How Not To Be Human
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How Not To Be Human
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Author : Matthew Calarco
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2024-07-09
How Not To Be Human written by Matthew Calarco and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-09 with Philosophy categories.
Current debates in the environmental humanities, animal studies, and related fields increasingly revolve around this question: What to do with “the human”? Is the human a category worth preserving? Should it be replaced with the post-human? Should marginalized and minoritarian groups advocate for a universal humanism? What is the relationship between humanism and anthropocentrism? Is a genuinely non-anthropocentric mode of thinking and living possible for human beings? This book argues that the writings of twentieth-century poet Robinson Jeffers offer twenty-first-century readers a number of crucial insights concerning such questions and timely advice about how not to be human. For Jeffers, our tendency to turn inward on ourselves and to indulge in human narcissism is at the heart of the social, economic, and existential ills that plague modern societies. As a remedy, Jeffers recommends turning ourselves outward—beyond the self and beyond the human—and learning to affirm and even love the inhuman cosmos in all of its terrible beauty. In the process, Jeffers helps us find our way back to ourselves, but this time no longer as “human” in the traditional sense but as plain members of the inhuman world.
How Not To Make A Human
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Author : Karl Steel
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2019-12-24
How Not To Make A Human written by Karl Steel and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
From pet keeping to sky burials, a posthuman and ecocritical interrogation of and challenge to human particularity in medieval texts Mainstream medieval thought, like much of mainstream modern thought, habitually argued that because humans alone had language, reason, and immortal souls, all other life was simply theirs for the taking. But outside this scholarly consensus teemed a host of other ways to imagine the shared worlds of humans and nonhumans. How Not to Make a Human engages with these nonsystematic practices and thought to challenge both human particularity and the notion that agency, free will, and rationality are the defining characteristics of being human. Recuperating the Middle Ages as a lost opportunity for decentering humanity, Karl Steel provides a posthuman and ecocritical interrogation of a wide range of medieval texts. Exploring such diverse topics as medieval pet keeping, stories of feral and isolated children, the ecological implications of funeral practices, and the “bare life” of oysters from a variety of disanthropic perspectives, Steel furnishes contemporary posthumanists with overlooked cultural models to challenge human and other supremacies at their roots. By collecting beliefs and practices outside the mainstream of medieval thought, How Not to Make a Human connects contemporary concerns with ecology, animal life, and rethinkings of what it means to be human to uncanny materials that emphasize matters of death, violence, edibility, and vulnerability.
No Longer Human
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Author : 太宰治
language : en
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Release Date : 1958
No Longer Human written by 太宰治 and has been published by New Directions Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Fiction categories.
A young man describes his torment as he struggles to reconcile the diverse influences of Western culture and the traditions of his own Japanese heritage.
How To Make A Human
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Author : Karl Steel
language : en
Publisher: Interventions: New Studies Med
Release Date : 2011
How To Make A Human written by Karl Steel and has been published by Interventions: New Studies Med this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Literary Criticism categories.
How to Make a Human: Animals and Violence in the Middle Ages tracks human attempts to cordon humans off from other life through a wide range of medieval texts and practices, including encyclopedias, dietary guides, resurrection doctrine, cannibal narrative, butchery law, boar-hunting, and teratology. Karl Steel argues that the human subjugation of animals played an essential role in the medieval concept of the human. In their works and habits, humans tried to distinguish themselves from other animals by claiming that humans alone among worldly creatures possess language, reason, culture, and, above all, an immortal soul and resurrectable body. Humans convinced themselves of this difference by observing that animals routinely suffer degradation at the hands of humans. Since the categories of human and animal were both a retroactive and relative effect of domination, no human could forgo his human privileges without abandoning himself. Medieval arguments for both human particularity and the unique sanctity of human life have persisted into the modern age despite the insights of Darwin. How to Make a Human joins with other works in critical animal theory to unsettle human pretensions in the hopes of training humans to cease to project, and to defend, their human selves against other animals.
The Laws Of Human Nature
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Author : Robert Greene
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2018-10-23
The Laws Of Human Nature written by Robert Greene and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-23 with Self-Help categories.
From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power comes the definitive new book on decoding the behavior of the people around you Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess, without which our other talents can only take us so far. Drawing from the ideas and examples of Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr, and many others, Greene teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own emotions and master self-control, how to develop the empathy that leads to insight, how to look behind people's masks, and how to resist conformity to develop your singular sense of purpose. Whether at work, in relationships, or in shaping the world around you, The Laws of Human Nature offers brilliant tactics for success, self-improvement, and self-defense.
You Are Not Human
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Author : Simon Lancaster
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2018-09-11
You Are Not Human written by Simon Lancaster and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-11 with Political Science categories.
In Nazi Germany, Hitler portrayed the Jews as vermin and six million people were killed. Metaphors can make the unreasonable seem reasonable, the illegitimate appear legitimate, and good people turn evil. Top speechwriter Simon Lancaster goes on a mission to explore how metaphors are used and abused today. From Washington to Westminster, Silicon Valley to Syria, Glastonbury to Grenfell, he discovers the same images being used repeatedly. Scum! Bitch! Vegetable! Whilst vulnerable groups are dehumanised, the powerful are hailed as stars, angels or even gods. Prepare to take a journey into the surreal. This book raises profound questions about the power of language and the language of power. You will never think about words in the same way again.
