Author: Richard Thomas Hughes
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN: 9780226359175
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Implicit in the rhetoric of American millennialism is the fundamental theme of restoration to a primitive, primeval innocence. Richard T. Hughes and C. Leonard Allen argue that from colonial times to the nineteenth century and even, in some cases, through the twentieth century, Americans have wanted to recover those 'first times' that stand behind our historical past.
Illusions of Innocence
Author: Richard Thomas Hughes
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN: 9780226359175
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Implicit in the rhetoric of American millennialism is the fundamental theme of restoration to a primitive, primeval innocence. Richard T. Hughes and C. Leonard Allen argue that from colonial times to the nineteenth century and even, in some cases, through the twentieth century, Americans have wanted to recover those 'first times' that stand behind our historical past.
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN: 9780226359175
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Implicit in the rhetoric of American millennialism is the fundamental theme of restoration to a primitive, primeval innocence. Richard T. Hughes and C. Leonard Allen argue that from colonial times to the nineteenth century and even, in some cases, through the twentieth century, Americans have wanted to recover those 'first times' that stand behind our historical past.
Illusions of innocence : Protestant primitivism in America
Author: Richard T. ; Allen Hughes (C. Leonard)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
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The Illusions of Innocence
Author: Natasha Pierce
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782057818890
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9782057818890
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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End to Innocence
Author: Sheldon Kopp
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 9780553256178
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 9780553256178
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
An End to Innocence
Author: Sheldon Kopp
Publisher: Bantam Books
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher: Bantam Books
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Myths America Lives By
Author: Richard T. Hughes
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252050800
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Six myths lie at the heart of the American experience. Taken as aspirational, four of those myths remind us of our noblest ideals, challenging us to realize our nation's promise while galvanizing the sense of hope and unity we need to reach our goals. Misused, these myths allow for illusions of innocence that fly in the face of white supremacy, the primal American myth that stands at the heart of all the others.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252050800
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Six myths lie at the heart of the American experience. Taken as aspirational, four of those myths remind us of our noblest ideals, challenging us to realize our nation's promise while galvanizing the sense of hope and unity we need to reach our goals. Misused, these myths allow for illusions of innocence that fly in the face of white supremacy, the primal American myth that stands at the heart of all the others.
Living High and Letting Die
Author: Peter Unger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199880433
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
By contributing a few hundred dollars to a charity like UNICEF, a prosperous person can ensure that fewer poor children die, and that more will live reasonably long, worthwhile lives. Even when knowing this, however, most people send nothing, and almost all of the rest send little. What is the moral status of this behavior? To such common cases of letting die, our untutored response is that, while it is not very good, neither is the conduct wrong. What is the source of this lenient assessment? In this contentious new book, one of our leading philosophers argues that our intuitions about ethical cases are generated not by basic moral values, but by certain distracting psychological dispositions that all too often prevent us from reacting in accord with our commitments. Through a detailed look at how these tendencies operate, Unger shows that, on the good morality that we already accept, the fatally unhelpful behavior is monstrously wrong. By uncovering the eminently sensible ethics that we've already embraced fully, and by confronting us with empirical facts and with easily followed instructions for lessening serious suffering appropriately and effectively, Unger's book points the way to a compassionate new moral philosophy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199880433
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
By contributing a few hundred dollars to a charity like UNICEF, a prosperous person can ensure that fewer poor children die, and that more will live reasonably long, worthwhile lives. Even when knowing this, however, most people send nothing, and almost all of the rest send little. What is the moral status of this behavior? To such common cases of letting die, our untutored response is that, while it is not very good, neither is the conduct wrong. What is the source of this lenient assessment? In this contentious new book, one of our leading philosophers argues that our intuitions about ethical cases are generated not by basic moral values, but by certain distracting psychological dispositions that all too often prevent us from reacting in accord with our commitments. Through a detailed look at how these tendencies operate, Unger shows that, on the good morality that we already accept, the fatally unhelpful behavior is monstrously wrong. By uncovering the eminently sensible ethics that we've already embraced fully, and by confronting us with empirical facts and with easily followed instructions for lessening serious suffering appropriately and effectively, Unger's book points the way to a compassionate new moral philosophy.
The Power of Illusion
Author: Christopher Anvil
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN: 1618247832
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
A new collection of stories by the master of humorous science fiction adventure, including: The full-length novel, The Day the Machines Stopped¾and what happens, not just to civilization, but to humanity and its chances of survival when all the machines stop working at once? A man is captured by aliens who are investigating the Earth as a possible target for colonization. The aliens have science and technology far in advance of humans¾but, unfortunately for them, they have never developed the human art of bluffing. For the first time in book form, Anvil's stories of Richard Verner, who is called in to solve apparently insoluble problems, such as explaining why experimental missiles keep failing for no apparent reason, or locating a kidnapped judge, or even solving an inexplicable murder that's interrupting his vacation. And much more, in a generous volume of sardonically humorous science fiction. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN: 1618247832
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
A new collection of stories by the master of humorous science fiction adventure, including: The full-length novel, The Day the Machines Stopped¾and what happens, not just to civilization, but to humanity and its chances of survival when all the machines stop working at once? A man is captured by aliens who are investigating the Earth as a possible target for colonization. The aliens have science and technology far in advance of humans¾but, unfortunately for them, they have never developed the human art of bluffing. For the first time in book form, Anvil's stories of Richard Verner, who is called in to solve apparently insoluble problems, such as explaining why experimental missiles keep failing for no apparent reason, or locating a kidnapped judge, or even solving an inexplicable murder that's interrupting his vacation. And much more, in a generous volume of sardonically humorous science fiction. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Illusions of Innocence
Author: Karen Uitvlugt Fulton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Honest Illusions
Author: Nora Roberts
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780515110975
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A magician's daughter has inherited her father's talents-and his penchant for jewel thievery. Then she meets an escape artist who captures her heart and has secrets that could shatter her illusions...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780515110975
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A magician's daughter has inherited her father's talents-and his penchant for jewel thievery. Then she meets an escape artist who captures her heart and has secrets that could shatter her illusions...