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The Austro-Marxists 1890–1918

A Psychobiographical Study

by Mark E. Blum ...

In the brilliant world of Vienna at the turn of the century four men—Karl Renner, Otto Bauer, Max Adler, and Friedrich Adler—sought to develop political and economic resolutions to the racial and cultural tensions that were beginning to strain the bonds of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In this highly original study of these Austro-Marxists, Mark E. Blum uses the insights of depth psychology to ... Read more

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In the brilliant world of Vienna at the turn of the century four men—Karl Renner, Otto Bauer, Max Adler, and Friedrich Adler—sought to develop political and economic resolutions to the racial and cultural tensions that were beginning to strain the bonds of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In this highly original study of these Austro-Marxists, Mark E. Blum uses the insights of depth psychology to
... Read more
Kafka's Social Discourse

An Aesthetic Search for Community

by Mark E. Blum ...

Franz Kafka is among the most significant 20th century voices to examine the absurdity and terror posed for the individual by what his contemporary Max Weber termed "the iron cage" of society. Ferdinand Tönnies had defined the problem of finding community within society for Kafka and his peers in his 1887 book Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft. Kafka took up this issue by focusing upon the "social ... Read more

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Franz Kafka is among the most significant 20th century voices to examine the absurdity and terror posed for the individual by what his contemporary Max Weber termed "the iron cage" of society. Ferdinand Tönnies had defined the problem of finding community within society for Kafka and his peers in his 1887 book Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft. Kafka took up this issue by focusing upon the "social
... Read more
Cognition and Temporality

The Genesis of Historical Thought in Perception and Reasoning

by Mark E. Blum ...

Cognition and Temporality: The Genesis of Historical Thought in Perception and Reasoning argues that both verbal grammar and figural grammar have their cognitive basis in twelve characteristic forms of judgment, distributed among individuals in human populations throughout history. These twelve logical forms are context-free and language-free foundations in our attentional awareness and shape all ... Read more

$118.99 CAD

Cognition and Temporality: The Genesis of Historical Thought in Perception and Reasoning argues that both verbal grammar and figural grammar have their cognitive basis in twelve characteristic forms of judgment, distributed among individuals in human populations throughout history. These twelve logical forms are context-free and language-free foundations in our attentional awareness and shape all
... Read more
German and Austrian-German Historical Thought in the Modern Era

by Mark E. Blum ...

Every nation develops a narrative structure for thinking about history that is generated by its own historical experience. In this study, the German and Austrian-German “historias”—the way narratives of factual significance are structured as the “story” of events—are shown in their sameness from the late 1600s to the present. This “historia” shapes the emphasis of how meaning is articulated among ... Read more

$158.99 CAD

Every nation develops a narrative structure for thinking about history that is generated by its own historical experience. In this study, the German and Austrian-German “historias”—the way narratives of factual significance are structured as the “story” of events—are shown in their sameness from the late 1600s to the present. This “historia” shapes the emphasis of how meaning is articulated among
... Read more
The Metahistory of Western Knowledge in the Modern Era

Four Evolving Metaparadigms, 1648 to Present

by Mark E. Blum ...

Series series
When one organizes events over periods of years and gives them an appellation such as “Modernism,” the organization of facts is guided by concepts and values discerned throughout these periods, comparable facts sufficient to call it an “era,” or an “epoch,” or other terms that insist on the shared aspects of those years, regardless of differences seen as well over the span considered. One can call ... Read more

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When one organizes events over periods of years and gives them an appellation such as “Modernism,” the organization of facts is guided by concepts and values discerned throughout these periods, comparable facts sufficient to call it an “era,” or an “epoch,” or other terms that insist on the shared aspects of those years, regardless of differences seen as well over the span considered. One can call
... Read more
The Metahistory of Western Knowledge in the Modern Era

Four Evolving Metaparadigms, 1648 to Present

by Mark E. Blum ...

Series series
When one organizes events over periods of years and gives them an appellation such as “Modernism,” the organization of facts is guided by concepts and values discerned throughout these periods, comparable facts sufficient to call it an “era,” or an “epoch,” or other terms that insist on the shared aspects of those years, regardless of differences seen as well over the span considered. One can call ... Read more

$43.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

When one organizes events over periods of years and gives them an appellation such as “Modernism,” the organization of facts is guided by concepts and values discerned throughout these periods, comparable facts sufficient to call it an “era,” or an “epoch,” or other terms that insist on the shared aspects of those years, regardless of differences seen as well over the span considered. One can call
... Read more
The Metahistory of Western Knowledge in the Modern Era

Four Evolving Metaparadigms, 1648 to Present

by Mark E. Blum ...

Series Book 1 - Anthem Series on Thresholds and Transformations
The book is a study of the evolving history of knowledge in the arts and sciences in the modern era – from 1648 through the present. Modernism is treated as an epoch with evolving disciplines whose articulated problems of a time and the inquiry methods to address them, develop in a coordinated manner, given a mutual awareness.When one organizes the development of knowledge over periods of years, ... Read more

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The book is a study of the evolving history of knowledge in the arts and sciences in the modern era – from 1648 through the present. Modernism is treated as an epoch with evolving disciplines whose articulated problems of a time and the inquiry methods to address them, develop in a coordinated manner, given a mutual awareness.When one organizes the development of knowledge over periods of years,
... Read more
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Found Money

by James Grippando ...

