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The Poetic Character of Human Activity

Collected Essays on the Thought of Michael Oakeshott

By: Wendell John Coats,Chor-yung Cheung

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The Poetic Character of Human Activity

Collected Essays on the Thought of Michael Oakeshott

By: Wendell John Coats,Chor-yung Cheung

The Poetic Character of Human Activity is a collection of essays by two Oakeshott scholars, most of which explores the meaning of Oakeshott’s pregnant phrase, “the poetic character of human activity” by comparing and contrasting this idea with similar and opposing ones, in particular those of the Taoist thinker, Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), and his Western interpreter, A.C. Graham. Oakeshott’s deep appreciation of the poetic and non-instrumental character of human activity led him to develop an interest in the works of Zhuangzi and Confucius. Comparison of shared themes between Oakeshott and these two Chinese thinkers facilitates appreciation of his elegant analytic style and his resort to use of metaphors and story-telling when conveying some of his most profound insights. The collection also contains essays contrasting Oakeshott’s idea of the “creative” in human experience with views of, among others, Plato, Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin. Oakeshott used the phrase “the poetic character of human activity” (arguably the animating center of his entire thought), to refer to the “creative” character of human experiential reality, that is, to the fact that the form (the how) and content (the what) of all human experience and activity arise simultaneously and fluidly, and can be separated only at the expense of theoretical coherence and practical skill. The various essays in this collection explore the meaning of this claim, and its ramifications for the proper role of critical intellect in especially philosophy, morality, learning, and governance. There is also some brief contrast of Oakeshott with John Rawls, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, and Quentin Skinner.

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Lexington Books

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0739171623

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9780739171622

Modern Germany

By: Wendell G. Johnson,Katharina Barbe

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Modern Germany

By: Wendell G. Johnson,Katharina Barbe

Modern Germany explores life, society, and history in this comprehensive thematic encyclopedia, spanning such topics as geography, pop culture, the media, and gender. Germany and its capital, Berlin, were the fulcrum of geopolitics in the twentieth century. After the Second World War, Germany was a divided nation. Many German citizens were born and educated and continued to work in eastern Germany (the former German Democratic Republic). This title in the Understanding Modern Nations series seeks to explain contemporary life and traditional culture through thematic encyclopedic entries. Themes in the book cover geography; history; politics and government; economy; religion and thought; social classes and ethnicity; gender, marriage, and sexuality; education; language; etiquette; literature and drama; art and architecture; music and dance; food; leisure and sports; and media and pop culture. Within each theme, short topical entries cover a wide array of key concepts and ideas, from LGBTQ issues in Germany to linguistic dialects to the ever-famous Oktoberfest. Geared specifically toward high school and undergraduate German students, readers interested in history and travel will find this book accessible and engaging.

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361

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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ISBN 13

9798216118558

Religious Speech and the Quest for Freedoms in the Anglo-American World

By: Wendell Bird

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Religious Speech and the Quest for Freedoms in the Anglo-American World

By: Wendell Bird

Judeo-Christian believers demanded and ultimately brought us six major advances in freedom - speech and press, criminal rights and higher education, abolition and civil rights.

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421

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Cambridge University Press

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1316514730

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9781316514733

The 30-30 Career

Making 30 Grand in 30 Seconds! Vol. 2

By: Wendell Hanes

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The 30-30 Career

Making 30 Grand in 30 Seconds! Vol. 2

By: Wendell Hanes

THE 30-30 Career is the #1 MOST COMPREHENSIVE BOOK SERIES ON MUSIC AND ADVERTISING! YOU MAY NOT SELL A MILLION RECORDS, but you can MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS in the world of music and advertising. VOLUME 3 of THE 30-30 CAREER: BECOMING A PLATINUM COMPOSER! Making Music For Commercials" shows you how to break big into a music industry full of competition using the decisions and actions of Award-Winning Commercial Composer Wendell Hanes as a blueprint to scoring over 700 commercials, themes, and promos. A 24/7 grind is the blueprint to your success. EARN your spot, HOLD your spot and NEVER stop! The next time the record industry closes you out, tap the advertising industry.Become a Platinum Composer! Don't chase the dream. Build the Career. The 30-30 CAREER!

