Christopher W Hamilton
Biographic Data
| ID | 4688688 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher W Hamilton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher W |
| FAMILY NAME | Hamilton |
| SIGNATURE | HAMILTON C W |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9731-517X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Walter Benjamin's Berliner Kindheit um 1900: Longing, Enchantment and the Material Subject
The aim of this paper is to offer an interpretation of Walter Benjamin's Berliner Kindheit um 1900 (Berlin Childhood Around 1900). Exploring the style and the content of Benjamin's text, both of which portray the world of his childhood as a place of enchantment, I suggest that Benjamin creates in this text a conception of the self as displaced into the surrounding material world. I argue that, in doing this, Benjamin seeks to explore the material…
Humanity, Animality, and Philosophy in Primo Levi
The legacy of antifascist partisan, Auschwitz survivor, and author Primo Levi continues to drive exciting interdisciplinary scholarship. The contributions to this intellectually rich, tightly organized volume - from many of the world's foremost Levi scholars - show a remarkable breadth across fields as varied as ethics, memory, and media studies
Alexander Pruss on Love and the Meaningfulness of Sex
In this essay I explore Alexander Pruss' conceptions of love and sexual desire. I argue that he fails to provide a convincing account of either and that one reason for this is that he ignores far too much relevant material in philosophy and the arts that needs to be taken into account in a thorough investigation of such matters. I argue further that Pruss' understanding of love and sex is highly moralized, meaning that his discussion is not at al…
Guilt and Original Sin
The aim of the article is to suggest that there are two key ways in which it might be plausible to suppose that human beings are fallen or tainted by original sin even if one rejects Christian belief. The first I develop by reflection on the innocence of animals and human infants, contrasting their condition with that of adult human beings. I go on to suggest that we adult human beings are self-thwarting creatures, necessarily unable to enter, as…
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Guilt and Original Sin
The aim of the article is to suggest that there are two key ways in which it might be plausible to suppose that human beings are fallen or tainted by original sin even if one rejects Christian belief. The first I develop by reflection on the innocence of animals and human infants, contrasting their condition with that of adult human beings. I go on to suggest that we adult human beings are self-thwarting creatures, necessarily unable to enter, as…
Alexander Pruss on Love and the Meaningfulness of Sex
In this essay I explore Alexander Pruss' conceptions of love and sexual desire. I argue that he fails to provide a convincing account of either and that one reason for this is that he ignores far too much relevant material in philosophy and the arts that needs to be taken into account in a thorough investigation of such matters. I argue further that Pruss' understanding of love and sex is highly moralized, meaning that his discussion is not at al…
Humanity, Animality, and Philosophy in Primo Levi
The legacy of antifascist partisan, Auschwitz survivor, and author Primo Levi continues to drive exciting interdisciplinary scholarship. The contributions to this intellectually rich, tightly organized volume - from many of the world's foremost Levi scholars - show a remarkable breadth across fields as varied as ethics, memory, and media studies
Walter Benjamin's Berliner Kindheit um 1900: Longing, Enchantment and the Material Subject
The aim of this paper is to offer an interpretation of Walter Benjamin's Berliner Kindheit um 1900 (Berlin Childhood Around 1900). Exploring the style and the content of Benjamin's text, both of which portray the world of his childhood as a place of enchantment, I suggest that Benjamin creates in this text a conception of the self as displaced into the surrounding material world. I argue that, in doing this, Benjamin seeks to explore the material…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Humanity (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 works) · Ancient philosophy (1 works)