Download or read book Infinite Nature written by R. Bruce Hull and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You would be hard-pressed to find someone who categorically opposes protecting the environment, yet most people would agree that the environmentalist movement has been ineffectual and even misguided. Some argue that its agenda is misplaced, oppressive, and misanthropic—a precursor to intrusive government, regulatory bungles, and economic stagnation. Others point out that its alarmist rhetoric and preservationist solutions are outdated and insufficient to the task of galvanizing support for true reform. In this impassioned and judicious work, R. Bruce Hull argues that environmentalism will never achieve its goals unless it sheds its fundamentalist logic. The movement is too bound up in polarizing ideologies that pit humans against nature, conservation against development, and government regulation against economic growth. Only when we acknowledge the infinite perspectives on how people should relate to nature will we forge solutions that are respectful to both humanity and the environment. Infinite Nature explores some of these myriad perspectives, from the scientific understandings proffered by anthropology, evolution, and ecology, to the promise of environmental responsibility offered by technology and economics, to the designs of nature envisioned in philosophy, law, and religion. Along the way, Hull maintains that the idea of nature is social: in order to reach the common ground where sustainable and thriving communities are possible, we must accept that many natures can and do exist. Incisive, heartfelt, and brimming with practical solutions, Infinite Nature brings a much-needed and refreshing voice to the table of environmental reform.
Download or read book Man V Nature written by Diane Cook and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A refreshingly imaginative, daring debut collection of stories that illuminates with audacious wit the complexity of human behavior, and the veneer of civilization over our darkest urges. Told with perfect rhythm and unyielding brutality, these stories expose unsuspecting men and women to the realities of nature, the primal instincts of man, and the dark humor and heartbreak of our struggle to not only thrive, but survive. In "Girl on Girl," a high school freshman goes to disturbing lengths to help an old friend. An insatiable temptress pursues the one man she can't have in "Meteorologist Dave Santana." And in the title story, a long-fraught friendship comes undone when three buddies get impossibly lost on a lake it is impossible to get lost on. Below the quotidian surface of Diane Cook's worlds lurks an unexpected surreality that reveals our most curious, troubling, and bewildering behavior. Other stories explore situations pulled directly from the wild, imposing on human lives the danger, tension, and precariousness of the natural world: a pack of "not-needed" boys takes refuge in a murky forest where they compete against one another for their next meal; an alpha male is pursued through city streets by murderous rivals and desirous women; helpless newborns are snatched from their suburban yards by a man who stalks them. Through these characters Cook asks: What is at the root of our most heartless, selfish impulses? Why are people drawn together in such messy, needful ways? When the unexpected intrudes upon the routine, what do we discover about ourselves? As entertaining as it is dangerous, this accomplished collection explores the boundary between the wild and the civilized, where nature acts as a catalyst for human drama and lays bare our vulnerabilities, fears, and desires.
Download or read book Letters on the Laws of Man s Nature and Development By H G Atkinson and Harriet Martineau Edited by the latter written by Henry George ATKINSON and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Man and Nature written by George Perkins Marsh and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1864, Marsh's ominous warnings inspired environmental conservation and reform. By linking culture with nature, science with history, "Man and Nature" was the most influential text of its time next to Darwin's "On the Origin of Species."
Download or read book Letters on the Laws of Man s Nature and Development written by Henry George Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brownson s Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Whole Duty of Man According to the Law of Nature written by Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf and published by . This book was released on 1716 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Philosophy of the Infinite written by Emanuel Swedenborg and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brownson s Quarterly Review written by Orestes Augustus Brownson and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Philosophy of the Infinite Translated by James John Garth Wilkinson Copied from the London Edition Etc written by Emanuel Swedenborg and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brownson s quarterly review written by and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sermons on the New Birth of Man s Nature written by Robert Isaac Wilberforce and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1 John Revised and Extended written by L. Daniel Cantey and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1 John: On Docetism and Resurrection (2016), the author elucidated the fundamental principles driving the modern order. The latter works according to a novel form of salvation, an ontology unto dissolution that the author recognizes as a new manifestation of the ancient heresy of docetism. The modern heresy turns on faith in the Christ-Idol, an idolatry hidden for centuries beneath the cover of Western Christianity. Its theological solution requires renewed engagement with the Trinitarian love, understanding that love as a function of mutual life-giving between the divine persons. The revised and extended version of 1 John assumes the undoing of Western society under the docetic ethos, seeking theological foundations for the society that might follow. It details the meaning of various aspects of docetic (modern) society through a Johannine lens, explaining these aspects as forms of oppression. The author counters these through the Eastern Orthodox focus on the inner life over the external one, the spiritual world over the physical, and the proper appreciation of hierarchy as opposed to docetic equality.
Download or read book Man and Nature in the City written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Introduction to Philosophy written by Paul J. Glenn and published by Aeterna Press. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Philosophy ought to live up to its name. It should tell the young collegian, and the presumably older non-collegian who takes it up with serious intent, a number of important things. It should answer the questions naturally to be expected of the person who wishes to be introduced,—questions such as these: What is philosophy? How did it come into existence? What interesting things have happened to develop it or to hinder its development? Aeterna Press
Download or read book Man for Himself written by Erich Fromm and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIV“There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers.” —Erich Fromm/divDIV/divDIV Are we primarily determined by nature or nurture? What are the best ways that people can live productively? In Man for Himself, renowned social philosopher Erich Fromm posits: With the gifts of self-consciousness and imagination, any individual can give his or her own unique answer. This answer is rooted in our human nature, and should correspond to mankind’s powers of reason and love. Therefore, Fromm reasons, “living itself is an art.”/divDIV /divDIVIn his humanistic concept of man, Fromm describes various character orientations that are to be found in Western culture. For the first time, Fromm analyzes the parallels between economic concepts of market value and how we value others and ourselves—the idea of personality as a commodity. He argues for a return to humanistic ethics, and discusses issues such as the question of conscience, of selfishness and self-love, and of pleasure and happiness./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Erich Fromm including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate./divDIV /divDIV/div
Download or read book Faith the great working power of man s being By Laicus written by and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
