History of Ideas
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From  A Breath of Relief From This Fast-Paced WorldOn Consumed Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
Both nostalgia and consumerism satisfy a longing, an attempt to satisfy impossible desires. Consumerism, as in the most important role for a person is somone who buys things, and a history of … | David Berry | 23 | 2020 | $2.30 Add |
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From  AcknowledgementsFrom: Restless Ideas |
Tony Simmons | 1 | 2020 | $0.10 Add | |
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From  NEW! Acknowledgements and PrefaceFrom: Thinking Systematics |
In this chapter, Smith and Hayslip introduce their work and trace a path from formal logic and dialectics, through Western philosophy and social thought, to Marxism. | Murray E.G. Smith; Tim Hayslip | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From  AlienationFrom: Finding Our Niche |
In the first chapter of Finding Our Niche, Alienation, Loring introduces the eco-modernist philosophy that humans are inherently destructive of and separate from nature, and explains how that … | Philip A. Loring | 26 | 2020 | $2.60 Add |
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From NEW! Arguments for SocialismFrom: Thinking Systematics |
In this chapter, Smith and Hayslip break down the various arguments in favour of socialism. | Murray E.G. Smith; Tim Hayslip | 46 | 2025 | $4.60 Add |
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From  NEW! ConclusionWhat Are the Prospects for Humanity? From: Humans |
This chapter looks at the legacy of popular resistance movements in our history and asks how a species that for most of its existence was largely cooperative, egalitarian and peaceful could have … | Alvin Finkel | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! ConclusionFrom: The Elective Mind |
The conclusion reflects on the current role of philisophy in the modern university. | Réal Fillion | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From ConclusionThe Memory of Ourselves From: On Nostalgia |
Nostalgia is an acutely modern condition. As our future seems more in doubt, our past seems to offer more clarity and comfort. Beyond that, nostalgia helps us reconcile the dissonence of our … | David Berry | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! Dialectical Monism versus DualismFrom: Thinking Systematics |
In this chapter, Smith and Hayslip present a Marxist philosophical critique of dualistic thinking. | Murray E.G. Smith; Tim Hayslip | 26 | 2025 | $2.60 Add |
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From NEW! Dialectical Reason: A Brief Historical SurveyFrom: Thinking Systematics |
In this chapter, Smith and Hayslip trace the evolution of dialectical reason from ancient Greek philosophy through Hegel’s 1830 Logic to the materialist dialectic of Marx and Engels in the … | Murray E.G. Smith; Tim Hayslip | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From  EpilogueLessons Learned |
Why aren’t people demanding action on environmental issues like climate change, despite the overwhelming evidence? This mission evolved along the way, and soon I was looking into the sorry … | James Hoggan | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
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From EpilogueThe Expanding Universe of Social Theory From: Restless Ideas |
From the Crumbling Western Canon to the Hidden Global Heritage … 559 References … 561 | Tony Simmons | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! Evald Ilyenkov: Dialectics of the IdealFrom: Thinking Systematics |
In this chapter, Smith and Hayslip trace the philosophical concept of the ideal from Plato’s ancient inquiries through the Enlightenment to Marx’s materialist dialectic. | Murray E.G. Smith; Tim Hayslip | 32 | 2025 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Everything You Know About Schools is Wrong |
Forced schooling seduces the trapped into believing that inert knowledge, memorized fact bits and sequences is the gold standard of intellectual achievement. Learning to connect those bits into … | John Taylor Gatto | 26 | 2010 | $2.60 Add |
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From NEW! From Philosophy to Social TheoryFrom: Thinking Systematics |
In this chapter, Smith and Hayslip trace the evolution of Western philosophy from ancient Greece through the modern era. | Murray E.G. Smith; Tim Hayslip | 40 | 2025 | $4.00 Add |
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From From the HeartThe Golden Rule with Karen Armstrong and Joan Halifax |
Compassion is a virtuous cycle, and practicing the Golden Rule yields an expanded sense of self, which yields ever more compassionate behavior.philosophers and religious leaders such as … | James Hoggan | 7 | 2016 | $0.70 Add |
