The Privileged

Author : Guillermo Gonzalez,Jay W. Richards
Publisher : Gateway Editions
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781684510771

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The Privileged Planet by Guillermo Gonzalez,Jay W. Richards Pdf

Earth. The Final Frontier Contrary to popular belief, Earth is not an insignificant blip on the universe’s radar. Our world proves anything but average in Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards’ The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery. But what exactly does Earth bring to the table? How does it prove its worth among numerous planets and constellations in the vastness of the Milky Way? In The Privileged Planet, you’ll learn about the world’s life-sustaining capabilities, water and its miraculous makeup, protection by the planetary giants, and how our planet came into existence in the first place.

Author : Anthony Abraham Jack
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780674239661

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The Privileged Poor by Anthony Abraham Jack Pdf

An NPR Favorite Book of the Year Winner of the Critics’ Choice Book Award, American Educational Studies Association Winner of the Mirra Komarovsky Book Award Winner of the CEP–Mildred García Award for Exemplary Scholarship “Eye-opening...Brings home the pain and reality of on-campus poverty and puts the blame squarely on elite institutions.” —Washington Post “Jack’s investigation redirects attention from the matter of access to the matter of inclusion...His book challenges universities to support the diversity they indulge in advertising.” —New Yorker “The lesson is plain—simply admitting low-income students is just the start of a university’s obligations. Once they’re on campus, colleges must show them that they are full-fledged citizen.” —David Kirp, American Prospect “This book should be studied closely by anyone interested in improving diversity and inclusion in higher education and provides a moving call to action for us all.” —Raj Chetty, Harvard University The Ivy League looks different than it used to. College presidents and deans of admission have opened their doors—and their coffers—to support a more diverse student body. But is it enough just to admit these students? In this bracing exposé, Anthony Jack shows that many students’ struggles continue long after they’ve settled in their dorms. Admission, they quickly learn, is not the same as acceptance. This powerfully argued book documents how university policies and campus culture can exacerbate preexisting inequalities and reveals why some students are harder hit than others.

Author : Clive Hamilton,Myra Hamilton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781509559725

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The Privileged Few by Clive Hamilton,Myra Hamilton Pdf

Male and white privilege are on the decline, yet elite privilege has gone from strength to strength. The privileges enjoyed by the rich and powerful are not only unfair but cause widespread harm, from the everyday slights and humiliations visited on those lower down the scale to the distortions in the labour market when elites use their networks to secure plum jobs, not least in new domains such as professional sports. In this book, Clive Hamilton and Myra Hamilton show that elite privilege is not a mere by-product of wealth but an organising principle for society as a whole. They explore the practices and processes that sustain, legitimise and reproduce elite privilege and show how we are all implicated in the system, both facilitating it and tolerating its harmful effects. Building on their original fieldwork and a wide range of other sources, the authors paint a vivid picture of the micropolitics of elite privilege, highlighting in particular the vital role played by exclusive private schools. Ranging across topics as diverse as ‘glamour suburbs’, philanthropy, Rhodes scholarships and super-yachts, The Privileged Few delves beneath attempts at concealment to expose how the elites keep getting away with it.

Author : Ann Jennalie Cook
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781400853663

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The Privileged Playgoers of Shakespeare's London, 1576-1642 by Ann Jennalie Cook Pdf

Besides documenting the predominant presence of privileged patrons in the audience, the author discusses the shape of the privileged life, the place of the privileged in the social structure, the forces that drew so many of them to London, and the factors that made them such avid theatergoers. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Guillermo Gonzalez,Jay W. Richards
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781596987074

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The Privileged Planet by Guillermo Gonzalez,Jay W. Richards Pdf

Earth. The Final Frontier Contrary to popular belief, Earth is not an insignificant blip on the universe’s radar. Our world proves anything but average in Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards’ The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery. But what exactly does Earth bring to the table? How does it prove its worth among numerous planets and constellations in the vastness of the Milky Way? In The Privileged Planet, you’ll learn about the world’s: life-sustaining capabilities water and its miraculous makeup protection by the planetary giants And how our planet came into existence in the first place.

