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A World Of Ideas

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Author : Lee A. Jacobus
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 1998

A World Of Ideas written by Lee A. Jacobus and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with College readers categories.

A World Of Ideas

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Author : Chris Rohmann
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2010-10-06

A World Of Ideas written by Chris Rohmann and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-06 with Reference categories.

How do you keep up in the age of information when there's so much to know and so little time? Here's the ideal solution: a practical book of knowledge offering in-depth analysis, detailed interpretation, and penetrating insight into the key concepts, the most influential minds, and the major intellectual movements in history. A World of Ideas is an essential tool for anyone who wants to be fully informed and stay ahead of the curve in today's world. Now you can get to the bottom of the big bang theory; find out where Freud's ideas were coming from, and where Einstein's may ultimately take us; demystify surrealism and survivalism, nature and nurture, communism and capitalism. With hundreds of in-depth entries, drawn from a wide range of fields--including religion, philosophy, psychology, economics, politics, history, art, literature, and science--A World of Ideas enables you to turn immediately to the term in question for a comprehensive description of its history, meaning, and context. - Hundreds of entries, alphabetically arranged, with key words and concepts highlighted and cross-referenced - Reviewed and approved by an academic board of leading scholars - A unique emphasis on multicultural influences and the long-neglected impact of women on the history of ideas - An extensive bibliography of further readings and resources Here are the concepts that shaped civilization . . . the minds that made history . . . the thinkers, the thoughts, and the theories--everything you need to know to fully understand the world we live in. Concise and authoritative, meticulously researched and lucidly written, this invaluable resource is sure to become a standard reference for years to come.

A World Of Ideas Conversations With Thoughtful Men And Women About American Life Today And The Ideas Shaping Our Future

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Author : Bill D. Moyers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

A World Of Ideas Conversations With Thoughtful Men And Women About American Life Today And The Ideas Shaping Our Future written by Bill D. Moyers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.

The Competition Of Ideas

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language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date : 2011

The Competition Of Ideas written by and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Social Science categories.

Murray Weidenbaum has been a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a speaker at meetings at the Brookings Institution, the Cato Institute, and the Heritage Foundation and has also written for their publications, and served as a reviewer of ongoing studies. In The Competition of Ideas, Weidenbaum examines the political economy of these vital institutions, drawing heavily on several decades of involvement in their activities. He is uniquely able to see their accomplishments as well as their shortcomings. Because of the importance of the activities of their organizations, and their tax-exempt status, think tanks are held to a high standard. Weidenbaum shows that sometimes think tanks are more tank than think—major think tanks are often predictable in the positions they take on public issues and are far better at analyzing the shortcomings of other elements of society than of their own operations. The overarching issue of quality control, Weidenbaum holds, deserves more attention than it has attained in the think tank world. This book presents a careful, balanced account of where think tanks have been and where they are now headed. Given the high levels of professionalism in many think tanks, a fundamental change in the attitude of their management is important. The compelling need is less for the wielder of policy than for the lucid synthesizer of relevant research and analysis. Likewise, society needs sensitivity to the long-term concerns of the citizenry more urgently than rapid response to the opportunities of the moment. Future competition, particularly among the major think tanks, could well be centered, not on achieving greater visibility, but on developing responses to economic, environmental, and national security problems that are likely to be adopted and carried out.

Philosophizing

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Author : Andrew Alexander
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-12-05

Philosophizing written by Andrew Alexander and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-05 with categories.

22 Ideas To Fix The World

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Author : Piotr Dutkiewicz
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2013-09-09

22 Ideas To Fix The World written by Piotr Dutkiewicz and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-09 with Political Science categories.

