Dag Petersson offers a comprehensive critique of the philosophy that has dominated 200 years of modern thought, politics, economy, and culture. The basic question is this: why does dialectical metaphysics fail to keep what it promises? What is it about dialectics, that makes it fall into irreducibly distinct variations of itself, when all it promises is to synthesize, to reconcile and make whole what is fragmented and alien to itself? An undisciplined creativity intrinsic to completing reason comes to light through analyses of how dialectical systems begin. Every dialectical philosophy must account for its own birth, and it is at this point, when it also articulates its promise of universal synthesis, that the book discovers a desire for light-writing, or photography. Only the most immediate element light can mediate the necessary self-determination of thought at its origin. Light must begin to write. A philosophical critique of dialectics is therefore also a point of departure for a new aesthetic ontology of photography.

This book grows out of the conviction that, as the author says, "it is necessary to think about forgiveness not in spite of Auschwitz but because of Auschwitz." Drawing on the Bible and church history, Geiko M�ller-Fahrenholz shows how the idea of forgiveness has been distorted, abused and largely lost, and why it is so important to reclaim this healing art, not only in personal relations but especially in the relations between nations and peoples. He devotes one chapter to a careful analysis of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission set up after the end of apartheid in South Africa, and its relevance to many other situations of deeply rooted hostility and conflict in the world today.

If you could realize forgiveness beyond trauma and grief would you seek to do it? Does integrating the shadow ache within you? Are you seeking wholeness that is unseen, that is calling out as an inner yearning? Is life feeling imbalanced and is what you see within your day to day creating confusion because it is mirroring a deep pain that you have not wanted to see or accept? This is your shadow seeking to come home. Your most broken, pained self knocking on the door of your heart, as it creates relationships, limits opportunities and confiscates your day to day, crying for love.Our shadow doesn't need us to study it. However life needs us to learn from it, to integrate. It is this sacred moment of acceptance of our wholeness where we bravely believe in our birthright, the essence of self love as our foundation and why we are called into shadow work reconciliation. It is this inner calling that activates this sacred process.

How do I forgive? Can I forgive someone who is still hurting me? How can I move forward?Does forgiving mean forgetting? Questions we all ask at sometime. Discover the road to healing and reconciliation from someone who's walked the road of abandonment, bulling and abuse. You can, find out how.

This volume examines the role and contributions of art, music and film in peace-building and reconciliation, offering a distinctive approach in various forms of art in peace-building in a wide range of conflict situations, particularly in religiously plural contexts. As such, it provides readers with a comprehensive perspective on the subject. The contributors are composed of prominent scholars and artists who examine theoretical, professional and practical perspectives and debates, and address three central research questions, which form the theoretical basis of this project: namely, ‘In what way have particular forms of art enhanced peace-building in conflict situations?’, ‘How do artistic forms become a public demonstration and expression of a particular socio-political context?’, and ‘In what way have the arts played the role of catalyst for peace-building, and, if not, why not?’ This volume demonstrates that art contributes in conflict and post-conflict situations in three main ways: transformation at an individual level; peace-building between communities; and bridging justice and peace for sustainable reconciliation.