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This lecture series from the esteemed Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna offers profound insights into contemporary thought across the humanities and social sciences. It delves into critical issues shaping our world through interdisciplinary discussions and expert analysis. Readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the latest trends and research in relevant fields. It serves as an invaluable resource for anyone engaged with intellectual discourse.

The Course of Recognition
Does Ethics Have a Chance in a World of Consumers?
Die Formen des Religiösen in der Gegenwart

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  • Die Formen des Religiösen in der Gegenwart

    • 101 pages
    • 4 hours of reading
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    Ausgehend von William James' 1902 erschienener Untersuchung "Die Vielfalt religiöser Erfahrung" verfolgt Charles Taylor die Verschiebungen im Verhältnis von Religion, Individuum und Gesellschaft, von Spirituellem und Politischem bis in die Gegenwart. Der Rückzug des religiösen aus der öffentlichen Sphäre hat die Religion nicht ins Private eingeschlossen; vielmehr verbirgt sich hinter diesem Prozeß eine Kulturrevolution: Der moderne »expressive« Individualismus hat eine Vielfalt neuer Religionsformen und -gemeinschaften hervorgebracht, die auf die traditionellen Formen zurückwirkt und die Gesellschaft verändert. Der Ort der Religion muß neu bestimmt werden.

    Die Formen des Religiösen in der Gegenwart

  • Does Ethics Have a Chance in a World of Consumers?

    • 288 pages
    • 11 hours of reading
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    Intends to liberate us from the thinking that renders us hopeless in the face of our own domineering governments and threats from unknown forces abroad. This work shows us we can give up belief in a hierarchical arrangement of states and powers. It challenges members of the 'knowledge class' to overcome their estrangement from the rest of society.

    Does Ethics Have a Chance in a World of Consumers?

  • The Course of Recognition

    • 320 pages
    • 12 hours of reading
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    Recognition, though it figures profoundly in our understanding of objects and persons, identity and ideas, has never before been the subject of a single, sustained philosophical inquiry. This work seeks to develop nothing less than a proper hermeneutics of mutual recognition.

    The Course of Recognition