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Groupthink

Groupthink

Christopher Booker

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
2024
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In Groupthink, his final book, the late, eminent journalist and bestselling author Christopher Booker seeks to identify the hidden key to understanding much that is disturbing about the world today. With reference to the ideas of a Yale professor who first identified the theory, and to the writings of George Orwell from whose ‘newspeak’ the word was adapted, Booker sheds new light on the remarkable – and worrying – effects of ‘groupthink’, and its influence on our society. Booker defines the three rules of groupthink: the adoption of a common view or belief not based on objective reality; the establishment of a consensus of right-minded people, an ‘in group’; and the need to treat the views of anyone who questions the belief as wholly unacceptable. He shows how various interest groups, journalists and even governments in the twenty-first century have subscribed to this way of thinking, with deeply disturbing results. As Booker shows, such behaviour has led to a culture of fear, heralded by countless examples throughout history, from Revolutionary Russia to Napoleonic France and Hitler’s Germany. In the present moment it has caused countless errors in judgement and the division of society into highly polarised, oppositional factions. As Booker argues, only by examining its underlying causes can we understand the sinister power of groupthink which permeates all aspects of our lives.
The Seven Basic Plots

The Seven Basic Plots

Christopher Booker

Bloomsbury Continuum
2019
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This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. But this is only the prelude to an investigation into how and why we are 'programmed' to imagine stories in these ways, and how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology.Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary changes in the nature of storytelling over the past 200 years, and why so many stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their underlying archetypal purpose.Booker analyses why evolution has given us the need to tell stories and illustrates how storytelling has provided a uniquely revealing mirror to mankind's psychological development over the past 5000 years. This seminal book opens up in an entirely new way our understanding of the real purpose storytelling plays in our lives, and will be a talking point for years to come.
The Seven Basic Plots

The Seven Basic Plots

Christopher Booker; Nick Booker

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
2024
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This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling.But this is only the prelude to an investigation into how and why we are 'programmed' to imagine stories in these ways, and how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology. Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary changes in the nature of storytelling over the past 200 years, and why so many stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their underlying archetypal purpose.Booker analyses why evolution has given us the need to tell stories and illustrates how storytelling has provided a uniquely revealing mirror to mankind's psychological development over the past 5000 years.This seminal book opens up in an entirely new way our understanding of the real purpose storytelling plays in our lives, and will be a talking point for years to come.
The Real Global Warming Disaster

The Real Global Warming Disaster

Booker Christopher

Continuum Publishing Corporation
2010
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Booker focuses his attention on the mother of all environmental scares: global warming. This original book considers one of the most extraordinary scientific and political stories of our time: how in the 1980s a handful of scientists came to believe that mankind faced catastrophe from runaway global warming, and how today this has persuaded politicians to land us with what promises to be the biggest bill in history. Christopher Booker interweaves the science of global warming with that of its growing political consequences, showing how just when the politicians are threatening to change our Western way of life beyond recognition, the scientific evidence behind the global warming theory is being challenged like never before. The book exposes the myth that the global warming theory is supported by a 'consensus of the world's top climate scientists'. It shows how the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is run by a small group of 'global warming' zealots, who have repeatedly rigged evidence to support their theory. But the politicians, pushed by the media, have so fallen for its propaganda that, short of dramatic change, our Western world now faces an unprecedented disaster.
I Will Wear No Chain!

I Will Wear No Chain!

Christopher B. Booker

Praeger Publishers Inc
2000
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This volume traces the social history of African American men from the days of slavery to the present, focusing on their achievements, their changing image, and their role in American society. The author places the contemporary issue of Black men's disproportionate involvement with criminal justice within its social and historical context, while analyzing the most significant movements aiming to improve the status of Blacks in our society. The book's main thesis is that an ever-changing, yet ever-present, process of criminalization has entrapped Black men throughout history, thus creating a major barrier to their collective development. The topics discussed include the role of Blacks in the Civil War, Booker T. Washington, the Civil Rights movement, and the Million Man March.
Vaterfluch

