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A Poetic for Sociology

Toward a Logic of Discovery for the Human Sciences

By: Richard Harvey Brown

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A Poetic for Sociology

Toward a Logic of Discovery for the Human Sciences

By: Richard Harvey Brown

For too long, argues Richard Harvey Brown, social scientists have felt forced to choose between imitating science's empirical methodology and impersonating a romantic notion of art, the methods of which are seen as primarily a matter of intuition, interpretation, and opinion. Developing the idea of a "cognitive aesthetic," Brown shows how both science and art—as well as the human studies that stand between them—depend on metaphoric thinking as their "logic of discovery" and may be assessed in terms of such aesthetic criteria of adequacy as economy, elegance, originality, scope, congruence, and form. By recognizing this "aesthetic" common ground between science and art, Brown demonstrates that a fusion can be achieved within the human sciences of these two principal ideals of knowledge—the scientific or positivist one and the artistic or intuitive one. A path, then, is opened for creating a knowledge of ourselves and society which is at once objective and subjective, at once valid scientifically and significantly humane.

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0226076199

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Social Science as Civic Discourse

Essays on the Invention, Legitimation, and Uses of Social Theory

By: Richard Harvey Brown

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Social Science as Civic Discourse

Essays on the Invention, Legitimation, and Uses of Social Theory

By: Richard Harvey Brown

Richard Harvey Brown's pioneering explorations in the philosophy of social science and the theory of rhetoric reach a culmination in Social Science as Civic Discourse. In his earlier works, he argued for a logic of discovery and explanation in social science by showing that science and art both depend on metaphoric thinking, and he has applied that logic to society as a narrative text in which significant action by moral agents is possible. This new work is at once a philosophical critique of social theory and a social-theoretical critique of politics. Brown proposes to redirect the language and the mission of the social sciences toward a new discourse for a humane civic practice.

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0226076245

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Society as Text

Essays on Rhetoric, Reason, and Reality

By: Richard Harvey Brown

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Society as Text

Essays on Rhetoric, Reason, and Reality

By: Richard Harvey Brown

Brown makes elegant use of sociological theory and of insights from language philosophy, literary criticism, and rhetoric to articulate a new theory of the human sciences, using the powerful metaphor of society as text.

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0226076172

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Culture, Capitalism, and Democracy in the New America

By: Richard Harvey Brown

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Culture, Capitalism, and Democracy in the New America

By: Richard Harvey Brown

The United States is in transit from an industrial to a postindustrial society, from a modern to postmodern culture, and from a national to a global economy. In this book Richard Harvey Brown asks how we can distinguish the uniquely American elements of these changes from more global influences. His answer focuses on the ways in which economic imperatives give shape to the shifting experience of being American. Drawing on a wide knowledge of American history and literature, the latest social science, and contemporary social issues, Brown investigates continuity and change in American race relations, politics, religion, conception of selfhood, families, and the arts. He paints a vivid picture of contemporary America, showing how postmodernism is perceived and felt by individuals and focusing attention on the strengths and limitations of American democracy.

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Yale University Press

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0300127871

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The Politics of Selfhood

Bodies and Identities in Global Capitalism

By: Richard Harvey Brown

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The Politics of Selfhood

Bodies and Identities in Global Capitalism

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A Poetic for Sociology

Toward a Logic of Discovery for the Human Sciences

By: Richard Harvey Brown

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Toward a Democratic Science

Scientific Narration and Civice Communication

By: Richard Harvey Brown

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Toward a Democratic Science

Scientific Narration and Civice Communication

By: Richard Harvey Brown

In this important book, a leading authority in the field of social theory and communication shows how science is a rhetorical and narrative activity--a story well told. Richard Harvey Brown argues that expert knowledge is a form of power and explains how a narrative view of science can integrate science within a democratic civic discourse, as in the movement for environmental justice in the United States.

