The construction of social reality
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Oxfam bookshop preston this treatise is a look at how social reality is constructed from sense impressions - at how, for example, a "five-pound note" is constructed, with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper that is seen and touchedthis book has some annotations in ink, but is otherwise in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The authors reconcile a theory of the individual's construction of reality as a network of schemas 'in the head' with an account of the social construction of language, science, ideology and religion to provide an integrated schema-theoretic view of human knowledgethe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of godoxfam books & music totnes in this book, michael arbib, a researcher in artificial intelligence and brain theory, joins forces with mary hesse, a philosopher of science, to present an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around themthe book integrates an accessible exposition of background information with a cumulative marshalling of evidence to address fundamental questions concerning human action in the world and the nature of ultimate realityon the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe ffep has been torn outthe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgeshardback book with dustjacketthe book is a major expansion of the gifford lectures delivered by the authors at the university of edinburgh in the autumn of
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The fiscalization of social policy how taxpayers trumped children in the fight against child poverty by joshua tmccabe (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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From reconstruction to lyndon johnson and beyond, quadagno reveals how american social policy has continually foundered on issues of racesome critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working classdrawing on extensive primary research, quadagno shows, for instance, how roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded african americans from the core programs of the social security acthe realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the family assistance plan, threatened to undermine wages in the south and alienate the republican party's new constituency-white, southern democrats-and therefore dropped itat the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integratedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreturning to lyndon johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the s, which triggered a white backlashquadagno shows that nixon, who initially supported many of johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchantedit is racism that has undermined the war on poverty, and america must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform todayoxfam bookshop hove thirty years after lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty, the united states still lags behind most western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care supportin the color of welfare, jill quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the centre of the "american dilemma," as swedish economist gunnar myrdal did half a century agoin the s, the united states embarked on a journey to resolve the "american dilemmajob training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groupsthis shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class americans, who had some of the same needs-for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities-but who got very little from these programs" yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismallythe "american creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says quadagnothe color of welfare reveals the root cause of this failure-the inability to address racial inequality
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Now, for the first time in book form, this volume presents a series of exciting and engaged interviews with, and essays from, the founder of social ecologyfinally, he states what is to be valued in both anarchism and marxism in building such a left and offers guidelines for forming a new revolutionary social movementsome dirt marks to the page edges, otherwise very goodsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop mutley plain  "murray bookchin has been a dynamic revolutionary propagandist since the s when, as a teenager, he orated before socialist crowds in new york city and engaged in support work for those fighting franco in the spanish civil warthis expansive collection ranges over, amongst others, bookchin's account of his teenage years as a young communist during the great depression, his experiences of the s and reflections on that decade's lessons, his vision of a libertarian communist society, libertarian politics, the future of anarchism, and the unity of theory and practicehe goes on to assess the crisis of radicalism today and defends the need for a revolutionary left" book in good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundprinted in , first edition
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The essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the university of cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the german language in its social contextsee oxfam website for delivery information read morean overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationothers are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null insome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographersoxfam books & music beeston peter lang, , paperback very good condition the contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the german language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakers
