Download or read book Twenty Five Meditations on Writing and Subjectivity written by Ahmed Elbeshlawy and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Triggered by the shimmering Hong Kong's skyline, Ahmed Elbeshlawy remembers the Sheriff from Clint Eastwood's movie "Unforgiven" asking Strawberry Alice, a prostitute with whom he was arguing after beating a suspect, "Innocent of what?". "Free of what?", Ahmed asks the 21st century's "free thinker" sunk in the world of political correctness, capitalism, multiculturalism, immigration and gender issues. From smoking in public places and taking selfies to historical figures or characters from movies, his twenty-five essays drive the reader through contemporary social phenomena, stirring literary tropes, poignant cinematic moments and subjective instances shaped by different histories and carrying forward mixed feelings, beliefs and illusions. To make sense out of these, Ahmed's writing destabilizes what is usually taken as common sense, sagaciously unpacking thoughts of European philosophers like Lacan, Derrida, Adorno and Zizek, as well as titans of literature like Shakespeare and Kafka.
Download or read book The Bloomsbury Handbook to Literature and Psychoanalysis written by Jeremy Tambling and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-09 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing the most comprehensive examination of the two-way traffic between literature and psychoanalysis to date, this handbook looks at how each defines the other as well as addressing the key thinkers in psychoanalytic theory (Freud, Klein, Lacan, and the schools of thought each of these has generated). It examines the debts that these psychoanalytic traditions have to literature, and offers plentiful case-studies of literature's influence from psychoanalysis. Engaging with critical issues such as madness, memory, and colonialism, with reference to texts from authors as diverse as Shakespeare, Goethe, and Virginia Woolf, this collection is admirably broad in its scope and wide-ranging in its geographical coverage. It thinks about the impact of psychoanalysis in a wide variety of literatures as well as in film, and critical and cultural theory.
Download or read book Take Five written by Mike Aquilina and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2010-08-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Newman provides a model for so many different kinds of Catholics. He did what love required." -- Scott Hahn John Henry Newman's journey to Catholicism is one of the greatest stories of the nineteenth-century Church. He relied on divine revelation, together with logical reasoning and historical facts, to reach religious truths and vigorously defend religious doctrines. Each topical entry begins with an excerpt from this saintly man's writings, followed by these helpful prompts: Think About It -- Points that serve as a springboard for prayerful consideration of each meditation topic. Just Imagine -- A scripture scene that brings the issue at hand to life. Remember --A simple memorization passage to help you work through the meditation topic. Learn how to apply John Henry Newman's inspiring teachings to all of the situations in your life!
Download or read book Meditations from a Movable Chair written by Andre Dubus and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1999-04-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-five luminous and intensely personal essays in this collection are, like Andre Dubus's celebrated short stories, a testament to the author's vulnerability, vision, and indestructible faith. Since losing one leg and the use of the other in a 1986 accident, Dubus has experienced despair, learned acceptance, and, finally, found joy in the sacramental magic of even the most quotidian tasks. Whether he is writing of the relationship with his father, the rape of his beloved sister, his Catholic faith, the suicide of a gay naval officer, his admiration for fellow writers like Hemingway and Mailer, or the simple act of making sandwiches for his daughters' lunchboxes, Dubus cuts straight to the heart of things. Here we have a master at the height of his powers, an artist whose work "is suffused with grace, bathed in a kind of spiritual glow" (The New York Times Book Review).
Download or read book Unclean written by Richard Beck and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I desire mercy, not sacrifice. Echoing Hosea, Jesus defends his embrace of the unclean in the Gospel of Matthew, seeming to privilege the prophetic call to justice over the Levitical pursuit of purity. And yet, as missional faith communities arewell aware, the tensions and conflicts between holiness and mercy are not so easily resolved. In an unprecedented fusion of psychological science and theological scholarship, Richard Beck describes the pernicious (and largely unnoticed) effects of the psychology of purity upon the life and mission of the church.
Download or read book LEGEND written by Bruce Andrews and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conceived in 1976 and published in 1980, LEGEND exemplifies the political and linguistic commitments of then-nascent Language writing. Coauthored by Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, Ray DiPalma, Steve McCaffery, and Ron Silliman, the work was composed on typewriters and developed through the mail. The twenty-six poems in the volume bring together every possible permutation of collaborative authorship in one-, two-, three-, and five-author combinations, revealing the evolution of distinctive styles against and in conversation with others. Along with a complete reproduction of the original text, LEGEND: The Complete Facsimile in Context includes a critical introduction by editors Matthew Hofer and Michael Golston, a generous selection of material from the authors’ correspondence, and a new collaborative piece by the authors. This book will be an essential resource to students and scholars in twentieth-century poetry and poetics.
Download or read book Sahara written by Ahmed Elbeshlawy and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-06-29 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based in Hong Kong and Egypt, Sahara is a collection of poems about writing poetry, love, sexuality, woman, religion, and identity. Though deeply personal and passionate, the collection cuts across different registers and disciplines, mixing the personal with the social, reality with fantasy, art and literature with life, philosophy with psychoanalysis, and the sophisticated urbanism of cities with the inexplicable beauty of the desert.
