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Towards a Theatre of the Heart

January 20, 2024 by maria

Daniel-Meyer Dinkgrafe   Abstract   In this article I have written about a set of experiences with theatre productions over the last few years that have appealed strongly, in different ways, to the heart. To contextualise the phenomenon, I have coined the phrase theatre of the heart, and have provided an analysis of its manifestations … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: aesthetic experience, chakra, regulation of emotions, theatre of the heart

Modern Perspectives on Faith: Abraham’s Case in Kant and Kierkegaard. Reconstructions and Critical Remarks

January 20, 2024 by maria

Daniel Nica   Abstract   In this paper, I will compare Kant’s and Kierkegaard’s reflections on faith as they are articulated in the particular analyses of Abraham’s sacrifice. Kant’s prosecution of Abraham, which commences from the idea of “natural religion”, rests on two interrelated lines of attack, an epistemological one and ethical one, which deem … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: absolute relation to the absolute, divine commands, faith as paradox, leap of faith, moral duties, natural religion, teleological suspension of the ethical

Spiritual Practices as a Path to Mediate and Reconcile

January 20, 2024 by maria

Dan Chițoiu   Abstract   The spiritual experience is, somehow, closer to what is proper to the contemporary scientific experiment: both are ways of tryout. A follower of such path needs to meet the requirements comparable with those of scientific experiment (in spirituality we can name it “experience”): rules and criteria of verification. Yet the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: globalized culture, mediation, reconciliation, spirituality

Identity, Spirituality and Dialogue in the Context of an Axiological Discourse

January 20, 2024 by maria

Bogdana Todorova   Abstract Identity in our multicultural world is one of the major problems of contemporary man. There are not cultures totally isolated from the others. Social groups and individuals are directly (through contacts with others) and indirectly (through the media, market products, ideologies and law systems) confronted with many problems. And the modern … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: axiological discourse, culture, dialogue, identity, spirituality

Cosmic Confidence in Interreligious Spirituality

January 20, 2024 by maria

Anthony Savari Raj   Abstract   This paper presents and examines the interreligious philosopher-theologian Raimon Panikkar’s proposal of ‘Cosmic Confidence’ in interreligious spirituality and another dialogue theologian Paul Knitter’s critique on it. Their conversation is to be situated in a wider issue of the relation between pluralism and justice. The paper proceeds in three parts. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: cosmic confidence, Panikkar, spirit, theology

Georgia’s Philosophical Landscape – Spiritual Foundations and Perspectives

January 20, 2024 by maria

Anastasia Zakariadze, Irakli Brachuli   Abstract   This article discusses the main trends of Georgian philosophy: its basic principles and perspectives, the importance of the Western, especially the European cultural heritage, and the Georgian contribution to the history of ideas in a global perspective. Metaphysical questions of cognition, truth, identity, virtue and value, wisdom and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: : Georgian philosophy, Aletheological Realism, Christian Neo-Platonism, European standard of philosophizing, linguistic turn, phenomenological-existential research, philosophical-theological studies

Interview. (Post)Modern Aesthetics on Trial: Revisiting a Century of Avant-Gardes

January 20, 2024 by maria

Aleš Erjavec, Oana Șerban   Abstract   This interview is inspired the most important working-hypothesis presented in the volume Aesthetic Revolutions and the Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde Movements, edited by Aleš Erjavec, that questions the legitimacy of the distinction between aesthetic and artistic avant-gardes, supported by the relationship of each concept with the modern revolutionary politics. The … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: affects, Augustin, being-in-the-world, Cartesian Self, character traits, cognition, cyborg, Damasio, Descartes, early modern philosophy, Emotions, Feel to Know, God, Heidegger, Malebranche, metaphysics, modal epistemology, Pascal, passions, pleasure, somatic marker, the cathartic effect of textuality, the Composite passion, transhumanism, virtue epistemology

Book Review: The Old Roots of the New Aesthetics

January 12, 2024 by oana

Dragoș Grusea   Abstract Review of CORNEL-FLORIN MORARU, The scientific turn of contemporary aesthetics. Avant-garde research in the fields of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, Eikon Publishing House, Bucharest, 2022, 345 p. AnnalsUnibuc-2022-02-07Grusea

Posted in: Articles Tagged: book review, Cornel-Florin Moraru

Islam as a Political Project in Post-Independent Azerbaijan

January 12, 2024 by oana

Bogdana Todorova   Abstract The development of Islam in Azerbaijan is a dynamic process shaped by both historical and contemporary events. The policy of state atheism during the Soviet period contributed by strengthening the role of religion. The article aims to highlight the role of Islam and its affirmation as a viable political project and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: Azerbaijan, Islam, policy, re-sacralization, social dynamics

Philosophy of Education in the Context of New Socio- Political Trends and Migration of Citizens

January 12, 2024 by oana

Gyulnara I. Gadzhimuradova   Abstract The article analyzes the role of education and the challenges faced by the domain of philosophy of education nowadays. Civilization owes its existence to the development and formation of education. The philosophy of education considers the most general foundations of education, its development and functioning. The main aim of this … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: demography, educational migration, philosophy of education, talent competition
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