JIS ABSTRACTS 1989-2020
ABSTRACTS JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES VOLS. I - XXXII 1989-2020
ABSTRACTS JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES VOLS. I - XXXII 1989-2020
JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES Vol. XXVIII 2016 FREEDOM & VIRTUE: Re-Inventing Free Institutions in an Era of Globalization EDITORIAL Oskar Gruenwald: The Postmodern Challenge: In Search of Normative Standards 1 ARTICLES Michael E. Meagher: The U.S. Presidential Campaign, 2016: A Historic Realignment?…
JIS XXVII 2015 DOES GOD PLAY DICE? Randomness & Divine Providence JIS XXVII 2015: 1-3 GOD, NATURE AND FREEDOM (Editorial) Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research This 27th volume in the interconnected thematic series of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies…
JIS XXVI 2014 INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES: THE NEXT 25 YEARS JIS XXVI 2014: 1-28 THE PROMISE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES: RE - IMAGINING THE UNIVERSITY Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research The thesis of this essay is that interdisciplinary studies hold special…
JIS XXV 2013 BRAVE NEW WORLD? Genetic Engineering & Human Dignity JIS XXV 2013: 1-38 THE DYSTOPIAN IMAGINATION: THE CHALLENGE OF TECHNO - UTOPIA Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research This essay seeks to explore the nature and effects of…
JIS XXIV 2012 THE FIRST FREEDOMS: Mihajlov's Quest for Democracy & Human Rights JIS XXIV 2012: 1-56 THE THIRD REVOLUTION: THE QUEST FOR AN OPEN SOCIETY Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research This essay explores the intellectual and spiritual ferment…
JIS XXIII 2011 THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY: From John Henry Newman to the Multiversity and Beyond JIS XXIII 2011: 1-18 THE UNIVERSITY AS QUEST FOR TRUTH Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research This essay proposes that the crisis of…
JIS XXII 2010 Intelligent Design & Artificial Intelligence: THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE? JIS XXII 2010: 1-31 PROGRESS IN SCIENCE: A COPERNICAN REVOLUTION IN EVOLUTION? Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research A new paradigm is emerging which places Charles Darwin's…
JIS XXI 2009 CHRISTIANITY & DEMOCRACY: Jacque Maritain in Perspective JIS XXI 2009: 1-24 CULTURE, RELIGION AND POLITICS: WHY LIBERAL DEMOCRACY NEEDS GOD Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research This essay proposes that while a "Christian" democracy may be too…
JIS XX 2008 GLOBALIZATION & ITS DISCONTENTS: Modernization, Culture and Religion JIS XX 2008: 1-20 THE GLOBALIZATION PARADOX Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research Globalization offers a comprehensive framework for addressing prospects for the peaceful evolution of people and societies in…
JIS XIX 2007 VIRTUE ETHICS: Interdisciplinary Perspectives JIS XIX 2007: 1-18 THE TELEOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research This essay proposes that the human quest for meaning, self-realization, and self-transcendence via the moral "ought" as the proper end,…
JIS XVIII 2006 PROPHETS OF POST-COMMUNISM: Toward an Open Society JIS XVIII 2006: 1-24 JOHN F. KENNEDY AND RONALD REAGAN: THE CHALLENGE OF FREEDOM Michael E. Meagher University of Missouri-Rolla Most Americans in the 1920s and 1930s were unaware of…