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Author: Charles Taylor Publisher: ISBN: 0674987691 Category : Civilization, Modern Languages : en Pages : 155
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Everywhere we hear talk of decline, of a world that was better once, maybe fifty years ago, maybe centuries ago, but certainly before modernity drew us along its dubious path. While some lament the slide of Western culture into relativism and nihilism and others celebrate the trend as a liberating sort of progress, Charles Taylor calls on us to face the moral and political crises of our time, and to make the most of modernity's challenges. "The great merit of Taylor's brief, non-technical, powerful book...is the vigor with which he restates the point which Hegel (and later Dewey) urged against Rousseau and Kant: that we are only individuals in so far as we are social... Being authentic, being faithful to ourselves, is being faithful to something which was produced in collaboration with a lot of other people... The core of Taylor's argument is a vigorous and entirely successful criticism of two intertwined bad ideas: that you are wonderful just because you are you, and that 'respect for difference' requires you to respect every human being, and every human culture--no matter how vicious or stupid." --Richard Rorty, London Review of Books
Author: Charles Taylor Publisher: ISBN: 0674987691 Category : Civilization, Modern Languages : en Pages : 155
Book Description
Everywhere we hear talk of decline, of a world that was better once, maybe fifty years ago, maybe centuries ago, but certainly before modernity drew us along its dubious path. While some lament the slide of Western culture into relativism and nihilism and others celebrate the trend as a liberating sort of progress, Charles Taylor calls on us to face the moral and political crises of our time, and to make the most of modernity's challenges. "The great merit of Taylor's brief, non-technical, powerful book...is the vigor with which he restates the point which Hegel (and later Dewey) urged against Rousseau and Kant: that we are only individuals in so far as we are social... Being authentic, being faithful to ourselves, is being faithful to something which was produced in collaboration with a lot of other people... The core of Taylor's argument is a vigorous and entirely successful criticism of two intertwined bad ideas: that you are wonderful just because you are you, and that 'respect for difference' requires you to respect every human being, and every human culture--no matter how vicious or stupid." --Richard Rorty, London Review of Books
Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309316928 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 251
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Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are serious, debilitating conditions that affect millions of people in the United States and around the world. ME/CFS can cause significant impairment and disability. Despite substantial efforts by researchers to better understand ME/CFS, there is no known cause or effective treatment. Diagnosing the disease remains a challenge, and patients often struggle with their illness for years before an identification is made. Some health care providers have been skeptical about the serious physiological - rather than psychological - nature of the illness. Once diagnosed, patients often complain of receiving hostility from their health care provider as well as being subjected to treatment strategies that exacerbate their symptoms. Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome proposes new diagnostic clinical criteria for ME/CFS and a new term for the illness - systemic exertion intolerance disease(SEID). According to this report, the term myalgic encephalomyelitis does not accurately describe this illness, and the term chronic fatigue syndrome can result in trivialization and stigmatization for patients afflicted with this illness. Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome stresses that SEID is a medical - not a psychiatric or psychological - illness. This report lists the major symptoms of SEID and recommends a diagnostic process.One of the report's most important conclusions is that a thorough history, physical examination, and targeted work-up are necessary and often sufficient for diagnosis. The new criteria will allow a large percentage of undiagnosed patients to receive an accurate diagnosis and appropriate care. Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome will be a valuable resource to promote the prompt diagnosis of patients with this complex, multisystem, and often devastating disorder; enhance public understanding; and provide a firm foundation for future improvements in diagnosis and treatment.
Author: Rosabelle Boswell Publisher: Berghahn Books ISBN: 9781845450755 Category : Creoles Languages : en Pages : 266
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How does one explain the poverty and marginalization of a group that lives in a remarkably successful economy and peaceful society? A native anthropologist, the author provides critical insight into the dynamics of contemporary Mauritian society. In her meticulously researched study of ethnic, gender and racial discrimination in Mauritius, she addresses debates carried out in many developing societies on subaltern identities, ethnicity, poverty and social injustice. The book therefore also offers important empirical material for scholars interested in the wider Indian Ocean region and beyond.
