Philosophy
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From  Indecent ExposureFrom: Not Just a Pretty Face |
Are cosmetic chemicals getting into you? What the latest science tells us about the links between chemicals and disease. | Stacy Malkan | 16 | 2007 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! IntroductionFrom: Being and Swine |
In the introduction, philosopher Fahim Amir outlines his argument that animals are political entities. This chapter includes an explanation of the author’s definition of the term … | Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes | 25 | 2020 | $2.50 Add |
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From  Kant and the Cosmopolitan Point of View |
For Kant, a position that enables us to consider the whole of history can be found if we adopt a cosmopolitan point of view. The idea of cosmopolitanism is quite popular at the present time … | Réal Fillion | 18 | 2008 | $2.34 Add |
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From  Making TracksThe Myth of CPR From: National Dreams |
The myth of the CPR as creator of the country is, in fact, as old as the railway itself, which is not surprising given that it was the railway itself which created the myth. The mundane act of … | Daniel Frances | 39 | 1997 | $1.17 Add |
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From  NEW! Meeting PlaceSocrates in the Agora From: The Elective Mind |
The first section discusses how learning requires a willingness to seek out and be transformed by truth and that the elective classroom is a space where that can still happen. She explores how … | Réal Fillion | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Naming Our Feelings about the Global Eco-social CrisisFrom: Intrinsic Hope |
In this chapter, I have named and expressed my feelings about the global eco-social crisis and encouraged you to do the same. In my experience, this is very empowering work because we discover … | Kate Davies | 19 | 2018 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Outdoor Therapies:A Choice of Paths to Follow From: Nature-Based Therapy |
We have combined what we have found works best in our practice, for our clients and contexts, nothing more. As readers, you may take what you need, leave what you don’t, and hopefully are … | David Segal; Kathryn Rose; Nevin Harper | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From  PrologueThe Changing Face of Contemporary Theory From: Restless Ideas |
The Waning of the Western Worldview … 1 Eurocentrism and Its Discontents … 3 The Crumbling Canon of Social Theory: The Classics … 9 The Expanding Horizons of Contemporary Social … | Tony Simmons | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Section B: Stories and ReflectionsPART I From: Changemakers |
The second section explores powerful new stories of everyday people who have challenged traditional understandings of food, shelter, energy, transportation, waste, and economics, and transformed … | Fay Weller; Mary Wilson | 63 | 2018 | $6.30 Add |
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From  The Continuous Vibration of Animal Spirits:On the Why of Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
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 |
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From  The Desire for LifeFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
The author discusses his scientific education, and how he felt that something was lacking in the overly mechanistic conception of life in biology. | Andreas Weber | 19 | 2016 | $1.90 Add |
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From  The Inherent Unavoidability and Unpredictability of Unintended ConsequencesFrom: Techno-Fix |
The Inherent Unavoidability and Unpredictability of Unintended Consequences postulates that there are always positive and negative effects of any technology. It is impossible for humans to … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 15 | 2011 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The Militant’s VocationFrom: Languages of the Unheard |
This chapter explores two case studies in the recent history of militancy: the recent Assemblies movement and the Global Justice movement from around the turn of the twenty-first century, and … | Stephen D'Arcy | 24 | 2013 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Threats to Research Confidentiality |
Examines the threats to research confidentiality currently being faced by academics through outlining the purpose of the book as a whole, lawful threats to research confidentiality, What is at … | John Lowman; Ted Palys | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Treason of the StateFrom: Civilizing the State |
In Treason of the State, the author contextualized his work by examining the history of welfare and poverty policies in the United States. He also explores co-operation, democracy and … | John Restakis | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Young HannahFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter describes Hannah Arendt’s birth of a middle-class Jewish family, her parents’ interest in society and politics, and the early loss of her father to syphilis. It also … | Ann Heberlein | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
