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Character

Author : Marjorie Garber
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374709378
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Character written by Marjorie Garber and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is “character”? Since at least Aristotle’s time, philosophers, theologians, moralists, artists, and scientists have pondered the enigma of human character. In its oldest usage, “character” derives from a word for engraving or stamping, yet over time, it has come to mean a moral idea, a type, a literary persona, and a physical or physiological manifestation observable in works of art and scientific experiments. It is an essential term in drama and the focus of self-help books. In Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession, Marjorie Garber points out that character seems more relevant than ever today, omnipresent in discussions of politics, ethics, gender, morality, and the psyche. References to character flaws, character issues, and character assassination and allegations of “bad” and “good” character are inescapable in the media and in contemporary political debates. What connection does “character” in this moral or ethical sense have with the concept of a character in a novel or a play? Do our notions about fictional characters catalyze our ideas about moral character? Can character be “formed” or taught in schools, in scouting, in the home? From Plutarch to John Stuart Mill, from Shakespeare to Darwin, from Theophrastus to Freud, from nineteenth-century phrenology to twenty-first-century brain scans, the search for the sources and components of human character still preoccupies us. Today, with the meaning and the value of this term in question, no issue is more important, and no topic more vital, surprising, and fascinating. With her distinctive verve, humor, and vast erudition, Marjorie Garber explores the stakes of these conflations, confusions, and heritages, from ancient Greece to the present day.

Sustaining a Citys Culture and Character

Author : Charles R Wolfe
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781538133248
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (332 download)

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Download or read book Sustaining a Citys Culture and Character written by Charles R Wolfe and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those who seek an urbanism of distinctiveness to enhance city livability, rather than a bland, generic uniformity, the book examines on a global basis how the many interrelated facets of an urban area's unique, yet dynamic context--built, cultural and intangible--can be championed and advanced, rather than simply borrowed from another place.

Navigating Change

Author : William Gary Gore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965680660
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Navigating Change written by William Gary Gore and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Navigating Change, W. Gary Gore provides a succinct and common sense path to follow in learning to lead self and, as a result, others. He draws upon the metaphor of a map and compass to communicate the absolute necessity of aligning ourselves with our destination and having an incremental plan to get there. He passionately puts forth the ethos of 100% Responsibility as a basis for living our lives and leading our self.

Culture and Consumption

Author : Grant David McCracken
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253206282
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Culture and Consumption written by Grant David McCracken and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1990-11-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book compiles and integrates highly innovative work aimed at bridging the fields of anthropology and consumer behavior." —Journal of Consumer Affairs " . . . fascinating . . . ambitious and interesting . . . " —Canadian Advertising Foundation Newsletter " . . . an anthropological dig into consumerism brimming with original thought . . . " —The Globe and Mail "Grant McCracken has written a provocative book that puts consumerism in its place in Western society—at the centre." —Report on Business Magazine " . . . a stimulating addition to knowledge and theory about the interrelationship of culture and consumption." —Choice "[McCracken's] synthesis of anthropological and consumer studies material will give historians new ideas and methods to integrate into their thinking." —Maryland Historian "The book offers a fresh and much needed cultural interpretation of consumption." —Journal of Consumer Policy "The volume will help balance the prevailing cognitive and social psychological cast of consumer research and should stimulate more comprehensive investigation into consumer behavior." —Journal of Marketing Research " . . . broad scope, enthusiasm and imagination . . . a significant contribution to the literature on consumption history, consumer behavior, and American material culture." —Winterhur Portfolio "For this is a superb book, a definitive exploration of its subject that makes use of the full range of available literature." —American Journal of Sociology "McCracken's book is a fine synthesis of a new current of thought that strives to create an interdisciplinary social science of consumption behaviors, a current to which folklorists have much to contribute." —Journal of American Folklore This provocative book takes a refreshing new view of the culture of consumption. McCracken examines the interplay of culture and consumer behavior from the anthropologist's point of view and provides new insights into the way we view ourselves and our society.

