Philosophy
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From  NEW! The Art of RetreatFrom: In Praise of Retreat |
In this chapter, the author explores the factors that motivate people to seek seclusion from the world. She discusses historical examples of pilgrims and hermits and what motivated their retreats. | Kirsteen MacLeod | 31 | 2021 | $3.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The Five Stages of Climate Grief |
In this chapter, Boyd discusses climate grief and the six stages that accompany this process; denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, and gallows humour. This chapter includes an … | Andrew Boyd | 43 | 2023 | $4.30 Add |
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From  The Liberal ObjectionFrom: Languages of the Unheard |
Not everyone admires confrontational protesters. Some people specifically dispute the claim that militancy is good for democracy. They believe, on the contrary, that militancy is a failing, … | Stephen D'Arcy | 24 | 2013 | $2.40 Add |
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From  The Machine That Can DieFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, the author explores "holistic biology," which considers both bodily and inner experiences as biological phenomena. | Andreas Weber | 34 | 2016 | $3.40 Add |
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From  The Mild WestThe Myth of RCMP From: National Dreams |
For a hundred years the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has occupied a special place in Canadian history and our imaginations. The story of how they drove out the American whiskey peddlers and … | Daniel Frances | 49 | 1997 | $1.96 Add |
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From  NEW! The Most Important Relationship in Your LifeFrom: The Web of Meaning |
How the "I" and the "self" split apart early in human evolution is viewed as a defining characteristic of humanity. The differences between I and self are discussed, along … | Jeremy Lent | 26 | 2021 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Why Do We Theorize?From: Restless Ideas |
Living on the Brink … 21 Social Theory in an Anxious Age … 23 An Age of Indeterminacy … 24 Looking Back at Twentieth-Century Sociological Theory … 27 Looking Around at … | Tony Simmons | 26 | 2020 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Why Nature-based Therapy for Children, Youth, and Families?From: Nature-Based Therapy |
Classic and contemporary literature on nature has repeatedly described our connectedness to nature as a journey or expression of soul. If intentionally facilitated nature experiences might assist … | David Segal; Kathryn Rose; Nevin Harper | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! A Hut of One’s OwnFrom: In Praise of Retreat |
This chapter explores the concept of being a hermit. The author describes their own experience and provides examples of hermits throughout history and the religious, political, and personal … | Kirsteen MacLeod | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Because We’re Worth It!From: Not Just a Pretty Face |
Breast cancer activists ask the world’s largest cosmetics companies to stop using chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive harm. | Stacy Malkan | 18 | 2007 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Chapter 3Witch Hunts, Enclosures, and the Demise of Communal Property Relations |
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 argues that the English enclosures, … | Silvia Federici | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Controversy Over the Existence of the World |
An examination of several of Controversy’s central existential-ontological and formal-ontological investigations. | Jeff Mitsecherling | 43 | 1997 | $4.73 Add |
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From  Ethical Problems in Public LifeFrom: Honest Politics Now |
Discusses how and why conflicts of interest, patronage, undue influence (including some lobbying and election-financing practices) and abuse of trust are incompatible with any idea of democracy … | Ian Greene | 40 | 2017 | $4.00 Add |
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From  I’m Just So Tired of All These Star WarsOn Art and Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
Modern nostalgia in novel and flim is discussed, using examples of Ready Player One, Back to the Future, American Graffitti, Indiana Jones, and the introduction of prequels with Star Wars. … | David Berry | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Instrinsic and Extrinsic HopeFrom: Intrinsic Hope |
We have the means to uncover the intrinsic hope that is inherent in all life. We can use our pain and suffering to uncover the positivity and love of intrinsic hope. We can acquire an emotional … | Kate Davies | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Limit SituationsFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
In this chapter, the author delves further into Arendt’s infatuation with Heidegger. | Ann Heberlein | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
