A World Of Ideas

Author : Lee A. Jacobus
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
Page : 1250 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781319213527

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The first and bestselling reader of its kind, A World of Ideas engages students with the big ideas that have shaped society and are reshaping it today. Readings by essential authors – from Aristotle and Mary Wollstonecraft to bell hooks and Marilynne Robinson – help students trace the origins of central cultural concepts and respond to them. A World of Ideas asks such crucial questions as, What defines good government? What forces shape our society? What does it mean to be educated? A World of Ideas helps students respond to these questions by providing the guidance they need to understand, analyze, and write. Substantial, supportive apparatus helps students focus on both the content of the readings as well as the rhetorical moves that writers use to achieve their purposes, providing instruction and models as students join in the important conversations continuing today. New chapters on Education and Gender, and new readings throughout, speak to today’s urgent concerns. Improved writing instruction includes more scaffolding and examples that provide greater support for students.

Author : Lee A. Jacobus
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 795 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : College readers
ISBN : 0312148631

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Author : Bill D. Moyers
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : 0385263465

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A World of Ideas by Bill D. Moyers Pdf

In his bestseller The Power of Myth, Moyers introduced us of the most outstanding minds of our time, Joseph Campbell. Now, he brings us provocative one-on-one interviews with leading scientists, writers, artists, philosophers, and historians, based on a popular PBS series. 40 photos.

Author : Chris Rohmann
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780307756404

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A World of Ideas by Chris Rohmann Pdf

How do you keep up in the age of information when there's so much to know and so little time? Here's the ideal solution: a practical book of knowledge offering in-depth analysis, detailed interpretation, and penetrating insight into the key concepts, the most influential minds, and the major intellectual movements in history. A World of Ideas is an essential tool for anyone who wants to be fully informed and stay ahead of the curve in today's world. Now you can get to the bottom of the big bang theory; find out where Freud's ideas were coming from, and where Einstein's may ultimately take us; demystify surrealism and survivalism, nature and nurture, communism and capitalism. With hundreds of in-depth entries, drawn from a wide range of fields--including religion, philosophy, psychology, economics, politics, history, art, literature, and science--A World of Ideas enables you to turn immediately to the term in question for a comprehensive description of its history, meaning, and context. - Hundreds of entries, alphabetically arranged, with key words and concepts highlighted and cross-referenced - Reviewed and approved by an academic board of leading scholars - A unique emphasis on multicultural influences and the long-neglected impact of women on the history of ideas - An extensive bibliography of further readings and resources Here are the concepts that shaped civilization . . . the minds that made history . . . the thinkers, the thoughts, and the theories--everything you need to know to fully understand the world we live in. Concise and authoritative, meticulously researched and lucidly written, this invaluable resource is sure to become a standard reference for years to come.

Author : Andrew Alexander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1524976148

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Philosophizing by Andrew Alexander Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412842235

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The Competition of Ideas by Anonim Pdf

Murray Weidenbaum has been a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a speaker at meetings at the Brookings Institution, the Cato Institute, and the Heritage Foundation and has also written for their publications, and served as a reviewer of ongoing studies. In The Competition of Ideas, Weidenbaum examines the political economy of these vital institutions, drawing heavily on several decades of involvement in their activities. He is uniquely able to see their accomplishments as well as their shortcomings. Because of the importance of the activities of their organizations, and their tax-exempt status, think tanks are held to a high standard. Weidenbaum shows that sometimes think tanks are more tank than think—major think tanks are often predictable in the positions they take on public issues and are far better at analyzing the shortcomings of other elements of society than of their own operations. The overarching issue of quality control, Weidenbaum holds, deserves more attention than it has attained in the think tank world. This book presents a careful, balanced account of where think tanks have been and where they are now headed. Given the high levels of professionalism in many think tanks, a fundamental change in the attitude of their management is important. The compelling need is less for the wielder of policy than for the lucid synthesizer of relevant research and analysis. Likewise, society needs sensitivity to the long-term concerns of the citizenry more urgently than rapid response to the opportunities of the moment. Future competition, particularly among the major think tanks, could well be centered, not on achieving greater visibility, but on developing responses to economic, environmental, and national security problems that are likely to be adopted and carried out.

