Overcoming Cynicism,
Author: Megan Mustain
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2011-01-13
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1441115226
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Seeing Through Cynicism
Author: Dick Keyes
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2006-07-12
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0830833889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe live in a cynical age. Cynicism is in the air we breathe; it is a cultural norm; it is the default setting and lens through which many of us view the world. In this book, Dick Keyes explores cynicism in all its manifestations and then looks beyond to alternatives that speak honestly about suspicion, trust and hope.
Everybody Knows
Author: William Chaloupka
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781452903811
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Everybody Knows, William Chaloupka scrutinizes the cynicism that is in our common condition, examining both its uses in the politics of backlash and resentment and its surprisingly positive aspects.'
How to Say No
Author: Diogenes
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2022-10-18
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 0691229864
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient writings about the philosophers who advocated simple living and rejected unthinking conformity The Cynics were ancient Greek philosophers who stood athwart the flood of society’s material excess, unexamined conventions, and even norms of politeness and thundered “No!” Diogenes, the most famous Cynic, wasn’t shy about literally extending his middle finger to the world, expressing mock surprise that “most people go crazy over a finger.” When asked why he was called Diogenes the Dog, he replied “because I fawn on those who give, I bark at those who don’t, and I bite scoundrels.” How to Say No is a delightful collection of brief ancient writings about Cynicism that captures all the outrageousness, wit, and wisdom of its remarkable cast of characters—from Diogenes in the fourth century BCE to the column-stander Symeon Stylites in late antiquity. With their “less is more” approach to life, the Cynics speak urgently to our world of climate change, economic uncertainty, and psychic malaise. Although the Cynics weren’t writers, their memorable utterances and behavior were recorded by their admirers and detractors, and M. D. Usher offers fresh new translations of appealing selections from this body of writing—ranging from street sermons and repartee to biography and snapshots of Cynics in action. Complete with introductions to the volume and each selection as well as the original Greek and Latin on facing pages, this lively book demonstrates why the Cynics still retain their power to surprise us and make us laugh—and to make us think and question how we live.
The Cynical Americans
Author: Donald L. Kanter
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 1989-04-14
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe authors draw on their comprehensive national survey of American employees to reveal why cynicism has become so rampant in our workplace--and shows how to understand, diagnose, and successfully combat it in organizations. Includes sections on the signs of cynicism, the roots of cynicism, the consequences of cynicism, and remedies for cynicism.
Cynical
Author: Aaron L Jackson
Publisher:
Published: 2024-06-20
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat has happened to America? Over the past several years, our nation has seen a drastic decline in general civility, connection, and culture. Collectively, we are tired, angry, anxious, defensive, enraged, and alone. Suicide is up. Confidence is down. Morale is depleted. Solving this problem is a personal and societal issue. As near-peer competitors continue to rise in global power and prestige, it is also a major national security concern. What is the problem? America is cynical. Massively cynical. We often witness the toxic exchanges that form the backbone of modern-day cynicism, but we do not understand what cynicism truly is and why it is so dangerous to our families, our workplaces, our neighborhoods, and ourselves. Every problem demands at least one solution, and Aaron Jackson delivers seven. Dubbed the Seven C's, Aaron discusses the importance of creating cause, deepening connections, allowing communication, finding commonality, embracing conflict, demonstrating courage, and changing the culture as principles for eliminating the cynical mindset currently sweeping across America. He then provides practical ways to incorporate each of the Seven C's into our daily circles (i.e., the home, the workplace, and the neighborhood) with the goal of being the change we desperately need today. With tragic statistics, engaging stories, funny anecdotes, and a spirit of hope and triumph, Aaron brilliantly discusses the silent threat currently facing our nation. This book sheds light on the new mindset that has taken over America and provides seven leadership solutions, rooted in hope and humanity, to overcome our nation's current, cynical state.
Visions of Vocation
Author: Steven Garber
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2014-01-27
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 0830896260
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVocation is more than a job. It is our relationships and responsibilities woven into the work of God. In following our calling to seek the welfare of our world, we find that it flourishes and so do we. Garber offers here a book for parents, artists, students, public servants and businesspeople—for all who want to discover the virtue of vocation.
Longing in a Culture of Cynicism
Author: Stephan van Erp
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 3825812359
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough current expressions of religion, people are confronted with all kinds of longings and desires which have no place in a rationalised and alienated culture. At the same time, these longings are seeking and finding opportunities for expression. How to understand this cultural ambiguity? The authors in this volume explore the possibilities of a rationality beyond rationalism, reflecting beyond the borders of human imagination on the hidden God.
A Critique of Liberal Cynicism
Author: Will Barnes
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2022-07-26
Total Pages: 165
ISBN-13: 1793655677
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhere does Extreme Liberal Cynicism—so common in academic and popular culture—come from, and is it capable of solving the problems it identifies? A Critique of Liberal Cynicism: Peter Sloterdijk, Judith Butler, and Critical Liberalism identifies the motivations and resources within liberal cynicism and their potential for overcoming its pernicious extremes. Will Barnes describes Extreme Liberal Cynicism as a product of mourning, guilt, and the experience of powerlessness stemming from the trauma of holding liberal investments in a world in which these investments are vulnerable to ideological critique and seem to have failed. Extreme Liberal Cynicism seeks invulnerability through disavowing the efficacy of its constitutive ideals achieved via a reified hopelessness that eclipses trauma, guilt, and disempowerment leaving the cynic unhappy, alienated, hostile, obstinate, delusional, and desperate; thus, it is a failing self-defense mechanism. Barnes argues that although Extreme Liberal Cynicism is rationally unjustifiable and intrinsically harmful, it also contains the impetus for a reappropriation of its complex desires and losses. This adjustment could compel the extreme cynic to maintain a moderate critical liberal cynicism committed to critiquing and reinvigorating its constitutive ideals of freedom, equality, and justice, and thereby contribute positively to progressive politics.
Cynicism from Diogenes to Dilbert
Author: Ian Cutler
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2005-07-15
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 0786420936
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCynicism began as a school of philosophy that was largely inspired by Socrates and often decried by popular commentators as a social pathology, a nihilistic rebellion against the foundations of civilization. Modern definitions of the cynic describe an individual who is negative and sarcastic, violently opposed to established authority and social convention, and dedicated to existentialism. This book attempts to vindicate cynicism, arguing that it is both a progressive approach to social dilemmas and an enlightened understanding of the human condition. Chapter One establishes the foundations of classical Greek cynicism, while later chapters illustrate the varied faces of the cynic phenomenon in the persons of such disparate characters as Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Diogenes, the Dadaists, George Bataille, Samuel Beckett, Auberon Waugh, the creators of South Park, and others. Nietzsche is portrayed as the most important representative of both classical and postmodern cynicism, as well as the pivotal link between the two. The book focuses on significant periods of historical change, such as the Renaissance, and the historical cynics responsible for several seminal social ideas, including cosmopolitanism (citizenship of the world), asceticism (personal growth through self-testing), and parrhesia (finding one's voice in the presence of tyrannical forces). The author claims that aspects of Greek cynicism are present in contemporary society, offering a positive strategy for living in a hostile world.
