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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462276303321

Titolo

Fighting words [[electronic resource] ] : religion, violence, and the interpretation of sacred texts / / edited by John Renard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-83562-2

0-520-95408-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RenardJohn <1944->

Disciplina

201/.76332

Soggetti

Violence - Religious aspects

Sacred books - History and criticism

Religions - Relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Exegesis and Violence: Texts, Contexts, and Hermeneutical Concerns -- 2. A Brief History of War in the Hebrew Bible and the Jewish Interpretive Tradition -- 3. Annihilate Amalek: Christian Perspectives on 1 Samuel 15 -- 4. Violence in the New Testament and the History of Interpretation -- 5. Finhās of Medina: Islam, "The Jews," and the Construction of Religious Militancy -- 6. The Baha'i Tradition: The Return of Joseph and the Peaceable Imagination -- 7. Justifiable Force and Holy War in Zoroastrianism -- 8. The Failure of Allegory: Notes on Textual Violence and the Bhagavad Gita -- 9. Words as Weapons: Theory and Practice of a Righteous War (Dharam Yudh) in Sikh Texts -- Glossary of Names and Technical Terms -- Contributors -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

One of the critical issues in interreligious relations today is the connection, both actual and perceived, between sacred sources and the justification of violent acts as divinely mandated. Fighting Words makes solid text-based scholarship accessible to the general public, beginning with the premise that a balanced approach to religious pluralism in our world must build on a measured, well-informed response to the increasingly publicized and sensationalized association



of terrorism and large-scale violence with religion. In his introduction, Renard provides background on the major scriptures of seven religious traditions-Jewish, Christian (including both the Old and New Testaments), Islamic, Baha'i, Zoroastrian, Hindu, and Sikh. Eight chapters then explore the interpretation of select facets of these scriptures, focusing on those texts so often claimed, both historically and more recently, as inspiration and justification for every kind of violence, from individual assassination to mass murder. With its nuanced consideration of a complex topic, this book is not merely about the religious sanctioning of violence but also about diverse ways of reading sacred textual sources.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779449403321

Autore

Friedenberg Jay.

Titolo

Visual attention and consciousness / / Jay Friedenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-10550-2

0-203-07385-1

1-283-89467-X

1-135-10551-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

153

612

612.8/4

Soggetti

Consciousness

Attention

Vision

Perception

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Visual Attention and Consciousness; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1Introduction; Themes and Chapter Organization; What Is Consciousness?; What Is Attention?; Framing the



Problem; A Scientific Approach to the Study of Consciousness; Chapter 2Neural Underpinnings; Structural Organization of the Visual System; The Neuronal Basis of Conscious and Unconscious Vision; Neural Synchrony; The Neuronal Basis of Attention; Problems with Studying the Neural Basis of Consciousness; Chapter 3Under Construction; The Blind Spot; Saccadic Suppression; Illusory Contours; Filling-In

Perceptual CompletionChapter 4I'm Getting Tired of This; Color Aftereffects; Motion Aftereffects; Tilt Aftereffects; Chapter 5Same but Different; Binocular Rivalry; Figure-Ground; Multi-stability; Chapter 6One or Many?; Selective Attention; Divided Attention; Dorsal and Ventral Pathways; Hemispheric Differences and Consciousness; Chapter 7Varieties of Visual Attention; Preattentive and Attentive Processing; Spotlight and Zoom Lens Models of Attention; Covert and Overt Visual Attention; Exogenous and Endogenous Attention; Object- and Space- based Attention; Chapter 8Your Attention Please

The Stroop TaskThe Flanker Task; Salience; Orienting; Chapter 9Now You See It, Now You Don't; Priming; Masking; Chapter 10Looking without Seeing; Attentional Blink; Repetition Blindness; Change Blindness; Inattentional Blindness; Chapter 11The Damaged Brain: Agnosias; Cerebral Achromatopsia; Akinetopsia; Apperceptive Agnosia; Associative Agnosia; Prosopagnosia; Capgras Syndrome; Anosognosia; Chapter 12The Damaged Brain: Other Disorders; Scotomas; Blindsight; Neglect; Extinction; Balint's Syndrome; Chapter 13Conclusion; Consciousness and Evolution; The Dynamic Core Hypothesis

General Properties of ConsciousnessIntegrating Models; How We do It: Overcoming Obstacles; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Consciousness is perhaps one of the greatest mysteries in the universe. This ambitious book begins with a philosophical approach to consciousness, examining some key questions such as what is meant by the term ""conscious,"" and how this applies to vision.The book then explores major visual phenomena related to attention and conscious experience-including filling-in processes, aftereffects, multi-stability, forms of divided attention, models of visual attention, priming effects, types of attentional blindness and various visual disorders. For each phenomenon, the biological an