History of Ideas

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The Continuous Vibration of Animal Spirits: On the Why of Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia View Coach House Books	This chapter discusses nostalgia as a feeling, and the history of nostalgia, from antiquity to the present, moving out of the medical into the cultural realm. Why it is important to describe …	David Berry	21	2020	$2.10 Add
From The Dynamic Telos of History — A Shared Democratic World From: Multicultural Dynamics and the Ends of History View University of Ottawa Press	Conclusion	Réal Fillion	8	2008	$1.04 Add
NEW! The Elective Mind Philosophy and the Undergraduate Degree University of Ottawa Press	This book discusses the relevance of philosophy courses within the undergraduate curriculum as integral to the self-formation that is at the heart of a liberal education. The objective is to …	Réal Fillion	164	2021	View
From The Mighty Tool of Public Narrative Psychic Numbing with Paul Slovic From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View New Society Publishers	When numbers soar, our consistency with basic values and concerns collapses. Most people are caring and highly responsive when they hear of an individual’s desperate plight, yet are numbly …	James Hoggan	10	2016	$1.00 Add
From The Mighty Tool of Public Narrative Sometimes David Wins with Marshall Ganz From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View New Society Publishers	Resourcefulness — fueled by courage, commitment and imagination — can overcome nominally powerful resources, as well as the arrogance that often goes with them.	James Hoggan	12	2016	$1.20 Add
From NEW! The Need in Human Thinking From: Thinking Systematics View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, Smith and Hayslip discuss how conventional modes of reasoning are inadequate to the crises facing humanity in the early twenty-first century.	Murray E.G. Smith; Tim Hayslip	25	2025	$2.50 Add
The Return of History Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century House of Anansi Press	In the 2016 CBC Massey Lectures, former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General and international relations specialist Jennifer Welsh delivers a timely, intelligent, and fascinating analysis …	Jennifer Welsh	402	2016	View
From The Return of History From: The Return of History View House of Anansi Press	From The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century	Jennifer Welsh	46	2016	$4.60 Add
From Theorizing Our Anxious Age Theorists of Late Modernity From: Restless Ideas View Fernwood Publishing	What Is Late Modernity? … 441 From Modernism to Late Modernity: The Social Theories of Anthony Giddens and Pierre Bourdieu … 447 Structuration Theory of Anthony Giddens … 448 …	Tony Simmons	64	2020	$6.40 Add
From Theorizing Our Class Divisions Neo-Marxist and Post-Marxist Theories of Society From: Restless Ideas View Fernwood Publishing	The Modern Legacy of Karl Marx … 138 The Many Faces of Contemporary Marxism … 147 Critical Theory … 150 Structuralist Marxism … 150 Post-Marxism … 164 The “Post” in …	Tony Simmons	43	2020	$4.30 Add
From Theorizing Our Colonial Histories Indigenous Knowledge and Social Thought From: Restless Ideas View Fernwood Publishing	Colonization and Knowledge … 418 Indigenous Knowledge … 421 The Decolonization of Indigenous Knowledge … 423 Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science: Beyond Contestation to …	Tony Simmons	23	2020	$2.30 Add
From Theorizing Our Conflict Zones Conflict Theories of Society From: Restless Ideas View Fernwood Publishing	The Human Habit of Social Conflict … 96 Optimism, Pessimism or Realism? … 100 Origins of Conflict Theory … 102 Modern Sociological Conflict Theory … 105 The Structural …	Tony Simmons	42	2020	$4.20 Add
From Theorizing Our Discursive Lives Postmodernism and Poststructuralism From: Restless Ideas View Fernwood Publishing	The Postmodern Age … 311 What Is Postmodernism? … 314 Characteristics of Postmodernism … 315 The Roots of Postmodern Theories … 321 Michel Foucault: Pioneer of …	Tony Simmons	63	2020	$6.30 Add
From Theorizing Our Dominated Lives Three Generations of Critical Theorists From: Restless Ideas View Fernwood Publishing	The Critical Vision of the Frankfurt School … 181 The First Generation … 182 Herbert Marcuse … 187 The Second Generation … 194 Jürgen Habermas … 195 The Third …	Tony Simmons	51	2020	$5.10 Add
From Theorizing Our Gendered and Sexual Selves Feminist and Queer Theories From: Restless Ideas View Fernwood Publishing	For Women, the Struggle Continues … 374 The Wave Narrative of Feminism … 376 The Many Faces of Feminism Today … 385 Standpoint Theory … 392 Intersectionality Theory …	Tony Simmons	44	2020	$4.40 Add
From Theorizing Our Human Systems From: Restless Ideas View Fernwood Publishing	Systems Are Everywhere … 47 Living in Systems … 52 A Brief History of the Social System … 53 The Language of Social Systems Theory … 55 From Anthropology to Sociology …	Tony Simmons	49	2020	$4.90 Add