Catastrophe and Philosophy (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Rosner, David J.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book takes a different approach to the history of philosophy, exploring a neglected theme, the relationship between catastrophe and philosophy. The book analyzes this theme within texts from ancient times to the present, from a global perspective. The book's focus is timely and relevant today, as the planet is certainly facing a number of impending catastrophes right now, e.g., environmental degradation, overpopulation, the threat of nuclear war, etc.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498540124
• Artikelnr.: 54751719

Autorenporträt

David J. Rosner is associate professor of values and ethics, School for Business, Metropolitan College of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introductory Essay: Catastrophe and the Limits of Understanding, by David
J. Rosner
Part I: The Ancient World
Catastrophe and Enlightenment: The Genesis of Buddhism's First Noble Truth,
by JeiDong Ryu
The Missing God: Voices of Despair and Empathy in the Book of Lamentations,
by Sarah K. Corrigan
Patterns of Post-Catastrophic Thought in Ancient China: The Growth of
Philosophy after the Warring States Period, by Kwon Jong Yoo
Athens in Ruins: Plato and the Aftermath of the Peloponnesian War, by John
Ross
Part II: The Middle Ages/Renaissance
Augustine's Anti-Catastrophe, by Steven Cresap
Values in the Time of Plague: Civilizational Trauma and Moral Nihilism in
Boccaccio's Decameron, by David J. Rosner
The Search for Stability in Chaotic Times: Machiavelli, by Diana Prokofyeva
Part III: Modernity I: Early Modern Period
Three Catastrophes and One Philosopher: Atrocious Wars, and the Political
Ideas of Thomas Hobbes, by David Wilkinson
"A New Philosophy Calls All into Doubt": The Epistemo