Conceptions

Author : Susan E. Klepp
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807838713
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revolutionary Conceptions written by Susan E. Klepp and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Age of Revolution, how did American women conceive their lives and marital obligations? By examining the attitudes and behaviors surrounding the contentious issues of family, contraception, abortion, sexuality, beauty, and identity, Susan E. Klepp demonstrates that many women--rural and urban, free and enslaved--began to radically redefine motherhood. They asserted, or attempted to assert, control over their bodies, their marriages, and their daughters' opportunities. Late-eighteenth-century American women were among the first in the world to disavow the continual childbearing and large families that had long been considered ideal. Liberty, equality, and heartfelt religion led to new conceptions of virtuous, rational womanhood and responsible parenthood. These changes can be seen in falling birthrates, in advice to friends and kin, in portraits, and in a gradual, even reluctant, shift in men's opinions. Revolutionary-era women redefined femininity, fertility, family, and their futures by limiting births. Women might not have won the vote in the new Republic, they might not have gained formal rights in other spheres, but, Klepp argues, there was a women's revolution nonetheless.

Author : Robert Asprin
Publisher : Ace
ISBN 13 : 9780441013623
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth Conceptions written by Robert Asprin and published by Ace. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Aahz--a demon who's lost his powers--helps Skeeve become Court Magician for the king, it looks like the perfect job for Skeeve to continue his training. Instead, they have to defend the kingdom from the mightiest army in the world. There's only one problem: if they win, they'll be executed, and if they lose they'll be killed.

Author : Kristin Luker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674217034
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dubious Conceptions written by Kristin Luker and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the way popular attitudes came to demonize young mothers and examines the profound social and economic changes that have influenced debate on the issue, especially since the 1970s. --From publisher description.

Author : Wolfgang Künne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199241317
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conceptions of Truth written by Wolfgang Künne and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-06-05 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth is one of the most debated topics in philosophy; Wolfgang Künne presents a comprehensive critical examination of all major theories. Conceptions of Truth is organized around a flow-chart comprising sixteen key questions, ranging from 'Is truth a property?' to 'Is truth epistemically constrained?' Künne expounds and engages with the ideas of many thinkers, from Aristotle and the Stoics, to Continental analytic philosophers like Bolzano, Brentano, andKotarbinski, to such leading figures in current debates as Dummett, Putnam, Wright, and Horwich. He explains many important distinctions (between varieties of correspondence, for example, between different conceptions of making true, between various kinds of eternalism and temporalism) which have so far been neglected in theliterature. Künne argues that it is possible to give a satisfactory 'modest' account of truth without invoking problematic notions like correspondence, fact, or meaning. And he offers a novel argument to support the realist claim that truth outruns justifiability.The clarity of exposition and the wealth of examples will make Conceptions of Truth an invaluable and stimulating guide for advanced students and scholars in metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of language.

Author : Frank Dikötter
Publisher : C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS
ISBN 13 : 9781850653318
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imperfect Conceptions written by Frank Dikötter and published by C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS. This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Deng Xiaoping's accession to power in 1978, human genetics has come to occupy centre stage in China, as a growing number of socially undesirable traits are attributed to so-called bad genes, which the state seeks to regulate.

Author : Avner Shamir
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN 13 : 8763507722
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Conceptions of Jewish Books written by Avner Shamir and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how Christians understood the meaning and significance of Jewish books at the beginning of the sixteenth century. This book tells the story of the so-called Pfefferkorn affair, the attempt to confiscate and burn all Jewish post-biblical literature in the Holy Roman Empire in the years 1509-10.

Author : Susan L. Crockin
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801893889
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legal Conceptions written by Susan L. Crockin and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a medical and a legal pioneer in the field, this book comprehensively reviews and analyzes the evolving law and policy issues surrounding assisted reproductive technologies. Dr. Howard W. Jones, Jr., founder of the first in vitro fertilization program in the United States, offers medical commentary, while attorney Susan L. Crockin, author of the column "Legally Speaking" in ASRM News (the newsletter of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine), provides legal analysis. The book opens with a legal primer and timelines sketching the medical and legal milestones in the history of reproductive technology and law. Each chapter provides a case-by-case discussion of the relevant law, as well as cogent medical and legal commentary and analysis on a particular substantive area. Chapter topics deal with a vast array of issues, including artificial insemination, sperm and egg donation, traditional and gestational surrogacy, posthumous reproduction, same-sex parentage, genetics, cryopreservation and embryo litigation, discrimination and access to reproductive care, professional liability, stem cell research, and abortion. In discussing the medical and legal issues surrounding these topics, Crockin and Jones reveal what has gone right and what at times has gone terribly wrong for both the families and the professionals involved. They make clear that technological advancements have far outpaced the laws and policies in place to protect all who use them. This book makes a timely contribution to current debates over the legal and policy issues raised by the highly publicized birth of octuplets in California and the embryo legislation activity taking place in many states. It offers information and insight to policymakers, medical and legal professionals, patients and other participants, and everyone else interested in the history and future direction of the field.

Author : Carl F. Graumann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461246180
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changing Conceptions of Conspiracy written by Carl F. Graumann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contents of the first two volumes were, we gladly admit, at once more familiar and easier to handle. We were concerned with mass and leadership psychology, two factors that we know from social and political life. They have been much studied and we can clearly trace their evolution. However, since actions by masses and leaders also have an intellectual and emotional side, we were obliged, in some way or other, to deal with this topic as well. It was obviously necessary, it seemed to us, to approach this study from a new and significant angle. One cannot escape the realiza tion that "conspiracy theory" has played, and continues to play, a central role in our epoch, and has had very serious consequences. The obsession with conspiracy has spread to such an extent that it continuously crops up at all levels of society. The fol lowing paradox must be striking to anyone: In the past, society was governed by a small number of men, at times by one individual, who, within traditional limits, imposed his will on the multitude. Plots were effective: By eliminating these individuals and their families, one could change the course of events. Today, this is no longer the case. Power is divided among parties and extends throughout society. Power flows, changes hands, and affects opinion, which no one controls and no one represents entirely.

Author : Stephen Greenleaf
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 9781883402877
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book False Conception written by Stephen Greenleaf and published by Scribner. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco PI Tanner checks out a surrogate mother for a tycoon and his wife. After a thorough investigation, including in her bed, he gives her full marks, she takes the money and disappears. Now Tanner must find her.

Author : Arthur L. Wisot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conceptions & Misconceptions written by Arthur L. Wisot and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully updated to include the latest scientific advancements, Conceptions and Misconceptions is a guided tour through the complex world of infertility treatments and clinics. Respected fertility specialists provide valuable knowledge to consumers about the proper diagnosis and treatment of infertility problems. They explore basic fertility enhancement methods, alternative treatments, and guide the reader through assisted reproduction techniques. This book helps demystify the "alphabet soup" of assisted reproduction. A new chapter explores alternative infertility treatments, including Chinese medicine, and the authors also provide tips for evaluating infertility programs.