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Chiranjiv Manus: चिरंजीव माणूस
by Narayan Desaiसर्व मराठी माणसांनी, नव्हे, सर्व भारतीयांनी वाचावे आणि त्यावर मनन करावे अशी जी काही महत्त्वाची पुस्तके जगात निर्माण झाली त्यात “Eternal Man” या पुस्तकाची गणना करावी लागेल. शेवटी माणसामधल्या माणूसकीची जपणूक केली पाहिजे हे सांगणारे जे तत्त्वज्ञान त्याचाच एका वेगळ्या पद्धतीने या पुस्तकात विचार झालेला आहे. एवगेनी बोगात यांच्या Eternal Man या पुस्तकाचा संक्षिप्त भावानुवाद श्री. नारायण देसाई यांनी केला आहे. माणसातील माणूस हा नेहमीच चिरंजीव असतो. तो अमर असतो, तो कधीच नाश पावत नाही हे या तत्त्वचिंतनाच्या मागील मुख्य सूत्र आहे. आणि या सूत्राचे माणासाला-मराठी माणसाला-आकलन झाले तर त्याच्यामधील निराशावाद नाहीसा झाल्यावाचून राहणार नाही.
Tolerance: The Beacon of the Enlightenment
by Translated by Caroline Warman et al.Inspired by Voltaire’s advice that a text needs to be concise to have real influence, this anthology contains fiery extracts by forty eighteenth-century authors, from the most famous philosophers of the age to those whose brilliant writings are less well-known. These passages are immensely diverse in style and topic, but all have in common a passionate commitment to equality, freedom, and tolerance. Each text resonates powerfully with the issues our world faces today. Tolerance was first published by the Société française d’étude du dix-huitième siècle (the French Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo assassinations in January 2015 as an act of solidarity and as a response to the surge of interest in Enlightenment values. With the support of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, it has now been translated by over 100 students and tutors of French at Oxford University.
Expanding the Palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism
by Tamar Ross"Expanding the Palace of Torah offers a broad philosophical overview of the challenges the women's revolution poses to Orthodox Judaism, and Orthodox Judiasm's response to those challenges. Writing as an insider (herself an Orthodox Jew), Ross seeks to develop a theological response that fully acknowledges the male bias of Judaism's sanctified texts, yet nevertheless provides a rational for transforming that bias in today's world without undermining their authority. She proposes an approach to divine revelation-- the theological heart of traditional Judaism-- which she calls "cumulativism." This approach is based on a conflating of strict boundaries between text and its interpretation, or the divine intent and the evolution of human understanding." "Ross believes that the greater fluidity afforded by cumulativism is necessary for legitimizing the insights of feminism and fully absorbing women's changed status within the religious rubric of Jewish tradition. Emphasizing that continuity with tradition can be maintained only when the halakhic system is understood as a living organism that grows via affirmation of its historical legacy and respect for its constraints, her book shows that the feminist revolution in Orthodox Judaism reaches beyond its practical effect upon individual lives to teach us something more profound about the nature of religious practice in general." -- Amy Gottlieb Zorn berg (from the back cover)
Islam
by Fazlur RahmanPUBLISHER'S NOTE In dating, Muslims naturally use their own era, dating from the Hijra or flight of the Prophet Muhammad to Medina in 622 ad, sometimes called Anno Hegirae. Since the Muslim year is lunar it is impracticable to convert dates from the Muslim to the Christian era, and vice versa, by a simple formula. The publishers have therefore decided to give all dates-except for a few in the present century-in the Muslim style as well as in the familiar Gregorian calendar; this style of dating is in conformity with modern scholarly practice in the Islamic field. The Muslim date is always given first, the Gregorian date following after an oblique stroke: thus, 287/900, 787/1385, 1287/1870-1, etc. Occasionally a Muslim year will fall entirely within one Christian solar year, but usually there will be some overlapping between the years of the two eras. The same system is also applied to centuries: 8th/14th century, early 12th/late 17th century, etc.