Author : Emily Hourican
Publisher : Hachette Ireland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1473628237

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The Privileged by Emily Hourican Pdf

In an exclusive all girls' secondary school, they become friends. They choose the same university, and through smoke-filled nights, lectures, sexual encounters and first loves, their bond deepens: a friendship which seems like it will last for evermore. But then, at an end-of-year party, something happens which changes everything ... Afterwards, they drift apart. Now Stella, a lawyer in New York, lives for her work; Laura, a struggling journalist in Dublin, is still waiting for the scoop to kick-start her career; while Amanda, broken and beautiful, lives a life of slow decay in London. Then the phone call comes which brings them back together, to the friendship they swore would last, and the night when it all went wrong. The Privileged is a haunting tale of friendship, loyalty and how one decision, one night, can decide the future.

Author : Charles A. Peabody
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781329443631

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The Privileged Addict Quotes by Charles A. Peabody Pdf

To truly understand addiction and recovery, we must step outside the box of the status quo and challenge conventional wisdom. We must look deep within and challenge ourselves. We must observe reality and see things as they are. Addiction and alcoholism will contort and confuse the mind of not only an addict, but a sane loved one just the same, so this collection of ideas, concepts, passages and quotes from my years of writing about addiction is for both fellow addicts and the countless loved ones out there who have stuck by us and loved us unconditionally while we remained preoccupied with ourselves and our comfort. This book should help take what is a dark and painful subject and shine a light on it. Needless to say, these are just words on a page and can never be equated with pure action. We must not simply read but must work hard if we are to effect real and lasting change, if we are to build an inner reservoir of peace and strength, if we are to achieve escape velocity and enter a new world of freedom.

Author : Jeff Hill,Cooee Hill
Publisher : Boolarong Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781921555909

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More of the Privileged Few by Jeff Hill,Cooee Hill Pdf

This book consist of 13 more stories bought to you buy Jeff Hill. The world has changed. The men and women of the outback are passing on. Fortunately, we have the memories and the stories of those who developed this great nation. They are the unsung heroes that built on the earlier efforts of the pioneers; the advancement and improvements created by the outback people have strengthened the character of our nation. These generations endured in the isolated regions while the cities had regular power and water supplies. My heroes carried water in canteens on ‘difficult to catch’ mules and the light at night in the stock camps was a carbide light — if you were lucky. These stories are written adventures about the outback people of Australia; they are the Privileged Few of our generation; they belong to the past 80 years of progress of outback history and knowledge. Full credit to Jeff Hill and his family for their outstanding contribution to the library of the outback.

Author : Moshe Idel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110597608

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The Privileged Divine Feminine in Kabbalah by Moshe Idel Pdf

This volume addresses the complex topic of the preeminent status of the divine feminine power, to be referred also as Female, within the theosophical structures of many important Kabbalists, Sabbatean believers, and Hasidic masters. This privileged status is part of a much broader vision of the Female as stemming from a very high root within the divine world, then She was emanated and constitutes the tenth, lower divine power, and even in this lower state She is sometime conceived of governing this world and as equal to the divine Male. Finally, She is conceived of as returning to Her original place in special moments, the days of Sabbath, the Jewish Holidays or in the eschatological era. Her special dignity is sometime related to Her being the telos of creation, and as the first entity that emerged in the divine thought, which has been later on generated. In some cases, an uroboric theosophy links the Female Malkhut, directly to the first divine power, Keter. The author points to the possible impact of some of the Kabbalistic discussions on conceptualizations of the feminine in the Renaissance period.

Author : B.M. Spinley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781136243264

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The Deprived and The Privileged by B.M. Spinley Pdf

This Volume VII of twenty-one in a collection on Class, Race and Social Structure. First published in 1953, this text looks at personality development in English Society between the more deprived and the privileged members of society. It explores the psychological phenomenon of ‘Basic Personality Type’, character structure, or modal personality.

