... suggests that some forms of sexual preference were considered a distinguishing characteristic of individuals. Many texts even see such preferences as inborn qualities and thus “essential” aspects of human identity. The varieties of same-gender attraction are discussed. The Romans themselves did not see...

... into that imperfection and compromise with the task of joining a shared effort to improve it. Overall it is a way of understanding human identity that has that combination of beauty and goodness that we have learned to associate with truth. If this were primarily about scientific explanation, then simplicity would...

...Czesław Miłosz’s Faith in the Flesh: Body, Belief, and Human Identity. Stanley Bill, Oxford University Press. © Stanley Bill 2021. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192844392.003.0001 The Introduction outlines the central problem of the body in Miłosz’s writings, beginning with a little-known...

...This chapter considers the differences in Spenser and Shakespeare's approaches to poetics, psychology and patronage, first examining the allegory of The Faerie Queene and comparing the way Spenser and Shakespeare portray human identity. It concludes that, while Spenser...

...How has evolutionary science shaped what it means to be human? Who is privileged to speak on the subject of human identity, using what forms of knowledge? These questions are debated throughout the modern world. For readers relatively unfamiliar with Chinese history, this book...

...This chapter discusses the nature of the human identity constructed by science dissemination on human evolution. “Universal human nature” is itself far from a universal concept. Given the notion that all people share a common root identity, there are still endless ways to describe what makes up...

...This chapter presents some final thoughts from the author, and discusses how human identity is a critical analytical category in studying modern Chinese history. It notes popular culture's influence on paleoanthropology, and considers how popular science changes what we think about China and how...

.... The image of the enterprising, pioneering Scot may well have been a necessary myth of empire. Patrick O'Farrell's emphasis on the importance of place in the construction of human identity closely resembles our own, save in its overwhelming essentialism. The flows of ideas, information, people, goods...

... Irigaray Luce self histories of Martin Heidegger Emmanuel Levinas Simone de Beauvoir Judith Butler Mitsein (Being-with) models of human identity mirror neurons Theory Theory Simulation Theory Franz Kafka Hegelian dialectics (critique of Heidegger's sketch for a model of human identity that does...

... by Christians.” Creatureliness, says Wirzba “goes to the heart of human identity and vocation, illuminating who we are, where we are, and what we are to do.” art artistry Bonhoeffer Dietrich consciousness earth Genesis God Heidegger Martin human Marx...

...The human-machine interface, in all its various forms and ramifications for human identity, is a frontier navigated by many anime and manga series. This chapter examines one intriguing series in this vein, the anime Serial Experiments Lain (1998). Lain explores...

... Studies Posthumanism Poetry Science fiction Art Western identity Human identity Nature Despoilation of land in its many many guises is the custom of the country. —Joy Williams, Ill Nature Gregory Caicco introduces the collection Architecture, Ethics, and the Personhood of Place...

... is the novelist's ongoing interest in the representation of time. Coupland's persistent literary exploration of temporality and its relationship with human identity resonates with H. Porter Abbot's claim, informed by the ground-breaking work of Paul Ricoeur, that ‘narrative is the principal way in which our species...

... and happiness or eudaimonia. From a modern Western perspective such notions are remote from what we ordinarily associate with selfhood and rationality. For the Greek thinkers, however, philosophy of mind included a normative investigation of human identity at its best. The rst chapters of the book explore...

...Replying to Chapter 3, this Response takes up the issue of whether natural law doctrine produces a moral structure that, for the sake of true human flourishing, needs to be destabilized and historicized. The Response focuses on how we can give an account of human identity and value. At the same...

..., which is part of what it means to be human and possessed of human dignity. However, the particular nature of international law must be considered, given the diversity, not only of human identities, but also of sovereign states. The chapter examines how the Hegelian thesis and antithesis results...

... Tibetan Plateau energy tax global thermohaline conveyor human identity international treaties I n the house that seems embarrassingly large and mostly empty now that our children are grown and have children of their own, there is a screened-in porch adjacent to the family room on the second floor...

... human identity itself....

... advanced this “killer ape” theory capitalized on an expanding postwar market in intellectual paperbacks and widespread faith in the power of science to solve humanity's problems, even to answer the most fundamental questions of human identity. The killer ape theory spread quickly from colloquial science...