A arte hoje não se define mais como aparição sensível da ideia ou da verdade. Ela não diz mais. No máximo, sugere. Isso quer dizer que sua significação é algo que apenas se acena de longe pelos significados postos e propostos pela obra. Ela é antes ausência que presença, antes um balbuciar do que uma fala. Como diz Paul Celan: NENHUMA ARTE DE AREIA MAIS, nenhum livro de areia, mestre nenhum. Nada de lance de dados. Quantosmudos?Dez e sete. Tua pergunta (...) – tua resposta.Teu canto, o que sabe? Fundonaneve, Uonaeve, U – e – e. (shrink)

Eu estava no campinho de futebol da casa dos meus pais, os quero-queros tinham feito ninho e seus três filhotes pequenos estavam aprendendo a comer bicando lá sei eu o quê numa parte mais úmida, onde nas chuvas corria uma fonte. Quando os quero-queros faziam ninho, cessavam todas as peladas. Não havia nem discussão, afinal eles moravam aí antes de chegarem os humanos, o terreno era deles, nós éramos os invasores. Um gato espreitava os filhotes, pronto para dar o bote. (...) Em vez de dar de ombros e dizer “é a lei da natureza”, espantei o gato. (shrink)

Ter uma noção mais clara sobre o que possa ser a verdade é central não só para a ciência, também não só para a filosofia, mas também para a arte. Há uma longa tradição filosófica que diz, com Aquino, que o belo é o resplendor da verdade ou, com Hegel, que o belo é a aparição sensível da ideia. Para o idealismo alemão, a ideia tinha de ser verdadeira, pois se não ela seria apenas um palpite infeliz. Como a verdade (...) permite distinguir o que é justo e correto, o que vale e o que não tem valor, ela também é central para a vida das pessoas, para as grandes decisões que precisam tomar e para a estruturação do seu dia a dia. (shrink)

A mímese foi fundante na tradição judaico-cristã por causa da crença de que Jeová teria feito o homem “à sua imagem e semelhança”. Isso poderia ter sido entendido que o homem teria sido feito semelhante a si mesmo, mas ele preferiu acreditar que era parecido com Deus. Não entendeu que a divindade poderia ser parecida com ele, uma projeção cósmica. Descartes observou que Deus e homem seriam antitéticos: um seria eterno, o outro finito; um onisciente, outro de parco saber; um (...) todo poderoso, outro de poucas forças; um onipresente, outro estando em um só lugar. A vaidade se sobrepõe à racionalidade. (shrink)

Pascal assegura que acima de tudo ele preza a honestidade, mas tem um pensamento curto que diz “poète, et non honnête homme”. A ficção seria uma desonestidade. Outro pensamento comenta o provérbio latino “in vino veritas”, dizendo que é preciso não haver vinho demais nem vinho de menos para buscar a verdade. Se o vinho é o acesso ao subconsciente, isso significa que é preciso ampliar a racionalidade para além do âmbito consciente. Será que Pascal, saindo da ciência e se (...) tornando monge católico, era honesto a ponto de acusar os poetas de serem desonestos, por que não ver antes a desonestidade nas crenças? Ele acreditou na ficção do “milagre do espinho de Port Royal” e nas ficções produzidas por poetas em Roma sobre Cristo. (shrink)

"A arte que servisse para enaltecer a grandeza dos senhores e mostrar a baixeza dos escravos estava aí dentro dos padrões da “veritas aestheticologica”. Isso pode ser comprovado em Aristófanes e Plauto, como em Homero e Platão. O cristianismo contrapôs a tese de que todos os humanos teriam alma, mas soube conviver com a escravidão durante séculos, inclusive sacramentando-a como vontade divina (baseando na suposta maldição de Noé). Baudelaire fez, porém, no poema sobre “A raça de Caim”, a inversão do (...) discurso bíblico. Quando se fala sobre a escravidão antiga, parece que o problema não nos afeta: nosso “correto” não vê o assalariado, o desempregado e quem vive de bicos como escravos modernos, mais baratos que os antigos. Não nos preocupamos com o que incomoda. [...]. (shrink)

Fala-se em fake, mas não se admite que milagres de Cristo ou hagiografias de santos poderiam ser fakes também. As religiões treinaram, no entanto, os políticos no sentido de esperarem que se acredite no que dizem, por mais absurdo que seja. Com que concepção de verdade se tem operado? É possível “operar” com ela, como se coisa fosse, um instrumento? Ou ela nos é, nos abrimos à verdade que em nós assoma e se torna palavra e imagem?

