Social Science - General

Staying Human Within this writing we discuss America's and particularly Black America's slide into decadence, depravity, and despair and how this will lead to its subjugation to the coming tyranny of Artificial intelligence. If we look with an open mind we can see how...

The scope of the Special Issue Volume is to explore innovative aspects of intercultural theology in relation to ecumenical and interreligious dialogue. The efforts made by scholars in their thirteen contributions can help overcome the confessional or sectarian view of intercultural theology and find...

What is cancer? Traditionally, medical science has thought of it as an invasive tumor arising spontaneously in an otherwise healthy organism. Consequently, it has na?ely devised increasingly intricate techniques to eradicate the tumor and treat its complications. These techniques have had varying degrees of...

Creating Healthy Communities presents a model for inclusive volunteer-driven local planning and action designed and tested by the author in his over 50 years of experience in rural and urban settings. The book provides a practical guide and theoretical foundation for implementing the model....

Dive into the shadowy corridors of history and mystery with "The Priory of Sion and the Secret Spiritual War." Uncover the clandestine paths of the Gnostic Guardians, as author Pierre Duchat leads you through the labyrinthine tales of a brotherhood shrouded in legend and...

Ethnidnatism is humanity's gateway to new world wisdom. In this book, you will see philosophy, mysticism, sociology, psychology, history, evolution, art, and many other fields as a single concept. This philosophical movement managed to fit all the values of humankind into a single hypothesis....

The "plan your work and work your plan" principle extends beyond financial success and material wealth. It can be applied to various aspects of life, such as relationships, love, friendships, personal growth, and overall well-being. To achieve a well-rounded, fulfilling life, approaching each area...

These three essays by the independent German Marxist Karl Korsch offer expositions, often in polemical form, of basic Marxist ideas. Since they cover both sociology and economics, they are excellent guides for the student on the most introductory, though not the most elementary, level....

The British Slavery Abolition Act of 1834 provided a grant of u20 million to compensate the owners of West Indian slaves for the loss of their human 'property.' In this first comparative analysis of the impact of the award on the colonies, Mary Butler...

Jaipaul L. Roopnarine is Associate Profesor of Child Studies and Early Childhood Education at Syracuse University. James E. Johnson is Associate Professor of Education at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Frank H. Hooper is Professor of Child and Family Studies at the University...

Presenting the history of the cellular phone from its beginnings in the 1940s to the present, this book explains the fundamental concepts involved in wireless communication along with the ramifications of cellular technology on the economy, U.S. and international law, human health, and society....

During the Meiji Era, of 1868-1912, British influence in Japan was stronger than that of any other foreign power. Although role models were sought from Englishmen and Scotsmen, whether diplomats, engineers, educators or philosophers, the first priority for the Japanese was to achieve a...

What constitutes an enhancement fit for humanity in the age of nanotechnologies, biotechnologies, information technologies, and technologies related to the cognitive sciences? Drawing on the Catholic tradition in particular, international contributions from scientific, philosophical, legal, and religious perspectives.Author: Michael BaggotISBN-10: 1032115858ISBN-13: 9781032115856Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

This fascinating study in the sociology of science explores the way scientists conduct, and draw conclusions from, their experiments. The book is organized around three case studies: replication of the TEA-laser, detecting gravitational rotation, and some experiments in the paranormal. "In his superb book,...

Ebimanyererio nigo bire bi'echingencho ao ao ase abanto ao ao. N'enchera eyemo abanto b'ororeria oromo bakomanyana na kwemanyia ase abanto bande. Ase abande n'enchera y'ogwetogia. N'abande begenete buna ebimanyererio n'enchera eyemo y'okobeka okwegena ase chinkoro chi'abanto. Komenta nayio, ebimanyererio nigo bigokonya abanto koinyora ing'ai...

This collection introduces Activity Theory to the current generation of theorists and researchers. Originating in early Soviet psychology, suppressed by Stalin, and later rediscovered, this rich theoretical tradition and intellectual movement proliferated globally and developed in different directions across a variety of disciplines. However,...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...

Recent scholarship has broadened definitions of war and shifted from the narrow focus on battles and power struggles to include narratives of the homefront and private sphere. To expand scholarship on textual representations of war means to shed light on the multiple theaters of...

In the social sciences, affect and resistance to change have been hypothesized to be correlated with one another as far back as the first resistance to change studies conducted by Coch and French in 1948. Yet, little has been said both theoretically and empirically...

Award winning essay in philosophical anthropology reflecting on who, in terms of history of ideas, modern western man was, is, and will perhaps become. It examines how Selfhood and individuality connect to science and technology, and offers an imaginative exploration of various modern narratives...

The Beethoven Pianoforte Sonatas - Explained for the Lovers of the Musical Art - Vol. 1 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and...

An Austen scholar and therapist reveals Jane Austen's intuitive ability to imbue her characters with hallmarks of social intelligence--and how these beloved works of literature can further illuminate the mind-brain connection. Why is Jane Austen so phenomenally popular? Why do we read Pride and...

