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It has always been understood that the central claim of
Christianity-that Jesus born of Mary is the Son of God-is as much a
declaration of the mystery of the human as it is the mystery of
God; just as the claim that in virtue of this identity he is the
Christ who restores, and more, transforms, the created order,
intensifies the mystery of the human even further. When the age of
revolution was followed by the age of science, and the effort to
shape the environment by technology was joined by an injunction to
shape societies and economies, and class conflicts became part of
world conflicts, the question about the human emerged as a crisis
in the meaning of being human. Yet the Catholic mind, preoccupied
like every other with the crisis, has conducted its reflection
within a tradition of Christian humanism, insisting on the mystery
and the tragedy, and still the dignity, of the human. This
collection of essays by thirteen Catholic scholars of philosophy,
theology, and political thought investigates a range of topics from
human sexuality and marriage to moral freedom and responsibility in
a pluralistic society, while demonstrating that the Gospel, passed
on in an ecclesial tradition, entered into through a sacramental
tradition, remains the one radical source of confidence in the
quest for human truth.
The Promise of Phenomenology: Posthumous Papers of John Wild
includes articles that remained unpublished during Wild's lifetime,
a journal, wherein he recorded conversations with major British and
Continental philosophers during 1957-8, as well as a masterful
exposition and commentary on Emmanuel Levinas's book Totality and
Infinity. It also contains a complete bibliography of all of Wild's
unpublished writings open for research at the Beinecke Rare Book
Library at Yale University. More personal and less reserved than
Wild's published scholarship, yet containing Wild's characteristic
clarity and rigor, the writings in this book cover such subjects as
a phenomenological approach to moral relativism, an exploration of
lived time, and reflections on the other and religious
transcendence. The Promise of Phenomenology gives a lively picture
of a master philosopher at work conveying the vitality and
importance of philosophy to everyday life.
The Promise of Phenomenology: Posthumous Papers of John Wild
includes articles that remained unpublished during Wild's lifetime,
a journal, wherein he recorded conversations with major British and
Continental philosophers during 1957-8, as well as a masterful
exposition and commentary on Emmanuel Levinas's book Totality and
Infinity. It also contains a complete bibliography of all of Wild's
unpublished writings open for research at the Beinecke Rare Book
Library at Yale University. More personal and less reserved than
Wild's published scholarship, yet containing Wild's characteristic
clarity and rigor, the writings in this book cover such subjects as
a phenomenological approach to moral relativism, an exploration of
lived time, and reflections on the other and religious
transcendence. The Promise of Phenomenology gives a lively picture
of a master philosopher at work conveying the vitality and
importance of philosophy to everyday life.
Nature in Mind explores a kind of madness at the core of the
developed world that has separated the growth of human cultural
systems from the destruction of the environment on which these
systems depend. It is now becoming increasingly clear that the
contemporary Western lifestyle not only has a negative impact on
the ecosystems of the earth but also has a detrimental effect on
human health and psychological wellbeing. The book compares the
work of Gregory Bateson and Henry Corbin and shows how an
understanding of the "imaginal world" within the practice of
systemic psychotherapy and ecopsychology could provide a language
shared by both nature and mind. This book argues the case for
bringing nature-based work into mainstream education and therapy
practice. It is an invitation to radically reimagine the
relationship between humans and nature and provides a practical and
epistemological guide to reconnecting human thinking with the
ecosystems of the earth.
VOICES FROM WITHIN: GROTOWSKI'S POLISH COLLABORATORS brings
together, for the first time in English, the distinctive voices of
renowned director Jerzy Grotowski's Polish colleagues, providing a
rare insight into different areas of their research and work.
Through conversations, recollections, journal entries, images,
working notes, and other testimonies, the collection opens up a
range of perspectives on this changing practice - both within and
beyond the theatre - from the actors, artists, designers,
producers, administrators, and investigators who co-created it. The
book spans the full period of Grotowski's career, from the 'theatre
of productions' phase, through paratheatre and Theatre of Sources,
to the final phase of 'Art as vehicle' following his emigration
from Poland. What emerges from these narratives is a genuinely
collaborative endeavour that, as Grotowski himself commented - in a
note distributed with the Laboratory Theatre's touring productions
- is often mistakenly associated with 'his name and his name
alone'. Voices from Within makes an important contribution to
international understanding of this work, by offering a multi-vocal
'insiders' account' of the collective and individual searches,
uncertainties, discoveries, and experiences that accompanied many
of Grotowski's long-time creative partnerships.
The modern theory of algebras of binary relations, reformulated by
Tarski as an abstract, algebraic, equational theory of relation
algebras, has considerable mathematical significance, with
applications in various fields: e.g., in computer
science---databases, specification theory, AI---and in
anthropology, economics, physics, and philosophical logic.
This comprehensive treatment of the theory of relation algebras and
the calculus of relations is the first devoted to a systematic
development of the subject.
Key Features:
- Presents historical milestones from a modern perspective
- Careful, thorough, detailed guide to understanding relation
algebras
- Provides a framework and unified perspective of the subject
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