Examining how people alter or customize various dimensions of their temporal experience, this volume discovers how we resist external sources of temporal constraint or structure. These ethnographic studies are international in scope and look at many different countries and continents. They come to the overall conclusion that people construct their own circumstances with the intention to modify their experience of time. ...
Rosa bekommt ein Kind. Kemal mochte ein Kind. Moritz mochte ein Kind. "Kleiner Drei" erzahlt eine Freundschaft mit einem gemeinsamen Ziel. Einem gemeinsamen Wunsch. Einer gemeinsamen Aufgabe. Eine Aufgabe, die eigentlich keine Freundschaft aushalt. Das Horspiel begleitet drei Menschen, die eigentlich das Gleiche wollen und doch nicht nach dem Gleichen streben. Drei Menschen, die eigentlich nur das Gute wollen und doch in ihren Mustern ble ...
One of the most influential works of its era on the subject of population growth Thomas Malthus's «An Essay on the Principle of Population» was first published anonymously in 1798. In it Malthus describes his «Iron Law of Population» which asserts that growing populations ultimately lead to a rising supply of labor that would inevitably lower wages and create an increasing rate of poverty. More specifically Malthus argues «The power of popu ...
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was an American sociologist, author, poet, and lecturer whose influential work and unorthodox lifestyle made her an icon for future generations of feminists. Much of her work criticized common perceptions of the role of women in marriage and society, and advocated educational, financial, and cultural equality for women. In addition to «The Yellow Wall-Paper,» which is studied by most students in the United St ...
An elegant and intellectual work, «The Book of Tea» was written in 1906 by Kakuzo Okakura, a brilliant Japanese man with an early education in English. Through his intimate knowledge of Japanese aesthetics and ability to effectively communicate them to a Western audience, Okakura is able to discuss 'Teaism' and its impact on Japanese culture, thought, and life in an informative and profound way. He develops this theory by explaining th ...
John Dewey (1859-1952) is an American philosopher and psychologist most notably remembered for his theories on progressive education. He grew up in the rapidly industrializing town of Burlington, Vermont, where he was able to witness increasing social and economic division of the classes. Although he displayed little vivacity or imagination as a child, he was immensely analytical and spent years teaching and writing on a wide range of philosophi ...
Arguably the earliest written work of feminist philosophy, Wollstonecraft produced a female manifesto in the time of the American and French Revolutions. This era induced many to reconsider not only the rights of men, but also of women, and none argued for female emancipation more eloquently or effectively than Wollstonecraft. Her strong use of analogy and philosophical language compared women of her day to both slaves and soldiers: forced to be ...
Emile Durkheim is often referred to as the father of sociology. Along with Karl Marx and Max Weber he was a principal architect of modern social science and whose contribution helped established it as an academic discipline. «The Division of Labor in Society», published in 1893, was his first major contribution to the field and arguably one his most important. In this work Durkheim discusses the construction of social order in modern societies, ...
Cyril Squirrel asks lots of questions, but there's one thing that really puzzles Cyril… "What is love? Can I find it? Keep it? Do I need it?" With a notebook and a map, Cyril embarks on a quest to find out about love. "Gone away to find out what love is. Back soon." Helping children to learn about the ways that love can look, sound or feel, this heart-warming picture book shows some of the many different forms love, friendship ...
