A History of Ancient Philosophy: From the Beginning to St. Augustine

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A History of Ancient Philosophy: From the Beginning to St. Augustine by Karste Johansen (Author)

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STRONG 'a successful and impressive book J. is undoubtedly a master of his subject, and writes in an uncomplicated manner that suggests confidence and enthusiasm about it.' /STRONG - EM George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, UK /EM

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This book discusses key philosophical concepts and ideologies, including ontology, epistemology, logic, semantics, moral and political philosophy, theology and aesthetics during classical antiquity. Karsten Friis Johansen charts the history of ancient philosophy from the mythological oral tradition, Homer and early tragedy, to the giants of Plato and Aristotle through to paganism and the genesis of Christianity. A History of Ancient Philosophy also presents detailed analysis of individual ancient philosophers and interpretations and commentary on key philosophical passages.

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Danish

Martin Heidegger: Between Good and Evil

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Martin Heidegger: Between Good and Evil
by Rüdiger Safranski

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One of the century's greatest philosophers, without whom there would be no Sartre, no Foucault, no Frankfurt School, Martin Heidegger was also a man of great failures and flaws, a Faustus who made a pact with the devil of his time, Adolf Hitler. The story of Heidegger's life and philosophy, a quintessentially German story in which good and evil, brilliance and blindness are inextricably entwined and the passions and disasters of a whole century come into play, is told in this brilliant biography.

Heidegger grew up in Catholic Germany where, for a chance at pursuing a life of learning, he pledged himself to the priesthood. Soon he turned apostate and sought a university position, which set him on the path to becoming the star of German philosophy in the 1920s. Rüdiger Safranski chronicles Heidegger's rise along with the thought he honed on the way, with its debt to Heraclitus, Plato, and Kant, and its tragic susceptibility to the conservatism that emerged out of the nightmare of Germany's loss in World War I. A chronicle of ideas and of personal commitments and betrayals, Safranski's biography combines clear accounts of the philosophy that won Heidegger eternal renown with the fascinating details of the loves and lapses that tripped up this powerful intellectual.

The best intellectual biography of Heidegger ever written and a best-seller in Germany, Martin Heidegger: Between Good and Evil does not shy away from full coverage of Heidegger's shameful transformation into a propagandist for the National Socialist regime; nor does it allow this aspect of his career to obscure his accomplishments. Written by a master of Heidegger's philosophy, the book is one of the best introductions to the thought and to the life and times of the greatest German philosopher of the century.

The Church in Ancient Society

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The Church in Ancient Society: From Galilee to Gregory the Great (Oxford History of the Christian Church) by Henry Chadwick

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"This is a tour de force by a great scholar.... A magisterial account of the doctrinal and institutional history of the early Church, particularly in the east Roman provinces. The easy style, not without a sprinkling of colloquialisms, conceals the author's great learning and enthusiasm for his subject.... Chadwick's book will remain a standard work on the history of early Christianity for the forseeable future."--English Historical Review
"Marked by a monumentality both of scope and detail.... The last great narrative history of the twentieth century in its field."--Times Literary Supplement
"Henry Chadwick's latest book is a contribution to the Oxford History of the Church...His book is, in a number of ways, magnificent."--Journal of Early Christian Studies


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This book provides a full and enjoyable narrative history of the first six centuries of the Christian Church, examining how Christianity changed Ancient Greek and Roman society. Following a chronological approach, Henry Chadwick's clear exposition of important texts and theological debates in their historical context is unrivalled in detail.

About the Author
Henry Chadwick is Emeritus Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge

A History of Byzantium

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A History of Byzantium (Blackwell History of the Ancient World) by Timothy Gregory

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This book is a concise narrative of Byzantine history from the time of Constantine the Great (AD 306) to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

• Argues that Byzantium was important in its own right but also served as a bridge between East and West and ancient and modern society.
  
• Uses the chronological political history of the empire as a narrative frame.
  
• Considers social and economic life and the rich culture of the Byzantine Empire.
  
• Integrates visual documents, such as photographs of art, architecture, and implements from daily life.
  
• Makes the latest scholarship accessible to a wide audience.
  
• Includes a chronological list of emperors, a glossary and maps.

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This book is a concise narrative of Byzantine history from the time of Constantine the Great (306 AD) to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The book views Byzantium as a vital society, important in its own right, that also served as a bridge between East and West and ancient and modern society. The book uses the chronological political history of the empire as a narrative frame, but balances politics with a consideration of social and economic life and the rich culture of Byzantium. Visual documents such as photographs of art, architecture, and implements from daily life are used alongside the text to raise questions about life in the Byzantine Empire. The book is based on the latest scholarship and discusses the major historiographical questions for each period. At the same time, it is written in clear, narrative prose, making this fascinating period accessible to a wide readership.