Welcome to the exciting world of police officers! Did you know that police officers use a lot of special tools to help serve and protect their communities? In this book, we'll take a closer look at some of those tools and how they're used....

Illuminating the experiences of life in small-town America, award-winning writer for CBS News Peter Davis pens an ode to a small town thirty miles north of Cincinnati--documenting its strengths and struggles over the course of a year. After a scandal involving a high school...

Founded in the 1970s and today active in more than 40 countries, the Animal Liberation Front has in recent years been considered a domestic terrorist group by both the FBI and the Southern Poverty Law Center--despite the ALF's official stance of nonviolence. A clandestine,...

The Sentiment of Rationality is a philosophical work by American philosopher and psychologist William James, first published in 1907. In this book, James explores the concept of rationality and its relationship with emotions and feelings. He argues that rationality is not simply a matter...

"Good leaders are intense; real good leaders are passionate; but great leaders are predators when it comes to winning on the battlefield, the gridiron, or in the workplace." Jim Benson "Winners create their own destiny by their proactivity while losers suffer a fate by...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

While there are many tremendous self-help books and seminars at your access that are beneficial and can be life-changing, there are none that focus on that one question that will change your attitude and your life! This simple question can change every aspect of...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

"The Story of My Life" is an inspiring autobiography by Helen Keller. Despite being deaf and blind from a young age, Keller's memoir recounts her triumph over adversity through the support of her teacher, Anne Sullivan. The book highlights Keller's incredible journey of education,...

How developing a more expansive, non-formal conception of reason produces richer ethical understandings of human situations, explored and illustrated with many real examples. In Re-Reasoning Ethics, Barry Hoffmaster and Cliff Hooker enhance and empower ethics by adopting a non-formal paradigm of rational deliberation as...

Author: Douglas B. SchaperISBN-13: 9798886549041Publisher: Page PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/23/2024Pages: 720Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.75d

Experience the magic and drama of the Arthurian legend with this thrilling opera by renowned composer Carl Goldmark. This beautiful edition features the full libretto and score, as well as stunning illustrations and photographs from past performances.This work has been selected by scholars as...

This book addresses the pertinent issues that will need to be considered by those interested in physical security problems of the future. Specifically, it examines how changes in the accessibility of technology - data, hardware, software - are likely to affect both threat and...

Organizations of all kinds struggle to understand, adapt, respond and manipulate changing conditions in their internal and external environments. Approaches based on the causal, linear logic of mechanistic sciences and engineering continue to play an important role, given people's ability to create order. But...

Process approaches to organization studies focus on flow, activities, and evolution, understanding organizations and organizing as processes in the making. They stand in contrast to positivist approaches that see organizations and phenomena as fixed, static, and measurable. Process approaches draw on a range of...

Dynamics and Stochasticity in Transportation Systems: Solutions for Transportation Network Modeling breaks new ground on the topics, providing consistent and comprehensive coverage of steady state equilibrium and dynamic assignment within a common strategy. The book details the most recent advances in network assignment, including...

This volume brings together an international team of prominent scholars from a range of disciplines, with the aim of investigating the many facets of the Chinese Communist Party's 100-year trajectory. It combines a level of historical depth mostly found in single-authored monographs with the...

In this book Bruno Latour calls upon Christians to join the struggle to avert a climate catastrophe. First and foremost, Christians need to overcome their lack of interest in "earthly things" and pay attention to the Earth at a time when it is being...

To his divided countrymen and a tumultuous world, Thomas Paine offered Common Sense to great effect. For our contemporary discord, however, we need Practical Advice. Here we find more than a dozen groundbreaking yet realistic proposals for creating an efficient, versatile, and wholesome society...

The idea of the Hydrogen Romantic book came to my mind after working for several years with the leading hydrogen energy scientists and observing their activities. One of those scientists, Dr. Turhan Nejat Veziroglu, has devoted his life to this topic, becoming much loved...

The management of cultural heritage and public real-estate assets is one of the most crucial challenges concerning the sustainable use of these resources, involving dynamic methods to stimulate preservation, development, renewal, and transmission to future generations of these essential assets. The contributions presented in...

Planners, architects, and designers can have a great impact on living environments and well-being. Well-being is a natural outcome of natural living, but it is important to realize that a real and comprehensive understanding of well-being can only be achieved through the continuity of...

Art is a concept that has been used by researchers for centuries to explain and realize numerous theories. The legendary artist Leonardo da Vinci, for example, was a profound artist and a genius inventor and researcher. The co-existence of science and art, therefore, is...

The Lyon Phonetic Manual is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we...

Pullman - A Social Study is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1885. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher...

Hereinafter is a wild and troublesome ride through Prof. Margaret Jacob, Robert W. Sullivan, Rudyard Kipling, Mozart, Tracy Twyman, John Candy, John Cusack, J.K. Rowling, Friedrich Nietzsche, Anne Rice, Freemasonry, Lucifer, and Symbolism in TV shows and movies."The raising of ghosts or devils...the spirits...