Alfred G Killilea
Biographic Data
| ID | 6515544 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfred G Killilea |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfred G |
| FAMILY NAME | Killilea |
| SIGNATURE | KILLILEA A G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rhode Island |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Personal mortality versus nuclear peril
In exploring the link between the acceptance of mortality and the rejection of our present nuclear peril, this article focuses on Jonathan Schell's The Fate of the Earth. Schell's treatment of the danger of nuclear war sheds new light on individual death and the ability of people to reconcile themselves to their mortality. In turn, the capacity to be more urgently concerned about the death of all future generations than of oneself can lead to a “…
Nuclearism and the denial of death
This article analyzes the arguments of Robert Jay Lifton in his recent book with Richard Falk, Indefensible Weapons, that the sense of connection and symbolic immortality that provide reassurance and meaning for people in the face of death are undermined by the increasing threat of nuclear war. Lifton's arguments are both paradoxical and ominous, for he has been the most effective proponent of a perspective on death and life that counters the vie…
Death Consciousness and Social Consciousness: A Critique of Ernest Becker and Jacques Choron on Denying Death
Those who believe that more honest attitudes toward death will provoke more humane social and political attitudes need to confront directly the argument that the denial of death is both necessary and inevitable. Ernest Becker and Jacques Choron have made the most forceful recent cases that death deprives life of meaning and leads to massive denial in modern secular culture. However, while Becker vividly portrays the pervasiveness and desperation …
Some Political Origins of the Denial of Death
Although the political dimensions of the attempt to deny death in our culture have been largely neglected, this denial is positively required by the assumptions and incentives of our political ideology. An examination of the political theory of John Locke, the philosopher who has had the largest impact upon American institutions and ideology, reveals how central to his thought were assumptions about the lure of unlimited acquisition, the inevitab…
Privileging Conscientious Dissent: Another Look at Sherbert v. Verner
Journal Article Privileging Conscientious Dissent: Another Look at Sherbert v. Verner Get access Alfred G. Killilea Alfred G. Killilea Associate Professor of Political Science University of Rhode Island Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 16, Issue 2, Spring 1974, Pages 197–215, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/16.2.197 Published: 01 March 1974
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Privileging Conscientious Dissent: Another Look at Sherbert v. Verner
Journal Article Privileging Conscientious Dissent: Another Look at Sherbert v. Verner Get access Alfred G. Killilea Alfred G. Killilea Associate Professor of Political Science University of Rhode Island Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 16, Issue 2, Spring 1974, Pages 197–215, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/16.2.197 Published: 01 March 1974
Some Political Origins of the Denial of Death
Although the political dimensions of the attempt to deny death in our culture have been largely neglected, this denial is positively required by the assumptions and incentives of our political ideology. An examination of the political theory of John Locke, the philosopher who has had the largest impact upon American institutions and ideology, reveals how central to his thought were assumptions about the lure of unlimited acquisition, the inevitab…
Death Consciousness and Social Consciousness: A Critique of Ernest Becker and Jacques Choron on Denying Death
Those who believe that more honest attitudes toward death will provoke more humane social and political attitudes need to confront directly the argument that the denial of death is both necessary and inevitable. Ernest Becker and Jacques Choron have made the most forceful recent cases that death deprives life of meaning and leads to massive denial in modern secular culture. However, while Becker vividly portrays the pervasiveness and desperation …
Nuclearism and the denial of death
This article analyzes the arguments of Robert Jay Lifton in his recent book with Richard Falk, Indefensible Weapons, that the sense of connection and symbolic immortality that provide reassurance and meaning for people in the face of death are undermined by the increasing threat of nuclear war. Lifton's arguments are both paradoxical and ominous, for he has been the most effective proponent of a perspective on death and life that counters the vie…
Personal mortality versus nuclear peril
In exploring the link between the acceptance of mortality and the rejection of our present nuclear peril, this article focuses on Jonathan Schell's The Fate of the Earth. Schell's treatment of the danger of nuclear war sheds new light on individual death and the ability of people to reconcile themselves to their mortality. In turn, the capacity to be more urgently concerned about the death of all future generations than of oneself can lead to a “…
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