Living Holiness: Stanley Hauerwas and the Church

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Thompson, John B.

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Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century

<b>"All you need to know about the industry at a time of momentous change." <br>-Drake McFeely, chairman and president, W.W. Norton &amp; Company </b><p>For nearly five centuries, the world of book publishing remained largely static. But at the dawn of the twenty-first century, the industry faces a combination of economic pressures and technological change that is forcing publishers to alter their practices and think hard about the future of the book.</p>
<p>John Thompson's riveting account dissects the roles of publishers, agents, and booksellers in the United States and Britain, charting their transformation since the 1960s. Offering an in-depth analysis of how the digital revolution is changing the game today, <i>Merchants of Culture</i> is the one book that anyone with a stake in the industry needs to read.</p>

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This is a study in the philosophy of social science. It takes the form of a comparative critique of three contemporary approaches: ordinary language philosophy, hermeneutics and critical theory, represented here respectively by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Paul Ricoeur and Jürgen Habermas. Part I is devoted to an exposition of these authors' views and of the traditions to which they belong. Its unifying thread is their common concern with language, a concern which nonetheless reveals important differences of approach. For whereas ordinary language philosophers tend to treat linguistic activity as the ultimate object of inquiry, both Ricoeur and Habermas regard it as a medium which betrays more fundamental dimensions of human experience and the social world. Part II complements the exposition with a critical analysis of its central themes: the conceptualisation of action, the methodology of interpretation, and the theory of reference and truth. The author defends many aspects of the work of Ricoeur and Habermas, such as the emphasis on power and ideology, the strategy of depth interpretation, and the link between consensus and truth; but he argues that there are serious deficiencies and obscurities in their work. He proposes solutions to these difficulties and concludes with a sketch of a critical and rationally justified theory for the interpretation of action - a critical hermeneutics.

Critical Hermeneutics: A Study in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur and Jürgen Habermas

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Philosophy

Cambridge University Press

Studies in the Theory of Ideology

In this volume John B. Thompson examines some of the outstanding contemporary contributions to the study of ideology. He focuses primarily on European social theorists and philosophers, providing concise and critical appraisals of their work. In addition to assessing the contributions of the well-known thinkers, such as Habermas and Ricoeur, Thompson introduces the reader to a rich variety of authors who have been neglected in the English-speaking world: Cornelius Castoriadis, Claude Lefort, Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Pecheux, Jean Pierre Faye.  The work of these authors is analysed with a constructive aim:   through a sympathetic assessment of their views.  Thompson formulates the elements of a novel account of ideology. By addressing substantive and methodological issues as well as abstract questions of justification and critique, this account seeks to integrate sociological and philosophical considerations in a unified framework for the analysis of ideology. Studies in the Theory of Ideology will be essential reading for anyone interested in the most important developments in European philosophy and modern social thought.

Studies in the theory of ideology

University of California Press

<p>agents Althusser analysis of discourse analysis of ideology Anthony Giddens approach argument asymmetrical relations authors Cambridge claim Claude Lefort communicative action concept of ideology concerned constituted Cornelius Castoriadis critical critique dimension discourse analysis discussion dissimulation distinction essay everyday expressions Faye's forms of discourse Giddens's Gouldner Habermas's Harvey Sacks hermeneutics Hirst historical Ibid imaginary institutions interaction Jurgen Habermas justified kommunikativen Handelns language langue life-world linguistic London Marx meaning methods Michel Pecheux narrative notion NSDAP object Paul Hirst Paul Ricoeur philosophy Pierre Bourdieu political presupposes problem production question rational reference relations of domination relations of power reproduction rules and resources Seliger semantic sense sentence serves to sustain social imaginary social sciences social structure social world social-historical sociology speaker specific speech-acts sustain relations symbolic violence Theorie des kommunikativen theory of ideology tion truth universal pragmatics utterance validity-claims writings</p>

Social Sciences

Univ. Of California Pr.

<p><div>The study of ideology has traditionally been concerned not only with political ideas and doctrines, but also with the ways in which social relations are sustained through the representation of institutions and events. These traditional concerns have been transformed in recent years by investigations into the nature of language and its role in social life. Exploring the links between language and ideology has become one of the most pressing tasks of social and political analysis.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>In this volume John B. Thompson examines some of the outstanding contemporary contributions to the study of ideology. He focuses primarily on European social theorists and philosophers, providing concise and critical appraisals of their work. In addition to asessing the contributions of well-known thinkers, such as Jurgen Habermas and Paul Ricoeur, Thompson introduces the reader to a rich variety of authors who habe been neglected in the English-speaking world: Cornelius Castoriadis, Claude Lefort, Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Pecheux, Jean Pierre Faye.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This work of these authors ia analyzed with a constructive aim: through a sympathetic assessment of their views, Thompson formulates the elements of a novel account of ideology. By addressing substantive and methodological issues as well as abstract questions of justification and critique, this account seeks to integrate sociological and philosophical considerations in a unified framework for the analysis of ideology. Studies in the Theory of Ideology will be essential reading for anyone intersted in the most important developments in European philosophy and modern social thought.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.</div></p>

<p>This is a study in the philosophy of social science. It takes the form of a comparative critique of three contemporary approaches: ordinary language philosophy, hermeneutics and critical theory, represented here respectively by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Paul Ricoeur and Jürgen Habermas. Part I is devoted to an exposition of these authors' views and of the traditions to which they belong. Its unifying thread is their common concern with language, a concern which nonetheless reveals important differences of approach. For whereas ordinary language philosophers tend to treat linguistic activity as the ultimate object of inquiry, both Ricoeur and Habermas regard it as a medium which betrays more fundamental dimensions of human experience and the social world. Part II complements the exposition with a critical analysis of its central themes: the conceptualisation of action, the methodology of interpretation, and the theory of reference and truth. The author defends many aspects of the work of Ricoeur and Habermas, such as the emphasis on power and ideology, the strategy of depth interpretation, and the link between consensus and truth; but he argues that there are serious deficiencies and obscurities in their work. He proposes solutions to these difficulties and concludes with a sketch of a critical and rationally justified theory for the interpretation of action - a critical hermeneutics.</p>

Stanley Hauerwas, was declared by Time Magazine in 2001 to be 'America's best theologian'. This book explores his work on the Church as a community living holiness. It offers an accessible introduction to Hauerwas's understanding of the ethics, character, narrative, practices and politics of the Church in late modern societies. Hauerwas has many imaginative, challenging and creative things to say, and this book seeks to make them more available to the wider Church and its clergy at ground level.

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Living Holiness: Stanley Hauerwas and the Church

Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century

Critical Hermeneutics: A Study in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur and Jürgen Habermas

Studies in the theory of ideology

Studies in the Theory of Ideology

Studies in the Theory of Ideology

Studies in the Theory of Ideology

Critical Hermeneutics: A Study in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur and Jürgen Habermas

Critical Hermeneutics: A Study in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur and Jürgen Habermas

Living Holiness: Stanley Hauerwas and the Church