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  • Philosophy of Leisure

    Foundations of the good life

    by Johan Bouwer, Marco van Leeuwen ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Leisure Studies
    What is leisure? How does leisure relate to leading a good life? This critical and intelligent study interrogates the basic principles of leisure and demonstrates the continuing relevance of these questions for our society today. It not only explores the traditional philosophical concepts at the heart of leisure studies, but also pursues new possibilities for reconceptualising leisure that have ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Ethical Dilemmas in the Creative, Cultural and Service Industries

    Edited by Johan Bouwer ...
    Ethical Dilemmas in the Creative, Cultural and Service Industries enhances professional ethical awareness and supports students' development of skills for ethical decision-making in these growing sectors.It focusses on the shaping of personal and professional values, and dealing with the moral and ethical issues that (future) professionals may encounter in practice. Including a multitude of varied ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

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  • A Conflict of Visions

    Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

    by Thomas Sowell ...
    **The landmark explanation of the competing visions of human nature that lie at the heart of our political conflicts“A classic of a very special kind...Reading it is like looking up at the night sky and discovering a new constellation.” —Christian Science Monitor**Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably ... Read more

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  • The Confessions of Rousseau

    by Jean Jacques Rousseau ...
    The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau is notable as one of the first major autobiographies. Prior to his writing the Confessions, the two great autobiographies were Augustine's own Confessions and Saint Teresa's Life of Herself. Both of these works, however, focused on the religious experiences of their authors. The Confessions was one of the first autobiographies in which an individual wrote ... Read more

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  • All Things Considered

    by G. K. Chesterton, Sheba Blake ...
    Whether you're a reader who is new to G.K Chesterton's work or a longtime fan searching out more of his material, this collection of short stories and essays is sure to fit the bill. The pieces brought together in this volume display the full range of Chesterton's wide-ranging intellect and the keen precision of his razor-sharp prose. ... Read more

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  • The Trouble with Reality

    A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time

    by Brooke Gladstone ...
    Every week on the public radio show On the Media, the award-winning journalist Brooke Gladstone analyzes the media and how it shapes our perceptions of the world. Now, from her front-row perch on the day’s events, Gladstone brings her genius for making insightful, unexpected connections to help us understand what she calls—and what so many of us can acknowledge having—“trouble with reality. ... Read more

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  • Knowledge Brokerage for Sustainable Development

    Innovative Tools for Increasing Research Impact and Evidence-Based Policy-Making

    by André Martinuzzi, Michal Sedlacko ...
    The menace of a post-truth era challenges conventional policy-making and science. Instead of fighting an uphill battle against populist solutions, those involved in both policy-making and science have to find innovative ways to collaborate, and make use of the vast amounts of knowledge that are already available. Knowledge brokerage, in this context, is more than a simple question-and-answer game: ... Read more

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  • Critical Theory

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Stephen Eric Bronner ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose -- and, if at all possible, cure -- the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen Eric Bronner provides sketches of leading representatives of the critical tradition (such as George Lukács and Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno and ... Read more

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  • Toward a Good Society in the Twenty-First Century

    Principles and Policies

    Edited by N. Karagiannis, J. Marangos ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Having previously defined a good society as a sustainable society with a high level of development, significant provision of meaningful jobs, and low levels of inequality and social ills, Toward a Good Society in the Twenty-first Century provides a wide range of principles and policies that would be necessary if we are to achieve a good society. ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Feminist Interpretations of William James

    Edited by Erin C. Tarver, Shannon Sullivan ...
    Series series Re-Reading the Canon
    Widely regarded as the father of American psychology, William James is by any measure a mammoth presence on the stage of pragmatist philosophy. But despite his indisputable influence on philosophical thinkers of all genders, men remain the movers and shakers in the Jamesian universe—while women exist primarily to support their endeavors and serve their needs. How could the philosophy of William ... Read more

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  • On Natural Inequality of Men

    by Vlad Zeit ...
    Men are different in their physical features, qualities of the mind and character. They possess different virtues and vices. These differences are often called 'natural inequality of men'. Very common and widely shared notion is that this 'natural inequality' is the basic ground for men's social inequality, inequality of wealth and power. This notion is not true. ... Read more

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