Search Results - "belief"

The opinion system impasses of the public sphere from Hobbes to Habermas / by Wetters, Kirk

Table of Contents: “…Fama and fatum in Virgil's Aeneid -- Manifestations of the public sphere in Christoph Martin Wieland -- Nomos, Gnomae (the council of war) -- Representation and opinion (Koselleck, Habermas, Derrida) -- Politics and belief (the parable of the sower) -- The opinion system and the re-formation of the individual (Hobbes, Locke, Mendelssohn, Fichte, and Goethe) -- Polystrophon gnoman (Pindar and Hölderlin) -- Lichtenberg's "opinions-system" (Meinungen-system).…”
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The modern period menstruation in twentieth-century America / by Freidenfelds, Lara, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Before "modern" menstrual management : keeping secrets, wearing diapers, avoiding chills -- The modern way to talk about menstruation : education, the scientific narrative, and public discussion -- The modern way to behave while menstruating : changing health beliefs and practices -- The modern way to manage menstruation : technology and bodily practices -- Tampons : a case study in controversy.…”
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Jane Froman Missouri's first lady of song / by Stone, Ilene, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Anna and Elmer -- Jane and Margaret Ann -- Clinton and the convent -- Columbia and college -- Radio and vaudeville -- New York and fame -- Patriotism and disaster -- Death or life -- Recovery and a promise kept -- Breakdown and renewal -- Comeback and court -- Home and retirement -- Giving back and Arrow Rock -- Singing and honors -- Columbia and Jane -- Beliefs and good-bye -- Epilogue : The two Janes.…”
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Actively dying : the creation of Muslim identities through end-of-life care in the United States / by Hughes Rinker, Cortney

Table of Contents: “…Death and dying within the US health care system -- Islam and end-of-life care : prevalent approaches and beliefs -- Muslim health care providers : the intersection of medical practice and religion -- The Muslim child : adult children caring for dying parents -- Death : the dead Muslim body and connections to identity -- The important case of "a bus" : a critique and intervention.…”
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The Anatomy of Historical Knowledge / by Mandelbaum, Maurice, 1908-1987

Table of Contents: “…Unity and diversity in historical studies ; Varieties of structure in historical accounts -- Part 2: Causation. Causal beliefs in everyday life ; Causes, necessity, and laws ; On what and why in history -- Part 3: Objectivity. …”
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Skyrocketing sales! the ultimate guide to boosting your confidence and exceeding your goals / by Allen, Debbie, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…The amazing power of your belief system -- Boost your sales confidence -- Develop your mental coping skills -- Positively fearless selling -- Fired up for sales success -- The joy of selling you to the new customer -- Trigger enthusiasm for every prospect -- Form new habits that skyrocket sales -- Manage any customer resistance -- Building successful relationships -- Let your fans do the talking -- Exceed your sales goals -- Now the real work begins.…”
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Marks of the beast the left behind novels and the struggle for evangelical identity / by Shuck, Glenn W.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: first words on last things -- Signs of the times : the dispensational background of evangelical prophecy belief -- Reluctant rebels : the left behind novels and the politics of evangelical identity -- The emergence of the network culture/beast system -- Technologies of transcendence : "beast religion" and the deification/demonization of the network culture -- Marks of the beast : the struggle for evangelical identity -- Beast, Inc. : evangelical resistance and the internalization of evil.…”
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Ethics and the English novel from Austen to Forster by Wainwright, Valerie, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Modes and sensibilities : varieties of ethical thought -- Narrative perspectives -- On being un/reasonable : Mansfield Park and the limits of persuasion -- Discovering autonomy and authenticity in North and south : Elizabeth Gaskell, John Stuart Mill, and the liberal ethic -- On goods, virtues and Hard times -- Anatomizing excellence : Middlemarch, moral saints and the languages of belief -- The magic in Mentalité : Hardy's native returns -- Howards End and the confession of imperfection.…”
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The flirt's tragedy desire without end in Victorian and Edwardian fiction / by Kaye, Richard A., 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Dialectical desires: the eighteenth-century coquette and the invention of nineteenth-century fictional character -- The flirtation of species: Darwinian sexual selection and Victorian narrative -- George Eliot and Thomas Hardy: flirtation, female choice and the revision of Darwinian belief -- Deadly deferrals: Henry James, Edith Wharton, Gustave Flaubert, and the exhaustion of flirtatious desire -- "Acceptable hints of infinity": dissident desires and the erotics of countermodernism.…”
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"In the hands of a good providence" religion in the life of George Washington / by Thompson, Mary V., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Controversy : a man of many questions -- Foundations : early influences -- Church affiliation : a lifelong Anglican -- Sundays : public worship and time for reflection -- Confirmation and communion : questions about a rite and sacrament of the Church -- Prayer : private devotions -- Evidence of belief : contemporary statements -- Outward actions : charity and toleration -- Church and state : Washington's vision for America -- Conclusions: Washington's and others'.…”
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Aspects of psychologism / by Crane, Tim

