Philosophy

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The Silvery Sea

From: The Biology of Wonder

In this chapter, Weber explores metaphorphosis, and the idea that juvenile forms of animals may actually belong to different species than adults. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Structure of Games

Ordering Interactions

From: The Power Manual

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The Structure of Games, delves into the function of games, which is, according to Henricks, to order and reorder interactions with others. It looks at how status impacts the types of games people … 12 $1.20 Add
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Theorizing Our Anxious Age

Theorists of Late Modernity

From: Restless Ideas

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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 … 64 $6.40 Add
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Une preuve de l’existence de Dieu chez Whitehead?

From: God and Argument - Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique

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L’argumentation philosophique destinée à prouver l’existence de Dieu n’est pas pratique courante dans les milieux whiteheadiens. Tant chez les Process Theologians que … 15 $1.80 Add
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A New Beginning

From: On Love and Tyranny

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This chapter details Arendt’s journey to Portugal, and her subsequent sea voyage to America. 6 $0.60 Add
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Ethics

The Values of the Flesh

From: The Biology of Wonder

This chapter describes the author’s experiences experimenting on living animals, which he terms "crushing the irresistable magic of life." 26 $2.60 Add
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SFU’s Administrative Culture:

“Up On Dat Mountain, Dey Is Stuck Real Good”

From: Protecting Research Confidentiality

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Our campaign to persuade the SFU administration to institute an independent review of the “Ogden decision” benefitted from the more general turmoil at SFU during a period when the … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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The End of One Era, The Beginning of Another

Talking Ourselves to Extinction

From: Peak Everything

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Language is a powerful meta-tool that dramatically amplifies cooperative human efforts to control the environment. Language also opens the possibility for religion and science — which … 14 $1.40 Add
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The Party Game

Sign Reading

From: The Power Manual

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The Party game comes from the field of theater. Actors play it to learn the subtle differences in status between characters — how they manifest and are transformed. The purpose of this game … 4 $0.40 Add
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Theism and Science

From: God and Argument - Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique

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An important tradition in western philosophy believes in the primacy of natural science as a guide to truth. This is sometimes met with the charge that such an allegiance amounts to … 20 $2.40 Add
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Theorizing Our Shrinking World

Globalization and Its Discontents

From: Restless Ideas

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The Global Age … 505 The Many Voices of Globalization Theory … 512 Manuel Castells and the Network Society … 533 Ulrich Beck and the Risk Society … 538 References … 550 52 $5.20 Add
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"Without a Place to Call My Own"

From: On Love and Tyranny

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In this chapter, Heberlein discusses Hannah and Heinrich’s arrival in New York, and Arendt’s thoughts and feelings about being a refugee. 6 $0.60 Add
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Critical Science and Social Responsibility

From: Techno-Fix

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Critical Science and Social Responsibility outlines ways to increase the awareness of scientists and engineers regarding their social responsibilities as well as ways to transform current science … ; 31 $3.10 Add
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Enlivenment

Ecological Morals as Mutuality in Beauty

From: The Biology of Wonder

In the concluding chapter, Weber proposes a series of biocentric values. 15 $1.50 Add
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Epilogue

The Expanding Universe of Social Theory

From: Restless Ideas

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From the Crumbling Western Canon to the Hidden Global Heritage … 559 References … 561 5 $0.50 Add