The Pornography Of Power

Author : Robert Scheer
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780446537445

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In the course of his forty-year-career as one of America's most admired journalists, Robert Scheer's work has been praised by Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, and Joan Didion, who deems him "one of the best reporters of our time." Now, Scheer brings a lifetime of wisdom and experience to one of the most overlooked and dangerous issues of our time - the destructive influence of America's military-industrial complex. Scheer examines the expansion of our military presence throughout the world, our insane nuclear strategy, the immorality of corporations profiting in Iraq, and the arrogance of our foreign policy. Although Scheer is a liberal, his view echoes that of former Republican president General Dwight Eisenhower, who, in his farewell speech to the American people, spoke prophetically about need to guard against the growing influence of the military-industrial complex. In George W. Bush's America, politicians like Ike and Richard Nixon seem like prudent centrists. The views of libertarians, liberals, and pacifists are often overlooked or ignored by America's mainstream media. The Pornography of Power is the culmination of a respected journalist's efforts to change the terms of debate. At a time when many are exploiting fears of terrorist attacks and only a few national leaders are willing to advocate cuts in defense spending, nuclear disarmament, and restrained use of American force, Robert Scheer has written a manifesto for enlightened reform.

Author : Lionel Rubinoff
Publisher : Crown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1972-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0812900723

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Author : Lionel Rubinoff
Publisher : Chicago : Quadrangle Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Power (Philosophy).
ISBN : UOM:39015011061630

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"A modern philosopher's profound and eloquent inquiry into the depths of human nature. Rich in insight and immediately relevant to our contemporary world, here is a striking challenge for man to confront the demons within himself."--Back cover.

Author : Brian Brandenburg
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1484975863

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Power Over Pornography by Brian Brandenburg Pdf

Jason, like many people, is an addict. His addiction doesn't center on any drug or alcohol. He's a pornography and masturbation addict, and the insidious nature of his addiction erodes his self-worth, his relationships, and his career. Jason meets David at a twelve-step meeting, where David offers him a new approach to treating pornography addiction. Through a series of meetings, David guides Jason as he successfully overcomes his addiction, a process supported by glimpses into Jason's family and how his relationships improve as pornography loses its hold on his life. Jason's story is fictional. The treatment plan he follows is very real. Designed by author and pornography addiction treatment expert Brian Brandenburg, the strategies found in Power over Pornography are praised by those who, having taken part in Brandenburg's program, now pursue lives free of pornographic viewing. Brandenburg's innovative treatment plan comes at a crucial moment in the fight against pornography and masturbation addiction. A generation of Internet-savvy children has grown up with access to pornography, quite literally, at their keyboard-typing fingertips. The images and videos they view online are far more graphic than their parents can imagine. Now the children of this generation have become young adults, with many addicted to the instant gratification of pornography. Like Jason, most pornography and masturbation addicts are male, but women are also afflicted. Maintaining normal, healthy relationships becomes almost impossible while in the grip of pornography. Anxiety and guilt over your actions worsen into clinical depression and self-loathing. Work productivity suffers, and an addict with on-the-job access to the Internet is always a few mouse clicks away from job termination and scandal. Jason and others in his situation are discovering traditional twelve-step programs don't address key aspects of pornography and masturbation addiction. Brandenburg's radical treatment takes a new, often counterintuitive approach to overcoming pornography addiction. His advice sometimes contradicts traditional strategies, but his system works. A comprehensive, easy-to-understand approach to pornography addiction treatment, Power over Pornography appeals to all readers. You can overcome your addiction. Let Brian Brandenburg and Jason be your guides.

Author : Linda Williams
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1999-04-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0520219430

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Hard Core by Linda Williams Pdf

On hard core pornographic cinema.

Author : Robert Scheer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0446536083

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Pornography of Power by Robert Scheer Pdf

Author : Robert Scheer
Publisher : Noonday Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1990-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0374522146

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Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death by Robert Scheer Pdf

Discusses the politics of power in the United States, from the Vietnam War era to the Star Wars era

Author : Pamela Church Gibson,Roma Gibson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : UOM:39015029899252

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Dirty Looks by Pamela Church Gibson,Roma Gibson Pdf

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Author : Robert Scheer
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0446505269

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The Pornography of Power by Robert Scheer Pdf

In the course of his forty-year-career as one of America's most admired journalists, Robert Scheer's work has been praised by Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, and Joan Didion, who deems him "one of the best reporters of our time." Now, Scheer brings a lifetime of wisdom and experience to one of the most overlooked and dangerous issues of our time - the destructive influence of America's military-industrial complex. Scheer examines the expansion of our military presence throughout the world, our insane nuclear strategy, the immorality of corporations profiting in Iraq, and the arrogance of our foreign policy. Although Scheer is a liberal, his view echoes that of former Republican president General Dwight Eisenhower, who, in his farewell speech to the American people, spoke prophetically about need to guard against the growing influence of the military-industrial complex. In George W. Bush's America, politicians like Ike and Richard Nixon seem like prudent centrists. The views of libertarians, liberals, and pacifists are often overlooked or ignored by America's mainstream media. The Pornography of Power is the culmination of a respected journalist's efforts to change the terms of debate. At a time when many are exploiting fears of terrorist attacks and only a few national leaders are willing to advocate cuts in defense spending, nuclear disarmament, and restrained use of American force, Robert Scheer has written a manifesto for enlightened reform.

