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The Worm at the Core

On the Role of Death in Life

de Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski ...

A transformative, fascinating theory—based on robust and groundbreaking experimental research—reveals how our unconscious fear of death powers almost everything we do, shining a light on the hidden motives that drive human behaviorMore than one hundred years ago, the American philosopher William James dubbed the knowledge that we must die “the worm at the core” of the human condition. In 1974, ... Leer más

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A transformative, fascinating theory—based on robust and groundbreaking experimental research—reveals how our unconscious fear of death powers almost everything we do, shining a light on the hidden motives that drive human behaviorMore than one hundred years ago, the American philosopher William James dubbed the knowledge that we must die “the worm at the core” of the human condition. In 1974,
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Der Wurm in unserem Herzen

Wie das Wissen um die Sterblichkeit unser Leben beeinflusst

de Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski ...

Traducido por Susanne Kuhlmann-Krieg ...

Die treibende Kraft in unser aller LebenAls Wurm im Herzen des Menschen bezeichnete der amerikanische Psychologe und Philosoph William James einst das Wissen um unsere Vergänglichkeit. In einer faszinierenden Studie, die auf zahlreichen Versuchen beruht, schildern die amerikanischen Psychologen Solomon, Greenberg und Pyszczynski, wie sehr die Furcht vor dem Nicht-mehr-Sein unser alltägliches Leben ... Leer más

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Die treibende Kraft in unser aller LebenAls Wurm im Herzen des Menschen bezeichnete der amerikanische Psychologe und Philosoph William James einst das Wissen um unsere Vergänglichkeit. In einer faszinierenden Studie, die auf zahlreichen Versuchen beruht, schildern die amerikanischen Psychologen Solomon, Greenberg und Pyszczynski, wie sehr die Furcht vor dem Nicht-mehr-Sein unser alltägliches Leben
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Facing Up to Mortality

Interfaith/Interreligious Explorations

de Daniel Liechty, Paul Cantz, Jonathan Cohen, Spee Kosloff, David R. Loy, Anas Malik, Merlyn E. Mowrey, Anantanand Rambachan, Sheldon Solomon0 ...

Exploring a new approach to interfaith/interreligious communication, the contributors to this collection seek to interact from the perspective of their own tradition or academic discipline with Ernest Becker's theory on the relationship between religion, culture, and the human awareness of death and mortality. While much interfaith/interreligious dialogue focuses on beliefs and practices, thus ... Leer más

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Exploring a new approach to interfaith/interreligious communication, the contributors to this collection seek to interact from the perspective of their own tradition or academic discipline with Ernest Becker's theory on the relationship between religion, culture, and the human awareness of death and mortality. While much interfaith/interreligious dialogue focuses on beliefs and practices, thus
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Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Studies of Three Student Development Programs

de Beatrice L. Bridglall, Freeman A. Hrabowski III, Kenneth I. Maton, Susan Layden, Sheldon Solomon ...

Concerns with how students are taught, and whether and how they learn, has become particularly salient in higher education. This is evident in growing awareness of increases in time-to-degree and declines in attainment rates for many students, including those who are underrepresented, in our nation’s community and public and private colleges and universities. It is also demonstrated vis-à-vis ... Leer más

$46.99 USD

Concerns with how students are taught, and whether and how they learn, has become particularly salient in higher education. This is evident in growing awareness of increases in time-to-degree and declines in attainment rates for many students, including those who are underrepresented, in our nation’s community and public and private colleges and universities. It is also demonstrated vis-à-vis
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Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death

A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment

de Norman Straker, Molly Maxfield, Tom Pyszczynski, John W. Barnhill, Dan Birger, M. Philip Luber, Allison C. Phillips, Patricia Plopa, Abby Adams Silvan, Sheldon Solomon0, Hillel Swiller1, David Yuppa2 ...

In Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment, Dr. Norman Straker proposes that “death anxiety” is responsible for the American society’s failure to address costly futile care at the end of life; more specifically, doctors default on the appropriate prescription of palliative care because of this anxiety. This leads to unnecessary suffering for terminally-ill ... Leer más

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In Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment, Dr. Norman Straker proposes that “death anxiety” is responsible for the American society’s failure to address costly futile care at the end of life; more specifically, doctors default on the appropriate prescription of palliative care because of this anxiety. This leads to unnecessary suffering for terminally-ill
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The Worm at the Core

On the Role of Death in Life

de Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski ...

Narrado por John Pruden ...

