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The Manager and the Monk
Wiley 2013; US$ 26.95An exploration of spirituality, values, and sustainability in business When Jochen Zeitz and Anselm Grün first met onstage as "the manager and the monk," Zeitz was CEO and Chairman of Puma, and Father Grün was a monk serving as cellarer, the business manager of his Benedictine abbey. They came together to discuss their shared goal: what... more...
Happiness and Education
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 22.00How can we take happiness seriously as an aim of education? Noddings discusses the contributions of making a home, parenting, cherishing a place, the development of character, interpersonal growth, finding work that one loves, and participating in a democratic way of life. She explores ways to make schools happy places. more...
Starting At Home
University of California Press 2002; US$ 15.95Nel Noddings, one of the central figures in the contemporary discussion of ethics and moral education, argues that caring--a way of life learned at home--can be extended into a theory that guides social policy. Tackling issues such as capital punishment, drug treatment, homelessness, mental illness, and abortion, Noddings inverts traditional philosophical... more...
Critical Lessons
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 22.00Critical Lessons concentrates on the critical, reflective thinking that should be taught in high schools. Taking seriously the Socratic advice, 'know thyself', it focuses on topics that will help students to understand the forces - good and bad - that work to socialize them. more...
Global Positioning
Wiley 2008; US$ 116.00From stars to terrestrial networks and satellites From outdoors to indoors From ancient to future applications From techniques to technologies . . . The field of radionavigation signals and systems has seen significant growth in recent years. Satellite systems are very efficient, but owing to their limited exposure and/or availability in some environments,... more...
The Politics of Economic Inequality in Developing Countries
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 100.00Inequalities of wealth and income have a significant impact for the achievement of economic, political and human development in developing counties. This book argues that a high level of economic inequality undermines a country's growth potential, retards the development of social capital, and encourages corruption. more...
Women and Evil
University of California Press 1991; US$ 31.95Author of Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education (1984), Noddings (Education/Stanford) offers here a provocative definition of evil from women's perspective, contrasts it with our society's traditional male-oriented view, and points out ways in which an acceptance of the presence of evil in all of us could help correct some... more...
What the God-seekers found in Nietzsche
Editions Rodopi 2008; US$ 84.00At the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, a large and varied group of the Russian intelligentsia became fascinated by Friedrich Nietzsche, whose provocative ideas inspired many of them to overcome obsolete traditions and to create new values. Paradoxically, the German philosopher, who vigorously challenged the established... more...
Philosophy of Education
Westview Press 2011; US$ 35.00The acclaimed, classic text on philosophy of education, providing an updated overview of the field in relation to teaching, learning, research, and policy more...
Peace Education
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 20.00An approach to peace education designed to help students understand the psychological factors that push people into war and violence. more...









