J Richards: 59 books
by Robert J. Richards, Michael Ruse
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2016
Charles Darwin is easily the most famous scientist of the modern age, and his theory of evolution is constantly referenced in many contexts by scientists and nonscientists alike. And yet, despite how frequently his ideas are evoked, there remains a surprising amount we don’t know about the father...
Resisting Injustice and the Feminist Ethics of Care in the Age of Obama
“Suddenly,…All the Truth Was Coming Out”
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
David A. J. Richards’s Resisting Injustice and The Feminist Ethics of Care in The Age of Obama: "Suddenly,…All The Truth Was Coming Out" builds on his and Carol Gilligan’s The Deepening Darkness to examine the roots of the resistance movements of the 1960s, the political psychology...
by Robert J. Richards
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
With insight and wit, Robert J. Richards focuses on the development of evolutionary theories of mind and behavior from their first distinct appearance in the eighteenth century to their controversial state today. Particularly important in the nineteenth century were Charles Darwin's ideas about instinct,...
The Romantic Conception of Life
Science and Philosophy in the Age of Goethe
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
"All art should become science and all science art; poetry and philosophy should be made one." Friedrich Schlegel's words perfectly capture the project of the German Romantics, who believed that the aesthetic approaches of art and literature could reveal patterns and meaning in nature that...
by R.J. Richards
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
In his captivating autobiography, Living Rich, first-time author R. J. Richards testifies to his personal definition of wealth: the love of family and friends, abiding faith, a solid work ethic, self-initiative, and accountability. These traits, reflected in every aspect of his life, have enduring...
The Case for Gay Rights
From Bowers to Lawrence and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
As Americans wrestle with red-versus-blue debates over traditional values, defense of marriage, and gay rights, reason often seems to take a back seat to emotion. In response, David Richards, a widely respected legal scholar and long-time champion of gay rights, reflects upon the constitutional and...
Warm Water
A Collection of Memories
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
Warm Water is a medley of memoriesa patchwork of twenty-two personal stories from the life of T. J. Richards. Beginning at age four, with the imprinting sound of warm water gushing from a bathtub faucet, the author travels through time on a storytelling trip that carries the reader across a bridge...
Afternoon Tomatoes
Accessible Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
Afternoon Tomatoes is an easy readan accessible, reader-friendly approach to poetry. Uncomplicated, there is no need to search for hidden meaning in the poems of T.J. Richards. His rhythmic tempo propels the reader through stimulating line and distinctly connects him or her to the story-telling cadence...
Was Hitler a Darwinian?
Disputed Questions in the History of Evolutionary Theory
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
In tracing the history of Darwin’s accomplishment and the trajectory of evolutionary theory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most scholars agree that Darwin introduced blind mechanism into biology, thus banishing moral values from the understanding of nature. According to...
Italian American
The Racializing of an Ethnic Identity
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999
When southern Italians began emigrating to the U.S. in large numbers in the 1870s-part of the "new immigration" from southern and eastern rather than northern Europe-they were seen as racially inferior, what David A. J. Richards terms "nonvisibly" black.
The first study of its...
Why Love Leads to Justice
Love across the Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
This book tells the stories of notable historical figures who, by resisting patriarchal laws condemning adultery, gay and lesbian sex, and sex across the boundaries of religion and race, brought about lasting social and political change. Constitutional scholar David A. J. Richards investigates the...
Coconut Oil and My Dog
Natural Pet Health For My Canine Friend
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2017
Control doggie odor and fleas, plus heal hot spots, all with one thing?
How does that work? And what does it cost?
Did you know that long term use of chemical laden flea collars can cause seizures? A scary thought I know. But there is an alternative to this problem and many others.
What...
The Tragic Sense of Life
Ernst Haeckel and the Struggle over Evolutionary Thought
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008
Prior to the First World War, more people learned of evolutionary theory from the voluminous writings of Charles Darwin’s foremost champion in Germany, Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919), than from any other source, including the writings of Darwin himself. But, with detractors ranging from paleontologist...
Darkness Now Visible
Patriarchy's Resurgence and Feminist Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
In the fall of 2016 those promoting patriarchal ideals saw their champion Donald Trump elected president of the United States and showed us how powerful patriarchy still is in American society and culture. Darkness Now Visible: Patriarchy's Resurgence and Feminist Resistance explains how patriarchy...