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Historical Imagination

Hermeneutics and Cultural Narrative

By: Paul Fairfield

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Historical Imagination

Hermeneutics and Cultural Narrative

By: Paul Fairfield

Historical Imagination defends a phenomenological and hermeneutical account of historical knowledge. The book’s central questions are what is historical imagination, what is the relation between the imaginative and the empirical, in what sense is historical knowledge always already imaginative, how does such knowledge serve us, and what is the relation of historical understanding and self-understanding? Paul Fairfield revisits some familiar hermeneutical themes and endeavors to develop these further while examining two important periods in which historical reassessments or re-imaginings of the past occurred on a large scale. The conception of historical imagination that emerges seeks to advance beyond the debate between empiricists and postmodern constructivists while focusing on narrative as well as a more encompassing interpretation of who an historical people were, how things stood with them, and how this comes to be known. Fairfield supplements the philosophical argument with an historical examination of how and why during late antiquity, early Christian thinkers began to reimagine their Greek and Roman past, followed by how and why renaissance and later enlightenment figures reimagined their ancient and medieval past.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538156547

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9781538156544

Moral Selfhood in the Liberal Tradition

The Politics of Individuality

By: Paul Fairfield

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Moral Selfhood in the Liberal Tradition

The Politics of Individuality

By: Paul Fairfield

Beginning with a wide-ranging discussion of liberal philosophers, Fairfield proposes that liberalism requires a complete reconception of moral selfhood, one that accommodates elements of the contemporary critiques without abandoning liberal individualism.

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University of Toronto Press

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080204736X

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9780802047366

John Bale, Mythmaker for the English Reformation

By: Leslie Fairfield

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John Bale, Mythmaker for the English Reformation

By: Leslie Fairfield

John Bale (1495 - 1563) made a strong impact on the growth of English Protestant self-consciousness in the sixteenth century. He spent twenty years as a Carmelite friar, and then converted to Protestantism in the mid-1530s. Henry VIII's government enlisted Bale to write and produce plays against the Papacy; he had a decisive influence on John Foxe, and Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs' (1563); and Bale's drama 'Kynge Johan' was an important link between the medieval mystery plays and the age of Shakespeare. His greatest achievement, however, was his re-telling of English history in light of the Reformation. Bale argued that England had a divine vocation to protect and defend Protestantism against Roman political subversion and non-Biblical religion. Bale's story of England as the Ònew Israel shaped the self-consciousness of the Elizabethan age, and via John Winthrop and New England in 1630 bequeathed a sense of national vocation to America as well.

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251

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1597526649

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9781597526647

Philosophical Reflections on Antiquity

Historical Change

By: Paul Fairfield

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Philosophical Reflections on Antiquity

Historical Change

By: Paul Fairfield

Philosophical Reflections on Antiquity: Historical Change addresses the question of whether there is a logic of historical change, and whether the collapse of teleology should deter us from inquiring anew whether any recurring patterns and themes show themselves amid the complexity of historical life. Paul Fairfield argues that if any conception of universal history remains possible, it is one that rejects teleology and causal laws while identifying thematic tendencies that afford some semblance of unity, including the enduring phenomena that are interlocution, the struggle for predominance, and the endless back and forth that play out between them. This book examines the transitional periods of archaic Greece and late antiquity, the ostensible birth and death of the ancient west. Fairfield argues that an interpretation of the social, political, and intellectual history of these important turning points brings to light some philosophical understanding of the dynamics of change itself, observing that the transition from archaic to classical Greece was no miracle, while the end of the Roman era can no longer be conceived as a story of decline and fall. Rather, Fairfield posits, these were not complete breaks, but relative beginnings and endings in narratives that are ongoing. Scholars of philosophy, history, and anthropology will find this book particularly useful.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793614822

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9781793614827

The Public and Its Possibilities

Triumphs and Tragedies in the American City

By: John D. Fairfield

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The Public and Its Possibilities

Triumphs and Tragedies in the American City

By: John D. Fairfield

In his compelling reinterpretation of American history, The Public and Its Possibilities, John Fairfieldargues that our unrealized civic aspirations provide the essential counterpoint to an excessive focus on private interests. Inspired by the revolutionary generation, nineteenth-century Americans struggled to build an economy and a culture to complement their republican institutions. But over the course of the twentieth century, a corporate economy and consumer culture undercut civic values, conflating consumer and citizen. Fairfield places the city at the center of American experience, describing how a resilient demand for an urban participatory democracy has bumped up against the fog of war, the allure of the marketplace, and persistent prejudices of race, class, and gender. In chronicling and synthesizing centuries of U.S. history—including the struggles of the antislavery, labor, women’s rights movements—Fairfield explores the ebb and flow of civic participation, activism, and democracy. He revisits what the public has done for civic activism, and the possibility of taking a greater role. In this age where there has been a move towards greater participation in America's public life from its citizens, Fairfield’s book—written in an accessible, jargon-free style and addressed to general readers—is especially topical.

