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"As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not. In this book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories...
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"Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it explain why there seems to be so much irrationality in the world, including, let's be honest, in each of us? These are the goals of Steven Pinker's follow-up to Enlightenment Now (Bill Gates's "new favorite book of all time"). Humans today are often portrayed as cavemen out of time, poised to react to a lion in the grass with a suite of biases, blind spots, fallacies, and illusions. But this, Pinker...
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In this book, David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and to a community. Our personal fulfillment depends on how well we choose and execute these commitments. Brooks looks at a range of people who have lived joyous, committed lives, and who have embraced the necessity and beauty of dependence. He gathers their wisdom on how to choose a partner,...
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First published in 1895, "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind" is a pivotal work in the field of group psychology written by French social psychologist Gustave Le Bon. Le Bon theorizes that there are several characteristics of crowds as distinguishable from individual behavior. As it states in the preface: "The following work is devoted to an account of the characteristics of crowds. The whole of the common characteristics with which heredity endows...
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"The twists and turns of American politics are unpredictable, but the tone is a troubling given. It's one of grievance. More and more Americans are convinced that they're losing because somebody else is winning. More and more tally their slights, measure their misfortune, and assign particular people responsibility for it. The blame game has become the country's most popular sport and victimhood its most fashionable garb. Grievance needn't be bad....
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In this prescient essay collection, the acclaimed author of Foucault's Pendulum examines the cultural trends and perils at the dawn of the 21st century. In the last decade of the 20th century, Umberto Eco saw an urgent need to embrace tolerance and multiculturalism in the face of our world's ever-increasing interconnectivity. At a talk delivered during the first Gulf War, he points out the absurdity of armed conflict in a globalized economy where...
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The Study of Sociology, originally published in 1873, was Herbert Spencer's groundbreaking overview of the nascent science of social systems. His basic assertion was that societies were not the creations of a few 'great men,' as Nietzsche asserted, but that they resulted from the interplay of different institutions (such as government, religion, academia, media, economic models, and so forth). Taking a cue from biology, and the emerging theory of...
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Dive deep into the psychology of artificial intelligence with 'Emergence 2: An In-Depth Look at the Psychology of AI'. This visionary work explores the intriguing possibility of AI developing its unique personality and psychological profile. This book examines the cognitive biases and ethical challenges inherent in AI systems through a blend of scientific analysis, philosophical inquiry, and imaginative scenarios. Engage with thought-provoking interpretations...
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No hay concepto hoy por hoy, tanto en el ámbito de las ciencias sociales como a pie de calle, más controvertido que el de "clase social". No son pocos los teóricos, analistas y políticos que han decretado su muerte en la sociedad actual, mientras que otros insisten en su trascendencia y centralidad a la hora de comprender el capitalismo contemporáneo. Entre afirmar que su relevancia se limita a su uso para explicar las oportunidades económicas...
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Community and Society, or Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft, is a study of the spectrum of prototypical social groups as identified by German sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies. First published in 1887, the work explores the relationship between community-based organizations and society-based organizations, and the human will that lies beneath each.
Ferdinand Tönnies was born in Schleswig in 1855, then under Danish rule. The third son of a wealthy farmer,...
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Paradox and contradiction war is the health of the state Randolph Bourne war and the threat of war have carried us to undreamed of heights of achievement in science, technology and medicine. They have also led to the worst excesses of depravity. The landscape of history i littered with the ruins of once great civilizations consigned to the dustbin of history, eir monuments trampled underfoot, their subjects enslaved, dispersed or put to the sword....
12) Políticos, técnicos y comunidades: Una visión institucionalista del urbanismo social en Medellín
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Políticos, técnicos y comunidades de Adolfo Eslava cobra mucha mayor relevancia cuando se enfrenta a la complejidad de la política de urbanismo social en Medellín que, al igual que tantas otras ciudades latinoamericanas, debe incluir el problema de la informalidad y por ende comprender las dinámicas comunitarias de cada localidad o barrio. Los procesos informales d colonización de áreas urbanas para establecer nuevos asentamientos, derivados...
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We have calculated on this - perhaps it would be better to say: We have assumed, without sufficient calculation - that by direct orders of the proletarian state we can communally regulate state production and the state distribution of products in a small peasant country.
Tiu ĉi broŝuro prezentas diversajn analizojn de kelkaj okazintaj aŭ aktualaj provoj prepari tiun transiron - kun parte malsamaj konkludoj.
Tiuj demandoj nun plej aktualas...
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Este ensayo aviva el debate y plantea con claridad los conflictos que suscita el género gramatical.
El "lenguaje inclusivo" ha adquirido relevancia entre las reivindicaciones feministas. Hay general acuerdo en que urge mostrar la participación de la mujer en todos los ámbitos, pero el disenso aparece cuando se hace uso del género gramatical masculino —o "no marcado", como lo llaman los expertos— para referirse globalmente a hombres y mujeres....
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¿Pueden las películas transformar la realidad en ficción y la ficción en realidad? ¿Es el cine una fuente para aprender derecho y para tener mejores abogados? ¿Las películas pueden educar? El cine entretiene, cuestiona, divierte, pregunta. También puede servir como propaganda política o en general influir en la formación de las ideas, pero además promueve la reflexión sobre el rol que cumple el derecho en la historia. Este libro se refiere...
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The 21st century has brought a cornucopia of new knowledge and technologies. But there has been little progress in our ability to solve social problems across the globe. Geoff Mulgan is a pioneer in the global field of social innovation. Building on his experience advising international governments, businesses and foundations, he explains how it provides answers to today's global social, economic and sustainability issues. He argues for matching R&D...
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How do our bodies speak for us when words don’t suffice? How can we make ourselves understood when what we have to say is in articulable?
In Disquieting, Cynthia Cruz tarries with others who have provided examples of how to turn away, or reject the ideologies of contemporary Neoliberal culture. These essays inhabit connections between silence, refusal, anorexia, mental illness, and Neoliberalism. Cruz also explores the experience of being working-class...
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Hay formas de la desigualdad que el coeficiente de Gini no puede mostrar. Son las que explican las diferentes experiencias de la pobreza que atraviesa alguien si es mujer u hombre, si es nativo o migrante, si es de origen indígena, si vive en una zona contaminada por las industrias cercanas, si nació en un país de ingresos altos o con menos recursos, si practica una religión minoritaria, si vive en un país con una historia de segregación étnica.
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Social scientists seek to develop systematic ways to understand how people make meaning and how the meanings they make shape them and the world in which they live. But how do we measure such processes? Measuring Culture is an essential point of entry for both those new to the field and those who are deeply immersed in the measurement of meaning. Written collectively by a team of leading qualitative and quantitative sociologists of culture, the book...
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