Kategoria BISAC: Philosophy >> Social

Night Owl is a collection of poetry that explores four areas of the human condition: destruction, sorrow, humanity, and love. The collection embodies the spectrum of emotional reactions birthed in the human consciousness by the experiences we face. The poems traverse a wide range of poetic forms and styles, from the shocking and perverse to the serenely meditative. Written in a time of abandon and non-linear in its narrative, the vignettes and emotional exhibitionism found within its...

In Educational Goods, two philosophers and two social scientists address this very question. They begin by broadening the language for talking about educational policy: "educational goods" are the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that children develop for their own benefit and that of others; "childhood goods" are the valuable experiences and freedoms...

This book relies on history, genetic studies, and the author's personal experiences to expose the politically inspired false concepts, lies and deceit that underlie the idea of -race.- He shows that the false idea of biological -races- maintains social distinctions that have been created to perpetuate a hierarchically structured, stratified society. Our society cannot become a full democracy as long as -racial- thinking is the norm. Yet, we regularly engage in -racial- thinking every time we talk about -race- and use -racial- terms like -white- and -black- without explicitly acknowledging...

An adamant fan of Darwin, F.W. Headley attempts to argue the difficulties of believing in Socialism and Darwinism simultaneously and highlights issues which could prevent Socialism from being put into practice. Originally published in 1909, this study uses examples of communities in countries such as England and India to illustrate Headley's key belief that societies only function well if they do not interfere with the fight for existence and natural selection. This title will be of interest to students of Philosophy, Sociology and Anthropology.

The Routledge Handbook of Social Epistemology is an authoritative and comprehensive survey of the most important issues and developments in one of the fastest growing areas of research in contemporary philosophy. An international team of scholars articulates the state of the art, draws out important connections, and breaks new ground in many areas of this intersciplinary new field.

The 45 chapters, published here for the first time, are divided into nine parts:

--Historical Backgrounds to Social Epistemology

--Testimony

--Disagreement,...

A compelling exploration of how reputation affects every aspect of contemporary life

Reputation touches almost everything, guiding our behavior and choices in countless ways. But it is also shrouded in mystery. Why is it so powerful when the criteria by which people and things are defined as good or bad often appear to be arbitrary? Why do we care so much about how others see us that we may even do irrational and harmful things to try to influence their opinion? In this engaging book, Gloria Origgi draws on philosophy, social psychology, sociology, economics, literature, and...

We live in a world of technical systems designed in accordance with technical disciplines and operated by personnel trained in those disciplines. This is a unique form of social organization that largely determines our way of life, but the actions of individuals and social protest still play a role in developing and purposing these rational systems. In Technosystem, Andrew Feenberg builds a theory of both the threats of technocratic modernity and the potential for democratic change.

Feenberg draws on the tradition of radical social criticism represented by Herbert Marcuse and...

Jill Stauffer examines the root causes of ethical loneliness and how those in power revise history to serve their own ends rather than the needs of the abandoned. Out of this discussion, difficult truths about the desire and potential for...

Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street.
What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about...

Face aux dEfis - entre autres politiques - auxquels sont confrontEs diffErents pays europEens, les chercheurs dix-huitiEmistes ont souhaitE revenir sur des expressions anciennes de valeurs partagEes et les interrogations passEes sur des questions qui restent souvent d'actualitE. Au SiEcle des LumiEres, nombre d'hommes et de femmes de lettres ont envisagE l'avenir du continent en particulier pour entEriner leur souhait de garantir la paix en Europe. Les textes, rEunis dans cette anthologie, et signEs des grands Ecrivains du temps (Rousseau, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Kant, Hume ou encore...

Face aux dEfis - entre autres politiques - auxquels sont confrontEs diffErents pays europEens, les chercheurs dix-huitiEmistes ont souhaitE revenir sur des expressions anciennes de valeurs partagEes et les interrogations passEes sur des questions qui restent souvent d'actualitE. Au SiEcle des LumiEres, nombre d'hommes et de femmes de lettres ont envisagE l'avenir du continent en particulier pour entEriner leur souhait de garantir la paix en Europe. Les textes, rEunis dans cette anthologie, et signEs des grands Ecrivains du temps (Rousseau, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Kant, Hume ou encore...