Download or read book Care or Control of the Self Norbert Elias Michel Foucault and the Subject in the 21st Century written by Andrea D. Bührmann and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beginning of the 21st century is characterized by fundamental societal changes: in addition to changing demographics and the globalization of economic flows, the transformation of an industrial-Fordistic society to a non-industrial service society is significant. For more than twenty years, these large-scale trends and their inherent chances and risks have been the topic of vivid discussions in all the social sciences. Keywords are ‘risk-society’, ‘post-industrial society’, ‘knowledge-society’ and ‘information-society’. The implications of these developments are also reflected in the challenge to the traditional, hegemonic and rational understanding of subjectivity. Against the background of these great social changes, several factors indicate that the forms of self-regulation or self-governance are also being transformed. A one-sided consideration of the homo economicus and its varieties would underestimate, for example, certain non-rational forms of self-perception and self-reflection, as well as non-rational practices of self-management and subjectivation. The aim of this anthology is to discuss the question, to what extent the relationship to oneself (its regulation with respect to its governance) and the relationship towards others in (post-)modern societies are being transformed. The perspective of Norbert Elias’ process sociology as well as Michel Foucault’s post-structural theory seem especially promising, as they appear to have been the first researchers consistently and convincingly analysing the ‘nature’ of the individual by reflecting upon its long-term historical process of transformation. Both have different visions but similar concerns: they deal with structures of control that exist within society and within the individual.
Download or read book Problems of the Self written by John Laird and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Self determination Research written by Edward L. Deci and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past twenty years an increasing number of researchers from various universities have been investigating motivational issues underlying the self-regulation of behavior. Using either Self-Determination Theory or closely related theoretical perspectives, these researchers have performed laboratory experiments, as well as field studies in a variety of real-world settings. In April 1999 thirty of these researchers convened at the University of Rochester to present their work, share ideas, and discuss future research directions. This book is an outgrowth of that important and fascinating conference. It summarizes the research programs of these social, personality, clinical, developmental, and applied psychologists who have a shared belief in the importance of self-determination for understanding basic motivational processes and for solving pressing real-world problem. (Midwest).
Download or read book What Does It Mean to Grow Old written by Thomas R. Cole and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1987-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In What Does It Mean to Grow Old? essayists come to grips as best they can with the phenomenon of an America that is about to become the Old Country. They have been drawn from every relevant discipline--gerontology, social medicine, politics, health, anthropology, ethics, law--and asked to speak their mind. Most of them write extremely well [and their] sharply individual voices are heard.
Download or read book Hollomon Speaks written by Bryan Hollomon Williams and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-19 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book Hollomon Speaks: Thinking Through 2020 & 2021 is a thought-provoking collection of essays concerning the author’s life in America at the period. Authentic and direct, the author discusses society and politics, COVID, religion, etc. There is no specific audience or demographic targeted because all can relate to these observations and opinions. The author hopes readers are able to gain new perspectives on various facets of life and that more and more people begin to think as individuals, seek knowledge of things for themselves, and break free from the dead-end conditioning that so many of us were subjected to growing up. About the Author Bryan Hollomon Williams is a proud member of the Type 1 Diabetes Community around the world. He was diagnosed December 1, 1990, at the age of fourteen. He considers all Type 1 diabetics his brothers and sisters. Williams loves writing, fishing, and hanging out with family and friends. He is married with four kids: three daughters and a son.
Download or read book Growing Self Sufficiency written by Sally Nex and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyday steps everyone can take to experience the satisfaction and fulfilment of providing for yourself. Growing Self-Sufficiency is a practical and inspirational guide for both the beginner and the experienced gardener. It explains how you can provide food for yourself and your family, whether you have just a small balcony or backyard, a large garden, or a homestead or smallholding. This brilliant guide shows you how to grow and enjoy fresh and tasty vegetables and fruit, as well as how to produce your own chicken, eggs and lamb, guaranteed free from harmful chemicals and additives. It also contains helpful tips on how to preserve your produce – from freezing and drying to making jams, chutneys and pickles. There are also recipes for making juices, cordials, cider, wine and liqueurs, and how to grow medicinal herbs and make your own herbal remedies Provide more food from your plot than you ever thought possible, and become more self-sufficient with this beautiful book.
