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Modernizing the Mind

Author : Steven C. Ward
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313012202
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Modernizing the Mind written by Steven C. Ward and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-09-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When did fidgety children begin to suffer from attention deficit disorder? How did frightened people come to be called paranoid? Why are we considered to have emotional intelligence and not simply caring personalities? While psychological knowledge began in the relative isolation of laboratories and universities, it has since permeated various professions, institutions, and everyday life. Society and our conceptions of self have fundamentally changed with psychology's modernization of the mind. Ward provides a social and cultural history of the spread of psychological knowledge, assessing the way this proliferation has reconfigured society's meaning, and the way people view themselves and others. Using ideas borrowed from science and technology studies, the sociology of culture, and the sociology of organizations, Ward examines how American psychology established itself as the central purveyor of truth about the mind and self in the 20th century. He examines how psychology has essentially become common knowledge, and his innovative account offers a novel theory about the growth and influence of numerous different knowledge forms.

Modernizing China

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004474935
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Modernizing China written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of ten essays on Modernizing China discusses crucial issues on: China's economic policies, State-Church relationship, environmental problems, the Four Modernizations, the role of new economic zones, China's perception of external threats, the role of intellectuals, the status of art policy, and the rights of women in society. These essays examine changes taking place in modern China. Will these changes lead to a pluralistic, less-oppressive open society or will they strengthen the hardliners in consolidating their power? What about the future of China after Deng? The volume attempts to generate intellectual debate on these issues. Contributors are Cheryl L. Brown, Paul Chao, Chu-Yuan Cheng, NarNarayan Das, Steven Haverkamp, Ouyang Kang, Arthur Mu-sen Kao, James T. Myers, Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi, Ranbir Vohra, and Taifa Yu.

Modernizing Minds in El Salvador

Author : Héctor Lindo-Fuentes
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 082635081X
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Modernizing Minds in El Salvador written by Héctor Lindo-Fuentes and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1960s and 1970s, El Salvador's reigning military regime instituted a series of reforms that sought to modernize the country and undermine ideological radicalism, the most ambitious of which was an education initiative. It was multifaceted, but its most controversial component was the use of televisions in classrooms. Launched in 1968 and lasting until the eve of civil war in the late 1970s, the reform resulted in students receiving instruction through programs broadcast from the capital city of San Salvador. The Salvadoran teachers' union opposed the content and the method of the reform and launched two massive strikes. The military regime answered with repressive violence, further alienating educators and pushing many of them into guerrilla fronts. In this thoughtful collaborative study, the authors examine the processes by which education reform became entwined in debates over theories of modernization and the politics of anticommunism. Further analysis examines how the movement pushed the country into the type of brutal infighting that was taking place throughout the third world as the U.S. and U.S.S.R. struggled to impose their political philosophies on developing countries.

The Making of the Modern Mind

Author : John Herman Randall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of the Modern Mind written by John Herman Randall and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modernizing Aristotle's Ethics

Author : Roger Bissell
Publisher : Ethics International Press
ISBN 13 : 1804411639
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Modernizing Aristotle's Ethics written by Roger Bissell and published by Ethics International Press. This book was released on 2023-10-09 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2,300 years ago, the Ancient Greeks gave us philosophy—the love of wisdom. From Socrates and Epicurus to Plato and Aristotle, they grappled with the big questions—who are we? Why are we here? What is a good life? How should we lead our life? Later, the natural sciences split away from philosophy, and then the humanities did as well, and fragmented into separate disciplines, all of which tell us something about human nature—the universal, the culture-specific, and the individuated. This ongoing process was also forwarded by supporters of Aristotle’s worldview, most notably, Thomas Aquinas and Ayn Rand, and we see much value in their neo-Aristotelian philosophies, too. In the light of all that that the new sciences and more recent philosophers tell us about human nature and ethics, is there a case for modernizing Aristotle (and thinkers like Aquinas and Rand, as well), as against starting afresh? We think so. The theme of this book is to arrive at a highly practical, “neo-Aristotelian” framework to facilitate creating a meaningful life and self-actualization (and thereby flourishing and happiness) by linking ethics (as an “ought”) with the empirical sciences (that provide the “is”). A modernized ethic can be created using current scientific knowledge, and is also made easier in application, by specifying the psychological nature of the human (the internal, or the ontology of the modern human), and delineating that which is universal, from that which can be individualized.

