Sentences with phrase «of alienation at»

We would like representation from the voice of now - adult children of alienation at the meeting with the APA following the presentation event.

We would like representation from the voice of now - adult children of alienation at the visits to the congressional offices.

We would like representation from the voice of now - adult children of alienation at the opening press conference (I'll discuss this shortly).

In these linked stories, she tackles - among other issues - poverty, political oppression, corruption, violence, women's rights, the class systems of Zimbabwe and the United States, and the problems of alienation at home and in a foreign land.

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You may even at times feel degrees of alienation from the group of which you are a part.

The alienation from God which results from this idolatry is at the very root of man's aloneness and anxiety.

In this way Christian theology becomes both the defender of religion over against the onesidedness and superficiality of Marx's critique of religion, and at the same time the ally of this critique against the «alienation» of man.

For it would be a tragic and self - defeating result if Abraham proved himself a worthy father only at the price of his son's alienation.

The opposite of estrangement and alienation is at - onement, which is a oneness with self, with one's neighbors, with nature and with God (see also Chapter 6).

... The immediate task of philosophy, which is at the service of history, once the saintly form of human self - alienation has been unmasked, is to unmask self - alienation in its unholy forms.

This sense of alienation and longing is hinted at in other religious traditions: in Buddhism's attempt to escape the cycle of suffering, for example, or in Islam's description of paradise, where the righteous «shall have all that they desire.»

At the close of two weeks of daily growth group sessions, participants in one workshop could identify these biblical themes in their shared experiences: bondage and liberation, salvation by grace, judgment, death and rebirth, alienation and reconciliation, mutual caring, the transforming power of love, becoming a spiritual unity, growth.

At the same time, only with intelligent life can there be any sense of alienation from divine creativity, any awareness of our capacity to thwart the divine purpose by self - centered activities randomly conflicting with one another.

Thus understood, the doctrine of radical evil can furnish a receptive structure for new figures of alienation besides the speculative illusion or even the desire for consolation — of alienation in the cultural powers, such as the church and the state; it is indeed at the heart of these powers that a falsified expression of the synthesis can take place; when Kant speaks of «servile faith,» of «false cult,» of a «false Church,» he completes at the same time his theory of radical evil.

Men and women through the ages have also spoken of a reorientation of one's life in which, at least partially, anxiety and internal conflict can be replaced by an inner unity and sense of direction; self - defensiveness and pretense by the ability to look at oneself honestly; self - centeredness and alienation from other people by a new capacity for genuine concern; and guilt and insecurity by a sense of God's forgiveness and acceptance.

Hartshorne's trust in the wholeness of reason and the wholeness of man in the universe is a refreshing reminder that man may at least still hope that alienation and fragmentation are not the final descriptions of his existence.

Actually, Christian theology at its best has recognized that sin is not fundamentally an act but rather the condition of alienation or estrangement out of which harmful acts may arise.

In addition, many of these arrive at the school in some stage of alienation from their own tradition, and some have little rootage in any religious faith.

Such alienation or estrangement brings about a sense of human frustration, sometimes felt very keenly but more often and with most of us in something like Thoreau's «quiet desperation,» known at moments when we can not sleep or when we are not happy about what we have been doing or thinking.

But if they are dealt with at depth, the contribution of Christian insights to the discussions will be a more natural preparation for the communication of the gospel of salvation in Christ than the charitable services have been in the past, because it raises issues regarding the nature of self - alienation in human beings and the ultimate ways of reconciliation overcoming it.

It is not simply that at one unique point in the history of the world the eternal God comes to us in the form of Being - in - time; it is that Christ enters our evil age, our alienation from God.

In that confrontation, renewal can be found, and at least in a fragmentary way, the power of reconciliation overcoming alienation, the healing of brokenness, the experience of release from guilt, anxiety and despair.

My thesis is that the many visions of perfection are more or less the same or at least analogical, and therefore if each Faith keeps its ethics of law dynamic within the framework of and in tension with its own transcendent vision of perfection, the different religious and secular Faiths can have a fruitful dialogue at depth on the nature of human alienation which makes love impossible and for updating our various approaches to personal and public law with greater realism with insights from each other.

They point to other destructive aspects of television that have been stressed by television researchers and theorists; the privatization of experience at the expense of family and social interaction and rela - tionships; (33) the promotion of fear as the appropriate attitude to life: (34) television's cultural levelling effects which blur local, regional, and national differences and impose a distorted and primarily free - enterprise, competitive and capitalistic picture of events and their significance; (35) television's suppression of social dialogue; (36) its distorted and exploitative presentation of certain social groups: (37) the increasing alienation felt by most viewers in relation to this central means of social communication; (38) and its negative effects on the development of the full range of human potential.