Download or read book A Self renewing Society written by Narain Dass Batra and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the broad perspective of the systems theory, the sociobiology of self-renewal and the use of historical-critical research, this book explores the process of continuous dying and re-birth occurring daily in American society, in every society. Conceptualizing the media and communications technology as the collective nervous system of a society can help us in understanding the above-mentioned 'renewing' process. Of interest to professors and students of mass communications, government and public pol information science.
Download or read book The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It written by John Seymour and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the only book that teaches all the skills needed to live independently in harmony with the land harnessing natural forms of energy, raising crops and keeping livestock, preserving foodstuffs, making beer and wine, basketry, carpentry, weaving, and much more. Our 2003 edition included 150 new full-color illustrations and a special section in which John Seymour, the father of the back to basics movement, explains the philosophy of self-sufficiency and its power to transform lives and create communities. More relevant than ever in our high-tech world, The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the ultimate practical guide for realists and dreamers alike.
Download or read book Self History and Future written by Tetsuaki Iwamoto and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be it Foucault’s insight into a society based on ‘power-knowledge’ or Fukuyama’s attempts to predict the future based on the end-game situation of ‘liberal democracy’, both are like trying to work out a curvature of a line from a given point by using pre-calculus maths. No amount of elaborate narratives based on a quasi-dynamic, phenomenological concept like ‘discourses’ or a static concept like ‘liberal democracy’ will capture the dynamism of moving events and their fluid directions called ‘future’. You need the methodology of operative concepts that process moving events. My essay is based on a holistic and dynamic concept with logical progressions. Instead of capturing movements as a still picture I try to record constantly changing situations in terms of modality of history. It is the necessity of tangencies and encompassments for Circles of Identity (CI) that forms history. The momentum of ‘self’ that bridges the past and the future is the propellant of CIs, which follows certain rules to suggest our destiny.
Download or read book A Movement Within God Expanded Edition Lecture written by Neville Goddard and published by Neville Goddard. This book was released on 2024-02-05 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A MOVEMENT WITHIN GODEXPANDED EDITION LECTUREBASED ON THE LECTURE BY NEVILLE GODDARDWRITTEN BY NEVILLE GODDARDABOUT THIS BOOKThis book is a public domain ebook, enriched with new content that delves into the life and teachings of the original author. The additional material serves as an insightful expansion, designed to provide readers with a deeper understanding of the context surrounding the author's work. By incorporating details about the author's life and the philosophical underpinnings of their teachings, this enhanced edition offers a comprehensive exploration that goes beyond the original text. Readers are invited to engage with a more comprehensive narrative, gaining not only knowledge of the author's literary contributions but also a nuanced perspective on the factors that influenced their work.ABOUT NEVILLE GODDARD:Neville Goddard was a mystic and spiritual teacher who lived from 1905 to 1972. He was born in Barbados and later moved to New York City, where he began to study spiritual and mystical teachings. He also studied the work of psychologists such as Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung.Goddard's main teachings focus on the power of the imagination to create one's reality. He believed that everything in our lives, from our circumstances to our health, is a result of our imaginal acts. He taught that by changing our thoughts and beliefs, we can change our lives and manifest our desires.BOOK CONTENT:About This BookBrief Book IntroductionBrief Biography Of Neville GoddardIntroductionEarly Life And AwakeningTeachings And PhilosophyNotable Works And LegacyAbout Neville GoddardLECTURE:A MOVEMENT WITHIN GODEXPANDED CONTENT10 LESSONS FROM THE LECTURE01. Self-Responsibility02. Imagination's Power03. Your Divine Nature04. Freedom To Choose05. Creation Of Your Reality06. Unity Of All Beings07. Masks And Roles08. Continuous Growth09. The Law Of Identical Harvest10. Teaching And SharingKEY THEMES IN NEVILLE GODDARDS TEACHINGSThe Power Of ImaginationConsciousness And AwarenessLiving From The EndRevision And ReimaginingFaith And BeliefInner Conversations And Self-TalkThe Law Of AssumptionGratitude And AppreciationOneness And InterconnectednessPersonal Responsibility And Empowerment
Download or read book Pursuing Eudaimonia written by John Matthews and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an original account of an ancient, alternative form of ‘negative’ reason which stands in antithesis to its modern instrumental form which has dominated thinking about the pursuit of human development since the Enlightenment. It advances arguments for the recovery of such reason as a spiritual and therapeutic way of life and demonstrates that it is impossible to fully appreciate the Christian apophatic tradition without investigating the intricacies of its philosophical heritage. The aim of this discussion is the retrieval and rediscovery of invaluable insights from ancient philosophy in the universal pursuit of happiness. The book’s re-appropriation of the ‘negative’ philosophical and theological articulation of the pursuit of eudaimonia offers to redirect those living in the twenty-first century towards the significance of the Christian apophatic ascent and in so doing to assist them in uncapping the wellsprings of human passion, desire and happiness.
