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Cultural Sociology within Innovative Treatise
Islamic Insights on Human Symbols
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
This innovative book stresses the distinction of the human race from other species by using what the author calls Human Symbols (HS): language, thought, religion, knowledge/science, and cultural values and norms. Mahmoud Dhaouadi emphasizes the central position of HS in the creation of the identity...
Reflections on the Social Thought of Allama M.T. Jafari
Rediscovering the Sociological Relevance of the Primordial School of Social Theory
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2010
When one speaks of sociology, places such as the US, UK, Germany, and France come to mind. To western or even eastern students of social sciences, the very idea that outside Europe and America one could come across sociological debates or theoretical debates on socio-cultural issues comes as a surprise,...
Questioning Martin Heidegger
On Western Metaphysics, Bhuddhist Ethics, and the Fate of the Sentient Earth
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
In Questioning Martin Heidegger, Martin Heidegger’s “Overcoming Metaphysics” provides the jumping-off point for a wide-ranging critique and deconstruction of Western metaphysics from the Pre-Socratics and Sophists to Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Derrida. Besides questioning Martin...
Deconstructing Prehumanity
An Enquiry into the Archaeological Creation of a Black Past
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Deconstructing Prehumanity is an investigation into the role of archaeological perception in the construction of race. It explores how social knowledge and disciplinary subjectivity have shaped our organization of the human past and how this organization and its lexicon have fueled racialism. The...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Spirituality Research Studies in Higher Education offers two uniquely designed sections that showcase a group of talented scholars from major research institutions. This edited volume by Terence Hicks provides the reader with topics such as spiritual aspects of the grieving college students, spirituality...
by John J. Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Pennsylvania Elections provides a systematic and thorough analysis of every statewide election in Pennsylvania since 1950. The five chapters are divided between U.S. Senate elections, gubernatorial contests, statewide row offices, and presidential campaigns. Each of the 106 elections that have taken...
Neighbors, Strangers, Witches, and Culture-Heroes
Ritual Powers of Smith/Artisans in Tuareg Society and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
This book examines alleged “superhuman” powers predominantly associated with smith/artisans in five African societies. It discusses their ritual and social roles, mythico-histories, symbols surrounding their art, and changing relationships between these specialists and their patrons. Needed but...
The Jews of North Africa
From Dido to De Gaulle
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
Before the Arabo-Muslim conquest of 698, the Jews lived peacefully in North Africa with the other inhabitants of the region, except for a few brief periods of Roman and Byzantine rules. Under Islam, life was at times so good that some of the most important religious works since Babylon were written...
From the Shtetl to the Lecture Hall
Jewish Women and Cultural Exchange
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Until the 19th century, women were regularly excluded from graduate education. When this convention changed, it was largely thanks to Jewish women from Russia. Raised to be strong and independent, the daughters of Jewish businesswomen were able to utilize this cultural capital to fight their way into...
Debunking the Myths of Colonization
The Arabs and Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
Debunking the Myths of Colonization. examines Salman Rushdie's thesis on the paradoxical nature of colonialism and its horrific impact on the psyche of the colonized. It probes Frantz Fanon's theories concerning the relationship between colonizers and colonized, and attempts to apply these theories...
by Gerhard Falk
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
This book reviews the achievements of American women in the American economy; in education; in government; in religion; in the military; in law enforcement and in communications. The author predicts the feminization of American life with particular reference to changes in the American family and the ever increasing dominance of women in all American institutions.
Dispositions as Habits of Mind
Making Professional Conduct More Intelligent
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2009
Dispositions as Habits of Mind provides opportunities for candidates in teacher education programs, which focus on nurturing and assessing dispositions, to see the habits of mind for making professional conduct more intelligent, practice them, and receive feedback about their performance. Some scholars...
by Lloyd E. Sandelands
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
What is it to be truly human at work? Why do so many people today ache to be more human at work? In this book, Lloyd E. Sandelands unites the metaphysics of Aristotle and Aquinas and the social teachings of the Catholic Church to describe how business leaders can help people in their organizations...
Citadel Values II
Essays for Contemplation
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
From the author: When Citadel Values went to press, we began looking for an educational tool to capture the lessons and fortify our students in the greater world beyond the Lesesne Gate. Also, answering prompting calls for a longer book with more essays of comfort and wisdom, we created a publication...