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Book Loving Nature  Fearing the State

Download or read book Loving Nature Fearing the State written by Brian Allen Drake and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "conservative environmental tradition" in America may sound like a contradiction in terms, but as Brian Allen Drake shows in Loving Nature, Fearing the State, right-leaning politicians and activists have shaped American environmental consciousness since the environmental movement's beginnings. In this wide-ranging history, Drake explores the tensions inherent in balancing an ideology dedicated to limiting the power of government with a commitment to protecting treasured landscapes and ecological health. Drake argues that "antistatist" beliefs--an individualist ethos and a mistrust of government--have colored the American passion for wilderness but also complicated environmental protection efforts. While most of the successes of the environmental movement have been enacted through the federal government, conservative and libertarian critiques of big-government environmentalism have increasingly resisted the idea that strengthening state power is the only way to protect the environment. Loving Nature, Fearing the State traces the influence of conservative environmental thought through the stories of important actors in postwar environmental movements. The book follows small-government pioneer Barry Goldwater as he tries to establish federally protected wilderness lands in the Arizona desert and shows how Goldwater's intellectual and ideological struggles with this effort provide a framework for understanding the dilemmas of an antistatist environmentalism. It links antigovernment activism with environmental public health concerns by analyzing opposition to government fluoridation campaigns and investigates environmentalism from a libertarian economic perspective through the work of free-market environmentalists. Drake also sees in the work of Edward Abbey an argument that reverence for nature can form the basis for resistance to state power. Each chapter highlights debates and tensions that are important to understanding environmental history and the challenges that face environmental protection efforts today.

Book The Truth About Love and Fear

Download or read book The Truth About Love and Fear written by Rudolf Eckhardt and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live every day without being aware that fear controls many of our choices and decisions. The consequences our fear-based behavior has on our life and relationships also contributes to the collective fear and distrust in the world. When we recognize fear for what it really is, we can initiate an effort to deal with it. In The Truth About Love and Fear, author Rudolf Eckhardt shows how we can take individual responsibility for our issues by addressing our fears and insecurities. This will transform our lives and the lives of those around us. He provides answers to questions about consciousness, life, and relationships and discusses how life is about being and not about doing; you can be a powerful person, rather than just engaging in acts of power; true change is different from changing your feelings, perception, thoughts, and behaviors; it feels to experience unconditional love; fear and guilt have power; and love and fear influence your mind and control your behavior. The Truth About Love and Fear leads you to a new understanding of the nature of unconditional love, acceptance, and trust and explains the potential of your personal power and the lack of it in your life. It challenges your present way of thinking, makes you question your perception, ad changes your belief of who you are and the way you see your relationships and life. It alters your thoughts of your past, your present, and your future.

Book Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays

Download or read book Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays written by Paul Kingsnorth and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative and urgent essay collection that asks how we can live with hope in “an age of ecocide” Paul Kingsnorth was once an activist—an ardent environmentalist. He fought against rampant development and the depredations of a corporate world that seemed hell-bent on ignoring a looming climate crisis in its relentless pursuit of profit. But as the environmental movement began to focus on “sustainability” rather than the defense of wild places for their own sake and as global conditions worsened, he grew disenchanted with the movement that he once embraced. He gave up what he saw as the false hope that residents of the First World would ever make the kind of sacrifices that might avert the severe consequences of climate change. Full of grief and fury as well as passionate, lyrical evocations of nature and the wild, Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist gathers the wave-making essays that have charted the change in Kingsnorth’s thinking. In them he articulates a new vision that he calls “dark ecology,” which stands firmly in opposition to the belief that technology can save us, and he argues for a renewed balance between the human and nonhuman worlds. This iconoclastic, fearless, and ultimately hopeful book, which includes the much-discussed “Uncivilization” manifesto, asks hard questions about how we’ve lived and how we should live.

Book State of Fear

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Crichton
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2009-10-13
  • ISBN : 006175272X
  • Pages : 817 pages

Download or read book State of Fear written by Michael Crichton and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton delivers another action-packed techo-thriller in State of Fear. When a group of eco-terrorists engage in a global conspiracy to generate weather-related natural disasters, its up to environmental lawyer Peter Evans and his team to uncover the subterfuge. From Tokyo to Los Angeles, from Antarctica to the Solomon Islands, Michael Crichton mixes cutting edge science and action-packed adventure, leading readers on an edge-of-your-seat ride while offering up a thought-provoking commentary on the issue of global warming. A deftly-crafted novel, in true Crichton style, State of Fear is an exciting, stunning tale that not only entertains and educates, but will make you think.

Book Mind

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1880
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 600 pages

Download or read book Mind written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The End of Fear

Download or read book The End of Fear written by Richard Schaub (Ph. D.) and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are we afraid? Why do we dwell on worst-case scenarios, lie awake in anxiety's grip, and react to minor mishaps as though they threaten our very survival? Chances are you don't envision the world's or your own catastrophic end on a daily basis; however, we are all routinely altered by fear--from simply feeling nervous about a new experience to repeatedly rethinking a critical comment.In The End of Fear, Richard and Bonney Schaub explore the origin of fear down to its root and posit that it grows out of our innate love of life. They teach that fear is so influential because deep down we know that our life is unpredictable and that we are all vulnerable; we risk change and loss at every moment. No religion grants any exemption, and no amount of money or status can change this fact for us.Using examples from their lives and those of their patients, the Schaubs draw upon their 30 years of experience as psychotherapists to explore the common methods people turn to in order to cope with their basic vulnerability. After this exploration, the Schaubs lead us on a spiritual journey that teaches us to skillfully turn toward fear and transform it. Once we stop fleeing from or fighting fear and instead face it with compassion, we'll be free to realize and achieve our full potential for peace, joy, and love.