The aftershocks of the 2008 financial crisis still reverberate throughout the globe. Markets are down, unemployment is up, and nations from Greece to Ireland find their very infrastructure on the brink of collapse. There is also a crisis in the management of global affairs, with the institutions of global governance challenged as never before, accompanied by conflicts ranging from Syria, to Iran, to Mali. Domestically, the bases for democratic legitimacy, social sustainability, and environmental adaptability are also changing. In this unique volume from the World Public Forum Dialogue of Civilizations and the Social Science Research Council, some of the world’s greatest minds—from Nobel Prize winners to long-time activists—explore what the prolonged instability of the so-called Great Recession means for our traditional understanding of how governments can and should function. Through interviews that are sure to spark lively debate, 22 Ideas to Fix the World presents both analysis of past geopolitical events and possible solutions and predictions for the future. The book surveys issues relevant to the U.S., Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Speaking from a variety of perspectives, including economic, social, developmental, and political, the discussions here increase our understanding of what’s wrong with the world and how to get it right. Interviewees explore topics like the Arab Spring, the influence of international financial organizations, the possibilities for the growth of democracy, the acceleration of global warming, and how to develop enforceable standards for market and social regulation. These inspiring exchanges from some of our most sophisticated thinkers on world policy are honest, brief, and easily understood, presenting thought-provoking ideas in a clear and accessible manner that cuts through the academic jargon that too often obscures more than it reveals. 22 Ideas to Fix the World is living history in the finest sense—a lasting chronicle of the state of the global community today. Interviews with: Zygmunt Bauman, Shimshon Bichler & Jonathan Nitzan, Craig Calhoun, Ha-Joon Chang, Fred Dallmayr, Mike Davis, Bob Deacon, Kemal Dervis, Jiemian Yang, Peter J. Katzenstein, Ivan Krastev, Will Kymlicka, Manuel F. Montes, José Antonio Ocampo, Vladimir Popov, Jospeh Stiglitz, Olzhas Suleimenov, Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Immanuel Wallerstein, Paul Watson, Vladimir Yakunin, Muhammad Yunus

Ideas That Changed The World

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Author : Felipe Fernández-Armesto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Ideas That Changed The World written by Felipe Fernández-Armesto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Civilization categories.

A collection of 175 ideas which have changed the world are presented in this volume - from time to evolution, and anarchy to Zen. Using illustrations to bring the concepts to life, this thought-provoking book could be great for dinner party conversations.

Un Ideas That Changed The World

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Author : Richard Jolly
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2009-09-01

Un Ideas That Changed The World written by Richard Jolly and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-01 with Political Science categories.

Ideas and concepts have been a driving force in human progress, and they may be the most important legacy of the United Nations. UN ideas have set past, present, and future international agendas in many global economic and social arenas and have also led to initiatives and actions that have improved the quality of human life. This capstone volume draws upon findings of the other 14 books in the acclaimed United Nations Intellectual History Project Series. The authors not only assess the development and implementation of UN ideas regarding sustainable economic development and human security, but also apply lessons learned to suggest ways in which the United Nations can play a fuller role in confronting the challenges of human survival with dignity in the 21st century.

The Ideas That Conquered The World

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Author : Michael Mandelbaum
language : en
Publisher: Public Affairs
Release Date : 2002-09-04

The Ideas That Conquered The World written by Michael Mandelbaum and has been published by Public Affairs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-04 with History categories.

Continuing in the same tradition as Francis Fukuyama's The End of History, political science professor (and senior fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations) Mandelbaum continues the argument that capitalism and democracy are inextricably linked and that so-called "free markets" have emerged as indisputably triumphant in the world of contesting political and economic ideas. In exploring the political affairs of the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Russia, and China, he advances two propositions about liberal democracies that may seem surprising to observers of the current international scene: that democracies tend to conduct peaceful foreign affairs and that free markets naturally lead to democracy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A World Of Ideas Ii

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Author : Bill D. Moyers
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Release Date : 1990

A World Of Ideas Ii written by Bill D. Moyers and has been published by Doubleday Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.

Interviews with Bharati Mukherjee, Maxine Hong Kingston, Peter Sellars, Leo Braudy, Patricia Smith Churchland, Jeannette Haien, Toni Morrison, Sam Keen, Evelyn Fox Keller, Richard Rodriguez, M.F.K. Fisher, Cornel West, Tu Wei-ming, Joanne Ciulla, Ruth Macklin, Ernesto J. Cortes, Jr., Michael Sandel, Jacob Needleman, Steven Rockefeller, Oren Lyons, Murray Gell-Mann, Robert Lucky, Louis Kelso, Mike Rose, Lester Brown, Jonas Salk, William L. Shirer, John Henry Faulk, and Robert Bly.