Authority and Freedom

Authority and Freedom
Author: Jed Perl
Publsiher: Knopf
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2022-01-11
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780593320051

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From one of our most widely admired art critics comes a bold and timely manifesto reaffirming the independence of all the arts—musical, literary, and visual—and their unique and unparalleled power to excite, disturb, and inspire us. As people look to the arts to promote a particular ideology, whether radical, liberal, or conservative, Jed Perl argues that the arts have their own laws and logic, which transcend the controversies of any one moment. “Art’s relevance,” he writes, “has everything to do with what many regard as its irrelevance.” Authority and Freedom will find readers from college classrooms to foundation board meetings—wherever the arts are confronting social, political, and economic ferment and heated debates about political correctness and cancel culture. Perl embraces the work of creative spirits as varied as Mozart, Michelangelo, Jane Austen, Henry James, Picasso, and Aretha Franklin. He contends that the essence of the arts is their ability to free us from fixed definitions and categories. Art is inherently uncategorizable—that’s the key to its importance. Taking his stand with artists and thinkers ranging from W. H. Auden to Hannah Arendt, Perl defends works of art as adventuresome dialogues, simultaneously dispassionate and impassioned. He describes the fundamental sense of vocation—the engagement with the tools and traditions of a medium—that gives artists their purpose and focus. Whether we’re experiencing a poem, a painting, or an opera, it’s the interplay between authority and freedom—what Perl calls “the lifeblood of the arts”—that fuels the imaginative experience. This book will be essential reading for everybody who cares about the future of the arts in a democratic society.

The Discovery of Freedom

The Discovery of Freedom
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Laissez Faire Books
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2024
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9781621290117

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Freedom and Authority in French West Africa

Freedom and Authority in French West Africa
Author: Robert Delavignette
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2018-08-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780429018930

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Originally published in 1950 and updated in 1968, this book discusses the functions and status of native chiefs in what were the French colonies in West Africa. It also examines the relation of the French legal code to native law and custom and the activities of Christian missions. Analysing changes which took place in the early 20th century as a result of Africa's entry into the world economy, the book includes proposals for increasing agricultural production and co-operative marketing.

Hegel on Freedom and Authority

Hegel on Freedom and Authority
Author: Renato Cristi
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2005
Genre: Authority
ISBN: UCSC:32106018709110

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Cristi suggests that Hegel contrasts freedom and authority, and seeks to intensify their opposition to the highest degree, but does so thinking that in extremis he can bring forth their reconciliation. Hegel's political philosophy is thus the first full-blown modern liberal authoritarian manifesto.

Freedom and Authority

Freedom and Authority
Author: J. I. Packer
Publsiher: Regent College Pub
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2003
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1573830356

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Western society is in a crisis: all of us want to be free, but many do not know what true freedom is, much less how to achieve it. Even within the church differing views about the authority of Scripture and its role in Christian life and thought have left split some denominations and left others on the verge of schism. In Freedom & Authority, J.I. Packer shows the true nature of freedom and the only way to experience it. "True freedom," writes Packer, "is found where Jesus Christ is Lord in living personal fellowship. It is under the authority of a fully trusted Bible that Christ is most fully known and this God-given freedom most fully enjoyed. If therefore we have at heart the spiritual renewal for society, for churches, and for our own lives, we shall make much of the entire trustworthy--that is, the inerrancy--of Holy Scripture as the inspired and liberating Word of God." J. I. Packer is Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dr. Packer is author of many books, including Knowing God, A Grief Sanctified, and Keep in Step with the Spirit.

True Freedom

True Freedom
Author: Steve Fry
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Authority
ISBN: 0800794443

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Fry leads readers through a proper understanding of authority, responsibility, and security, discussing the result of rebellion and God's model of authority for humankind.

Wheels in the Head

Wheels in the Head
Author: Joel Spring
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781135155377

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In this popular text Joel Spring provocatively analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophies from Confucianism to human rights regarding the contribution of education to the creation of a democratic society. The goal is to explore how governments use education to control and manage their populations, and to examine forms of education that claim to free people from authoritarian control. Wheels in the Head, a critically original work now in its third edition, is widely used as a text for courses on philosophical, social, political, and historical foundations of education, and critical issues in education. Reflecting its global relevance, a Chinese translation of the second edition was published in 2005. NEW TO THIS EDITION: Expanded analysis of the use of education by authoritarian states Revisions to more clearly relate educational ideas to the theme of "wheels in the head" – a phrase coined by philosopher Max Stirner to describe the use of schools by modern governments to control their citizens. New sections on liberation education and on human rights education

Household of Freedom

Household of Freedom
Author: Letty M. Russell
Publsiher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1987-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0664240178

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Letty M. Russell's Household of Freedom addresses concerns important to all those struggling with issues of authority and equality in the church. Known for her work in feminist and liberation theologies, Russell now looks at the question of authority: that is, legitimate power in the context of Christianity. She uses the image of community, God's household of freedom, to describe ways in which human beings can better live and work together in faith.