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In this fascinating account of the way in which we understand music, Laird Addis builds on the idea, first articulated by Susanne Langer, that passages of music symbolize emotions and other conscious states. He maintains that the unique bond joining music and feelings is based on a previously unnoticed affinity between consciousness and sound. Addis combines a scholar's insight with a musician's sensibility to make an engaging and convincing statement that will help readers comprehend music's importance in human affairs.
Originally published in 1949, TO HELL AND BACK was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion picture starring Audie Murphy as himself. More than fifty years later, this classic wartime memoir is just as gripping as it was then. Desperate to see action but rejected by both marines and paratroopers because he was too short, Murphy eventually found a home with the infantry. He fought through campaigns in Sicily, France and Germany. Although still under twenty-one years old on V-E Day, he was credited with having killed, captured or wounded 240 Germans. He emerged from the war as America's most decorated soldier, having received twenty-one medals, including America's highest military decoration, the congressional Medal of Honour. TO HELL AND BACK is a powerfully real portrayal of American GI's at war.
Discusses how the course of journalism and the rise of sensational journalism evolved due to two major trials during the 1830s and 1840s.
Thomas Jefferson's ideas on education evolved over sixty years - from his adolescent years at The College of William and Mary, through the Revolution and election of 1800, to his death in 1826. In 1776, he saw public education as the cornerstone of Virginia's revolution and hoped it would help destroy aristocratic and denominational privilege, create opportunities based on merit, foster humanism and encourage the political awareness necessary for a republican society. Though limited to white males, public education was a progressive idea for its time. All his bills failed. Even though Jefferson's own machinations stymied bills for a statewide system in the 1810s, the -hobby of his old age-, the University of Virginia, opened in 1825." Jefferson's Vision for Education, 1760-1845" examines why Jefferson subverted the democratic spirit of his early plans, and how well other political and religious dimensions of his vision materialized at the University of Virginia during its first twenty years."
Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas, guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding material. Ludwig Wittgenstein is one of the most influential twentieth century philosophers with his ideas occupying a central place in the history and study of modern philosophy. Students will inevitably encounter his major contributions to the philosophies of language, mind, logic and mathematics. However, there is no escaping the extent of the challenge posed by Wittgenstein whose complex ideas are often enigmatically expressed. Wittgenstein: A Guide for the Perplexed is an authoritative, comprehensive and lucid commentary on the philosophy of this eminent modern thinker. It offers sound guidance to reading Wittgenstein and a valuable methodology for interpreting his works. The illuminating text covers the entirety of Wittgenstein's thought, examining the relationship between the early, middle and late periods of his philosophy. Detailed attention is paid to Wittgenstein's great works the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigations, as well as to other published writings. Valuably, the guide also covers ground not commonly explored in studies of Wittgenstein, including his contributions to aesthetics and philosophy of religion. This is the most thorough and fully engaged account of Wittgenstein available - an invaluable resource for students and anyone interested in philosophy and modern intellectual history.
Wittgenstein: A Guide for the Perplexed
Mark Addis
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
2006
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Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas, guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding material. Ludwig Wittgenstein is one of the most influential twentieth century philosophers with his ideas occupying a central place in the history and study of modern philosophy. Students will inevitably encounter his major contributions to the philosophies of language, mind, logic and mathematics. However, there is no escaping the extent of the challenge posed by Wittgenstein whose complex ideas are often enigmatically expressed. Wittgenstein: A Guide for the Perplexed is an authoritative, comprehensive and lucid commentary on the philosophy of this eminent modern thinker. It offers sound guidance to reading Wittgenstein and a valuable methodology for interpreting his works. The illuminating text covers the entirety of Wittgenstein's thought, examining the relationship between the early, middle and late periods of his philosophy. Detailed attention is paid to Wittgenstein's great works the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigations, as well as to other published writings. Valuably, the guide also covers ground not commonly explored in studies of Wittgenstein, including his contributions to aesthetics and philosophy of religion. This is the most thorough and fully engaged account of Wittgenstein available - an invaluable resource for students and anyone interested in philosophy and modern intellectual history.
