimius
Severus and then proceeds to spend the next two sessions offering a
reading of Oedipus Tyrannus. He will concentrate on works from
antiquity for the rest of his life. This book will offer the first
detailed account of these lectures, examining both the development
of their philosophical argument and the ancient texts on which that
argument is based. This is the period during which Foucault also
began work on Volumes 2 and 3 of the History of Sexuality. Yet,
while there are clear overlaps between the work he was presenting
in his course and the last books he published before his death,
nonetheless the seminars are anything but rough drafts for the
published work. Instead they offer a sustained encounter with the
texts of the classical and early Christian era while seeking to
trace a genealogy of the western subject as a speaker of truth.
The book begins in a small town setting where aviation has earned a
bad name because of an avoidable fatal crash. It is
autobiographical only in the sense of the author's progression from
non-interest to intense involvement in all aspects of flying. The
title "Near Misses" describes close calls as well as choices that
determined final outcomes. The highlights of an aspiring Naval
Aviator's struggle to become a fighter pilot are revealed. Along
the way, bits of historical and technical information are included
The main theme is that anyone attempting the same task could
benefit by either avoiding the pitfalls described or by being
prepared to compensate for them in ways similar to those of the
author.
Anyone managing an artist's career needs to be well versed and have
a savvy understanding of the moving parts of the music business.
Learn how and why those moving parts "move," as well as how to
manage and navigate a music-based career. Artist Management for the
Music Business gives a comprehensive view of how to generate income
through music and how to strategically plan for future growth. The
book is full of valuable practical insights. It includes interviews
and case studies with examples of real-world management issues and
outcomes. Updates to this new edition include a new chapter for
independent, self-managing artists, expanded and updated sections
on networking, social media, and streaming, and a basic
introduction to data analytics for the music business. This book
gives access to resources about artist management and the music
business at its companion website, www.artistmanagementonline.com.
Anyone managing an artist's career needs to be well versed and have
a savvy understanding of the moving parts of the music business.
Learn how and why those moving parts "move," as well as how to
manage and navigate a music-based career. Artist Management for the
Music Business gives a comprehensive view of how to generate income
through music and how to strategically plan for future growth. The
book is full of valuable practical insights. It includes interviews
and case studies with examples of real-world management issues and
outcomes. Updates to this new edition include a new chapter for
independent, self-managing artists, expanded and updated sections
on networking, social media, and streaming, and a basic
introduction to data analytics for the music business. This book
gives access to resources about artist management and the music
business at its companion website, www.artistmanagementonline.com.
Navigating Post-Truth and Alternative Facts: Religion and Science
as Political Theology is an edited volume that explores the
critical intersection of "religion-and-science" and our
contemporary political and social landscape with a tailored eye
towards the epistemological and hermeneutical impact of the
"post-truth society." The rise of the post-truth society has
specific importance and inherent risk for nearly all academic
disciplines and researchers. When personal beliefs regarding
climate change trump scientific consensus, research projects are
defunded, results are hidden or undermined, and all of us are at a
greater vulnerability to extreme weather patterns. When expertise
itself becomes suspect, we become a nation lead by fools. When data
is overcome by alternative facts and truth in any form is suspect,
where is the space for religious and/or scientific scholarship? The
central curiosity of this volume is "what is the role of religion
and science scholarship in a post-truth society?" This text
explores truth, lies, fear, populism, politics, faith, the
environment, post modernity, and our shared public life.
Navigating Post-Truth and Alternative Facts: Religion and Science
as Political Theology is an edited volume that explores the
critical intersection of "religion-and-science" and our
contemporary political and social landscape with a tailored eye
towards the epistemological and hermeneutical impact of the
"post-truth society." The rise of the post-truth society has
specific importance and inherent risk for nearly all academic
disciplines and researchers. When personal beliefs regarding
climate change trump scientific consensus, research projects are
defunded, results are hidden or undermined, and all of us are at a
greater vulnerability to extreme weather patterns. When expertise
itself becomes suspect, we become a nation lead by fools. When data
is overcome by alternative facts and truth in any form is suspect,
where is the space for religious and/or scientific scholarship? The
central curiosity of this volume is "what is the role of religion
and science scholarship in a post-truth society?" This text
explores truth, lies, fear, populism, politics, faith, the
environment, post modernity, and our shared public life.
