History as the Story of Freedom : : Philosophy in Intercultural Context /

History as the Story of Freedom : : Philosophy in Intercultural Context / / Clark Butler.

The purpose of this book is to advance responsible rehabilitation of the speculative philosophy of history. It challenges the idea popularized by thinkers such as and Claude Lévi-Strauss and Jean-François Lyotard that historical meta-mythology and meta-narrative are philosophically obsolete. As lo...

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Superior document:Value Inquiry Book Series ; 42
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Butler, Clark,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1997.
Year of Publication:1997
Language:English
Series:Value Inquiry Book Series ; 42.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Robert GINSBERG: Editorial Foreword
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ONE The Age of Human Rights
  • Responses Jeffrey STRAYER: On the Death of Art
  • David HALL: Relativism and the Pragmatic Concept of Truth
  • R.G
  • FREY: On Human Rights
  • TWO Christianity and Philosophy
  • Response Marc SHERRINGHAM: Modern Gnosticism: An Orthodox Reply
  • THREE Rome and Stoicism
  • Response Richard DOUBLE: A Faulty Case for Indeterminism
  • FOUR Greece and Classicism
  • Responses Dallas WILLARD: Against Nominalism
  • Patricia FAGAN and John RUSSON: Interpreting Ancient Greek Culture: Two Classicists Reply
  • FIVE Judaism and Enlightened Divine Despotism
  • Responses Charles H
  • LINEWEAVER: Before the Big Bang
  • William HASKER: Theism Defended
  • Kenneth SEESKIN: The Jewish World-View
  • SIX India and Mystical De-personalization
  • Responses Jeffrey STRAYER: Remarks on Zeno and Motion
  • Michel HULIN: Hegel and the Orient
  • SEVEN China and Divine Emperorship
  • Response Chung-Ying CHENG: China and Divine Emperorship
  • EIGHT Prehistory and Panpsychism
  • Responses Alan R
  • SANDSTROM: Prehistory and Paradise Lost in Empirical Anthropology
  • Paul M
  • CHURCHLAND: Panpsychism: A Brief Critique
  • NINE History as the Story of Freedom
  • TEN The Story of Freedom De-Westernized
  • Donald Phillip VERENE: Afterword
  • Appendix I A Weakly True Story of Rights? Appendix II Multiple Human Rights Stories
  • About the Author
  • About the Contributors
  • References
  • Index.

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