Taboo

Author : Wilfred Reilly
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781621579281

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Taboo by Wilfred Reilly Pdf

You Can’t Say That! Do you have a right to be offended by the facts? Against all the evidence, the mainstream media insist that America has never been more racist and sexist. The police are waging a war on Black people. “White privilege” means minorities never get a fair shake. Although this narrative of oppression is demonstrably fictitious, it is taboo to question it, and those who do so risk being labeled racist or sexist themselves. America needs an honest conversation based on common sense and cold, hard facts. Honesty and respect for the facts are the specialty of Wilfred Reilly, the celebrated author of Hate Crime Hoax. In Taboo, he fearlessly examines ten forbidden truths that have been buried by political correctness. They include: -The Black rate of violent crime is roughly 2.5 times the white rate. When demographic variables are taken into account, there are no racial differences in the rate of police-involved shootings. -Interracial crime is remarkably rare, but 75 to 80 percent of it occurs against white people. -Minorities can be racist—take the Nation of Islam, which holds that white people are an inferior race created by a Black scientist. -Disparities between racial groups in IQ testing and SAT performance are the result of cultural variables, such as the presence of a father in the home, not racism. Reilly goes where most social scientists fear to tread, using objective statistics and common sense to tackle taboo topics. Taboo is an essential takedown of the lies you hear every day from ideological activists and lazy, biased media.

Author : Richard M. Price
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501729546

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The Chemical Weapons Taboo by Richard M. Price Pdf

Richard M. Price asks why, among all the ominous technologies of weaponry throughout the history of warfare, chemical weapons carry a special moral stigma. Something more seems to be at work than the predictable resistance people have expressed to any new weaponry, from the crossbow to nuclear bombs. Perceptions of chemical warfare as particularly abhorrent have been successfully institutionalized in international proscriptions and, Price suggests, understanding the sources of this success might shed light on other efforts at arms control.To explore the origins and meaning of the chemical weapons taboo, Price presents a series of case studies from World War I through the Gulf War of 1990–1991. He traces the moral arguments against gas warfare from the Hague Conferences at the turn of the century through negotiations for the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993. From the Italian invasion of Ethiopia to the war between Iran and Iraq, chemical weapons have been condemned as the "poor man's bomb." Drawing upon insights from Michel Foucault to explain the role of moral norms in an international arena rarely sensitive to such pressures, he focuses on the construction of and mutations in the refusal to condone chemical weapons.

Author : Jon Entine
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786724505

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Taboo by Jon Entine Pdf

In virtually every sport in which they are given opportunity to compete, people of African descent dominate. East Africans own every distance running record. Professional sports in the Americas are dominated by men and women of West African descent. Why have blacks come to dominate sports? Are they somehow physically better? And why are we so uncomfortable when we discuss this? Drawing on the latest scientific research, journalist Jon Entine makes an irrefutable case for black athletic superiority. We learn how scientists have used numerous, bogus "scientific" methods to prove that blacks were either more or less superior physically, and how racist scientists have often equated physical prowess with intellectual deficiency. Entine recalls the long, hard road to integration, both on the field and in society. And he shows why it isn't just being black that matters—it makes a huge difference as to where in Africa your ancestors are from.Equal parts sports, science and examination of why this topic is so sensitive, Taboois a book that will spark national debate.

Author : Jimmy Gomez,Taboo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Gender identity
ISBN : 1953955061

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A Kids Book about Identity by Jimmy Gomez,Taboo Pdf

Your identity can be a lot of things: your heritage, gender, hometown, school, faith, or even what you've been through. The awesome thing is nobody is just one thing! Your identity can grow and change as you do! This book explores all the different parts of identity: who you are, what you love, and what's true about you.

Author : Taboo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439192085

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Fallin' Up by Taboo Pdf

A founding member of the Black Eyed Peas shares the inspiring story of his rise from the streets of East L.A. to the heights of international fame.