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He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and 'intersectionality'in their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news mediasee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsedreaders of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issuesoxfam original liverpool the sunday times bestseller a times and sunday times book of the year 'douglas murray fights the good fight for freedom of speecha truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - jordan bhe ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysterianarrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal - and, as murray shows, the casualties are mountingpeterson in his devastating new book the madness of crowds, douglas murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race
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Incorporating geographical knowledge into the formation of social and political policy is therefore a necessary condition for genuine democracythen, through an ontological investigation into geography's foundational concepts, space, place, and environment, he radically reframes geographical knowledge as a basis for social theory and political actiondemonstrated by incidents at abu ghraib and guantánamo bay, the pursuit of liberty and freedom can lead to violence and repression, undermining our trust in universal theories of liberalism, neoliberalism, and cosmopolitanismharvey begins with an insightful critique of the political uses of freedom and liberty, especially during the george wpresidents as diverse as woodrow wilson, franklin delano roosevelt, john fsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepolitical agendas tend to fail, he argues, because they ignore the complexities of geographycombining his passions for politics and geography, david harvey charts a cosmopolitan order more appropriate to an emancipatory form of global governancekennedy, ronald reagan, and george woxfam bookshop wanstead liberty and freedom are frequently invoked to justify political actionyet in practice, idealist agendas often turn sour as they confront specific circumstances on the groundas harvey makes clear, the cosmopolitanism that emerges is rooted in human experience rather than illusory ideals and brings us closer to achieving the liberation we seekbush administrationbush have built their policies on some version of these noble values
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Arguing that ego development is produced not only by consciousness but also evolves from unconscious genesis, he makes the controversial claim that an unconscious semiotics serves as the template for language and all meaning structuresa thought-provoking account of idealism, origins confronts the limitations of materialism and empiricism while salvaging the roles of agency and freedom that have been neglected by the biological sciencesoxfam bookshop glossop road very sligth shelf wear, otherwise very good condition in the first comprehensive work to articulate a psychoanalytic metaphysics based on process thought, the author uses dialectical logic to show how the nature and structure of mental life is constitutedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Though his work took him to the caves of altamira and the pyrenees with the abbe breuil, to america where he worked for years in the field museum and saw the construction of its marvellous hall of primitive man, into planning for the developmental exhibit at the chicago world's fair, and into wartime studies for the ufield went eagerly as a young student on his first trip to the excavation grounds at kishdj has some minor chipscontents are clean and binding is tightboards clean with very slight fading around the titles on the spinehis autobiography is a spirited account of the adventure of science itselfgreen cloth boards protected by unclipped maroon pictorial dust jackethenry field (december – january ) was an american anthropologist and archaeologistborn in chicago he spent his childhood in england and was educated at eton and oxfordhis essays on the babylonian findings have their tribute in the scientific worldffep has a small section (4cm x 1cm) removed to take out surname of inscriptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefascinated by the shaded past of the cultural hub of our civilization there, field dug, dusted and studied to piece together his track of manpublished by peter daviesillustrated with 28 b/w photographsthe inscription includes " with greeting henry field" and is dated but cannot verify its authenticityoxfam shop darlington hardbackthere his heart remained for most of the rest of his lifered top page endsgovernment- it was at kish that he did his main body of work
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Peter capaldi stars as number 10's ferociously foul-mouthed policy enforcer malcolm tucker, whose job is to bully and cajole the wayward ministers of the department of social affairs and citizenship (dosac) through a catalogue of gaffes, crises, prime ministerial resignations and possible election datessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans the complete series 1-3 plus both specials of the award-winning bbc satirical political comedy drama written and directed by armando iannucci
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Peter capaldi stars as number 10's ferociously foul-mouthed policy enforcer malcolm tucker, whose job is to bully and cajole the wayward ministers of the department of social affairs and citizenship (dosac) through a catalogue of gaffes, crises, prime ministerial resignations and possible election datesoxfam music shop reading the complete series 1-3 plus both specials of the award-winning bbc satirical political comedy drama written and directed by armando iannuccisee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Peter capaldi stars as number 10's ferociously foul-mouthed policy enforcer malcolm tucker, whose job is to bully and cajole the wayward ministers of the department of social affairs and citizenship (dosac) through a catalogue of gaffes, crises, prime ministerial resignations and possible election datessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop crosby the complete series 1-3 plus both specials of the award-winning bbc satirical political comedy drama written and directed by armando iannucci