Table of Contents: “…-- The given -- Unconscious belief and conscious thought -- Subjective facts -- Papineau on phenomenal concepts -- Tye on acquaintance and the problem of consciousness.…”
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Stories about stories : fantasy and the remaking of myth / by Attebery, Brian, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Fantasy as a route to myth -- Taxonomic Interlude: a note on genres -- Make it old: the other mythic method -- Silver lies and spinning wheels: Christian myth in MacDonald and Lewis -- Romance and formula, myth and memorate -- Expanding the territory: colonial fantasy -- Angels, fantasy, and belief -- Literalist Interlude: burning Harry Potter -- The postcolonial fantastic -- Coyote's eyes: situated fantasy.…”
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Early detection and cognitive therapy for people at high risk of developing psychosis a treatment approach / by French, Paul, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…-- An overview of therapy -- Assessment, formulation and a theory of psychosis -- Change strategies -- Normalisation -- Generating and evaluating alternative explanations -- Safety behaviours -- Metacognition -- "I am different" and other core beliefs -- Social isolation -- Relapse prevention.…”
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Marriage and cohabitation by Thornton, Arland

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Historical perspectives on marriage -- Comparing marriage, cohabitation, and being single -- Entering marital and cohabiting unions -- Influence of parental youth factors before birth of study child -- Influence of parental factors during childhood and adolescence of the children -- The courtship process and union formation -- Religious affiliation and commitment -- The influence of attitudes, values, and beliefs -- Educational influences -- Work, earnings potential, and career aspiration -- Conclusions.…”
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On suffering pathways to healing & health / by Clarke, Beverley M.

Table of Contents: “…Suffering in medicine -- Suffering is not pain -- The power of religious and spiritual beliefs -- Suffering and culture -- Crises of suffering across the life span -- The language of suffering -- Medical-legal disclosure of suffering -- Power differentials and suffering -- How to assess suffering -- Standards of care -- Key components of suffering in chronic illness -- The resolution of suffering -- The roles of health care professionals -- Habilitation and rehabilitation -- The wounded spirit -- Surviving and thriving.…”
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Born a Chief : The Nineteenth Century Hopi Boyhood of Edmund Nequatewa, as told to Alfred F. Whiting / by Nequatewa, Edmund, approximately 1880-1969

Table of Contents: “…More Moves Between Villages. 7. Experiencing Hopi Beliefs. 8. At Keams Canyon School. 9. School in Phoenix. 10. …”
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Bracing for the apocalypse : an ethnographic study of New York's 'prepper' subculture / by Bounds, Anna Maria

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Advances in the Analysis of Spanish Exclamatives /

Table of Contents: “…Spanish exclamatives in perspective: a survey of properties, classes, and current theoretical issues / Ignacio Bosque -- Más-support / Luis Sáez -- Optative exclamatives in Spanish / Cristina Sánchez López -- Exclamatives in (Argentinian) Spanish and their next of kin / Pascual Jose Masullo -- At-issue material in Spanish degree exclamatives: an experimental study / Xavier Villalba -- Exclamative sentences and extreme degree quantification / Raquel González Rodríguez -- Embedded exclamatives and the ingredients of grounded belief / Javier Gutierrez-Rexach and Patricia Andueza.…”
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A Brief Genealogy of Jewish Republicanism: Parting Ways with Judith Butler / by Tucker, Irene

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Sacred players the politics of response in the Middle English religious drama / by Hill-Vásquez, Heather

Table of Contents: “…Accessing the divine in the Croxton Play of the sacrament ; Devotional response and responsibility in the York cycle -- Gendering response: Christ's body and God's word. Incarnational belief and gender in the Digby Killing of the children ; Reforming religious performance: "feminine" response and "Catholic" behavior.…”
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