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The Four Realms of Existence

Author : Joseph E. LeDoux
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674294661
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The Four Realms of Existence written by Joseph E. LeDoux and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world’s leading experts on mind and brain takes us on an expedition that reveals a new view of what makes us who we are. Humans have long thought of their bodies and minds as separate spheres of existence. The body is physical—the source of aches and pains. But the mind is mental; it perceives, remembers, believes, feels, and imagines. Although modern science has largely eliminated this mind-body dualism, people still tend to imagine their minds as separate from their physical being. Even in research, the notion of the “self” as somehow distinct from the rest of the organism persists. Joseph LeDoux argues that we have hit an epistemological wall—that ideas like the self are increasingly barriers to discovery and understanding. He offers a new framework of who we are, theorizing four realms of existence—bodily, neural, cognitive, and conscious. The biological realm makes life possible. Hence, every living thing exists biologically. Animals, uniquely, supplement biological existence with a nervous system. This neural component enables them to control their bodies with speed and precision unseen in other forms of life. Some animals with nervous systems possess a cognitive realm, which allows the creation of internal representations of the world around them. These mental models are used to control a wide range of behaviors. Finally, the conscious realm allows its possessors to have inner experiences of, and thoughts about, the world. Together, LeDoux shows, these four realms make humans who and what we are. They cooperate continuously and underlie our capacity to live and experience ourselves as beings with a past, present, and future. The result, LeDoux shows, is not a self but an “ensemble of being” that subsumes our entire human existence, both as individuals and as a species.

Evolution of Visual and Non-visual Pigments

Author : David M. Hunt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1461443555
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Evolution of Visual and Non-visual Pigments written by David M. Hunt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photopigments are molecules that react to light and mediate a number of processes and behaviours in animals. Visual pigments housed within the photoreceptors of the eye, such as the rods and cones in vertebrates are the best known, however, visual pigments are increasingly being found in other tissues, including other retinal cells, the skin and the brain. Other closely related molecules from the G protein family, such as melanopsin mediate light driven processes including circadian rhythmicity and pupil constriction. This Volume examines the enormous diversity of visual pigments and traces the evolution of these G protein coupled receptors in both invertebrates and vertebrates in the context of the visual and non-visual demands dictated by a species’ ecological niche.

Into the Mind of Pennywell

Author : Paul Besancon
Publisher : Nocturnal Realms Media
ISBN 13 : 1736552317
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Into the Mind of Pennywell written by Paul Besancon and published by Nocturnal Realms Media. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steeped in unhappiness, Thomas Pennywell wishes for a change. But after an unexpected sexual liaison with a coworker, his world falls into disarray. With the addition of a demonic entity grooming him since childhood, and an intoxicating married neighbor coming into his life, he finds himself in a downward spiral that ends at a crossroads that will forever change his world.

Kairós

Author : Giacomo Marramao
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350431206
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Kairós written by Giacomo Marramao and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-22 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shedding new light on the fundamental philosophical problem of time, leading Italian philosopher Giacomo Marramao offers a solution to today's 24/7 culture. If we were asked to name the social syndrome of our age under capitalism, it would no doubt be “rush”. Intentional animals as we are, we experience the meaningless acceleration of time, which devours instants and misses its target just like its opposite, undue hesitation. For Marramao, rush and slowness or rashness and hesitation are two mirror forms of untimeliness: two unsuitable ways of seizing time. Through engagement with sources including Heidegger, Bergson, Saint Paul the Apostle, Newtonian physics, and postmodern theory, Marramao calls for a change to how we perceive time. Delving into the Greek and Roman concepts of tempus, chronos, and aión, he argues that there should be no opposition between the scientific-objective time and the existential-subjective one. As such, he introduces his own theory of kairós, or “due time”, as the notion of fertile and decisive timeliness. A timely decision, Marramao advances, is generated by the productive tension between opposites: a tension created equally by swiftness and caution, promptness and conformity with the action's purpose. Originally published in 1992, this updated edition of Kairós: In Defence of “Due Time'' includes a new preface speaking to today's social and political climate, as well as an introduction by Marramao himself, in which he reflects on his long engagement with temporality from Power and Secularization up until today.