A Estética deriva de uma crença que pode conter um erro grave, nos fundamentos, e toda sua edificação pode afundar. Oriunda da metafísica psicológica, ela pressupõe que o homem se divida em corpo e alma, como instâncias separáveis, tendo a alma prioridade por ser imutável, eterna e independente do corpo. Assim como a Lógica cuidaria das ilações da alma em termos analíticos, a Estética cuidaria das percepções corporais, das imagens corpóreas. Essa concepção cristã está presente em Descartes, Leibniz, Wolff, Baumgarten, (...) Kant, Fichte, Solger, Hegel e vários outros. (shrink)

Eu tinha uma sombra em mim, tão obscura que não a conhecia nem reconhecia. Nas sombras de mim mesmo ela se perdia. Só quando senti a sombra que em ti havia e me impedia de me aconchegar em ti, passei a suspeitar da extensa sombra que se estendia, assombrando a mente que eu tão lúcida pretendia.

Coletânea de resenhas e artigos organizada pelo poeta e editor Wilbett Oliveira: SUMÀRIOPARTE UM — RESENHAS 11 Sobre as paixões por Clarice LispectorWilbett Oliveira 19 Sobre o romance “Canibalismo de Outono”, de Arturo GouveiaCícero Émerson do Nascimento Cardoso 27 Sobre “A poesia na precariedade do existir”Joel Cardoso 33 De norte ao sul do Brasil: pontos de convergênciaEster Abreu V. de Oliveira 43 Desvelando méritos ocultos Luiz Eduardo de Carvalho 49 Inventário para a poesia experimental portuguesaRodrigo da Costa Araujo 55 “Vaca (...) Profana”: um mundo lírico e divertidoAdelto Gonçalves 63 Sobre o “Soneto 155”, de Norma Doront StrafArturo Gouveia 71 “Viúvas de Sal”, herdeiras do malLuiz Eduardo de Carvalho PARTE DOIS — ARTIGOS 79 Apatia sem pátriaFlávio R. Kothe 95 Alguns equívocos dos gramáticosJosé Augusto Carvalho PARTE TRÊS — Sobre os coautores 111 Adelto Gonçalves112 Arturo Gouveia113 Cícero Émerson do Nascimento Cardoso114 Ester Abreu Vieira de Oliveira115 Flávio R. Kothe116 Joel Cardoso117 José Augusto Carvalho118 Luiz Eduardo de Carvalho119 Rodrigo da Costa Araujo120 Wilbett Oliveira 121 Crédito das imagens. (shrink)

One of the foundation-stones of modern philosophy Descartes was prepared to go to any lengths in his search for certainty—even to deny those things that seemed most self-evident. In his Meditations of 1641, and in the Objections and Replies that were included with the original publication, he set out to dismantle and then reconstruct the idea of the individual self and its existence. In doing so, Descartes developed a language of subjectivity that has lasted to this day, and he also (...) took his first steps towards the view that would eventually be expressed in the epigram Cogito, ergo sum ("I think, therefore I am"), one of modern philosophy's most famous—and most fiercely contested—claims. The first part of a two-volume edition of Descartes' works in Penguin Classics, the second of which is Discourse on Method & Related Writings. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. (shrink)

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This paper presents a dynamic perspective in which the psychological contract is treated as a structured set of beliefs that are held by individual employees about the mutual obligations of the organization as employer and themselves as employees. This set of beliefs is assumed to produce a state of commitment to the organization in which the employee is willing to accept work roles and tasks offered by the organization, and to carry them out in accordance with certain standards. The dynamic (...) model that is presented can help to explain why the commitment of employees remains relatively stable over time, and why it may suddenly decrease or increase under circumstances that are perceived as critical by the employee. The model assumes that the employee's evaluation of the organization's behavior changes over time, but that the structure of the psychological contract and the associated commitment change only when certain limits are overstepped. This perspective on changes in the psychological contract transforms the concept into a powerful construct that may lead to fruitful research on the dynamics of organization-employee relationships. Implications for future research are discussed. (shrink)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in (...) the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. (shrink)

Theory of Literature was originally published in 1949. It is not a textbook introducing the young to the elements of literary appreciation nor a survey of the techniques employed in scholarly research. The authors have sought to unite "poetics" (or literary theory) and "criticism" (evaluation of literature) with "scholarship" ("research") and "literary history" (the "dynamics"of literature, in contrast to the "statics" of theory and criticism).

