Author: Kenneth M. George
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: muslim, lifeworld, ethics, art, islam, picturing
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2010-01-26
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1405129573
ISBN-13: 9781405129572

Picturing Islam: Art and Ethics in a Muslim Lifeworld explores issues of religion, nationalism, ethnicity, and globalization through the life and work of the prominent contemporary Indonesian artist Abdul Djalil Pirous. · Presents a unique addition to the anthropology of art and religion · Demonstrates the impact of Islam, ethnicity, nationalism, and globalization on the work and life of an internationally recognized postcolonial artist · Weaves together visual and narrative materials to tell an engrossing story of a cosmopolitan Muslim artist · Looks at contemp

Authors:Karin Dahlberg, Helena Dahlberg, Maria Nystrom,
Publisher: Studentlitteratur AB
Keywords: research, lifeworld, reflective
Number of Pages: 372
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $23.30
ISBN-10: 9144049250
ISBN-13: 9789144049250

This book explicates a reflective lifeworld research approach, based on phenomenological philosophy. The emphasis is on the lifeworld, the human intentionality and its capacity for seeing meaning and for reflection. The epistemological ideas presented in the book are transformed into an empirical research approach that serves as a guiding principle for research. The approach originates from the aim of allowing the phenomenon to guide the research by which the phenomenon and its meanings will be illuminated, understood and explicated, and is supported by an open and ’bridled’ attitu

Author: Don Ihde
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: technology, series, philosophy, indiana, earth, lifeworld, garden
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 1990-05-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0253205603
ISBN-13: 9780253205605

"... Dr. Ihde brings an enlightening and deeply humanistic perspective to major technological developments, both past and present." -- Science Books & Films"Don Ihde is a pleasure to read.... The material is full of nice suggestions and details, empirical materials, fun variations which engage the reader in the work... the overall points almost sneak up on you, they are so gently and gradually offered." -- John Compton"A sophisticated celebration of cultural diversity and of its enabling technologies.... perhaps the best single volume relating the philosophical tradition to the broad issue