176 research outputs found
Democracy and the ecological crisis. by Freya Mathews
No full textCan a democracy adequately respond to the ecological crisis, or do we need new political institutions and ethics
Reinhabiting reality : towards a recovery of culture
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-223) and index.Freya Mathews
Boundless Venus: the Crossover of the Conscious and Unconscious in the Works of Haruki Murakami
No full textThe objective of this thesis, Boundless Venus, is to examine consciousness in the
works of the contemporary Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. Principally the
discussion concerns itself with the unconscious, its conduits, its benefits upon the
conscious; which lead to the transformation of the self and structure of the literature.
Although the subject has been touched upon before, the conscious and unconscious
have previously been examined as exclusive concepts in Murakami. This research
will be looking at the recent change in the ‘crossover’ between these concepts,
which makes the concepts no longer two mutually exclusive concepts but ‘inclusive
concepts’. This is vital to understanding Murakami’s more recent works and the
nature of his influence on literature.
Boundless Venus explores the entire works of Haruki Murakami, principally his
most recent novel 1Q84 (2011) and his novels Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the
End of the World (1991) and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (1997). It approaches the
work from a psychoanalytic and critical point of view and focuses on significant
narrative techniques, character development, and themes such as sex, music, and
dreams, used by Murakami to explore the relationship between the conscious and
unconscious and to narrate the crossover between the two
Freya organisation
No full textTITLE: Freya organisation AUTHOR: Rosolová Tereza DEPARTMENT: Department of Special Pedagogy SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Monika Mužáková, PhD. ABSTRACT: This these sis discussing the topic of sexuality of disadvantaged individuals and relevant sexual assistance. Primarily It focuses on examining of the Freya organisation, which provides education, consultations and other supporting services in the field of sexuality of disadvantaged and older individuals. The first part of the theoretical part focuses on sexuality, sexuality of disabled individuals and the terminology and the origin of sexual asistance in the Czech republic and other countries. Also compares sexual assistance systems in selected European countries. The second chapter is examining the Freya organisation. In particular characteristics, history, goals, principles and specific services. In particular Its characteristics, in depth history, which is supproted by comparisons of sexual asistance systems in other selected Europe countries, their goals, principals and services. The practical part will be delivered by structed interview with the use of qualitative research. The goal of practical part was to examine differences or alikeness in the sexual assitance services in Freya organisation from the first beginnings and today from the point of view of..
CERES : singing up the city
No full textMathews, F. CERES : singing up the city. PAN : philosophy activism nature. 2000; 1, 5-15</div
The world hidden within the world : a conversation on ontopoetics
No full textMathews, F. The world hidden within the world : a conversation on ontopoetics. 2009; 6, 97-10
Ontopoetics workspace: introduction
No full textMathews, F. Ontopoetics workspace: introduction. PAN : philosophy activism nature. 2011; 8, 55-56
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AMARTYA SEN AND FREYA MATHEWS
No full textreservedTema principale e trasversale a tutta la disanima è il concetto sviluppo sostenibile. Poiché si tratta di un tema molto vasto e complesso, ho deciso di analizzarlo attraverso due prospettive, quella del filosofo economista Amartya Sen e quella della filosofa australiana Freya Mathews che ha concentrato i suoi studi nell'ambito della metafisica ecologica e del pampsichismo. Si tratta di due angolature molto diverse che, tuttavia, aiutano a illuminare le zone d’ombra che ancora persistono, rendendo più chiaro il concetto di sostenibilità.
Per rispetto nei confronti della specificità dello studio dei due filosofi, non è mia intenzione cercare un punto di incontro o evidenziare eventuali sovrapposizioni tra i due pensieri, quanto dimostrare come sia possibile interpretare questo concetto mediante questi due punti di vista che, proprio grazie alla loro difformità, possono aiutare a restituirne una definizione inedita. Con ciò intendo dire che il mio obiettivo è quello di attestare le ragioni profonde che hanno portato le autorità e l’opinione pubblica a parlare di sviluppo sostenibile e al problema ad esso connesso, la crisi ambientale e, allo stesso tempo, definire le vie tracciate dai due autori in direzione di un autentico sviluppo sostenibile. Per questo, ritengo doverosa una preliminare spiegazione del termine facendo riferimento ai documenti ufficiali redatti dalle autorità internazionali preposte1. Questo chiarimento sarà poi fondamentale per comprendere in primis la critica che i due autori rivolgono al concetto di sviluppo sostenibile “mainstream”, e quindi come debba essere riformulato.
Come vedremo, da una prima valutazione i due autori sembrano distanti, ma in realtà entrambe le loro analisi partono dalla rilevazione dello stesso problema: il modello antropologico sotteso, non solo alla teoria economica, ma anche al nostro modo di considerare la realtà, rende quasi impossibile far fronte al problema globale della sostenibilità. Risulterà interessante vedere e avvicinare, non solo concettualmente, il modo in cui i due filosofi sviluppano la loro analisi
Review of For Love of Matter: A Contemporary Panpsychism by Freya Mathews, SUNY Press, 2003, 213 pp., reviewed by Glen Cosby
No full textAmerican philosopher Jacob Needleman once noted, “we live in a time of metaphysical repression and this repression must be lifted.” Symptomatic of this repression is the reduction of nature from physis to mere 'environment', about which he opines, “one cannot stand in wonder in front of the environment, one can only worry.” Were he seeking an able pair of hands to aid in the lifting of this repression, he might well look to those of Australian ecophilosopher Freya Mathews, whose book, For Love of Matter: A Contemporary Panpsychism (2003, SUNY Press) aims a dart to the heart of this repression. Mathews adds that the environment is not something we can encounter in a fully personal way either, it betokens a world that has been rendered mere backdrop, rather than the lodestar for human meanings and purposes. To breathe life back into the corpse that modern metaphysical repression has made of nature will require nothing less than a “metaphysics of reanimation” of a panpsychist bent that can allow again for enchanted encounter to occur
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