Philosophy
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From  Chapter 2Why Speak of the Witch Hunts Again |
The readings in Part One of this title explore the history of witch hunts and place them in the context of contemporary violence against women. This reading consists of an essay written in the … | Silvia Federici | 4 | 2018 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Civil Power and the New LegitimacyFrom: Civilizing the State |
In Civil Power and the New Legitimacy, the author first looks at the origins of civil power, mass mobilizations and civil society, starting in ancient Greece. He also considers the connection … | John Restakis | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Ethical DutiesFrom: Honest Politics Now |
Discusses ethical duties (trustees of public interest, impartiality, accountability) of elected politicians and other public officials as the basis for the more specific codes of ethical conduct … | Ian Greene | 23 | 2017 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Ingarden’s Interpretation of Husserl |
This chapter offers a critical examination of Ingarden’s interpretation of Husserl as a ‘metaphysical idealist’. | Jeff Mitsecherling | 38 | 1997 | $4.18 Add |
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From  Interaction PatternsPatterns of Domination and Patterns of Resistance From: The Power Manual |
Interaction Patterns, highlights the thinking of Audre Lorde, Roland Barthes, and Franz Fanon. Lorde identified difference as the key factor that triggers power dynamics, or unequal interactions. … | Cyndi Suarez | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Not Too PrettyFrom: Not Just a Pretty Face |
The detective search begins for chemicals linked to birth defects in shampoo, deodorant, fragrance and hair gel. | Stacy Malkan | 22 | 2007 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Ogden’s Research on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide |
Beginning of their analysis of Russell Ogden’s case regarding the subpoena he received on his research into assisted suicide, looks at his history with Simon Fraser University’s … | John Lowman; Ted Palys | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
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From  On Being Certain About thé Existence of GodFrom: God and Argument - Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique |
Proofs far less elaborate than demonstrations can be enough for theoretical certainty, though even such proofs (beyond reasonable doubt, by clear and convincing evidence or prepondérance of … | James F. Ross | 11 | 1999 | $1.32 Add |
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From  PassionFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter explores Arendt’s relationship with the philosopher Martin Heidegger. | Ann Heberlein | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Pigeon PoliticsFrom: Being and Swine |
In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the complex relationship between human society and pigeons. The chapter includes a brief overview of the history of pigeons in urban spaces and … | Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Placing the TextFrom: The Elective Mind |
The second section considers why and how the university classroom can provide a place for learning and transformation, as well as the role of texts in the classroom. | Réal Fillion | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From  PristineFrom: Finding Our Niche |
In the second chapter of Finding Our Niche, Pristine, Loring describes how he first landed in Alaska and how his experiences there reshaped his ideas of how humans engage with the natural world, … | Philip A. Loring | 29 | 2020 | $2.90 Add |
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From  Real Universality as a Challenge to the Cosmopolitan Ideal |
Through Kant’s idea that the intelligibility of the historical process as a whole should be grasped as revealing a "secret plan of Nature," he actually betrays, if not disdain … | Réal Fillion | 19 | 2008 | $2.47 Add |
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From  Reasons for HopeFrom: Intrinsic Hope |
Life goes on whether we choose to show up for it or not. Living from a stance of hope is the only positive and constructive course of action. In my own life, I often feel overwhelmed and hopeless … | Kate Davies | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Section B: Stories and ReflectionsPART II 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 | 45 | 2018 | $4.50 Add |
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From  Spineless AdmirationOn Anti-Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
The author details how nostalgia is regarded with suspicion from academic to widespread cultural use. Advocates of dismissing the past, and their perpective of the world as just and meritocratic … | David Berry | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
