Robert Lanning
Biographic Data
| ID | 825987 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Lanning |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Lanning |
| SIGNATURE | LANNING R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mount Saint Vincent University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
In the Hotel Abyss
This book is a critical analysis of a selection of Adorno's work framed by four essential concerns: 1) Adorno's method of analysis; 2) the absence of a theory of social change; 3) the relationship of his approach to the dialectics of Hegel and Marx, particularly, to others in and around the Frankfurt School (Benjamin, Kracauer, Marcuse), and in contrast to scholars such as Lukács and Bloch; and 4) Adorno's use of his approach with respect to jazz…
Ethics and Self-Mastery
From his earliest writings as a communist Georg Lukács was concerned with the place of the individual in Marxist theory and practice. Notwithstanding the importance of objective social conditions, a Marxist ontology must advocate the realization of the transformative capacities of individuals—the development of knowledge, the necessity of understanding, thinking and action as resting on a correct choice between alternatives, and the mastery of se…
Launched into Eternity
In this article, ideas central to Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments as well as those of Benthamite reformers are shown to have informed legislative reports and statutes enacted during a period of legal and penal reform in Upper Canada/Canada West. Using newspaper reports, this article discusses the relationship of these themes to narratives of public executions. In the context of an increasingly democratic state in Canada West, sympathetic …
State and Status; The Rise of the State and Aristocratic Power in Western Europe
Public Schools and Political Ideas; Canadian Educational Policy in Historical Perspective
Hunters and Gatherers
Schooling in a Fishing Society
On Developing 'representations from presentations'; Observing the Laws of the Natural and Social Worlds
This essay examines the use of object lessons as a component of 19th century Ontario educational practice, and demonstrates their development to interactive lessons in moral and cultural observation. It is demonstrated that the laws of nature and society were perceived as parallel systems of order. The essay then demonstrates the use of these pedagogical forms in the management of classroom situations
Ethics and Self-Mastery
From his earliest writings as a communist Georg Lukács was concerned with the place of the individual in Marxist theory and practice. Notwithstanding the importance of objective social conditions, a Marxist ontology must advocate the realization of the transformative capacities of individuals—the development of knowledge, the necessity of understanding, thinking and action as resting on a correct choice between alternatives, and the mastery of se…
On Developing 'representations from presentations'; Observing the Laws of the Natural and Social Worlds
This essay examines the use of object lessons as a component of 19th century Ontario educational practice, and demonstrates their development to interactive lessons in moral and cultural observation. It is demonstrated that the laws of nature and society were perceived as parallel systems of order. The essay then demonstrates the use of these pedagogical forms in the management of classroom situations
Hunters and Gatherers
Schooling in a Fishing Society
State and Status; The Rise of the State and Aristocratic Power in Western Europe
Public Schools and Political Ideas; Canadian Educational Policy in Historical Perspective
Launched into Eternity
In this article, ideas central to Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments as well as those of Benthamite reformers are shown to have informed legislative reports and statutes enacted during a period of legal and penal reform in Upper Canada/Canada West. Using newspaper reports, this article discusses the relationship of these themes to narratives of public executions. In the context of an increasingly democratic state in Canada West, sympathetic …
Ethics and Self-Mastery
From his earliest writings as a communist Georg Lukács was concerned with the place of the individual in Marxist theory and practice. Notwithstanding the importance of objective social conditions, a Marxist ontology must advocate the realization of the transformative capacities of individuals—the development of knowledge, the necessity of understanding, thinking and action as resting on a correct choice between alternatives, and the mastery of se…
In the Hotel Abyss
This book is a critical analysis of a selection of Adorno's work framed by four essential concerns: 1) Adorno's method of analysis; 2) the absence of a theory of social change; 3) the relationship of his approach to the dialectics of Hegel and Marx, particularly, to others in and around the Frankfurt School (Benjamin, Kracauer, Marcuse), and in contrast to scholars such as Lukács and Bloch; and 4) Adorno's use of his approach with respect to jazz…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Canadian Identity and History (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Law (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (2 works)