Download or read book Hope without Optimism written by Terry Eagleton and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2015-09-09 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his latest book, Terry Eagleton, one of the most celebrated intellects of our time, considers the least regarded of the virtues. His compelling meditation on hope begins with a firm rejection of the role of optimism in life’s course. Like its close relative, pessimism, it is more a system of rationalization than a reliable lens on reality, reflecting the cast of one’s temperament in place of true discernment. Eagleton turns then to hope, probing the meaning of this familiar but elusive word: Is it an emotion? How does it differ from desire? Does it fetishize the future? Finally, Eagleton broaches a new concept of tragic hope, in which this old virtue represents a strength that remains even after devastating loss has been confronted. In a wide-ranging discussion that encompasses Shakespeare’s Lear, Kierkegaard on despair, Aquinas, Wittgenstein, St. Augustine, Kant, Walter Benjamin’s theory of history, and a long consideration of the prominent philosopher of hope, Ernst Bloch, Eagleton displays his masterful and highly creative fluency in literature, philosophy, theology, and political theory. Hope without Optimism is full of the customary wit and lucidity of this writer whose reputation rests not only on his pathbreaking ideas but on his ability to engage the reader in the urgent issues of life. Page-Barbour Lectures

Download or read book The History of the Christian Religion and Church During the Three First Centuries written by August Neander and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book BROTHER IN ICE written by ALICIA. KOPF and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'She thought that it was precisely when things get uncomfortable or can't be shown that something interesting comes to light. That is the point of no return, the point that must be reached, the point you reach after crossing the border of what has already been said, what has already been seen. It's cold out there.'This hybrid novel--part research notes, part fictionalised diary, and part travelogue--uses the stories of polar exploration to make sense of the protagonist's own concerns as she comes of age as an artist, a daughter, and a sister to an autistic brother. Conceptual and emotionally compelling, it advances fearlessly into the frozen emotional lacunae of difficult family relationships. Deserving winner of multiple awards upon its Catalan and Spanish publication, Brother in Ice is a richly rewarding journey into the unknown.

Download or read book The Prince and the Infanta written by Glyn Redworth and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night of 7th March 1623, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Buckingham knocked on the door of the British embassy in Madrid. Their unsolicited arrival began one of the most bizarre episodes in British history, as the Protestant heir to the Stuart throne struggled to win the Spanish Infanta as his bride. secure a marriage between the leading Protestant and Catholic royal families and heal Europe's century-old division into warring Christian camps. The effort was a diplomatic disaster. It split political and religious opinion in Britain, alienated much of Italy and Germany, confused the Spaniards (who thought that the English crown was about to convert), and failed to secure a marriage or to resolve the Thirty Years' War. explanation of this pivotal moment and tells a fascinating story of early modern politicking, cultural misunderstanding and religious confusion.

Download or read book Irish Migrants in Europe After Kinsale 1602 1820 written by Thomas O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of Kinsale, 1601, fought during the Nine Years War of 1594-1603, marked a turning point in European and Irish history. Although the political power of the Gaelic nobility was broken and royal authority in the kingdom was enhanced, Ireland remained strategically important for other European powers, especially Spain and France. Therefore, when political, social and religious changes at home caused many Irish to migrate, temporarily or permanently, they headed for Habsburg and Bourbon territories.

Download or read book Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music written by Tess Knighton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from a range of internationally known early music scholars and performers, Tess Knighton and David Fallows provide a lively new survey of music and culture in Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to 1600. Fifty essays comment on the social, historical, theoretical, and performance contexts of the music and musicians of the period to offer fresh perspectives on musical styles, research sources, and performance practices of the medieval and Renaissance periods.

Download or read book Women Music written by Karin Pendle and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-22 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of the “milestone” work of history that focuses on female musicians through the ages (College Music Symposium). This updated, expanded, and reorganized edition of Women and Music features even more women composers, performers, and patrons, even more musical contexts, and an expanded view of women in music outside Europe and North America. A popular university textbook, Women and Music is enlightening for scholars, a good source of programming ideas for performers, and a pleasure for other music lovers.

Download or read book The Irish in Europe 1580 1815 written by Thomas O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Irish presence in England, France, and Spain is the subject of a dozen papers edited by O'Connor (history, National U. of Ireland, Maynooth). The contributors (lecturers and four graduate students in history and a librarian) examine Irish immigration to France based on archival sources there, th

Download or read book The Virginal Conception and Bodily Resurrection of Jesus written by Raymond Edward Brown and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survey and evaluation of biblical evidence pertinent to these two issues.

Download or read book The Battle of Kinsale written by Hiram Morgan and published by Spotlight Poets. This book was released on 2004 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Sea in European History written by Luc François and published by Plus. This book was released on 2001 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Philip III and the Pax Hispanica 1598 1621 written by Paul C. Allen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Spanish Irish Relations Through the Ages written by Declan M. Downey and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection of essays - representative of new historiographical approaches and perspectives concerning the study of Irish history from Continental European and Latin American sources - derives from the first International Symposium on Spanish-Irish Relations held in the Royal College of the Noble Irish at Salamanca." "The essays cover the medieval, early modern and modern-contemporary periods. The range and quality of the material and analysis presented here will be of special value to those interested in political, economic, social, legal and cultural history; the history of international relations; and diplomacy." "The contributors provide new and exciting insights based on original research into the cultural, economic, diplomatic and political dimensions of the centuries-old unique and special relationship between Spain and Ireland."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Music and Women written by Sophie Drinker and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 1995 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First paperback edition of this classic, cross-cultural history of women and their relationship to music through the centuries.

Download or read book The madrigal at Ferrara 1579 1597 2 Musical examples written by Anthony Newcomb and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Spain in the Later Seventeenth Century 1665 1700 written by Henry Kamen and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1980 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Biblical Commission s Document The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church written by Joseph A. Fitzmyer and published by Gregorian Biblical BookShop. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under date of April 15, 1993, the Pontifical Biblical Commission published in French a document on the interpretation and use of the Bible in the Church. The English translation of the original French document, "The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church", appeared on November 18, 1993. The purpose of the document is "to indicate the paths most appropriate for arriving at an interpretation of the Bible as faithful as possible to its character both human and divine". The English translation of the document is published in its entirety in the present volume, together with a clarificatory commentary by Fr. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J., a member of the Biblical Commission. A detailed bibliography is included. Also published are English translations of the address of His Holiness Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the publication of the French original on April 15, 1993, and of the preface to the document by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, President of the Biblical Commission.