Vaterfluch

Owen-Christopher Bonker

Independently Published
2017
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Der realistische und offene Schreibstil des Autors l dt zum hei en Kopfkino ein. Neben den diversen erotischen Abenteuern von Marc Molar, wird seine Idee f r die Modewelt vorgestellt, die in der Realit t die meisten Frauen gl cklich machen w rde. Das Leben w re nicht lebenswert, wenn es neben den vielen erotischen Momenten, nicht auch noch Platz f r die wahre Liebe w re. Marc sieht sich in seiner Theorie, dass Frauen erst ab 30 f r wahre Leidenschaft und Erotik empf nglich sind, best tigt. Sein neues "Ich" w chst nicht nur in Sachen Liebesleben ber sich hinaus, sondern beschwingt ihn, die Modewelt zu ver ndern. Endlich kann er etwas gegen den allt glichen Shopping-GAU bewirken, den jede normale Frau erlebt. Die Damenwelt und sein Chef sind von dem Konzept begeistert. Als Belohnung erh lt Marc eine Reise nach Afrika, mit ungeahnten Folgen. Begleiten Sie Marc Molar bei seiner erotischen Lebens- und Liebesgeschichte. Wenn ich Sekt getrunken habe sage ich immer, was ich denke und werde so hemmungslos.Hemmungslos, klingt viel versprechend, erwidert seine neue Chefin. Mit 44 Jahren ist Marc Molar mittlerweile Abteilungsleiter in einem Modehaus in D sseldorf. Unerwartet steht er vor einer Situation, von der er oft getr umt hatte. Aus Liebe zu seiner Frau hatte er nie diese erotische Grenze berschritten und den Fluch unterdr ckt. Sollte er jetzt seiner inneren Stimme Folge leisten? Marc sieht sich in seiner Theorie, dass Frauen erst ab 30 f r wahre Leidenschaft und Erotik empf nglich sind, best tigt. Sein neues "Ich" w chst nicht nur in Sachen Liebesleben ber sich hinaus, sondern beschwingt ihn, die Modewelt zu ver ndern. Endlich kann er etwas gegen den allt glichen Shopping-GAU bewirken, den jede normale Frau erlebt. Die Damenwelt und sein Chef sind von dem Konzept begeistert. Marc tritt eine Reise nach Afrika an, mit ungeahnten Folgen.
Boomerang Ethics

Boomerang Ethics

Joseph Mensah; Christopher J. Williams

Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
2017
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The fact that racism has adverse effects on Blacks and other minorities is obvious. But what is not so obvious are the hidden impacts of racism on all members of society, including white people.Joseph Mensah and Christopher J. Williams argue that ethics of altruism and social justice are inadequate to curb racism because they neglect the impact of racism on whites. Just like a boomerang, acts of hatred and racism against people of colour and even unsolicited and sometimes unconscious exertions of white privilege ultimately come back to harm almost everyone in society.Timely and incredibly important, Boomerang Ethics is a much-needed resource in the fight against racism because it does not gloss over the self-interests of members of the privileged, who ultimately have the power to help alleviate racism.
Synergieeffekte und Integration bei Mergers & Acquisitions

Synergieeffekte und Integration bei Mergers & Acquisitions

Georg Christoph Böcker

Diplomica Verlag
2011
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Im Zusammenhang mit M&A- Transaktionen stellt sich wiederkehrend ein und dieselbe Frage: Welche Vorteile versprechen sich die verantwortlichen Manager aus ihrer Strategie des externen Unternehmenswachstums durch M&A- Transaktionen? Ein hierbei stets genanntes Motiv lautet potentielle Synergien, d.h. dass man sich durch die M&A- Transaktion erfolgsrelevante Wertsteigerungspotenziale verspricht. Es wird davon ausgegangen, dass die sich zusammenschlie enden Unternehmen diese im Stand-Alone Szenario nicht realisieren k nnen. Das Buch erl utert die synergetische Wirkung von M&A- Transaktionen anhand zusammenschlussbedingter Effizienzvorteile und pr zisiert diese durch konomische Konzepte. Weiterhin liefert es Erkl rungen zu Kausalzusammenh ngen von Synergien und illustriert Beispiele aus der Automobilindustrie. Jedoch handeln Manager nicht immer im Sinne der Shareholder und einer konomischen Wertsteigerung, sondern verfolgen pers nliche Ziele wie Machtgewinn, die als Managementmotive benannt und erl utert werden. Das Buch gibt eine bersicht ber den vollst ndigen M&A- Prozess, erl utert die Auswirkungen der einzelnen Phasen des Prozesses auf die Synergiegewinnung, und illustriert diese schlie lich in jedem Kapitel mit Fallbeispielen von M&A- Transaktionen aus der Automobilindustrie. Veranschaulicht wird der Prozess beginnend mit der Due Diligence (DD). Zentrales Ziel ist die Beschaffung aller zur Bewertung notwendigen Informationen, sowie das Aufdecken von Synergiepotenzialen und Akquisitionsrisiken. Des Weiteren wird die Kaufpreisfindung bzw. der Kaufpreis beleuchtet, da dieser u erst erfolgsrelevant ist und bestimmt, inwiefern Synergiepotenziale bereits abgegolten wurden und nicht mehr zur Wertsteigerung zur Verf gung stehen. Um eine Preisspanne festzulegen, flie en die aus der DD gewonnenen Informationen um diese in eine Unternehmensbewertung ein. Das zur Unternehmensbewertung vorgestellte Verfahren stellt auf die Discounted Cash Flow- Methode ab, da diese am bes
Christopher

Christopher

Rwg

Rwg Publishing
2019
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College rule (also known as medium ruled paper) is the most common lined paper in use in the United States. It is generally used in middle school through to college and is also popular with adults. This is a good choice for teen or adult notebooks and composition books (known as exercise books outside the US).