“Wake argues, the young Hegel experimented with using tragedy as a diagnostic tool to explain the rise and fall of religions and even history itself.” —Hegel Bulletin Tragedy plays a central role in Hegel’s early writings on theology and politics. Hegel’s overarching aim in these texts is to determine the kind of mythology that would best complement religious and political freedom in modernity. Peter Wake claims that, for Hegel at this early stage, ancient Greek tragedy provided the model for such a mythology and suggested a way to oppose the rigid hierarchies and authoritarianism that characterized Europe of his day. Wake follows Hegel as he develops his idea of the essence of Christianity and its relation to the distinctly tragic expression of beauty found in Greek mythology. “Elegant. Combines the virtues of close reading of extraordinary subtlety with a wide-angle scope not only to Hegel’s work as a whole, but also to the enduring value of the early work.” —Cyril J. O’Regan, University of Notre Dame “Wake’s book is provocative and helpful because it sharpens appreciation of the complexity of the material in the ETW; it brings into focus tensions and contradictions in the texts. It contributes to the recognition of the subtlety and enduring importance of this early work.” —Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Soldier, hero, and politician, the Duke of Wellington is one of the best-known figures of nineteenth-century England. From his victory at Waterloo over Napoleon in 1815, he rose to become prime minister of his country. But Peter Sinnema finds equal fascination in Victorian England’s response to the duke’s death. The Wake of Wellington considers Wellington’s spectacular funeral pageant in the fall of 1852—an unprecedented event that attracted one and a half million spectators to London—as a threshold event against which the life of the soldier-hero and High Tory statesman could be re-viewed and represented. Canvassing a profuse and dramatically proliferating Wellingtoniana, Sinnema examines the various assumptions behind, and implications of, the Times’s celebrated claim that the Irish-born Wellington “was the very type and model of an Englishman.” The dead duke, as Sinnema demonstrates, was repeatedly caught up in interpretive practices that stressed the quasi-symbolic relations between hero and nation. The Wake of Wellington provides a unique view of how in death Wellington and his career were promoted as the consummation of a national destiny intimately bound up with Englishness itself, and with what it meant to be English at midcentury.
Learn to see yourself and the world around you in a different way with Wake Up and Dream. Combining the ancient discipline of spiritual direction with contemporary management coaching, it will give you confidence to explore new possibilities and be excited about the difference you could make - and help turn dreams into exciting new realities.
Good golf is a state of mind (Arnold Palmer). This book examines how running golf software on the brain is a powerful tool for living well and succeeding in life. An amusing and insightful journey into the world of golf, this book explores a simple question: What can golf teach us about ourselves and others?
Learn to see yourself and the world around you in a different way with Wake Up and Dream. It will give you confidence to explore new possibilities, be open to different avenues and be excited about the difference you could make. It will enable to you to overcome barriers and seize opportunities. Combining the ancient discipline and wisdom of spiritual direction with the insights from contemporary management coaching, this book explores the creative power of dreaming. Dreams allow: • new possibilities to emerge • hope to arise and vision to widen • the status quo to be challenged • important mental, emotional and spiritual realities to fuse together. In a tough world where many face change, this will help turn dreams into exciting new realities.
Memory and the future of Europe examines the role of collective memory in the origins and development of the European Union. It traces Europe’s political, economic and financial crisis to the loss of the remembrance of the rupture of 1945. As the generations with personal memories of the two world wars pass away, economic welfare has become the EU’s sole raison d’être. If it is to survive its future challenges, the EU will have to create a new historical imaginary that relies not only on the lessons of the past but also builds on Europe’s ability to protect its citizens against the power of global market forces. Framing its argument through the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, this volume will attract readers interested in political and social philosophy, collective memory studies, European studies, international relations and contemporary politics.
Heyerdahl's radical thesis of a prehistoric world where ancient mariners traveled between continents on ocean currents electrified the postwar world. His Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft sold twenty million copies in sixty-five languages.".
Samuel Beckett is widely regarded as 'the last modernist', the writer in whose work the aesthetic principles which drove the modernist project dwindled and were finally exhausted. And yet despite this, it is striking that many of the most important contemporary writers, across the world, see their work as emerging from a Beckettian legacy. So whilst Beckett belongs, in one sense, to the end of the modernist period, in another sense he is the well spring from which the contemporary, in a wide array of guises, can be seen to emerge. Since Beckett looks at a number of writers, in different national and political contexts, tracing the way in which Beckett's writing inhabits the contemporary, while at the same time reading back through Beckett to the modernist and proto-modernist forms he inherited. In reading Beckett against the contemporary in this way, Peter Boxall offers both a compelling re-reading of Beckett, and a powerful new analysis of contemporary culture.