To Err Is Human
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Author : Institute of Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2000-03-01
To Err Is Human written by Institute of Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-03-01 with Medical categories.
Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 people die in any given year from medical errors that occur in hospitals. That's more than die from motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDSâ€"three causes that receive far more public attention. Indeed, more people die annually from medication errors than from workplace injuries. Add the financial cost to the human tragedy, and medical error easily rises to the top ranks of urgent, widespread public problems. To Err Is Human breaks the silence that has surrounded medical errors and their consequenceâ€"but not by pointing fingers at caring health care professionals who make honest mistakes. After all, to err is human. Instead, this book sets forth a national agendaâ€"with state and local implicationsâ€"for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system. This volume reveals the often startling statistics of medical error and the disparity between the incidence of error and public perception of it, given many patients' expectations that the medical profession always performs perfectly. A careful examination is made of how the surrounding forces of legislation, regulation, and market activity influence the quality of care provided by health care organizations and then looks at their handling of medical mistakes. Using a detailed case study, the book reviews the current understanding of why these mistakes happen. A key theme is that legitimate liability concerns discourage reporting of errorsâ€"which begs the question, "How can we learn from our mistakes?" Balancing regulatory versus market-based initiatives and public versus private efforts, the Institute of Medicine presents wide-ranging recommendations for improving patient safety, in the areas of leadership, improved data collection and analysis, and development of effective systems at the level of direct patient care. To Err Is Human asserts that the problem is not bad people in health careâ€"it is that good people are working in bad systems that need to be made safer. Comprehensive and straightforward, this book offers a clear prescription for raising the level of patient safety in American health care. It also explains how patients themselves can influence the quality of care that they receive once they check into the hospital. This book will be vitally important to federal, state, and local health policy makers and regulators, health professional licensing officials, hospital administrators, medical educators and students, health caregivers, health journalists, patient advocatesâ€"as well as patients themselves. First in a series of publications from the Quality of Health Care in America, a project initiated by the Institute of Medicine
Becoming Human
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Author : J. Allan Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2014-05-01
Becoming Human written by J. Allan Mitchell and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with Philosophy categories.
Becoming Human argues that human identity was articulated and extended across a wide range of textual, visual, and artifactual assemblages from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. J. Allan Mitchell shows how the formation of the child expresses a manifold and mutable style of being. To be human is to learn to dwell among a welter of things. A searching and provocative historical inquiry into human becoming, the book presents a set of idiosyncratic essays on embryology and infancy, play and games, and manners, meals, and other messes. While it makes significant contributions to medieval scholarship on the body, family, and material culture, Becoming Human theorizes anew what might be called a medieval ecological imaginary. Mitchell examines a broad array of phenomenal objects—including medical diagrams, toy knights, tableware, conduct texts, dream visions, and scientific instruments—and in the process reanimates distinctly medieval ontologies. In addressing the emergence of the human in the later Middle Ages, Mitchell identifies areas where humanity remains at risk. In illuminating the past, he shines fresh light on our present.
Not So Different
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Author : Nathan H. Lents
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Not So Different written by Nathan H. Lents and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Animal behavior categories.
With evidence from psychology, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, anthropology and ethnolgy, the biologist Nathan H. Lents argues that the same evolutionary forces of cooperation and competition have shaped both humans and animals.
Being Human
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Author : Deb Gallagher
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2022-10-11
Being Human written by Deb Gallagher and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-11 with categories.
WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS NOT HUMAN DOINGS... It is Not in What We Do But in Learning to Be That Life's Mysteries Unfold before Us on Our Journey of Evolution. I am a Being, a Being being Human. I am here to experience and create whatever 'being Human' means... I am here to feel every expression that encompasses life on Earth. To understand and embrace the pain that comes with anger, jealousy, sadness and all the fear-based emotions. To feel and celebrate the magic and wonder that is created in joy, excitement, caring and love. I am here to expand beyond the known, to integrate the capabilities of a Spiritual being into a Human body, to open the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that we already have but is locked away, and evolve the body to facilitate this process. And I'm finding being Human isn't easy; at times, it's beyond difficult. But with the hardships in life comes the opportunity for growth and hopefully wisdom. I know this to my very core. But when life is tough and you're immersed in darkness and despair, knowing the experience is creating some wonderful gem of wisdom is not always helpful.... The potential is limitless for the beauty we can create here on this extraordinary planet. Why can Humans not see this? Why do we wait for chaos before we choose to change? Why does it take destruction before we choose to be compassionate? Why do we as Beings being Human continue to choose fear over love? I know on some level that it is to experience everything and learn from it, but then why does it take so long? The challenge is to move beyond all these limitations, conditioning and ancestral beliefs. To expand our understanding of life and the form we have chosen to journey in. To be able to do the impossible and unknown. To evolve consciously, instead of the unconscious process that we have remained in for eons. Hopefully, by sharing my story thus far, it will also help you remember who you are, and why you are here. I have a long journey ahead on Earth, and I'm remembering how to create and evolve every minute of every day. When I stop doing that, then it is time for me to go elsewhere, so let's journey together for a while, and maybe, just maybe, I can help you to 'lighten' up, shake off the darkness, and remember the beautiful expansive 'Being' you are... way, way, beyond the Human Being you think you are! This is my story.... may it help you with your journey in life. Written with love for all Beings being Human Beings