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Analyzes and documents ways in which anthropological thinking and practice have been affected by British colonialism.

Includes four short works, "Euthyphro", "Apology", "Crito", and "Phaedo", which help readers experience the range of Socrates' penetrating mind.

Answers questions such as: Are women really better than men at reading other people's minds? Are longer-married couples better than newlyweds at anticipating their partners' thoughts and feelings? Do we all possess a dormant "sixth sense" that, if fully utilized, could allow us to intuit with great accuracy what other people are thinking?

Each of us is controlled in some way by shame, one of the ugliest emotions in human experience. It saps our self-respect, builds walls between people, and forces us to create elaborate defences to protect ourselves. This book analyses the role of shame in our lives and helps us to understand the root of our insecurity.

This title encourages having an open mind and checking things out to find the truth, rather than blindly accepting everything we hear.

Based on his years of experience as a consultant for the FBI, the author produces published evidence of the Church's morally questionable financial dealings with sinister organizations over seven decades.

Offers answers for core epistemological questions about the nature of belief, the character and structure of evidence, the determinants of evidential quality, the relation of justification, probability, and truth, among others.

Concerns the governess of two small children who thinks that her charges are being haunted by ghosts. This book illustrates the author's theory of the horror story: to suggest rather than state horror.

Since Old Testament days discrimination against minorities and other groups has been the rule in history rather than the exception. Chief among these repressive attitudes has been the inferior social and political status of women. This title argues against the disenfranchisement of women and the 2nd-class status they experienced within marriage.

Introduces us to this extraordinary man, Dr Irving Joshua Matrix. Believed by many to be the greatest numerologist who ever lived, Dr Matrix claims to be a reincarnation of Pythagoras. This title follows Dr Matrix as he roams the world and assumes new identities and discovers new manifestations of the power of numbers to explain and predict.

A collection of Goldman's speeches and writings, it attempts to show the relevance of Goldman's work and her life.

Reviews the historical roots of non-belief going back to the ancient Greeks. This book argues that philosophy can serve as an important alternative to religion, and defends reason as the most reliable method humans have for establishing truth and conducting one's life.

Most of the major schools of contemporary philosophy, from Marxism to Existentialism, are reactions to Hegelianism and all, if they are to be understood, require some understanding of Hegel's "Logic". First published in 1812, this work deals with Hegel's system.

Answers questions surrounding Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing, and puts this information into the broader perspective of McVeigh's childhood, his education, military service, and his efforts to find meaning and purpose in life. This biography offers details of Tim's life factors that contributed to his startling transformation.

Discusses poetry's aesthetic function as well as its emotional value, revealing at the same time the basic principles of literary art and giving practical hints to the poet.

Love - our hearts yearn for it, we fall into it, we'll do almost anything to attain and keep it. This book discusses relationship between love and romance, caring, concern, compassion, thoughtfulness, sex, and the many other components whose power can give strength to the weakest among us, or turn powerhouses of strength into emotional mush.

Describes nanotechnology, explaining what it's about, and what it could do. The author explains how previous technological developments have affected us, how nanotechnology fits into the historical trends for technologies ranging from motors to medicine, and others. He analyses the benefits as well as the potential risks

An introduction to a large and complicated subject, which has come to be called the Scientific Revolution, this book refers to the fundamental changes in our understanding of the natural world that occurred in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These changes led to a rejection of ancient and medieval thinking about the universe in favor of the new thinking that gave birth to modern science.Professor Jacob does not pretend to tell the whole story of this momentous transformation, which is perhaps more important than any other in modern history. But he does highlight and survey what are often considered to be the six principal developments associated with this shift from old to new science. The six changes are: first, the abandonment of an ancient Greek picture of an earth-centered universe and its replacement by the modern picture of a solar system surrounded by an enormous universe; second, the gradual rejection of the Aristotelian binary physics in favor of the modern physics of universal forces; third, a medical revolution that culminated in the discovery of the circulation of the blood, and put animal (and human) physiology on a new foundation; fourth, the shift from an Aristotelian theory of knowledge to a modern skepticism; fifth, the development of new methods for establishing scientific certainty; and, finally, the founding of the world's first national, government-sponsored scientific societies for promoting research, spreading scientific knowledge, and stimulating inquiry.

Offers a plea for freedom of conscience and religious expression. This book outlines the limits of social and political incursion into the realm of personal belief or non-belief, discusses the dangers of mixing church and state, and strikes hard at those who would use the power of the state to fulfil religious or political goals.

Elucidates the critical issues that exist among the existentialists, such as phenomenology and ontology, the existential subject, intersubjectivity, religion, and psychotherapy. This book presents short selections from important existentialist writers and their forerunners.

Addresses the problems of the twenty-first century and the millennium beyond. This book provides a defence of scientific naturalism and technology. It recommends long-range attainable goals and generates confidence in the ability of the human species to solve its problems by rational means and a positive outlook.

A collection of articles, this title encompasses the many points of contention in the debate about genetically modified foods. Beginning with the history and the science of genetically modified foods, it focuses on the morality of modifying organisms for human use.

Presents the author's major concepts - the master and slave moralities, a pervasive will to power, the heroic overman transcending good and evil, and an eternal recurrence of the same dynamic universe.

Describes Jesus as a popular religious leader and self-proclaimed Messiah who advocated the overthrow of Roman rule and the establishment of a theocracy. This book argues that the impression left by Jesus on his disciples was so profound that they began to proclaim his Resurrection and presence among them shortly after his death.

In the history of political philosophy, great minds have sought to define the nature and extent of human freedom, with justifications offered for the principles proposed. This title defends individual liberty against both social and political encroachment.

How did eugenics come to exert such powerful and broad appeal? What events shaped its direction? Whose interests did it finally serve? Why did it fall into disrepute? Has it survived in other guises? This title sets out to answer some of these questions - questions that have acquired a new urgency in light of developments in genetic medicine.

From Plato, who originated the idea of inspired mania, to Beethoven, Dickens, Newton, Van Gogh, and popular creative artists and scientists who've battled manic depression, this work examines creativity and madness in mystery, myth, and history. It demonstrates how manic depression becomes the essential difference between talent and genius.

Expounds a political worldview, including positions on materialism, labour, production, alienation, the expansion of capitalism, class conflict, revolution, and eventually communism. This book charts the course of 'true' socialism based on Hegel's dialectic, while criticising the ideas of Bruno Bauer, Max Stirner and Ludwig Feuerbach.

Addresses the fear that personal creative potential will be trampled by assembly-line monotony, political bureaucracy, and an industrialised culture of uniformity. This book argues that individualism has in fact been offered a higher plane of technological development upon which to grow, mature, and redefine itself.