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Judgment, Imagination, and Politics
Themes from Kant and Arendt
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2001
Judgment, Imagination, and Politics brings together for the first time leading essays on the nature of judgment. Drawing from themes in Kant's Critique of Judgment and Hannah Arendt's discussion of judgment from Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy, these essays deal with: the role of imagination...
by Carl James, Peter Garrett, Peter (Lecturer In Linguistics
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language Awareness in the Classroom addresses the central educational question of the impact that explicit language knowledge has on learning and language learning.
A substantial Introduction defines the issues and key concepts and relates them to contemporary educational policy and practice...
by George Kateb, Princeton University
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2002
Ralph Waldo Emerson was a great moral philosopher. One of his principle contributions is the theory of self-reliance, a view of democratic individuality. During much of his life, Emerson was considered a radical thinker, and his opposition to established religious opinion was scandalous. Emerson's...
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
Since Theodor Geisel published his first children's book in 1937 under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, children and adults alike have been captivated by the charming and laconic tales of whimsical characters and imaginative worlds. But Dr. Seuss' stories are more than just catchy poems; they often wrestle...
Women Politicking Politely
Advancing Feminism in the 1960s and 1970s
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
This book includes the relatively unknown stories of six important women who laid the foundation for improving women’s equality in the U.S. While they largely worked behind the scenes, they made a significant impact. In the group are two female political operatives who worked behind the scenes along...
by Richard Dean Burns, Joseph M. Siracusa, Deputy Dean of Global Studies
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2009
In the history of the United States, few periods could more justly be regarded as the best and worst of times than the Kennedy-Johnson era. The arrival of John F. Kennedy in the White House in 1961 unleashed an unprecedented wave of hope and optimism in a large segment of the population; a wave that...
Key States, High Stakes
Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Elections
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
The 2010 elections were one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in our nation's recent history. After the historic 2008 election, in which America elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea Party in the 2010 congressional elections had the...
Global Interest in Student Behavior
An Examination of International Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
A cornerstone for effective teaching and learning is vested in the quality of the way in which students focus on the content of their lessons. The chapters in this book, then, offer cross-national perspectives on best practices when dealing with the challenge of student misconduct. The chapter authors,...
Ads, Fads, and Consumer Culture
Advertising's Impact on American Character and Society
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
The fifth edition of this approachable text draws on both academic and applied perspectives to offer a lively critique of contemporary advertising’s effects on American character and culture.
Berger explains how advertising works by employing a psycho-cultural approach, encouraging readers...
The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy
How Foreign Nations and International Organizations Influence U.S. Policy
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
This unique book examines how U.S. domestic policy regarding the death penalty has been influenced by international pressures, in particular, by foreign nations and international organizations.
International pressure has mounted against America’s use of the death penalty, straining diplomatic ties....
Fierce with Reality
Literature on Aging
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
The anthology is far more culturally diverse than the few other literary collections on aging. Ranging from ancient Chinese poetry to Mary Oliver, Alice Walker, and Willie Nelson, the anthology includes poetry, fiction, philosophical essays, personal essays, humor, analyses of ageism, and folktales...
Speaking the language of power
Communication, collaboration and advocacy (translating ethnology into action)
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
American Catholics and Civic Engagement
A Distinctive Voice
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding...
Fantastic Dreaming
The Archaeology of an Aboriginal Mission
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2009
Fantastic Dreaming explores how whites have measured Australian Aboriginal people through their material culture and domestic practices, aspects of culture intimately linked to Enlightenment notions of progress and social institutions such as marriage and property. Archaeological investigation reveals...