Impoverished and exhausted after fifty years of incessant warfare,
the great Spanish Empire at the turn of the sixteenth century
negotiated treaties with its three most powerful enemies: England,
France, and the Netherlands. This intriguing book examines the
strategies that led King Philip III to extend the laurel branch to
his foes. Paul Allen argues that, contrary to widespread belief,
the king's gestures of peace were in fact part of a grand strategy
to enable Spain to regain military and economic strength while its
opponents were falsely lulled away from their military pursuits.
From the outset, Allen contends, Philip and his advisers intended
the Pax Hispanica to continue only until Spain was able to resume
its battles-and defeat its enemies. Drawing on primary sources from
the four countries involved, the book begins with a discussion of
how Spanish foreign policy was formulated and implemented to
achieve political and religious aims. The author investigates the
development of Philip's "peace" strategy, the Twelve Years' Truce,
and the decision to end the truce and engage in war with the Dutch,
and then with the English and French. Renewed warfare was no
failure of peace policy, Allen shows, but a conscious decision to
pursue a consistent strategy. Nevertheless the negotiation for
peace did represent a new diplomatic method with significant
implications for both the future of the Spanish Empire and the
practices of European diplomacy.
It has seemed at times that there is no neutral territory between
those who see Bakhtin as the practitioner of a kind of neo-Marxist,
or at least materialist, deconstruction and those who look at the
same texts and see a defender of traditional, liberal humanist
values and classical conceptions of order, a conservative in the
true sense of the term. Arising from a conference under the same
title held at Texas Tech University, Carnivalizing Difference seeks
to explore the actual and possible relationships between Bakhtinian
theory and cultural practice. The introduction explores the
changing configurations of our understanding of Bakhtin's work in
the context of recent theory and outlines how that understanding
can inform, and be informed by, culture both ancient and modern.
Eleven articles, spanning a wide range of periods and cultural
forms, then address these issues in detail, revealing the ways in
which Bakhtinian thought illuminates, sometimes obfuscates, but
always challenges.
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Horace (Hardcover)
Paul Allen Miller
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R2,225
Discovery Miles 22 250
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Perhaps no classical writer has been so consistently in vogue as
Horace. Famous in his own lifetime as a close associate of the
Emperor Octavian, to whom he dedicated several odes, Quintus
Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BC) has never really been out of fashion.
Petrarch, for example, modelled his letters on Horace's innovative
Epistles, while also borrowing from his Roman forebear in composing
his own Italian sonnets. The echo of Horace's voice can be found in
almost every genre of medieval literature. And in later periods,
this influence and popularity if anything increased. Yet, as Paul
Allen Miller shows, while Horace may justifiably be called the poet
for all seasons he is also in the end an enigma. His elusive,
ironic contrariness is perhaps the true secret of his success. A
cultured man of letters, he fought on the losing side of the Battle
of Philippi (42 BC). A staunch Republican, he ended up eagerly
(some said too eagerly) promoting the cause of Julio-Claudian
imperialism. Viewed as the acme of Roman literary civilization, he
was shaped by his Athens education at Plato's famous Academy. This
new introduction reveals Horace in all his paradoxical genius and
complexity.
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Augustine and Science (Hardcover)
John Doody, Adam Goldstein, Kim Paffenroth; Contributions by Paul Allen, Andrew J. Brown, …
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R2,613
Discovery Miles 26 130
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This collection addresses current controversies about the
relationship between science and religion, in which Augustine is
appealed to by opposing sides, showing his continuing relevance, as
well as the subtlety and complexity of his views. Questions on
evolution are especially focused on, and from a variety of
perspectives, often with quite different conclusions between the
essays. This is truly a conversation about Augustine, science, and
religion.