The New Brain

Author : Richard Restak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Brain written by Richard Restak and published by . This book was released on 2003-08-23 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A preeminent brain expert and bestselling author takes readers into the fascinating world of the brain and shows how cell phones, laptops, violence on TV, MTV, and the Internet have actually sped up an evolution of the human brain that indeed may be irrevocable.

Taiwan's Modernization

Author : Wei-Bin Zhang
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814486132
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Taiwan's Modernization written by Wei-Bin Zhang and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003-07-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is part of a broad examination of Confucianism and its implications for modernization of the Confucian regions (covering mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and Singapore). It is mainly concerned with the industrialization and modernization of Taiwan. To help readers understand the process of modernization, the book provides an introduction to the history of Taiwan and to Confucianism and its modern implications. As far as social and economic principles are concerned, Taiwan's modernization is, according to the author, characterized by Americanization and modernizing Confucian manifestations. The book demonstrates that Taiwan has actually provided an important case study not only for the capitalist spirit of overseas Chinese, but also for possible implications of Confucianism for modernization. The unique character of this book is that in explaining Taiwan's modernization, it deals not only with economic and social issues, but also examines the philosophical foundations, an endeavor which no other author has systematically made before. Contents: History Before 1945Government and DemocratizationEducation, Science, and TechnologyThe Economic MiracleUncertain Future Readership: Researchers and graduates interested in Taiwan's history, industrialization and democratization, as well as the modernization of the Chinese. Keywords:Taiwan's Modernization;Americanization;Taiwan and Mainland China;Confucianism;Democratization in Taiwan

The Peril of Modernizing Jesus

Author : Henry J. Cadbury
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1556351453
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book The Peril of Modernizing Jesus written by Henry J. Cadbury and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the dean of Luke-Acts studies in America, Henry J. Cadbury also wrote ground-breaking treatments of Jesus and early Christianity. In 'The Peril of Modernizing Jesus', Cadbury helps us consider the Jesus of his day rather than the Jesus of our making. Subjects covered in this book include the following: - anachronism in thinking about Jesus - the cause and cure of modernism - the Jewishness of the Gospels - Jesus and the mentality of our age - limitations of Jesus's social teachings - purpose, aim, and motive in Jesus - the religion of Jesus

The Homeless Mind

Author : Peter Ludwig Berger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Homeless Mind written by Peter Ludwig Berger and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Routledge Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature

Author : Ming Dong Gu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317236696
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature written by Ming Dong Gu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature presents a comprehensive overview of Chinese literature from the 1910s to the present day. Featuring detailed studies of selected masterpieces, it adopts a thematic-comparative approach. By developing an innovative conceptual framework predicated on a new theory of periodization, it thus situates Chinese literature in the context of world literature, and the forces of globalization. Each section consists of a series of contributions examining the major literary genres, including fiction, poetry, essay drama and film. Offering an exciting account of the century-long process of literary modernization in China, the handbook’s themes include: Modernization of people and writing Realism, rmanticism and mdernist asthetics Chinese literature on the stage and screen Patriotism, war and revolution Feminism, liberalism and socialism Literature of reform, reflection and experimentation Literature of Taiwan, Hong Kong and new media This handbook provides an integration of biographical narrative with textual analysis, maintaining a subtle balance between comprehensive overview and in-depth examination. As such, it is an essential reference guide for all students and scholars of Chinese literature.