Author : Randall Eggert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1524925713

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This Book Is Taboo by Randall Eggert Pdf

Author : Alan Watts
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1989-08-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780679723004

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The Book by Alan Watts Pdf

A revelatory primer on what it means to be human, from "the perfect guide for a course correction in life" (Deepak Chopra)—and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence. At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that we are isolated beings, unconnected to the rest of the universe, has led us to view the “outside” world with hostility, and has fueled our misuse of technology and our violent and hostile subjugation of the natural world. To help us understand that the self is in fact the root and ground of the universe, Watts has crafted a revelatory primer on what it means to be human—and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence. In The Book, Alan Watts provides us with a much-needed answer to the problem of personal identity, distilling and adapting the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta.

Author : Max D. Price
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-07
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 9780197543276

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Evolution of a Taboo by Max D. Price Pdf

"From their domestication to their taboo, the role of pigs in the ancient Near East is one of the most complicated topics in archaeology. Rejecting monocausal explanations, this book adopts an evolutionary approach and uses zooarchaeology and texts to unravel the cultural significance of swine from the Paleolithic to today. Five major themes emerge: The domestication of the pig from wild boar in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, the unique roles that pigs developed in agricultural economies before and after the development of complex societies, the raising of swine in cities, the shifting ritual roles of pigs, and the formation and development of the pork taboo in Judaism and, later, Islam. The development of this taboo has inspired much academic debate. I argue that the well-known taboo described in Leviticus reflects the intention of the Biblical writers to develop an image of a glorious pastoral ancestry for a heroic Israelite past, something they achieved by tying together existing food traditions. These included a taboo on pigs, which was developed early in the Iron Age during conflicts between Israelites and Philistines and was revitalized by the Biblical writers. The taboo persisted and mutated, gaining strength over the next two and a half millennia. In particular, the pig taboo became a point of contention in the ethno-political struggles between Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures in the Levant. Ultimately, it was this continued evolution within the context of ethnic and religious politics that gave the pig taboo the strength it has today"--

Author : Franz Steiner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136543333

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Taboo by Franz Steiner Pdf

Scholars have been trying to explain taboo customs ever since Captain Cook discovered them in Polynesia over 200 years ago. The subject has been treated at length, but none of the theories has more than a limited validity, so numerous are the taboos recorded and so diverse the societies in which they occur. This book contains chapters on: · Taboo as a Victorian invention · The complicated taboos in the Pentateuch · Taboos in Polynesia Originally published in 1956.

Author : Karín Lesnik-Oberstein
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0719075009

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The Last Taboo by Karín Lesnik-Oberstein Pdf

'The Last Taboo' argues that body hair plays a central role in constructing masculinity and femininity and sexual and cultural identities. It asks how and why any particular issue can become defined as 'self-evidently' too silly or too mad to write about.

Author : Sigmund Freud
Publisher : Newcomb Livraria Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783989886964

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Totem and Taboo: and other writings on Myths, Folklore and Narrative Symbolism by Sigmund Freud Pdf

A new translation from the original German manuscript of Freud's famous 1912 Totem and Taboo, followed by several other works related to symbolic interpretation and cultural myth-making, printed in one edition for the first time. In German: 1912-13 Totem und Tabu 1913 Das Motiv der Kästchenwahl 1916 Eine Beziehung zwischen einem Symbol und einem Symptom 1916 Mythologische Parallele zu einer plastischen Zwangsvorstellung 1923 Eine Teufelsneurose im siebzehnten Jahrhundert In English: 1912-13 Totem and Taboo 1913 The Motif of Coffin selection 1916 A relationship between a symbol and a symptom 1916 Mythological Parallel to a Visual Obsession 1923 A devils neurosis in the seventeenth century This edition includes an introduction by the translator on the philosophic differences between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, a glossary of Freudian Psychological terminology and a timeline of Freud’s life & works. This is Volume XI in the 2023 Complete Works of Sigmund Freud by NL Press. This new translation of Freud's collected systematic works laid out across 14 volumes by topic and contains essays which have never been translated into until now.

