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  Social theories

  Social theories ab 34.49 € als Taschenbuch: Feminism Anarchism Naturism Existentialism Conservatism Mohism Gradualism Post-Communism Multiculturalism Secular humanism Egalitarianism Anthropocentrism Liberalism Marxism Afrocentrism Anti-intellectualism. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,

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  Exceptional America: What Divides Americans from the World and from Each Other , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 768min

  In this provocative book, Mugambi Jouet describes why Americans are far more divided than other Westerners over basic issues, including wealth inequality, health care, climate change, evolution, gender roles, abortion, gay rights, sex, gun control, mass incarceration, the death penalty, torture, human rights, and war. Raised in Paris by a French mother and Kenyan father, Jouet then lived in the Bible Belt, Manhattan, and beyond. Drawing inspiration from Alexis de Tocqueville, he wields his multicultural sensibility to parse how the intense polarization of US conservatives and liberals has become a key dimension of American exceptionalism - an idea widely misunderstood as American superiority. While exceptionalism once was a source of strength, it may now spell decline, as unique features of US history, politics, law, culture, religion, and race relations foster grave conflicts. They also shed light on the intriguing ideological evolution of American conservatism, which long predated Trumpism. Anti-intellectualism, conspiracy-mongering, a visceral suspicion of government, and Christian fundamentalism are far more common in America than the rest of the Western world - Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mirron Willis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008876/bk_tant_008876_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Wabi Sabi: A Beginner's Guide to the Art of Simplicity and Taking Pleasure in Simple Things. Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 173min

  Wabi-sabi is a stylistic concept and theory that is best understood in terms of the Zen tradition that, over the last thousand years, has nurtured and shaped its creation. Zen attempts artistic expression in ways as pure and sacred as the Zen teachings they manifest; it rejects intellectualism and pretense and instead strives to uncover and picture the simplicity created by nature's flows.Wabi-sabi represents the cosmic Zen nihilist view and seeks beauty in the flaws found as all things evolve from nothing in a constant state of flux, and return to nothingness. Within this never-ending movement, nature leaves for us to contemplate arbitrary tracks, and it is these random flaws and irregularities that offer a model for the modest and humble expression of elegance in wabi-sabi. Wabi-sabi is an acknowledgment of the defects which form an integral part of nature.In this book, get ready to learn about:Wabi-sabi art and cultureHumility and modestyThe history of the Zen practices that led to wabi-sabiAppreciating the littlest of thingsAppreciating flaws and specifically creating themJapanese culture and their beliefs regarding wabi-sabiEnjoy this listen! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Clare Radix. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/184313/bk_acx0_184313_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Wabi Sabi: A Beginner's Guide to the Art of Simplicity and Taking Pleasure in Simple Things. Expanded Edition , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 184min

  Wabi-sabi is a stylistic concept and theory that is best understood in terms of the Zen tradition that, over the last thousand years, has nurtured and shaped its creation. Zen attempts artistic expression in ways as pure and sacred as the Zen teachings they manifest; it rejects intellectualism and pretence. Instead it strives to uncover and picture the simplicity created by nature's flows.Wabi-sabi represents the cosmic Zen nihilist view and seeks beauty in the flaws found as all things evolve from nothing in a constant state of flux, and return to nothingness. Within this never-ending movement, nature leaves for us to contemplate arbitrary tracks, and it is these random flaws and irregularities that offer a model for the modest and humble expression of elegance in wabi-sabi. Wabi-sabi is an acknowledgement of the defects which form an integral part of nature.In this book, get ready to learn about:Wabi-sabi art and cultureHumility and modestyThe history of the Zen practices that led to wabi-sabiAppreciating the littlest of thingsAppreciating flaws and specifically creating themJapanese culture and their beliefs regarding wabi-sabi ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Clare Radix. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/201056/bk_acx0_201056_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Academia

  Academia ab 40.99 € als Taschenbuch: Medieval university Interdisciplinarity Academic elitism Academy University constituency Academic term Academic dishonesty Governance in higher education Academic freedom Anti-intellectualism Harold Pinter and academia. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,

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  The Frood: The Authorised and Very Official History of Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1069min

  An authorized biography of the creator of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, with an introduction by Douglas Adams.Douglas Adams is one of the most celebrated science fiction and comedy writers of his generation. He is best known for the best-selling radio, book, TV, and film series The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, along with Dirk Gently's Detective Agency, episodes of Doctor Who, and his collaborations with members of Monty Python.In this lively and entertaining biography, Jem Roberts examines the struggles Douglas went through to get the original Hitchhikers radio series commissioned, his subsequent successes, frustrations, and battles with writer's block.  The audiobook is narrated by Kris Dyer and was originally produced for the RNIB Talking Books studio.Praise for the book:"Jem manages to write about popular cultural institutions with knowledge and affection, while avoiding the dismal traps of nerdy fanboyism on the one hand or grandiose cultural pseudo-intellectualism on the other. His research is flawless and the results are readable, illuminating and delightful." (Stephen Fry, actor and author)"Roberts’s lively conversational prose never tries to ape Adams’s own style, but tells the story of his life in an accessible, compelling flow...a thoroughly absorbing read." (SFX magazine) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kris Dyer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/195623/bk_acx0_195623_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Lady Chatterley's Lover , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 729min

