This intriguing work deals with the plight of the alienated individual, estranged from humanity and the surrounding world. It examines such questions as: Why do writers like Kafka, Thomas Wolfe, Rilke, and the existential philosophers, who portray the individual as a stranger in the world, have such a strong appeal? Is estrangement limited to individual cases or has it become a universal fate? Is alienation a consequence of the triumph of the machine? Is it characteristic of the human condition, or is it a specific development of modern society? Should humanity resign itself to alienation, or can it be overcome, conquered?
This volume examines the roots of economic and social human rights in the Enlightenment thinking of Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Kant. The author observes how these thinkers' ideas on such topics have been neglected since the nineteenth century and discusses such hotly-debated issues as ownership of the product of labour, strikes and lockouts in light of these ideas. He concludes that it is vital for the Single Market to extend beyond human rights to the social and economic spheres, going beyond the terms of the Maasrticht Treaty.
This translation of a 1982 volume published in Bern (Paul Haupt Verlag) by a Swiss theologian with a longstanding interest in dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity features an examination of the Kyoto school of Japanese philosophers who attempted to engage with both Christianity and secular Wes
A widely used classroom text this is a collection of essays on organizational behavior and the social and psychological processes involved in changing it. A lively, and humorous account of what [Steele] feels, based on his own and his colleagues' experiences are the key elements in the consulting function. In essence he believes that 'learning [on the part of both consultant and client] is an essential input to consulting, and that play he includes among his 'references' works by Marjorie Allingham and Ngaio Marsh as well as works by Argyris and Bennis. Recommended for business collections and a must for anyone who is involved in consulting.
When the original edition was first published in 1963, Machlip observed ' I hope that the availibility of this collection will dispel semantic and concpetual; fog and allow greather visibility...'. The work is divided into five sections with a new essay in this edition on 'Are the Social Sciences Really Inferior?' There is also a new introduction by Mark Perlman, University Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh.
Years after the death of his father--who in the 1970s sacrificed everything in pursuit of his ideals, and joined the underground guerilla army in Mexico--the narrator and his younger brother try to piece together the fragments of their family history. The narration takes us through a wrenching journey of reconstructing past and memory, family love and abandonment, all amidst the historical moment of dirty war.Fritz Glockner takes us into the astonishing testimony of a family touched by the dirty war, and their moving relationship with a father who is gone, then tortured and imprisoned, then freed and finally assassinated. Returning from the Underground is a profound reflection about love and forgiveness, that brings together the virtues of testimony and, at the same time, it enters into the very conflictive field of family love, father-son relationships and more importantly, relationships of absence, identity and loss.Above all, this novel is an indirect story, a testimony, that allows readers to learn a bit about the Mexican dirty war of the 1970s. It gives a voice to a history seldom spoken about: a horrifying dirty war that brought a few hundred idealists to the urgent decision of having to change the course of a nation in the quickest and most desperate way. This, in the face of a system with a great capacity for evil; a repressive system capable of torture, assassinations, the shooting at cribs and the killing innocence in its sleep. The full story of this historical period has not been told. It's a story to which, it seems, the nation has applied self-censorship. It is a story that awaits for the day when criminals can be brought to trial for their crimes.
'Ten Years Behind the Mast' highlights a ten year circumnavigation in a 35 ft. classic wooden cutter. From shark attacks and hundred foot waves to Africa's Okavango Swamp and the Australian Outback, Fritz Damler's decade at sea has it all: Discovery. Heartache. Misadventure. Salt.
In 1947, a near-Earth supernova's wavefront washes the solar system with cosmic radiation. Thirty seven years later, high school freshman Michael Gurick's father is killed combating cyborg supervillains. With a little help from his friends, Michael takes up his father's super-identity to seek justice against the cyborgs who killed his father-or will it be revenge? "Taking a page from Robert Heinlein's classic juvenile novels, Dispensing Justice is a story set in a science fiction/superhero universe and features a clique of smart and likeable teenagers grappling with complex (adult) issues." - Eric Searleman After witnessing his superhero father death at the hands of four cyborg supervillains, Michael has sworn to bring his father's killers to justice. If fitting into his father's battlesuit isn't problem enough, Michael must survive one friend's wanna-be ninja younger siblings and another friend's developing telekinetic powers. Then there's his mother's obsession with cleaning the house over and over, a shape-shifting government agent, and, oh yeah, his high school grades. They keep threatening to move into A] territory, bringing unwanted attention when he just wants to assemble enough weapons to take down four killer cyborgs. Dispensing Justice is the first book of Nova Genesis World, a science fiction superhero series set in an alternate 1980s.
