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“werner boesen”

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  • Children Rights - Kinderrechte

    A philosophical reflection - Eine philosophische Reflexion

    by Werner Boesen ...
    Being human means usage of freedom rights, but humans are born with much constraints and without caring by adults an infant will die. The original human right is the natural right of caretaking a child and is a children right. On adult side there is the duty for upbringing a child. But a right on a child is therefore not given, because a child need to be grown up as self-reliant human. A child ... Read more

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  • Children's Rights and the Philosophy of Childhood: A Generational Dialogue

    by Werner Boesen ...
    The philosophy of childhood is still a young science area. Human being is childhood and adulthood and requires communication, a dialogue. The dialogue philosophy offers an integrative basis in the interdisciplinary context of psychology, biology, pedagogy, sociology, law and religion: •What is childhood? •Which natural law does a child have? •Who carries the responsibility for a child? •Which ... Read more

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  • A Philosophy of Loneliness

    by Lars Svendsen ...
    Translated by Kerri Pierce ...
    Loneliness is a difficult subject to address, because it has such negative connotations. But the truth is that wherever there are people, there is loneliness: everyone is lonely at some point in their lives. You can belonely in a crowd or at home, outdoors or in an empty church, and countless songs have been written about the condition. For many people, loneliness can significantly impact their ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Psychopolitics

    Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power

    by Byung-Chul Han ...
    Translated by Erik Butler ...
    Series series Futures
    Exploring how neoliberalism has discovered the productive force of the psycheByung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault’s biopower, has discovered the productive force of the psyche. In the course of discussing all the facets of neoliberal psychopolitics ... Read more

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  • World-Centred Education

    A View for the Present

    by Gert Biesta ...
    This book makes an intervention in a long-standing discussion by arguing that education should be world-centred rather than child-centred or curriculum-centred. This is not just because education should provide students with the knowledge and skills to act effectively in the world, but is first and foremost because the world is the place where our existence as human beings takes place.In the seven ... Read more

    $76.94 CAD

  • A Philosophy of Fear

    by Lars Svendsen ...
    Surveillance cameras. Airport security lines. Barred shop windows. We see manifestations of societal fears every day, and daily news reports on the latest household danger or raised terror threat level continually stoke our sense of impending doom. In A Philosophy of Fear, Lars Svendsen explores the underlying ideas and issues behind this powerful emotion, as he investigates how and why fear has ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Struggle for Recognition

    The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts

    by Axel Honneth ...
    In this book Axel Honneth re-examines arguments put forward by Hegel and claims that the 'struggle for recognition' should be at the centre of social conflicts. ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Postmodern Life Cycle

    Challenges for Church and Theology

    by Friedrich Schweitzer ...
    Schweitzer’s goal in this book is to explore what postmodernity actually means for theology and how theology and the church may respond to its challenges. He focuses on the life cycle as it is changing with the advent of postmodernity, looking sequentially at segments of the life cycle using different lenses: modernity, postmodernity, and responses from church and theology. Schweitzer concludes ... Read more

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  • Philosophy and Real Politics

    by Raymond Geuss ...
    Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political actors behave as they actually do. Far from being applied ethics, politics is a skill that allows ... Read more

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  • The Normal Chaos of Love

    by Ulrich Beck, Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim ...
    This is a brilliant study of the nature of love in modern society. Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim argue that the nature of love is changing fundamentally, creating opportunities for democracy or chaos in personal life. ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Anthropology

    A Continental Perspective

    by Christoph Wulf ...
    Originally published in German, Christoph Wulf's Anthropology sets its sights on a topic as ambitious as its title suggests: anthropology itself. Arguing for an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to anthropology that incorporates science, philosophy, history, and many other disciplines, Wulf examines—with breathtaking scope—all the ways that anthropology has been understood and practiced ... Read more

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  • Trust and Power

    Translated by John Raffan, Kathryn Rooney, Howard Davis ...
    by Niklas Luhmann ...
    In this important book, Niklas Luhmann uses his powers as an analyst of the social system to examine two of the most important concepts which hold that system together and allow it to evolve: trust and power. He criticises those theoretical accounts whose roots lie in what he refers to as ideologies – accounts which use implicit beliefs in particular conceptions of human nature to explain and ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD