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Taming Oblivion

Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in Japan

By: John W. Traphagan

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Taming Oblivion

Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in Japan

By: John W. Traphagan

Examines the cultural construction of senility in Japan and the moral implications of dependent behavior for older Japanese.

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SUNY Press

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0791444996

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9780791444993

Rethinking Autonomy

A Critique of Principlism in Biomedical Ethics

By: John W. Traphagan

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Rethinking Autonomy

A Critique of Principlism in Biomedical Ethics

By: John W. Traphagan

Provides a critique of and alternative to the dominant paradigm used in biomedical ethics by exploring the Japanese concept of autonomy.

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SUNY Press

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1438445539

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9781438445533

Science, Culture and the Search for Life on Other Worlds

By: John W. Traphagan

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Science, Culture and the Search for Life on Other Worlds

By: John W. Traphagan

This book explores humanity’s thoughts and ideas about extraterrestrial life, paying close attention to the ways science and culture interact with one another to create a context of imagination and discovery related to life on other worlds. Despite the recent explosion in our knowledge of other planets and the seeming era of discovery in which we live, to date we have found no concrete evidence that we are not alone. Our thinking about life on other worlds has been and remains the product of a combination of scientific investigation and human imagination shaped by cultural values--particularly values of exploration and discovery connected to American society. The rapid growth in our awareness of other worlds makes this a crucial moment to think about and assess the influence of cultural values on the scientific search for extraterrestrial life. Here the author considers the junction of science and culture with a focus on two main themes: (1) the underlying assumptions, many of which are tacitly based upon cultural values common in American society, that have shaped the ways researchers in astrobiology and SETI have conceptualized the nature of their endeavor and represented ideas about the potential influence contact might have on human civilization, and (2) the empirical evidence we can access as a way of thinking about the social impact that contact with alien intelligence might have for humanity.

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Springer

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3319417452

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Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Imagination

SETI at the Intersection of Science, Religion, and Culture

By: John Traphagan

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Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Imagination

SETI at the Intersection of Science, Religion, and Culture

By: John Traphagan

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) represents one of the most significant crossroads at which the assumptions and methods of scientific inquiry come into direct contact with—and in many cases conflict with—those of religion. Indeed, at the core of SETI is the same question that motivates many interested in religion: What is the place of humanity in the universe? Both scientists involved with SETI (and in other areas) and those interested in and dedicated to some religious traditions are engaged in contemplating these types of questions, even if their respective approaches and answers differ significantly. This book explores this intersection with a focus on three core points: 1) the relationship between science and religion as it is expressed within the framework of SETI research, 2) the underlying assumptions, many of which are tacitly based upon cultural values common in American society, that have shaped the ways in which SETI researchers have conceptualized the nature of their endeavor and represented ideas about the potential influence contact might have on human civilization, and 3) what sort of empirical evidence we might be able to access as a way of thinking about the social impact that contact with alien intelligence might have for humanity, from both religious and cultural perspectives. The book developed as a result of a course the author teaches at the University of Texas at Austin: Religion, Science, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

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Springer

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3319105515

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Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands

National Experiences and Practice

By: John H. Stubbs,William Chapman,Julia Gatley,Ross King

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Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands

National Experiences and Practice

By: John H. Stubbs,William Chapman,Julia Gatley,Ross King

The fourth in a series that documents architectural conservation in different parts of the world, Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice addresses cultural heritage protection in a region which comprises one third of the Earth’s surface. In response to local needs, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands have developed some of the most important and influential techniques, legislation, doctrine and theories in cultural heritage management in the world. The evolution of the heritage protection ethos and contemporary architectural conservation practices in Australia and Oceania are discussed on a national and regional basis using ample illustrations and examples. Accomplishments in architectural conservation are discussed in their national and international contexts, with an emphasis on original developments (solutions) and contributions made to the overall field. Enriched with essays contributed from fifty-nine specialists and thought leaders in the field, this book contains an extraordinary breadth and depth of research and synthesis on the why’s and how’s of cultural heritage conservation. Its holistic approach provides an essential resource and reference for students, academics, researchers, policy makers, practitioners and all who are interested in conserving the built environment.

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951

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Taylor & Francis

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1003807941

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9781003807940

Desert Songs

Western Images of Morocco and Moroccan Images of the West

By: John Maier

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Desert Songs

Western Images of Morocco and Moroccan Images of the West

By: John Maier

In an unusual approach to cultural studies, John Maier examines a wide variety of modern Western and Eastern texts. He brings together very different forms of cultural production: modern and postmodern fiction and folktales, advertising copy and oral histories, travel literature, and ethnographic studies. Many academic disciplines are also juxtaposed—literature and literary theory, linguistics, history, psychoanalysis, sociology, film studies, women's studies, and anthropology—largely because they have themselves been transformed by the cultural questions raised here.