  The last and most famous of D. H. Lawrence's novels, Lady Chatterley's Lover was published in 1928 and banned in England and the United States as pornographic. While sexually tame by today's standards, the book is memorable for better reasons---Lawrence's masterful and lyrical prose, and a vibrant story that takes us bodily into the world of its characters. As the novel opens, Constance Chatterley finds herself trapped in an unfulfilling marriage to a rich aristocrat whose war wounds have left him paralyzed and impotent. After a brief but unsatisfying affair with a playwright, Lady Chatterley enjoys an extremely passionate relationship with the gamekeeper on the family estate, Oliver Mellors. As Lady Chatterley falls in love and conceives a child with Mellors, she moves from the heartless, bloodless world of the intelligentsia and aristocracy into a vital and profound connection rooted in sexual fulfillment. Through this novel, Lawrence attempted to revive in the human consciousness an awareness of savage sensuality, a sensuality with the power to free men and women from the enslaving sterility of modern technology and intellectualism. Perhaps even more relevant today than when it first appeared, Lady Chatterley's Lover is a triumph of passion and an erotic celebration of life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Lee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/001868/bk_tant_001868_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Age of American Unreason , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 896min

  Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon - one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular knowledge and science. With mordant wit, Jacoby surveys an antirationalist landscape extending from pop culture to a pseudo-intellectual universe of "junk thought". Disdain for logic and evidence defines a pervasive malaise fostered by the mass media, triumphalist religious fundamentalism, mediocre public education, a dearth of fair-minded public intellectuals on the right and the left, and, above all, a lazy and credulous public. Jacoby offers an unsparing indictment of the American addiction to infotainment - from television to the Web - and cites this toxic dependency as the major element distinguishing our current age of unreason from earlier outbreaks of American anti-intellectualism and antirationalism. With reading on the decline and scientific and historical illiteracy on the rise, an increasingly ignorant public square is dominated by debased media-driven language and received opinion. At this critical political juncture, nothing could be more important than recognizing the "overarching crisis of memory and knowledge" described in this impassioned, tough-minded book, which challenges Americans to face the painful truth about what the flights from reason has cost us as individuals and as a nation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cassandra Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/000642/bk_tant_000642_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Thomas Paine Classic Collection: Common Sense, The Age of Reason, and The Rights of Man , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1070min

  This Thomas Paine Classic Collection contains three of Thomas Paine's most notable books: Common Sense, The Age of Reason, and The Rights of Man. Born during the Age of Enlightenment and one of America’s Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine has written incredible works that continue to resonate with people in the modern world. Inside this collection, you’ll find some of Thomas Paine’s most famous and influential works, from his arguments against the Church to the nature of government and revolution. Inside this audiobook you’ll discover: Common Sense, a detailed, concise, and intellectual examination of the origin and nature of governments and their function, plus Paine’s comments on the British Constitution. The Age of Reason, an enlightening book which challenges institutional religion and offers a deep look into the philosophical position of Deism. Attacking corruption in the Church and challenging the Bible’s legitimacy, this book shook the 18th-century religious world. And The Rights of Man, which contains a powerful argument in defense of political revolution, using the French Revolution as an example. When the government fails to safeguard the rights of its people, Paine argues that revolution is necessary in both an articulate and elegant manner.  From becoming best sellers and shaking the foundations of the elites, to causing controversy and threats of prosecution, Thomas Paine’s classic works are a testament to 18th-century intellectualism. Download your copy! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Russell Newton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/179022/bk_acx0_179022_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 387min

  Martin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and published more than seventy books on topics as diverse as magic, philosophy, religion, pseudoscience, and Alice in Wonderland. His informal, recreational approach to mathematics delighted countless readers and inspired many to pursue careers in mathematics and the sciences. Gardner's illuminating autobiography is a disarmingly candid self-portrait of the man evolutionary theorist Stephen Jay Gould called our "single brightest beacon" for the defense of rationality and good science against mysticism and anti-intellectualism. Gardner takes readers from his childhood in Oklahoma to his college days at the University of Chicago, his service in the navy, and his varied and wide-ranging professional pursuits. Before becoming a columnist for Scientific American, he was a caseworker in Chicago during the Great Depression, a reporter for the Tulsa Tribune, an editor for Humpty Dumpty, and a short-story writer for Esquire, among other jobs. Gardner shares colorful anecdotes about the many fascinating people he met and mentored, and voices strong opinions on the subjects that matter to him most, from his love of mathematics to his uncompromising stance against pseudoscience. For Gardner, our mathematically structured universe is undiluted hocus-pocus - a marvelous enigma, in other words. Undiluted Hocus-PocusM offers a rare, intimate look at Gardner's life and work, and the experiences that shaped both. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Marantz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015340/bk_adbl_015340_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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