Doctor Steel

Author : J.J. Irani
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9357087680
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Doctor Steel written by J.J. Irani and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2023-10-30 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1980s, the steel produced in India was not cost-effective, plagued by quality issues and unable to meet the standards required to take India a step ahead in its development goals. Enter J.J. Irani, fondly known as 'Doc' to all. It was his efforts at modernizing Tata Steel that changed all this. Today, Tata steel produces low-cost, high-quality metal of international standards. Under his leadership, Tata Steel ushered India into a new age of economic growth. His story doesn't end there, however. A leading industrialist, J.J. Irani was keenly involved in the 1990s economic liberalization that put India on the global map. He held positions on various Tata boards, the Confederation of Indian Industry and various other government-appointed committees. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan and an honorary knighthood by the British government for his work. Behind this formidable exterior was a man with a big heart and a fondness for life. He was a man of integrity and conviction, devoted to Tata Steel and the people there. The chapters that make up Doctor Steel, dictated by Irani in the months before his passing, look back at this journey.

Soul Machine: The Invention of the Modern Mind

Author : George Makari
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393248690
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Soul Machine: The Invention of the Modern Mind written by George Makari and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant and comprehensive history of the creation of the modern Western mind. Soul Machine takes us back to the origins of modernity, a time when a crisis in religious authority and the scientific revolution led to searching questions about the nature of human inner life. This is the story of how a new concept—the mind—emerged as a potential solution, one that was part soul and part machine, but fully neither. In this groundbreaking work, award-winning historian George Makari shows how writers, philosophers, physicians, and anatomists worked to construct notions of the mind as not an ethereal thing, but a natural one. From the ascent of Oliver Cromwell to the fall of Napoleon, seminal thinkers like Hobbes, Locke, Diderot, and Kant worked alongside often-forgotten brain specialists, physiologists, and alienists in the hopes of mapping the inner world. Conducted in a cauldron of political turmoil, these frequently shocking, always embattled efforts would give rise to psychiatry, mind sciences such as phrenology, and radically new visions of the self. Further, they would be crucial to the establishment of secular ethics and political liberalism. Boldly original, wide-ranging, and brilliantly synthetic, Soul Machine gives us a masterful, new account of the making of the modern Western mind.

The Homeless Mind

Author : Peter L. Berger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140218343
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book The Homeless Mind written by Peter L. Berger and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Making of Modern Mind

Author : Leonard Carmichael
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Making of Modern Mind written by Leonard Carmichael and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modernizing George Eliot

Author : K.M. Newton
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1849664994
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book Modernizing George Eliot written by K.M. Newton and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Eliot's work has been subject to a wide range of critical questioning, most of which relates her substantially to a Victorian context and intellectual framework. This book examines the ways in which her work anticipates significant aspects of writing in the twentieth and indeed twenty first century in regard to both art and philosophy. This new book presents a series of linked essays exploring Eliot's credentials as a radical thinker. Opening with her relationship to the Romantic tradition, Newton goes on to discuss her reading of Darwinism, her radical critique of Victorian values and her affiliation with the modernists. The final essays discuss her work in relation to Derridean themes and to Bernard Williams' concept of moral luck. What emerges is a very different Eliot from the conservative figure portrayed in much critical literature.

The Making of the Modern Mind

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of the Modern Mind written by and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Peter Berger on Modernization and Modernity

Author : Robert Bickel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351618911
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Peter Berger on Modernization and Modernity written by Robert Bickel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With particular attention to his work on modernization and modernity as construed by a sociologist of knowledge, this book offers a sympathetic exposition and evaluation of Peter Berger’s work as one of the world’s most accomplished and influential sociologists. In the context of an examination of Berger’s ongoing work on the social construction of reality, styles of consciousness, the role of science-based technology, pluralism, and other pertinent topics, the author also considers Berger’s unique and thoughtful approach to research and theorizing. Berger’s method of ‘sociological tourism’, which departs sharply from the current emphasis in the social sciences on ever more complex and ostensibly rigorous statistical procedures, provides a refreshing move away from the increasingly esoteric and sometimes alienating methodological self-consciousness that characterizes contemporary sociology. With this distinctive approach, this book will appeal to scholars and students of sociology who share Berger’s interest. The importance of modernization and modernity on a world scale is undeniable, and a deeper understanding of their nature and consequences, will also benefit members of the intelligent laity who are not sociological specialists but are open to new ideas that are clearly explained.