Sentences with phrase «dangerous fantasy of»

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The split between rational and mythic discourse which has characterized our recent cultural history is very dangerous for it impoverishes both modes of thought.13 It is one of the possible benefits of the current new appreciation of the meaning and function of myth that we may be able to rescue it from the realm of unconscious fantasy where it always continues to operate, often in dark and devious ways, and restore it once again to its creative role in human consciousness.

Hence the nation as a whole could only see in such public ideals as those of Jesus an abnormal and dangerous fantasy; the majority, who followed the Scribes and Pharisees (The Tannaim).

I bring the conversation up because it came to mind last week when I was reading about a Christian ethicist so passionately committed to defending the (unmistakably) exceptional nature of human beings that he thinks it necessary to forbid his children any sentimental solicitude for the suffering of beasts, and to disabuse them of the least trace of the dangerous fantasy or pathetic fallacy that animals experience anything analogous to human emotions, motives, or needs; they can not really, he insists, know anxiety, grief, regret, or disappointment, and so we should never allow them to divert our sympathies or ethical longings from their proper object.

Vast treasures have been spent by a bankrupt United States on the Strategic Defense Initiative, an adolescent fantasy of total protection that scores of serious scientists have scorned as both dangerous and meretricious.

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It was the dangerous acting out of fantasy.

Although there may not be anything illegal going on doesn't mean there is a lot of unnecessary dangerous antagonism going on mainly from the part of people like you with small brains who continue to live in fantasy land.

Maybe, just maybe, these physicians are trying to save women and children from this Luddite fantasy that the «good» old days of a century ago — when childbirth was the most dangerous time point in a woman's life — are something we should aspire to recreate.

It would be dangerous for Labour to rely on this impression: this kind of fantasy rarely survives a general election campaign.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 10, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (PG for frightening images and action fantasy sequences) Third installment in the film franchise based on the C.S. Lewis series of fantasy novels finds Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy Pensie (Georgie Henley), along with their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter), returning to the magical land of Narnia to embark on a dangerous, seafaring mission taking them to the edge of the world.

And the thematic richness doesn't end there: when Horton spreads word of the newfound city and vows to protect it, others from the Jungle of Nool treat him like a dangerous rebel, one whose fantasies will ruin the minds of children.

Clash of the Titans (PG - 13 for fantasy violence, frightening images and brief sensuality) Sam Worthington stars in this action - oriented remake of the 1981 fantasy thriller about a mortal son of Zeus (Liam Neeson) who volunteers to lead a daring band of warriors on a dangerous mission to prevent Hades (Ralph Fiennes) from dethroning his father.

Designed with grade school students in mind, this kid - friendly cartoon eliminates the dangerous aspects of the accurate account in favor of spinning a magical escapist fantasy unconcerned with factual accuracy.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (12/10) Third installment in the film franchise based on the C.S. Lewis series of fantasy novels finds Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy Pensie (Georgie Henley), along with their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter), returning to the magical land of Narnia to embark on a dangerous, seafaring mission taking them to the edge of the world.

The characters may have been read out of a third - rate fantasy but they have turned themselves into pretty dangerous folks since they've discovered the ability to write their own destinies in this world.

Yearning turns to fantasy and fantasy into emotionally dangerous reality as she pursues the double while concealing the source of her attraction.

There is something about being caught up in a world that has been created from the ground up with an epic journey, magic, dangerous creatures, and all of the other amazing things that often come up in the world of fantasy that keeps Justin always coming back for more.

Her new epic fantasy novel, A Flight of Marewings, tells the adventure of a duke's illegitimate daughter who must stop her father's murderers — by taming a dangerous monster.

My next book is THE WISH GRANTER, a dark epic fantasy inspired by the tale of Rumpelstiltskin in which a bastard princess must take on a dangerous fae to save her brother without losing both her brother and her soul.

But the land of Quentin's fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he could have imagined.

Along the way, the workers» fantasies about England keep rudely bumping into the ignominious, brutal, and sometimes dangerous realities of life on the margins for immigrants in the new globalized labor market.

In Naomi Novik's rich fantasy novel Uprooted, a girl must embark on a dangerous journey into the heart of a dark forest to face an unexpected foe.

He has an excellent YA fantasy series called Island of Fog about a group of «modern» shape shifter kids who travel into a dangerous world of magic and mythological creatures.

FEATURES: * Multiple playable characters * Unique platforming challenges and puzzles * Melee and magical combat abilities * Dangerous enemies and powerful bosses * Exciting story stages * An optional Arena Mode * A charming fantasy soundtrack * Over 15 achievements to unlock Will you prove yourself as one of the Diseviled, defeat the demons, and save the day?

First of all because «zero» risk is pure fantasy, but also because precautionary principle basically absolves policymakers from any responsibility regarding the potentially dangerous effects of the decisions and policies they promote.

But the climate change lobby is in the grip of its own form of dangerous fantasy.