The Mind Of The Nation

Author : MariJo Moore
Publisher : Bold Type Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780786750313

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Genocide of the Mind by MariJo Moore Pdf

After five centuries of Eurocentrism, many people have little idea that Native American tribes still exist, or which traditions belong to what tribes. However over the past decade there has been a rising movement to accurately describe Native cultures and histories. In particular, people have begun to explore the experience of urban Indians -- individuals who live in two worlds struggling to preserve traditional Native values within the context of an ever-changing modern society. In Genocide of the Mind, the experience and determination of these people is recorded in a revealing and compelling collection of essays that brings the Native American experience into the twenty-first century. Contributors include: Paula Gunn Allen, Simon Ortiz, Sherman Alexie, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Maurice Kenny, as well as emerging writers from different Indian nations.

Author : Egbert Klautke
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782380207

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The Mind of the Nation by Egbert Klautke Pdf

Völkerpsychologie played an important role in establishing the social sciences via the works of such scholars as Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim, Ernest Renan, Franz Boas, and Werner Sombart. In Germany, the intellectual history of "folk psychology" was represented by Moritz Lazarus, Heymann Steinthal, Wilhelm Wundt and Willy Hellpach. This book follows the invention of the discipline in the nineteenth century, its rise around the turn of the century and its ultimate demise after the Second World War. In addition, it shows that despite the repudiation of "folk psychology" and its failed institutionalization, the discipline remains relevant as a precursor of contemporary studies of "national identity."

Author : Garett Jones
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780804797054

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Hive Mind by Garett Jones Pdf

Over the last few decades, economists and psychologists have quietly documented the many ways in which a person's IQ matters. But, research suggests that a nation's IQ matters so much more. As Garett Jones argues in Hive Mind, modest differences in national IQ can explain most cross-country inequalities. Whereas IQ scores do a moderately good job of predicting individual wages, information processing power, and brain size, a country's average score is a much stronger bellwether of its overall prosperity. Drawing on an expansive array of research from psychology, economics, management, and political science, Jones argues that intelligence and cognitive skill are significantly more important on a national level than on an individual one because they have "positive spillovers." On average, people who do better on standardized tests are more patient, more cooperative, and have better memories. As a result, these qualities—and others necessary to take on the complexity of a modern economy—become more prevalent in a society as national test scores rise. What's more, when we are surrounded by slightly more patient, informed, and cooperative neighbors we take on these qualities a bit more ourselves. In other words, the worker bees in every nation create a "hive mind" with a power all its own. Once the hive is established, each individual has only a tiny impact on his or her own life. Jones makes the case that, through better nutrition and schooling, we can raise IQ, thereby fostering higher savings rates, more productive teams, and more effective bureaucracies. After demonstrating how test scores that matter little for individuals can mean a world of difference for nations, the book leaves readers with policy-oriented conclusions and hopeful speculation: Whether we lift up the bottom through changing the nature of work, institutional improvements, or freer immigration, it is possible that this period of massive global inequality will be a short season by the standards of human history if we raise our global IQ.

Author : Hans Kohn
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298523818

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The Mind of Germany the Education of a Nation by Hans Kohn Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Bandy X. Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1735553743

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Profile of a Nation by Bandy X. Lee Pdf

Author : Bierbauer Alec,Mark Cooter,Michael E. Marks
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781510720923

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Never Mind, We'll Do It Ourselves by Bierbauer Alec,Mark Cooter,Michael E. Marks Pdf

“An extraordinary, riveting, page-turning account—finally cleared for publication by the CIA—of the once highly classified effort by the CIA and special military units to develop a truly game-changing, transformational capability: armed drones."—General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and US and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan, and former Director of the CIA​ The Inside Story of How a CIA Officer and an Air Force Officer Joined Forces to Develop America’s Most Powerful Tool in the War on Terror. Never Mind, We’ll Do It Ourselves is the story behind the origins of the Predator drone program and the dawn of unmanned warfare. A firsthand account told by an Air Force team leader and a CIA team leader, Never Mind, We’ll Do It Ourselves takes readers into the back offices and secret government hangars where the robotic revolution went from a mad scientist idea to a pivotal part of global airpower. Featuring a foreword by Charlie Allen, an introduction by Lieutenant General John Campbell, USAF (Ret.), and an afterword by Lieutenant Colonel Gabe Brown, the story reveals the often conflicting perspectives between the defense and intelligence communities and puts the reader inside places like the CIA’s counterterrorism center on the morning of 9/11. Through the eyes of the men and women who lived it, you will experience the hunt for Usama bin Laden and the evolution of a program from passive surveillance to the complex hunter-killers that hang above the battlespace like ghosts. Poised at the junction between The Right Stuff and The Bourne Identity, Never Mind, We’ll Do It Ourselves documents the way a group of cowboys, rogues, and bandits broke rules and defied convention to change the shape of modern warfare

