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Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452009023
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Citizen Sheep Government Shepherds
Author:
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452009023
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452009023
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Citizenship
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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The Shepherd's Criterion
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Publisher:
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Category : Sheep
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Category : Sheep
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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The Great Reversal: How We Let Technology Take Control of the Planet
Author: David Tabachnick
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802094694
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Every day, we are presented with new technologies that can influence human thought and action, such as psychopharmaceuticals, new generation performance enhancing drugs, elective biotechnology, and gastric bypass surgery. Have we let technology go too far in this respect? In The Great Reversal, David Edward Tabachnick contends that this question may not be unique to contemporary society. Through an assessment of the great works of philosophy and politics, Tabachnick explores the largely unrecognized history of technology as an idea. The Great Reversal takes the reader back to Aristotle's ancient warning that humanity should never allow technical thinking to cloud our judgment about what makes for a good life. It then charts the path of how we began to relinquish our deeply rooted intellectual and practical capacities that used to allow us to understand and regulate the role of technologies in our lives. As the rise of technology threatens our very humanity, Tabachnick emphasizes that we still may have time to recover and develop these capacities but we must first decide how far we want to allow technology to determine our existence and our future.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802094694
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Every day, we are presented with new technologies that can influence human thought and action, such as psychopharmaceuticals, new generation performance enhancing drugs, elective biotechnology, and gastric bypass surgery. Have we let technology go too far in this respect? In The Great Reversal, David Edward Tabachnick contends that this question may not be unique to contemporary society. Through an assessment of the great works of philosophy and politics, Tabachnick explores the largely unrecognized history of technology as an idea. The Great Reversal takes the reader back to Aristotle's ancient warning that humanity should never allow technical thinking to cloud our judgment about what makes for a good life. It then charts the path of how we began to relinquish our deeply rooted intellectual and practical capacities that used to allow us to understand and regulate the role of technologies in our lives. As the rise of technology threatens our very humanity, Tabachnick emphasizes that we still may have time to recover and develop these capacities but we must first decide how far we want to allow technology to determine our existence and our future.
The Political Lives of Victorian Animals
Author: Anna Feuerstein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108492967
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Examines how liberal thought influenced representations of animals within nineteenth-century animal welfare discourse and the Victorian novel.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108492967
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Examines how liberal thought influenced representations of animals within nineteenth-century animal welfare discourse and the Victorian novel.
The Good Shepherd's Lie
Author: Ged Austin
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326430599
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Ged Austin's book, 'The Good Shepherd's Lie', has truly shocked the literary world in much the same way that George Orwell's animal farm and epic 1984 books once shocked the public of yesterday. Once you read this masterpiece, you will never see the world in the same way again. Imagine if your whole life had been a lie, and you only found out the moment you die. If nothing else you will love this satirical plot, and its magical ending is one that won't be forgot.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326430599
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Ged Austin's book, 'The Good Shepherd's Lie', has truly shocked the literary world in much the same way that George Orwell's animal farm and epic 1984 books once shocked the public of yesterday. Once you read this masterpiece, you will never see the world in the same way again. Imagine if your whole life had been a lie, and you only found out the moment you die. If nothing else you will love this satirical plot, and its magical ending is one that won't be forgot.
The Nation That Never Was
Author: Kermit Roosevelt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226817628
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
“Persuasively argues that we must liberate ourselves from our sentimentalized attachment to the ‘Founders’ and even the Declaration of Independence” --Sanford Levinson, author of Our Undemocratic Constitution There’s a common story we tell about America: that our fundamental values as a country were stated in the Declaration of Independence, fought for in the Revolution, and made law in the Constitution. But, with the country increasingly divided, this story isn’t working for us anymore—what’s more, it’s not even true. As Kermit Roosevelt argues in this eye-opening reinterpretation of the American story, our fundamental values, particularly equality, are not part of the vision of the Founders. Instead, they were stated in Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and were the hope of Reconstruction, when it was possible to envision the emergence of the nation committed to liberty and equality. We face a dilemma these days. We want to be honest about our history and the racism and oppression that Americans have both inflicted and endured. But we want to be proud of our country, too. In The Nation That Never Was, Roosevelt shows how we can do both those things by realizing we’re not the country we thought we were. Reconstruction, Roosevelt argues, was not a fulfillment of the ideals of the Founding but rather a repudiation: we modern Americans are not the heirs of the Founders but of the people who overthrew and destroyed that political order. This alternate understanding of American identity opens the door to a new understanding of ourselves and our story, and ultimately to a better America. “An inspiring reexamination of America's past.” —Publishers Weekly “Compelling and well worth consideration.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226817628
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
“Persuasively argues that we must liberate ourselves from our sentimentalized attachment to the ‘Founders’ and even the Declaration of Independence” --Sanford Levinson, author of Our Undemocratic Constitution There’s a common story we tell about America: that our fundamental values as a country were stated in the Declaration of Independence, fought for in the Revolution, and made law in the Constitution. But, with the country increasingly divided, this story isn’t working for us anymore—what’s more, it’s not even true. As Kermit Roosevelt argues in this eye-opening reinterpretation of the American story, our fundamental values, particularly equality, are not part of the vision of the Founders. Instead, they were stated in Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and were the hope of Reconstruction, when it was possible to envision the emergence of the nation committed to liberty and equality. We face a dilemma these days. We want to be honest about our history and the racism and oppression that Americans have both inflicted and endured. But we want to be proud of our country, too. In The Nation That Never Was, Roosevelt shows how we can do both those things by realizing we’re not the country we thought we were. Reconstruction, Roosevelt argues, was not a fulfillment of the ideals of the Founding but rather a repudiation: we modern Americans are not the heirs of the Founders but of the people who overthrew and destroyed that political order. This alternate understanding of American identity opens the door to a new understanding of ourselves and our story, and ultimately to a better America. “An inspiring reexamination of America's past.” —Publishers Weekly “Compelling and well worth consideration.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
The American Shepherd
Author: Luke A. Morrell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sheep
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sheep
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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After Foucault
Author: Lisa Downing
Publisher:
ISBN: 1107140498
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Contributes to Foucauldian scholarship by contextualizing Foucault's key concepts and identifying current and emerging applications of his work.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1107140498
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Contributes to Foucauldian scholarship by contextualizing Foucault's key concepts and identifying current and emerging applications of his work.
Democratic Values and the Practice of Citizenship
Author: Vinobā
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Citizenship
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Citizenship
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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