We live in a time when we are overwhelmed with talk and images of violence. Whether on television, the internet, films or the video screen, we can't escape representations of actual or fictional violence - another murder, another killing spree in a high school or movie theatre, another action movie filled with images of violence. Our age could well be called "The Age of Violence" because representations of real or imagined violence, sometimes fused together, are pervasive. But what do we mean by violence? What can violence achieve? Are there limits to violence and, if so, what are they?
We live in a time when we are overwhelmed with talk and images of violence. Whether on television, the internet, films or the video screen, we can't e...
We live in a time when we are overwhelmed with talk and images of violence. Whether on television, the internet, films or the video screen, we can't escape representations of actual or fictional violence - another murder, another killing spree in a high school or movie theatre, another action movie filled with images of violence. Our age could well be called "The Age of Violence" because representations of real or imagined violence, sometimes fused together, are pervasive. But what do we mean by violence? What can violence achieve? Are there limits to violence and, if so, what are they?
We live in a time when we are overwhelmed with talk and images of violence. Whether on television, the internet, films or the video screen, we can't e...
-Just as philosophy begins with doubt, so also a life that may be called human begins with irony- so wrote Kierkegaard. While we commonly think of irony as a figure of speech where someone says one thing and means the opposite, the concept of irony has long played a more fundamental role in the tradition of philosophy, a role that goes back to Socrates the originator and exemplar of the urbane ironic life. But what precisely is Socratic irony and what relevance, if any, does it have for us today?
Bernstein begins his inquiry with a critical examination of the work of two...
-Just as philosophy begins with doubt, so also a life that may be called human begins with irony- so wrote Kierkegaard. While we commonly think of iro...