Years ago, Tom had an affair with Catherine who became pregnant and
had an abortion - or so he thinks. Now he is married to Vic and
their relationship is on the rocks because she cannot conceive and
Tom is desperate to be a father. Enter Smokey, a nineteen-year-old
tearaway whose girlfriend is none other than Catherine's and Tom's
daughter Belinda. Tom's wish to be a father is fulfilled, but
remember the saying: be careful what you wish for - you might just
get it. Tom's past catches up with him in a terrifying sequence of
events involving deception, plots and murder. Then a final tragic
twist saturates his life with the bitterest irony. Fast-moving,
bloody and savage, this modern thriller from the author of Killing
Time will keep audiences on the edges of their seats as the mystery
deepens and the body-count multiplies...
This indispensable volume provides a complete course on Latin erotic elegy, allowing students to trace a coherent narrative of the genre's rise and fall, and to understand its relationship to the changes that marked the collapse of the Roman republic, and the founding of the empire. The book begins with a detailed and wide-ranging introduction, looking at major figures, the evolution of the form, and the Roman context, with particular focus on the changing relations between the sexes. The texts that follow range from the earliest manifestations of erotic elegy, in Catullus, through Tibullus, Sulpicia (Rome's only female elegist), Propertius and Ovid. An accessible commentary explores the historical background, issues of language and style, and the relation of each piece to its author's larger body of work. The volume closes with an anthology of critical essays representative of the main trends in scholarship; these both illuminate the genre's most salient features and help the student understand its modern reception.
It has seemed at times that there is no neutral territory between those who see Bakhtin as the practitioner of a kind of neo-Marxist, or at least materialist, deconstruction and those who look at the same texts and see a defender of traditional, liberal humanist values and classical conceptions of order, a conservative in the true sense of the term. Arising from a conference under the same title held at Texas Tech University, Carnivalizing Difference seeks to explore the actual and possible relationships between Bakhtinian theory and cultural practice. The introduction explores the changing configurations of our understanding of Bakhtin's work in the context of recent theory and outlines how that understanding can inform, and be informed by, culture both ancient and modern. Eleven articles, spanning a wide range of periods and cultural forms, then address these issues in detail, revealing the ways in which Bakhtinian thought illuminates, sometimes obfuscates, but always challenges.
"Lyric Texts and Lyric Consciousness" presents a model for studying
the history of lyric as a genre. Paul Allen Miller draws a
distinction between the work of the Greek lyricists and the more
condensed, personal poetry that we associate with lyric. He then
confronts the theoretical issues and presents a sophisticated,
Bakhtinian reading of the development of the lyric form from its
origins in archaic Greece to the more individualist style of
Augustan Rome.
The book examines different forms of poetic subjectivity projected
by ancient authors--Archilochus, Sappho, Catullus and
Horace--through a close reading of both their texts and contexts.
Miller argues that what is considered lyric--a short personal poem
which reveals a reflexive subjective consciousness--is only
possible in a culture of writing. It is the lyric collection which
creates literary consciousness as we know it. This consciousness
also requires a social structure where individuals can speak in
their own names, not merely in that of their state or class.
Lyric Texts and Lyric Consciousness presents a model for studying
the history of lyric as a genre. Prof Miller draws a distinction
between the work of the Greek lyrists and the more condensed,
personal poetry that we associate with lyric. He then confronts the
theoretical issues and presents a sophisticated, Bakhtinian reading
of the development of the lyric form from its origins in archaic
Greece to the more individualist style of Augustan Rome. This book
will appeal to classicists and, since English translations of
passages from the ancient authors are provided, to those who
specialise in comparative literature.
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