Blind Reflections

Author : Therese-Adèle Husson
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814795385

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Reflections by Therese-Adèle Husson Pdf

In the 1820s, several years before Braille was invented, Therese-Adele Husson, a young blind woman from provincial France, wrote an audacious manifesto about her life, French society, and her hopes for the future. Through extensive research and scholarly detective work, authors Catherine Kudlick and Zina Weygand have rescued this intriguing woman and the remarkable story of her life and tragic death from obscurity, giving readers a rare look into a world recorded by an unlikely historical figure. Reflections is one of the earliest recorded manifestations of group solidarity among people with the same disability, advocating self-sufficiency and independence on the part of blind people, encouraging education for all blind children, and exploring gender roles for both men and women. Resolutely defying the sense of "otherness" which pervades discourse about the disabled, Husson instead convinces us that that blindness offers a fresh and important perspective on both history and ourselves. In rescuing this important historical account and recreating the life of an obscure but potent figure, Weygand and Kudlick have awakened a perspective that transcends time and which, ultimately, remaps our inherent ideas of physical sensibility

Author : Kristie A. Foell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN : UCAL:C3370609

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Blind Reflections by Kristie A. Foell Pdf

Author : Adam Hughes Henry
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09
Category : Crimes against humanity
ISBN : 1527553604

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Reflections on War, Diplomacy, Human Rights and Liberalism by Adam Hughes Henry Pdf

For most people, the idea that extremist ideologies glorify themselves through warfare, and commit crimes against humanity and genocide, is the natural extension of their moral and philosophical failings. As this volume outlines, liberal democracies such as Australia, and others, also glorify in war and they may also, at various times, engage in, support, or turn a blind eye to crimes against humanity or genocide. However, liberal democracies such as Australia, the US, and the UK, among others, routinely present themselves as arbiters of liberal values, defenders of human rights, and guardians of virtue. This book explores the obvious contradiction between the ideals of liberalism and how liberal democracies ignore, and at times even justify, their failure to uphold the principles they espouse.

Author : Thomas Harbin
Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781934938874

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Waking Up Blind by Thomas Harbin Pdf

Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-230).

Author : Peter Watts
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429955195

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Blindsight by Peter Watts Pdf

Hugo and Shirley Jackson award-winning Peter Watts stands on the cutting edge of hard SF with his acclaimed novel, Blindsight Two months since the stars fell... Two months of silence, while a world held its breath. Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune's orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever's out there isn't talking to us. It's talking to some distant star, perhaps. Or perhaps to something closer, something en route. So who do you send to force introductions with unknown and unknowable alien intellect that doesn't wish to be met? You send a linguist with multiple personalities, her brain surgically partitioned into separate, sentient processing cores. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees x-rays and tastes ultrasound. You send a pacifist warrior in the faint hope she won't be needed. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called vampire, recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist—an informational topologist with half his mind gone—as an interface between here and there. Pray they can be trusted with the fate of a world. They may be more alien than the thing they've been sent to find. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Julie Ryan
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798385007288

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Reflections of God's New Testament Books by Julie Ryan Pdf

Reflections of God's New Testament Books is a direct result of Julie's reading, reflecting, and journaling through the Bible during her daily quiet time with Jesus. The chapter-by-chapter reflections of the New Testament books of the Bible are written in a devotional style which is designed to enhance personal Bible reading. Reflections of God's New Testament Books is an easy-to-understand resource that will help you: • Internalize what you read in Scripture • Learn and understand the Bible • Grow in your relationship with God • Experience life transformation by the truth of God's Word

Author : James Dodd
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351814898

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Phenomenological Reflections on Violence by James Dodd Pdf

Following up on his previous book, Violence and Phenomenology, James Dodd presents here an expanded and deepened reflection on the problem of violence. The book’s six essays are guided by a skeptical philosophical attitude about the meaning of violence that refuses to conform to the exigencies of essence and the stable patterns of lived experience. Each essay tracks a discoverable, sometimes familiar figure of violence, while at the same time questioning its limits and revealing sites of its resistance to conceptualization. Dodd’s essays are readings as much as they are reflections; attempts at interpretation as much as they are attempts to push concepts of violence to their limits. They draw upon a range of different authors—Sartre, Levinas, Schelling, Scheler, and Husserl—and historical moments, but without any attempt to reduce them into a series of examples elucidating a comprehensive theory. The aim is to follow a path of distinctively episodic and provisional modes of thinking and reflection that offers a potential glimpse at how violence can be understood.