September, 2001. Al-Qaeda's terror attacks on New York and Washington became a living image for many Americans far beyond those deadly strikes. The shock waves quickly reached the placid campus of Tennyson College in upstate New York. Sameen Dehdashty, an Iranian by birth, comes to see herself as a target for revenge and turns to her faculty advisor for help. Professor Henry Carey and his wife Gerri are caught up in a troubling new world as they offer shelter to Sameen. The Careys now find themselves beset by anxious and demanding parents, by neighbors who believe that the President has personally charged them with uncovering terrorist cells in the United States, and by males with romantic interests in Sameen, including Sameen's fiance and the Carey's own son Michael, who, in the aftermath of 9/11, awaits deployment orders with the 10th Mountain Division. Henry Carey's efforts to provide a safe haven for Sameen become entangled with the interests of the Central Intelligence Agency, and when death becomes part of Henry Carey's world, Detective Nicholas DiBartolo comes knocking, for the professor or members of his family seem to be intimately involved.
Terence Beynon, a 53-year-old Canadian philosophy professor has been kicked out by his girlfriend of 20 years. He flees to Northern Italy in order to find some peace of mind and to write a book on Friedrich Nietzsche. He becomes pally with a local waitress, Alessandra, whom he tries to seduce, but to no avail. His life takes a sudden turn when Nick, a strange young man, enters his life. Nick also happens to be Death. Shortly afterwards Terence suffers a heart attack but survives. Nick recognizes this stroke of luck and offers a pleading Terence respite of his inevitable fate. There begins for him a search within the depths of his soul, the whys of his life and the hunt for redemption, coupled with a wavering belief in Nick's true identity. Having reached the conclusion that Nick is a psychopath, Terence decides to leave Italy and fly back home. Yet Nick manages to follow him. He realizes that the short time still apportioned to him is best used for closing off the last painful chapter in his life and to find ultimate peace that way.
Sometimes, Karma's a Bitch Don't deny it. Your mind has dwelled for hours on the things you would do if your name was Karma. Malevolence towards those that wronged you festers and there is no relief-until now. Plunge headfirst into these sinister tales where karma finally takes control and vengeance is a dish that is best served hot. The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness Contains stories by Peter Rocha, Steven Pajak, RJ Roles, Red Lagoe, Jane Alvey Harris, Charlotte Munro, R.E. Sargent, Eleanor Merry, Kayla Krantz and Chris Wilkerson.
Seek and you will find, knock and the door will open, ask and it will be given to you. Seeking led to my spiritual awakening, knocking led to my Father God opening many paths so I could complete my mission in this life, asking Father God for help allowed connection with my God-given angels. Ten years of intense battle against a hospital that allowed a doctor to kill unborn black babies in the womb. Stop the killing to allow warring angels to be born. Find your soul mission in this life. Know who you are. Love your brother as you love God and ask him to open the door you will walk through to complete your mission.
Nancy Wake lived in France before WWII, and at the outbreak of war, she joined a resistance group in Marseilles and became the no. 1 target on the Gestapo's most wanted list. Dubbed the White Mouse, she managed to escape and flee to England.
