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The Last Days of the Enlightenment: The Past, Present, and Future of the Enlightenment Ideal
By: Shawn M Lynch
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The Last Days of the Enlightenment: The Past, Present, and Future of the Enlightenment Ideal
Author(s): Shawn M Lynch
The dawn of the 21st century represents the last days of the Enlightenment, that great philosophical movement that gave birth to the modern world. In the United States, in the United Kingdom, and elsewhere, the institutions spawned by Enlightenment doctrine are breaking down. Capitalist oligarchs ha...
Perspectives of Supply Chain Competitiveness
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One of the most important areas of development within the evolution of commerce, is the acknowledgment that businesses can no longer compete as individual entities, but rather must function as part of a supply chain. Within an ever-competitive business environment, the ultimate success of a business...
Comedy Begins with Our Simplest Gestures: Levinas, Ethics, and Humor Duquesne University Press
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"""The comedy begins with our simplest gestures,"" writes Emmanuel Levinas in Entre Nous, as he goes on to describe how our human inevitable awkwardness proves comedic. And yet, he says, the comedy may take a tragic turn. When the awkwardness of the act is turned against the goal pursued, we are in ...
Lifespan 360: Christian Perspectives on Human Development
Author(s): Virginia Cashion
The central premise of Lifespan 360: Christian Perspectives on Human Development is to examine the human being from conception to death while focusing on the biological, cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual changes that occur throughout the lifespan. As a research-centered book, it may serve ...
World Regional Geography: Human Mobilities, Tourism Destinations, Sustainable Environments: A Custom Version for Texas State University
By: Brian Cooper
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The Victimology Handbook
Author(s): Jeffrey Len Schwartz, Michael Virga, Stanley Yeldell
The Victimology Handbook prepares the student with a foundation of knowledge to initiate an understanding of the world that exists for victims of crime, and how criminal justice practitioners seek to provide assistance to this vulnerable, distressed population.This handbook continues to serve in its...