Narrated by Mark Blum ...

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2 hours 50 min

Single mother Amy Parkens feels trapped by a boring job, low pay, and no time for her young daughter. But that's before $200,000 in cold, hard cash arrives in an unmarked box. Desperately needing the money, Amy fears a setup or a connection to her mother's suicide 20 years earlier. So she sets out to find the source.A decent, responsible small-town doctor, Ryan Duffy didn't expect to inherit a ... Read more

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Single mother Amy Parkens feels trapped by a boring job, low pay, and no time for her young daughter. But that's before $200,000 in cold, hard cash arrives in an unmarked box. Desperately needing the money, Amy fears a setup or a connection to her mother's suicide 20 years earlier. So she sets out to find the source.A decent, responsible small-town doctor, Ryan Duffy didn't expect to inherit a
... Read more

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Management Challenges for the 21St Century

by Peter F. Drucker ...

Narrated by Mark Blum ...

Abridged

6 hours 19 min

New and revolutionary ideas and perspectives on the central management issues of tomorrow by the man Warren Bennis calls ""the most important management thinker of our time.""In this major new work, Peter F. Drucker discusses how the new paradigms of management will change our basic assumptions about the practices and principles of management. Drucker explains ""The New Information Revolution"" ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

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New and revolutionary ideas and perspectives on the central management issues of tomorrow by the man Warren Bennis calls ""the most important management thinker of our time.""In this major new work, Peter F. Drucker discusses how the new paradigms of management will change our basic assumptions about the practices and principles of management. Drucker explains ""The New Information Revolution""
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Adding Flesh to Bones

Kiyozawa Manshi’s Seishinshugi in Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought

by Richard K. Payne, Professor Mami Iwata, Dr. Setsuo Miura, Fumihiko Sueki, Dr. Yusetsu Nishimoto, Dr. Nobuhiro Yamamoto, Dr. Eiju Fukushima, Michihiro Ama, Professor Micah Auerback, Robert F. Rhodes, Dr. Shoto Hase, James C. Dobbins, Melissa Anne-Marie Curley, Paul B. Watt, Dr. Takeshi Kaku ...

Translated by Professor Dylan Toda, Dr. Wayne S. Yokoyama ...

Series series Pure Land Buddhist Studies
This collection of seventeen essays situates modern Shin Buddhist thinker Kiyozawa Manshi (1863–1903) and his new form of spirituality, Seishinshugi, in the broader context of Buddhism and religious thought in modern Japan. The work highlights several factors that led to the development of Kiyozawa’s ideas and demonstrates the broad influence that he and his disciples had, putting in relief both ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

This collection of seventeen essays situates modern Shin Buddhist thinker Kiyozawa Manshi (1863–1903) and his new form of spirituality, Seishinshugi, in the broader context of Buddhism and religious thought in modern Japan. The work highlights several factors that led to the development of Kiyozawa’s ideas and demonstrates the broad influence that he and his disciples had, putting in relief both
... Read more
Marxism and Phenomenology

The Dialectical Horizons of Critique

by Richard Westerman, Ian Angus, Paul Mazzocchi, Jérôme Melançon, Marilyn Nissim-Sabat, Max Schaefer, Kurt C. M. Mertel, Mark E. Blum, Christian Lotz, Bryan Smyth0 ...

Series series Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought
Marxism and Phenomenology: The Dialectical Horizons of Critique, edited by Bryan Smyth and Richard Westerman, offers new perspectives on the possibility of a philosophical outlook that combines Marxism and phenomenology in the critique of capitalism. Although Marxism’s focus on impersonal social structures and phenomenology’s concern with lived experience can make these traditions appear ... Read more

$136.79 CAD

Marxism and Phenomenology: The Dialectical Horizons of Critique, edited by Bryan Smyth and Richard Westerman, offers new perspectives on the possibility of a philosophical outlook that combines Marxism and phenomenology in the critique of capitalism. Although Marxism’s focus on impersonal social structures and phenomenology’s concern with lived experience can make these traditions appear
... Read more
Apocalypse and the Millennium in the American Civil War Era

by Jason Phillips, Robert Nelson, Ryan Cordell, Nina Reid-Maroney, Joseph Moore, Jennifer Graber, Scott Nesbit, Charles Irons, Edward J. Blum, Matthew Harper ...

Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
In the Civil War era, Americans nearly unanimously accepted that humans battled in a cosmic contest between good and evil and that God was directing history toward its end. The concept of God's Providence and of millennialism -- Christian anticipations of the end of the world -- dominated religious thought in the nineteenth century. During the tumultuous years immediately prior to, during, and ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

In the Civil War era, Americans nearly unanimously accepted that humans battled in a cosmic contest between good and evil and that God was directing history toward its end. The concept of God's Providence and of millennialism -- Christian anticipations of the end of the world -- dominated religious thought in the nineteenth century. During the tumultuous years immediately prior to, during, and
... Read more

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