Catastrophe and philosophy /
This book takes a different approach to the history of philosophy, exploring a neglected theme, the relationship between catastrophe and philosophy. The book analyzes this theme within texts from ancient times to the present, from a global perspective. The book's focus is timely and relevant to...
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Introductory essay : catastrophe and the limits of understanding / David J. Rosner
- Part I: The Ancient World. Catastrophe and enlightenment : the genesis of Buddhism's first noble truth / JeiDong Ryu
- The missing God : voices of despair and empathy in the Book of Lamentations / Sarah K. Corrigan - Patterns of patterns of post-catastrophic thought in ancient China : the growth of philosophy after the warring states period / Kwon Jong Yoo
- Athens in ruins : Plato and the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War / John Ross
- Part II: The Middle Ages/Renaissance. Augustine's anti-catastrophe / Steven Cresap
- Values in the time of plague : civilizational trauma and moral nihilism in Boccaccio's Decameron / David J. Rosner
- The search for stability in chaotic times : Machiavelli / Diana Prokofyeva
- Part III: Modernity I: Early Modern period. Three catastrophes and one philosopher : atrocious wars, and the political ideas of Thomas Hobbes / David Wilkinson
- "A new philosophy calls all into doubt": the epistemological crises of early modernity (and why they matter now) / David J. Rosner, Steven Cresap
- The metaphysics of catastrophe : Voltaire's Candide / Carsten Meiner
- Part IV: Modernity II: High Modernity. Nietzsche and the catastrophe of nineteenth century democracy / Phil Washburn
- Wittgenstein and pre-ear Hapsburg Vienna / John Ross
- Atonality in music and the upheavals of high modernity / Robert Quist
- Toynbee : from the Great War catastrophe through the philosophy of history to the theory of civilizations / David Wilkinson
- Catastrophe and decadence in the Great Gatsby / Peter Wakefield
- Deep silence in the holocaust stories of Tadeusz Borowski / Nancy Reale
- Part V: Post-Modernity. States of exception and the problem of detention in post 9/11 American jurisprudence / David Chalfin
- Swords of Damocles : an essay on catastrophe and globalization / Pedro Geiger
- Concluding Postscript : Coping with catastrophe : developing pathways toward resilience
- Primary life orientations and philosophical response to catastrophe / Marek Celinski.