Author : Sigmund Freud
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547045199

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Totem and Taboo by Sigmund Freud Pdf

"Totem and Taboo": is a 1913 book by the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, in which he applies his theory to the fields of archaeology, anthropology, and the study of religion. It consists of four essays inspired by the work of Wilhelm Wundt and Carl Jung: "The Horror of Incest," "Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence," "Animism, Magic and the Omnipotence of Thoughts," and "The Return of Totemism in Childhood."

Author : Nina Tannenwald
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521524288

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The Nuclear Taboo by Nina Tannenwald Pdf

Why have nuclear weapons not been used since Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945? Nina Tannenwald disputes the conventional answer of 'deterrence' in favour of what she calls a nuclear taboo - a widespread inhibition on using nuclear weapons - which has arisen in global politics. Drawing on newly released archival sources, Tannenwald traces the rise of the nuclear taboo, the forces that produced it, and its influence, particularly on US leaders. She analyzes four critical instances where US leaders considered using nuclear weapons (Japan 1945, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War 1991) and examines how the nuclear taboo has repeatedly dissuaded US and other world leaders from resorting to these 'ultimate weapons'. Through a systematic analysis, Tannenwald challenges conventional conceptions of deterrence and offers a compelling argument on the moral bases of nuclear restraint as well as an important insight into how nuclear war can be avoided in the future.

Author : Harold Bloom,Blake Hobby,Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Criticism
ISBN : 9781438131054

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The Taboo by Harold Bloom,Blake Hobby,Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom Pdf

Provides an examination of the use of the taboo in classic literary works.

Author : Rick Ayers,William Ayers
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807772867

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Teaching the Taboo by Rick Ayers,William Ayers Pdf

Rick and William Ayers renew their challenge to teachers to teach initiative, to teach imagination, to “teach the taboo” in the new edition of this bestseller. Drawing from a lifetime of deep commitment to students, teaching, and social justice, the authors update their powerful critique of schooling and present classroom stories of everyday teachers grappling with many of today’s hotly debated issues. They invite educators to live a teaching life of questioning—to imagine classrooms where every established and received bit of wisdom, common sense, orthodoxy, and dogma is open for examination, interrogation, and rethinking. Teaching the Taboo, Second Edition is an insightful guide to effective pedagogy and essential reading for anyone looking to evolve as an educator. What’s new for the second edition of Teaching the Taboo! A deeper exploration of issues of white privilege and racism and war and peace. A more thorough examination of the problems with math and science education, including possible solutions. An expanded exploration of the importance of creative writing for validating individual and community experiences. A more thorough discussion of Freire’s work and comparison to the radical teaching projects of African American activists in the south during the Freedom Schools. An in-depth look at how students can be part of co-constructing historical narratives and analyses. An update on school struggles in Atlanta, Chicago, and Seattle. Praise for the first edition of Teaching the Taboo! “For those frustrated by the thrust of educational 'reform'…this book provides what can be described as both a challenge and a set of alternatives.” —Education Review “Drawing from a lifetime of deep thinking about education and courageous commitment to precious students, Rick and William Ayers have given us a marvelous book. Their devastating critique of the pervasive market models in education and their powerful defense of democratic forms of imagination in schools are so badly needed in our present-day crisis!” —Cornel West, Princeton University “Teaching the Taboo is provocative, challenging, funny in places, wild but sensible enough to be useful, inspiring, and practical for educators who are working to negate the educational madness that is infecting the schools.” —Herb Kohl, author of 36 Children and Painting Chinese Rick Ayers is a university instructor and founder of the Communication Arts and Sciences small school at Berkeley High School, and teaches at the University of San Francisco. William Ayers is a school reform activist and a Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago.