Does contemporary anti-capitalism tend towards, as Slavoj Žižek believes, nihilism, or does it tend towards, as Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri believe, true egalitarian freedom? Within The Cultural Contradictions of Anti-Capitalism, Fletcher presents an answer that manages to tend towards both simultaneously. In entering into contemporary debates on radicalism, this innovative volume proposes a revised conception of Hardt and Negri’s philosophy of emancipatory desire. Indeed, Fletcher reassesses Hardt and Negri’s history of Western radicalism and challenges their notion of an alter-modernity break from bourgeois modernity. In addition to this, this title proposes the idea of Western anti-capitalism as a spirit within a spirit, exploring how anti-capitalist movements in the West pose a genuine challenge to the capitalist order while remaining dependent on liberalist assumptions about the emancipatory individual. Inspired by post-structuralism and rejecting both revolutionary transcendence and notions of an underlying desiring purity, The Cultural Contradictions of Anti-Capitalism offers new insight into how liberal capitalist society persistently produces its own forms of resistance against itself. This book will appeal to graduate and postgraduate students interested in fields such as: Sociology, Politics, International Relations, Cultural Studies, History, and Philosophy.
This masterfully crafted guide to ninjitsu or budo explores in depth the history, culture and philosophy of this fascinating and enduring Japanese martial art. Budo is one of the least understood forms of art in the world. Even more than skills or techniques, the teachings of budo require faith to learn and courage to understand. One of the fundamental teachings of budo is ninjutsu, the art of perseverance that forms the basis of the Japanese martial arts. The lessons in this book come directly from experiencing the living vitality of the world's foremost master of the ninja arts, Masaaki Hatsumi. Through the use of stories, poetry, art, and earned wisdom, the authors move beyond the common image of the martial arts and reveal the nature of the unexpected changes in themselves as they struggled to come to terms with what being a martial artist in the ninja tradition meant. The Art of Life and Death is a reflection of the discipline, the aesthetics, and the philosophy that lies hidden within the martial way. It is a glimpse at the hidden potential of the martial arts, one where the practitioner can embrace transcendence and transformation in order to face all the fears that litter life and also life's most fearsome opponent: Death.
In "The Speeches of Satan" that son of destruction actually argues with God, saying, " 'O God, I Am a perfect being. Nor is that of mine own doing, only thine. 2 And I Am shall be the perfect archfiend, far above the archangels. 3 I Am also he that shall be the perfect being to say I Am; For I Am, Who you made me to be, the iron that shall sharpen thy iron, the friend of none, the enemy of all, the hater of love, and the lover of hate. Nor shall I repent or fear thee: 4 For if it's in your wisdom to destroy Man, Whom thou lovest, and I, who Ye want to cast away, even so that could Ye do. But even thy remaining angels shall then see thee as the God of Failure who was beaten by Thy own handiwork, at mine own hand. 5 So destroy me if that's thy wish... But if my own rebellion is destroyed, then shall all of creation see thee as a weak God that greatly feared some opposition. 6 So wipe me away "O God Almighty, so that all of creation shall know that ye were so afraid of my cunning, that ye had to act as a coward, and had to get rid of the one thing of thy very own creation that dared to step out of thy circle of thy brightest brightness. 7 But if ye allow me to test My very own children of wrath what is that to thee? 8 Have I not already stolen away the work of thy hand, even with some words of truth, that Man wouldn't surely die in the day when the forbidden fruit was eaten? 9 So shall it be that ye 'O god of Truth will have to live with the honesty that some words of deceit being spoken to Man shall soon cause them to live more abundantly as they bathe like hogs within the muddy waters of my seven deadliest sins. 10 Nor shall it be a lie that most of those ever useless souls shall cling onto my shadow of doom much tighter, and much harder, than they shall ever cling onto anything that ye could ever give unto them. Therefore, I Am now the Father of fallen Man and Woman. 11 After all, I Am the bringer of their worthless inheritance; And I Am that I Am. And I Am he, who shall never have to be chained within the smoky bottomless pit. 12 For the day of my undeniable victory will surely come forth when Ye, the God of Truth, shall be forced to admit with honesty that everything I Am now saying is more than true. 13 And if I be right leave me alone! After all, earth is just one measly little world among zillions of others. And Ye can do what Ye will with the rest of them. 14 Nor shall good ever win out over evil in the long run. 15 For I shall prove to thee that my very own darkness shall consume any light that ye may give unto those who shall always prefer to exist in the darkness of my most shady splendour. But as all of that plays out though, I shall always be obedient unto thee. 16 And I shalt not bring to Man anymore than He can bear, according to thy Word. But it shall never be my fault if Man foolishly brings more than he can bear unto himself.