Author : Bill D. Moyers,Andie Tucher
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : UOM:39015018932338

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A World of Ideas II by Bill D. Moyers,Andie Tucher Pdf

Interviews with Bharati Mukherjee, Maxine Hong Kingston, Peter Sellars, Leo Braudy, Patricia Smith Churchland, Jeannette Haien, Toni Morrison, Sam Keen, Evelyn Fox Keller, Richard Rodriguez, M.F.K. Fisher, Cornel West, Tu Wei-ming, Joanne Ciulla, Ruth Macklin, Ernesto J. Cortes, Jr., Michael Sandel, Jacob Needleman, Steven Rockefeller, Oren Lyons, Murray Gell-Mann, Robert Lucky, Louis Kelso, Mike Rose, Lester Brown, Jonas Salk, William L. Shirer, John Henry Faulk, and Robert Bly.

Author : Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Civilization
ISBN : 0751344141

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Ideas that Changed the World by Felipe Fernández-Armesto Pdf

A collection of 175 ideas which have changed the world are presented in this volume - from time to evolution, and anarchy to Zen. Using illustrations to bring the concepts to life, this thought-provoking book could be great for dinner party conversations.

Author : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781593392277

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The Ideas that Made the Modern World by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Pdf

This is a study of the philosophers, thinkers, and scientists whose thoughts and ideas formed the Enlightenment of the seventeenth century and laid the foundation for the modern world as we know it.

Author : Piotr Dutkiewicz,Richard Sakwa
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781479860982

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22 Ideas to Fix the World by Piotr Dutkiewicz,Richard Sakwa Pdf

The aftershocks of the 2008 financial crisis still reverberate throughout the globe. Markets are down, unemployment is up, and nations from Greece to Ireland find their very infrastructure on the brink of collapse. There is also a crisis in the management of global affairs, with the institutions of global governance challenged as never before, accompanied by conflicts ranging from Syria, to Iran, to Mali. Domestically, the bases for democratic legitimacy, social sustainability, and environmental adaptability are also changing. In this unique volume from the World Public Forum Dialogue of Civilizations and the Social Science Research Council, some of the world’s greatest minds—from Nobel Prize winners to long-time activists—explore what the prolonged instability of the so-called Great Recession means for our traditional understanding of how governments can and should function. Through interviews that are sure to spark lively debate, 22 Ideas to Fix the World presents both analysis of past geopolitical events and possible solutions and predictions for the future. The book surveys issues relevant to the U.S., Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Speaking from a variety of perspectives, including economic, social, developmental, and political, the discussions here increase our understanding of what’s wrong with the world and how to get it right. Interviewees explore topics like the Arab Spring, the influence of international financial organizations, the possibilities for the growth of democracy, the acceleration of global warming, and how to develop enforceable standards for market and social regulation. These inspiring exchanges from some of our most sophisticated thinkers on world policy are honest, brief, and easily understood, presenting thought-provoking ideas in a clear and accessible manner that cuts through the academic jargon that too often obscures more than it reveals. 22 Ideas to Fix the World is living history in the finest sense—a lasting chronicle of the state of the global community today. Interviews with: Zygmunt Bauman, Shimshon Bichler & Jonathan Nitzan, Craig Calhoun, Ha-Joon Chang, Fred Dallmayr, Mike Davis, Bob Deacon, Kemal Dervis, Jiemian Yang, Peter J. Katzenstein, Ivan Krastev, Will Kymlicka, Manuel F. Montes, José Antonio Ocampo, Vladimir Popov, Jospeh Stiglitz, Olzhas Suleimenov, Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Immanuel Wallerstein, Paul Watson, Vladimir Yakunin, Muhammad Yunus

