Freedom from Reality
Title | Freedom from Reality PDF eBook |
Author | D. C. Schindler |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019-08-31 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780268102623 |
Presents a critique of the deceptive and ultimately self-subverting character of the modern notion of freedom, retrieving an alternative view through a new interpretation of the ancient tradition.
Freedom from Reality
Title | Freedom from Reality PDF eBook |
Author | D. C. Schindler |
Publisher | University of Notre Dame Pess |
Pages | 532 |
Release | 2017-12-15 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0268102643 |
It is commonly observed that behind many of the political and cultural issues that we face today there are impoverished conceptions of freedom, which, according to D. C. Schindler, we have inherited from the classical liberal tradition without a sufficient awareness of its implications. Freedom from Reality presents a critique of the deceptive and ultimately self-subverting character of the modern notion of freedom, retrieving an alternative view through a new interpretation of the ancient tradition. While many have critiqued the inadequacy of identifying freedom with arbitrary choice, this book seeks to penetrate to the metaphysical roots of the modern conception by going back, through an etymological study, to the original sense of freedom. Schindler begins by uncovering a contradiction in John Locke’s seminal account of human freedom. Rather than dismissing it as a mere “academic” problem, Schindler takes this contradiction as a key to understanding the strange paradoxes that abound in the contemporary values and institutions founded on the modern notion of liberty: the very mechanisms that intend to protect modern freedom render it empty and ineffectual. In this respect, modern liberty is “diabolical”—a word that means, at its roots, that which “drives apart” and so subverts. This is contrasted with the “symbolical” (a “joining-together”), which, he suggests, most basically characterizes the premodern sense of reality. This book will appeal to students and scholars of political philosophy (especially political theorists), philosophers in the continental or historical traditions, and cultural critics with a philosophical bent.
Freedom and Reality
Title | Freedom and Reality PDF eBook |
Author | John Enoch Powell |
Publisher | Arlington House Publishers |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
Hegel's Philosophy of Reality, Freedom, and God
Title | Hegel's Philosophy of Reality, Freedom, and God PDF eBook |
Author | Robert M. Wallace |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 878 |
Release | 2005-04-04 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780521844840 |
Showing the relevance of Hegel's arguments, this book discusses both original texts and their interpretations.
An Introduction to Indian Philosophy
Title | An Introduction to Indian Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Bina Gupta |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2012-04-19 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1136653090 |
An Introduction to Indian Philosophy offers a profound yet accessible survey of the development of India’s philosophical tradition. Beginning with the formation of Brahmanical, Jaina, Materialist, and Buddhist traditions, Bina Gupta guides the reader through the classical schools of Indian thought, culminating in a look at how these traditions inform Indian philosophy and society in modern times. Offering translations from source texts and clear explanations of philosophical terms, this text provides a rigorous overview of Indian philosophical contributions to epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, and ethics. This is a must-read for anyone seeking a reliable and illuminating introduction to Indian philosophy.
Sojourner Truth
Title | Sojourner Truth PDF eBook |
Author | Jeri Cipriano |
Publisher | Beginner Biography (Look! Book |
Pages | 15 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1634409930 |
Sojourner Truth was born to slaves. She had no choice. But when she grew to be a young mother herself, she ran away with her child looking for freedom. She used her voice to speak for all slaves wanting to be free.
Freedom
Title | Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | Raymond Tallis |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Free will and determinism |
ISBN | 9781788213806 |