The first book, The Chosen One, charts the covertly trained existence of Chris Gates from his planned birth in 1966 to adulthood ... his life on Earth guided, shaped, and rescued by "those who have watched over us". After he is extracted in 2012, Gates finds himself responsible for saving all of mankind as well.The second book in the series reveals Gates' trials and journeys after arriving on Terlokya. While training and remaking him into the most powerful human ever, his trainers become his crewmates ... the beautiful Zenta, who falls in love with him ... Xander, who strives to be his best friend ... Ian, the synthetic of his best friend on Earth, all believe in him and would follow him into a fire. And they do.Juvenisized to be twenty years younger, Chris faces conspirators who forge against the Savior Project in belief that Earthlings are weak. Sabotage causes his advanced fighter, the JOKR, to end up in a remote solar system ... marooned.
Lost and seemingly marooned forever, what does Chris do now? Who did this to them and why? He is responsible for the lives and the future of his crew. Isolated now with the beautiful Zenta constantly by his side, what does he do with his feelings for her? All lives change dramatically in the third book ...ARUNDA... book three from the series ...The Savior Project "The Savior Project Series is fast paced and full of surprises. A fantastic Sci-Fi adventure that kept me mesmerized throughout the entire series. The perfect dose of dialogue and the right amount of narrative immersed me into the detailed world that this author created. This book definitely left me wanting more " - April M. Reign, best selling Sci Fi and romance author of the Hash Series, Dividing Destiny, The Mancini Saga, and many more, Southern California."Franke has the ability to transport your mind to another place and make you want to go all in with every fascinating detail. His unique and cleverly crafted series is definitely a page turner but it also makes you want to slow down and savor the ride. It is the perfect way for your brain to binge on something tantalizing." - Mark J. Novota, Managing Partner of the five star Wequassett Resort and Golf Club, Cape Cod, MA.
The Bisexual Option explores bisexuality, explains the bisexual, and explodes myths surrounding this large "unseen" segment of the population. Now in its second edition, this intriguing book gives an overview of bisexuality. As there is still no book that covers the subject like this one, it is must reading for establishing a contemporary view of bisexuality and those committed to a bisexual lifestyle. Fritz Klein, an experienced psychiatrist and expert in bisexuality and sexual orientation, explains the concept and the variables of sexual orientation and where bisexuality fits. He covers many subjects in the book including: - myths of bisexual nonexistence and the "either/or" dilemma - intimacy, both emotional and sexual - an explanation of bisexuality and the Oedipus Complex - definitions and examples of the healthy and troubled bisexual - major sociological findings about bisexuality - the bisexual in history - the bisexual as depicted in the arts - factors that will influence bisexuality in the future The book helps readers understand where they fit on the sexual orientation continuum. The Bisexual Option aids in explaining who bisexuals are and why they have problems in heterosexual as well as homosexual societies and shows bisexuals that they are not alone. Even helping professionals will find information on this "invisible" but large segment of the population. A variety of readers will want to read The Bisexual Option including the bisexual community and individual bisexuals, the homosexual communities which include many bisexuals, mental health practitioners, psychologists, both students and professionals, university students, married partners of bisexuals, HIV/AIDS workers who wish to become acquainted with how bisexuality affects the risk to the heterosexual community, sexologists, and researchers.
La Opci n Bisexual explora la bisexualidad, explica el bisexual, y explota los mitos que rodean a este gran "invisible" segmento de la poblaci n. Ahora, en su segunda edici n, este libro intrigante ofrece una visi n de conjunto de la bisexualidad. Como todav a no existe un libro que aborda el tema como ste, es una lectura obligatoria para el establecimiento de una visi n contempor nea de la bisexualidad y aquellos comprometidos con un estilo de vida bisexual. Fritz Klein, un psiquiatra experimentado y experto en la bisexualidad y la orientaci n sexual, explica el concepto y las variables de la orientaci n sexual y la bisexualidad donde encaja.