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286

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AuthorHouse

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1452050953

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9781452050959

Life's End

Technocratic Dying in an Age of Spiritual Yearning

By: David Wendell Moller

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Life's End

Technocratic Dying in an Age of Spiritual Yearning

By: David Wendell Moller

The explicit purpose of this book is to analyze dying and death in the cosmopolitan, modern setting. There is, however, an additional theme that is implicit in the analysis and observations. The portrait of dying, which is provided in the pages of the book, also tells us a great deal about life. It demonstrates that the foundation for the medicalization of death that piercingly shapes the life experience of dying persons and loved ones is a product of the ways of life in the broader culture.

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235

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Routledge

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1351843249

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On Death without Dignity

The Human Impact of Technological Dying

By: David Moller

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On Death without Dignity

The Human Impact of Technological Dying

By: David Moller

Candidly written, ""On Death Without Dignity: The Human Impact of Technological Dying"", attempts to re-humanize the inevitable biological occurrence called dying. It is Moller's view that through the advancement of medicalized technology, has come the demise of the contemporary dying process. The oncological death is reflected as failure in the part of modern medicine, the physician, and the hospital; yet the patient experiences alienation, stigma, helplessness, and normlessness. Yet as a culture the current societal approach to the dying-silent avoidance-only adds to this alienation. Society has failed to provide the necessary rules for this universal, social, and biological event.

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137

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Routledge

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1351842552

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9781351842556

Ice Cream

By: Wendell S. Arbuckle

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Ice Cream

By: Wendell S. Arbuckle

This edition of "Ice Cream" is a full revision of previous editions and includes an updating of the areas that have been affected by changes and new technolo gy. The ice cream industry has developed on the basis of an abundant economical supply of ingredients and is a high-volume, highly automated, modern, progressive, very competitive industry composed of large and small businesses manufacturing ice cream and related products. The industry un derwent a difficult period of adjusting to economic changes and to the es tablishment of product specifications and composition regulations. The latter area has now become more stabilized and the Frozen Desserts Definitions and Standards of Identity are now more clearly defined, as are ingredient and nutritional labeling specifications. The chapters that include basic information on ice cream technology remain for the most part unchanged in order to accommodate beginners in the industry and the smaller processors. In other chapters major revisions and the incorporation of new material have been made. Key classical references and information have been retained or added in order to keep intact those portions of the book which students have found most useful and helpful as reflected in my own teaching, research, and publications in the field of dairy science, and particularly in the field of ice cream production.

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495

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Springer

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1475754477

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9781475754476

Memories of the Future

By: Wendell Bell

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Memories of the Future

By: Wendell Bell

Life courses, both professional and personal, are often directed by unplanned experiences. At crossroads, which path is followed and which hard choices are made can change the direction of one's future. Wendell Bell's life illustrates how totally unforeseen events can shape individual lives. As he notes, despite our hopes and our plans for the future, there is also serendipity, feedback, twists and turns, chance and circumstance, all of which shape our futures with sometimes surprising results. In Bell's case, such twists and turns of chance and circumstance led to his role in developing the new field of futures studies. In Memories of the Future, Bell recognizes the importance of images of the future and the effect of these images on events to come. Such images-dreams, visions, or whatever we call them-help to determine our actions, which, in turn, help shape the future, although not always in ways that we intend. Bell illustrates, partly with the story of his own life, how people remember such past images of the future and how the memories of them linger and are often used to judge the real outcomes of their lives. This is a fascinating view of the work of an important social scientist and the people and events that helped define his life. It is also about American higher education, especially from the end of World War II through the 1960s and 1970s, a period of educational transformation that included the spread of the merit system; the increase in ethnic, racial, gender, and social diversity among students and faculty; and a massive increase in research and knowledge.

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444

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Routledge

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1351506048

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9781351506045

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