Philosophy

Medical texts provide a powerful means of accessing contemporary perceptions of illness and through them assumptions about the nature of the body and identity. By mapping these perceptions, from their nineteenth-century focus on illness located in a biological body through to their 'discovery' of the psycho-social patient of the late twentieth century, a history of identity, both physical and psychological, is revealed. more...

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Chiara Bottici argues for a philosophical understanding of political myth. more...

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This book is a pragmatic approach to the subject of human potential. In this sequel to “Decoding Potential: Pathways to Understanding,” the reader will find real-life applications for utilizing the principles of nature and the Doctrine of Potential. Within the work the theme of nature as a life model blooms, and that is where the reader begins in chapter one. Throughout the book, the reader will become aware of several important basics --- enhanced understanding and greater intelligence is achieved when we deal with facts and absolutes. When we decode our potential, the objective of achievement is best realized when we base ourselves in undeniable principles! These undeniable principles are best found in nature! Throughout the book, the reader will find fascinating applications of its contents. One of these is the experience of looking at the world through the lens of the Natural Thinking and Intelligence Matrix. A simple example is how we look at things through the principle of focus. This will show us the underlying focus of whatever is being presented to us and once this occurs, the reader can then utilize the other principles presented to better understand what is going on and how to address various issues more...

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An argument for the right of groups to secede, offering a thorough and unapologetic defense. more...

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Ideas, says Sande Cohen, have attained “commodity” status in the academy, and knowledge is now seen as another capitalistic “industry.” In Academia and the Luster of Capital, Cohen both reveals and interrogates the specific and material workings of this economy of the marketplace of ideas.Cohen uses paradigms from Baudrillard, Lytoard, Deleuze, and Guattari to assemble a “war machine” against the well-oiled apparatus of self-preservation and self-reproduction of the academic institution. In detailed and concrete arguments, he challenges accepted theories of criticism, especially university-based myths. Academia and the Luster of Capital constitutes a compelling statement for the abandonment of legitimating, officiating paradigms of thought in all academic disciplines, and outlines possibilities for the emergence of the new in thought in action. more...

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