The Axial Age and its consequences [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robert N. Bellah and Hans Joas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462224103321
• Autore: Bellah Robert N.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 0-674-07044-5; 0-674-06740-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (560 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BellahRobert Neelly <1927->; JoasHans <1948->
• Disciplina: 930
• Soggetti: Civilization, Ancient; Comparative civilization; Philosophy, Comparative; Religions; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Rev. papers delivered at a conference held July 3-5, 2008 at the University of Erfurt.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction / Bellah, Robert N. / Joas, Hans -- Fundamental Questions -- 1 The Axial Age Debate as Religious Discourse / Joas, Hans -- 2 What Was the Axial Revolution? / Taylor, Charles -- 3 An Evolutionary Approach to Culture / Donald, Merlin -- 4 Embodiment, Transcendence, and Contingency / Jung, Matthias -- 5 The Axial Age in Global History / Wittrock, Björn -- 6 The Buddha's Meditative Trance / Obeyesekere, Gananath -- 7 The Idea of Transcendence / Dalferth, Ingolf U. -- A Comparative Perspective -- 8 Religion, the Axial Age, and Secular Modernity in Bellah's Theory of Religious Evolution / Casanova, José -- 9 Where Do Axial Commitments Reside? / Swidler, Ann -- 10 The Axial Age Theory / Roetz, Heiner -- Destructive Possibilities? -- 11 The Axial Conundrum between Transcendental Visions and Vicissitudes of Their Institutionalizations / Eisenstadt, Shmuel N. -- 12 Axial Religions and the Problem of Violence / Martin, David -- 13 Righteous Rebels / Runciman, W. G. -- Reevaluations -- 14 Rehistoricizing the Axial Age / Arnason, Johann P. ; -- 15 Cultural Memory and the Myth of the Axial Age / Assmann, Jan -- Perspectives on the Future -- 16 The Axial Invention of Education and Today's Global Knowledge Culture / Sullivan, William M. -- 17 The Future of Transcendence / Madsen, Richard -- 18 The Heritage of the Axial Age / Bellah, Robert N. -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The first classics in human history-the early works of literature, philosophy, and theology to which we have returned throughout the ages-appeared in the middle centuries of the first millennium BCE. The canonical texts of the Hebrew scriptures, the philosophical writings of Plato and Aristotle, the Analects of Confucius and the Daodejing, the Bhagavad Gita and the teachings of the Buddha-all of these works came down to us from the compressed period of history that Karl Jaspers memorably named the Axial Age. In The Axial Age and Its Consequences, Robert Bellah and Hans Joas make the bold claim that intellectual sophistication itself was born worldwide during this critical time. Across Eurasia, a new self-reflective attitude toward human existence emerged, and with it an awakening to the concept of transcendence. From Axial Age thinkers we inherited a sense of the world as a place not just to experience but to investigate, envision, and alter through human thought and action. Bellah and Joas have assembled diverse scholars to guide us through this astonishing efflorescence of religious and philosophical creativity. As they explore the varieties of theorizing that arose during the period, they consider how these in turn led to utopian visions that brought with them the possibility of both societal reform and repression. The roots of our continuing discourse on religion, secularization, inequality, education, and the environment all lie in Axial Age developments. Understanding this transitional era, the authors contend, is not just an academic project but a humanistic endeavor.

Holocaust as Fiction [[electronic resource] ] : Bernhard Schlink’s “Nazi” Novels and Their Films / / by W. Donahue

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785585803321
• Autore: Donahue W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-99363-1; 9786612993633; 0-230-11546-2
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2010.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 833/.914
• Soggetti: Literature, Modern—20th century; European literature; Fiction; Literature—History and criticism; Popular culture - Study and teaching; Twentieth-Century Literature; European Literature; Literary History; Cultural Studies; Regional and Cultural Studies
• 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: Introduction : "Mighty aphrodite" or, How to have it both ways -- Resister after the fact : Schlink's Selb-trilogy and the culture of politically correct Holocaust literature -- Soothing fictions : ambiguity as defense -- "What would you have done?" : guilt as virtue -- Fathers and sons : two kinds of second generation victim -- The reader as an American novel -- The Hollywood reader.
• Sommario/riassunto: Holocaust as Fiction seeks to explain and critically evaluate the extraordinary success of Schlink's internationally acclaimed novel, The Reader , the widely read "Selb" detective trilogy, and two popular films based closely on his work.

Concise historical atlas of Canada / / edited by William G. Dean [and three others] ; cartography by Geoffrey J. Matthews and Byron Moldofsky

