wyszukanych pozycji: 8
Landscapes of the Soul: The Loss of Moral Meaning in American Life
ISBN: 9780195169447 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Do you believe in God? Nine out of ten Americans unhesitatingly answer yes. But for Douglas Porpora, the real questions begin where pollsters leave off. What, he asks, does religious belief actually mean in our lives? Does it shape our identities and our actions? Or, despite our professions of faith, are we morally adrift?
Landscapes of the Soul paints a disturbing picture of American spiritual life. In his search for answers to his questions, Porpora interviewed clerks and executives, Jews, evangelical Christians, Buddhists, Taoists, and even followers of Bhagwan Sri Rajneesh.... Do you believe in God? Nine out of ten Americans unhesitatingly answer yes. But for Douglas Porpora, the real questions begin where pollsters leave of...
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344,31 zł |
Reconstructing Sociology: The Critical Realist Approach
ISBN: 9781107514713 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A general critique of sociology, particularly sociology in the United States, from a critical realist perspective.
A general critique of sociology, particularly sociology in the United States, from a critical realist perspective.
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How Holocausts Happen: The United States in Central America
ISBN: 9780877229230 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Comparing the general public's reaction to the Holocaust in Nazi Germany with American public opinion of US participation in the genocidal policies of Nicaraguan counter-revolutionary forces, this title demonstrates that moral indifference to the suffering of others was the common response.
Comparing the general public's reaction to the Holocaust in Nazi Germany with American public opinion of US participation in the genocidal policies of...
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162,66 zł |
Post-Ethical Society: The Iraq War, Abu Ghraib, and the Moral Failure of the Secular
ISBN: 9780226062495 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. We ve all seen the images from Abu Ghraib: stress positions, US soldiers kneeling on the heads of prisoners, and dehumanizing pyramids formed from black-hooded bodies. We have watched officials elected to our highest offices defend enhanced interrogation in terms of efficacy and justify drone strikes in terms of retribution and deterrence. But the mainstream secular media rarely addresses the morality of these choices, leaving us to ask individually: Is this right?
In this singular examination of the American discourse over war and torture, Douglas V. Porpora, Alexander Nikolaev, Julia... We ve all seen the images from Abu Ghraib: stress positions, US soldiers kneeling on the heads of prisoners, and dehumanizing pyramids formed from bla...
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231,97 zł |
Reconstructing Sociology: The Critical Realist Approach
ISBN: 9781107107373 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A general critique of sociology, particularly sociology in the United States, from a critical realist perspective.
A general critique of sociology, particularly sociology in the United States, from a critical realist perspective.
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364,19 zł |
The Concept of Social Structure.
ISBN: 9780313256462 / Angielski / Twarda / 1987 / 159 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Porpora is concerned with the concept of social structure and with the relationship between social structure and the individual. He focuses on two different conceptions of social structure, the Durkheimian conception, which is the dominant way in which social structure is conceptualized by sociologists, and an alternative conception, based on a reading of Marx. The author discusses in depth the various aspects of these two divergent theories and shows how the Marxian conception of social structure underlies even the newer structural analyses of racism, sexism, and power that go beyond... Porpora is concerned with the concept of social structure and with the relationship between social structure and the individual. He focuses on two ... |
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Post-Human Futures: Human Enhancement, Artificial Intelligence and Social Theory
ISBN: 9780367761431 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume defends the notion of humankind in the face of artificial intelligence. Responding to anti-humanist challenges to traditional arguments establishing human worth in nature, it defends humanity with the argument that technological ‘advances’ introduced artificially into some humans do not annul their fundamental human qualities.
This volume defends the notion of humankind in the face of artificial intelligence. Responding to anti-humanist challenges to traditional arguments es...
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199,33 zł |
Post-Human Futures: Human Enhancement, Artificial Intelligence and Social Theory
ISBN: 9780815392781 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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708,33 zł |