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Education, Higher --- Humanities --- Education, Higher. --- Sciences humaines --- Study and teaching --- Study and teaching. --- Étude et enseignement --- United States.
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In this interdisciplinary and controversial work, Igal Halfin takes an original and provocative stance on Marxist theory, and attempts to break down the divisions between history, philosophy, and literary theory.--
History --- Philosophy, Marxist --- Intellectuals --- Proletariat. --- Philosophy. --- Soviet Union --- Historiography.
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American Council of Learned Societies --- American Council of Learned Societies. --- Périodiques. --- Serials
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Discourse ethics represents an exciting new development in neo-Kantian moral theory. William Rehg offers an insightful introduction to its complex theorization by its major proponent, Jürgen Habermas, and demonstrates how discourse ethics allows one to overcome the principal criticisms that have been leveled against neo-Kantianism. Addressing both "commun-itarian" critics who argue that universalist conceptions of justice sever moral deliberation from community traditions, and feminist advocates of the "ethics of care" who stress the moral significance of caring for other individuals, Rehg shows that discourse ethics combines impartiality with solidarity. He provides the first systematic reconstruction of Habermas's theory and explores its relationship to the work of such contemporary philosophers as Charles Taylor. His book articulates a bold alternative to the split between the "right" and the "good" in moral theory and will greatly interest philosophers, social and legal scholars, and political theorists.
History as a science --- Historiography --- History --- -Philosophy --- Historiography. --- Discourse ethics --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- History & Archaeology --- History - General --- Philosophy. --- -Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Historical criticism --- Authorship --- Criticism --- -Historical criticism --- Annals --- Argumentation ethics --- History, Modern --- Ethics --- Habermas, Jürgen --- Ethics [Modern ] --- 20th century --- Ethics, Modern --- PHILOSOPHY / Political --- Habermas, Jürgen. --- Discourse ethics.
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The nautanki performances of northern India entertain their audiences with often ribald and profane stories. Rooted in the peasant society of pre-modern India, this theater vibrates with lively dancing, pulsating drumbeats, and full-throated singing. In Grounds for Play, Kathryn Hansen draws on field research to describe the different elements of nautanki performance: music, dance, poetry, popular story lines, and written texts. She traces the social history of the form and explores the play of meanings within nautanki narratives, focusing on the ways important social issues such as political authority, community identity, and gender differences are represented in these narratives. Unlike other styles of Indian theater, the nautanki does not draw on the pan-Indian religious epics such as the Ramayana or the Mahabharata for its subjects. Indeed, their storylines tend to center on the vicissitudes of stranded heroines in the throes of melodramatic romance. Whereas nautanki performers were once much in demand, live performances now are rare and nautanki increasingly reaches its audiences through electronic media--records, cassettes, films, television. In spite of this change, the theater form still functions as an effective conduit in the cultural flow that connects urban centers and the hinterland in an ongoing process of exchange.
Theatrical science --- India --- Nautanki. --- Folk drama, Hindi --- Theater --- Nautanki --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- Drama --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- Hindi folk drama --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Actors --- Hindi drama