Author: Cengiz Aktar Publisher: Transnational Press London ISBN: 1801350779 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 99
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No one can predict today how Turkey will evolve; which spirit will mark the country’s future. Who could have predicted the turn it has taken in recent years after having been a rising star in the early 2000s, a candidate for the European club, “the” model to follow, especially for Muslim countries seeking justice and prosperity? The failure of its candidacy, in which Europe has its share, has been the prelude to its progressive de-Westernisation accompanied by bellicosity on all fronts, at home and abroad. Western countries are trying to manage this “Turkish crisis” between incomprehension and blind detachment, between appeasement and complicity, between containment and apprehension of seeing this large country decompose in its turn. In this concise and well-documented essay, the author provides analytical tools to understand the split of a society, between state, nation, religion, imperial myth and the West. The analysis is complemented by interviews with the sociologist Nilüfer Göle and the historian Étienne Copeaux, both of whom have witnessed Turkey’s never-ending transformation.
Author: Alfredo Joignant Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137599553 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 354
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This edited volume examines malaise with democracy within three middle-income Latin American countries - Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. In particular, the book focuses on the gap within public opinion on democratic system within the context of crisis of representation and breakdowns of democracy. Based on a study using comparative and systematic survey data, the contributors of this volume provide a solid analysis on the state of democracy in three Latin American countries, whose lessons are useful for all types of democracy, in the north and the south.
Author: W. Allen, Phd. Publisher: Dorrance Publishing ISBN: 1480980226 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 54
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Emotional Malaise Syndrome By: W. Allen, Phd. The author attempts to explore why you or someone you may know is unable to attain some of the goals or aspirations of your or their life! It may be explained by the effects of interpersonal interaction upon relationships (actor vs. recipient respectively) that may cause the latter to experience an inability to attain their goals, aspirations, etcetera (referred to here as an emotional malaise, type 1 or 2). An example of an identifiable symptom is an inability to satisfactorily explain why one is unable to extricate themselves from such a failing ineffective relationship/situation that appears to be related to their inability to attain their potential, desires, aspirations, goals, etcetera. Some of the dynamics are the verbal/physical interactive exchanges between the actor and recipient. Such that the later is not consciously aware that the exchanges are crafted by the actor to meet their own needs (whatever they maybe), causing the recipient’s thinking to become such that they believe they are solely responsible for the status of their relationship. This may be further facilitated by a strong emotional belief, that they are not consciously aware of, that they are the blame. They may also experience feelings of a lack of confidence, self doubt, guilt, as well as somatic and or other thoughts and feelings of decomposition that may cause them to become preoccupied with some emotions as mentioned above relative to the status of their relationship instead of attending to their everyday/ordinary challenges of life (as well as secret/personal desires or other goals of attainment). The author further articulates how one may potentially identify and perhaps avoid such a predatory debilitating relationship(s) as well as the “modes operandus” of the actor/perpetrator and recommendations that may help one avoid and or extricate themselves/other/friend/etcetera from such relationships, even with the help of professional(s) if indicated.
Author: Gordon Roderick Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1000629937 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 178
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This series of edited papers, originally published in 1982, examines Britain’s industrial and commercial performance in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries against the background of the development of state education. The performance of certain key nineteenth-century manufacturing industries is analysed and the reasons for their relative decline in the face of foreign competition is assessed. Further, the title examines the present and future of British industry contending that the British Malaise is a disease of industrial dyslexia, the inability to match the industrial problems of the real world with variable industrial objectives and performance.
Author: Zoran Samardzija Publisher: Rutgers University Press ISBN: 081358714X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 220
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Post-Communist Malaise examines political modernism within the context of post-communist Eastern Europe and the Balkans. It focuses on how select cinemas from the regions critique European unification and how they represent related issues like the transition from communism to free-market capitalism, the Euro crisis and austerity, and the rise of nationalism and right-wing politics.
Author: Charles Taylor
Author: Charles Taylor
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Author: Rosabelle Boswell
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Author: Cengiz Aktar
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Author: Alfredo Joignant
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Author: Gordon Roderick
Author: Zoran Samardzija