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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464656403321

Titolo

Consciousness, reality and value [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honour of T.L.S. Sprigge / / Pierfrancesco Basile, Leemon B. McHenry (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt, : Ontos, 2007

ISBN

3-11-032838-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Collana

Process Thought ; ; 13

Process thought ; ; v. 13

Altri autori (Persone)

BasilePierfrancesco

McHenryLeemon B. <1950->

Disciplina

110

Soggetti

Metaphysics

Ethics, Modern

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

"Select publications of T.L.S. Sprigge": p. [323]-328.

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The philosophical idealism of Timothy Sprigge / Leemon B. McHenry -- Timothy Sprigge : the grinch that stole time / Richard M. Gale -- Timothy Sprigge and panpsychism / Goeffrey Madell -- Dialectical ascent on a Spriggean theme / Alastair Hannay -- What sort of idealism is viable today? / Nicholas Rescher -- Sprigge's vindication of concrete universals / James W. Allard -- The compounding of consciousness / Pierfrancesco Basile -- From consciousness to the absolute / William J. Mander -- How many divine minds? / John Leslie -- Sprigge's Spinoza / Peter Forrest -- Idealism and God / Leslie Armour -- God, Sprigge, and idealist philosophy of religion / William Sweet -- A Leibnizian god of metaphysics? / Pauline Phemister -- God and evil : a process perspective / Marcus P. Ford -- How alien are animals? / Stpehen R.L. Clark -- Ecosophy, sophophily and philotheria / John Llewelyn -- The principle of humanity and the principle of utility / Ted Honderich -- My philosophy and some defence of it / TImothy L.S. Sprigge -- Selected publications of T.L.S. Sprigge.

Sommario/riassunto

Timothy Sprigge has been a major player on the philosophical scene



contributing to discussions as diverse as consciousness, the ontology of time, personal identity, animal rights, punishment, censorship and wider issues in metaphysics, ethics and the history of philosophy. He is, however, less well known for his own highly original system of metaphysics and ethics'a synthesis of Absolute Idealism, panpsychism and utilitarianism. The contributions gathered in this volume, written by philosophers of international reputation or by acknowledged scholars in their specialized fields of inquiry, enga

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793392303321

Autore

Parker Kendra R.

Titolo

Black female vampires in African American women's novels, 1977-2011 : she bites back / / Kendra R. Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-4985-5318-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 pages)

Disciplina

813.0099287

Soggetti

American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: "I'm not the vampire he is -- I give in return for my taking." -- Chapter Two: Jewelle Gomez's The Gilda Stories -- Chapter Three: Intersectional Disempowerment and Know-Your-Place Aggression -- Chapter Four: "She's not turning. She's in flux" -- Chapter Five: Rehabilitative Logic -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Sommario/riassunto

This book critically situates the figure of the black female vampire within literary studies, cultural studies, gender studies, and critical race studies. It invites readers to take a closer look at the black female vampire figure and how that figure shapes and is shaped by cultural narratives about African American womanhood.