The Paradigm of Recognition: Freedom as Overcoming the Fear of Death
Author: Paul Cobben File Type: pdf In The Paradigm of Recognition. Freedom as Overcoming the Fear of Death Paul Cobben defends the position that Hegel s Phenomenology of Spirit contains all the building blocks to elaborate a paradigm of recognition which fundamentally criticizes the contemporary versions of Habermas, Rawls and Honneth. In his concept of recognition, the fear of death is the central category to understand the mediation between freedom and nature. Cobben not only systematically reconstructs how this view results from Hegel s criticism of Hume and Kant, but also shows how Hegel s three-part division of social freedom is based on this mediation. Therefore, Honneth wrongly thinks that his three forms of social freedom (related to love, respect and solidarity) correspond to Hegel s three-part division.
Author: Peter C. Brown
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To most of us, learning something the hard way implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners. Memory plays a central role in our ability to carry out complex cognitive tasks, such as applying knowledge to problems never before encountered and drawing inferences from facts already known. New insights into how memory is encoded, consolidated, and later retrieved have led to a better understanding of how we learn. Grappling with the impediments that make learning challenging leads both to more complex mastery and better retention of what was learned. Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Underlining and highlighting, rereading, cramming, and single-minded repetition of new skills create the illusion of mastery, but gains fade quickly. More complex and durable learning come from self-testing, introducing certain difficulties in practice, waiting to re-study new material until a little forgetting has set in, and interleaving the practice of one skill or topic with another. Speaking most urgently to students, teachers, trainers, and athletes, Make It Stick will appeal to all those interested in the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement. **
Author: Aarron Walter
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Make your users fall in love with your site via the precepts packed into this brief, charming book by MailChimp user experience design lead Aarron Walter. From classic psychology to case studies, highbrow concepts to common sense, Designing for Emotion demonstrates accessible strategies and memorable methods to help you make a human connection through design. httpwww.archive.orgdetailsdesigning-for-emotion
Author: Betty Reynolds
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A perfect introduction to Japan and Japanese culture, this illustrated culture and travel guide contains loads of original drawings as well as the Japanese script for key words and phrases. Some people take photos, but artist Betty Reynolds captures memories with her paintbrush and watercolors. Clueless in Tokyo provides an outsiders take on everyday life in Japans capital citya place where vending machines talk, toilets can be terrifying, and centuries-old festivals unfold against a backdrop of space-age architecture. During the seven years Reynolds lived in Japan, she filled thirty sketchbooks with everything that caught her eye. Whether its fashion, food, sport, transport, seasonal rituals, or Japanese pastimes, each vibrant sketch is a delight, and Reynolds witty hand-lettered captions in both Japanese and English provide an entertaining resource for beginning learners of the Japanese language. Adult students and travelers alike will find this Japan travel guide to be a charming and insightful addition to their trip. **Review Its a fun little book with lively and brightly colored stretches of nearly every aspect of Japanese daily life and tradition. Reynolds dissects the many dishes of a ryokan ryori (those elaborate meals you get when you stay in a traditional Japanese inn), she breaks down whats in those street corner vending machines (the food, the drink, and the porn), and she sifts through the styles of sumo. She does this for pretty much every major aspect of Japanese life. Clueless in Tokyo is both a solid reference guide and a comical softcover for the coffee table. GoJapan.About.com Its a fun introduction to Japan. Parka Blogs A cool, clever and captivating look at modern Japan. A one of a kind approach to explaining Japanese culture. Buy two copies and give one to a friend. Robert Whiting, author of *You Gotta Have Wa* Feel lost in Tokyo? Dont know whats going on? You need Clueless in Tokyo. This colorful guide will, ahem, clue you in to the citys sights and sounds. Brian Ashcraft, author of *Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential* Drawn in charming watercolor sketches with accompanying Japanese termsthis is a must-read! I Am Aileen blog A delightful and lighthearted guide to modern Japanese culture. John Durkin, President, Tokyo American Club Artist Betty Reynolds chronicles her stay in Japans capital over seven years. During this time, she discovered Japanese fashion, sports, food, festivals, and even talking appliances.Travel Life magazine For the picture-oriented traveler to Japan, this should absolutely be in your suitcase. (Its light enough, so no worries there.) Take it with you to the sushi bar and use the page that describes every type of fish you may eat in full color. Take it with you to the flea market so you can identify your bargains. Take it with you to your ryokan, so you know exactly how to act on that trip to the public bath. This book is not only pretty, but useful as well. And boy, does it make me wish I could draw! Uncovering Japan blog About the Author Betty Reynolds worked as a creative consultant and art director in Philadelphia before accompanying her husband first to Singapore and then Tokyo, where they made their home and traveled extensively for many years. Her fascination with Asian culture led her to fill thirty sketchbooks with the colorful art that inspired this book. She has published three other books on Japanese cultureSqueamish about Sushi, Japanese Celebrations, and Tokyo Friends. Betty and her husband now live on a small island in Americas Pacific Northwest where she paints local scenes. Betty and Frank return to Asia every chance they get.