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Oxfam bookshop preston what does reality encompass? is reality exclusively physical? or does reality include nonphysical -mental, and perhaps 'abstract' -aspects? what is it to be physical or mental, or to be an abstract entity? what are the elements of being, reality's raw materials? how is the manifest image we inherit from our culture and refine in the special sciences related to the scientific image as we have it in fundamental physics? can physics be understood as providing a 'theory of everything', or do the various sciences make up a hierarchy corresponding to autonomous levels of reality? is our conscious human perspective on the universe in the universe or at its limits? what, if anything, makes ordinary truths, truths of the special sciences, and truths of mathematics true? and what is it for an assertion or judgment to be 'made true'? in the universe as we find it, john heil offers answers to these questions framed in terms of a comprehensive ontology of substances and properties inspired by descartes, locke, their successors, and their latter day exemplarsheil argues that the deep story about the nature of these truthmakers can only be told by fundamental physicssubstances are simple, lacking parts that are themselves substancessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreproperties are modes -particular ways particular substances are -and arrangements of propertied substances serve as truthmakers for all the truths that have truthmakers
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It has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernityoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only slight shelf wear to cover fear is ubiquitous but slipperyfrom the eighteenth-century peruvian highlands and the california borderlands to the urban cityscapes of contemporary russia and india, this book collectively explores the wide range of causes, experiences, and explanations of this protean emotionrather, by using a comparative, multidisciplinary framework, the book situates fear in more global terms, breaks new ground in the historical and cultural analysis of emotions, and sets out a new agenda for further researchsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein addition to the editors, the contributors are alexander etkind, lisbeth haas, andreas killen, david lederer, melani mcalister, ronald schechter, marla stone, ravi sundaram, and charles walkerthe volume contributes to the thriving literature on the history of emotions and destabilizes narratives that have often understood fear in very specific linguistic, cultural, and geographical settingsin these times of institutionalized insecurity and global terror, facing fear sheds light on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the past
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It can be divided into two categories: true reality madhyamaka and word madhyamakatrue reality madhyamaka is the absolute, inexpressible nature the mother of all the victorious ones; word madhyamaka describes this absolute naturethe practice of true reality madhyamaka is divided into ground, path and fruit, whereas word madhyamaka is divided into teachings and commentariessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this book, the venerable khenpo rinpoches use shantarakshita's famous madhyamakalankara (the ornament of the middle way) and commentaries by longchenpa and mipham rinpoche to explore yogachara madhyamakamadhyamaka is a direct teaching on the essential nature, free from all extremesoxfam bookshop kingsbridge in this third year of our continuing investigation of buddhist philosophy, we begin our study of madhyamaka, the middle way schoolthe commentarial tradition is characterized by prasangika and svatantrika madhyamaka, and svatantrika itself includes the sautrantika and yogachara madhyamaka schoolsin excellent conditionvolume 3 in the padma samye ling shedra seriesthis tradition is generally associated with the "three great masters of the east": jnanagarbha, shantarakshita, and kamalashila
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Makdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposeshis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsthe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differencesmakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern world condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imageoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrysee oxfam website for delivery information read moremakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmentthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to it
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Fame the hijacking of reality by justine bateman (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The magic of reality: how we know what's really true mint condition- no creases in spine, no folds on pages - smells new! unwanted gift (i'd already read it)
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A civilisation's decline is not inevitable but occurs when its instrument of expansion is transformed into an institution -- that is, when social arrangements that meet real social needs are transformed into social institutions serving their own purposes regardless of real social needs"the evolution of civilizations" is a comprehensive and perceptive look at the factors behind the rise and fall of civilisationsquigley defines a civilisation as "a producing society with an instrument of expansion"see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismthe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societyrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoderin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theorysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoefferbourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimshe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critique
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Beginning with an introduction to ship building and concluding with the finished product, the book enables the reader to follow the construction of a ship from start to finishoxfam bookshop lower petergate ship construction is a comprehensive text for students of naval architecture, ship building and construction, and for professional naval architects and marine engineers as a refresher on the latest developments in ship types, safety and shipyard practicesthe new edition includes a new chapter on computer-aided design and manufacture, and all the latest international regulations and technological developmentseyres explores in depth, chapter by chapter, the development of ship types, materials and strengths of ships, welding and cutting, shipyard practice, ship structure and outfittingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis 6th edition printed in