That there is a gaiety, an absence of alienation, a vigorous and contagious hope at the center of this movement is obvious and this optimism is the main source of its hold on the conscience of America, particularly young America.

Though Marx and Engels later avoided the philosophical language of their early years, and in the Manifesto of the Communist Party laughed at the German literati who «beneath the French criticism of the economic functions of money... wrote «Alienation of Humanity,» 6 they always recognized that «The German Working class movement is the heir of German classical philosophy.

It is unclear that other socioeconomic arrangements do a better job at reducing alienation, curbing corruption, and promoting virtue than do markets, and yet, markets alleviate material poverty better than any other system of which we are aware.

When, on grounds of Enlightenment individualism, we develop an economics than ignores the interests of community altogether, aiming only at increased production and consumer sovereignty, when communities around the world are collapsing and the resulting alienation of young people causes a profound breakdown in the order needed for healthy personal life, then an ethics that continues to emphasize only individual dignity and rights becomes counterproductive.

The motifs of death and new life, of being lost and found, of alienation and reconciliation may assist in the process at this point.

Then too, there are those who did not die while seeking refuge, those whose perilous journeys landed them safely at the borders of other nations, some welcoming their arrival and others subjecting them to further alienation and degradation.

However, I predict that Labour's unwillingness to engage with a left - wing Euroscepticism could lead to the alienation of the roughly one - quarter to one - third of Labour voters who oppose British EU membership, leading many of them to turn away from the party at the next general election.

However this trend seems to have the same undercurrents: technocratisation of politics both at European and national levels leads to the alienation of citizens from politics and the radicalisation of citizens» preferences.

Douglas Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary and Labour's election co-ordinator, said the party recognises it has work to do to «tackle the alienation that lies at the root of the anger that so many voters feel».

At a time of turmoil and alienation, it's never been more urgent to restore a closer link between what people want and what they get in Westminster.

Mr Alexander conceded: «We have work to do... we need to tackle the alienation that lies at the root of the anger that so many voters feel.»

If you come from a background where you already have experienced others as untrustworthy and not interested at all in your feelings, experimenting with empty or disappointing sex can further your general feelings of alienation from others, vulnerability, and depression.

As it comes together, the sequences of emptiness and a character that wonders from place to place, start to work together to tell a very deep story of depression, loneliness, suicide, conscience, adulthood, alienation, desire, limitations, fear, paranoia and at the heart of it all, the disgust and regret of becoming a father, that take severe psychological and physical effects on the main character.

Bigelow's trademark, at the beginning of her career, was to insert a distance between the spectacle created and the gaze of the spectator, through humour, camp and various alienation effects.

The world here appears at once real and imagined, and by the time the fire within the hole lights Yorke's face and the song grinds to a halt, Anderson dramatically reaffirms most of our beliefs about Radiohead's music as, above all else, the prettiest soundtrack in the world to one man's devotion to his own alienation.

The book is one of the finest of the 20th century, but the film can't figure out how to show the journey that leads to total alienation and Lolita running away without dragging the film to a slowed paced for at least a half hour of screen time, as the two endlessly bicker.

Remarkably assured in his multiple roles of director, lead actor, composer, and screenwriter, Gallo delivers on his lofty ambitions in this captivating (and at times comedic) drama of contemporary alienation.

Even a movie like The Panic in Needle Park, which is savage, brutal, frighteningly realistic, can't help but seem at least a little romantic, because rebellion is romantic, especially to younger people prone to feelings of alienation.

, which is savage, brutal, frighteningly realistic, can't help but seem at least a little romantic, because rebellion is romantic, especially to younger people prone to feelings of alienation.

The main characters move inexorably, helplessly toward disillusionment and alienation even as they seem to be always standing in more or less the same spot: at the edge of a precipice.

GARDEN STATE was that most welcome of surprises, an accomplished film whose quirkiness delivered a thoughtful look at modern alienation without glorifying it.

Mikael Haveri, director of public relations at Housemarque, told the PlayStation Blog that, like a lot of projects at the developer, Alienation began with technological experiments and tinkering, which were also influenced by games developers play.

This raw psychological drama about an engineer unable to adjust to the world around him following his suicide attempt is at heart a scathing portrait of social alienation and moral compromise.

The aforementioned church scene is an example of where this native silence works quite well, racking focus clearly on the sweet, heart - rending vocals, but for a movie ostensibly about alienation and disconnect, there are many scenes — Johnny sitting in the kitchen when the rest of the family rushes out to meet George and Madeleine, for instance, or a late - act scene between Ashley and George at the hospital — where the audio is just flat.

«Happy End» plays at times like a critique of technological alienation, dispensing key plot twists via chilling iPhone videos and Facebook chat sessions.

This is a backwoods place that evokes the spirit of folks who may be at the end of their rope, often because of the death of a spouse or the alienation of a daughter.