The New Renaissance
Author: Daniel Quinn
Publisher:
Published: 2003-12
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781893956445
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A New Renaissance
Author: David Lorimer
Publisher: Floris Books
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780863157592
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book diagnoses an urgent need for change and renewal in a period of crisis for philosophy, science and society. The Florentine Renaissance, some six hundred years ago, took a huge leap forward into realism, rationality and self-awareness. It was born out of the waning authority of medieval institutions and beliefs.We stand now at a similar junction in history. It is apparent to many that reductionist science with its materialist values -- the worldview that has driven modern culture for the last two centuries -- is losing credibility. Its objectives of growth and acquisition, and its guiding principles asserting that there is no intrinsic meaning to life or purpose in the cosmos, are now widely seen as creating an unsustainable world. The essays gathered in A New Renaissance are a cultural response to the failings of the materialist worldview. Contributions in the first part diagnose the sources of the crisis in today's world. The second section searches for a new understanding of consciousness and mind, based on findings in recent non-materialist philosophy. The third section looks to a renewal of spirituality beyond religion, aiming to recapture the personal depth and connection to the cosmos that materialism denies or ignores. The fourth section examines possible reforms in politics, economics and education to help bring forth a society that can sustain the flourishing of human beings in the globally interconnected world of the twenty-first century.
Age of Discovery
Author: Ian Goldin
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2016-05-24
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 1250085101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe present is a contest between the bright and dark sides of discovery. To avoid being torn apart by its stresses, we need to recognize the fact—and gain courage and wisdom from the past. Age of Discovery shows how. Now is the best moment in history to be alive, but we have never felt more anxious or divided. Human health, aggregate wealth and education are flourishing. Scientific discovery is racing forward. But the same global flows of trade, capital, people and ideas that make gains possible for some people deliver big losses to others—and make us all more vulnerable to one another. Business and science are working giant revolutions upon our societies, but our politics and institutions evolve at a much slower pace. That’s why, in a moment when everyone ought to be celebrating giant global gains, many of us are righteously angry at being left out and stressed about where we’re headed. To make sense of present shocks, we need to step back and recognize: we’ve been here before. The first Renaissance, the time of Columbus, Copernicus, Gutenberg and others, likewise redrew all maps of the world, democratized communication and sparked a flourishing of creative achievement. But their world also grappled with the same dark side of rapid change: social division, political extremism, insecurity, pandemics and other unintended consequences of discovery. Now is the second Renaissance. We can still flourish—if we learn from the first.
Art for Work
Author: Marjory Jacobson
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBridges to Heaven
Author: Sue Frederick
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-09-17
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1250001811
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeath is not the end. In fact, your loved ones who have passed are watching you, helping you, and healing you-though you may not know it. In this highly emotional book, lifelong intuitive Sue Frederick takes you through the process of connecting with the other side to: - Use your intuition to understand that your loved ones are at peace - See into the other side to feel and release your pain - Help loved ones cross over - Use your own birth path number to discover what obstacles you might have on this journey and how to overcome them - Understand a bigger view of spirituality and what happens after life -And so much more Filled with heartwarming, reassuring stories of Sue's own experiences and those of others, Bridges to Heaven is a landmark book about grief, death, and life.
Worldly Goods
Author: Lisa Jardine
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780393318661
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Worldly Goods' provides a radical interpretation of the Golden Age of European culture. During the Renaissance, Jardine argues, vicious commercial battles were being fought over silks and spices, and who should control international trade.
Nouveau V
Author: Beverly Kumari
Publisher:
Published: 2017-05-22
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781635758610
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNouveau V: The New Renaissance of Vegan and Vegetarian Cuisine encompasses the many facets of vegan and vegetarian cookery. Chef Beverly Kumari, along with Executive Chef JJ Layton, Executive Chef Abdellah Aguenaou, and Executive Chef Douglas De la Reza, have reinvented "art culinaire" with their gourmet spin on vegan- and vegetarian-friendly recipes. Each of the meatless recipes are developed in line with the same gourmet techniques used in classical and modern-day cuisine. Enjoy this culinary journey, and expect your palate to be satiated by the recipes in Nouveau V: The New Renaissance of Vegan and Vegetarian Cuisine. Bon appÉtit!
How to Run the World
Author: Parag Khanna
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2011-01-11
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0679604286
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere is a stunning and provocative guide to the future of international relations—a system for managing global problems beyond the stalemates of business versus government, East versus West, rich versus poor, democracy versus authoritarianism, free markets versus state capitalism. Written by the most esteemed and innovative adventurer-scholar of his generation, Parag Khanna’s How to Run the World posits a chaotic modern era that resembles the Middle Ages, with Asian empires, Western militaries, Middle Eastern sheikhdoms, magnetic city-states, wealthy multinational corporations, elite clans, religious zealots, tribal hordes, and potent media seething in an ever more unpredictable and dangerous storm. But just as that initial “dark age” ended with the Renaissance, Khanna believes that our time can become a great and enlightened age as well—only, though, if we harness our technology and connectedness to forge new networks among governments, businesses, and civic interest groups to tackle the crises of today and avert those of tomorrow. With his trademark energy, intellect, and wit, Khanna reveals how a new “mega-diplomacy” consisting of coalitions among motivated technocrats, influential executives, super-philanthropists, cause-mopolitan activists, and everyday churchgoers can assemble the talent, pool the money, and deploy the resources to make the global economy fairer, rebuild failed states, combat terrorism, promote good governance, deliver food, water, health care, and education to those in need, and prevent environmental collapse. With examples taken from the smartest capital cities, most progressive boardrooms, and frontline NGOs, Khanna shows how mega-diplomacy is more than an ad hoc approach to running a world where no one is in charge—it is the playbook for creating a stable and self-correcting world for future generations. How to Run the World is the cutting-edge manifesto for diplomacy in a borderless world.
The Renaissance and the New World
Author: Giovanni Caselli
Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780872260504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents, in text and illustrations, a range of people whose way of life reveals various aspects of the society developing in Europe and America from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries.
Dynamic Human Anatomy
Author: Roberto Osti
Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC
Published: 2021-04-06
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1580935516
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn essential visual guide for artists to the mastery and use of advanced human anatomy skills in the creation of figurative art. Dynamic Human Anatomy picks up where Basic Human Anatomy leaves off and offers artists and art students a deeper understanding of anatomy, including anatomy in motion, and how that essential skill is applied to the creation of fine figurative art.