First class postage rates have risen from six cents in 1971 to 25 cents in 1988. This rapid increase might be justifiable if service had improved commen-surately, but in fact postal service has steadily deteriorated. The Postal Service concedes that it takes ten percent longer to deliver a first class letter than it did in the 1960s, and one recent postmaster general admits that delivery may have been more reliable in the 1920s. In this volume, Adie reviews the failures of the U.S. Postal Service - an inability to innovate, soaring labor costs, huge deficits, chronic inefficiency, and declining service standards. He blames most of these problems on the postal service's monopoly status. Competition produces efficiency and innovation; monopoly breeds inefficiency, high costs and stagnation. He also examines the experiences of other countries and other industries that may be valuable in prescribing reform for the postal service. The breakup of AT&T provides lessons that may be applied to postal reform. The long-run effects of deregulation on the airline industry are also examined. Since the postal service has serious union problems, Adie looks at the air traffic controllers' strike and other evidence on pay and labor relations in government unions. Finally, Adie examines the experiences of Canada and Great Britain with privatization of government companies. He then offers a comprehensive - and controversial - reform plan for the U.S. Postal Service, with no further monopoly privileges or taxpayer subsidies. He argues that private companies should be free to compete with the Postal Service, and it, in turn, should be free to compete in all phases of the communications business. Without privatization and deregulation, the Postal Service is doomed to continuing inefficiency, rising costs, worsening labor relations, and an increasing loss of customers to more innovative and efficient service providers. Competition would give the Postal Service a chance to enter the 21st century as a modern, efficient company. It would also give American consumers a chance to have the kind of mail service that a modern economy demands.
First class postage rates have risen from six cents in 1971 to 25 cents in 1988. This rapid increase might be justifiable if service had improved commen-surately, but in fact postal service has steadily deteriorated. The Postal Service concedes that it takes ten percent longer to deliver a first class letter than it did in the 1960s, and one recent postmaster general admits that delivery may have been more reliable in the 1920s. In this volume, Adie reviews the failures of the U.S. Postal Service - an inability to innovate, soaring labor costs, huge deficits, chronic inefficiency, and declining service standards. He blames most of these problems on the postal service's monopoly status. Competition produces efficiency and innovation; monopoly breeds inefficiency, high costs and stagnation. He also examines the experiences of other countries and other industries that may be valuable in prescribing reform for the postal service. The breakup of AT&T provides lessons that may be applied to postal reform. The long-run effects of deregulation on the airline industry are also examined. Since the postal service has serious union problems, Adie looks at the air traffic controllers' strike and other evidence on pay and labor relations in government unions. Finally, Adie examines the experiences of Canada and Great Britain with privatization of government companies. He then offers a comprehensive - and controversial - reform plan for the U.S. Postal Service, with no further monopoly privileges or taxpayer subsidies. He argues that private companies should be free to compete with the Postal Service, and it, in turn, should be free to compete in all phases of the communications business. Without privatization and deregulation, the Postal Service is doomed to continuing inefficiency, rising costs, worsening labor relations, and an increasing loss of customers to more innovative and efficient service providers. Competition would give the Postal Service a chance to enter the 21st century as a modern, efficient company. It would also give American consumers a chance to have the kind of mail service that a modern economy demands.
Showing that Muslim societies are facing a crisis that is more cultural than religious, this book focuses on cultural representations through which social life is experienced in the Muslim world. It brings a new theoretical framework to address the secularization process that is underway and the contradictions it entails.This volume will arouse a new debate on secularization and the relations between religion, culture and philosophy. The crisis Muslim societies are undergoing pertains to the culture and not to the Qur’an to the extent that people do not have access to the sacred in itself but only for oneself, meaning a cultural interpretation of the sacred. The Qur’an in itself is not an obstacle to secularization and modernization since any sacred text is experienced through culture. If we consider the European experience where secularization has first emerged, we see that culture has been transformed from medieval metaphysics to modern philosophy upholding a civic culture.Discussing secularization through cultural representation, this book launches new ideas that fill an important gap in the literature on secularization. It is a key resource for any readers interested in religious studies, philosophy and the anthropology of religion.
Showing that Muslim societies are facing a crisis that is more cultural than religious, this book focuses on cultural representations through which social life is experienced in the Muslim world. It brings a new theoretical framework to address the secularization process that is underway and the contradictions it entails.This volume will arouse a new debate on secularization and the relations between religion, culture and philosophy. The crisis Muslim societies are undergoing pertains to the culture and not to the Qur’an to the extent that people do not have access to the sacred in itself but only for oneself, meaning a cultural interpretation of the sacred. The Qur’an in itself is not an obstacle to secularization and modernization since any sacred text is experienced through culture. If we consider the European experience where secularization has first emerged, we see that culture has been transformed from medieval metaphysics to modern philosophy upholding a civic culture.Discussing secularization through cultural representation, this book launches new ideas that fill an important gap in the literature on secularization. It is a key resource for any readers interested in religious studies, philosophy and the anthropology of religion.
This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the phenomenon of World Heritage tourism through a critical, global perspective that encompasses both supply and demand.Individual chapters critically engage with four main topics crucial to this subject area. A chapter on visitors defines the World Heritage tourist segment, highlighting on-site behavior and visitor needs. Building on this, a marketing chapter questions the functionality of the World Heritage brand as a tourist attractor and instead argues that tourist growth is due to effective marketing following World Heritage inscription. The third chapter presents a holistic management framework centred on planning, place, and people, while the concluding chapter situates World Heritage tourism in a global context, discussing threats such as climate change. International case studies from a wide variety of both natural and cultural sites provide a representative discussion of the topic across varying geographical, political, and cultural contexts. This will be of great interest to upper-level students, researchers, and academics in the fields of tourism, heritage studies, and geography, as well as practitioners in these fields who wish to better understand the crucial interplay of these areas.