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369

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Temple University Press

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1439902127

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9781439902127

A Memoir upon Loxolophodon and Uintatherium, Two Genera of the Sub-Order Dinocerata

By: Henry Fairfield Osborn

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A Memoir upon Loxolophodon and Uintatherium, Two Genera of the Sub-Order Dinocerata

By: Henry Fairfield Osborn

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368862510

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9783368862510

Teachability and Learnability

Can Thinking Be Taught?

By: Paul Fairfield

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Teachability and Learnability

Can Thinking Be Taught?

By: Paul Fairfield

Deep disagreements exist regarding what thinking and critical thinking are and to what extent they are teachable. Thinking is learned in some measure by all, but not everything that is learnable is also teachable in an institutional setting. In questioning the relationship between teachability and learnability, Fairfield investigates the implications of thinking as inquiry, education as the cultivation of agency, and self-education. By challenging some of the standard conceptions of thinking, the author explores the limits of teachability and advances critiques of standardized tests, digital learning technologies, and managerialism in education.

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177

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Routledge

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1317330439

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9781317330431

Choice Centered Astrology

The Basics

By: Gail Fairfield

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Choice Centered Astrology

The Basics

By: Gail Fairfield

A practical approach that provides basics for understanding astrological charts. Shows you how to utilize astrology to make the most of your life and gives clear examples of in-depth, choice-centered interpretations of aspects, houses, planets, and signs. Whether you are a novice, knowledgeable student, or professional in the field, you will find this book useful.

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Weiser Books

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1609254384

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9781609254384

Corporate Culture and the Quality Organization

By: James W. Fairfield-Sonn

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Corporate Culture and the Quality Organization

By: James W. Fairfield-Sonn

Most quality management programs focus on the tools that can be employed to improve quality, but the long-term results of these efforts have been mixed. The only way to ensure that quality improvement will have lasting consequences for a firm is to change the corporate culture. Having the appropriate level of technical knowledge to address quality problems is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for realizing the hoped-for improvement. Only when the entire culture of the corporation, starting with a visionary leader and senior management, is receptive to the adoption of new tools will any substantial progress be made. Fairfield-Sonn, a management consultant and professor of management, argues that success in this endeavor depends not only on mastering the components of a quality corporate culture but on understanding how to put those components together. He describes not only what must be done to establish a quality culture but how to stage a rollout of a quality program to enhance the likelihood of the effort's long-term success. Four in-depth case studies—Fidelity Investments, General Electric, Torrington Supply Company, and Connecticut Renaissance—are presented for illustration and instruction by way of example. Geared toward executives and consultants as well as those teaching courses in production and operations management, process management, total quality management, and corporate culture.

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242

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313095604

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9780313095603

Life's a Roller Coaster

By: Helga Parl

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Life's a Roller Coaster

By: Helga Parl

A collection of nine short stories by seven authors from Brisbane, Australia. Members of the Fairfield Writers Group tell their stories of the adventure that is life. Includes a true story of the 2011 Brisbane flood; a fantasy story of a man battling an island hurricane; a woman's memories of growing up in war-torn Germany; a tragic account of a mother watching her gifted son slowly die from a debilitating disease; a tale of a teenage boy losing in virginity in Glasgow in the fifties; a revelation of the startling discovery of a young woman who goes prying into her deceased parents' world; and an account of a widow's struggle to adjust to life without her lover. This tantalizing collection is one of a series of three Anthologies by Fairfield Writers' Group. Look also for ''Changing Seasons'' (2013 Anthology) and ''Beginnings: Queensland Stories'' (2009 Anthology).

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Rainbow Works Pty Limited

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098057143X

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9780980571431

Book's by Fairfield Writers Group

Historical Imagination

Historical Imagination

Moral Selfhood in the Liberal Tradition

Moral Selfhood in the Liberal Tradition

John Bale, Mythmaker for the English Reformation

John Bale, Mythmaker for the English Reformation

Philosophical Reflections on Antiquity

Philosophical Reflections on Antiquity

The Public and Its Possibilities

The Public and Its Possibilities

A Memoir upon Loxolophodon and Uintatherium, Two Genera of the Sub-Order Dinocerata

A Memoir upon Loxolophodon and Uintatherium, Two Genera of the Sub-Order Dinocerata

Teachability and Learnability

Teachability and Learnability

Choice Centered Astrology

Choice Centered Astrology

Corporate Culture and the Quality Organization

Corporate Culture and the Quality Organization

Life's a Roller Coaster

Life's a Roller Coaster

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