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Subjectivity and Irreligion

Atheism and Agnosticism in Kant, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche

By: Matthew Alun Ray

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Subjectivity and Irreligion

Atheism and Agnosticism in Kant, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche

By: Matthew Alun Ray

This book asks specific philosophical questions about the underlying structure of Kant, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche's thoughts on atheism and agnosticism; thoughts that represent one of the most concerted attacks on monotheistic religion in modern philosophy. Yet commentators interested in philosophical atheism have ignored frequently this tradition. Matthew Ray concludes that Kant's moral theology is largely undersupported; Schopenhauer's metaphysical and ethical atheism is flawed in several areas; and Nietzsche's naturalistic attack on Christianity is only partially successful. Taking a critical stance toward the atheistic orthodoxy in modern philosophy, Ray argues that the question of God's existence remains characteristically unresolved in post-Kantian philosophy.

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1351897101

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9781351897105

In the Absence of Human Beauty

Philosophical Fragments

By: Matthew Alun Ray

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In the Absence of Human Beauty

Philosophical Fragments

By: Matthew Alun Ray

A collection of vivid fragments engaging with ethical and sceptical themes by means of an engagement with several major European thinkers, including Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Levinas and Wittgenstein.

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John Hunt Publishing

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1782799265

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Unconventional Warriors

The Fantasy of the American Resistance Fighter in Television and Film

By: Matthew B. Hill

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Unconventional Warriors

The Fantasy of the American Resistance Fighter in Television and Film

By: Matthew B. Hill

Tracing the "American Guerrilla" narrative through more than one hundred years of film and television, this book shows how the conventions and politics of this narrative influence Americans to see themselves as warriors, both on screen and in history. American guerrillas fight small-scale battles that, despite their implications for large-scale American victories, often go untold. This book evaluates those stories to illumine the ways in which film and television have created, reinforced, and circulated an "American Guerrilla" fantasy—a mythic narrative in which Americans, despite having the most powerful military in history, are presented as underdog resistance fighters against an overwhelming and superior occupying evil. Unconventional Warriors: The Fantasy of the American Resistance Fighter in Television and Film explains that this fantasy has occupied the center of numerous war films and in turn shaped the way in which Americans see those wars and themselves. Informed by the author's expertise on war in contemporary literature and popular culture, this book begins with an introduction that outlines the basics of the "American Guerrilla" narrative and identifies it as a recurring theme in American war films. Subsequent chapters cover one hundred years of American "guerrillas" in film and television. The book concludes with a chapter on science fiction narratives, illustrating how the conventions and politics of these stories shape even the representation of wholly fictional, imagined wars on screen.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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9798216158905

From Bovril to Champagne

The 1970s

By: Matthew Eastley

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From Bovril to Champagne

The 1970s

By: Matthew Eastley

There was a time, not so long ago, when the FA Cup really mattered. When fans would go to extraordinary lengths to get tickets for Wembley and when the biggest teams of the day saw the FA Cup as a 'must have' rather than a 'nice to have.' The 1970s was, quite simply, a fantastic decade for the most famous domestic competition in the world, a decade in which the wonderful 'David and Goliath' stories which were the very essence of the Cup, at last spread themselves to the final itself. Of course, football fans everywhere know the stories. The famous goals by the likes of Porterfield, Stokes, George, Webb and Osborne. The saves by Montgomery, the misses by Macdonald, the flukes by Greenhoff and Kelly and the 'five minutes of madness' of the 1979 final. But what are not known are the stories of the fans who were at Wembley to witness these amazing matches which are so fondly remembered today. This book features, first-hand, exclusive stories from the fans who were there. Fans who defied the FA's patently unfair ticket allocation to get to Wembley. The book features love, tragedy, kinship and loyalty all played out before a backdrop of pop music, television, films, news and politics. It is a book not about players and celebrities but about true football fans, many of whom regard their personal Wembley experience as one of the greatest - or worst - occasions of their life.

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1452005826

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9781452005829

In the Absence of Human Beauty

Philosophical Fragments

By: Matthew Alun Ray

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In the Absence of Human Beauty

Philosophical Fragments

By: Matthew Alun Ray

A collection of vivid fragments engaging with ethical and sceptical themes by means of an engagement with several major European thinkers, including Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Levinas and Wittgenstein.

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Subjectivity and Irreligion

Atheism and Agnosticism in Kant, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche

By: Matthew Alun Ray

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Atheism and Agnosticism in Kant, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche

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Book's by Matthew Alun Ray

Subjectivity and Irreligion

Subjectivity and Irreligion

In the Absence of Human Beauty

In the Absence of Human Beauty

Unconventional Warriors

Unconventional Warriors

From Bovril to Champagne

From Bovril to Champagne

In the Absence of Human Beauty

In the Absence of Human Beauty

Subjectivity and Irreligion

Subjectivity and Irreligion

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