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This book is a concise narrative of Byzantine history from the time of Constantine the Great in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The author presents Byzantium as a vital society, important in its own right, but also one that served as a bridge between East and West, and ancient and modern society.

A History of Byzantium uses the chronological political history of the empire as a narrative frame, but balances politics with a consideration of social and economic life and the rich culture of Byzantium. Visual documents, such as photographs of art, architecture, and implements from daily life, are used alongside the text to raise questions about life in the Byzantine Empire. The book is based on the latest scholarship and discusses the major historiographical questions for each period. At the same time, it is written in clear, narrative prose, making this fascinating period accessible to a wide readership.

About the Author
Timothy E. Gregory is Professor of Byzantine History at Ohio State University where he is also Adjunct Professor of Anthropology. He is the author of Isthmia (1993), The Corinthia in the Roman Period (1993), and Vox Populi (1979) and editor of the textbook Exploring the European Past: Texts and Images (2002), among other publications. He also has considerable experience in online teaching. He has served on the editorial board of journals such as Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies and the American Journal of Archaeology. He has extensive archaeological fieldwork experience in Greece and Cyprus and is the director of the Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia.

Вольф Шмид. НАРРАТОЛОГИЯ.

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Вольф Шмид. НАРРАТОЛОГИЯ.

Книга призвана ознакомить русских читателей с выдающимися тео­ретическими позициями современной нарратологии (теории повествова­ния) и предложить решение некоторых спорных вопросов. Исторические обзоры ключевых понятий служат в первую очередь описанию соответст­вующих явлений в структуре нарративов. Исходя из признаков художест­венных повествовательных произведений (нарративность, фикциональ­ность, эстетичность) автор сосредоточивается на основных вопросах «пер­спективологии» (коммуникативная структура нарратива, повествователь­ные инстанции, точка зрения, соотношение текста нарратора и текста пер­сонажа) и сюжетологии (нарративные трансформации, роль вневременных связей в нарративном тексте). Таким образом, настоящая книга представ­ляет собой систематическое введение в основные проблемы нарратологии.

РОМАН ЯКОБСОН - ЯЗЫК И БЕССОЗНАТЕЛЬНОЕ

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РОМАН ЯКОБСОН
ЯЗЫК И БЕССОЗНАТЕЛЬНОЕ

— Выходящий к 100-летию со дня рождения сборник статей Якобсона (1896-1982) имеет целью представить узловые моменты мышления одного из величайших лингвистов столетия, найти единую мотивацию его разносторонних изысканий.

Структура сборника по возможности отражает это намерение. Тексты, собранные в книге, последовательно представляют анализы общей проблематики бессознательного, лингвистической структурированности афатических расстройств, речи ребенка, поэтической речи, проблем семиотики, структур языка как такового и его наименьшем смысловой единицы—фонемы.

М.М.Бахтин - Проблемы поэтики Достоевского

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М.М.Бахтин
Проблемы поэтики Достоевского

Настоящая работа посвящена проблемам поэтики Достоевского и рассматривает его творчество только под этим углом зрения.

Мы считаем Достоевского одним из величайших новаторов в области художественной формы. Он создал, по нашему убеждению, совершенно новый тип художественного мышления, который мы условно назвали полифоническим. Этот тип художественного мышления нашел свое выражение в романах Достоевского, но его значение выходит за пределы только романного творчества и касается некоторых основных принципов европейской эстетики. Можно даже сказать, что Достоевский создал как бы новую художественную модель мира, в которой многие из основных моментов старой художественной формы подверглись коренному преобразованию. Задача предлагаемой работы и заключается в том, чтобы путем теоретико-литературного анализа раскрыть это принципиальное новаторство Достоевского.

В обширной литературе о Достоевском основные особенности его поэтики не могли, конечно, остаться незамеченными (в первой главе этой работы дается обзор наиболее существенных высказываний по этому вопросу), но их принципиальная новизна и их органическое единство в целом художественного мира Достоевского раскрыты и освещены еще далеко недостаточно. Литература о Достоевском была по преимуществу посвящена идеологической проблематике его творчества. Преходящая острота этой проблематики заслоняла более глубинные и устойчивые структурные моменты его художественного видения. Часто почти вовсе забывали, что Достоевский прежде всего художник (правда, особого типа), а не философ и не публицист.

Специальное изучение поэтики Достоевского остается актуальной задачей литературоведения.

Для второго издания (М., , 1963) наша книга, вышедшая первоначально в 1929 году под названием , была исправлена и значительно дополнена. Но, конечно, и в новом издании книга не может претендовать на полноту рассмотрения поставленных проблем, особенно таких сложных, как проблема целого полифонического романа.