Czy mamy moralne prawo, żeby uprzywilejowywać własny naród względem pozostałych? Czy patriotyzm da się racjonalnie uzasadnić, tak aby nie budować go jedynie na uczuciach i przywiązaniu do tradycji? Czy jesteśmy w stanie według jasnych kryteriów rozróżnić nacjonalizm i patriotyzm? W szczególności po ataku Rosji na Ukrainę poszukiwanie odpowiedzi na powyższe pytania wydaje się czymś nieodzownym. Mimo że postawy patriotyczne nadal pozostają szeroko podzielane w społeczeństwie, niejednokrotnie możemy przecież spotkać się z ich krytyką – zarówno w świecie akademickim, jak i poza nim. Steven B. Smith opisuje patriotyzm jako fundamentalną cnotę polityczną, daleką od irracjonalnego przywiązania opartego jedynie na emocjach i porywach serca. Pokazuje, jak przemyślany patriotyzm służy dobru wspólnemu i wymyka się szkodliwym jego zdaniem skrajnościom, czyli z jednej strony kosmopolityzmowi, a z drugiej nacjonalizmowi. Wskazuje, jak ważny jest patriotyzm dla dobrego funkcjonowania współczesnych demokracji, oraz dowodzi, że lojalność wobec własnego narodu da się pogodzić z innymi zobowiązaniami moralnymi. Swój erudycyjny wywód ilustruje licznymi przykładami historycznymi, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem Stanów Zjednoczonych. Jednocześnie czerpie z dorobku filozofii politycznej, począwszy od Arystotelesa i Platona aż po myślicieli współczesnych.Jak postaram się wykazać, patriotyzm nie oznacza nigdy ślepego przywiązania, lecz odwołuje się zawsze do rozumu i rozsądku.Fragment książkiSteven B. Smith (ur. 1951) – profesor nauk politycznych i filozofii na Uniwersytecie Yale. Autorlicznych książek, m.in. Modernity and Its Discontents (2016), laureat Ralph Waldo Emerson Award.
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- 2021
Greek Epigram and Byzantine Culture
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- 11 uur lezen
Sexy, scintillating, and sometimes scandalous, Greek epigrams from the age of the Emperor Justinian commemorate the survival of the sensual in a world transformed by Christianity. This book will appeal to literary scholars and historians interested in Greek poetry, Late Antiquity, Byzantine studies, Early Christianity, gender, and sexuality.
- 2021
Traditionalist Christians who oppose same-sex marriage and other cultural developments in the United States wonder why they are being forced to bracket their beliefs in order to participate in public life. This situation is not new, says Steven D. Christians two thousand years ago faced very similar challenges. Picking up poet T. S. Eliot’s World War II–era thesis that the future of the West would be determined by a contest between Christianity and “modern paganism,” Smith argues in this book that today’s culture wars can be seen as a reprise of the basic antagonism that pitted pagans against Christians in the Roman Empire. Smith’s Pagans and Christians in the City looks at that historical conflict and explores how the same competing ideas continue to clash today. All of us, Smith shows, have much to learn by observing how patterns from ancient history are reemerging in today’s most controversial issues.
- 2021
A rediscovery of patriotism as a virtue in line with the core values of democracy in an extremist age
- 2020
Music by Max Steiner
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- 18 uur lezen
In this biography the author interweaves the dramatic incidents of Steiner's personal life with an accessible exploration of his composing methods and experiences
- 2020
The offer he couldn't refuse trapped him in a game he may never win...Bryce never meant to disappear. But a cryptic invitation to join an elite computer programming unit at one of the world's top high-tech gaming companies unlocks a level of intrigue and deception far beyond his imagination.
- 2019
Exalting Jesus in Jeremiah, Lamentations
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- 11 uur lezen
Exalting Jesus in Jeremiah, Lamentations is part of the Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary series. Edited by David Platt, Daniel L. Akin, and Tony Merida, this new commentary series, projected to be 48 volumes, takes a Christ-centered approach to expositing each book of the Bible. Rather than a verse-by-verse approach, the authors have crafted chapters that explain and apply key passages in their assigned Bible books. Readers will learn to see Christ in all aspects of Scripture, and they will be encouraged by the devotional nature of each exposition presented as sermons and divided into chapters that conclude with a “Reflect & Discuss” section, making this series ideal for small group study, personal devotion, and even sermon preparation. It’s not academic but rather presents an easy reading, practical and friendly commentary. The author of Exalting Jesus in Jeremiah, Lamentations is Steven Smith.
- 2019
Escape from Monticello
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- 8 uur lezen
Letters in a mysterious journal between two sisters describe a lost collection and a missing treasure. As Sam, Derek, and Caitlin realize the letters were from Thomas Jefferson's granddaughters, they set out to do what they do best--solve the mystery! When the journal is stolen, the kids are forced to hunt down clues by following Jefferson's footsteps to The University of Virginia, his mountaintop home of Monticello, and a little-known retreat called Poplar Forest. But this isn't a typical walk through history. Someone from the kids' past is lurking in the shadows, bent on revenge and threatening to take much more than just the treasure. Escape from Monticello is the eighth book in The Virginia Mysteries series. The story is the perfect complement to social studies units, field trips, and family vacations related to Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, and Jack Jouett.
- 2018
Psychology Graduate School: A User's Manual is an enjoyable description of what being a graduate student in clinical, counseling, or school psychology programs is really like. Rather than a mere how-to, punctuated by quotes and stories from real-life graduate students, this book describes the nitty-gritty of the graduate student experience.
- 2018
An Empire of Print
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- 10 uur lezen
Traces the evolution of New York's publishing trade from the end of the American Revolution to the Age of Jackson. Explores the gradual development of local, regional, and national distribution networks in the early republic.