Modernity is defined by a new sense of natural mutability and human power. This does not necessarily mean secularisation either in terms of naturalism or humanism. It can equally mean a heightened religio-magical understanding. Faivre is absolutely crucial reading for post pomo.
Dieter Henrich's fine volume, exceptional clarity, on philosophy in the two decades between Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and Hegel's Jena System (1804-05).
Out now 📚
'J. B. Basedow and F.S. Bock on Pedagogy' is the first English translation of two books upon which Kant based his lectures on pedagogy and education.
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'Ethics in a Capitalist Economy'
Miller applies neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics to business, arguing that free-market capitalism requires virtues to mitigate its flaws and to enhance its strengths.
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This new volume, edited by @nickhwilson and @yrlsoc is full of ideas – some provocative – relevant to thinking about how to engage in historically-oriented research.
I do not agree with all its arguments. But it discusses the right issues and provides much food for thought.
All-female Parade Scene, Chandraketugarh, India, 38 x 50 cm (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem) A woman is depicted with a fly whisk, seated on an elephant. Historians should be more precise in their use of the term "Yakshi," particularly in relation to the Didarganj sculpture.
Lively Depiction at Bhutesvara, Mathura Museum, 2nd Century CE
- A woman embellishes herself
- Another adjusts her attire
- A third offers grapes and wine
#Archaeology lifts the shrouds
"Jay Goulding's Daoist Phenomenology represents a lifelong project of interpolating the works of Martin Heidegger with the interweavings of Daoism & Zen. Original & wide-ranging, Goulding's approach to phenomenology & Daoism enhances & promotes further intercultural dialogues"