Common Values
by Sissela BokIn this book, Sissela Bok asks what moral values, if any, might be capable of being shared across national, ethnic, religious, and other boundaries, under what circumstances, and with what qualifications. As the twentieth century draws to a close, societies confront challenges and threats - whether from environmental or military or from epidemics such as cholera or AIDS - that cross every boundary. Responses, to be effective, must be collective as well; yet they cannot begin to be effective, Bok suggests, without greater stress on common values and goals.
Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole
by Benjamin R. BarberHow advertising and marketing seek to keep adults thinking like children and seek to advertise to children as if they are able to make choices as independent consumers.
Mencius
by Mencius D. C. LauMencius helped formulate a Confucian orthodoxy that helped China replace feudalism with a centralized government around 320 BC. This is part of the Four Books that make up the Confucian corpus.
The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom
by Robert Nisbet"The Quest for Community" stands among the most important social critiques ever written. The first book by the man the New York Times calls "one of our most original social thinkers", Robert Nisbet's study explores how individualism and statism have flourished while the primary sources of human community - the family, neighborhoods, the church, and voluntary organizations - have grown weaker. First published in 1953, this timeless work is a seminal contribution to the understanding of the spiritual and intellectual crisis of Western Society. With a new introduction by William A. Schambra that places the book in a contemporary perspective, "Quest for Community" deserves to be reread in the light of events that have confirmed its provocative thesis.
Walking Wisely
by Charles F. StanleyDR. . CHARLES STANLEY cuts through the" "MYSTIQUE OF WISDOM AND PRESENTS GOD's SIMPLE" PLAN TO BLESS THOSE WHO WALK IN HIS WAYS.
Bound By Honor
by Gary Smalley Greg SmalleyGary and Greg Smalley are psychologists as well as father and son. They share insights from their relationship as well as their experience with their clients. They teach parents how to create a loving, respectful, and nurturing relationship with teenagers. Topics include offering loving discipline, handling the family car, dating, and letting go as teens reach adulthood.
The Varieties of Religious Experience
by William JamesHarvard philosopher William James's compiled lectures on religion, considered to be among the most brilliant studies of mankind's relation to the divine <P><P> William James's Varieties of Religious Experience brings together twenty lectures on the nature of religion, delivered at the University of Edinburgh between 1901 and 1902. Renowned at the time for their practical and even-handed approach to the human experience of religion, the lectures form a sympathetic and analytical portrait not of the church, but of the personalized experiences of religious life. James examines the words of writers and philosophers from Immanuel Kant to Plato to Ralph Waldo Emerson to Marcus Aurelius in his investigations of faith, the soul, and systems of belief. Praised by philosopher Charles Pierce for its "penetration into the hearts of people" and by the New York Times for its ability to stir the sympathies of readers, The Varieties of Religious Experience is a lucid and thought-provoking examination of man's encounters with God.<P> Chosen for Mark Zuckerberg's "A Year of Books"
Growing Slowly Wise: Building a Faith that Works
by David RoperDavid Roper discusses the Book of James and connects his insights to human problems.
Bob Dylan and Philosophy: It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Thinking)
by Peter Vernezze Carl J. PorterIn Bob Dylan and Philosophy, eighteen philosophers analyze Dylan's ethical positions, political commitments, views on gender and sexuality, and his complicated and controversial attitudes toward religion.
Tao-Te-Ching
by Lao TseDesde el siglo V a.c. nos llega la voz de Lao-Tse en los ochenta y un poema del Tao-te-ching. La inusitada modernidad de sus conceptos asombra por la riqueza y variedad del saber que nos transmite. Acercarse al tao es vislumbrar la idea rectora que anima todo lo viviente. A través del tao se comprende tanto la naturaleza y sus leyes como los íntimos movimientos del alma humana. Porque el tao virtud y razón suprema, es fin y medio. Como principio basal, todo lo crea sin salir de su inacción: continúa permanentemente igual a sí mismo, en tanto su creación se desarrolla, cambia y envejece para finalmente morir. Pero el tao es también camino de perfección. Así, en función de tal, se erige en norma de conducta para el ciudadano y el gobernante, para el guerrero y el sabio, para los seres humanos todos.