10 of 10 people who see my work don't know they're looking at (or hearing) it: Inspirational Speeches, Articles, Headlines, Decks and Captions that sell or fail to sell, convince or fail to convince, unite or divide: a million words of total copy, 200,000 words of speech SOTU is about 6,500] from funerals to fundraisers, celebrations to ceremonies, awkward moments to trying times.You have to come to tears literally before you can bring an audience some places - despite the volatile dynamic that exists only when people are together.You have to understanding and impact your own world so dramatically in the process of writing, to enable yourself to do the same for an audience. There are places you go you never knew existed; depths of emotion you didn't know could be felt let alone put into words.In the course of life I've worked to understand the human condition. I've filled napkins and notepads for parts of five years with these random thoughts and aspects of mind-numbing, stare-at-a-wall-for-hours problems of my own, my audiences, my friends.So this book, if I've done it right, is the essence of two decades of the above.In about 45 pages - not the story of the above, but the advices gleaned; part inspirational, mostly practical.Square Zero is a book not in which to lose yourself, but to find yourself. It begs for a thoughtful read. It calls for action. It points a way but doesn't cut a path. It invites you to "Fire " but asks you to decide at what. Square Zero suggests practical actions you can take to change life for the better.
Lady walks into a bar. Dimly lit, low-hanging smoke clouds, stale air. Says, "Can I get a drink?" Barista says "Sure." Hint of a smile on his small face. "On the house," he says. // What's captured him? Why do we work for some people and want only a pay check, where from others we want recognition and appreciation and encouragement? Why do we accept or offer advice to or from some people where for others we won't give or take the time of day? // Charisma. // Acknowledgment and accolade are incredibly fundamental drives behind motivation. These are deep and visceral and intellectual pulls.... // We want our names etched on trophies and plaques and into parapets and walls; we want letters of recommendation, certification and commendation; we will live for medallions and die for medals and our gift for life itself is a large slab of hot stone etched into with nice Roman letters that tell tomorrow that once there was this girl here and she mattered, she counted. We were very lucky to have her. // Ability is a flea in a jar. // Put a glass slide above it long enough and it forgets how high it can jump. Light a fire beneath it and, oh, how it soars. // You limit yourself tremendously by not creating your own demanding environment. You complain about others' rules and regulations and pushing you too hard for too little pay. // I think they get at you so much because they remind you how little drive you have on your own. // You're telling me you have an income source? // Oh I know you work damn hard, don't hate me for asking. You've lived 21, 32 years-plus most of you, and 11,680 days later, the result of 280,320 hours of your existence is that you have found a single thing that you're good enough at to demand an income for? // You're better than that. Much better. // When last did you test your own limit, your own breaking point if it exists? // How many days exactly can you go without sleep? How many miles can you run before you collapse in pain? How many words can you put on a page per minute? // Or do you not know these things? // Are you a professional athlete, writer, broker or tradesman who doesn't know his baseline output so he can improve it constantly. // Better data, better organization, better focus. Better, better, better. Faster, stronger, further. Less time, more result. //// Does it ever strike you that the world's best golfer is black, our best rapper is white and the best speeches of all time were written by non-professional writers? Gettysburg Address; Lincoln, 1863. Three paragraphs, 272 words. "The Speech;" General Patton, 1944. // That we have 71 billionaires...under the age of 40. Seventy-one. Or that once there was a woman who subsisted on state benefits alone but who today is the first billionaire-by-book-writing. Do these things ever strike you? // These people, do they get a different level of pressure than the rest of us that turned them out as diamonds? Was there some unbearable burden they were sentenced to tolerate? Yes, they do. Yes, there was. And it came from within. // Good helps us determine and isolate bad, riches show us what poverty is, pain shows us why we prefer pleasure, leaders show us who follows. Everything is relative to everything else. // In jure omnis definitio periculosa est. In law every definition is dangerous. Special words derogate from general ones. / 1. Elect the Enemy. / 2. Announce the Impossible./ 5. Paint Us a Better Picture. / 7. Keep a Cadence. / 9. Bear a Flag (It's called a 'Standard') / 10. Build a Library... // BONUS TIPS: 11. Attack is always attempted redefinition. // 13. Definition is to story as chorus is to song.
Memoire Or Detailed Statement Of The Origin And Progress Of The Irish Union
Thomas Addis Emmet; Arthur O'Connor; William James McNeven
KESSINGER PUBLISHING CO
2009
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