Magellan's Wake is a tale of intrigue, murder, and romance set against the glamour of London, Venice, Spain's Andalusia Province and Rio de Janeiro. It brings together a cast of rich and influential suspects. Among them is the Italian financier, Canio Grassi, and his partner, fashion designer Gina Barcelli, computer entrepreneur Ron Hunter, and legendary catamaran sailor Emile Boisard. All of them are passionately involved in winning the longest and most challenging race in yachting history, THE MAGELLAN AROUND-THE-WORLD competition. Two pre-race incidents with deadly consequences reveal a ruthless determination of someone to kill or cripple potential rivals. Race Director of Operations, Nina de Recalde, and her ad hoc security consultant, Francis Bacon, are charged with untangling the mystery and warding off further attacks. As Nina and Bacon probe for answers, they soon find themselves targets as well. Several attempts on their lives come uncomfortably close to success. The murder of one of the boat owners nearly postpones the start, as the yachts set off on the first leg to Rio, battling a late season tropical storm. Waiting for the competitors to arrive at an elegant Brazilian resort, Nina and Bacon's friendship turns into a love affair. Their romance is mirrored by another between an American skipper and a crewmember on the Italian entry, La Dolce Vita. Human malevolence and the violence of nature dog the race across the Pacific and through the Indian Ocean. The racers fend off the attack of modern pirates in the Spice Islands, and one of the leading competitors is lost off South Africa. Nina and Bacon finally come to believe they know who is behind the series of crimes. Their certainty is shaken when their chief suspect is found dead in Cape Town. A final act of sabotage destroys another of the ocean racers in the Atlantic on the way home to Spain. Who wins the race? And who are the villains? Hopefully the reader will be surprised by who finally captures the coveted Magellan trophy.
Be afraid. Be very afraid. That noise in the dead of night. The shadow that slips by almost unnoticed. The fear that pulverizes your sense of reasoning and pushes you deep down under seven layers of covers. There is no escaping it, and when the dark forces of the universe come after you, the world will know exactly what you are made of. Will you run? Will you fight? Maybe you'll join forces with the darkness that rips through your quiet little life. Everyone's dying to find out. The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness! With stories by R.E. Sargent, Steven Pajak, Jane Alvey Harris, Red Lagoe, Kayla Krantz, RJ Roles, Peter Rocha, Mike Duke, Cassandra, Angler, Matthew A Clarke, Gerald Dean Rice, Alan Derosby and L.K. Pinaire.
Enter once more the world of Roland Deschain—and the world of the Dark Tower—presented in a stunning graphic novel form unlocking the doorways to terrifying secrets and bold storytelling as part of the dark fantasy masterwork and magnum opus from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King. “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” With these unforgettable words, millions of readers were introduced to Stephen King’s iconic character Roland Deschain of Gilead. Roland is the last of his kind, a “gunslinger” charged with protecting whatever goodness and light remains in his world—a world that “moved on,” as they say. In this desolate reality—a dangerous land filled with ancient technology and deadly magic, and yet one that mirrors our own in frightening ways—Roland is on a spellbinding and soul-shattering quest to locate and somehow save the mystical nexus of all worlds, all universes: the Dark Tower. Now, in the graphic novel series adaptation Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, originally published by Marvel Comics in single-issue form and creatively overseen by Stephen King himself, the full story of Roland’s troubled past and ongoing saga is revealed. Sumptuously drawn by Richard Isanove, Sean Phillips, Luke Ross, Michael Lark, and Laurence Campbell, plotted by longtime Stephen King expert Robin Furth, and scripted by New York Times bestselling author Peter David, The Gunslinger adaptation is an extraordinary and terrifying journey—ultimately serving as the perfect introduction for new readers to Stephen King’s modern literary classic The Dark Tower, while giving longtime fans thrilling adventures transformed from his blockbuster novels. Roland has barely escaped the frightening and deadly trap set for him by the elusive Man in Black in the sleepy little town of Tull—a place centered in the apotheosis of all deserts, and where the sinister sorcerer’s power had taken hold. Leaving death and despair in his wake, Roland soon arrives at a mysterious way station…and meets a young boy, Jake Chambers, who has seemingly appeared out of nowhere from another place and time. But who is this sophisticated child, and what is his connection to Roland’s quest and the Man in Black himself?
The economic tipping point for the United States is no longer theoretical. It is a reality today. The country has gone from the world's largest creditor to its greatest debtor; the value of the dollar is sinking; domestic manufacturing is winding down - and these trends don't seem to be slowing. Peter Schiff casts a sharp, clear-sighted eye on these factors and explains what the possible effects may be and how investors can protect themselves. For more than a decade, Schiff has not only observed the U.S. economy, but also helped his clients reposition their portfolios to reflect his outlook. What he sees is a nation facing an economic storm brought on by growing federal, personal, and corporate debt, too-little savings, a declining dollar, and lack of domestic manufacturing. Crash-Proof is an informed and informative warning of a looming period marked by sizeable tax hikes, loss of retirement benefits, double digit inflation, even - as happened recently in Argentina - the possible collapse of the middle class. However, Schiff does have a survival plan that can provide the protection that readers will need in the coming years.
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