{"id":133,"date":"2017-04-23T10:19:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T14:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/druttley\/?p=133"},"modified":"2017-04-23T10:19:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T14:19:04","slug":"welcome-to-a-view-from-the-orangery-a-place-to-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/druttley\/2017\/04\/23\/welcome-to-a-view-from-the-orangery-a-place-to-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to A View from the Orangery &#8211; a place to think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/druttley\/files\/2016\/12\/cropped-Rome2-1-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/druttley\/files\/2016\/12\/cropped-Rome2-1-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/druttley\/files\/2016\/12\/cropped-Rome2-1-768x221.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/druttley\/files\/2016\/12\/cropped-Rome2-1-500x144.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/druttley\/files\/2016\/12\/cropped-Rome2-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From a Roman roof-top orangery I could see so much.The\u00a0<em>Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II<\/em>\u00a0glistened in that Roman afternoon heat that you can hear, taste and smell. But only so small a part was visible; so much was hidden. Orderliness and confusion. Iconic ambulance\u00a0sirens. All life as an expression of will? Or the terrible freedom of Sartre\u2019s waiter.<\/p>\n<p>The world isn\u2019t made up of <em>-isms<\/em>, but of people. People who can find themselves at the bottom of the pile; crushed by ideology, dominant narratives and unthinking utilitarianism. So yes, this site does celebrate philosophers, but actually it invites all thinkers of good will to look afresh at ideas and institutions.So welcome to this new <em>Thinkspace<\/em>. \u00a0The question we are posing here is this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>How does the world \u2013 its institutions, grand narratives and easy assumptions \u2013 \u00a0look when analysed by classical, modern and so-called post-modern thinking, underpinned with a belief in the\u00a0dignity of the person. If this is meaningful to you, whatever your personal beliefs or non-beliefs, I would love to hear from you!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As the Course Leader for Catholic Education and the Common Good at the London Global Gateway I am passionate about generating debate and intelligent discussion around things that matter to me. Things like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>philosophies of education,<\/li>\n<li>Christian post-structuralism in\u00a0culture<\/li>\n<li>Space for Hermeneutics, Deconstruction and Phenomenology<\/li>\n<li>Continental philosophy in an ecclesial space<\/li>\n<li>A contemporary Christian hermeneutic of law [jurisprudence]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><strong>But\u2026this list is by no means exhaustive. This site is a place to <em>think<\/em> \u2013 not to set limits, qualifications or rules. \u00a0Click below if you want to submit a paper or have a resource reviewed.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/druttley\/submission-of-articles\/\">Submission of papers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/druttley\/request-for-book-reviews\/\">Request for Book Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a Roman roof-top orangery I could see so much.The\u00a0Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II\u00a0glistened in that Roman afternoon heat that you can hear, taste and smell. But only so small a part was visible; so much was hidden. 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