Author: Roman Frigg
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Representation is a concern crucial to the sciences and the arts alike. Scientists devote substantial time to devising and exploring representations of all kinds. From photographs and computer-generated images to diagrams, charts, and graphs from scale models to abstract theories, representations are ubiquitous in, and central to, science. Likewise, after spending much of the twentieth century in proverbial exile as abstraction and Formalist aesthetics reigned supreme, representation has returned with a vengeance to contemporary visual art. Representational photography, video and ever-evolving forms of new media now figure prominently in the globalized art world, while this return of the real has re-energized problems of representation in the traditional media of painting and sculpture. If it ever really left, representation in the arts is certainly back. Central as they are to science and art, these representational concerns have been perceived as different in kind and as objects of separate intellectual traditions. Scientific modeling and theorizing have been topics of heated debate in twentieth century philosophy of science in the analytic tradition, while representation of the real and ideal has never moved far from the core humanist concerns of historians of Western art. Yet, both of these traditions have recently arrived at a similar impasse. Thinking about representation has polarized into oppositions between mimesis and convention. Advocates of mimesis understand some notion of mimicry (or similarity, resemblance or imitation) as the core of representation something represents something else if, and only if, the former mimics the latter in some relevant way. Such mimetic views stand in stark contrast to conventionalist accounts of representation, which see voluntary and arbitrary stipulation as the core of representation. Occasional exceptions only serve to prove the rule that mimesis and convention govern current thinking about representation in both analytic philosophy of science and studies of visual art. This conjunction can hardly be dismissed as a matter of mere coincidence. In fact, researchers in philosophy of science and the history of art have increasingly found themselves trespassing into the domain of the other community, pilfering ideas and approaches to representation. Cognizant of the limitations of the accounts of representation available within the field, philosophers of science have begun to look outward toward the rich traditions of thinking about representation in the visual and literary arts. Simultaneously, scholars in art history and affiliated fields like visual studies have come to see images generated in scientific contexts as not merely interesting illustrations derived from high art, but as sophisticated visualization techniques that dynamically challenge our received conceptions of representation and aesthetics. Beyond Mimesis and Convention Representation in Art and Science is motivated by the conviction that we students of the sciences and arts are best served by confronting our mutual impasse and by recognizing the shared concerns that have necessitated our covert acts of kleptomania. Drawing leading contributors from the philosophy of science, the philosophy of literature, art history and visual studies, our volume takes its brief from our title. That is, these essays aim to put the evidence of science and of art to work in thinking about representation by offering third (or fourth, or fifth) ways beyond mimesis and convention. In so doing, our contributors explore a range of topics-fictionalism, exemplification, neuroaesthetics, approximate truth-that build upon and depart from ongoing conversations in philosophy of science and studies of visual art in ways that will be of interest to both interpretive communities. To put these contributions into context, the remainder of this introduction aims to survey how our communities have discretely arrived at a place wherein the perhaps-surprising collaboration between philosophy of science and art history has become not only salubrious, but a matter of necessity. **
Author: Heikki Räisänen
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This collection of major essays by the distinguished Finnish New Testament scholar will prove an invaluable sourcebook for students of this much-debated complex of problems.**
Author: Christopher Pierson
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The new edition of this well-established and highly regarded textbook continues to provide the clearest and most comprehensive introduction to the modern state. It examines the state from its historical origins at the birth of modernity to its current jeopardized position in the globalized politics of the 21st Century. The book has been entirely revised and updated throughout, including substantial new material on the financial crisis and the environment. Subjects covered include The evolution of the state system Placing the state in modernity States and societies State and economy States and citizens States and the international order States of the twenty-first century This book is essential reading for all those studying the state, international relations and comparative politics.**ReviewA comprehensive and readable study that fits easily into undergraduate courses on the state. - *Mark Laffey, THE *This book succeeds admirably and ought to provide a popular and stimulating work for students. - *Mark Laffey, THE *About the Author Christopher Pierson is Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham. He has written extensively on issues surrounding the state and particularly the welfare state. He is author of Beyond the Welfare State? and an editor of The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State.
