Author: Arthur Koestler File Type: epub Reflections on Hanging is a searing indictment of capital punishment, inspired by its authors own time in the shadow of a firing squad. During the Spanish Civil War, Arthur Koestler was held by the Franco regime as a political prisoner, and condemned to death. He was freed, but only after months of witnessing the fates of less-fortunate inmates. That experience informs every page of the book, which was first published in England in 1956, and followed in 1957 by this American edition. As Koestler ranges across the history of capital punishment in Britain (with a focus on hanging), he looks at notable cases and rulings, and portrays politicians, judges, lawyers, scholars, clergymen, doctors, police, jailers, prisoners, and others involved in the long debate over the justness and effectiveness of the death penalty. In Britain, Reflections on Hanging was part of a concerted, ultimately successful effort to abolish the death penalty. At that time, in the forty-eight United States, capital punishment was sanctioned in forty-two of them, with hanging still practiced in five. This edition includes a preface and afterword written especially for the 1957 American edition. The preface makes the book relevant to readers in the U.S. the afterword overviews the modern-day history of abolitionist legislation in the British Parliament. Reflections on Hanging is relentless, biting, and unsparing in its details of botched and unjust executions. It is a classic work of advocacy for some of societys most defenseless members, a critique of capital punishment that is still widely cited, and an enduring work that presaged such contemporary problems as the sensationalism of crime, the wrongful condemnation of the innocent and mentally ill, the callousness of penal systems, and the use of fear to control a citizenry.Review The motivation for the book is compellingly personal, but the writing is objective, clear, and persuasive. (Frank Tannenbaum New York Times Book Review ) It is bound to influence the thinking of the American reader who believes in the worth of human life and the dignity of the animal called Man. (Eva Johnson San Francisco Chronicle ) Koestler with his usual clarity presents the arguments for capital punishment and then destroys them. ( Kirkus Reviews ) Perhaps the most disquieting part of this story of judicial conservatism is the treatment of the insane, guilty of capital crimes. . . . [An] exhaustive analysis of the whole problem of capital punishment. (Reinhold Niebuhr New Republic ) A notable work of the humane intelligence . . . Koestler pleads his case, which would be as pertinent in our states that allow capital penalties as it is in England, with force and fervor. (Richard H. Rovere New Yorker ) The arguments against hanging put forward by Koestler are not new. . . . These points have been made before, but can seldom have been advanced with more conviction or a heavier supply of confirming evidence. . . . Even a hangman could hardly fail to admire this impassioned ingenuity. (Phoebe Adams Atlantic Monthly ) [A] brilliant polemic. (Anthony Daniels New Criterion ) His criticisms are always caustic, sometimes bitter. His opposition to legal homicide is unwavering and his logic often devastating. . . . Reflections on Hanging deserves wide attention and careful examination. (Donald R. Campion America ) [A] brilliant contribution to the campaign for the abolition of hanging in Britain. ( Time ) Reflections on Hanging stands as a bitter indictment of societys demand that the old biblical precept An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth should be interpreted literally to the extent of capital punishment. (Sam F. Lucchese Atlanta Constitution )

Author: Marilla Svinicki File Type: pdf This indispensable handbook provides helpful strategies for dealing with both the everyday challenges of university teaching and those that arise in efforts to maximize learning for every student. The suggested strategies are supported by research and adaptable to specific classroom situations. Rather than suggest a set of recipes to be followed mechanically, the book gives instructors the tools they need to deal with the ever-changing dynamics of teaching and learning. Amazon.com Reviewhrh2About This Editionh2From the Publisher New FeaturesullA new chapter on feedback and assessment provides recommendations on how to improve the quality of teacher feedback comments, and discusses ways of ensuring that these comments have maximum impact on learning.llTesting chapters have been condensed into one streamlined chapter, as have the technology chapters, allowing the book to maintain its handy pocket-sized length while incorporating new information.llAll of the chapters have been updated to include new developments in technologies and instructional strategies that have become more prominent since the last edition.lulAdditional FeaturesullGuest-authored chapters offer advice and instruction from renowned educators, including Peter Elbow and Mary Deane Sorcinelli on writing, Jane Halonen on teaching thinking, and Brian P. Coppola on laboratory instruction.llTechnology coverage includes topics such as the use of Microsoft PowerPoint slides, plagiarism, and effective Web research.llAdditional important coverage includes experiential learning, recent policy shifts, diversity and gender issues, and standards and accountability.lulFurther reference for this editionDownload a Transition Guide for the 13th Edition of McKeachies Teaching Tips.About the AuthorWilbert J. McKeachie is Professor Emeritus and former chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan. He is also a research scientist and past director of the University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. He has served as president of the American Psychological Association and of the American Association for Higher Education. He has also served as chair of the Committee on College and University Teaching, Research, and Publication of the American Association of University Professors. He speaks at workshops and conferences around the world and has published numerous articles in the United States and internationally.Marilla Svinicki is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and the retired director of the Center for Teaching Effectiveness at the University of Texas at Austin. She earned both her B.A. and M.A. at Western Michigan University and her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado. Her research interests include application of principles of learning to instruction in higher education and development of faculty and graduate students as teachers. She regularly teaches the college teaching methodology course at UT Austin along with the psychology of human learning and instructional psychology.

Author: Bruce Ellis Benson File Type: pdf Words of Life is the sequel and companion to Phenomenology and the Theological Turn, edited by Dominique Janicaud, Jean-Francois Courtine, Jean-Louis Chrtien, Michel Henry, Jean-Luc Marion, and Paul Ricoeur. In that volume, Janicaud accuses Levinas, Henry, Marion, and Chrtien of veeringfrom phenomenological neutrality to a theologically inflected phenomenology. By contrast, the contributors to this collection interrogate whether phenomenologys proper starting point is agnostic or atheistic. Many hold the view that phenomenology after the theological turn may very well be true both to itself and to the phenomenological things themselves.In one way or another, all of these essays contend with the limits and expectations of phenomenology. As such, they are all concerned with what counts as properphenomenology and even the very structure of phenomenology. None of them, however, is limited to such questions. Indeed, the rich tapestry that they weave tells us much about human experience. Themes such as faith, hope, love, grace, the gift, the sacraments, the words of Christ, suffering, joy, life, the call, touch, listening, wounding, and humility are woven throughout the various meditations in this volume. The contributors use striking examples to illuminate the structure and limits of phenomenology and, in turn, phenomenology serves to clarify those very examples. Thus practice clarifies theory and theory clarifies practice, resulting in new theological turns and new life for phenomenology. The volume showcases the work of both senior and junior scholars, including Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Yves Lacoste, Kevin Hart, Anthony J. Steinbock, Jeffrey Bloechl, Jeffrey L. Kosky, Clayton Crockett, Brian Treanor, and Christina Gschwandtner-as well as the editors themselves

Author: Daron Acemoglu File Type: epub Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence? Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Korea, to take just one of their fascinating examples, is a remarkably homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities. The economic success thus spurred was sustained because the government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political repression, and very different economic institutionswith no end in sight. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these completely different institutional trajectories. Based on fifteen years of original research Acemoglu and Robinson marshall extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including - China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed andoverwhelm the West? - Are Americas best days behind it? Are we moving from a virtuous circle in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority? - What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? More philanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West? Or learning the hard-won lessons of Acemoglu and Robinsons breakthrough ideas on the interplay between inclusive political and economic institutions? Why Nations Fail will change the way you look atand understandthe world.