Neoplatonism and Contemporary Thought

R. Baine Harris is Eminent Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Old Dominion University. He is the editor of Authority: A Philosophical Analysis, and The Structure of Being: A Neoplatonic Approach and Neoplatonism and Indian Thought, both published by SUNY Press.

• PrefaceR. Baine HarrisAcknowledgmentsIII. Neoplatonism and Contemporary Social TheoryHierarchies, Cultural Institutions and the Problem of Democracy: A Neoplatonic CritiqueJohn Anton, University of South FloridaPorphyry's Concept of Ablabeia and the Issue of Animal RightsMichael Hornum, Columbia, MarylandPlotinian Roots of Ecology, Post-Normal Science and Environmental EthicsLaura Westra, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New YorkCommonality and Difference Between Neoplatonism and Deep EcologyDavid R. Lea, University of Papua New GuinaNeoplatonism in Transpersonal Psychology: The Thought of Ken WilburDaniel Kealey, Towson UniversityPlatonopolis RevisitedRobert Meredith Helms, Wake Forest UniversityDeconstructionism and Neoplatonism: Jacques Derrida and Dionysius the AreopagiteLeo Sweeney, S.J., Loyola University of ChicagoSignifying Nothing: Being as Sign in Neoplatonism and DerridaEric D. Perl, The Catholic University of AmericaCan Neoplatonism be Harmonized with Postmodernity?John Mayer, Brock University, St. Catherines, OntarioIV. Neoplatonism and Contemporary AestheticsAlexej Losev: A Neoplatonic View of the Dialectic of Absence and Presence in the Nature of Artistic FormOleg Bychkov, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, New YorkAesthetics as a Philosophic Ethos: Plotinus and FoucaultRobert Berchman, Dowling College, Oakdale, New YorkPlotinus on the Origin and Place of Beauty in Thought About the WorldA.H. Armstrong, Dalhousie University and the University of LiverpoolDoes Modern Art Reflect Plotinus' Notion of Beauty?Aphrodite Alexandrakis, Barry University, Miami, FloridaNeoplatonism: Unity and Plurality in the ArtsL.E. Goodman, Vanderbilt UniversityThe Epiphanie of Traces in Art: Post-Neoplatonic Visualizations of the InvisibleAlicia Kuczynska, University of WarsawSome Remarks About the Difficulties of Realizing Neoplatonic Thought in Contemporary Philosophy and ArtWerner Beierwaltes, University of MunichV. Neoplatonism and Contemporary SpiritualityNeoplatonism and Western Christian ManJohn N. Findlay, Boston UniversityDoes Neoplatonism Have Anything to Say to Post-Modern SpiritualityPaulos Mar Gregorios, Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan of DelhiNeoplatonism and Contemporary Theories of MysticismParvis Morewedge, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New YorkNeoplatonism and Contemporary Slavic Spirituality: Survival and Revival of the Fittest In the Soviet and Post-Soviet ErasRoman T. Ciapolo, Loras College, Dubuque, IowaNeoplatonism in Contemporary Christian SpiritualityRobert Cummings Neville, Boston University, Boston, MassachusettsNo-Thing or Nothing: Mysticism and Neoplatonism in Neville's Conception of GodCharles G. Woods, The Union Institute, Cincinatti, OhioContributors to Part Two