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A Critique of the Idea of Progress: Ethics, Knowledge & Evolution
ISBN: 9781907962233 / Angielski / Miękka / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The idea of progress has many dimensions. Robert Nicholls addresses the question of whether or not progress is occurring in human society. If progress is occurring what exactly is it that is progressing? Nicholls presents his own view of progress within human society and then ponders whether progress in human society is part of an evolutionary progression at a much broader scale. He presents a view in which the progress in human society is part of the progression of life on Earth.
The idea of progress has many dimensions. Robert Nicholls addresses the question of whether or not progress is occurring in human society. If progress...
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38,52 zł |
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The Inaugural Addresses and Ascension Speeches of Nigerian Elected and Non-Elected Presidents and Prime Minister, 1960-2010
ISBN: 9780761852742 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of inaugural and ascension speeches facilitates comparison of presidential themes, leadership styles, personal philosophies, and evolutionary communication strategies in Nigerian nation building. Each chapter opens with biographical notes on the speaker, followed by an introduction to the prevalent political climate; each chapter ends with the leader's unabridged speech.
This collection of inaugural and ascension speeches facilitates comparison of presidential themes, leadership styles, personal philosophies, and evolu...
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251,75 zł |
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The Social Contract
ISBN: 9781453806890 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Revolutionary in its own time and controversial to this day, this work is a permanent classic of political theory and a key source of democratic belief. Rousseau's concepts of "the general will" as a mode of self-interest uniting for a common good, and the submission of the individual to government by contract inform the heart of democracy, and stand as its most contentious components today. This text refers to a previous edition of this title.
Revolutionary in its own time and controversial to this day, this work is a permanent classic of political theory and a key source of democratic belie...
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29,25 zł |
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The Philosophy of Living Experience: Popular Outlines
ISBN: 9789004231900 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Philosophy of Living Experience is the single best introduction to the thought of Alexander Bogdanov (1873-1928), a Russian polymath who was co-founder, with Lenin, of the Bolshevik Party. His landmark achievements are Empiriomonism (1904-6), a philosophy of radical empiricism that he developed to replace what he considered to be the crude materialism of contemporary Marxists, and Tektology: Universal Organisational Science (1912-17), a precursor of cybernetics and systems theory. The Philosophy of Living Experience (1913) was written at a transitional point...
The Philosophy of Living Experience is the single best introduction to the thought of Alexander Bogdanov (1873-1928), a Russian polymath who w...
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600,57 zł |
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The Deliberative Impulse: Motivating Discourse in Divided Societies
ISBN: 9780739146095 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Andrew F. Smith argues that citizens of divided societies have three powerful incentives to engage in public deliberation_in free, open, and reasoned dialogue aimed at contributing to the establishment of well-developed laws. When contesting for political influence, or pursuing the enshrinement of one's convictions in law, deliberating publicly is a necessary condition for taking oneself to be a responsible moral, epistemic, and religious agent.
Andrew F. Smith argues that citizens of divided societies have three powerful incentives to engage in public deliberation_in free, open, and reasoned ...
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447,84 zł |
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Fool's Paradise: Musings about Navigating the Human Condition
ISBN: 9781450582025 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How do we find truth? How reliable is our knowledge? What is justice? How completely can we know ourselves? How can we justify our actions? These are among the questions that this book begins to address. The author's primary purpose is to provide a series of musings that the reader might entertain as having a bearing on the topics discussed.
How do we find truth? How reliable is our knowledge? What is justice? How completely can we know ourselves? How can we justify our actions? These are ...
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92,61 zł |
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Knowing The Path: The case for a better humanity through science, spirituality, and personal observation by a young Haitian
ISBN: 9781456356156 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Knowing The Path is a non-fiction philosophical book that critically analyzes the ways of our present society. Through scientific research, spirituality, and personal insights to which most people can relate, it makes the case for the creation of a better society by showing the memes in our cultures that we need to change radically and those we should embrace. It's an appeal to societal change by virtue of personal transformation. It's an invitation to walk a path that has a heart for the fulfillment of the human spirit. It's a call to knock down the social, economic, and political walls that...
Knowing The Path is a non-fiction philosophical book that critically analyzes the ways of our present society. Through scientific research, spirituali...
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60,53 zł |
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That Of Reality & Reason: Book II of III
ISBN: 9781456347000 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The time has now come, in mankind's long march toward civilization, to once again contemplate the commonly held viewpoints concerning that which is based in reality and that which is based in reason. Many of the real concerns we all have are addressed in this deep and philosophical book. Prepare to see your world from a new perspective looking back to our own ancient past and reaching ahead to the future of humanity.
The time has now come, in mankind's long march toward civilization, to once again contemplate the commonly held viewpoints concerning that which is ba...
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52,42 zł |
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Life in the Crystal Palace
ISBN: 9781451525038 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thousands of men enter the crystal palace yearly. In time they must make a choice: accept the numbing security of big corporation life or revolt against submission. Especially in times of economic upheaval, this book makes the reader question their fear of loosing a job at a large corporation. Will you silently suffer for a paycheck, or will you stand up against the monotony and dullness of cubicle life? Life in the Crystal Palce has been published in England, Germany, and Japan. V.S. Pritchett described the book as "a deeply ironical and polished analysis of the welfare corporations," and...
Thousands of men enter the crystal palace yearly. In time they must make a choice: accept the numbing security of big corporation life or revolt again...