Lafayette

Author : Joseph Delteil
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Lafayette written by Joseph Delteil and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated by Jacques Le Clercq.

Archangels

Author : Ember Winters
Publisher : Ember Winters
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archangels written by Ember Winters and published by Ember Winters. This book was released on 2024-05-11 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash the Power of the Divine with "Archangels" by Ember Winters! Embark on an extraordinary journey into the mystical realms where angels, spirit guides, and ancient magicks converge to unlock your true potential. In this captivating exploration, Ember Winters invites you to discover the secrets of: 🌟 Angelic Realms: Unveil the celestial dimensions where archangels reign, and guardian angels offer their divine protection. Learn how to forge an unbreakable bond with these ethereal beings. 🔮 Magick and Divination: Dive deep into the arcane arts, unraveling the secrets of magick and divination. From spellcasting to harnessing the power of crystals, elevate your spiritual practice and manifest your desires. 👁️ Mediumship: Open the channels of communication with the spirit world. Explore the art of mediumship and connect with departed loved ones, gaining profound insights and closure. 🌈 Rituals for Mystical Power: Master transformative rituals designed to unlock your mystical potential. From invoking archangels to creating powerful spells, empower yourself to navigate life's challenges with grace and resilience. ✨ Practical Guidance: Ember Winters provides practical, actionable guidance to integrate angelic wisdom into your everyday life. Discover how to apply these teachings for healing, abundance, and spiritual growth. Immerse yourself in a tapestry of spiritual exploration and self-discovery. "Archangels" is not just a book; it's a portal to a world where the extraordinary becomes the everyday. Are you ready to embrace the magic within and soar to new heights?

Genesis in the Light of Human Embryonic Development

Author : Kaspar Appenzeller
Publisher : SteinerBooks
ISBN 13 : 1621482804
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Genesis in the Light of Human Embryonic Development written by Kaspar Appenzeller and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Kaspar Appenzeller compares the biblical story of creation to human embryonic development. He leads us through his years of research into the grand imagery in the book of Genesis, relating it to what today's science has to say about the origin of the human body. He reaches the concrete view that the human being is a small cosmos, a microcosm in the vast cosmos, the macrocosm. The original Hebrew language proves to be a true marvel --not only the meaning but also the individual sounds of the words illustrate the reality they describe. We are confronted with the fact that the writer of Genesis touched the true educational impulses of the world and humanity. The author based this book on the insights of Rudolf Steiner and penetrated the primal forces of human development in new ways. Steiner was able to understand documents based on ancient mystery wisdom, which confirms the knowledge he gained through independent clairvoyant research without reference to documents. This study of Genesis and human development adds to our understanding of both fields. In each word, the ancient text presents prophecies of future human events, just as the embryo appears as a witness to primordial processes of world creation. In clear gestures, Genesis prophecies the Christ event and the path of individuality made possible by that event, while the human embryo guarantees that we are predisposed to bear the spiritual power that came to earth through the event of Christ. The author does not assume the reader's specialist knowledge of either the book of Genesis or embryology. Dr. Appenzeller wrote for all readers whose hearts desire deeper human knowledge.

Dark Sound

Author : D Ferrett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501325833
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Dark Sound written by D Ferrett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark sound carries the dense cultural weight of darkness; it is the undertow of music that embodies melancholy, desire, grief, violence, rage, pain, loss and longing. Compelling and unnerving, dark sound immerses bodies in the darkest moments and delves into the depths of our hidden inner selves. There is a strangely perverse appeal about music that conjures intense affective states and about sound that can move its listeners to the very edge of the sayable. Through a series of case studies that include Moor Mother, Anna Calvi, Björk, Chelsea Wolfe and Diamanda Galás, D Ferrett argues that the extreme limits and transgressions of dark sound not only imply the limits of language, but are moreover tied to a cultural and historical association between darkness and the feminine within music and music discourse. Whilst the oppressive and violent associations between darkness and femininity are acknowledged, the author challenges their value to misogynistic, racist, capitalist and patriarchal power, showing how dark sound is charged with social, creative and political momentum.