Download or read book Coleridge And The Self written by Stephen Bygrave and published by Springer. This book was released on 1986-02-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selection written by Graham Bell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book adopts a direct experimental approach to evolutionary questions, drawing predominantly from research on microbial systems. The focus is on processes and mechanisms, and incorporates insights from recent advances in whole-genome sequencing, bioinformatics, environmental genomics and developmental genetics.
Download or read book The Ethics of Superintelligent Design written by Paul Golata and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artificial intelligence (AI) permeates Google searches, the personal assistants in our smartphones, and is all over our newsfeeds. Watson’s machine learning has already started to revolutionize many important industries including oncology, law, finance, and entertainment. The idea that man is about to increase his immediate surroundings with exponential gains in the level of intelligence over the coming generations is based upon a technological revolution and the potential for artificial superintelligence (ASI). It is within this context that there is a prevailing need for a discussion of its ethical implications. As a Christian ethicist, Paul Golata believes that the need for this conversation to be informed by Christian principles is imperative. ASI is a move toward the proper handling of information. However, how a society interprets and applies this information is actually more pertinent than the raw amount of information it possesses. This important ethical conversation is being led by humanistic thinkers who assume that all of reality is just matter in motion and that mind is nothing more than electrochemical activity in the “wetware” of human brains. The Ethics of Superintelligent Design critically examines and challenges some of the most important trajectories of ASI while upholding the authority and inerrancy of the Bible, the supernatural creation account, a realistic view of the state of humanity, and biblical ethics.
Download or read book Mastery of Self written by Christian D. Larson and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the cornerstones of New Thought, the precursor to New Age thinking, is the marriage of mind and spirit, of science and religion. Another foundational block of the philosophy is the belief that each person is born with the full potential of transcending mundane existence and achieving spiritual enlightenment and communion with God. In Mastery of Self, Christian D. Larson gracefully guides the reader to a better understanding of these basic principles, and provides practical instruction on how to both open and rein in one's self, to ensure the individual continues moving ever forward and is building always toward the fulfillment of that potential, gaining a healthier, happier life along the way.American New Thought pioneer CHRISTIAN DAA LARSON (b. 1874) is the author of the well-known Optimist Creed and published several important works of spiritual science, including Mastery of Self, In the Light of the Spirit, and The Great Within.
Download or read book Self Reliance written by John Yeoman and published by Permanent Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Against Flow written by Braxton Soderman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical discussion of the experience and theory of flow (as conceptualized by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) in video games. Flow--as conceptualized by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi--describes an experience of "being in the zone," of intense absorption in an activity. It is a central concept in the study of video games, although often applied somewhat uncritically. In Against Flow, Braxton Soderman takes a step back and offers a critical assessment of flow's historical, theoretical, political, and ideological contexts in relation to video games. With close readings of games that implement and represent flow, Soderman not only evaluates the concept of flow in terms of video games but also presents a general critique of flow and its sibling, play.
