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Author: Norman Crowe
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780262032223
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArguing that humanity has lost its symbiotic relationship with nature regarding housing, a cultural evaluation of architecture considers the evolution of structure development and the possibility of combining the expertise of environmentalists and builders to promote indigenous architecture. UP.
Author: Alan Watts
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1577311809
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlan Watts introduced millions of Western readers to Zen and other Eastern philosophies. But he is also recognized as a brilliant commentator on Judeo-Christian traditions, as well as a celebrity philosopher who exemplified the ideas — and lifestyle — of the 1960s counterculture. In this compilation of controversial lectures that Watts delivered at American universities throughout the sixties, he challenges readers to reevaluate Western culture's most hallowed constructs. Watts treads the familiar ground of interpreting Eastern traditions, but he also covers new territory, exploring the counterculture's basis in the ancient tribal and shamanic cultures of Asia, Siberia, and the Americas. In the process, he addresses some of the era's most important questions: What is the nature of reality? How does an individual's relationship to society affect this reality? Filled with Watts's playful, provocative style, the talks show the remarkable scope of a philosopher at his prime, exploring and defining the sixties counterculture as only Alan Watts could.
Author: The Prince of Wales
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2010-11-02
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 0061989886
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor the first time, His Royal Highness Charles, the Prince of Wales, shares his views on how mankind’s most pressing modern challenges are rooted in our disharmony with nature. In the vein of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and Van Jones’ Green Collar Economy, Prince Charles presents the compelling case that solutions to our most dire crises—from climate change to poverty—lie in regaining a balance with the world around us.
Author: Hanmin Huang
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-08-23
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9811379289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book analyzes a large number of typical tulou buildings and compact communities in detail, and painstakingly studies the way of life practiced in these communities, their defense systems, building techniques, spatial features, antithetical couplets culture, and historical origins. As such, it offers readers access to a unique treasure of traditional civilian residence, while also representing a valuable asset for architects and researchers in architectural history, cultural relics and fine arts.
Author: Michael N Nagler , Ph.D.
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 2020-03-31
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1523088176
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThat the world needs to take a substantially new direction, and quickly, is no longer controversial for any thoughtful person. A whole new way of seeing the world and our role in its destiny is called for. It's what Michael Nagler and others call the New Story. It rejects the mechanical, capitalist narrative that pits humans against each other and instead turns to a connected and collaborative vision of the future. The final missing piece of the New Story is what Nagler has termed the Third Harmony in human nature: nonviolence. Nonviolence is the only method compatible with the New Story's content and the only power strong enough to move the heart toward this deep and revolutionary change. This book focuses on how a shift to a nonviolence mind-set can be integrated into the very foundations of our understanding of humanity and community, not just on how nonviolence works as a protest tactic.
Author: Mark Rashid
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Published: 2011-10
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1616083506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUse peaceful concepts from the Japanese martial art aikido to bring out the best in...
Author: Jeanine Thweatt-Bates
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-05-13
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1317155173
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat is the 'posthuman'? Is becoming posthuman inevitable-something which will happen to us, or something we will do to ourselves? Why do some long for it, while others fearfully reject it? These questions underscore the fact that the posthuman is a name for the unknown future, and therefore, not a single idea but a jumble of competing visions - some of which may be exciting, some of which may be frightening, and which is which depends on who you are, and what you desire to be. This book aims to clarify current theological and philosophical dialogue on the posthuman by arguing that theologians must pay attention to which form of the posthuman they are engaging, and to demonstrate that a 'posthuman theology' is not only possible, but desirable, when the vision of the posthuman is one which coincides with a theological vision of the human.
Author: Harry Parker
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 2022-02-17
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 1782835830
DOWNLOAD EBOOK*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BARBELLION PRIZE* As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week As seen on Sky Arts Book Club with Elizabeth Day and Andi Oliver An eye-opening account of disability, identity, and how robotics and AI are altering our understanding of what it means to be human - from the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Soldier Harry Parker's life changed overnight, when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. That took him into an often surprising landscape of a very human kind of hacking, and he wondered, are all humans becoming hybrids? Parker introduces us to the exhilarating breadth of human invention - and intervention. Grappling with his own new identity and disability, he discovers the latest robotics, tech and implants that might lead us to powerful, liberating possibilities for what a body can be. 'I loved Hybrid Humans. A way of looking at the future without nostalgia for the past' - Jeanette Winterson
Author: Jiahua Pan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-09-08
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9811645345
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book addresses the core tenets, logic, methodology and practice of Xi Jinping’s thoughts on ecological civilization. It traces the theoretical origins of his ideas and comprehensively discusses their theoretical characteristics and historical status, while also demonstrating that they represent a self-contained theoretical system and discourse system. In addition, the book offers guidelines on putting his thoughts into practice in connection with the new era of socialist ecological civilization in China, implementing the 2030 sustainable development agenda action plan and contributing to global ecological security.
Author: Ronald V. Micci
Publisher: Independently published
Published: 2017-02-12
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 1520460481
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the mysterious high deserts of New Mexico, the Indian shamans know the secret of the coyote transformation, allowing mortals to shape-shift into shadow coyotes, the better to bring down their prey. Now Katt Hall, a transplanted Southern beauty sexually frustrated by an unwilling and alcoholic husband, has gained those secrets, and her passions are about to lead her into trouble with the law. A riotously funny take on marital frustration, culminating in an unforgettably wild Indian Festival of the Coyote.
