Sentences with phrase «views on civilization»

Her work re-contextualizes the traditional use of colloquial, lo - tech crafts; crochet, knittings and weavings exploring social views on civilization, technology and gender.

Undoubtedly the most neglected aspect of Whitehead's copious philosophical system is his social philosophy, in general, and his views on civilization, in particular.

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This view is accompanied by the expectation that the benefits of civilization will continue to accrue, as gifts of nature, without any demand on the energies of men for their creation and maintenance.

For example, are we to actually believe that God killed thousands of innocent women and children in a worldwide flood (along with their pets), and the best he could do to save civilization was a bunch of perverts who got off on viewing their daddy's makedness?

If the church is intent on being saved, then, from this point of view, it must direct its question to civilization.

On a long view of the history of ideas, and freely conceding the twists and turns of intellectual fortune along the way, William of Ockham is the beginning of the line that eventually leads to Nietzsche's «will to power» and its profound effect on the civilization of our timeOn a long view of the history of ideas, and freely conceding the twists and turns of intellectual fortune along the way, William of Ockham is the beginning of the line that eventually leads to Nietzsche's «will to power» and its profound effect on the civilization of our timeon the civilization of our times.

In view of these circumstances, which should be common to and deducible by all the civilizations in our galaxy, it seems to us quite possible that one - way radio messages are being beamed at the earth at this moment by radio transmitters on planets in orbit around other stars.

«Establishing a self - sustaining second human civilization on Mars» is, in his view, «the most important goal.

Perhaps inevitably, the author's unique manner of prose, animal point - of - view, and comments on violence and civilization get lost in favor of a somewhat simple but plenty poignant human - driven story.

Soaring on a lush cliff high above the beach, the eye is drawn to the brilliant tropical view with turquoise sea, verdant mountains and remote touches of civilization all the way to Creole Rock and beyond to the Atlantic.

Scenes from Western Culture (2015), comprised of nine «cinematic paintings» depicting idyllic visions of Western civilization, plus a series of new paintings made en plein air in the West Bank, are on view in the Chelsea space, while in Bushwick, he presents the four - channel video installation World Light - The Life and Death of an Artist (2015), the artist's interpretation of Icelandic writer Halldór Laxness's novel World Light (1937 — 40).

On view in Baker Library is the remarkable fresco mural cycle by José Clemente Orozco titled The Epic of American Civilization, which the noted Mexican modernist artist painted from 1932 to 1934.

These binary oppositions provide the basis for astute observations on human civilization, often deployed in the form of the diptych and notable in the series Miscegenated Family Album and The First and the Last of the Modernists on view at the Carpenter Center.

On View February 27, 2015 — May 25, 2015 New Orleans, LA - Opening February 27, 2015 at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the exhibition Kongo across the Waters explores the connections between the art and civilization of the African Kongo peoples with that of African American art and culture in the United States.

Klein's emphasis on style must be viewed in the context of the French notion of civilization.

In honor of the Brooklyn Museum's departing director, Arnold L. Lehman, more than 125 «exceptional works of art» collected during his 18 - year tenure and drawn from a huge array of eras and civilizations will be on view.

For a different take on the climate challenge, watch Naomi Oreskes, the Harvard historian *, describe her research on scientists as sentinels and her new book of fictional future climate history, «The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future,» co-written with Erik M. Conway.

«The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future,» is a tale told with sound and fury by a historian living in the year 2393 who looks back on global collapse caused by global warming.

According to that view, the catastrophic practices of industrial civilization must give way to a different mode of living where humans «walk lightly» on the planet, harmonizing their activities with natural cycles.