Search Results - "belief"

And fortune fled David Lloyd George, the first democratic statesman, 1916-1922 / by Fry, Michael G.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "A sort of coalition in himself" -- The press and politics: policy and epistemic communities -- Scripts, paradigms and beliefs -- A Great War; a noble cause? -- The thief in the night: the new dawn -- Paris: the transcendent man I -- Paris: the transcendent man II -- A relationship not so special -- Director of Europe (Frances Stevenson) -- Beyond a cold war -- Genoa and after -- From Cairo to Constantinople -- Chanak.…”
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Cultural astronomy of the Japanese archipelago : exploring the Japanese skyscape / by Gotō, Akira, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Japanese people and stars : cultural astronomy and star lore of the Japanese -- Stars in mythology and classical literature -- Star lore of the Hokkaido Ainu -- Ethnoastronomy in the Ryukyu Islands -- Archaeoastronomy of prehistoric Japan : a historical survey -- Fallen star legends in Japanese folk beliefs -- Cosmology seen in house and burial orientation of the Hokkaido Ainu, Northern Japan -- The sun and the Kingdom of Ryukyu : an ethnohistorical approach to state formation -- Epilogue.…”
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Feeling good about the way you look a program for overcoming body image problems / by Wilhelm, Sabine

Table of Contents: “…-- Thinking about change -- Understanding your problems and planning solutions -- Managing your thoughts -- Getting your life back with exposure exercises -- Freeing yourself from rituals with response prevention exercises -- Getting at your core beliefs -- Staying well -- "Should I take medication?" …”
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Complex ethics consultations cases that haunt us /

Table of Contents: “…The unspeakable/unassailable : religious and cultural beliefs -- pt. 6. Human guinea pigs and miracles : clinical innovations and unorthodox treatment -- pt. 7. …”
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Inside coma a new view of awareness, healing, and hope / by Morin, Pierre, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Recovery and the process-oriented approach -- The myth of vegetation, mind-body beliefs and coma work -- The myth of health and normality -- The mystery of relationship in coma care and recovery -- The spirit of healing : accessing the healer in you and your client -- Using your own altered states to benefit the person in coma -- Preventing burnout -- Coma as our teacher -- Relating to the hospital, health care team, and family -- Post-coma work -- The future of coma work.…”
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Content and modality themes from the philosophy of Robert Stalnaker /

Table of Contents: “…Lycan -- Non-catastrophic presupposition failure / Stephen Yablo -- The story of 'Fred' / Frank Jackson -- Stalnaker and indexical belief / John Perry -- Understanding assertion / Scott Soames -- Responses / Robert Stalnaker.…”
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Our dying planet an ecologist's view of the crisis we face / by Sale, Peter F.

Table of Contents: “…Information : what we are doing to our world: Overfishing ; Removing forests ; Disrupting the ocean-atmosphere engine ; The perilous future for coral reefs -- Understanding : why we don't comprehend the scale of our problem: The problem of shifting baselines ; Our unrealistic belief in the balance of nature -- Moving forward : why it matters and what we need to do: What loss of ecological complexity means for the world ; Reducing our use of fossil fuels ; Slowing growth of the hum.…”
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Emerging adulthood : the winding road from the late teens through the twenties / by Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen

Table of Contents: “…: four profiles -- From conflict to companionship : a new relationship with parents -- Love and sex -- Meandering toward marriage -- The road through college : twists and turns -- Work : more than a job -- Sources of meaning : religious beliefs and values -- The age of possibilities : four case studies -- From emerging adulthood to young adulthood : what does it mean to become an adult?.…”

Emerging adulthood the winding road from the late teens through the twenties / by Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen

Table of Contents: “…: four profiles -- From conflict to companionship : a new relationship with parents -- Love and sex -- Meandering toward marriage -- The road through college : twists and turns -- Work : more than a job -- Sources of meaning : religious beliefs and values -- The age of possibilities : four case studies -- From emerging adulthood to young adulthood : what does it mean to become an adult?…”
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Then sings my soul the culture of southern gospel music / by Harrison, Douglas, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : A native informant's report from the field -- Glory bumps, or the psychodynamics of the southern gospel experience -- Nostalgia, modernity, and the reconstruction roots of a tradition -- The rise of "southern" gospel music and the compensations of history -- The gaitherization of contemporary southern gospel -- Southern gospel in the key of queer -- Epilogue : the soul's best song -- List of songs referenced -- Appendix : methods and preliminary findings of a survey of attitudes and beliefs about southern gospel music.…”
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Archaeological theory in dialogue : situating relationality, ontology, posthumanism, and indigenous paradigms / by Crellin, Rachel, Cipolla, Craig N., 1978-, Montgomery, Lindsay M. (Lindsay Martel), Harris, Oliver J. T., Moore, Sophie V.

