Antigone's Ghosts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Antigone's Ghosts write by Mark Wolfgram. This book was released on 2019. Antigone's Ghosts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sophocles' play Antigone is a starting point for understanding the problems of human societies, families, and individuals caught up in the aftermath of mass violence. Through comparison of Germany, Japan, Spain, Yugoslavia and Turkey, we begin to appreciate the different pathways that societies have taken when confronting their violent histories.
Antigones
Antigones - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Antigones write by George Steiner. This book was released on 1996-01-01. Antigones available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. According to Greek legend, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, secretly buried her brother in defiance of the order of Creon, king of Thebes. Sentenced to death by Creon, she forestalled him by committing suicide. The theme of the conflict between Antigone and Creon--between the state and the individual, between man and woman, between young and old--has captured the Western imagination for more than 2000 years. George Steiner here examines the far-reaching legacy of this great classical myth. He considers its treatment in Western art, literature, and thought--in drama, poetry, prose, philosophic discourse, political tracts, opera, ballet, film, and even the plastic arts. A study in poetics and in the philosophy of reading, Antigones leads us to look again at the influence the Greek myths exercise on twentieth-century culture. "A remarkable feat of intellectual agility."--Washington Post Book World "[An] intellectually demanding but rewarding book. . . consistently stimulating and sometimes disturbing."--The New Republic "An. . . account of the various treatments of the Antigone theme in European languages. . . Penetrating and novel."--The New York Times Book Review "A tradition of intelligence and style lives in this prolific man."--Los Angeles Times "Antigones triumphantly demonstrates that Antigone could fill several volumes of study without becoming tedious or exhausted."--The New York Review of Books
Creon's Ghost Law Justice and the Humanities
Creon's Ghost Law Justice and the Humanities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Creon's Ghost Law Justice and the Humanities write by Tomain. This book was released on 2009-02-16. Creon's Ghost Law Justice and the Humanities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Creon's Ghost examines the enduring problem of the relationship between man's law and a "higher" law from the perspective of core humanities texts and through discussion of hotly debated contemporary legal conundrums. Today, such issues as intelligent design in school curricula, same-sex marriage, and faith-based government grants are all examples of the interaction between man's law and some other set of moral principles. As these debates are considered in this book, the author uses texts such as Antigone and Plato's Republic and pairs them with the most important jurisprudence texts of the 20th century to explore different approaches to the contemporary conflict or court ruling under consideration. Creon's Ghost demonstrates that the humanities can both illuminate our understanding of contemporary problems and that "classic" texts can be read alongside jurisprudential texts, thus enriching our understanding of and appreciation for law.
The Power of Memory in Democratic Politics
The Power of Memory in Democratic Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Power of Memory in Democratic Politics write by Philip J. Brendese. This book was released on 2014. The Power of Memory in Democratic Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Offers an examination of ancient, modern, and contemporary political theories and practices in order to develop a more expansive way of conceptualizing memory, how political power influences the presence of the past, and memory'songoing impact on democratic horizons.
A Breath of Scandal
A Breath of Scandal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Breath of Scandal write by Elizabeth Essex. This book was released on 2012-12-24. A Breath of Scandal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Breath of Scandal from The Reckless Brides series Elizabeth Essex Forced by her family into an engagement with a man she can never abide, Antigone Preston knows only a scandal will save her from a loveless marriage. But knocking a man down to the ballroom floor with her fists brings dangerous consequences. She may have ruined her reputation, but now she's endangered her heart... The son of an earl and a career navy man, Captain William Jellicoe has no interest in the frivolities of London—and even less in the institution of marriage. But there's something steering him toward Antigone. He has never met anyone as brazen and unconventional as...himself. But will he risk it all for a woman who still has the breath of scandal hot on her lips?