Author : Michael Mandelbaum
Publisher : Public Affairs
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1586481347

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The Ideas That Conquered The World by Michael Mandelbaum Pdf

Continuing in the same tradition as Francis Fukuyama's The End of History, political science professor (and senior fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations) Mandelbaum continues the argument that capitalism and democracy are inextricably linked and that so-called "free markets" have emerged as indisputably triumphant in the world of contesting political and economic ideas. In exploring the political affairs of the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Russia, and China, he advances two propositions about liberal democracies that may seem surprising to observers of the current international scene: that democracies tend to conduct peaceful foreign affairs and that free markets naturally lead to democracy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Richard Jolly,Louis Emmerij,Thomas G. Weiss
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780253003379

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UN Ideas That Changed the World by Richard Jolly,Louis Emmerij,Thomas G. Weiss Pdf

Ideas and concepts have been a driving force in human progress, and they may be the most important legacy of the United Nations. UN ideas have set past, present, and future international agendas in many global economic and social arenas and have also led to initiatives and actions that have improved the quality of human life. This capstone volume draws upon findings of the other 14 books in the acclaimed United Nations Intellectual History Project Series. The authors not only assess the development and implementation of UN ideas regarding sustainable economic development and human security, but also apply lessons learned to suggest ways in which the United Nations can play a fuller role in confronting the challenges of human survival with dignity in the 21st century.

Author : Perry Anderson
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789603095

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Spectrum by Perry Anderson Pdf

The focus of Spectrum is the range of contemporary ideas that runs from conservative to liberal to radical conceptions of state and society, rarely considered in the same optic. It looks at the theories of major minds of the twentieth-century Right, including Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss and Friedrich von Hayek; liberal philosophers such as John Rawls, Jurgen Habermas and Norberto Bobbio; and significant figures in the culture of the Left: the historians Edward Thompson, Robert Brenner and Eric Hobsbawm; the classicist Sebastiano Timpanaro; the sociologist Goran Therborn; the novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The book concludes with some comparative observations on the two leading intellectual periodicals of the UK and USA, the London Review of Books and New York Review of Books; and a piece of family history.

Author : Robin Landa
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523002092

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The New Art of Ideas by Robin Landa Pdf

In a world with a surplus of ideas, what separates a good idea from a bad one? Learn how to cultivate a mindset that produces the kind of ideas people can't turn down. Most professionals cannot generate a solid idea. They either offer up tired or reused ones, or they generate lots of ideas but none that are worth pursuing. A great idea presents a well-formulated thought or plan of action that spurs growth, change, advancement, adaptation, or new insight. Worthwhile ideas move the needle; they change the playing field altogether. The New Art of Ideas is designed to help readers consistently produce worthwhile ideas by becoming nimble and imaginative thinkers better equipped to compete and produce in a global economy. Robin Landa identifies the Three Gs of every good idea: Goal-Your vision for the end Gap-The underdeveloped area that your idea fills Gain-The overall benefits of your goal With explanations and examples of each component, this book demystifies the process of effective ideation and hands you the key to unlock your creative potential.

Author : Lawrence Lessig
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780375726446

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The Future of Ideas by Lawrence Lessig Pdf

The Internet revolution has come. Some say it has gone. In The Future of Ideas, Lawrence Lessig explains how the revolution has produced a counterrevolution of potentially devastating power and effect. Creativity once flourished because the Net protected a commons on which widest range of innovators could experiment. But now, manipulating the law for their own purposes, corporations have established themselves as virtual gatekeepers of the Net while Congress, in the pockets of media magnates, has rewritten copyright and patent laws to stifle creativity and progress. Lessig weaves the history of technology and its relevant laws to make a lucid and accessible case to protect the sanctity of intellectual freedom. He shows how the door to a future of ideas is being shut just as technology is creating extraordinary possibilities that have implications for all of us. Vital, eloquent, judicious and forthright, The Future of Ideas is a call to arms that we can ill afford to ignore.