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Cosmology and Moral Community in the Lakota Sun Dance

Reconceptualizing J. R. Walker's Account

By: Fritz Detwiler

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Cosmology and Moral Community in the Lakota Sun Dance

Reconceptualizing J. R. Walker's Account

By: Fritz Detwiler

Drawing on Indigenous methodologies, this book uses a close analysis of James R. Walker’s 1917 monograph on the Lakota Sun Dance to explore how the Sun Dance communal ritual complex – the most important Lakota ceremony – creates moral community, providing insights into the cosmology and worldview of Lakota tradition. The book uses Walker’s primary source to conduct a reading of the Sun Dance in its nineteenth-century context through the lenses of Lakota metaphysics, cosmology, ontology, and ethics. The author argues that the Sun Dance constitutes a cosmic ethical drama in which persons of all types – human and nonhuman – come together in reciprocal actions and relationships. Drawing on contemporary animist theory and a perspectivist approach that uses Lakota worldview assumptions as the basis for analysis, the book enables a richer understanding of the Sun Dance and its role in the Lakota moral world. Offering a nuanced understanding that centers Lakota views of the sacred, this book will be relevant to scholars of religion and animism, and all those interested in Native American cultures and lifeways.

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Routledge

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1000536262

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Standing on the Premises of God

The Christian Right's Fight to Redefine America's Public Schools

By: Fritz Detwiler

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Standing on the Premises of God

The Christian Right's Fight to Redefine America's Public Schools

By: Fritz Detwiler

The Christian Right is arguably the most significant social movement in the United States today. In recent years, these religious conservatives have loudly protested a public education system they believe no longer represents their interests or values. Educators often dismiss critiques based on religious values as irrational or flimsy, failing to appreciate the coherence of these criticisms from the Christian Right's own perspective. While the Christian Right has become ever more sophisticated in its lobbying and powerful in its influence, educators and parents find themselves lacking the background knowledge necessary to respond effectively to its efforts. Standing on the Premises of God speaks directly to this dilemma, explaining current incarnations of the Christian Right, its leadership, its intellectual and theological foundations, and its tactics, so that those interested in the debates over education will be better prepared to engage them constructively. Taking the novel approach of framing the Christian Right as a revitalization movement, Detwiler shows how it seeks to effect cultural transformation in order to bring public education-and our society more generally-in line with its worldview. His theoretical model provides insights into why education is so pivotal to the Christian Right and also assesses the religious viability of the Christian Right as a social movement.

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344

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NYU Press

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0814719147

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9780814719145

Frontsoldaten

The German Soldier in World War II

By: Stephen G. Fritz

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Frontsoldaten

The German Soldier in World War II

By: Stephen G. Fritz

Alois Dwenger, writing from the front in May of 1942, complained that people forgot "the actions of simple soldiers.I believe that true heroism lies in bearing this dreadful everyday life." In exploring the reality of the Landser, the average German soldier in World War II, through letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral histories, Stephen G. Fritz provides the definitive account of the everyday war of the German front soldier. The personal documents of these soldiers, most from the Russian front, where the majority of German infantrymen saw service, paint a richly textured portrait of the Landser that illustrates the complexity and paradox of his daily life. Although clinging to a self-image as a decent fellow, the German soldier nonetheless committed terrible crimes in the name of National Socialism. When the war was finally over, and his country lay in ruins, the Landser faced a bitter truth: all his exertions and sacrifices had been in the name of a deplorable regime that had committed unprecedented crimes. With chapters on training, images of combat, living conditions, combat stress, the personal sensations of war, the bonds of comradeship, and ideology and motivation, Fritz offers a sense of immediacy and intimacy, revealing war through the eyes of these self-styled "little men." A fascinating look at the day-to-day life of German soldiers, this is a book not about war but about men. It will be vitally important for anyone interested in World War II, German history, or the experiences of common soldiers throughout the world.