Made in America

Author : Claude S. Fischer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226251455
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Made in America written by Claude S. Fischer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our nation began with the simple phrase, “We the People.” But who were and are “We”? Who were we in 1776, in 1865, or 1968, and is there any continuity in character between the we of those years and the nearly 300 million people living in the radically different America of today? With Made in America, Claude S. Fischer draws on decades of historical, psychological, and social research to answer that question by tracking the evolution of American character and culture over three centuries. He explodes myths—such as that contemporary Americans are more mobile and less religious than their ancestors, or that they are more focused on money and consumption—and reveals instead how greater security and wealth have only reinforced the independence, egalitarianism, and commitment to community that characterized our people from the earliest years. Skillfully drawing on personal stories of representative Americans, Fischer shows that affluence and social progress have allowed more people to participate fully in cultural and political life, thus broadening the category of “American” —yet at the same time what it means to be an American has retained surprising continuity with much earlier notions of American character. Firmly in the vein of such classics as The Lonely Crowd and Habits of the Heart—yet challenging many of their conclusions—Made in America takes readers beyond the simplicity of headlines and the actions of elites to show us the lives, aspirations, and emotions of ordinary Americans, from the settling of the colonies to the settling of the suburbs.

The Economy of Character

Author : Deidre Lynch
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226498204
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The Economy of Character written by Deidre Lynch and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998-05-13 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the 18th century, literary "characters" referred as much to letters and typefaces as it did to persons in books. However, this text shows how, by the 19th century, readers used transactions with characters to accommodate themselves to newly-commercialized social relations.

The Content of Their Character

Author : James Davison Hunter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781641610018
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Content of Their Character written by James Davison Hunter and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of America's history, schools were established to furnish more than just academic training: They were founded to form young people of strong character and civic conscience. We rarely think of our schools that way now. Ironically, we bicker over test scores, graduation rates, and academic standards, even as we are besieged by news stories of gratuitous misconduct and cynical, callous, unethical behavior. Might our schools provide a glimmer of hope? This is precisely the question that a team of talented scholars asked in a landmark study. To explore how American high schools directly and indirectly inculcate moral values in students, these researchers visited a national sample of schools in each of ten sectors: urban public, rural public, charter, evangelical Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Islamic, prestigious independent, alternative-pedagogy, and home schools. The Content of Their Character provides a summary of the scholars' findings--the stories from the schools they visited and the teachers, administrators, and students they spoke to. The results point to a new model for understanding the moral and civic formation of children and to new ways to prepare young people for responsibility and citizenship in a complex world. *** With contributions from Jeffrey S. Dill Richard Fournier Charles L. Glenn Jeffrey Guhin James Davison Hunter Carol Ann MacGregor Patricia Maloney Ryan S. Olson David Sikkink Jack Wertheimer Kathryn L. Wiens

Building an Intentional School Culture

Author : Charles F. Elbot
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1452294348
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Building an Intentional School Culture written by Charles F. Elbot and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2007-10-25 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource provides tools, case studies, strategies, and implementation plans to help educators create an "intentional school culture" that fosters excellence, builds character, and improves academic achievement.

Pop Culture with Character

Author : Arnold T. Blumberg
Publisher : Gemstone Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781888472684
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (726 download)

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Download or read book Pop Culture with Character written by Arnold T. Blumberg and published by Gemstone Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Museum gallery floor plan on 1 folded leaf inserted at back of book.

The Cultivation of Character and Culture in Roman Rhetorical Education

Author : Anthony Edward Zupancic
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000921301
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Cultivation of Character and Culture in Roman Rhetorical Education written by Anthony Edward Zupancic and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-04 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At its very center, The Cultivation of Character and Culture in Roman Rhetorical Education: The Available Means is a study of the subtle, organic ways that rhetoric can work to cultivate a particular character. This is an extension of the current work in composition studies, which focus on the ways that writing instruction contributes to the development of individual power and agency in students, combined with an ancient understanding of the ways that students learned to act within a particular, accepted cultural framework. It recognizes and reclaims a lost dimension of rhetoric, a dimension that is conceptually linked to the martial culture of the ancient world, to show how ancient rhetorical theory framed the discipline as an education in thinking, speaking, and acting in ways that were necessary to be both a persuasive speaker and an effective leader. Through close readings and analysis of particular rhetorical exercises, the book shows how rhetorical education shaped characters that were appropriate in the eyes of the dominant culture but were also capable of working independently to progressively alter that culture. In showing the ways that rhetorical education shaped a particular character, the book demonstrates the ways that the combination character, culture, and virtue are vital to leadership in any time.

