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The ages of globalization : geography, technology, and institutions "Today's most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planetwide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But humanity's story has always been on a global scale, and this history deeply informs the present. In this book, Jeffrey D. Sachs, renowned economist and expert on sustainable development, turns to world history to shed light on how we can meet the challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century.

Against Empathy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2016 book by psychologist Paul Bloom The book received mixed reviews. Some reviewers critiqued Bloom's case "against empathy," maintaining their belief that empathy is a useful tool.[2] Definition of Empathy[edit] Paul Bloom defines empathy the way that Adam Smith describes sympathy in Theory of Moral Sentiments. Powers and limitations of empathy[edit] Bloom develops his case for "rational compassion" by discussing acts of kindness and altruism. Empathy versus Compassion[edit] Bloom also explains C. To further his argument, Bloom describes effective altruism and its relationship with cost-benefit analysis decision making. Rational decision making[edit] Bloom finishes the book by explaining how empathy is related to anger and evil. Reception[edit] This book received mixed reviews. See also[edit] Identifiable victim effect References[edit]

Eduardo Galeano Uruguayan writer and journalist Eduardo Hughes Galeano (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðo ɣaleˈano]; 3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015) was an Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "global soccer's pre-eminent man of letters" and "a literary giant of the Latin American left".[1] Galeano's best-known works are Las venas abiertas de América Latina (Open Veins of Latin America, 1971) and Memoria del fuego (Memory of Fire Trilogy, 1982–6). "I'm a writer," the author once said of himself, "obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past of America and above all that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to amnesia Author Isabel Allende, who said her copy of Galeano's book was one of the few items with which she fled Chile in 1973 after the military coup of Augusto Pinochet, called Open Veins of Latin America "a mixture of meticulous detail, political conviction, poetic flair, and good storytelling Life[edit] Works[edit] Death[edit] Awards and honors[edit]

Alejo Carpentier Cuban novelist (1904 - 1980) Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (Spanish pronunciation: [karpanˈtje], French pronunciation: ​[kaʁpɑ̃tje]; December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, of French and Russian parentage, Carpentier grew up in Havana, Cuba, and despite his European birthplace, he strongly identified as Cuban throughout his life. With a developed knowledge of music, Carpentier explored musicology, publishing an in-depth study of the music of Cuba, La música en Cuba and integrated musical themes and literary techniques throughout his works. Carpentier's writing style integrated the resurgent Baroque style, or New World Baroque style that Latin American artists adopted from the European model and assimilated to the Latin American artistic vision. Life[edit] Early life and education[edit] Cuba and exile in France[edit] Later life[edit]

HaymarketBooks.org Catalog Remedies for Disappearing Sojourners for Justice Press Manifesto Let This Radicalize You Workbook Throwing Stones at the Moon The Voice of Witness Reader The Men With the Pink Triangle Celia - Sojourners for Justice Poster 11x17 Ella Mae Ellison - Sojourners for Justice Poster 11x17 Margaret - Sojourners for Justice Poster 11x17 Recy Taylor - Sojourners for Justice Poster 11x17 Sojourners for Justice Poster 11x17 (bundle) Previous123456789...2324Next Gabriel García Márquez Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014) Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (American Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjel ɣaɾˈsi.a ˈmaɾkes] ( García Márquez started as a journalist and wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981), and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style known as magic realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations. Some of his works are set in the fictional village of Macondo (mainly inspired by his birthplace, Aracataca), and most of them explore the theme of solitude. Upon García Márquez's death in April 2014, Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, called him "the greatest Colombian who ever lived Biography[edit] Early life[edit] Journalism[edit] QAP[edit]

46 Books that Changed the World Anyone who’s ever turned a page understands the potential for books to change the world in ways both large and small. Here, in no particular order, are just a few of history’s most influential tomes—and how they made humanity look at things in a new light. If we’re going to name influential books, we might as well begin with the oldest dated printed tome. On May 11, 868 CE—nearly 600 years before Gutenberg ever considered printing a Bible—a man named Wang Jie commissioned the printing of The Diamond Sutra, a Mahāyāna Buddhist “wisdom” text presented as a conversation between Buddha and his disciple, Subhuti, in Chinese. According to Susan Whitfield, then-director of the International Dunhuang Project at the British Library, “Printing was developed in China by the 8th century, and certainly by the 9th century, when this sutra was made, it was a refined art.” Wang Jie commissioned the book, according to Whitfield, because of one of Buddhism’s most important tenets: To do good deeds.

HaymarketBooks.org Africa A Revolutionary for Our Time Revolutionary Rehearsals in the Neoliberal Age Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism Notes from the Middle World Class Struggle and Resistance in Africa 7 Sex Education Lessons From Emily Nagoski's 'Come As You Are' | Radio Boston We discuss women and sex with Emily Nagoski, who, when she teaches a course on sexuality at Smith College, asks her students what the most important thing they learned in the class was. The majority of them have the revelation, "I'm normal!" This begs the question, how did so many women come to feel that their anatomy, their sex lives and everything in between were abnormal? Guest Emily Nagoski, director of wellness education at Smith College. 7 Sex Education Lessons From Emily Nagoski's 'Come As You Are' 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. More The New York Times: Nothing Is Wrong With Your Sex Drive "Researchers have begun to understand that sexual response is not the linear mechanism they once thought it was. Chicago Tribune: 'Come As You Are' Just Might Save Your Sex Life "Nagoski's book, set for release next week, is receiving rave early reviews. Excerpt

Mike Gold From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American writer Michael Gold (April 12, 1894 – May 14, 1967) was the pen-name of Jewish American writer Itzok Isaac Granich. A lifelong communist, Gold was a novelist and literary critic. Background[edit] Gold was born Itzok Isaac Granich on April 12, 1894,[1] on the Lower East Side of New York City to Romanian Jewish immigrant parents, Chaim Granich and Gittel Schwartz Granich.[2] He had two brothers, Max and George. Career[edit] Mike Gold published his first writings under the name Irwin Granich. In 1925, Gold visited Moscow. One of the widely noted articles he wrote for The New Masses was "Gertrude Stein: A Literary Idiot". In "Proletarian Realism" (1930), Gold said of Marcel Proust: "The worst example and the best of what we do not want to do is the spectacle of Proust, master-masturbator of the bourgeois literature Personal life and death[edit] Gold was once romantically involved with Dorothy Day.[17] Legacy[edit] [edit] Works[edit] Life of John Brown.

Behave (book) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2017 book by Robert Sapolsky Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst is a 2017 non-fiction book by Robert Sapolsky. It describes how various biological processes influence human behavior, on scales ranging from less than a second before an action to thousands of years before. 25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites Here’s an ambiguous sentence for you: “Because of the agency’s oversight, the corporation’s behavior was sanctioned.” Does that mean, “Because the agency oversaw the company’s behavior, they imposed a penalty for some transgression,” or does it mean, “Because the agency was inattentive, they overlooked the misbehavior and gave it their approval by default”? We’ve stumbled into the looking-glass world of contronyms—words that are their own antonyms. The contronym (also spelled “contranym”) goes by many names, including auto-antonym, antagonym, enantiodrome, self-antonym, antilogy, and Janus word (from the Roman god of beginnings and endings, often depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions). Sanction—which came to English via French, from Latin sanctio(n-) and sancire, “to ratify,”—can mean “give official permission or approval for (an action)” or conversely, “impose a penalty on.” Oversight is the noun form of two verbs with contrary meanings: “oversee” and “overlook.”