Author: Shanna Hogan
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A DEVOTED BACHELOR Travis Alexander was a handsome, hard-working, practicing Mormon who lived in Mesa, Arizona. His good looks and easygoing manner made him popular with everyone, especially the ladies. So when he was found with a bullet wound in the face and his throat slashed, the brutal murder sent shock waves throughout his community. Who could have done something so sinister?A DEADLY OBSESSIONBut soon a suspect was singled out--Jodi Arias. A beautiful, aspiring photographer, Jodi had been in a long-distance relationship with Travis the year before. But Travis wasnt interested in a serious commitment he was seeing several women during that time. When he broke up with her, that didnt stop Jodi from leaving California, moving to just a few miles away from Traviss home, and inserting herself into his daily life. Investigators found one piece of startling evidence in Traviss home that implicated Jodi. But in a bizarre turn of events, Jodi would claim self-defense. Was she a victim--or a devious femme fatale? With 8 pages of chilling photos
Author: Dean Baker
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In his new book, economist Dean Baker debunks the myth that conservatives favor the market over government intervention. In fact, conservatives rely on a range of a__nanny statea__ policies that ensure the rich get richer while leaving most Americans worse off. Ita__s time for the rules to change. Sound economic policy should harness the market in ways that produce desirable social outcomes a__ decent wages, good jobs and affordable health care. Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. In his new book, economist Dean Baker debunks the myth that conservatives favor the market over government intervention. In fact, conservatives rely on a range of __nanny state__ policies that ensure the rich get richer while leaving most Americans worse off. It__s time for the rules to change. Sound economic policy should harness the market in ways that produce desirable social outcomes __ decent wages, good jobs and affordable health care. Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Author: Tariq Ali
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One of the worlds best-known radicals relives the early years of the protest movementWhat makes a young radical? Reissued to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of 1968, Street Fighting Years captures the mood and energy of an era of hope and passion as Tariq Ali tracks the growing significance of the 1960s protest movement, as well as his own formation as a leading political activist.Through his personal story, he recounts a counter-history of a sixties rocked by the Prague Spring, student protests on the streets of Europe and America, the effects of the Vietnam war, and the aftermath of the revolutionary insurgencies led by Che Guevara. It is a story that takes us from Paris and Prague to Hanoi and Bolivia, encountering along the way Malcolm X, Bertrand Russell, Marlon Brando, Henry Kissinger, and Mick Jagger.This edition includes the famous interview conducted by Tariq Ali and Robin Blackburn with John Lennon and Yoko Ono In 1971.**ReviewTariq Ali has not lost the passion and vim which made him a symbol of the spirit of 68 has not seen fit to join forces with the terminally cynical, or set up a graven god that can be accused of failing Ali has spent much of his life documenting America as the arsenal of counter-revolution. Christopher Hitchens, *Observer* Has me rapt on the hearthrug, peering into the embers of memory the memoir proposes that the overriding themes were the confrontation with US imperialism the efforts of a generation to shake off the shackles of social-democracy and conduct war on capitalism a loutrance. Alexander Cockburn, *Guardian* We need to remember the sixties, and Tariq Alis book is valuable and well presented evidence of the time as Ali points out the transition from revolutionary to arch-conservative is nothing new we may frequently have been misguided, but nothing is sadder than a generation without a cause. John Mortimer, *Sunday Times* Street Fighting Years is readable, informative and also inspirational the recollections of a person who has remained true to himself. *Sydney Morning Herald*About the Author Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politicsincluding Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndromeas well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London.