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As a contribution to the social history of wartime britain, it also reveals the strengths and weaknesses of a liberal democracythis book is likely to interest those studying or teaching social history, jewish history or race relations in sociology, politics and cultural studiestony kushner examines the impact of evacuation, the blitz, the black market and other aspects of the war on relations between gentile and jewoxfam bookshop hexham the persistence of prejudice examines attitudes to jews at all levels of society during a war that many saw as a fight against fascismthis book suggests that, rather than being confined to extremists, antisemitism was part of the mainstream culturethe blue cloth boards are gilt stamped on the spine and are a little spotted and stainedthe jewish image in society, the response of the state to jews at home and abroad, and the effect of antisemitism on the jewish community itself receive particular attentionthere are a few minor marks here and there on the dustjacket but otherwise it is free from chips or tearsthe binding is soundthe text block is yellowing slightly but appears to be free from inscriptions or annotationssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is complete with its dustjacket which has a small sticker mark on the inside front flapthis hardback first edition is in a good, used condition overallhe probes attitudes to anglo-jewry, from left to right of the political spectrum
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This black+decker truck from smoby will not only bring endless fun to children, but also be a great play pretend toy suitable for developing hand and eye coordination! the truck tool set promotes a lot of construction possibilities, especially the construction of a cranesmoby truck black+decker
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" this major claim has, however, remained underscrutinized by scholars working on girard's theory, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciencesequally, girard's theory is presented as having the potential to become for the human and social sciences something akin to the integrating framework that present-day biological science owes to darwin-something compatible with it and complementary to it in accounting for the still remarkably little understood phenomenon of human emergencethe contributors provide major evidence in favor of girard's hypothesissee oxfam website for delivery information read more" he posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a neglected and major key to unlocking the enigma of "how we became humanoxfam books & music lancaster from his groundbreaking violence and the sacred and things hidden since the foundation of the world, rené girard's mimetic theory is presented as elucidating "the origins of culturejoining disciplinary worlds, this book aims to explore this ambitious claim, invoking viewpoints as diverse as evolutionary culture theory, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, ethology, and philosophy" french philosopher of science michel serres states that girard's theory provides a darwinian theory of culture because it "proposes a dynamic, shows an evolution and gives a universal explanation
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Starting with the history of the potato as a member of the botanical genus solanum, its adaptation by man as a cultivated plant, and the record of its spread throughout the world; secondly the author considers the influence the potato has exerted upon the social structure and economy of different peoples at different timesno inscriptions or annotations see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop woodbridge first published in , this remarkable book is the culmination of a life-long study of every aspect of the potato
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The development of birmingham is traced through descriptions of the economic and social effects of the great war and a fascinating survey of the inter-war years, covering many aspects of social lifeoxfam bookshop truro this is the history of the city in its formative yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Here, then, is the basic book on the theory and practice of scientology, with discoveries embracing every aspect of life, including: the cycle-of-action, revealing what underlies the continuous cycle of creation, survival and destruction—a cycle that seems inevitable in life, but which is only an apparency the conditions-of-existence that comprise all life and livingness—and by which one can truly be the eight dynamics upon which all life is compartmented and by which one can resolve the puzzle of their own existence the affinity, reality and communication triangle, revealing and explaining the underlying principles of true human relations the parts of man, the comprehensive explanation of spirit, mind and body, their anatomy and interrelationship in every being the reason why, answering the questions of “what it’s all about” and giving the very elements of survival, happiness and life itself scientology processes that unlock the life force that is you and, with this book, you won’t just “learn”—you’ll discover these principles for yourselfbased on precision axioms (self-evident truths), these are the answers—answers you’ve been looking for, answers that workall credit and debit cards accepted(click to reveal full phone number)because this is scientology—the knowledge of youfor thousands of years man has searched, pondered and speculated about the true “meaning of life” but, in scientology, that search has culminated—for the secret has now been discoveredorder your copy from 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dn
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