Signs in the Wilderness portrays Nicodemus as a traveler on a faith journeythrough the wilderness who is tested by Jesus's signs. Signs test Nicodemus's faith in the same way they tested that of the wilderness generations of ancient Israel in the book of Numbers. The first generation saw the miraculous signs of God, yet refused to believe, and so forfeited its right to enter the promised land. The second generation, in contrast, saw the signs, believed, and boldly entered the promised land. So it was in John's Gospel as well, in which many people see Jesus' miraculous signs but refuse to believe, thus forfeiting eternal life. Others believe and inherit eternal life. Nicodemus is a test case in that his own wilderness experience is one of divine testing in the face of Jesus' signs. Will he have a heart of flesh, believe, and enter eternal life, or a hard heart of stone, refuse to believe, and die in the wilderness? Similarly, Jesus' signs test the readers of John's gospel, resulting in either belief or unbelief.
1 According to tradition, the writer of the Pentateuch passed along some other amazing thoughts to his eldest son, who later became a priest in the Order of Aaron. 2 Even though Exodus 18:3 identified Gershom as the son of Moses, the priest of the staff, there's not too much written about him throughout the Bible's first five books. 3 Almost 2,000 years would eventually pass before Ethiopian monks would release the inspirations of Gershom from the Mek Ele scrolls, which were long hidden at Gondar. 4 And within the following pages restless souls will be sure to find a great deal of rest as they are spiritually empowered and renewed by the type of important knowledge that lays within. For these informative writings are filled up with the kind of blessed hope that the very best dreams could ever be made up of, much less ever dreamed. 5 Hear ye then the kind of thoughts that the prophet of exodus inspired his son with, which caused Gershom to continue on where his father left off. For he then stressed: 6 "Before the beginning was the Light. Nor was there anything dark anywhere that could be seen by anything. For the Light was God. And the blinding rays of His Word, His only Son, was ablaze with such a glorious Fire of Life that nothing under His smile of true abundance ever could have withered away towards death. 7 Neither was there any blackness anywhere within any distant corner of all that was. 8 Nor were there any places of darkness any place where our most lofty Godhead was. 9 Even the nothingness of some distant shadows couldn't exist around their unending presence that filled up every space of all infinity. 10 For the brightness of our Trinity of Faith, Hope, and Love could never be hid from any of the uncreated creation, which was still only a thought within Jehovah's mind. 11 So it came to pass that God then said, "Let Us now speak forth darkness, which shall only come from our absence alone. Then it came to be that our triune Godhead immediately brought forth darkness, which was born from out of the newly created shadow that was suddenly being laid all across every place where They were not. 12 And yet, at the very same time, in the places where They were not, there also were They, byway of Their Spirit of Unity, Who always went before the Living Word of God, and the amazing illumination of His very own overflowing glory." S LIGHT 13 Once literature like the Mek Ele scroll is unrolled people can easily get a feeling that some of the things about our world's entrance into creation hasn't been fully understood. 14 Nor shall anyone fail to see that this grand picture of earth's glorious beginnings has been hanging very crookedly for decades and decades, going back countless centuries. 15 Only now can our world's people finally be able come forth from out of the dark ages of their own unanswered puzzles that have surrounded the ins and outs of how things began. 16 Therefore everything shall be unveiled, veil by veil, sheet by sheet, one at a time, one after another, so the truths about our planet's true happenings can finally come forth. 17 Then shall the enigma of the ages be solved word by word, sentence by sentence. and one line upon another. As such, the answers to many riddles shall all race to the crowning moment when people can finally accept the common sense revelations of earth's origins. 18 'twas therefore the supernatural time for the natural order of things to come forth in a very orderly way, which was sure to be organized and real methodical in it's unveiling. 19 And so it was fated much later on, that the hour of some great enlightenment would eventually come to pass, when Moses would be instructed to record the Word of God for all to see and to ponder. But when Genesis 1:3 said that God created light, the two sons of Moses knew that he was only talking about the sun of earth's solar system.