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Culture, Capitalism, and Democracy in the New America

By: Richard Harvey Brown

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Writing the Social Text

Poetics and Politics in Social Science Discourse

By: Richard Brown

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Writing the Social Text

Poetics and Politics in Social Science Discourse

By: Richard Brown

During the past decade, it has become commonplace to interpret social and cultural reality-the very groundwork of the social sciences-as linguistic constructions. Not only is society viewed as a text, but scientific texts themselves are seen as rhetorical constructions. This collection of scholarly essays begins with an overview of this emerging field, and covers the specific stylistic practices by which social scientists create -objective- or -true- representations of society. The volume closes with a consideration of the more telling challenges to the rhetorics of the social sciences and how these might be encompassed or overcome.

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1351470914

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Society as Text

Essays on Rhetoric, Reason, and Reality

By: Richard Harvey Brown

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Rocke Robertson

Surgeon and Shepherd of Change

By: Richard W. Pound

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Rocke Robertson

Surgeon and Shepherd of Change

By: Richard W. Pound

Rocke Robertson (1912 - 1998) was a McGill-trained surgeon who served at the front lines in the Sicilian and Italian campaigns in World War II. His post-war experience took him to the top of the medical profession and appointments as chief of the Department of Surgery at McGill and surgeon-in-chief at the Montreal General Hospital. In 1962 Robertson was named principal of McGill University, a position he held for eight years during one of the most unsettling periods in the university's history. Apart from the usual demanding job of running the university, Robertson was forced to deal with political upheaval, student unrest and revolt, and defending the rights of the English-speaking minority in Quebec. While all around him university leaders cracked under the pressures, Robertson persisted until workable governance solutions were put in place at McGill. Rocke Robertson: Surgeon and Shepherd of Change is a compelling portrait of a remarkable man who handled the greatest challenge of his career - running a primarily English-speaking university in Quebec during the Quiet Revolution - with courage, wisdom, and success.

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0773578188

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An Abundance of Virtues

Stories About People Who Have Changed My Life

By: Richard H. Schneider

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An Abundance of Virtues

Stories About People Who Have Changed My Life

By: Richard H. Schneider

DISCOVER A DEEP SENSE OF HOPE IN THE WORLD AROUND US A celebration of life, An Abundance of Virtues contains true stories about people who have exemplified one of the five virtues of faith, compassion, truth, courage, and grace. Author Richard H. Schneider, a journalist for more than fifty years presents slice-of-life vignettesboth personal and from interviews he conducted throughout his thirty-eight-year career as an editor with Guideposts magazine. An Abundance of Virtues narrates stories about teacher Marva Collins, who helped failing schoolchildren achieve academic excellence through the power of grace; Reginald Andrews, who leapt onto subway tracks to save a man he didnt know; Jimmy Stewart, whose faith guided him through horrific air battles in World War II; and Donald Seibert, whose commitment to truth helped him rise to become CEO of a major corporation. As a strong ship carries things useful for life and can be a refuge from suffering, the inspirational narratives relayed in An Abundance of Virtues provide motivation and can help others face the challenges on their lifes journey. For some thirty years Dick Schneider was the soul of Guideposts. These are some of his greatest stories ever. Edward Grinnan, Editor in Chief, Guideposts Magazine

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Inspiring Voices

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Social Science as Civic Discourse

Essays on the Invention, Legitimation, and Uses of Social Theory

By: Richard Harvey Brown

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Workin' Man Blues

Country Music in California

By: Gerald Haslam,Alexandra Haslam Russell,Richard Chon

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Workin' Man Blues

Country Music in California

By: Gerald Haslam,Alexandra Haslam Russell,Richard Chon

Workin' Man Blues is possibly the most brilliantly astute and thorough examination ever written about country music in California and the impact it has had in our lives and on our culture. I'm extremely flattered to be even mentioned in such august company."—Dwight Yoakam, Singer, Songwriter "With all the pathos of a Rose Maddox ballad and more edges than a Merle Haggard song, Haslam has spun together the stories of the artists who have made California part of country music and country music part of California."—James Gregory, author of American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California "This book clears new ground in both the history of music and American ethnicity. As gorgeously detailed as any shirt worn by a Rhinestone Cowboy, there's no other book like it."—Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California

