Download or read book Metaphysical Problems Political Solutions written by Asaf Z. Sokolowski and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to read the political thought of classic thinkers of the liberal tradition in the context of their metaphysical and theological writings. Sokolowski demonstrates that the political measures offered by political theorists to remedy the state of unrest and instability are intrinsically connected to their metaphysical conception of order, the self, and the interaction between the two.
Download or read book Metaphysical Problems Political Solutions written by Asaf Z. Sokolowski and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to read the political thought of classic thinkers of the liberal tradition in the context of their metaphysical and theological writings. Sokolowski demonstrates that the political measures offered by political theorists to remedy the state of unrest and instability are intrinsically connected to their metaphysical conception of order, the self, and the interaction between the two.
Download or read book Spiritual Politics written by Corinne McLaughlin and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-08-26 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you need a source of hope for the future? Do you wonder about the hidden, metaphysical causes of crises today? Is there a link between human thought, collective karma and world events such as natural disasters? This groundbreaking book will reveal many of these secrets, including the invisible government, the divine guidance behind America's founding and the soul of each nation. It will give you spiritual tools to create a better world. You’ll find many practical examples of a new evolutionary politics today and innovative public policies –even in Washington D.C.! “A fascinating and involving study of the cosmic, karmic and etheric dimensions of politics, world affairs and current events… Information-intensive and chock full of empowering suggestions, intriguing stories and uplifting examples of how individuals and groups can make an impact, this thought-provoking assemblage is an enriching, mind-opening book for seekers of spiritual wisdom and political solutions.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Spiritual Solutions written by Deepak Chopra, M.D. and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is full of challenges, both big and small. Spirituality is here to offer solutions. Over the course of his career as physician, teacher, and bestselling author, Deepak Chopra has received thousands of questions from people facing every kind of challenge. They have asked how to lead more fulfilling lives, how to overcome relationship problems and personal obstacles. What’s the best way to deal with a passive-aggressive friend? Can a stagnant career be jump-started? In a world full of distractions and stress, how does one find time for meditation? Hidden among all of these questions are answers waiting to be uncovered. In this groundbreaking book, Chopra shows you how to expand your awareness, which is the key to the confusion and conflict we all face. “The secret is that the level of the problem is never the level of the solution,” he writes. By rising to the level of the solution in your own awareness, you can transform obstacles into opportunities. Chopra leads the reader to what he calls “the true self,” where peace, clarity, and wisdom serve as guides in times of crisis. For Chopra, spirituality is primarily about consciousness, not about religious dogma or relying on the conventional notion of God. “There is no greater power for success and personal growth than your own awareness.” With practical insight, Spiritual Solutions provides the tools and strategies to enable you to meet life’s challenges from within and to experience a sense of genuine fulfillment and purpose.
Download or read book Authority and the Metaphysics of Political Communities written by Gabriele De Anna and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the metaphysics of political communities. It discusses how and why a plurality of individuals becomes a political unity, what principles or forces keep that unity together, and what threats that unity can be faced with. In Part I, the author justifies the need for the notion of substance in metaphysics in general and in the metaphysics of politics in particular. He spells out a moderately realist theory of substances and of their principles of unity, which supports substantial gradualism. Part II concerns action theory and the nature of practical reason. The author claims that the acknowledgement of reasons by agents is constitutive of action and that normativity depends on the role of the good in the formation of reasons. Finally, in Part III the author addresses the notion of political community. He claims that the principle of unity of a political community is its authority to give members of the community moral reasons for action. This suggests a middle way between liberal individualism and organicism, and the author demonstrates the significance of this view by discussing current political issues such as the role of religion in the public sphere and the political significance of cultural identity. Authority and the Metaphysics of Political Communities will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in social metaphysics, political philosophy, philosophy of action, and philosophy of the social sciences.
Download or read book Figure of This World written by Mathew Abbott and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-08 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if we've been wrong when reading Agamben? Mathew Abbott argues that Agamben's thought is misunderstood when read in terms of critical theory or traditional political philosophy. Instead, he shows that it engages with political ontology: studying the political stakes of the question of being. Abbot demonstrates the crucial influence of Martin Heidegger on Agamben's work, locating it in the post-Heideggerian tradition of the critique of metaphysics. As he clarifies it, Abbott links Agamben's philosophy with Wittgenstein's picture theory and Heidegger's concept of the world-picture, showing the importance of this for understanding - and potentially overcoming - the forms of alienation characteristic of the society of the spectacle.
Download or read book Sometimes Always True written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Solutions To Economic Problems written by Timmy Zullinger and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-24 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents economic and political issues in an easy to understand manner. The author also provides a fascinating historical perspective on each issue discussed. She focuses on many of the questions Americans are discussing today: - Will Social Security be available to the younger generations? - Is universal health care a viable option? - Can we prevent future financial crises, like the Great Recession of 2008? - Is climate change a threat? - Does the military-industrial complex have autopilot? - Are we prepared to compete in the global economy? - Why is the national retail tax better than the current income tax system?
