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42 produkter
Buddhism
An Illustrated History and Guide
Av Ian Harris, Ian Harris
Inbunden, 2025
166 kr
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The Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, lived in India in the 5thcentury bce. His life and teachings have provided inspiration for people around the world ever since. With an estimated 350 million adherents, Buddhism is the fifth largest belief system in the world today. This expert and accessible book …
Buddhism in a Dark Age
Cambodian Monks Under Pol Pot
Av Ian Harris
Häftad, 2012
245 kr
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This pioneering study of the fate of Buddhism during the communist period in Cambodia puts a human face on a dark period in Cambodia’s history. It is the first sustained analysis of the widely held assumption that the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot had a centralised plan to liquidate the entire monastic …
Experiential Education for Community Development
Av Paul S. Denise, Ian Harris m. fl.
Inbunden, 1989
1066 kr
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These 20 essays illustrate teaching strategies that can be incorporated into community-based practicums and internships. The book explores the innovative uses of experiential education in community work. Useful techniques for community problem-solving and ways in which groups can learn to work …
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo
A surgeon cuts through the evidence (16pt Large Print Edition)
Av Ian Harris
Häftad, 2016
456 kr
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Buddhism, Power and Political Order
Av Ian Harris
Inbunden, 2007
2510 kr
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Weber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of politically-related matters. The significance of Asoka Maurya as a paradigm for later traditions of …
Buddhism, Power and Political Order
Av Ian Harris
Häftad, 2009
909 kr
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Weber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of politically-related matters. The significance of Asoka Maurya as a paradigm for later traditions of …
The Mind of John Locke
A Study of Political Theory in its Intellectual Setting
Av Ian Harris
Inbunden, 1994
2052 kr
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John Locke (1632-1704) is a central figure in the history of thought, and in liberal doctrine especially. This major study brings a range of his wider views to bear upon his political theory. Every political theorist has a vision, a view about the basic features of life and society, as well as …
Pre-Revolutionary Writings
Häftad, 1993
601 kr
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This is the first collection of the writings of Edmund Burke which precede Reflections on the Revolution in France, and the first to do justice to the connections and breadth of Burke's thought. A thinker whose range transcends formal boundaries, Burke has been highly prized by both conservatives …
The Mind of John Locke
A Study of Political Theory in its Intellectual Setting
Av Ian Harris
Häftad, 1998
748 kr
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John Locke (1632-1704) is a central figure in the history of thought, and in liberal doctrine especially. This major study brings a range of his wider views to bear upon his political theory. Every political theorist has a vision, a view about the basic features of life and society, as well as …
Cambodian Buddhism
History and Practice
Av Ian Harris
Häftad, 2008
301 kr
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The study of Cambodian religion has long been hampered by a lack of easily accessible scholarship. This impressive new work by Ian Harris thus fills a major gap and offers English-language scholars a booklength, up-to-date treatment of the religious aspects of Cambodian culture. Beginning with a …
Buddhism and Politics in Twentieth Century Asia
Av Ian Harris
Häftad, 2001
1560 kr
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Historically, Buddhism has prospered in societies organized in accordance with the socio-political teachings of the Buddha. The 20th century has been a particularly traumatic time in its history, not least because traditional policies have been eroded as disparate factors, such as war, modernity, …
Buddhism, Power and Political Order
Av Ian Harris
E-bok, 2007
1074 kr
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Weber''s claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of politically-related matters. The significance of Asoka Maurya as a paradigm for later traditions of …
Buddhism, Power and Political Order
Av Ian Harris
E-bok, 2007
1074 kr
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Weber''s claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of politically-related matters. The significance of Asoka Maurya as a paradigm for later traditions of …
Buddhism and Politics in Twentieth Century Asia
Av Ian Harris
E-bok, 2010
1677 kr
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In this study, a team of international scholars assess the manner in which Buddhist organizations and individuals have resisted, come to terms with, or in some cases allied themselves with the forces of war, modernity, westernization, nationalization, capitalism, communism, and ethnic conflict. By …
Surgery, the Ultimate Placebo
A Surgeon Cuts Through the Evidence
Av Ian Harris
Häftad, 2016
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
200 kr
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A senior surgeon suggests that many commonly performed operations are not necessary and that any benefits they offer are a placebo. For many complaints and conditions the benefits from surgery are lower, and the risks higher, than you or your surgeon think. In this book you will see how commonly …
Hippocrasy
How Doctors Are Betraying Their Oath
Av Rachelle Buchbinder, Ian Harris
Häftad, 2021
281 kr
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In Hippocrasy, two world-leading doctors – rheumatologist and epidemiologist Rachelle Buchbinder and orthopaedic surgeon Ian Harris – reveal the true state of modern medicine and how doctors are letting their patients down. They argue that the benefits of treatments are often wildly overstated and …
Price of Fish
A New Approach to Wicked Economics and Better Decisions
Av Ian Harris, Michael Mainelli
Häftad, 2014
173 kr
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In The Price of Fish, Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris examine in a unique way the world's most abiding and wicked problems sustainability, global warming, over-fishing, overpopulation, the pensions crisis; all of which are characterized by a set of messy, circular, aggressive and peculiarly …
Price of Fish
A New Approach to Wicked Economics and Better Decisions
Av Michael Mainelli, Ian Harris
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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In The Price of Fish, Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris examine in a unique way the world s most abiding and wicked problems sustainability, global warming, over-fishing, overpopulation, the pensions crisis; all of which are characterized by a set of messy, circular, aggressive and peculiarly …
Plato
Av John Dunn, Ian Harris
Inbunden, 1997
8819 kr
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Plato of Athens (c 429-347 BC) is the earliest European thinker whose thoughts on politics survive to any great extent. His work, contained in The Republic, the Statesman, the Laws and the unfinished Critias, amongst other works, has made major contributions to the agenda of Western Political …
Aristotle
Av John Dunn, Ian Harris
Inbunden, 1997
10007 kr
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Aristotle (384-322 BC) was born in Northern Greece. He moved to Athens where he associated himself with Plato’s academy. He later became tutor to the young Alexander the Great at the Macedonian court but returned to Athens in 335 to found his own school of philosophy.Aristotle’s basic political …
Augustine
Av John Dunn, Ian Harris
Inbunden, 1997
8613 kr
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Born in what is now Algeria, Augustine trained in classical Latin rhetoric and became a professor of rhetoric in Rome. He later studied neo-Platonic philosophy and experienced a conversion to Christianity in 386.[Through his numerous theological writings, Augustine became one of the major …
Aquinas
Av John Dunn, Ian Harris
Inbunden, 1997
9249 kr
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Thomas Aquinas (1224-74) was born in Naples of a powerful Italian family. He took part in the major philosophical and theological controversies of his day and fought the decisive battle which re-admitted the study of the works of Aristotle.In his work he attempted to harmonise the rational insights …