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8 hora 20 minutos

More than one hundred years ago, the American philosopher William James wrote that the knowledge that we must die is "the worm at the core" of the human condition—a universally shared fear that informs all our thoughts and actions, from the great art we create to the devastating wars we wage.Using data collected from human subjects, Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski show ... Leer más

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More than one hundred years ago, the American philosopher William James wrote that the knowledge that we must die is "the worm at the core" of the human condition—a universally shared fear that informs all our thoughts and actions, from the great art we create to the devastating wars we wage.Using data collected from human subjects, Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski show
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The Most Dangerous Book

The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses

de Kevin Birmingham ...

Narrado por John Keating ...

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14 hora 22 minutos

"A great story--how modernism brought down the regime of censorship--told as a great story. Kevin Birmingham's imaginative scholarship brings Joyce and his world to life. There is a fresh detail on nearly every page."--Louis Menand, Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Metaphysical ClubFor more than a decade, the book that literary critics now consider the most important novel in the English ... Leer más

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"A great story--how modernism brought down the regime of censorship--told as a great story. Kevin Birmingham's imaginative scholarship brings Joyce and his world to life. There is a fresh detail on nearly every page."--Louis Menand, Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Metaphysical ClubFor more than a decade, the book that literary critics now consider the most important novel in the English
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Infamy

The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II

de Richard Reeves ...

Narrado por James Yaegashi ...

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10 hora 11 minutos

A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICEBestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War II“Highly readable … [A] vivid and instructive reminder of what war and fear can do to civilized people.”—Evan... ... Leer más

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A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICEBestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War II“Highly readable … [A] vivid and instructive reminder of what war and fear can do to civilized people.”—Evan...
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Water Tossing Boulders

How a Family of Chinese Immigrants Led the First Fight to Desegregate Schools inthe Jim Crow South

de Adrienne Berard ...

Narrado por Moe Egan ...

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6 hora 5 minutos

A generation before Brown v. Board of Education struck down America’s “separate but equal” doctrine, one Chinese family and an eccentric Mississippi lawyer fought for desegregation in one of the greatest legal battles never toldOn September 15, 1924, Martha Lum and her older sister Berda were barred from attending middle school in Rosedale, Mississippi. The girls were Chinese American and ... Leer más

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A generation before Brown v. Board of Education struck down America’s “separate but equal” doctrine, one Chinese family and an eccentric Mississippi lawyer fought for desegregation in one of the greatest legal battles never toldOn September 15, 1924, Martha Lum and her older sister Berda were barred from attending middle school in Rosedale, Mississippi. The girls were Chinese American and
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The Bone and Sinew of the Land

America’s Forgotten Black Pioneers and the Struggle for Equality

de Anna-Lisa Cox ...

Narrado por Elizabeth Wiley ...

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8 hora 13 minutos

The long-hidden truth about America’s black pioneers, the frontier they settled, and their fight for a better nationThe American frontier is one of our most cherished and enduring national images. We think of the early pioneers who settled the wilderness as courageous, independent—and white.This version of history is simply wrong. Starting in our nation’s earliest years, thousands of free African ... Leer más

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The long-hidden truth about America’s black pioneers, the frontier they settled, and their fight for a better nationThe American frontier is one of our most cherished and enduring national images. We think of the early pioneers who settled the wilderness as courageous, independent—and white.This version of history is simply wrong. Starting in our nation’s earliest years, thousands of free African
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The Ostrich Paradox

Why We Underprepare for Disasters

de Howard Kunreuther, Robert Meyer ...

Narrado por Don Hagen ...

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3 hora 24 minutos

“The Ostrich Paradox boldly addresses a key question of our time: Why are we humans so poor at dealing with disastrous risks, and what can we humans do about it? It is a must-hear for everyone who cares about risk.”—Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and author of Thinking, Fast and SlowWe fail to evacuate when advised. We rebuild in flood zones. We don’t wear helmets. We fail ... Leer más

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“The Ostrich Paradox boldly addresses a key question of our time: Why are we humans so poor at dealing with disastrous risks, and what can we humans do about it? It is a must-hear for everyone who cares about risk.”—Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and author of Thinking, Fast and SlowWe fail to evacuate when advised. We rebuild in flood zones. We don’t wear helmets. We fail
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Alienated America

Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse

de Timothy P. Carney ...

Narrado por Charles Constant ...

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10 hora 25 minutos

Respected conservative journalist and commentator Timothy P. Carney continues the conversation begun with Hillbilly Elegy and the classic Bowling Alone in this hard-hitting analysis that identifies the true factor behind the decline of the American dream: it is not purely the result of economics as the left claims, but the collapse of the institutions that made us successful, including marriage, ... Leer más

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Respected conservative journalist and commentator Timothy P. Carney continues the conversation begun with Hillbilly Elegy and the classic Bowling Alone in this hard-hitting analysis that identifies the true factor behind the decline of the American dream: it is not purely the result of economics as the left claims, but the collapse of the institutions that made us successful, including marriage,
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