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Against the Titans examines Alfred Delps rejection of the perversion of heroism and sacrifice. Peter Nguyen, S.J., argues that Delp embodied a Christian theology of martyrdom that offered an alternative to Ernst Jngers belief that violent heroism, merged with technology, could resolve the discontentment with modernity.

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A critical exploration of material media culture and technology, examining the philosophical implications of using hardware to segment, measure, and analyse the phenomenological world.

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This book examines how astrology appears in the works of Giorgio Agamben as a means to visualize the significance of the central elements in his thinking on issues such as potentiality, biopolitics, and the signature. The astrological signature becomes an alternative mode to theology, politics, and philosophy as a way of understanding history.

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This book examines how astrology appears in the works of Giorgio Agamben as a means to visualize the significance of the central elements in his thinking on issues such as potentiality, biopolitics, and the signature. The astrological signature becomes an alternative mode to theology, politics, and philosophy as a way of understanding history.

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Part of the "Philosophy and Theology" series that looks at major philosophers and explores their relevance to theological thought as well as the response of theology, this book deals with the work of philosopher Giorgio Agamben in relation to his own most basic theological premises and the discipline of theology.

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Contains a view of the work of philosopher Giorgio Agamben in relation to his most basic theological premises and the discipline of theology. This book intends to illuminate such a connection by examining the theologically inflected terms that have come to dominate his work over time, including the messianic, the sacred, sovereignty, and glory.

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The first book to examine Agamben's positive contribution to ethics and his notion of the 'happy life'.

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The first book to articulate the impact of Kafka on Agamben's thought

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The first book to articulate the impact of Kafka on Agamben's thought

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This text examines the development of social policies affecting older people since the origins of the German welfare state under Bismarck, and looks at how policy makers have sought to cope with the growing numbers of elderly people over the years.

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This highly readable introduction to dance with older people combines key debates and issues in the field with practical guidance, as well as a resources section including numerous 'toolkit materials'. Diane Amans, leading practitioner in Community Dance, provides the ideal beginners' guide for students, practitioners and dance artists alike.

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An examination of the ageing process and an analysis of the concept of age equality in terms of employment, education and health.

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This interdisciplinary study examines how age norms shaped the experiences of Europeans, Native Americans, and African Americans in colonial North America. It analyzes how these norms were culturally constructed and how they influenced interaction and conflict among these cultural groups.

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This interdisciplinary study examines how age norms shaped the experiences of Europeans, Native Americans, and African Americans in colonial North America. It analyzes how these norms were culturally constructed and how they influenced interaction and conflict among these cultural groups.

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Age of Anxiety: Meaning, Identity, and Politics in 21st Century Film and Literature applies historical and contemporary political and rhetorical theory to current popular culture to discuss the problem of the displaced autonomous self and the quest for a meaningful life.

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Age of Anxiety: Meaning, Identity, and Politics in 21st Century Film and Literature applies historical and contemporary political and rhetorical theory to current popular culture to discuss the problem of the displaced autonomous self and the quest for a meaningful life.

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The two monologues in this volume exolore the shattering of childhood innocence. The play opens up a moral minefield. Who can, or should, consent to what Can anyone consent to something on the behalf of another What power can anyone have over the mind and life of another

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America is getting older, but her policies are not growing with the ethnic and ageing societies needs. This text explores the distinct characteristics and unique political, economic and cultural situations of the aged, while highlighting the common needs and objectives among all ageing Americans.

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This volume focuses on cultural representations of dementia as a disease of ageing masculinities and on male identity construction.

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Explores the ways in which agency and consciousness are created through transactions between self and other. This book argues that it is necessary to regard body-brain interactions in the context of the social and discursive practices which act upon human bodies.