Search Results - "virtue"

The right to play oneself looking back on documentary film / by Waugh, Thomas, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Preface : of pulses, panaceas, and parallel universes -- Why documentary filmmakers keep trying to change the world, or why people changing the world keep making documentaries (1984) -- Dziga Vertov, 1930s populism, and Three songs of Lenin (1975) -- Bread, water, blood, rifles, planes : documentary imagery of the Spanish Civil War from the North American Popular Front (1990) -- Acting to play oneself : performance in documentary (1990) -- Beyond Vøritø : Emile de Antonio (1977) -- Sufficient virtue, necessary artistry : the shifting challenges of revolutionary documentary history (2006-08) -- Lesbian and gay documentary : minority self-imaging, oppositional film practice, and the question of image ethics (1984) -- Walking on tippy toes : lesbian and gay liberation documentary of the post-stonewall period (1997) -- "Words of command" : cultural and political inflections of direct cinema in Indian independent documentary (1990) -- Joris Ivens and the legacy of committed documentary (1999).…”
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Lineages of European political thought explorations along the medieval/modern divide from John of Salisbury to Hegel / by Nederman, Cary J.

Table of Contents: “…The legacy of Walter Ullmann -- Quentin Skinner's state: historical methodology and the formation of a European tradition -- Pathologies of continuity: the neo-figgisites -- A middle path: Alexander Passerin D'entrèves -- Toleration and community: functionalist foundations of liberty -- The royal will and the baronial bridle: the Bractonian contribution -- Political representation: modern theory and medieval practices -- For love and money: theorizing revolt in fourteenth-century Europe -- Brunetto Latini's commercial republicanism -- Marsiglio of Padua: between empire and republic -- Translatio Imperii: medieval and modern -- Christianity and republicanism: another look -- The origins of "policy" in twelfth-century England -- Economic liberty and the politics of wealth -- Money and community: Nicole Oresme -- Christine de Pizan's Expanding body politic -- The persistence of economic nationalism: John Fortescue -- Virtue, foresight, and grace: Machiavelli's medieval moments -- Arguing sovereignty in the seventeenth century: Bracton's readers -- Hegel on the medieval foundations of the modern state.…”
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Ethics of procreation and the defense of human life contraception, artificial fertilization, and abortion / by Rhonheimer, Martin, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Natural law and the thomistic roots of John Paul II's ethics of human life -- Sexuality and responsibility: contraception as an ethical problem -- The post-conciliar state of the question on contraception: the encyclical, relevant case, arguments, and description of contraception -- Toward an adequate argument in support of humanae vitae: the necessary integration of anthropology, action theory, virtue, and natural law -- The use of contraceptives under threat of rape: an exception? …”
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Bodily citations religion and Judith Butler /

Table of Contents: “…Ville -- Textual bodies -- Materializations of virtue : Buddhist discourses on bodies / Susanne Mrozik -- The Garden of Eden and the heterosexual contract / Ken Stone -- The annoying woman : biblical scholarship after Judith Butler / Teresa J. …”
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Creative conformity the feminist politics of U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'i women / by Bucar, Elizabeth M.

Table of Contents: “…Surprises from the laps of mothers: Leveraging the gaps in procreative virtues -- 3. Scripture, sacred law, and hermeneutics: exploring gendered meanings in textual records -- 4. …”
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Creative conformity the feminist politics of U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'i women / by Bucar, Elizabeth M.

Table of Contents: “…Surprises from the laps of mothers: Leveraging the gaps in procreative virtues -- 3. Scripture, sacred law, and hermeneutics: exploring gendered meanings in textual records -- 4. …”
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Rewriting Womanhood : Feminism, Subjectivity, and the Angel of the House in the Latin American Novel, 1887–1903 / by LaGreca, Nancy, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Women's imagined roles in nineteenth-century Mexico : seclusion in the midst of progress and early feminist reactions -- Coming of age(ncy) : Refugio Barragín de Toscano's La hija del bandido -- Women in Peru : national and private struggles for independence -- New models for new women : rethinking Cinderella's virtues and humanizing the stepmother in Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera's Blanca sol -- Women as body in Puerto Rico : medicine, morality, and institutionalizations of sexual oppression in the long nineteenth century -- Sexual agency in Ana Roque's Luz y sombra : a subversion of the essentialized woman.…”
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Rewriting Womanhood : Feminism, Subjectivity, and the Angel of the House in the Latin American Novel, 1887–1903 / by LaGreca, Nancy, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Women's imagined roles in nineteenth-century Mexico : seclusion in the midst of progress and early feminist reactions -- Coming of age(ncy) : Refugio Barragín de Toscano's La hija del bandido -- Women in Peru : national and private struggles for independence -- New models for new women : rethinking Cinderella's virtues and humanizing the stepmother in Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera's Blanca sol -- Women as body in Puerto Rico : medicine, morality, and institutionalizations of sexual oppression in the long nineteenth century -- Sexual agency in Ana Roque's Luz y sombra : a subversion of the essentialized woman.…”
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Spiritual information 100 perspectives on science and religion : essays in honor of Sir John Templeton's 90th birthday /

