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0000-0001-7821-8139
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Bond University
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Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2023
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2019
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Date: 12-07-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2017
Publisher: Project MUSE
Date: 2016
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 12-2020
Abstract: The paper unpacks the nuanced ethical potential in the metaphor of gardening that is depicted in Karel Čapek’s The Gardener’s Year, and the relevance of Čapek’s metaphor for understanding Voltaire’s famously ambiguous ending to Candide . Against more pessimistic or passive accounts of what Candide could have meant, the paper agrees with scholars who consider Candide’s maxim as meaning to engage in active, and communal practise of character development. By using Čapek’s much fuller account of the gardener in the practice of cultivation to fill in the gaps in Voltaire’s account, the paper shows that gardening is a rich metaphor of the virtuous person engaged in lifelong character cultivation.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1111/HYPA.12293
Abstract: This article explores the position of women in the sport of surfing. I contend that within surfing there remain many forms of oppression that have not been given appropriate attention in feminist studies. In this article I apply Iris Marion Young's analysis from “Throwing Like a Girl” to the sport of surfing. Young's article offers many insights into forms of domination and oppression that pervade the sport, and that are demonstrated through the restricted movement of female surfers. I conclude by making suggestions for how to address these issues in surfing through a greater promotion of big‐wave surfing.
Publisher: Theory in Action
Date: 31-01-2017
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 12-2019
Abstract: The paper explores the philosophical treatment of sacrifice in four of Jiří Menzel’s films of the 1960’s, Closely observed trains ( Ostře sledované vlaky ), Capricious summer ( Rozmarné léto ), Mr Balthazar’s death ( Smrt pana Baltazara ), his short film contribution to the anthology film of the New Wave, Pearls of the deep ( Perličky na dně ), and Larks on a string ( Skřivánci na niti ). The paper argues that Menzel problematizes romanticized versions of messianic sacrifice as they all too easily disregard the moral significance of mundane relations. By analysing the treatment of sacrifice in each of these films, the paper makes a case for the significance of Menzel’s treatment of sacrifice for current philosophical debates.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 12-2016
Abstract: The paper explores Václav Havel’s encounter with Emmanuel Levinas’ essay ‘Without Identity’, which Havel read while in prison. The discussion of this encounter will demonstrate the importance of this encounter for solidifying the humanist elements of Havel’s thought, whilst also demonstrating the pre-existing humanism in Havel, evidence itself of his large debt to Czechoslovak humanist thought. What emerges is a demonstration of the richness and timeliness of Havel’s writing on responsibility. The paper makes a case for rejecting popular Heideggerian interpretations of Havel’s oeuvre. Havel’s deep affinity for Levinas’ thinking demonstrates that Havel’s humanism, informed as it is from the Czech tradition as well as through his encounter with Levinas, is at odds with Heidegger’s essential anti-humanism.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 29-09-2023
Publisher: BRILL
Date: 2017
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-03-2017
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