Science, Politics, and the Humanist Ambitions of Thomas Hobbes
Argues against the accepted idea that Thomas Hobbes turned away from humanism to pursue the scientific study of politics. Reconceptualizes Hobbes's thought within early modern humanist pedagogy and the court culture of the Stuart regimes.
Drawing on the work of Wittgenstein, Marx, Foucault, Bakhtin, Gilligan and MacIntyre (among others) this study presents various dimensions of the debate on the self, identity and subjectivity in the light of powerful arguments about the social origins of personhood. It examines the senses in which we are 'social selves' whose very identities are intimately bound up with the communities and cultures in which we live.
Language, Contestation, and the Shaping of Political Agency
Explores the theoretical and political implications of self-interest within the context of neoliberal political, theoretical, and methodological imperatives.
Brings together historians, philosophers, critics, postcolonial theorists, and curators to ask how images, pictures, and paintings are conceptualized. Issues discussed include concepts such as “image” and “picture” in and outside the West; semiotics; whether images are products of discourse; religious meanings; and the ......
Science, Politics, and the Humanist Ambitions of Thomas Hobbes
Argues against the accepted idea that Thomas Hobbes turned away from humanism to pursue the scientific study of politics. Reconceptualizes Hobbes's thought within early modern humanist pedagogy and the court culture of the Stuart regimes.
Reformer of the church, biblical theologian, and German translator of the Bible Martin Luther had the highest respect for stories attributed to the ancient Greek author Aesop. He assigned them a status second only to the Bible and regarded them as wiser than "the harmful opinions of all the philosophers." Throughout his life, Luther ......
A collection of essays, written for this volume by leaders in the field, that study the emotional and cognitive significance of narrative and its implications for aesthetics and the philosophy of art.
The Tanner Lectures on Human Values were founded July 1, 1978, at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, by American scholar, industrialist, and philanthropist Obert Clark Tanner, to advance and reflect upon scholarly and scientific learning related to human values. The purpose embraces the entire range of physical, moral, artistic, intellectual, and ......
A collection of essays, written for this volume by leaders in the field, that study the emotional and cognitive significance of narrative and its implications for aesthetics and the philosophy of art.