Table of Contents: “…Perspectives on contemplation and the virtues -- pt. 9. Perspectives from theology and philosophy -- pt. 10. …”
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Harlots, hussies, and poor unfortunate women : crime, transportation, and the servitude of female convicts, 1718-1783 / by Ziegler, Edith Miriam, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Social change, crime, and the law -- Punishment, pleas, and the prospect of exile -- Bound for Maryland -- Arrival in the New World -- Servants and masters -- Escape -- Going home and staying on -- Mary Nobody in the republic of virtue -- Appendix 1: Statistical information on convict women -- Appendix 2: List of convict women's occupations -- Appendix 3: Privy council resolution, 1615 -- Appendix 4: Transportation act of 1718 -- Appendix 5: Crimes punished by transportation at the old bailey 1718-1776 -- Appendix 6: Colonial legislation regarding convicts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Spiritual information 100 perspectives on science and religion : essays in honor of Sir John Templeton's 90th birthday /

Table of Contents: “…Perspectives on contemplation and the virtues -- pt. 9. Perspectives from theology and philosophy -- pt. 10. …”
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Harlots, hussies, and poor unfortunate women : crime, transportation, and the servitude of female convicts, 1718-1783 / by Ziegler, Edith Miriam, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Social change, crime, and the law -- Punishment, pleas, and the prospect of exile -- Bound for Maryland -- Arrival in the New World -- Servants and masters -- Escape -- Going home and staying on -- Mary Nobody in the republic of virtue -- Appendix 1: Statistical information on convict women -- Appendix 2: List of convict women's occupations -- Appendix 3: Privy council resolution, 1615 -- Appendix 4: Transportation act of 1718 -- Appendix 5: Crimes punished by transportation at the old bailey 1718-1776 -- Appendix 6: Colonial legislation regarding convicts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Religion and democracy in the United States danger or opportunity? /

Table of Contents: “…Gibson -- The Christian right and civic virtue / Clyde Wilcox -- Religion and party activists : a "perfect storm" of polarization or a recipe for pragmatism? …”
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Religion and democracy in the United States danger or opportunity? /

Table of Contents: “…Gibson -- The Christian right and civic virtue / Clyde Wilcox -- Religion and party activists : a "perfect storm" of polarization or a recipe for pragmatism? …”
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The plain truth Descartes, Huet, and skepticism / by Lennon, Thomas M.

Table of Contents: “…-- The transparency of mind -- The cogito as pragmatic tautology -- Doubts -- The reality of doubt -- The generation of doubt -- The response to doubt -- Rules -- The criterion of truth -- The trump argument -- Circles -- The simple circularity of the Meditations -- The inner circle(s) -- Gods -- Gassendist influences -- The objections of objections -- The rejection of intentionality -- Virtues -- Descartes's voice -- Betting the family farm -- The propagation of light -- The heart-beat -- The moving earth -- Faith and reason -- Descartes as methodological academic skeptic.…”
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The plain truth Descartes, Huet, and skepticism / by Lennon, Thomas M.

Table of Contents: “…-- The transparency of mind -- The cogito as pragmatic tautology -- Doubts -- The reality of doubt -- The generation of doubt -- The response to doubt -- Rules -- The criterion of truth -- The trump argument -- Circles -- The simple circularity of the Meditations -- The inner circle(s) -- Gods -- Gassendist influences -- The objections of objections -- The rejection of intentionality -- Virtues -- Descartes's voice -- Betting the family farm -- The propagation of light -- The heart-beat -- The moving earth -- Faith and reason -- Descartes as methodological academic skeptic.…”
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Happiness and the Christian moral life an introduction to Christian ethics / by Wadell, Paul J.

Table of Contents: “…Finding a path for life: the quest for goodness and happiness -- Not going it alone: friendship and community in the Christian moral life -- Facing shipwreck and bandits: virtues and the quest for happiness -- Finding a story worth handing on: narrative and the moral life -- Every person's truth: made in the image of God, called to do the work of God -- Freedom: exploring a dangerous topic -- False steps on the path to happiness: losing our way and finding it back -- Doing what the good requires: conscience and prudence in the moral life -- The gift that makes all gifts possible: learning the language of love -- Reimagining the world: why the happiness of one demands justice for all.…”
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Happiness and the Christian moral life an introduction to Christian ethics / by Wadell, Paul J.

Table of Contents: “…Finding a path for life: the quest for goodness and happiness -- Not going it alone: friendship and community in the Christian moral life -- Facing shipwreck and bandits: virtues and the quest for happiness -- Finding a story worth handing on: narrative and the moral life -- Every person's truth: made in the image of God, called to do the work of God -- Freedom: exploring a dangerous topic -- False steps on the path to happiness: losing our way and finding it back -- Doing what the good requires: conscience and prudence in the moral life -- The gift that makes all gifts possible: learning the language of love -- Reimagining the world: why the happiness of one demands justice for all.…”
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The schooled heart moral formation in American higher education /

Table of Contents: “…Davis -- Could humility be a deliberative virtue? / Shawn D. Floyd -- Cultivating humility: teaching practices rooted in Christian anthropology / Stephen K. …”
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The forgotten founders on religion and public life

Table of Contents: “…Frazer -- Patrick Henry, religious liberty, and the search for civic virtue / Thomas E. Buckley -- John Jay and the "great plan of Providence" / Jonathan Den Hartog -- Thomas Paine's civil religion of reason / David J. …”
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