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76,63 zł |
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Tree Top Thoughts
ISBN: 9781440455704 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a compilation of one woman's thoughts on Life, Relationships, Family, Diversity, and God. Some are humorous and all will make you think. The author's philosophy emphasizes taking responsibility for the direction of our lives.
This book is a compilation of one woman's thoughts on Life, Relationships, Family, Diversity, and God. Some are humorous and all will make you think. ...
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30,26 zł |
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Feminism, Psychoanalysis, and Maternal Subjectivity
ISBN: 9780415885423 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, Alison Stone develops a feminist approach to maternal subjectivity.
In this book, Alison Stone develops a feminist approach to maternal subjectivity.
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730,17 zł |
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Assholes: A Theory
ISBN: 9780804171359 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the New York Times bestseller Nick Hornby calls "helpful, stimulating, and very timely" (The Believer), philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary.
What does it mean for someone to be an asshole? The answer is not obvious, despite the fact that we are often personally stuck dealing with people for whom there is no better name. Try as we might to avoid them, assholes are found everywhere and in multiple iterations: smug assholes, royal assholes, the presidential asshole, corporate... In the New York Times bestseller Nick Hornby calls "helpful, stimulating, and very timely" (The Believer), philosopher Aaron James pr...
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65,33 zł |
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Opinion Essays For Seasoned Citizens and Their Elders
ISBN: 9780615781402 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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52,26 zł |
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remixthebook
ISBN: 9780816676149 / Angielski / Twarda / 313 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Digital technology has transformed contemporary culture. New social media, hyperlinks, and cut-and-paste techniques have changed the way we write. E-books, which allow us to carry entire libraries with us, are bringing new browsing and reading habits. Digital editing and other on-the-fly postproduction processes have altered how we make music, films, and visual art. A key rhetorical trope employed in all aspects of digital media is the remix, the creation of innovative new works of visual, literary, and performance art through the mashup. In remixthebook, Mark Amerika explores... Digital technology has transformed contemporary culture. New social media, hyperlinks, and cut-and-paste techniques have changed the way we write. ... |
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243,39 zł |
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Remixthebook
ISBN: 9780816676156 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Digital technology has transformed contemporary culture. New social media, hyperlinks, and cut-and-paste techniques have changed the way we write. E-books, which allow us to carry entire libraries with us, are bringing new browsing and reading habits. Digital editing and other on-the-fly postproduction processes have altered how we make music, films, and visual art. A key rhetorical trope employed in all aspects of digital media is the remix, the creation of innovative new works of visual, literary, and performance art through the mashup. In remixthebook, Mark Amerika explores... Digital technology has transformed contemporary culture. New social media, hyperlinks, and cut-and-paste techniques have changed the way we write. ... |
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77,84 zł |
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Three Argentine Thinkers
ISBN: 9780889201019 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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136,25 zł |
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Interpretation and Social Knowledge: On the Use of Theory in the Human Sciences
ISBN: 9780226706740 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the past fifty years anxiety over naturalism has driven debates in social theory. One side sees social science as another kind of natural science, while the other rejects the possibility of objective and explanatory knowledge. Interpretation and Social Knowledge suggests a different route, offering a way forward for an antinaturalist sociology that overcomes the opposition between interpretation and explanation and uses theory to build concrete, historically specific causal explanations of social phenomena.
For the past fifty years anxiety over naturalism has driven debates in social theory. One side sees social science as another kind of natural science,...
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122,98 zł |
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Get Goodness: Virtue Is The Power To Do Good
ISBN: 9780761854579 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the preface: This book looks at virtue as "the power to do good" from the theological, philosophical, and poetic perspective. From a theological perspective: Long ago, Anselm defined theology as "faith seeking understanding," (f. 1) a definition which has endured to the present day. It would be difficult, if not impossible, for anyone to try to understand virtue or goodness without looking through some lens of faith....Get Goodness was written, in part, because my own faith was seeking understanding. Second, this book will look at virtue and goodness from a philosophical perspective...
From the preface: This book looks at virtue as "the power to do good" from the theological, philosophical, and poetic perspective. From a theological ...
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217,85 zł |
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Capitalist Solutions : A Philosophy of American Moral Dilemmas
ISBN: 9781412842945 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The US is facing enormous challenges as it enters the second decade of the twenty-first century. Some of these major issues are environmentalism and its claim of global warming; the danger from terrorism generated by Islamic fundamentalism; and affordable, quality health care. Additionally, education in America remains an unresolved dilemma contributing to America's lack of economic competitiveness. Andrew Bernstein argues that the US government is pushing the nation toward socialism in its attempt to resolve America's problems. The government's increasing control of the banking... The US is facing enormous challenges as it enters the second decade of the twenty-first century. Some of these major issues are environmentalism an... |
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705,83 zł |
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The Identity of The People of God
ISBN: 9781461177258 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This very serious essay demonstrates the true identity of God's people in this era and goes on to show the critical moral relevance of that identity. It smashes in pieces the folly and delusion of certain widespread and conventional teachings many Christians have come to believe. A true understanding of the identity of God's people is urgently needed right now if we are to save our beloved country, The United States of America. The Truth as it pertains both to our personal lives and our institutions is in- deed knowable and is brought to light in this masterful work of Biblical exegesis...
This very serious essay demonstrates the true identity of God's people in this era and goes on to show the critical moral relevance of that iden...
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68,40 zł |
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