Exception to the Rule: The Surprising Science of Character-Based Culture, Engagement, and Performance

Author : Peter J. Rea
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 1260026841
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Exception to the Rule: The Surprising Science of Character-Based Culture, Engagement, and Performance written by Peter J. Rea and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The antidote to navigating turbulent times isn’t more rules. It is timeless virtue that creates sustainable value. Thoughtful leaders are keenly aware of the enormous challenge they face to drive high performance in a world that continues to ratchet up pressure and uncertainty. Some leaders respond by getting tough and establishing strict rules. They get people in line, but they don’t inspire excellence. Wise leaders, on the other hand, help their people practice character to navigate their way through the turbulence—without lowering performance expectations. As a result, their people are more reliable under pressure. Exception to the Rule links ancient wisdom with contemporary science on high performance, teamwork, and engagement. Building an organizational culture based on classical virtues―of trust, compassion, courage, justice, wisdom, temperance and hope―is both strategically smart and a better way to live. Exception to the Rule walks you through the steps of helping everyone in your organization focus on character defined by virtue. The word virtue means excellence, which is why each one is essential to help people perform at a high level despite uncertainty and pressure. Under character-based leadership, teams work better together, creativity flourishes and engagement increases. The most powerful idea of Exception to the Rule is this: character defined by virtue is not based on birthright; it can be learned and practiced. Everyone can develop habits to become better than they were. While character cannot be legislated, character can be cultivated. As virtue proves its value, the culture you have can evolve into the culture you need.

Beijing Opera Costumes

Author : Alexandra B Bonds
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351380451
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Beijing Opera Costumes written by Alexandra B Bonds and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beijing Opera Costumes: The Visual Communication of Character and Culture illuminates the links between theatrical attire and social customs and aesthetics of China, covering both the theory and practice of stage dress. Distinguishing attributes include an introduction to the performance style, the delineation of the costume conventions, an analysis of the costumes through their historical precedents and theatrical modifications, and the use of garment shape, color, and embroidery for symbolic effect. Practical information covers dressing the performers and a costume plot, the design and creation of the make-up and hairstyles, and pattern drafts of the major garments. Photographs from live performances, as well as details of embroidery, and close-up photographs of the headdresses thoroughly portray the stunning beauty of this incomparable performance style. Presenting the brilliant colors of the elaborately embroidered silk costumes together with the intricate makeup and glittering headdresses, this volume embodies the elegance of the Beijing opera.

On Purpose

Author : Samuel Casey Carter
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1412986729
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book On Purpose written by Samuel Casey Carter and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling author Samuel Casey Carter showcases a dozen mainstream schools that focus on a culture of character as their foundation and have achieved extraordinary results.

American Character and Culture in a Changing World

Author : John A. Hague
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book American Character and Culture in a Changing World written by John A. Hague and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1979-08-09 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 25 essays, each the work of a prominent contemporary scholar, explores how our changing society is reshaping our understanding of history, literature, and our own identities.

The Death of Character

Author : James Davison Hunter
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 046501173X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Death of Character written by James Davison Hunter and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-01-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Death of Character is a broad historical, sociological, and cultural inquiry into the moral life and moral education of young Americans based upon a huge empirical study of the children themselves. The children's thoughts and concerns-expressed here in their own words-shed a whole new light on what we can expect from moral education. Targeting new theories of education and the prominence of psychology over moral instruction, Hunter analyzes the making of a new cultural narcissism.

Character Compass

Author : Scott Seider
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781612504865
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Character Compass written by Scott Seider and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: The author "offers portraits of three high-performing urban schools that have made character development central to their mission. [The book] highlights each school's unique approach to character development and shows how qualities like empathy, integrity, perseverance, and daring can nurture student success."--p. 4 of cover.

Generation Unbound

Author : Isabel V. Sawhill
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815725590
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Generation Unbound written by Isabel V. Sawhill and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over half of all births to young adults in the United States now occur outside of marriage, and many are unplanned. The result is increased poverty and inequality for children. The left argues for more social support for unmarried parents; the right argues for a return to traditional marriage. In Generation Unbound, Isabel V. Sawhill offers a third approach: change "drifters" into "planners." In a well-written and accessible survey of the impact of family structure on child well-being, Sawhill contrasts "planners," who are delaying parenthood until after they marry, with "drifters," who are having unplanned children early and outside of marriage. These two distinct patterns are contributing to an emerging class divide and threatening social mobility in the United States. Sawhill draws on insights from the new field of behavioral economics, showing that it is possible, by changing the default, to move from a culture that accepts a high number of unplanned pregnancies to a culture in which adults only have children when they are ready to be a parent.