Book Rose Belford s Canadian Monthly and National Review

Download or read book Rose Belford s Canadian Monthly and National Review written by Graeme Mercer Adam and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rose Belford s Canadian Monthly and National Review

Download or read book Rose Belford s Canadian Monthly and National Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fear and Nature

Download or read book Fear and Nature written by Christy Tidwell and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2021-05-10 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecohorror represents human fears about the natural world—killer plants and animals, catastrophic weather events, and disquieting encounters with the nonhuman. Its portrayals of animals, the environment, and even scientists build on popular conceptions of zoology, ecology, and the scientific process. As such, ecohorror is a genre uniquely situated to address life, art, and the dangers of scientific knowledge in the Anthropocene. Featuring new readings of the genre, Fear and Nature brings ecohorror texts and theories into conversation with other critical discourses. The chapters cover a variety of media forms, from literature and short fiction to manga, poetry, television, and film. The chronological range is equally varied, beginning in the nineteenth century with the work of Edgar Allan Poe and finishing in the twenty-first with Stephen King and Guillermo del Toro. This range highlights the significance of ecohorror as a mode. In their analyses, the contributors make explicit connections across chapters, question the limits of the genre, and address the ways in which our fears about nature intersect with those we hold about the racial, animal, and bodily “other.” A foundational text, this volume will appeal to specialists in horror studies, Gothic studies, the environmental humanities, and ecocriticism. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Kristen Angierski, Bridgitte Barclay, Marisol Cortez, Chelsea Davis, Joseph K. Heumann, Dawn Keetley, Ashley Kniss, Robin L. Murray, Brittany R. Roberts, Sharon Sharp, and Keri Stevenson.

Book The Journal of Arizona History

Download or read book The Journal of Arizona History written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The End of Fear

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Schaub
  • Publisher : Archway Publishing
  • Release : 2022-09-02
  • ISBN : 1665725001
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book The End of Fear written by Richard Schaub and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number one emotional challenge in the entire human world is the stimulation of our vulnerability and the fear, anxiety and anger it provokes in us. The Schaubs demonstrate that it is the very universality of our vulnerability that offers us a new way to see it and be in harmony with it. Offering specific, intimate examples of the choices people make to deny their vulnerability, they show you how to practice the awareness of vulnerability and how to turn toward it with courage and serenity. The End of Fear helps you to accept your vulnerability and to allow it to be your realistic spiritual path of connection to every other living being.

Book The Religion of Love Contrasted with the Religions of Fear  Four Sermons

Download or read book The Religion of Love Contrasted with the Religions of Fear Four Sermons written by William MACKEAN (of Sunderland.) and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Love  Fear and the Destiny of Nations

Download or read book Love Fear and the Destiny of Nations written by Richard Barrett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-28 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS BOOK will eventually comprise of two volumes. This first volume provides a historical perspective on the impact of the evolution of human consciousness on world affairs. The first part of the book, Human Destiny, identifies the underlying patterns that have guided the evolution of individual human consciousness and group (societal) consciousness over the past 10,000 years, and the impact that this evolution has had on the quality of governance and level of democracy currently being experienced in nations around the world. The second part, The Evolution of Democracy, describes the seven values that are required to create a high-trust liberal democracy-the journey from freedom to trust. The third part, The Destiny of Nations, explores the impact that the future evolution of human consciousness will have on world affairs with reference to the need for, and the practicalities involved in, creating the conditions that allow democratic nations to work together to resolve the major issues facing the world.

Book Fear Kindness Love   Earth Ascending 2012

Download or read book Fear Kindness Love Earth Ascending 2012 written by Alexander Kiy and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Book(POD)Order ($13.46), or 8.5x11 Download ($5.00) here] This novel is essentially a primer for how planet Earth is going to transform Herself over the next few years, and how human civilization on Earth is going to take on a more visible and acknowledged role within the galactic community. The events and personalities in this story take place between 1998 and 2002, beginning along Oahu's North Shore with Theo Rainbow, a legendary super-angel now in human form who directly intervenes to improve Earth's chances for renewal and redemption with the mortal help of Ella Sang. The scope of this novel's story includes: 2012 related discussions, parallel dimensions to planet Earth (Nibiru and Vertigo) linked by fear-based human emotions,inter-dimensional portals, cloaked extraterrestrial spacecraft in Earth's airspace, and celestial miracles associated with human romantic love.[Click on Author's name above for same title availability as a 6x9 eBook PDF Download ($5.00)].

Book Law  Love and Freedom

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joshua Neoh
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2019-07-04
  • ISBN : 1108427650
  • Pages : 221 pages

Download or read book Law Love and Freedom written by Joshua Neoh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving from monasticism to constitutionalism, and from antinomianism to anarchism, this book reveals law's connection with love and freedom.