Table of Contents: “…-- Discussing relations : typology, difference, and change -- Indigenous alterity as archaeological praxis -- Discussing indigenous difference : translation, ontology and the future of European prehistory -- A song of Byzantium -- Discussing phenomenology and posthumanism : experience, assemblages, and beliefs -- Posthumanist power -- Discussing posthumanist approaches to power : Marxism, politics, affect -- In search of different pasts -- Discussing different pasts : categories, interdisciplinarity, and metaontologies.…”
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The economics and politics of high-speed rail lessons from experiences abroad / by Albalate, Daniel, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Development of the high speed rail in the world -- High speed rail in the us: an overview of the debate -- High speed rail: the analytical framework -- Japan: Shinkansen -- France: Train �a Grande Vitesse (TGV) -- Germany: Neubaustrecken -- Spain: Alta Velocidad Espa�nola (AVE) -- China: Zhonggu�o gaos�u tiel�u -- Other experiences: Italy, Korea, and Taiwan -- Lessons from international experiences -- Conclusions: desires, beliefs, and reality.…”
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Recent advances in financial engineering proceedings of the KIER-TMU International Workshop on Financial Engineering 2009 : Otemachi, Sankei Plaza, Tokyo, 3-4 August 2009 /

Table of Contents: “…Heitfield -- Heterogeneous beliefs with mortal agents / A.A. Brown and L.C.G. …”
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Fictions of justice the International criminal court and the challenges of legal pluralism in sub-Saharan Africa / by Clarke, Kamari Maxine, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Constructing fictions : moral economies in the tribunalization of violence -- Crafting the victim, crafting the perpetrator : new spaces of power, new specters of justice -- Multiple spaces of justice : Uganda, the International Criminal Court and the politics of inequality -- "Religious" and "secular" micropractices : the roots of secular law, the political content of radical Islamic beliefs -- "The hand will go to hell" : Islamic law and the crafting of the spiritual self -- Islamic sharia at the crossroads : human rights challenges and the strategic translation of vernacular imaginaries.…”
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Africa and change / by Turnbull, Colin M.

Table of Contents: “…Modern political movements in Somaliland.--Belief and judgment: Beidelman, T. O. Swazi royal ritual. …”

A culture of conspiracy apocalyptic visions in contemporary America / by Barkun, Michael

Table of Contents: “…The nature of conspiracy belief -- Millennialism, conspiracy, and stigmatized knowledge -- New world order conspiracies (I) : the new world order and the illuminati -- New world order conspiracies (II) : a world of black helicopters -- UFO conspiracy theories, 1975-1990 -- UFOs meet the new world order : Jim Keith and David Icke -- Armageddon below -- UFOs and the search for scapegoats (I) : anti-Catholicism and anti-Masonry -- UFOs and the search for scapegoats (II) : anti-Semitism among the aliens -- September 11th : the aftermath.…”
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History strikes back how states, nations, and conflicts are shaping the twenty-first century / by Védrine, Hubert

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Deliberative democracy in practice

Table of Contents: “…Conceptions of the good: challenging the premises of deliberative democracy / Micheline Milot -- Religious belief, religious schooling, and the demands of reciprocity / Harry Brighouse -- Religious education and democratic character / Paul Weithman -- Open versus closed constitutional negotiation / Simone Chambers -- Is democracy a means to global justice? …”
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Acts of conscience World War II, mental institutions, and religious objectors / by Taylor, Steven J., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…"Work of national importance under civilian direction" -- "Religious training and belief" -- "An experiment in democracy" -- "A significant epoch in your life" -- "Detached units" -- "A working compromise between church and state" -- "Out of sight, out of mind" -- "A mind that found itself" -- "They asked for a hard job" -- "Bughousers" and "conchies" -- "The exposé as a progressive tool" -- "They were fighting everybody" -- "Mental hospitals are again under fire" -- "Another growing pain" -- "Scandal results in real reforms."…”
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Melancholia of freedom social life in an Indian township in South Africa / by Hansen, Thomas Blom, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Under the gaze: freedom and race after apartheid -- Ethnicity by fiat: the remaking of Indian life in South Africa -- Domesticity and cultural intimacy -- Charous and Ravans: a story of mutual nonrecognition -- Autonomy, freedom, and political speech -- Movement, sound, and body in the postapartheid city -- The unwieldy fetish: Desi fantasies, roots tourism, and diasporic desires -- Global Hindus and pure Muslims: universalist aspirations and territorialized lives -- The saved and the backsliders: the Charou soul and the instability of belief -- Postscript: Melancholia in the time of the "African personality".…”
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