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State University of New York Press

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1438411723

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9781438411729

Thinking Through Writing

A Guide to Becoming a Better Writer and Thinker

By: John Kaag,Jonathan van Belle

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Thinking Through Writing

A Guide to Becoming a Better Writer and Thinker

By: John Kaag,Jonathan van Belle

A practical and personal guide to thinking, writing, and argumentation for students in courses of introductory writing as well as critical thinking, and argument-based composition"--

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Princeton University Press

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069124958X

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9780691249582

Inside the Compassionate Organization

Culture, Identity, and Image in an English Hospice

By: Alan Baron,John Hassard,Fiona Cheetham,Sudi Sharifi

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Inside the Compassionate Organization

Culture, Identity, and Image in an English Hospice

By: Alan Baron,John Hassard,Fiona Cheetham,Sudi Sharifi

The literature on management and organization studies suggests the time is right for a focus on 'care and compassion'. The aim of this book is to answer this call by examining the cultural changes found within a particular 'compassionate organization' - an English hospice - from its altruistic beginnings to the more professionalized culture of today. The study seeks to understand how its members identify or fail to identify with an organization where issues of life and death take centre stage and explores some of the problems the hospice faces regarding its representation in society. These strands are then drawn together to consider the interrelationships between culture, identity, and image in the organization. An ethnographic approach, including participant observation, extended interviews, and group meetings, was used to study this organization over a period of almost two years. This enabled the production of a nuanced, sensitive, and holistic interpretation of the case study hospice as inferred from the views of both insiders and outsiders. The findings shed new light on the literature in management studies by proposing a view of culture as a sense-making context that facilitates group socialization underpinning a sense of personal and organizational identity. The study suggests a link between culture and group identification, making discussions about culture almost inseparable from those around identity. With regard to identity and image however the study suggests a dynamic and iterative relationship with a continuous flow between interpretation and reinterpretation influenced by the all-pervading cultural context.

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360

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Oxford University Press

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0192545388

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9780192545381

Empire of Infields

Baseball in Taiwan and Cultural Identity, 1895-1968

By: John J. Harney

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Empire of Infields

Baseball in Taiwan and Cultural Identity, 1895-1968

By: John J. Harney

When the Empire of Japan defeated the Chinese Qing Dynasty in 1895 and won its first colony, Taiwan, it worked to establish it as a model colony. The Japanese brought Taiwan not only education and economic reform but also a new pastime made popular in Japan by American influence: baseball. But unlike in many other models, the introduction of baseball to Taiwan didn’t lead to imperial indoctrination or nationalist resistance. Taiwan instead stands as a fascinating counterexample to an otherwise seemingly established norm in the cultural politics of modern imperialism. Taiwan’s baseball culture evolved as a cultural hybrid between American, Japanese, and later Chinese influences. In Empire of Infields John J. Harney traces the evolution and identity of Taiwanese baseball, focusing on three teams: the Nenggao team of 1924–25, the Kan? team of 1931, and the Hongye schoolboy team of 1968. Baseball developed as an aspect of Japanese cultural practices that survived the end of Japanese rule at the end of World War II and was a central element of Japanese influence in the formation of popular culture across East Asia. The Republic of China (which reclaimed Taiwan in 1945) only embraced baseball in 1968 as an expression of a distinct Chinese nationalism and as a vehicle for political narratives. Empire of Infields explores not only the development of Taiwanese baseball but also the influence of baseball on Taiwan’s cultural identity in its colonial years and beyond as a clear departure from narratives of assimilation and resistance.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803286821

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9780803286825

Aging Together

Dementia, Friendship, and Flourishing Communities

By: Susan H. McFadden,John T. McFadden

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Aging Together

Dementia, Friendship, and Flourishing Communities

By: Susan H. McFadden,John T. McFadden

Drawing on medicine, social science, philosophy, and religion to provide a broad perspective on aging, Aging Together offers a vision of relationships filled with love, joy, and hope in the face of a condition that all too often elicits anxiety, hopelessness, and despair.

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JHU Press

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1421413752

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9781421413754

The Trickle-Down Delusion

How Republican Upward Redistribution of Economic and Political Power Undermines Our Economy, Democracy, Institutions and Health—and a Liberal Response

By: John Seip,Dee Wood Harper

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The Trickle-Down Delusion

How Republican Upward Redistribution of Economic and Political Power Undermines Our Economy, Democracy, Institutions and Health—and a Liberal Response

By: John Seip,Dee Wood Harper

From inside the book: “Since 1980, the economy has been growing, and productivity has been growing, but trickle-down values—that we, the American people promote, pursuant to the Republican Party’s conservative ideology—have rigged the economy to continuously upwardly redistribute those revenues attributable to our increased productivity, yielding a productivity/wage disconnect, resulting in increased concentration of income and wealth at the top, in corporations and among older Americans (beneficiaries of income from Social Security, pensions and investments and continuing income due to delaying retirement), and the lowest percentage of GDP attributable to wages and highest attributable to profits since World War II. But trickle-down has not only distorted our economic thought; it has also distorted our political thought, our sociology and our concept of the rule of law. The result has been that the trickle-down policies promoted by the Republican Party are undermining our economy, democracy, institutions and health.” For further discussion contact author at johnjseip@gmail.com.

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UPA

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0761867449

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9780761867449

Science, Culture and the Search for Life on Other Worlds

By: John W. Traphagan

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Science, Culture and the Search for Life on Other Worlds

By: John W. Traphagan

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Springer

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Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Imagination

SETI at the Intersection of Science, Religion, and Culture

By: John Traphagan

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SETI at the Intersection of Science, Religion, and Culture

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Book's by John Traphagan

Taming Oblivion

Taming Oblivion

Rethinking Autonomy

Rethinking Autonomy

Science, Culture and the Search for Life on Other Worlds

Science, Culture and the Search for Life on Other Worlds

Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Imagination

Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Imagination

Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands

Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands

Desert Songs

Desert Songs

Thinking Through Writing

Thinking Through Writing

Inside the Compassionate Organization

Inside the Compassionate Organization

Empire of Infields

Empire of Infields

Aging Together

Aging Together

The Trickle-Down Delusion

The Trickle-Down Delusion

Science, Culture and the Search for Life on Other Worlds

Science, Culture and the Search for Life on Other Worlds

Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Imagination

Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Imagination

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