Author : Steven Croft,Helen-Ann Hartley,Graham James
Publisher : Canterbury Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780715123980

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Reflections for Daily Prayer Advent 2022 to Christ the King 2023 by Steven Croft,Helen-Ann Hartley,Graham James Pdf

Reflections for Daily Prayer continues to be one of the most popular and highly valued daily Bible reading companions. Regular favourites and new contributors offer insightful, informed and inspiring reflections on the scripture readings of the day, based on the Common Worship Lectionary for Morning Prayer.

Author : Mark Dion,David Brooks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1734772212

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The Great Bird Blind Debate by Mark Dion,David Brooks Pdf

This book has been published to accompany the Mark Dion and David Brooks exhibition of the same title.

Author : Anand Shah
Publisher : Analisa Enterprises
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1419658514

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Friday Reflections by Anand Shah Pdf

This book is a compilation of inspirational and educational stories for working professionals.Visit: fridayreflections.com

Author : Larry W. Gasser, PhD
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-14
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781480805477

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Reflections of a Beachcomber by Larry W. Gasser, PhD Pdf

Presenting a tangy mixture of life on a Pacific beach, haiku poetry, and essays on life and living, Reflections of a Beachcomber bares author Dr. Larry W. Gasser’s soul to illustrate his errors of thought and emotion that prolonged his many crises. In this personal collection, he recalls how he successfully coped with job losses, divorce, and three disabling conditions. Reflections of a Beachcomber explores ways of thinking and feeling that lead to coping successfully with disability generally and blindness in particular, linking those coping skills with problems with relationships. Gasser combines twenty-five years of teaching college writing and literature and master’s level studies in counseling and guidance with a modern existential philosophy to guide you through many of the major crises life can bring. He also provides insight into the different ways of working out effective solutions to personal challenges. Gasser shares his story in Reflections of a Beachcomber to show how you can learn from your experiences rather than being dominated by them.

Author : John Behnke
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0809146339

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Lent and Easter Reflections for the Younger Crowd by John Behnke Pdf

Meditations using ordinary language and every day experience to assist young people in developing a pattern of prayer, reflection, and daily meditation.

Author : Milton E. Lopes
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490851525

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Lenten Reflections by Milton E. Lopes Pdf

This book is written for those among us who have weathered life’s storms, yet sense a nagging emptiness in their spiritual well-being. Lenten Reflections: From the Desert to the Resurrection is written for those of us who want to be more spiritual. It is divided into four parts. Part One sets the framework for a treatment of the study of our salvation. It is devoted to the historical roots of Lent, its purpose, and its theology. To that end, this section also provides the reader with an overview of the creation story, a discussion of evil and sin, and a summary of the Trinity and the incarnation. Part Two sets the stage for an initial reflection on Lent, while Part Three introduces the disciplines needed to successfully pass through the desert to spiritual wholeness. Four seminal questions are posed: Where are we? What are we? Who are we? Why are we? Answers to these questions set the stage for what many spiritual masters call the purgative way, in which the Twelve-Step Program of Alcoholic Anonymous is suggested as a framework to one’s first steps into spiritual wholeness. At some point in their spiritual journey, the reader moves into what these same spiritual masters call the illuminative and unitive ways. Part Four is entitled “The Agony and Exultation.” Here, we join Jesus on the road to Calvary, where he is crucified. We know a mysterious joy as he rises from the tomb. We end our reflections with his departure from his disciples, the coming of the Paraclete, and a new understanding of the meaning behind Jesus’ sacrifice and life on earth.

Author : Rachel DeWoskin
Publisher : Speak
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Blind
ISBN : 9780142424551

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Blind by Rachel DeWoskin Pdf

First published in hardcover by Viking, 2014.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1768
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021162796

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Practical Reflections for Every Day throughout the Year. The seventh edition: to which is added, a brief method of meditation. [By Robert Bowes, otherwise Lane.] by Anonim Pdf