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the transcendent belief system --- purity --- perfection --- the eradication of individuality --- charismatic authority --- total domination --- systems of control --- systems of influence --- social pressures --- rigid expectations --- constant manipulation --- trauma --- resilience --- integration --- behavioral-control system --- influence methods
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Stanley Cavell is a titan of the academic world; his work in aesthetics and philosophy has shaped both fields in the United States over the past forty years. In this brief yet enlightening collection of lectures, Cavell investigates the work of two of his most tried-and-true subjects: Emerson and Wittgenstein. Beginning with an introductory essay that places his own work in a philosophical and historical context, Cavell guides his reader through his thought process when composing and editing his lectures while making larger claims about the influence of institutions on philosophers, and the idea of progress within the discipline of philosophy. In "Declining Decline," Cavell explains how language modifies human existence, looking specifically at the culture of Wittgenstein's writings. He draws on Emerson, Thoreau, and many others to make his case that Wittgenstein can indeed be viewed as a "philosopher of culture." In his final lecture, "Finding as Founding," Cavell writes in response to Emerson's "Experience," and explores the tension between the philosopher and language-that he or she must embrace language as his or her "form of life," while at the same time surpassing its restrictions. He compares finding new ideas to discovering a previously unknown land in an essay that unabashedly celebrates the power and joy of philosophical thought.
Culture --- Philosophy. --- Wittgenstein, Ludwig, --- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, --- aesthetics, theory of value, philosophy, ralph waldo emerson, transcendentalist movement, transcendentalism, individualism, individualists, social pressures, nature, united states, america, american writers, english literature, romantic, history, historical context, human existence, humanity, henry david thoreau, culture, language, new ideas, ludwig josef johann wittgenstein, austria, british, logic, mathematics, mind, 20th century, 19th.
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In a time of economic anxiety, fear of terrorism, and marital uncertainty, insecurity has become a big part of life for many American mothers. With bases of security far from guaranteed, mothers are often seeking something they can count on. In this beautifully written and accessible book, Ana Villalobos shows how mothers frequently rely on the one thing that seems sure to them: the mother-child relationship. Based on over one hundred interviews with and observations of mothers-single or married, but all experiencing varying forms of insecurity in their lives-Villalobos finds that mothers overwhelmingly expect the mothering relationship to "make it all better" for themselves and their children. But there is a price to pay for loading this single relationship with such high expectations. Using detailed case studies, Villalobos shows how women's Herculean attempts to create various kinds of security through mothering often backfire, thereby exhausting mothers, deflecting their focus from other possible sources of security, and creating more stress. That stress is further exacerbated by dominant ideals about "good" mothering-ideals that are fraught with societal pressures and expectations that reach well beyond what mothers can actually do for their children. Pointing to hopeful alternatives, Villalobos shows how more realistic expectations about motherhood lead remarkably to greater security in families by prompting mothers to cast broader security nets, making conditions less stressful and-just as significantly-bringing greater joy in mothering.
Mother and child. --- Motherhood. --- Security (Psychology) in children. --- Security (Psychology). --- Motherhood --- Mother and child --- Security (Psychology) in children --- Security (Psychology) --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Family & Marriage --- Emotional insecurity --- Emotional security --- Insecurity (Psychology) --- Psychology, Applied --- Child psychology --- Child and mother --- Mother-child relationship --- Mothers and children --- Parent and child --- Maternity --- Mothers --- Parenthood --- 21st century american culture. --- american culture. --- american mothers. --- economic anxiety. --- family. --- gender and women studies. --- gender studies. --- good mothering. --- human condition. --- insecurity. --- joy. --- marital uncertainty. --- marriage and divorce. --- mother and child. --- mother child relationship. --- motherhood. --- mothering. --- parent and child. --- parenthood. --- parenting. --- realistic expectations of motherhood. --- realistic. --- security in family. --- security nets. --- single mothers. --- social pressures. --- stress. --- terrorism. --- womanhood.
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