Author : Heath Lambert
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780310499244

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Finally Free by Heath Lambert Pdf

Eight gospel-centered strategies for overcoming the lure of pornography and finally breaking free. This book is not about pornography. You won't find graphic depictions about the porn industry, the catastrophic effects it has on individuals and relationships, or how to think differently about porn. If you're reading this book, you probably have some understanding of those things already—the last thing you need is to be subjected to that kind of detail...again. Finally Free is about hope. It's about discovering the freeing power available to those who trust in Jesus Christ, who can, will, and does set people free from the power of pornography. Dr. Heath Lambert, a leader in the biblical counseling movement, has organized this book around eight clear and practical tactics you can wield to make it easier to flee lust and temptation and shelter in the protection of God's grace. Each chapter: Clearly demonstrates how the gospel applies to the fight against sexual temptation. Lays out relevant methods for leaning on Christ's strength—both in advance of and in moments of temptation. Explains how Jesus can move readers from a life of struggle to a life of purity. If you've struggled personally against the powerful draw of pornography, or if you've ever tried to help someone fighting this battle, you know how hard it is to break its bonds. But there is good news: no matter how intense or long-standing the struggle, Jesus Christ has the power to free people from the enslaving power of pornography. The Gospel has a power that works practically in the lives of those who seek to imitate Christ—and you can learn how to live into that power.

Author : Georgina Voss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136741838

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Stigma and the Shaping of the Pornography Industry by Georgina Voss Pdf

The idea of ‘pornography’ is often employed to invoke titillation, anger, and disgust. Stigma and the Shaping of the Pornography Industry explores the effects that this stigmatized identity has on the pornography industry itself. From the video era to the emergence of the internet, to trade shows, white-collar workers, technological innovation, and industry-wide characteristics, this book looks beyond content production to explore how stigma has shaped the structures, practices, norms, and boundaries of the wider sector. By drawing on concepts such as dirty work, core-stigmatized industries, and outlaw innovation, this book offers rich insights into the ways in which stigma is socially constructed and managed, and the deep structural effects that it has on the industry.

Author : Lynn Mills Eckert
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781498572613

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Free Speech Law and the Pornography Debate by Lynn Mills Eckert Pdf

By examining the highly contested legal debate about the regulation of pornography through an epistemic lens, this book analyzes competing claims about the proper role of speech in our society, pornography’s harm, the relationship between speech and equality, and whether law should regulate and, if so, upon what grounds. In maintaining that inegalitarian pornography generates discursive effects, the book contends that law cannot simply adopt a libertarian approach to free speech. While inegalitarian pornography may not be determinative of gender inequality, it does contribute, reinforce, reflect and help maintain such unfairness. As a result, we can place reasonable gender-based regulations on inegalitarian pornography while upholding our most treasured commitments to dissident speech just as other liberal democracies with strong free speech traditions have done.

Author : Christopher N. Kendall
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0774810777

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Gay Male Pornography by Christopher N. Kendall Pdf

The 2000 case of Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Customs Canada provided Canada’s highest court with its first opportunity to consider whether the analysis set out in R. v. Butler - in which the Supreme Court identified pornography as an issue of sex discrimination - applies to pornography intended for a lesbian or gay male audience. The Court held that it did, finding that, like heterosexual pornography, same-sex pornography also violates the sex equality interests of all Canadians. Christopher Kendall supports this finding, arguing that gay male pornography reinforces those social attitudes that create systemic inequality on the basis of sex and sexual orientation - misogyny and homophobia alike - by sexually conditioning gay men to those attitudes and practices. The author contends that as a result of litigation efforts like those brought by lesbian and gay activists in the Little Sisters case, the notion of empowerment and the rejection of those values that daily result in all that is anti-gay have been replaced with a misguided community ethic and identity politic that encourages inequality. This is best exemplified in the gay male pornography defended in Little Sisters as "liberation" and "central to sexual freedom." Gay Male Pornography rejects the equality claims of gay male pro-pornography advocates and argues that there is little to be gained from sexualized conformity. To date, no one has taken the position that gay male pornography violates the legal right to sex equality. This book does that and, as such, it will be of value to scholars of law, sociology, and gender studies, as well as to all who have an interest in equality and justice.

Author : Carol Smart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134972838

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Feminism and the Power of Law by Carol Smart Pdf

In this now established text the author presents her analysis of the power of law and argues for a feminist post-structuralist approach. She comments on pornography, as well as discussing recent research on rape trials and abortion legislation.

Author : Joan Mason-Grant
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 9780742512238

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Pornography Embodied by Joan Mason-Grant Pdf

What does it mean to conceptualize pornography as a material practice rather than as speech? Mason-Grant argues that this idea, fundamental to the work of Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon, has been obscured in legal wrangling and political polarization over their civil ordinance. Within the arena of legal argument, where the principle of free speech holds sway for progressive thinkers, their analysis of pornography is rendered, at worse, an apology for censorship and, at best, an argument about the social force of speech, rather than recognized as a fundamental challenge to the very idea of pornography as speech. In this book, Mason-Grant first shows how the persistent 'speech paradigm' inevitably obscures the innovative core of the Dworkin-MacKinnon critique of mainstream pornography. She then develops an alternative 'practice paradigm' that critically engages their analysis, capturing and extending its core insights about the role of pornography in sexual practice. Drawing on phenomenology of the lived body, this alternative paradigm provides a way of re-thinking how the pervasive use of mass-market heterosexual pornography contributes to the cultivation of an embodied and tacit sexual know-how that is subordinating, and raises important questions about alternative materials produced and used by sexual minorities. In her conclusion, Mason-Grant considers the implications of her analysis not for law, but for a critical pedagogy in youth sexuality education.