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Description: At the Altar of Concepts by Patrick J. O'Connell Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description At the Altar of Concepts starts with objects, their rise, a comparison with images, eventually arriving at the notion of concepts. Unlike images and many objects, concepts are this thing of greater permanence, people if they are aware of it or not, are deeply attached to them. Relationships, democracy, economic security are all concepts. People seek them out, they prize them, they think they understand them. Some people even worship them. To worship something here means that figuratively, people give themselves to some ritual or practice whereby some special recognition is accorded to something - a being or an object. Because of their devotion to significant themes i.e. concepts, some people need to go to the altar to obtain them. People worship science, they worship a beautiful woman, or they worship some object. But these are all special activities. This special activity is said to take place at an altar, where an exceptional aura exists, and the goddess of concepts presides. Hence the title of the book - At the Altar of Concepts. Author Biography Patrick J. OConnell is an honors graduate of the University of Paris VII, where a program of of Social Dynamics dedicated to history was explored and carried out via a doctoral dissertation and oral exam both completed several years back. Though historian by profession the first book Objects: A study of the rise, production, contact, flow, building, ROs, ontology, gazes, LLCs, indicators, and situation of objects in the natural and social realms under Outskirts Press, has as principal theme that of philosophy dedicated to the formal study of objects as a category. The current volume continues in philosophy and objects, yet gets specific regarding these objects. That is concepts a kind of object is now this all-important term around which the book revolves. His second book At the Altar of Concepts starts with objects, their rise, a comparison with images, eventually arriving at the notion of concepts. People are said to be caught up in objects in everyday life. In this world, objects and images are things of lesser permanence. Concepts however - relationships, democracy, economic security, wealth, social attention and so on - are in fact entities of greater permanence found in the social realm. People do innumerable things with objects. They spend time with them, they contemplate them, they seek them out, they prize them, they think they understand them. Sometimes people even worship them. To worship something here means that figuratively, people give themselves to some ritual or practice whereby some special recognition is accorded to something - a being or an object. Because of their devotion to significant themes i.e. concepts, some people need to go to the altar to obtain them. This devotion and activities are said to take place at an altar, where an exceptional aura exists, and the goddess of concepts presides. Hence the title of the book - At the Altar of Concepts. Details ISBN 1515007324 ISBN-13 9781515007326 Title At the Altar of Concepts Author Patrick J. OConnell Format Paperback Year 2015 Pages 284 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform GE_Item_ID:95062686; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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Book Title: At the Altar of Concepts : An Attempt to Paint an Alternative Canvas of Life (employing Philosophy, History, Sociology, Objects, Altars, Tradition, and the Conceptual Matrix)

Number of Pages: 284 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: CreateSpace

Item Height: 0.7 in

Topic: Metaphysics

Publication Year: 2015

Genre: Philosophy

Item Weight: 17.5 Oz

Author: Patrick O'Connell

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Format: Trade Paperback