You cannot be soooo right

Author : Anuradha Prasad
Publisher : Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9358830131
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (588 download)

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Download or read book You cannot be soooo right written by Anuradha Prasad and published by Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd. This book was released on with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A home, a great partner, motherhood, and a thriving business. Everybody saw her perfect existence! What they missed was the survivalist side to her that hid a terrible truth. A dark secret that threatened to raise its ugly head, every day, whether she tried facing it or forgetting it; It challenged everything she was or ever believed in. If she gets too close to it, it has the power to destroy her; bring out the primal feelings of inadequacy, that was entrenched deeply into her subconscious, slowly eroding her self-worth. However, sometimes there is no escape but to storm through the storm! She might not survive the fallout, nevertheless, Neha lives her life wanting, praying, and waiting for the redemption that every human, every parent survives on. Unexpected are the ways of life! She comes back full circle to face the darkness alone …for one last time. Will she walk through it and come out on the other end victorious? Will she survive the experience? What will she find at the end of that journey? On the backdrop of thrilling adventure, with many a twists and turns, Neha’s story connects us to ourselves, to make us crave for more and appreciate what we have and to ponder over loss! A story that talks of the hand of karma in human effort that culminates into Neha’s destiny!

Sociality Revisited? The Use of the Internet and Mobile Phones in Urban Cameroon

Author : Bettina Anja Frei
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956728411
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book Sociality Revisited? The Use of the Internet and Mobile Phones in Urban Cameroon written by Bettina Anja Frei and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2013 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws on the perspectives of non-migrants and urban youth in Bamenda, in the Northwest region of Cameroon, as well as on the views of Cameroonian migrants in Switzerland, to explore the meaning and role of New Media in the negotiation of sociality in transnational migration. New Media facilitated connectedness serve as a privileged lens through which Cameroonians, home and away, scrutinise and mediate sociality. In this rich ethnography, Bettina Frei describes how the internet and mobile phones are adopted by migrants and their non-migrant counterparts in order to maintain transnational relationships, and how the specific medialities of these communication technologies in turn impact on transnational sociality. Contrary to popular presumptions that New Media are experienced as mainly connecting and enabling, this study reveals that in a transnational context in particular, New Media serve to mediate tensions in transnational social ties. The expectations of being connected go hand in hand with an awareness of social and geographical distance and separation.

At Day's Close: Night in Times Past

Author : A. Roger Ekirch
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393329011
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book At Day's Close: Night in Times Past written by A. Roger Ekirch and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2006-10-17 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautifully illuminated by a color insert and with black-and-white illustrations throughout, this compelling narrative of night is panoramic in scope yet fashioned on an intimate scale and enriched by personal stories.

THE NIGHT SKY

Author : Astha Anand
Publisher : JEC PUBLICATION
ISBN 13 : 935749734X
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book THE NIGHT SKY written by Astha Anand and published by JEC PUBLICATION. This book was released on with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When gently those winds kiss my soul in the night sky and my pen wrote my feelings in its own rhythm creating a new and freshly brewed baked piece of poetry I never knew. Isn't it great when the rest sleep some people make night their best friend and reflect their thoughts on a blank sheet and making the sheet a sketch of emotions which were hiden once and now are on your paper.

Between the Lines

Author : Monique-Adelle Callahan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019987669X
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Between the Lines written by Monique-Adelle Callahan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-22 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the Lines examines the role of three women poets of African descent--Frances Harper, Cristina Ayala, and Auta de Souza--in shaping the literary history of the Americas. Despite their different geographic locations, each shared common concerns and wrestled in their works with the sociopolitical predicaments of the late nineteenth century. Their verse vigorously examined slavery and confronted the existential struggle against boundaries imposed by race, nation, and gender. The writers each conceived of the poem as a dynamic forum where new concepts of individual and collective freedoms could be imagined. In their work readers encounter the poem as a site of cross-cultural exchange, a literary space in which the boundaries of nation can be redefined. Between the Lines places national poetics in a global economy of identities, histories and languages. It looks to poetry to demonstrate how people translate from one cultural or linguistic arena to another, how literary expression writes identities, and how language is used to conceptualize history. The book is the first to juxtapose Cuba, Brazil and the United States in a study of nineteenth-century women's poetry, and the first to include the Lusophone literary tradition in a comparative study of African descendants in Latin America, the U.S., and the Caribbean. With close readings and expertly rendered translations, Monique-Adelle Callahan situates the work of these three poets in a hemispheric context that opens up their writing to new interpretations and expands the definition of "African American" literature.

