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Free Download David B. Zilberman: Selected Essays by David B. Zilberman
English | PDF (True) | 2023 | 312 Pages | ISBN : 3031389085 | 6.7 MB
This book is a selection of articles by David Zilberman, a prolific author, whose tragic untimely death did not allow to finish many of his undertakings. Zilberman’s work represents a fresh word in the way of philosophizing or philosophy-building and the technique of modal methodology. This book comprises of thirteen independent articles that are not related by content. The point of thematic convergence of these articles is the way they reflect the new way of methodological thinking through the application and benefits of modalization or modal methodology that unfolds unbound possibilities of philosophic elaborations. By shifting constantly from one position to another, Zilberman disclosed the antinomicity of all types of thought. Such an approach led him to outline for the first time his major attempt to start creating not "systems" but "sums" of philosophies so that the philosophical activity would be able to re-emerge on the slopes of such "sums." The book can be used as a starting point of a discussion, especially in study of philosophy. We imagine it can be used in undergraduate classes on World Philosophies or Intercultural Philosophy courses. With that, it can serve as a useful resource for adding intercultural elements into Western-centered courses.

Free Download Dan Doll, Jessica Munns, "Recording And Reordering: Essays on the Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Diary And Journal"
English | 2006 | pages: 248 | ISBN: 0838756301 | PDF | 12,5 mb

Free Download Sean Sayers, "Marx and Alienation: Essays on Hegelian Themes"
English | 2011 | pages: 211 | ISBN: 1349325171, 0230276547 | PDF | 0,6 mb
The concepts of alienation and its overcoming are central to Marx’s thought. They underpin his critique of capitalism and his vision of future society. Marx’s ideas are explained in rigorous and clear terms. They are situated in the context of the Hegelian ideas that inspired them and put into dialogue with contemporary debates.

Free Download J. Ryan Parker, "Joss Whedon and Religion: Essays on an Angry Atheist’s Explorations of the Sacred"
English | 2013 | pages: 240 | ISBN: 0786472901 | EPUB | 0,6 mb
This is a collection of new essays on the religious themes in, and the implications of, the works of Joss Whedon, creator of such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, and more recently writer and director of the box-office hit Marvel’s The Avengers. The book addresses such topics as ethics, racism, feminism, politics, witchcraft, spiritual transformation, identity, community, heroism, apocalypse, and other theologically significant themes of Whedon’s creative enterprises. The disciplinary approaches vary as well; history, theology, philosophy of religion, phenomenology, cultural studies, and religious studies are all employed. The various essay authors differ in that some are clearly believers in God, some are clearly not, and others leave that matter aside.

Free Download Dudley Knowles, "G.W.F. Hegel (International Library of Essays in the History of Social and Political Thought)"
English | 2009 | pages: 542 | ISBN: 0754627268 | PDF | 30,7 mb
Hegel is notable for his distinctive contribution to the perennial concerns of political philosophy. He outlines a powerful account of freedom as both a personal and social achievement, discussing theories of personal rights, private property and punishment. He articulates a social analysis of human action and criticizes Kantian ethics. His theory of self-actualization locates our social identities within ‘Ethical Life’ – the institutions of family life, civil society and the state – expressing a unique variety of rationalist conservatism. In this volume some of the finest interpreters of Hegel writing in English explore this distinguished heritage and explain its contemporary relevance.

Free Download K. R. Shanmugam, K. S. Kavi Kumar, "Environment and Development: Essays in Honour of Dr U. Sankar"
English | 2016 | pages: 512 | ISBN: 9351506495 | PDF | 10,8 mb
Grounded in current issues and constraints, this book focuses on valuing environmental degradation, green economic growth, trade-environment linkage, climate change, health outcome efficiency and public works programmes.

Free Download Thomas Nagel, "Concealment and Exposure: And Other Essays"
English | 2002 | pages: 253 | ISBN: 019515293X, 0195179773 | PDF | 0,8 mb
Thomas Nagel is widely recognized as one of the top American philosophers working today. Reflecting the diversity of his many philosophical preoccupations, this volume is a collection of his most recent critical essays and reviews.

Free Download Bernardo Kastrup, "Brief Peeks Beyond: Critical Essays on Metaphysics, Neuroscience, Free Will, Skepticism and Culture"
English | 2015 | pages: 251 | ISBN: 1785350188 | EPUB | 1,9 mb
This book is a multi-faceted exploration and critique of the human condition as it is presently manifested. It addresses science and philosophy, explores the underlying nature of reality, the state of our society and culture, the influence of the mainstream media, the nature of free will and a number of other topics. Each of these examinations contributes an angle to an emerging idea gestalt that challenges present mainstream views and behaviors and offers a sane alternative. The book is organized as a series of short and self-contained essays, most of which can be read in under one hour.

Free Download Bernardo Kastrup, "Brief Peeks Beyond: Critical Essays on Metaphysics, Neuroscience, Free Will, Skepticism and Culture"
English | 2015 | pages: 251 | ISBN: 1785350188 | EPUB | 1,9 mb
This book is a multi-faceted exploration and critique of the human condition as it is presently manifested. It addresses science and philosophy, explores the underlying nature of reality, the state of our society and culture, the influence of the mainstream media, the nature of free will and a number of other topics. Each of these examinations contributes an angle to an emerging idea gestalt that challenges present mainstream views and behaviors and offers a sane alternative. The book is organized as a series of short and self-contained essays, most of which can be read in under one hour.

Free Download James Naremore, "An Invention without a Future: Essays on Cinema"
English | 2014 | pages: 369 | ISBN: 0520279743, 0520279735 | PDF | 8,8 mb
In 1895, Louis Lumière supposedly said that cinema is "an invention without a future." James Naremore uses this legendary remark as a starting point for a meditation on the so-called death of cinema in the digital age, and as a way of introducing a wide-ranging series of his essays on movies past and present. These essays include discussions of authorship, adaptation, and acting; commentaries on Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Vincente Minnelli, John Huston, and Stanley Kubrick; and reviews of more recent work by non-Hollywood directors Pedro Costa, Abbas Kiarostami, Raúl Ruiz, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Important themes recur: the relations between modernity, modernism, and postmodernism; the changing mediascape and death of older technologies; and the need for robust critical writing in an era when print journalism is waning and the humanities are devalued. The book concludes with essays on four major American film critics: James Agee, Manny Farber, Andrew Sarris, and Jonathan Rosenbaum.