Author : Edward St. John Parry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590765161

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Literature and science compared in their effects upon a nation, an essay read in the theatre, Oxford by Edward St. John Parry Pdf

Author : Melissa Aronczyk
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199752171

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Branding the Nation by Melissa Aronczyk Pdf

What happens to the nation when it is reconceived as a brand? How does nation branding change the terms of politics and culture in a globalized world? Branding the Nation offers a unique critical perspective on the power of brands to affect how we think about space, value and identity.

Author : Anton Howes
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691207612

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Arts and Minds by Anton Howes Pdf

"For almost 300 years, an organisation has quietly tried to change almost every aspect of life in Britain. That organisation is the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, often known simply as the Royal Society of Arts. It has acted as Britain's private national improvement agency, in every way imaginable - essentially, a society for the improvement of everything and anything. This book is its history. From its beginnings in a coffee house in the mid-eighteenth century, the Society has tried to change Britain's art, industry, laws, music, environment, education, and even culture. It has sometimes even succeeded. It has been a prize-fund for innovations, a platform for Victorian utilitarian reformers, a convenor of disparate interest groups, and the focal point for social movements. There has never been an organisation quite like it, constantly having to reinvent itself to find something new to improve. The book rewrites many of the old official histories of the Society and updates them to the present day, incorporating over half a century of further research into the periods they covered, along with new insights into the organisation's evolution. The book reveals the hidden and often surprising history of how a few public-spirited people tried to make their country better, offering lessons from their triumphs and their failures for all would-be reformers today"--

Author : Peter Bayne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019449695

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The Church's Curse and the Nation's Claim ... Second Edition by Peter Bayne Pdf

Author : Sir Arthur Hallam Elton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019513085

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The Nation's Duty to the Protestant Church of Ireland by Sir Arthur Hallam Elton Pdf

Author : Oliver Cromwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Essays
ISBN : HARVARD:HN5AV7

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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches by Oliver Cromwell Pdf

Author : Terry Pratchett
Publisher : Random House
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781407046143

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Nation by Terry Pratchett Pdf

Widely thought of as the best book Terry Pratchett ever wrote, this is a story of a Nation, a story of a friendship, a story of growing up and the truths we must learn. It is epic in every sense . . . Prepare for the world to be turned upside down . . . For Mau, halfway between boy and man, it happens when a great wave destroys his entire village. For Daphne, it’s when the same wave crashes her ship into the island that was once Mau’s home. Everything they once had is now so far away, lost to distance and time. But when Daphne stops trying to shoot Mau (she did apologise for it), and instead uses a salvaged invitation card to invite him to tea, they discover a new home can be theirs. And then people start arriving on the island – some very good, some very bad. And it’s soon clear that Daphne and Mau must fight for their Nation. Then a discovery is made that will change the entire world forever . . .

Author : Thomas Carlyle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3604148

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The Works of Thomas Carlyle: Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches, with elucidations by Thomas Carlyle Pdf

Author : Michael Wesley
Publisher : La Trobe University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 176064370X

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Mind of the Nation by Michael Wesley Pdf

In this thought-provoking and timely examination, academic and writer Michael Wesley asks what Australians really think and how they feel about our universities, and where to next? In 1964, Donald Horne wrote in his classic The Lucky Country that, in a sense, 'Australia does not have a mind. Intellectual life exists but . . . has no established relation to practical life.' For Horne, Australia's universities were marginalised; they were places where 'clever men nurse the wounds of public indifference'. Since then, there has been a vast increase in university attendance, but Australians today have mixed feelings about these institutions - a strange blend of antagonism, aspiration and apathy. In this eloquent and original book, Michael Wesley investigates the forces shaping Australia's universities and their relationship to Australian society. Are universities too commercial? Do they provide value? Are they inclusive? Are they underfunded? What do we want from these institutions, especially post-Covid? Unless a new national vision for higher education is found, Australia's universities could be set for decline. This is a groundbreaking examination of universities in Australian life - and, more than that, of the 'mind of the nation'. 'Mind of the Nation surveys the mixed feelings Australians have for their universities, often part of their lives but rarely their affections. Michael Wesley's thought-provoking book shows how rising and conflicting expectations of universities create controversies that will not go away.' -Andrew Norton, professor of higher education policy, ANU