Download or read book Writing Back written by Susan Winnett and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The migration of American artists and intellectuals to Europe in the early twentieth century has been amply documented and studied, but few scholars have examined the aftermath of their return home. Writing Back focuses on the memoirs of modernist writers and intellectuals who struggled with their return to America after years of living abroad. Susan Winnett establishes repatriation as related to but significantly different from travel and exile. She engages in close readings of several writers-in-exile, including Henry James, Harold Stearns, Malcolm Cowley, and Gertrude Stein. Writing Back examines how repatriation unsettles the self-construction of the "returning absentee" by challenging the fictions of national and cultural identity with which the writer has experimented during the time abroad. As both Americans and expatriates, these writers gained a unique perspective on American culture, particularly in terms of gender roles, national identity, artistic self-conception, mobility, and global culture. -- Joseph A. Boone, University of Southern California
Download or read book Scale How Meditations written by Charlotte Maria Mason and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-03-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of Meditations comprise a verse by verse commentary on the first seven chapters of the Gospel according to St. John delivered as Sunday talks by Charlotte Mason to her disciples at "Scale How", The House of Education in Ambleside, and mailed weekly to subscribers during the year 1898 and later published in "The Parents' Review". This edifying collection is also an indispensable source for any one interested in exploring more deeply Mason's religious convictions.
Download or read book Unappeasable Ghosts written by Ahmed Elbeshlawy and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pleasant to the ears and to the mind, these impeccably constructed poems liberate a volcano of feelings, thoughts and considerations for the readers to muse on. Hong Kong's fleeting element is portrayed in masterly detail." - Luisa Ternau, poet "Elbeshlawy's words are mouth-watering, his metaphors beguiling and often astonishing. These wonderfully inventive and itinerant poems delight, inspire, and surprise, often in the same piece." - Jack Mayer, author of Poems of the Wilderness.
Download or read book Woman in Lars von Trier s Cinema 1996 2014 written by Ahmed Elbeshlawy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the figure of Woman in Lars von Trier’s distinctive cinematic productions from 1996 to 2014. It takes the notorious legacy of violence against women in von Trier’s cinema beyond the perceived gender division, elevating the director’s image above being a mere provocateur. By raising fundamental questions about woman, sexuality, and desire, Elbeshlawy shows that Trier’s cinematic Woman is an attempt at creating an image of a genderless subject that is not inhibited by the confines of ideology and culture. But this attempt is perennially ill-fated. And it is this failure that not only fosters viewing enjoyment but also gives the films their political importance, elevating them above both commendations and condemnations of feminist discourse.
Download or read book Sister Wendy s Book of Meditations written by Wendy Beckett and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1998 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspirational and informative, this precious book is the perfect companion in times of quiet contemplation.
Download or read book Forty Days from the Diary of a Delusional Man written by Jeffrey Hochstedler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir takes a look into the heart and mind of one man who suffers from schizoaffective and bipolar disorders. Jeffrey Hochstedlers life has seen its share of twists and turnsa culmination of the many choices and decisions made at any one time. In this memoir, he shares revelations and meditations from events in his daily life and how these occurrences shaped the man he is today. Written in diary format, Forty Days from the Diary of a Delusional Man illustrates how his mind thinks, feels, and perceives. He reveals details from many parts of his lifehis birth in 1957; growing up in Indiana with his parents and brother; battling depression in his teen years; enlisting in the Army in 1981; dealing with his relationships and his schizoaffective and bipolar disorders; and finding solace in art. With many examples of Hochstedlers art included, Forty Days from the Diary of a Delusional Man shows how he was affected by confusion and despair. But it also communicates how he leaned on art and God to survive each day.
Download or read book The Hermeneutics of the Subject written by Michel Foucault and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michel Foucault remains one of the towering intellectual figures of the last 50 years. His works on sexuality, madness, prison and medicine are classics. This book focuses on how the 'self' and the 'care of the self' were conceived during the period of antiquity.
Download or read book Lovingkindness written by Sharon Salzberg and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic and inspiring book on finding love in our own hearts—from the New York Times–bestselling author of Real Happiness and Real Change The revered spiritual teacher shows us how to live radiant, joyful lives by utilizing the Buddhist path in this “profound exploration of the deepest meanings of love, empathy, and caring” (Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence) Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and find a greater sense of connection with others. Our fear of intimacy—both with others and with ourselves—creates feelings of pain and longing. But these feelings can awaken in us the desire for freedom and the willingness to take up the spiritual path. In this inspiring book, Sharon Salzberg, one of America’s leading spiritual teachers, shows us how the Buddhist path of lovingkindness can help us discover the radiant, joyful heart within each of us. This practice of lovingkindness is revolutionary because it has the power to radically change our lives, helping us cultivate true happiness in ourselves and genuine compassion for others. The author draws on simple Buddhist teachings, wisdom stories from various traditions, guided meditation practices, and her own experience from twenty-five years of practice and teaching to illustrate how each one of us can cultivate love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.
Download or read book The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Meditations Blessings written by Nathaniel Altman and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open yourself up to a higher power and find peace, solace, and healing. If you're looking for more to life than the material world offers, these hundreds of meditations, prayers, and blessings from a wide variety of the world's traditions will bring comfort and well-being. Meditation cuts through and calms the tangled mass of feelings that rage through our minds. Nurture the positive spark that lies within by practicing daily meditations to expand the mind, contact energy, and manage pain. Some of them employ candles, sacred symbols, mantras, music, and nature. For each, there are instructions on breathing, posture, and visualization. If meditation encourages listening to a greater spirit, prayers address God--and here are ones for adoration, petition, and silent communion that come from Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jain, Native America, and more. Some are nondenominational. Finish with blessings, a powerful way to praise the Divine and share loving energy with others. The author lives in Brooklyn, NY. 512 pages, 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.
Download or read book Commonweal written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
