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  • Captive Fathers, Captive Children

    Legacies of the War in the Far East

    Series series New Directions in Social and Cultural History
    Why are the daughters and sons of Far East prisoners of war still captivated by the stories of their fathers? What is it that compels so many of the children, after so many years, to search for the details of their fathers' captivity? And how, over the decades, have they come to terms with their childhood memories? In his book Terry Smyth treads new ground by examining the processes through which ... Leer más

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  • Would You Kill the Fat Man?

    The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong

    de David Edmonds ...
    From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein's Poker, a fascinating tour through the history of moral philosophyA runaway train is racing toward five men who are tied to the track. Unless the train is stopped, it will inevitably kill all five men. You are standing on a footbridge looking down on the unfolding disaster. However, a fat man, a stranger, is standing next to you: if you push him off ... Leer más

    $23.09 USD

  • A Biography of Loneliness

    The History of an Emotion

    'A compassionate, wide-ranging study.' Terry Eagleton, The Guardian Despite 21st-century fears of a modern 'epidemic' of loneliness, its history has been sorely neglected. A Biography of Loneliness is the first history of its kind to be published in English, offering a radically new interpretation of loneliness as an emotional language and experience. Using letters and diaries, philosophical ... Leer más

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  • Wounded Leaders

    British Elitism and the Entitlement Illusion: A Psychohistory

    de Nick Duffell ...
    Political leaders in Britain are consistently drawn from a class born to be educated away from their families in institutions - elite boarding schools. This has a direct effect on their ability to love, to relate, to make good judgments and to develop the necessary leadership qualities for today's world. In this controversial and highly acclaimed book, the author guides the reader along the elite ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Creativity

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring For thousands of years humanity has engaged in creative expression, allowing us to relate to other people, contribute to shared culture, build an identity, and give meaning to our existence. From the painted caves in Lascaux and the invention of the first tools to modern day advertising campaigns and inventors' labs, creativity has a long past ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Education

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Gary Thomas ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Since the early Egyptians human beings have formalised the business of learning, setting up a designated environment of some form to pass knowledge and learning on to groups of students. In this second edition of his Very Short Introduction, Gary Thomas explores how and why education has evolved as it has, examining the ways in which it has responded over the centuries to various influences in ... Leer más

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  • A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research

    Series series Very Short, Fairly Interesting & Cheap Books
    The Second Edition of Qualitative Research provides a refreshing introduction to doing and debating qualitative research. The author uses updated content, ranging from photographs to novels and newspaper stories, to demonstrate how getting to grips with qualitative methods means asking ourselves fundamental questions about how we are influenced by contemporary culture.Conceived by Chris Grey as an ... Leer más

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  • Childhood Studies

    A Reader in Perspectives of Childhood

    Edición de Jean Mills, Richard Mills ...
    The nature of childhood, the consideration of whether a certain age denotes innocence or not, and the desire to teach good citizenship to our children are all issues commonly discussed by today's media. This book brings together a variety of perspectives on the study of childhood: how this has been treated historically and how such a concept is developing as we move into the next century.The book ... Leer más

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  • Social Ecology

    de Martin Large ...
    Social ecology provides a holistic framework for change, based on the interrelationships between the personal, social, environmental and 'spiritual'. It helps understand how we got here, and how to realise more sustainable, caring futures. Students from all disciplines can use this valuable resource to help to enrich their learning with insights and principles from social ecology. ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Walking Inside Out

    Contemporary British Psychogeography

    Edición de Tina Richardson ...
    Series series Place, Memory, Affect
    Walking Inside Out is the first text that attempts to merge the work of literary and artist practitioners with academics to critically explore the state of psychogeography today. The collection explores contemporary psychogeographical practices, shows how a critical form of walking can highlight easily overlooked urban phenomenon, and examines the impact that everyday life in the city has on the ... Leer más

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  • Attending to Movement

    Somatic Perspectives on Living in this World

    This edited collection draws on the conference, Attending to Movement: Somatic Perspectives on Living in this World, run at C-DaRE, the Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University, 12 – 14 July, 2013.Somatic practitioners, dance artists and scholars from a wide range of subject domains cross discipline borders and investigate the approaches that embodied thinking and action can offer to ... Leer más

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  • Curriculum

    Athena versus the machine

    Martin Robinson's Curriculum: Athena versus the machine explores the educational value of a curriculum rooted in the pursuit of wisdom and advocates the enshrinement of such a curriculum as the central concern of an academic institution.Rather than being seen as a data-driven machine, a school should be viewed as a place that enables children to develop thoughtful perspectives on the world, ... Leer más

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