Absolute (philosophy)

Abstract: Desire, Rhetoric, and Recognition in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit The Ontology of Desire Bodily Paradoxes: Lordship and Bondage Historical Desires: The French Reception of Hegel Kojeve: Desire and Historical Agency Hyppolite: Desire, Transcience, and the Absolute From Hegel to Sartre Sartre: The Imaginary Pusuit of Being Image, Emotion, and Desire The Strategies of Pre-reflective Choice: Existential Desire in Being and Nothingness Trouble and Longing: The Circle of Sexual Desire in Being and Nothingness Desire and Recognition in Saint Genet and The Family Idiot The Life and Death Struggles of Desire: Hegel and Contemporary French Theory A Questionable Patrilieage: (Post-) Hegelian Themes in Derrida and Foucault Lacan: The Opacity of Desire Deleuze: From Slave Morality to Productive Desire Foucault: Dialectics Unmoored Final Reflections on the "Overcoming" of Hegel

Abstract: "From now on, even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way; everything old has passed away, see, everything has become new!" Saint Paul's militant declaration from Corinthians asserts the revolutionary logic of a radical break with the past - with it, the age of cosmic balance and similar pagan babble is over. What does it mean to return to this stance in the modern world. The "Fragile Absolute" asserts that Christianity and Marxism should fight together against the onslaught of new spiritualism. The subversive core of the Christian legacy is much too precious to be left to the fundamentalists. This book offers a contribution from a Marxist to the 2000th anniversary of one who was well aware that to practice love in our world is to bring in the sword and fire.

Abstract: 'A definitive work...explains clearly and succinctly concepts and theories at the heart of European and American philosophy.' - Brenda Almond. What do philosophers mean by 'absolute' and 'akrasia'? What are 'Polish notation' and 'prime matter'? What contributions to human thought were made by Plato, Machiavelli, Kant and Derrida? These questions and many more are answered by this illuminating dictionary, which draws on contributions from over 100 leading philosophers.

Abstract: Is Bethany Baptist Academy God's choice? Ask the fundamentalist Christians who teach there or whose children attend the academy, and their answer will be a yes as unequivocal as their claim that the Bible is God's inerrant, absolute word. Is this truth or arrogance? In "God's Choice," Alan Peshkin offers readers the opportunity to consider this question in depth. Given the outsider's rare chance to observe such a school firsthand, Peshkin spent eighteen months studying Bethany's high school-interviewing students, parents, and educators, living in the home of Bethany Baptist Church members, and participating fully in the church's activities. From this intimate research he has fashioned a rich account of Christian schooling and an informed analysis of a clear alternative to public education.