This book discusses Fletcher's situation ethics which basically states that sometimes other moral principles can be cast aside in certain situations if love is best served. It is one of the main ethical theories studied in all introductory courses on Christian ethics.
The book of Psalms is a treasure trove of teaching about Jesus Christ. While the church has traditionally recognized only about fifteen psalms as "messianic," anticipating God's promised Messiah, the issue is how Christians should understand the other 135 psalms of the Hebrew Psalter. Psalms of Christ applies the New Testament conviction that the whole book of Psalms speaks prophetically about Christ to select "non-messianic" psalms. Following the New Testament as the guide for how to read the Old in light of the gospel, Psalms of Christ proposes fresh readings of so-called non-messianic psalms by illustrating their christological character, and exploring how they testify to the gospel by evoking Jesus's person, purpose, and passion.
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Master the Japanese art of shuriken throwing with this illustrated martial arts guide. Japanese Throwing Weapons: Mastering Shuriken Throwing Techniques is a detailed instruction manual for learning authentic shuriken throwing techniques as practiced in Japan, known as shuriken-jutsu. Daniel Fletcher studied under Japan's most notable shuriken sensei, Yasuyuki Otsuka, of the Meifu Shinkage Ryu and in this knife throwing book he reveals the secrets learned in his years of study and training. Fletcher explains the origins and purpose of the shuriken as a weapon and provides information on the various types of shuriken used by the historical samurai and ninjas. Fletcher's expert instructions, along with over 200 photographs and the enclosed DVD can help anyone become proficient with Japanese throwing techniques. Weapons instruction includes: Shaken Shuriken--The most familiar of the shuriken family, this sharp-edged, star-shaped weapon is the one typically seen in martial arts film. Bo Shuriken--Shaped like a spike, easy to manufacture, economical, and convenient to carry, this simple weapon is a staple in the arsenal of the Japanese warrior. Teppan Shuriken--A multi-purpose weapon made from iron plates, it can take a variety of shapes and is used both for throwing or hand-to-hand combat.
This book discusses Fletcher's situation ethics which basically states that sometimes other moral principles can be cast aside in certain situations if love is best served. It is one of the main ethical theories studied in all introductory courses on Christian ethics.
First published in 2006. This work introduced Brazil to the English-speaking world when it was first published in 1857, and it is the best early account of the country written in English. Fletcher and Kidder were both missionaries in Brazil, K1ader living there between 1837 and 1840, and Fletcher some twenty years later. Although they were not in Brazil at the same time, they subsequently collaborated on this book, supplementing their direct experiences of the country by interviewing leading citizens, and by using material drawn from Documents of the Imperial and provincial archives of Brazil, and from Brazilian state papers. The work therefore benefits from two different viewpoints, and from a period of observation that covers some thirty years. At the time the book was written, most English readers were better acquainted with China and India than with Brazil, which in the popular mind, as the authors put it, was a land of 'mighty rivers and virgin forests, palm trees and jaguars anaconaas and alligators, diamond-mining, revolutions and earthquakes'. Fletcher and Kidder were determined to show another side of Brazil - that of a stable constitutional monarchy and growing nation, the descendants of the Portuguese holding_ I the same relative position in South America as the descendants o1 the English in North America. The portrait of Brazil and the Brazilians they present is unexpected and fascinating -an elaborate colonia1 society ruled over by an emperor with a privileged bourgeoisie and fine cities - outposts of European culture surrounded by encroaching jungle. The work is arranged in twenty-six chapters. Fletcher and Kidder begin by recounting the little-known early history of Brazil, then go on to describe the culture and customs of the country in great detail, covering everything from the government of Brazil, the marriage of Christian and heathenism, the Brazilian home, Brazilian women, the nobility and the Emperor's palace to Amazon steamers, gold mines, slavery and the Indian and African inhabitants whose descendants are among Brazil's present. cosmopolitan population. Accounts of travel within the country will give the authors an opportunity to describe Brazil's distinctive flora and fauna and striking natural features, a panoramic treatment complimented by charming line drawings. Tnis volume- was justifiably acclaimed on Publication, and it remains essential and enjoyable reading for a11 those interested in Brazil's past, present and future.
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