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0520275055

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The Reality of Time Flow

Local Becoming in Modern Physics

By: Richard T. W. Arthur

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The Reality of Time Flow

Local Becoming in Modern Physics

By: Richard T. W. Arthur

It is commonly held that there is no place for the 'now’ in physics, and also that the passing of time is something subjective, having to do with the way reality is experienced but not with the way reality is. Indeed, the majority of modern theoretical physicists and philosophers of physics contend that the passing of time is incompatible with modern physical theory, and excluded in a fundamental description of physical reality. This book provides a forceful rebuttal of such claims. In successive chapters the author explains the historical precedents of the modern opposition to time flow, giving careful expositions of matters relevant to becoming in classical physics, the special and general theories of relativity, and quantum theory, without presupposing prior expertise in these subjects. Analysing the arguments of thinkers ranging from Aristotle, Russell, and Bergson to the proponents of quantum gravity, he contends that the passage of time, understood as a local becoming of events out of those in their past at varying rates, is not only compatible with the theories of modern physics, but implicit in them.

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Springer

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3030159485

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Patient Care Management: A Lab Workbook for Prescription Practice

By: Richard Finkel

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Patient Care Management: A Lab Workbook for Prescription Practice

By: Richard Finkel

The Third Edition of Patient Care Management Lab: A Workbook for Prescription Practice develops and fine-tunes skills in reading, evaluating, and filling prescriptions. Students learn to decipher handwritten prescriptions, examine prescriptions for inaccuracies, evaluate a drug in relation to their patient's drug and social history, and fill prescriptions accurately. Each chapter corresponds to a particular disease state, summarizing the key characteristics and concerns with the associated drugs.

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1284209938

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Orkney

A Special Way of Life

By: Richard Clubley

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Orkney

A Special Way of Life

By: Richard Clubley

After moving permanently to the island he's always dreamed of, Richard Clubley here sets out to capture the experience of life on Orkney, from the history of Neolithic sites to a future in renewable energy, telling the stories of countless Orcadians along the way. Determined to travel further afield than his home on Mainland, Richard takes to the Outer Islands to meet the people who live there and tell their stories. Orkney: A Special Way of Life is a delight for any lover of Scotland's remote places, filled with rich descriptions of the islands.

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Luath Press Ltd

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1910022837

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Gauging What's Real

The Conceptual Foundations of Contemporary Gauge Theories

By: Richard Healey

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Gauging What's Real

The Conceptual Foundations of Contemporary Gauge Theories

By: Richard Healey

Gauge theories have provided our most successful representations of the fundamental forces of nature. But how do such representations work? Healey aims to answer this question, and defends a distinctive thesis which proves that loops rather than points are the locations of fundamental properties.

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0199287961

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Handbook of Biblical Criticism, Fourth Edition

By: Richard N. Soulen,R. Kendall Soulen

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Handbook of Biblical Criticism, Fourth Edition

By: Richard N. Soulen,R. Kendall Soulen

The fourth edition of this best-selling textbook continues to be a valuable resource for the beginning student in the critical study of the Bible. Thoroughly revised to include the newest methods, recent discoveries, and developments in the field of biblical criticism over the past decade, the Handbook of Biblical Criticism is designed to be a starting point for understanding the vast array of methods, approaches and technical terms employed in this field. Updates in this edition also include an expanded dictionary of terms, phrases, names, and frequently used abbreviations, as well as a bibliography that includes the most up-to-date date publications. The Handbook of Biblical Criticism is a valuable introductory textbook and a reliable guide for pastors, laypersons, and scholars whose expertise lies in other fields.