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828562503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , [1998]; ©[1998]
• ISBN: 1-282-02570-8; 9786612025709; 1-4426-7320-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Collana: Historical Atlas of Canada
• Disciplina: 911.71
• Soggetti: HISTORY / Canada / General; Maps.; Electronic books.; Canada Historical geography Maps
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Selection of 67 plates from the Historical atlas of Canada.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- Prehistoric and Native Canada -- 1 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AFTER 9000 BCE -- 2 NATIVE CULTURAL SEQUENCES, 6th CENTURY TO EUROPEAN CONTACT -- 3 NATIVE POPULATION AND SUBSISTENCE, 17th CENTURY -- 4 NATIVE CANADA, ca 1820 -- Exploration -- 5 EXPLORING THE ATLANTIC COAST, 16th AND 17th CENTURIES -- 6 EXPLORATION, 17th, 18th CENTURIES -- 7 EXPLORATION FROM HUDSON BAY, 18th CENTURY -- 8 EXPLORATION IN THE FAR NORTHWEST, 18th AND 19th CENTURIES -- 9 EXPLORATION AND ASSESSMENT TO 1891 -- Territorial Extent -- 10 FROM SEA TO SEA: TERRITORIAL GROWTH TO 1900 -- 11 TERRITORIAL EVOLUTION, 18918211;1961 -- Population -- 12 EASTERN CANADA, ca 1800 -- 13 POPULATION IN THE CANADAS AND THE ATLANTIC REGION TO 1857 -- 14 THE CANADIAN POPULATION, 1871,1891 -- 15 THE EXODUS: MIGRATIONS, 18608211;1900 -- 16 MIGRATION, ; 18918211;1930 -- 17 POPULATION CHANGES, 19418211;1961 -- 18 POPULATION COMPOSITION, 18918211;1961 -- Transport and Urbanization -- 19 THE EMERGENCE OF A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, 18378211;1852 -- 20 LINKING CANADA, 18678211;1891 -- 21 THE EMERGENCE OF THE URBAN SYSTEM, 18888211;1932 -- 22 THE INTEGRATION OF THE URBAN SYSTEM, 19218211;1961 -- 23 THE GROWTH OF ROAD AND AIR TRANSPORT, 20th CENTURY -- The Economy -- 24 CANADIAN NORTH ATLANTIC TRADE, 17th AND 18th CENTURIES -- 25 CANADA IN 1891 -- 26 PRIMARY PRODUCTION, 18918211;1926 -- 27 FARMING AND FISHING, 19418211;1961 -- 28 THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF MANUFACTURING, 18798211;1930 -- Society -- 29 19th-CENTURY IMAGES OF CANADA -- 30 THE LOOK OF DOMESTIC BUILDING, 1891 -- 31 THE PRINTED WORD, 18th AND 19th CENTURIES -- 32 THE QUEST FOR UNIVERSAL SCHOOLING, 18518211;1891 -- 33 RELIGIOUS ADHERENCE, 20th CENTURY -- PART TWO: DEFINING EPISODES -- 34 THE FRENCH ORIGINS OF THE CANADIAN POPULATION, 16088211;1759 -- 35 THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR, 17568211;1763 -- 36 ACADIAN DEPORTATION AND RETURN, 17508211;1803 -- 37 THE COMING OF THE LOYALISTS, LATE 18th CENTURY -- 38 THE WAR OF 1812,18128211;1814 -- 39 TRANSATLANTIC MIGRATIONS, 18158211;1865 -- 40 THE GREAT WAR, 19148211;1918 -- 41 THE IMPACT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, 1930s -- 42 THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 19398211;1945 -- PART THREE: REGIONAL PATTERNS -- The East -- 43 TRADE IN INTERIOR AMERICA, 16548211;1666 -- 44 FRANCE SECURES THE INTERIOR, 17408211;1755 -- 45 THE MIGRATORY FISHERIES, 18th CENTURY -- 46 THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERY, 18th CENTURY -- 47 ACADIAN MARSHLAND SETTLEMENT, 16718211;1714 -- 48 MARITIME CANADA, LATE 18th CENTURY -- 49 RESETTLING THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY, 16088211;1760 -- 50 THE COUNTRYSIDE, NEW FRANCE, ca 1700 -- 51 THE TOWNS, NEW FRANCE, 16858211;1759 -- 52 TIMBER PRODUCTION AND TRADE TO 1850 -- 53 A NEW AGRICULTURE: UPPER CANADA TO 1856 -- 54 TRADE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 19th CENTURY -- 55 BY HAND AND BY WATER: MANUFACTURING TO 1854 -- 56 THE DEVELOPING INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND, 18718211;1891 -- 57 SOCIAL CHANGE IN MONTR201;AL, 18428211;1901 -- 58 THE EMERGENCE OF CORPORATE TORONTO, 18908211;1930 -- The West and the North -- 59 RUPERTS LAND, FROM 1670 -- 60 FUR TRADE IN THE INTERIOR, 17608211;1.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The Concise Historical Atlas of Canada is a record of Canada's peoples and development. The book combines text and graphic material to create a picture of Canada's past and presents a visual record of the roots of society and the evolution of the intensely regional, culturally diverse nation we know today. Based on the best-selling three-volume Historical Atlas of Canada, the Concise distils the best and most important plates into a single, comprehensive, thematically organized volume." "The Concise Historical Atlas of Canada summarizes Canadian history from pre-history through to the latter part of the twentieth century. The editors selected 67 plates from the nearly 200 found in the full set. Each plate is a double-page spread of maps, graphics, legends, and text on a single subject or theme, and is accompanied by a bibliographical note at the end of the volume. The editors intend their selection to mirror the social and economic experiences of ordinary people more than the political and military activities associated with individual heroes." "Among the topics covered are prehistoric and Native Canada, exploration, the establishment of boundaries, settlement and population patterns, and the development of transportation, urbanization, the economy, and society."--Jacket