Author : Joel Barlow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1793
Category : Aristocracy (Political science)
ISBN : BL:A0018421733

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Advice to the Privileged Orders in the Several States of Europe, Resulting from the Necessity and Propriety of a General Revolution in the Principle of Government by Joel Barlow Pdf

Author : CHANNEL ISLANDS.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026748948

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The Privileged Islands, Being a Companion to the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Serk, Herm and Jethou ... With a Complete Mariner's Guide to the Channel Islands. By a Twenty Years'resident. [With Plates and Maps.] by CHANNEL ISLANDS. Pdf

Author : Micah J. Fleck
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780755627394

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Privileged Populists by Micah J. Fleck Pdf

Counter-revolution has long been a tool of propagandists to redirect populist movements from achieving actual liberation for themselves. But what happens when counter-revolutionaries begin to believe their own claims of genuine revolution? What leads to such a phenomenon? And how big a role does mainstream political ideology and policy play in the mass ignorance and revisionism that has now allowed nationalism to influence national elections? Privileged Populists sets out to answer these questions while aiming to understand the organic emergence of anti-political populism within the context of late-stage capitalism in the West. This book analyses how these elements inform and validate each other as means of appealing to the growing sense of cultural angst and economic unrest within the conservative working class-and unwittingly giving undue credence to some of the most extreme right-wing ideological claims in the process. What results is a journey through the history of revolutionary thought (and how that history has been distorted over time), as well as an anthropological investigation of populism itself as a naturally occurring logic within groups-and how it can be exploited in the absence of substantive mainstream solutions to present-day economic crises.

Author : Linda Martina Mülli
Publisher : Campus Verlag
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783593447582

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Privileged Precarities by Linda Martina Mülli Pdf

Wie gestalten sich die Arbeits- und Lebenswelten von jungen UNO-Beschäftigten in Zeiten des Postfordismus? Ausgehend von der Perspektive junger Beschäftigter an den UNO-Standorten in Genf und Wien befasst sich das Buch mit der zunehmenden Flexibilisierung und Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit. Die Studie legt ein besonderes Augenmerk auf mikrostrukturelle Machtpraktiken und die individuelle Agency. Sie zeigt, wie UNO-Beschäftigte ihre persönlichen Erzählungen mit dem in den vergangenen Jahren und Jahrzehnten kreierten Organisationsbild in Einklang bringen, und in welchem Wechselspiel die prekären Beschäftigungsverhältnisse mit einem moralischen Überlegenheitsgefühl stehen. Dabei wird deutlich, dass diese Entwicklungen keinen Widerspruch darstellen, sondern zwei Seiten derselben Medaille sind. Das Buch zeigt am Beispiel der UNO auf, wie flexible Beschäftigungsverhältnisse in Zeiten des kognitiv- und affektbasierten Kapitalismus auf Biographien wirken. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Author : Tapo Chimbganda
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781498511964

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The Classroom as Privileged Space by Tapo Chimbganda Pdf

The Classroom as Privileged Space: Psychoanalytic Paradigms for Social Justice in Pedagogy examines the psychic and emotional effects of the dehumanization of children based on social discrimination and difference within schooling. Used as a tool to critique the current state of social justice within education, psychoanalysis allows for a focus on the individual within the social context of schooling. It highlights the emotional structures that can develop in children and learners through the oft repeated trauma of racism and homophobia. This book draws from the articulated experiences of three writers and urges the reader to approach the work of the writers and this book as a witness and as one who is enabled to respond through acquiring knowledge and acting on it. Drawing from scholars in psychoanalysis, sociology, and education, Tapo Chimbganda posits that perhaps the “safe space” education has been touting is not what is necessary to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion in classrooms. Rather, privilege, re-imagined through psychoanalytic technique, can make possible the elements of social justice that have long frustrated, silenced, and escaped the classroom.