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161164156X

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Experiences in the Biocontinuum

A New Foundation for Living Systems

By: Richard L. Summers

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Experiences in the Biocontinuum

A New Foundation for Living Systems

By: Richard L. Summers

The central question in the biological sciences for the past 100 years has concerned an understanding of how living systems differ from other general physical phenomena and what makes these systems unique. With new developments in the fields of nonequilibrium thermodynamics, systems theory, chaos, and information theory over the past few decades, there has been growing interest in finally answering the question first posed by Erwin Schrödinger in the 1940s concerning the true scientific nature of living systems. Similarly, there is also increasing interest within the biologic community for a more holistic and non-reductionist methodology. The approach followed in this book builds on a foundation of information theory and semiotics while integrating basic thermodynamic considerations and systems theory to form a singular unifying concept that is proposed to be the essential process of living systems. However, the premise presented is much more than simply the exposition of a new hypothesis. This book describes the logical progression of thought incorporating a diverse array of established scientific ideas that were used in the conceptualization of a dynamic mathematical framework that can be employed as a novel analytic means for the study of living systems and their fundamental processes.

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1527557898

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Intellectual Property Damages

Guidelines and Analysis

By: Mark A. Glick,Lara A. Reymann,Richard Hoffman

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Intellectual Property Damages

Guidelines and Analysis

By: Mark A. Glick,Lara A. Reymann,Richard Hoffman

A comprehensive resource for anyone involved in intellectualproperty litigation With Intellectual Property Damages you'll get the basics of theintellectual property litigation process, the essential "rules" inpostulating damages theories, the basics of IP law, the economicpolicies that are the foundation for much of IP litigation, theskills necessary to correctly calculate damages in IP cases--andmore! Order your copy today!

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471449474

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9780471449478

The Second Admiral

A Life of David Dixon Porter, 1813-1891

By: Richard S. West

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The Second Admiral

A Life of David Dixon Porter, 1813-1891

By: Richard S. West

A DEFINITIVE BUT HIGHLY EXCITING LIFE OF ONE OF THE MOST COLORFUL AND HITHERTO NEGLECTED FIGURES IN AMERICAN HISTORY David Dixon Porter (1813-1891) was a U.S. Navy admiral and a member of one of the most distinguished families in the history of the U.S. Navy. Promoted as the second U.S. Navy officer ever to attain the rank of admiral, Porter helped improve the Navy as the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy after significant service in the American Civil War. Porter began naval service as a midshipman at the age of 10 under his father, Commodore David Porter, on the frigate U.S.S. John Adams. He served in the Mexican War in the attack on the fort at the City of Vera Cruz, commanded an independent flotilla of mortar boats at the capture of New Orleans, and later advanced to the rank of (acting) rear admiral in command of the Mississippi River Squadron, which co-operated with the army under Maj.-Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Vicksburg Campaign. After the fall of Vicksburg, he led the naval forces in the difficult Red River Campaign in Louisiana. Late in 1864, Porter was transferred from the interior to the Atlantic coast, where he led the U.S. Navy in the joint assaults on Fort Fisher, the final significant naval action of the war. Porter worked to raise the standards of the U.S. Navy in the position of Superintendent of the Naval Academy when it was restored to Annapolis. He initiated reforms in the curriculum to increase professionalism. In the early days of President Grant's administration, Porter was de facto Secretary of the Navy. When his adoptive brother David G. Farragut was advanced from rank of vice-admiral to admiral, Porter took his previous position; likewise, when Farragut died, Porter became the second man to hold the newly created rank of admiral. He gathered a corps of like-minded officers devoted to naval reform.

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1789121191

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Christian Origins

By: Richard Horsley

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Christian Origins

By: Richard Horsley

Dealing with a time when "Christians" were moving towards separation from the movement's Jewish origins, this inaugural volume of A People's History of Christianity tells "the people's story" by gathering together evidence from the New Testament texts, archaeology, and other contemporary sources. Of particular interest to the distinguished group of scholar-contributors are the often overlooked aspects of the earliest "Christian" consciousness: How, for example, did they manage to negotiate allegiances to two social groups? How did they deal with crucial issues of wealth and poverty? What about the participation of slaves and women in these communities? How did living in the shadow of the Roman Empire color their religious experience and economic values?

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1451416644

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