Prometheus Revisited
Author : William Herbert Sheldon
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 27,68 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Happiness
ISBN :
Author : William Herbert Sheldon
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 27,68 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Happiness
ISBN :
Author : Sirkka Heinonen
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,4 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Filosofia antiga
ISBN :
Author : Arthur Mitzman
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 19,75 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN :
The myth of Prometheus has long served as a symbol of the industrialization and individualism of the modern world, yet Arthur Mitzman aims to demonstrate an alternative conception emphasizing creativity over productivity, and a harmonious union with nature rather than its technocratic conquest.
Author : Carol Dougherty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,52 MB
Release : 2006-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1134347529
Offering a comparative approach, including visual material and film, this much-needed book provides an essential introduction to the Promethean myth and locates the nature of this compelling tale's continuing relevance through history, from its origins in ancient Greece, to its appearance in Romantic age works and twentieth-century films.
Author : Jared Hickman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0190272589
The Prometheus myth, for several reasons became a crucial site for conceptualizing human liberation in the immanent space of a finite globe structured by white domination and black slavery. The titan's defiant theft of fire from the regnant gods was translated through a high-stakes racial coding either as an 'African' revolt against the cosmic status quo that augured a pure autonomy, a black revolutionary immanence against which idealist philosophers like Hegel defined their projects and slaveholders defended their lives and positions. Or as a 'Caucasian' reflection of the divine power evidently working in favor of Euro-Christian civilization that transmuted the naked egoism of conquest into a righteous heteronomy-Euro-Christian civilization's mobilization by the Absolute or its internalization of a transcendent principle of universal Reason.
Author : Rebecca McGrew
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 24,56 MB
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 1606065440
Published by Pomona College of Art in association with Getty Publications José Clemente Orozco’s 1930 mural Prometheus, created for the Pomona College campus, is a dramatic and gripping examination of heroism. This thoughtful exhibition catalogue examines the multiple ways Orozco’s vision resonates with four artists working in Mexico today. Isa Carrillo, Adela Goldbard, Rita Ponce de León, and Naomi Rincón- Gallardo share Orozco’s interest in history, justice, social protest, storytelling, and power yet approach these topics from their own twenty-first-century sensibilities. These artists activate Orozco’s mural by reinvigorating Prometheus for a contemporary audience. This gorgeous volume presents substantial new scholarship connecting Mexican muralism with contemporary art practices. Three new essays address different aspects of Orozco, Prometheus, and the connections between Los Angeles and Mexico. The contributors take on a broad range of topics, from murals as public art to how Orozco’s work fits into contemporary frameworks of aesthetic theory. The book also includes a chronology, vibrant reproductions, and critical essays focused on the con-temporary artists.
Author : Timothy Madigan
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 13,50 MB
Release : 2008-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1443802646
The myth of Prometheus has inspired countless generations of humanists throughout the ages. Prometheus -- who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans to help them survive -- remains a symbol for those who reject theistic orthodoxies and who fearlessly challenge accepted beliefs. Artists such as Byron, Goethe, Beethoven and Wagner have been influenced by this story. Most importantly, Prometheus is a symbol for selfless love. In this collection of essays, the Promethean myth and its relationship to the philosophy of love is explored from its origins in Ancient Greece, to its similarities and contrasts with the figure of Christ. Special emphasis is given to the work and writings of Paul Kurtz, the foremost contemporary defender of humanism as a worldview, who has made the figure of Prometheus a special part of his own philosophy.
Author : Ian Ruffell
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 32,81 MB
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1472502493
Prometheus Bound is a play beloved of revolutionaries, romantics and rebels, with a fierce optimism tempered by an acute awareness of the compromises, dangers and obsessions of political action. This companion sets the play in its historical context, explores its challenge to authority, and traces its reception from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Many scholars have disputed its Aeschylean authorship, but it has proved the most influential of tragedies outside academia. Marx's favourite tragedy, Prometheus Bound is also a foundational text for the genre of science fiction through its influence on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In its open-eyed celebration of technology and democracy, it is the tragedy for the modern age.
Author : Eric S. Grace
Publisher : Joseph Henry Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 28,79 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309057776
A reader-friendly explanation of biotechnology, its history, and its implications for us all. This text uses everyday metaphors to help readers understand the genetic code and how it works to produce every form of life. From medical technology to agribusiness, Eric Grace examines the realities and ethics of this dynamic technology.
Author : Richard Landes
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 37,61 MB
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199753598
Millennialists through the ages have looked forward to the apocalyptic moment that will radically transform society into heaven on Earth. Here, Landes offers a lucid and ground-breaking analysis of this widely misunderstood phenomenon.