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311

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813127815

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9780813127811

Ostkrieg

Hitler's War of Extermination in the East

By: Stephen Fritz

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Ostkrieg

Hitler's War of Extermination in the East

By: Stephen Fritz

On June 22, 1941, Germany launched the greatest land assault in history on the Soviet Union, an attack that Adolf Hitler deemed crucial to ensure German economic and political survival. As the key theater of the war for the Germans, the eastern front consumed enormous levels of resources and accounted for 75 percent of all German casualties. Despite the significance of this campaign to Germany and to the war as a whole, few English-language publications of the last thirty-five years have addressed these pivotal events. In Ostkrieg: Hitler’s War of Extermination in the East, Stephen G. Fritz bridges the gap in scholarship by incorporating historical research from the last several decades into an accessible, comprehensive, and coherent narrative. His analysis of the Russo-German War from a German perspective covers all aspects of the eastern front, demonstrating the interrelation of military events, economic policy, resource exploitation, and racial policy that first motivated the invasion. This in-depth account challenges accepted notions about World War II and promotes greater understanding of a topic that has been neglected by historians.

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617

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University Press of Kentucky

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081313417X

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9780813134178

Ecosystem Management

Selected Readings

By: Fred B. Samson,Fritz L. Knopf

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Ecosystem Management

Selected Readings

By: Fred B. Samson,Fritz L. Knopf

Ecosystem management has emerged in the past several years as the new paradigm for managing public and private land. It combines the principles of ecosystem-level ecology with the policy requirements of resource and public land management. This collection of selected readings will serve as an introduction to the concepts of biological diversity, ecological process, biotic integrity, and ecological sustainability that underlie ecosystem management.

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470

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461240182

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The First Soldier

Hitler as Military Leader

By: Stephen G. Fritz

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The First Soldier

Hitler as Military Leader

By: Stephen G. Fritz

“An expert account of Nazi war strategy that concludes that Hitler was not without military talent.”(Kirkus Reviews) After Germany’s humiliating World War II defeat, numerous German generals published memoirs claiming that their country’s brilliant military leadership had been undermined by the Führer’s erratic decision making. The author of three highly acclaimed books on the era, Stephen Fritz upends this characterization of Hitler as an ill-informed fantasist and demonstrates the ways in which his strategy was coherent and even competent. That Hitler saw World War II as the only way to retrieve Germany’s fortunes and build an expansionist Thousand-Year Reich is uncontroversial. But while his generals did sometimes object to Hitler’s tactics and operational direction, they often made the same errors in judgment and were in agreement regarding larger strategic and political goals. A necessary volume for understanding the influence of World War I on Hitler’s thinking, this work is also an eye-opening reappraisal of major events like the invasion of Russia and the battle for Normandy. “Perhaps the best account we have to date of Hitler’s military leadership. It shows a scrupulous and imaginative historian at work and will cement Fritz’s reputation as one of the leading historians of the military conflicts generated by Hitler’s Germany.” —Richard Overy, author of The Bombing War “Original, insightful and authoritative.” —David Stahel, author of The Battle for Moscow

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Yale University Press

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0300240759

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9780300240757

Cosmology and Moral Community in the Lakota Sun Dance

Reconceptualizing J. R. Walker's Account

By: Fritz Detwiler

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Cosmology and Moral Community in the Lakota Sun Dance

Reconceptualizing J. R. Walker's Account

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Standing on the Premises of God

The Christian Right's Fight to Redefine America's Public Schools

By: Fritz Detwiler

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The Christian Right's Fight to Redefine America's Public Schools

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Cosmology and Moral Community in the Lakota Sun Dance

Cosmology and Moral Community in the Lakota Sun Dance

Standing on the Premises of God

Standing on the Premises of God

Frontsoldaten

Frontsoldaten

Ostkrieg

Ostkrieg

Ecosystem Management

Ecosystem Management

The First Soldier

The First Soldier

Cosmology and Moral Community in the Lakota Sun Dance

Cosmology and Moral Community in the Lakota Sun Dance

Standing on the Premises of God

Standing on the Premises of God

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