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This story is applicable to everyone. It teaches how to became sophisticated and intelligent from a historic example. Alexander the Great was a prince and a king. But, regardless of his status he worked much harder than his commoners did. He studied seriously, developed great desire for knowledge, was avid reader, loved philosophy, science, art, and debates. During his short life (he died at age 32) he never lost a battle and concurred the world....
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Even the Civil Right Act of 1964 gave an equal opportunity to women and minorities, discrimination and prejudice continue even today. Brilliant and pioneering women in these generations sacrificed, endured, and overcome monumental problems. They took a risk-millions entered the labor force and colleges to compete in hostile, male working environment.
Astonishingly, besides all that, in less than 2 generations American women succeeded-they overtook...
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In-depth study of the enduring impact of the 1970s debate between state theorists Ralph Miliband and Nicos Poulantzas.
We have recently lived through the turmoil of a global financial crisis that originated in the United States and, despite the platitudes of neo-liberal ideology, nation-states were deeply involved in managing this crisis. If "the state" is again a preeminent actor in the global economy, then state theory and the problem of the state...
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Reframes philosophical understanding of, and engagement with, tragedy.
In The Tragedy of Philosophy Andrew Cooper challenges the prevailing idea of the death of tragedy, arguing that this assumption reflects a problematic view of both tragedy and philosophy-one that stifles the profound contribution that tragedy could provide to philosophy today. To build this case, Cooper presents a novel reading of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Judgment. Although...
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Explores how white supremacist groups use popular music and culture to teach hate and promote violence.
Popular music plays a major role in mobilizing citizens, especially youth, to fight for political causes. Yet the presence of music in politics receives relatively little attention from scholars, politicians, and citizens. White power music is no exception, despite its role in recent high-profile hate crimes.
Trendy Fascism is the first book to...
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Uses two case studies to demonstrate how neoliberal reforms in India have de-democratized labor politics.
Honorable Mention, 2018 Global Division Book Award presented by the Global Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems
Historically, the Indian state has not offered welfare and social rights to all of its citizens, yet a remarkable characteristic of its polity has been the ability of citizens to dissent in a democratic way. In...
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Une disparition qui soulève de nombreuses questions...
Pierre Alleux, courtier en assurances, doit se rendre à Bruxelles pour négocier un gros contrat. Il n'y arrivera jamais.
Il disparaît des écrans radars avant d'attraper son train. Inquiète de son silence, son épouse s'en ouvre aux forces de l'ordre. Mais elle n'est pas la seule à s'interroger sur cette « évaporation » soudaine. Pierre avait une existence moins lisse qu'il n'y paraissait......
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A radical rethinking of ethics set within the development of a philosophical anthropology.
In his last book, Towards a Relational Ontology, Andrew Benjamin provided a philosophical account of what he terms anoriginal relationality, demonstrating how this concept can be seen to be at work throughout the history of philosophy. In Virtue in Being, he builds on that project to argue for a new way of understanding the relationship between ontology and...
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It is a common knowledge that everything, including people, have a life span. Except the nature and the earth, they have eternity, or endless life. That is: people have a life expectancy, man-made things around us have a life span. Than why this law does not applies to a real estate housing industry? Please find this answer in this story.
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From time to time a real estate housing is running amok. Home prices kept going 3-5-10 times sharply up, then spiraled down. Intoxicated buyers are keeping snapping houses and condos, regardless of price, as if only a sky is a limit. Then suddenly, without any warnings all buyers simultaneously stopped their buying sprees. The result is: real estate dropped into a dead zone. Prices plumed to the original level, or even lower (before the housing amok)...
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What is capitalism, socialism, and communism? The author is very much familiar with both systems. She lived under socialism (in the former Soviet Union) and under capitalism (in the USA). The story gave definitions and introduced advantages and disadvantages of each system.
Why countries have chosen to have a capitalism or a socialism system? In reality, there in no one country in the world that has a poor capitalism. Why? Please find answers in...
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The history is full of examples how some nations became great and contributed to the development of civilization-all because they built national wealth. In the last 20 years no national wealth was built in the USA. Why is the creation of national wealth so important? Some examples. Egyptians: pyramids; Greeks: the Acropolis and Parthenon; the Romans: aqueducts and Coliseum; Machu Picchu; Taj Mahal in India; the Great Wall of China; the Suez Canal...
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Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany in 1930s, was a threat to the 20th-century civilization.
In 1930s, to pull Germany from a deep depression and mass unemployment, Hitler started drumming up his doctrine. That the Germans are an exceptional Arian nation and are in problems all because of Jews. The Hitler's power amplified and in 1939, he occupied the whole, Europe in just 3 month. Then, on June 22, 1941, he invaded the Soviet Union and the World...
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Life is full of surprises, both big and small unexpected stressful events. They are occurring many times a day and every day. These events challenge people's knowledge, creativity, and skills and test their endurance, resilience, and ability to survive.
Experiencing a problem? Having difficulties? Overwhelmed or stressed out from life?
"C'est la vie!" That's life. What else do you expect? (This for the French is a typical answer.)
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1436) When Capitalism Ran Amok and Brought the Capitalist Economy to the Brink of Collapse, Socialism W
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Unrestricted and unchecked American capitalism has run amok and 2 times brought the USA economy to the brink of collapse: "The Great Depression of the 1930s," and a Financial Crisis of 2008.
The 1st time capitalism ran amok was in the 1930s. It resulted in a national crisis called "The Great Depression of the 1930s," 1929–1939, that devastated the nation. Socialism was called to rescue the economy.
The 2nd time capitalism ran amok was in 2008,...
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It is a common knowledge that computers improved the quality of people’s life. Computers are one type of technology that contributed to total technological progress in the 2nd part of the 20th century. Technological progress even increased the people’s life expectancy.
At the beginning of the 20th century, for example in the USA, the life expectancy was 45 years. The majority of people were farmers performing hard manual jobs on their farms....
1438) Why Couldn't the USA Recover from the Financial Crisis of September 2008? How Can the USA Recove
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For the USA to recover from today's financial crisis it needs a noble President and a decent, selfless, and nationalistic government who knows how to solve national problems.
Today the American middle class, that was a foundation of the nation, has disappeared.
The USA government bailed out Wall Street with $787 billion and put those unsustainable debts on the shoulders of already impoverished Americans. There is high unemployment, foreclosures,...
1439) Why do Africans Have Less Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Cancer? And no Depression, Osteoporosis
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Why do Africans have less heart disease, diabetes, and cancer? And, no depression, osteoporosis, arthritis, or asthma? This observation the author made soon she arrived in Rwanda, Central Africa. To find the answer she asked her then husband, a physician. But, he did not know either. Later, she moved to the USA and for many years, this question was staying dormant in her brain database. Then one day, when she started experiencing her personal osteoporosis...
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Many people sometimes are asking me: "Why do you speak with accent?" Indeed, why do I ? My children, who come with me, do not speak with accent. No one ever thought that they are not Americans. Why even British, who lived in the USA for a long time, still speak with their British accent? Why they could not change their British accent for the American one? I have the answer that I share with you in this story.