Автор предлагает новейшую неординарную космологическую концепцию, которая объединяет современные теории происхождения Вселенной в единое целое. Осуществлённый автором сравнительный анализ древнейших космологических концепций показал, что предложенная «новейшая» концепция является самой древней космологической концепцией на Земле. Эпиграфом к данной работе могут служить крылатые слова французского литератора Жака Пеше (1758–1830): «Всё новое – э ...
Книга об эмоциях и о том, все ли люди чувствуют их одинаково. Написанная ярко, образно и увлекательно, она рассказывает о неожиданных выводах исследования, посвящённого эмоциям, стихиям и времени. Автор оживляет древние учения о стихиях, впервые основывая доводы в пользу их существования не на мифологических предположениях, а на реальных данных. Введение понятия стихий вносит принципиально новый подход ко многим укоренившимся взглядам на чувства ...
«Нравственные письма к Луцилию» – один из итоговых трудов выдающегося древнеримского философа Луция Аннея Сенеки. Книга представляет собой свод морально-этических норм, уроки совершенствования души, изложенные в форме писем к другу и ученику Луцилию. ...
The core of this book is a set of five lectures delivered by Habermas at Princeton in 1971 under the title 'Reflections on the Linguistic Foundation of Sociology'. These lectures offer a preliminary view of what would become The Theory of Communicative Action, and they form an excellent introduction to Habermas's ideas about communication and society. They lay out the general parameters of Habermas's project in an accessible way, and situate his ...
This major work retraces the emergence and development of the Bourgeois public sphere – that is, a sphere which was distinct from the state and in which citizens could discuss issues of general interest. In analysing the historical transformations of this sphere, Habermas recovers a concept which is of crucial significance for current debates in social and political theory. Habermas focuses on the liberal notion of the bourgeois public sphere as ...
Exploring Religious Diversity analyzes the philosophical questions raised by the fact that many religions in the world often appear to contradict each other in doctrine and practice. Analyzes the philosophical questions raised by the fact that many religions in the world often appear to contradict each other in doctrine and practice. Evaluates the fundamental philosophical underpinnings of the debates between religious and non-religious approach ...
A Companion to Pragmatism, comprised of 38 newly commissioned essays, provides comprehensive coverage of one of the most vibrant and exciting fields of philosophy today. Unique in depth and coverage of classical figures and their philosophies as well as pragmatism as a living force in philosophy. Chapters include discussions on philosophers such as John Dewey, Jurgen Habermas and Hilary Putnam. ...
This the first of a new three-part series in which Antonio Negri, a leading political thinker of our time, explores key ideas that have animated radical thought and examines some of the social and economic forces that are shaping our world today. In this first volume Negri shows how the thinking of Marx and Foucault were brought together to create an original theoretical synthesis – particularly in the context of Italy from May ’68 onwards. At a ...