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Figura spettrale e inquietante, Oswald Spengler, con la sua opera principale (Il Tramonto dell'Occidente) ricompare sulla scena ogni volta che il presente è vissuto come momento di crisi o di transizione politica, ideologica, culturale. Pure nel nostro tempo non mancano richiami, ricerche, articoli che, sebbene in modi diversi, sembrano tutti accomunati dall'ascolto preoccupato delle sue diagnosi. Nelle due parti di questo studio, si prova a mostrare, tuttavia, perché Spengler non possa essere evocato (o scongiurato) come l'anti-Occidente. Si tratta di rimarcare, piuttosto, come il confondersi mimetico con le posizioni del presunto profeta di sventura, in nome dell'amor proprio dell'Occidente e della sua eccezionalità, rischi di confermare la prognosi del tramonto, attestando la miseria, o l'impotenza, della critica volta a contrastarne il compimento./[English]: A spectral and haunting figure, Oswald Spengler, with his main work (The Decline of the West) reappears on the scene every time the present is experienced as a moment of crisis or political, ideological, cultural transition. Even in our own time, there are references, researches, and articles that, although in different ways, all seem to be connected by a worried regard for his diagnoses. In the two parts of this study, is made an attempt to show, however, why Spengler cannot be evoked (or dismissed) as the anti-West. Rather, it is a matter of pointing out how the mimetic blurring with the positions of the alleged prophet of doom, in the name of the West's self-love and its exceptionalism, risks confirming the prognosis of the decline, testifying to the misery, or impotence, of the critique aimed at opposing its fulfilment.
Philosophy. --- Parables.
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"The teachers of Hasidism gave new life to the literary tradition of parable, a story that teaches a spiritual or moral truth. In The Hasidic Parable, acclaimed author Aryeh Wineman takes readers through the great works of the hasidic storytellers." "Telling parables, explains Rabbi Wineman, was a strategy that the hasidic masters used to foster a radical shift in thinking about God, the world, and the values and norms of religious life. Although these parables date back 200 years or more, they deal with moral and religious themes and issues still relevant today. Each is accompanied by notes and commentary by the author that illuminate their ideological significance and their historical roots and background."
Hasidic parables --- Hasidic parables. --- Parables, Hasidic --- Jewish parables --- History and criticism.
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Story-telling has been an integral part of the hasidic movement from its inception. Stories about the hasidic leaders and their mystical powers attracted followers and maintained their devotion, and still do so today. This important work, based on analysis of all the published anthologies of such stories, presents them by theme and traces their origins. Originally published in Hebrew and expanded for this edition, it makes a fascinating contribution to the history of hasidism, of Hebrew literature, and of Jewish popular culture.
Hasidim --- Hasidic parables --- Parables, Hasidic --- Jewish parables --- Chasidim --- Hassidim --- Jews --- Themes, motives.
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Literature, Modern --- Jewish parables --- Parables --- Parables, Jewish --- History and criticism. --- Bible --- Parables. --- 225*33 --- History and criticism --- Parabels. Gelijkenissen --- Biblia --- 225*33 Parabels. Gelijkenissen
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"The Power of Parables documents the surprising ways in which Jewish and Christian parables bridge religion with daily life. This 2019 conference volume rediscovers the original power of parables to shock and affect their audience, which has since been reduced by centuries of preaching and repetition. Not only do parables enhance the perspective on Scripture or the kingdom of heaven, they also change the sensory regime of the audience in perceiving the outer world. The theological differences in their applications appear secondary in view of their powerful rhetoric and suggest a shared genre"--
Storytelling --- Religious aspects --- Judaism --- Christianity --- Bible --- Parables
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Originally written in 1948-49 when John Rechy (City of Night) was 18 years old, Pablo! was never published and has languished in Special Collections at Boston University. An unusual novel, Rechy uses archetypes to explore Mayan myths, beliefs and rituals.
Allegories. --- Allegory (Art) --- Exempla --- Fiction --- Homiletical illustrations --- Tales --- Fables --- Parables
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"No longer imminent, the End is immanent." "Ends are ends," Frank Kermode goes on to clarify, "only when they are not negative but frankly transfigure the events in which they were immanent." From its imminence to its immanence, not "negative," "no longer," but transformative, how is "the End" in turn "transfigured"? In what may ending be said then to consist? To "the end times" of apocalypse and eschatology Giorgio Agamben, following Gianni Carchia, opposes messianism and "messianic time"--to the end of time, in a formula, the time of the end. To the writings of those for whom to philosophize is to learn how to die--from Plato to Montaigne and beyond--one may oppose, in like manner, the writings of Spinoza, who "thinks of death least of all things"--"for nature is Messianic by reason of its eternal and total passing away," as Benjamin writes--and so in whose pages "wisdom," transfigured, "is a meditation on life."
Ethics. --- Philosophy --- Political aspects. --- philosophy --- utopia --- philology --- poetics --- parables
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Hauptbeschreibung Gleichnisse sind Rätseltexte. Sie sind nicht klar und eindeutig, sondern setzen einen Prozess der Deutung in Gang, der je nach Perspektive unterschiedlich ausfallen kann. So gibt es nicht nur eine richtige Interpretation eines Gleichnisses, sondern vielmehr unterschiedliche Verstehensmöglichkeiten, die je und je neu gefunden werden müssen.In ihrer bewusst kalkulierten Deutungsoffenheit machen die Gleichnisse die Reflexion der Verstehensvoraussetzungen und -methoden unerlässlich, sie erfordern Hermeneutik.Der vorliegende Sammelband stellt sich d
Parables, Biblical. --- Jesus Christ --- Jesus Christ. --- Parables --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Hermeneutik --- Gleichnis --- Jesu --- Parabel --- Neues Testament --- Studienliteratur
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The story of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 AD) is familiar to historians from the political histories of medieval Islam, which treat it as a factual account. The story also informs the competing perspectives of Sunni and Shi'i Islam, which read into it the legitimacy of their claims. Yet while descriptive and varied, these approaches have long excluded a third reading, which views the conflict over the succession to the Prophet as a parable. From this vantage point, the motives, sayings, and actions of the protagonists reveal profound links to previous texts, not to mention a surprising irony regarding political and religious issues.In a controversial break from previous historiography, Tayeb El-Hibri privileges the literary and artistic triumphs of the medieval Islamic chronicles and maps the origins of Islamic political and religious orthodoxy. Considering the patterns and themes of these unified narratives, including the problem of measuring personal qualification according to religious merit, nobility, and skills in government, El-Hibri offers an insightful critique of both early and contemporary Islam and the concerns of legitimacy shadowing various rulers. In building an argument for reading the texts as parabolic commentary, he also highlights the Islamic reinterpretation of biblical traditions, both by Qur'anic exegesis and historical composition.
Caliphs --- Caliphate --- Prophets --- Islam and politics --- Islamic parables --- Historiography --- Historians --- Historiography. --- History. --- Political aspects --- Islamic Empire --- History --- Historiographers --- Scholars --- Historical criticism --- Authorship --- Muslim parables --- Parables, Islamic --- Parables, Muslim --- Parables --- Islam --- Politics and Islam --- Political science --- Minor prophets --- Prophethood --- Seers --- Persons --- Khalifat --- Khilāfah --- Khilafat --- Kings and rulers --- Califs --- Khalifs --- Heads of state --- Criticism --- Arab countries --- Arab Empire --- Empire, Islamic --- Middle East --- Muslim Empire
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