ISBN: 9781466481442 - through these eyes (6 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: Good. What do Socrates, Hypatia, Giordano Bruno, Thomas More, and Jan Patocka have in common? First, they were all faced one day with the most difficult of choices: stay faithful to your ideas and die or renounce them and stay alive. Second, they all chose to die. Their spectacular deaths have become not only an integral part of their biographies, but are also inseparable from their work. A death for ideas is a piece of philosophical work in its own right; Socrates may have never written a line, but his death is one of the greatest philosophical best-sellers of all time. Dying for Ideas explores the limit-situation in which philosophers find themselves when the only means of persuasion they can use is their own dying bodies and the public spectacle of their death. The book tells the story of the philosopher's encounter with death as seen from several angles: the tradition of philosophy as an art of living; the body as the site of self-transcending; death as a classical philosophical topic; taming death and self-fashioning; finally, the philosophers' scapegoating and their live performance of a martyr's death, followed by apotheosis and disappearance into myth. While rooted in the history of philosophy, Dying for Ideas is an exercise in breaking disciplinary boundaries. This is a book about Socrates and Heidegger, but also about Gandhi's fasting unto death and self-immolation; about Girard and Passolini, and self-fashioning and the art of the essay.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. What do Socrates, Hypatia, Giordano Bruno, Thomas More, and Jan Patocka have in common? First, they were all faced one day with the most difficult of choices: stay faithful to your ideas and die or renounce them and stay alive. Second, they all chose to die. Their spectacular deaths have become not only an integral part of their biographies, but are also inseparable from their work. A death for ideas is a piece of philosophical work in its own right; Socrates may have never written a line, but his death is one of the greatest philosophical best-sellers of all time. Dying for Ideas explores the limit-situation in which philosophers find themselves when the only means of persuasion they can use is their own dying bodies and the public spectacle of their death. The book tells the story of the philosopher's encounter with death as seen from several angles: the tradition of philosophy as an art of living; the body as the site of self-transcending; death as a classical philosophical topic; taming death and self-fashioning; finally, the philosophers' scapegoating and their live performance of a martyr's death, followed by apotheosis and disappearance into myth. While rooted in the history of philosophy, Dying for Ideas is an exercise in breaking disciplinary boundaries. This is a book about Socrates and Heidegger, but also about Gandhi's fasting unto death and self-immolation; about Girard and Passolini, and self-fashioning and the art of the essay.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Through These Eyes tells the hard-hitting story of an innocent teenage boy who is mistakenly shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy. Co-authored by a prosecutor and a sheriff's detective, Through These Eyes goes deep into the inner workings of the criminal justice system. Providing the reader with a rare look at the tragic personal, emotional, and legal consequences of an officer involved shooting that goes horribly wrong. This gritty story is told through the eyes of the sheriff's deputy who killed the boy, the boy's parents, and the homicide detective who must investigate and potentially prosecute his colleague. For Sheriff's Deputy Michelle Baxter, the ending of a routine patrol shift instantly turns deadly when she responds to a convenience store armed robbery. After a high speed pursuit with the robbers shooting at her, they ditch their car, and she gives chase to one of the robbers. The night is misty with rain, clouds hide the moon, and it is difficult to see anything. She hears the sound of someone walking over the wet grass and believes she sees the robber, with a gun in his hand. She shoots, killing the armed robber. But it's not the robber. It's sixteeen year old Mario Costa, in his backyard, with only a cell phone in his hand. Still in mourning over the death of her soldier husband in Afghanistan, Baxter must now confront the harsh reality that she has killed an innocent boy; a boy the same age as her son, Nate. She relies on alcohol to ease the pain and beat back the demons of that night. Her life begins to tailspin. The media villifies her and the public demands her firing. She lives each day not knowing whether the District Attorney is going to bring criminal charges against her. The strength and support of Nate sees her through these turbulent times. Vincent and Carmen Costa endure the shock of their son's tragic death and must somehow pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. They are unable to fathom how it is possible that a cop can just shoot the wrong person. In their eyes the shooting is not accidental; it's murder. The Costa's embark on a fight for justice to avenge their son's death. Questions linger; will the District Attorney and the legal system give them the jusctice that they demand? Or, will the system let them down and protect one of its own? Sheriff's Sergeant John Tate is taked with investigating the homicide of Mario Costa. As a father, he feels the pain of the Costa's loss. However, because of an on duty shooting in his past, he also finds a kindred soul in Michelle Baxter. In a twist of fate, Nate Baxter and the Costa's other son, Joseph, find themselves playing on the same collegiate baseball team. These two conflicting paths that have yet to cross, now intersect, and collide. Through These Eyes is a must read for anybody in the criminal jusctice system, or has family and friends in the system. Through These Eyes is also tailor-made for anybody who enjoys reading or watching police and legal dramas. In a nut shell-- Through These Eyes is Law & Order on steroids. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…