Download or read book The Metaphysics of Pragmatism written by Sidney Hook and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered by some the most controversial American philosopher of contemporary times, SIDNEY HOOK (1902-1989) was infamous for the wild swing in his political thought over the course of his career, starting out as a young Marxist before the Great Depression and ending up a vehement anti-Communist in his later years. The Metaphysics of Pragmatism-Hook's first work, originally published in 1927-is something of a malicious joke on the philosopher's part, one he readily acknowledges in his introduction, a bringing together of one discipline, that of metaphysics, with the one generally regarded as its polar opposite, that of pragmatism, for the purposes of rescuing the second. Though not a political work at all-except, possibly, one of academic politics-this is nevertheless a fascinating introduction to this notorious figure. In its expression of the author's "passionate moral interest in the creative power... of human thinking," it may, perhaps, begin to lend some understanding to the shifts in his own thinking that characterized his work.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Philosophical Methodology written by Giuseppina D'Oro and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume provides clear and comprehensive coverage of the main methodological debates and approaches within philosophy. The book gives equal weight to analytical and continental approaches, and pays attention to approaches that are often overlooked.
Download or read book Evil in Aristotle written by Pavlos Kontos and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the first full study of Aristotle's notion of evil and sheds light on its content, potential, and influence.
Download or read book Metaphysics Method and Politics written by James Connelly and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that R.G. Collingwood developed a complete and coherent political philosophy of civilization. In making this case it also demonstrates that Collingwood's philosophical work comprises a unity in which, although there was development, there is no fundamental discontinuity between his earlier and later writings. A philosophy of civilization must situate its subject matter within the full context of human experience and therefore Collingwood's political philosophy of civilization must be situated within the context of his whole philosophy. The book presents the case that Collingwood developed a coherent philosophy of politics and civilization, that this had its roots in both the early and the later work; and that his overall philosophical approach comprises a generally consistent and integrated whole.
Download or read book Universal Idealism written by An idealist and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the violent shifts of political authority through history and what might be done to change this pattern in the future. It examines the historical cycles observed by Gianbattista Vico, in which political authority shifts from non-existent (barbarism) to religious authority to military authority to people (democracy) and back to barbarism. According to European history, each shift produced mass violence of historical scale. The shift from religious to military authorities produced the Thirty Years War, and the shift from the military authority to democracy produced World Wars I and II. From this viewpoint, the contemporary world faces triple challenges. In addition to the democratization of China, the Islamic world is now going through the transition from religious to military authorities. And Western civilization is in the process of democratic decay. The fact that these three processes are proceeding simultaneously presents an enormous challenge. Each by itself can be very difficult to deal with. But if they were linked, it could devastate the entire world, which must be prevented at any cost. It proposes the first step toward the prevention of such devastation. It takes an approach encompassing philosophy, religion, science, art and history in order to address these challenges. It counters the prevailing trend toward specialization in academia and argues instead for the training of "metaphysical engineers" who would have the expertise needed to work toward a peaceful future. As the first step to set up the field of metaphysical engineering, this book begins with the field survey of physical engineering, copying its structure as much as possible. Then, it observes two major differences: metaphysical engineering's much larger size and no separation between object and subject. It begins to explore the way to make adjustments in applying physical engineering to metaphysical engineering. Methods to train metaphysical engineers are also explored. It is to help answer the call of many scholars, educators, policy-makers and concerned citizens who feel deeply this same need to create a more unifying approach to solve this impending problem. It provides general readers with encompassing basic knowledge, policy-makers with understanding of the root causes of the contemporary problems, and specialists with good sense of where their fields should fit into the whole system of knowledge. The insight gained by this approach will become a foundation for global cooperation. The closest approach taken to this book is Plato's The Republic. This book's approach closely parallels his approach. Indeed, in many regards, it should be considered as its update, except that in this project, religions and arts are given full credits and elements of realism are also incorporated. In addition, major classical works of Western civilization, including Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Kant, Hegel, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and Johan Sebastian Bach, are referenced, along with the trends in other civilizations. Also, recently published Henry Kissinger's World Order (The Penguin Press HC, September, 2014) can nicely complement this project. His work is an extended study of the contemporary international society. Readers who just finished reading it can then read this book to understand from where these problems are derived, and in what direction we should proceed to find permanent solutions. It is received well by both policy-makers and academics. -An author has written a highly original book. Her own summary of her analytical methods captures remarkably well what she was trying to achieve. The result is a real intellectual tour de force. Ambassador James Goodby -Uniquely fascinating manuscript, which has many jewels of insight and revelation throughout its pages. I've never read anything quite like it! Dr. Jack Snyder
Download or read book Ending Entrenched Power written by Curtis Harris and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-03-13 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the 21st Century, the United States of America is the only super-power on Earth, and is the latest of many societies and civilizations to rise to unprecedented levels of power and wealth. None of those past societies were able to extend, or even maintain, their successes. There were many reasons for their declines, and one underlying cause that began the process. America is no exception. America faces a fork in the road to the future. America's choice will largely determine the fate of humanity. Ending Entrenched Power takes a new and ambitious approach to humanity's problems and opportunities. Using human society's primary institutions, religion, government and commerce for a framework, it links spiritual life and political conduct. Today, modern societies, in a desire to politically unite people of different faiths, divorce religion from government. These governments become amoral institutions focused on power and bureaucracy. The challenge for future leaders is to unite people through the spiritual principles common to all religions. The result will be religions, governments and economies that serve the best interests of societies as they proceed towards the destiny of humanity.
Download or read book T H Green Ethics Metaphysics and Political Philosophy written by Maria Dimova-Cookson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book Politics and Metaphysics 1915 written by Frank Preston Stearns and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Politics and Metaphysics in Kant written by Sorin Baiasu and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2011-05-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past three decades have witnessed the emergence of several Kantian theories. Both the critical reaction to consequentialism inspired by Rawlsian constructivism and the universalism of more recent theories informed by Habermasian discourse ethics trace their main sources of inspiration back to Kant's writings.