In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:Driven from Home: Protecting the Rights of Forced Migrants Edited by David Hollenbach, SJ, and: Kinship across Borders: A Christian Ethic of Immigration by Kristen HeyerRené M. Micallef SJDriven from Home: Protecting the Rights of Forced Migrants EDITED BY DAVID HOLLENBACH, SJ Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2010. 296 pp. $20.46Kinship across Borders: A Christian Ethic of Immigration KRISTEN HEYER Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2012. 210 pp. (...) $29.23Although based on a conference held at Boston College in November 2008, Driven from Home is no less timely today, given the context of current debates on immigration in the United States, the European Union, Australia, and the Middle East. David Hollenbach’s introduction explains how the book brings together Christian (mostly Catholic) theologians, human rights activists, humanitarian practitioners, and legal scholars to help us focus on a class of persons referred to as “forced migrants” or “persons needing protection.” These individuals are neither classical “convention refugees” (according to international law definitions) nor are they simply “migrant workers” (in the classical sense) since their basic human rights to security and subsistence cannot [End Page 230] be adequately guaranteed in their home country or region. They do not emigrate merely in search of a higher standard of living; rather, forced migrants enter and settle in foreign lands seeking some sort of “protection” similar to that afforded to “conventional” refugees. More concretely, the book focuses on persons on the move—individuals fleeing violence and the extreme poverty rampant in regions devastated by ecological degradation and natural disasters.Extending the logic of the 1952 Refugee Convention and adapting it to the realities of today, one can argue convincingly that the international community has a duty to protect such persons when their states of origin are structurally unable or unwilling to afford protection (as argued in Susan Martin’s essay). However, paternalistic approaches that diminish rather than augment the agency of local governments and migrants are to be avoided (as maintained in M. Brinton Lykes’ essay). The book helps us reflect on what can be done to guarantee the basic rights of forced migrants not only at the level of international law and institutions but also through domestic and regional policymaking spurred and inspired by both Christian and secular global-humanitarian values. Such values are eminently compatible when applied to this particular issue (see Silvano Tomasi’s contribution). Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator’s essay—which offers insightful reflections (albeit rather general ones) from Christian ethics, ecclesiology, and biblical theology—likewise points to the need for a truly interdisciplinary approach to the issue. The other authors help the book achieve precisely this. Theological ethics finds its own distinctive place and voice in dialogue with a range of perspectives: legal and political sciences and case studies (Frank Brennan, Daniel Kanstroom); philosophical approaches (Arash Abizadeh); and sociological research on particular migrant populations (M. Brinton Lykes, Maryanne Loughry). The book includes essays that integrate case studies, technical reflections, useful summaries of theological principles and doctrines (J. Bryan Hehir, Mary M. DeLorey, and Tomasi), and philosophical stances (Abizadeh, Thomas G. Weiss), and present practical and legal proposals (see Martin’s essay). A stimulating read for scholars and for the general public, the volume provides good training material for faith-based activists and practitioners.The argumentation strategy in many of the essays in Driven from Home is to appeal to the reader’s sense of solidarity with the needy or suffering neighbor. It promotes the virtues of hospitable citizenship and hospitable disciple-ship while carefully trying to convince national and international policymakers to reinforce and expand the international protection regime. Emboldened by the 2005 “Responsibility to Protect” breakthrough at the United Nations, the authors seek to remain acceptable to a wide audience in an atmosphere of resurgent nationalism, nativism, and protectionism. The authors generally avoid harsh critiques of Westphalian models of sovereignty and do not dwell [End Page 231] on the Catholic doctrines of the universal destination of created goods and the (circumscribed) right to immigrate (and not only to emigrate). Rather, they seek to introduce a new protection niche without fundamentally challenging the prevailing ideology of sovereignty, gently proposing new legal instruments as though they... (shrink)