Preface
R. Baine Harris
Acknowledgments
III. Neoplatonism and Contemporary Social Theory
Hierarchies, Cultural Institutions and the Problem of Democracy: A Neoplatonic Critique
John Anton, University of South Florida
Porphyry's Concept of Ablabeia and the Issue of Animal Rights
Michael Hornum, Columbia, Maryland
Plotinian Roots of Ecology, Post-Normal Science and Environmental Ethics
Laura Westra, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York
Commonality and Difference Between Neoplatonism and Deep Ecology
David R. Lea, University of Papua New Guina
Neoplatonism in Transpersonal Psychology: The Thought of Ken Wilbur
Daniel Kealey, Towson University
Platonopolis Revisited
Robert Meredith Helms, Wake Forest University
Deconstructionism and Neoplatonism: Jacques Derrida and Dionysius the Areopagite
Leo Sweeney, S.J., Loyola University of Chicago
Signifying Nothing: Being as Sign in Neoplatonism and Derrida
Eric D. Perl, The Catholic University of America
Can Neoplatonism be Harmonized with Postmodernity?
John Mayer, Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario
IV. Neoplatonism and Contemporary Aesthetics
Alexej Losev: A Neoplatonic View of the Dialectic of Absence and Presence in the Nature of Artistic Form
Oleg Bychkov, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, New York
Aesthetics as a Philosophic Ethos: Plotinus and Foucault
Robert Berchman, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York
Plotinus on the Origin and Place of Beauty in Thought About the World
A.H. Armstrong, Dalhousie University and the University of Liverpool
Does Modern Art Reflect Plotinus' Notion of Beauty?
Aphrodite Alexandrakis, Barry University, Miami, Florida
Neoplatonism: Unity and Plurality in the Arts
L.E. Goodman, Vanderbilt University
The Epiphanie of Traces in Art: Post-Neoplatonic Visualizations of the Invisible
Alicia Kuczynska, University of Warsaw
Some Remarks About the Difficulties of Realizing Neoplatonic Thought in Contemporary Philosophy and Art
Werner Beierwaltes, University of Munich
V. Neoplatonism and Contemporary Spirituality
Neoplatonism and Western Christian Man
John N. Findlay, Boston University
Does Neoplatonism Have Anything to Say to Post-Modern Spirituality
Paulos Mar Gregorios, Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan of Delhi
Neoplatonism and Contemporary Theories of Mysticism
Parvis Morewedge, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York
Neoplatonism and Contemporary Slavic Spirituality: Survival and Revival of the Fittest In the Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras
Roman T. Ciapolo, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa
Neoplatonism in Contemporary Christian Spirituality
Robert Cummings Neville, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
No-Thing or Nothing: Mysticism and Neoplatonism in Neville's Conception of God
Charles G. Woods, The Union Institute, Cincinatti, Ohio
Contributors to Part Two