A Short Course In Intellectual Self Defense

Author : Normand Baillargeon
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1609800044
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short Course in Intellectual Self Defense written by Normand Baillargeon and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the relationship between democracy and critical thinking? What must a citizen in a democracy know to make the word democracy meaningful? In A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense, historian and educator Normand Baillargeon provides readers with the tools to see through the spin and jargon of everyday politics and news reporting in order to decide for themselves what is at stake and how to ask the necessary questions to protect themselves from the manipulations of the government and the media. Whether the issue be the call to what we’re told will be a bloodless war, the "debate" around Intelligent Design, or the meaning of a military expenditure, Baillargeon teaches readers to evaluate information and sort fact from official and media spin.

Author : Normand Baillargeon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781282647763
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short Course in Intellectual Self-defense written by Normand Baillargeon and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Owen Hargie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000474658
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Skilled Interpersonal Communication written by Owen Hargie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established as the foremost textbook on communication, the seventh edition of Owen Hargie’s Skilled Interpersonal Communication is thoroughly revised and updated with the latest research findings, theoretical developments and applications. The contribution of skilled interpersonal communication to success in both personal and professional contexts is now widely recognised and extensively researched. People have a deep-seated and universal need to interact with others, and the greater their communicative ability the more satisfying and rewarding will be their lives. The main focus of this book is on the identification, analysis and evaluation of the core skills needed in these interactions. The first two chapters provide details of the nature of interpersonal communication and socially skilled performance, respectively, with a review of the main theoretical perspectives pertaining to each. The book then offers detailed accounts of the fourteen main skill areas: nonverbal communication, reinforcement, questioning, reflecting, listening, explaining, self-disclosure, set induction, closure, assertiveness, influencing, negotiating and interacting in and leading group discussions. The book concludes with a discussion on the ethical issues in interpersonal communication. This new edition also features an extended section on groupthink and analyses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on aspects such as greeting patterns and the effectiveness of Project Fear by the UK government to secure citizen compliance. Written by one of the foremost international experts in the field, this is essential reading for students of interpersonal communication in general and to qualified personnel and trainees in many fields.

Author : Thomas Klikauer
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030879585
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Media Capitalism written by Thomas Klikauer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that media and capitalism no longer exist as separated entities, and posits three reasons why one can no longer exist without the other. Firstly, mass media have become indispensable to capitalism due to the media’s ability to sell the commodities of mass consumerism. Media capitalism also creates pro-capital attitudes among a target population and establishes an ideological hegemony. Thirdly, media capitalism provides mass deception to hide the pathologies of capitalism, which include mass poverty, rising inequalities, and the acceleration of global warming. To illuminate this, the book’s historical chapter traces the emergence of media capitalism. Its subsequent chapters show how media capitalism has infiltrated the public sphere, society, schools, universities, the world of work and finally, democracy. The book concludes by outlining how societies can transition from media capitalism to a post-media- capitalist society.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 023114475X
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chomsky Notebook written by Noam Chomsky and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noam Chomsky is as controversial as he is prolific, applying a rational, scientific approach to disciplines as diverse as linguistics, ethics, religion, and the strategy of war. Chomsky's best-known innovations involve a groundbreaking theory of generative and universal grammar, major advances in the classification of languages, and a radical reformulation of political theory and practice. In Chomsky Notebook, Norbert Hornstein (University of Maryland) and Cedric Boeckx (Harvard University) tackle Chomsky's linguistic theories; Akeel Bilgrami (Columbia University) revisits Chomsky's work on freedom and truth; and Pierre Jacob (Institut Jean Nicod) analyzes his naturalism. Chomsky's contributions include an interview and essays on Edward Said and the natural world. Altogether, these works reveal the penetration of Chomsky's thought into a number of fields within and outside of academia. It is an anthology that proves the power of his rationalism.

Author : Raymond Pawson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1035321106
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Think Like a Realist written by Raymond Pawson and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Think Like a Realist is Ray Pawson’s seminal book on realist social inquiry, boldly linking social research to clinical and physical science and challenging many methodological shibboleths. This unique book pairs outstanding clarity of detail with an accessible approach, exploring the three great methodological challenges in social research: how to think about causality, objectivity, and generality.

Author : Jean Goodwin
Publisher : GPSSA
ISBN 13 : 1478152346
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between Scientists & Citizens written by Jean Goodwin and published by GPSSA. This book was released on 2012 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together selected papers from an interdisciplinary conference focused on effective and appropriate communication of science in the often-heated controversies characteristic of contemporary democracies. The forty essays represent cutting-edge work from rhetorical and communication theorists studying the practices and norms of public discourse and science communication, philosophers interested in the informal logic of everyday reasoning and in the theory of deliberative democracy, and science studies scholars examining the intersections between the social worlds of scientists and citizens. Topics include the theory and practice of public participation exercises involving experts and lay publics, communication techniques for conveying uncertainty, complexity and scale, pseudocontroversy and "manufactured doubt" about science, and the maintenance of trust between scientists and citizens.

Author : Joaquim Franch
Publisher : Aula Magna Proyecto clave McGraw Hill
ISBN 13 : 8419187585
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom and Other Keys to Creativity written by Joaquim Franch and published by Aula Magna Proyecto clave McGraw Hill. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a lot of buzz on creativity and there are many ways to look at it but, in this book, you will not find a methodology for “unlocking your inner creative soul.” Instead, you will be immersed in a thought-provoking dive into neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, and a variety of references from arts and sciences. Creativity takes courage (and it also takes time): one must take the existential approach of becoming (a meaningful engagement with life). Enjoy creativity as a process, not as a tool to conquer a goal. "Most people read one or two books on creativity in a lifetime, Joaquim Franch has probably read them all! In this book, he has broken them down, sorted out the common denominators, and put them in order to produce a book that is both thought proving and practical. An essential read for anyone interested in creativity". Ian Gibbs, with a degree in astrophysics and a postgrad in education, is an entrepreneur working as a learning-strategies specialist. Author of The Sorites Principle and the 2022 TEDx Talk, The Secret Key to Learning Hidden in Plain Sight. "I consider it of great value that the author has made use of creative parameters to address its nature. The result is a useful and original book that undoubtedly helps to take a step further in understanding creativity". Matilde Obradors, Professor in the Department of Communication at the Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona). Author of Creatividad y generación de ideas. "My friend Joaquim is a true generalist (and a systems thinker) and, not surprisingly, with this work he has achieved a balanced vision of a widely studied subject in the Anglo-American world. It’s an honest intellectual analysis of diverse sources". Pere Marés, former Professor in the Automatic Control Department at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona).

Author : T. Klikauer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137455780
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Moralities of Human Resource Management written by T. Klikauer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven Moralities of Human Resource Management analyses morality of HRM from the perspective of American psychologist Laurence Kohlberg. This book examines and makes value judgements on whether or not HRM is moral from the viewpoint of Kohlberg's seven stages of morality as a follow-up study of the author's 2012 book, Seven Management Moralities.

Author : T. Klikauer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137032219
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Management Moralities written by T. Klikauer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, Seven Management Moralities delivers a comprehensive overview of all forms of moral and immoral behaviour displayed by management. Utilising Kohlberg's ascending scale of seven moralities, the book includes the ethics of Aristotle, Kant, Utilitarianism, Bauman, Habermas, and Singer.