Night Passages

Author : Elisabeth Bronfen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231147996
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Night Passages written by Elisabeth Bronfen and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the beginning was the night. All light, shapes, language, and subjective consciousness, as well as the world and art depicting them, emerged from this formless chaos. In fantasy, we seek to return to this original darkness. Particularly in literature, visual representations, and film, the night resiliently resurfaces from the margins of the knowable, acting as a stage and state of mind in which exceptional perceptions, discoveries, and decisions play out. Elisabeth Bronfen follows nocturnal spaces in which extraordinary events unfold, enabling the irrational exploration of desire, transformation, ecstasy, transgression, spiritual illumination, and moral choice. She begins with classical myths depicting the creation of the world and moves through nocturnal scenes in Shakespeare and Milton, Gothic figurations, Hegel's romantic philosophy, and Freud's psychoanalysis. In modern times, she shows how literature and film, particularly film noir, transmit that piece of night the modern subject carries within. From Mozart's "Queen of the Night" to Virginia Woolf 's oscillation between day and night, life and death, and chaos and aesthetic form, Bronfen renders something visible, conceivable, and tellable from the dark realms of the unknown.

The Paganism Reader

Author : Chas Clifton
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415303521
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Paganism Reader written by Chas Clifton and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paganism Reader provides a definitive collection of key sources in Paganism, ranging from its ancient origins to its twentieth century reconstruction and revival.

Witches

Author : Hans Holzer
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 0316393290
Total Pages : 1035 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Witches written by Hans Holzer and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 1035 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Hans Holzer, the bestselling author of Ghosts, explores the myriad forms and factions of witchcraft, taking you inside the covens and cults where the ancient rituals are practiced. This compilation of Holzer's decades of first-hand research, which occurred mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, provides a unique insider's overview of the topic. Experience the secrets of the craft, learn spells and incantations, and read interviews and personal testimony from the foremost practitioners. Holzer not only provides the reader with the history of witchcraft, he documents the lives and practices of actual witches pursuing the world's oldest religion. Hundreds of photographs from the author's own collection illuminate the subject and bring the rituals and rites of "the Craft" to life.

The Routledge Companion to Media and the City

Author : Erica Stein
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000606155
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Media and the City written by Erica Stein and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together leading scholars from around the world and across scholarly disciplines, this collection of 32 original chapters provides a comprehensive exploration of the relationships between cities and media. The volume showcases diverse methods for studying media and the city and posits "media urbanism" as an approach to the co-construction and interactions among media texts and technologies, media users, media industries, media histories, and urban space. Chapters serve as a guide to humanities-based ways of studying urban imaginaries, infrastructures and architectures, development and redevelopment, and strategies and tactics as well as a provocation toward new lines of inquiry that further explore the dense interconnectedness of media and cities. Structured thematically, the chapters are organized into four distinct sections, introduced with editorial commentary that places the chapters into conversation with each other and frames them in relation to an overarching question, problem, or method. Part I: Imaginaries and cityscapes focuses on screen representations and mediated experiences of urban space produced and consumed by various actors; Part II: Architectures and infrastructures highlights the different ways in which built environments and socio-technical substrates that sustain differential mobilities, urban rhythms, and systems of circulation and exchange are intertwined with various forms of media and mediation; Part III: Development and redevelopment examines efforts by urban planners and designers, municipal governments, and community organizers to utilize media forms to imagine and shape the construction of the space and meaning of the city; finally, Part IV: Strategies and tactics uses categories for practices of control and resistance to investigate media and struggles for power within urban environments from surveillance and place-branding to activist media and the right to the city. The Routledge Companion to Media and the City provides a definitive reference for both scholars and students of urban cultures and media within the humanities.