Disarmament

1927 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-39
Author(s):  
Tasker H. Bliss
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Abstract Reasoning ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Slow Process ◽  
Analytical Reasoning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Intense Activity ◽  
The Mind

These two careful and elaborate studies of the problem of disarmament have attracted wide attention among its students in Europe and the United States. Both have appeared in the year in which probably more definite thought than ever before has been given to the subject by men earnestly striving to find the entrance to some path that may lead to the solution. These volumes plainly show that the writers—than whom no one can have thought more deeply—are convinced that it is not a problem for abstract reasoning. It is not like an equation in mathematics where the application of definite rules leads to one exact conclusion. In such a problem, if there are unknown factors, they are inert things; they are subjected, without evoking protest, to any sort of torturing process of analytical reasoning to determine their value, and that being done the problem is solved. But in this other problem the factors are living, sentient things; human beings acting of themselves in the mass or under the influence of individuals; swayed by every sentiment of the mind, fear, suspicion, greed, ambition, and by the highest and purest as well; sentiments perhaps dormant at one time, at another in intense activity, sometimes thinking and reasoning and again appearing as a wild outburst of senseless passion, and at all times subject to direction towards purposes good or ill according to the character of some guiding mind. No wonder that so many think it a waste of time to study the problem at all while, at the best, it seems to be one the solution of which can be arrived at only by a long slow process of empiricism.

Science, technology and education: England in 1870. The Wilkins Lecture, 1976

1977 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-90 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Power Structure ◽  
The United States ◽  
Railway Line ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mind ◽  
History Books

My lecture is about the diffusion of science and technology, through education, into the culture and economy of a society. As the journal Nature wrote early in 1870, ‘Education and science so naturally associate themselves in the mind that it is hardly possible to discuss the latter as independent of the former’. Here historians of science find common territory with economic and social historians, political historians, historians of education and with some eminent scientists; Lord Ashby has been a notable pioneer in the subject. Why 1870? Because it is one of the dates which form natural breaks in history books. Momentous upheavals were occurring in the power structure of the world. The Franco-Prussian War in 1870, so short, yet so far-reaching in its consequences, was followed by the unification of Germany. Italy too was unified in 1870. Japan had thrown off feudalism. The United States had just emerged from the Civil War, its unity symbolized by the opening of the first railway line linking the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

scholarly journals Dreams and Demography

1972 ◽  
Vol 17 (6_suppl2) ◽  
pp. 203-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Winget ◽  
Milton Kramer ◽  
Roy M. Whitman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Sociological Factors ◽  
Single Person ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Blacks And Whites

This survey makes two contributions to the study of man. The first deals with the subject of dreams per se and the careful examination of these dreams leading to establishing norms pertinent for a generalized population. This can be seen as complementary to the earlier studies of Hall and Van de Castle which established norms for a limited population. The second contribution concerns the insights into current societal preoccupations which the dream reveals. Making a direct translation of manifest dream content into sociological factors is fraught with difficulty. Nevertheless, it is tempting to describe this middle city of the United States as reflecting the larger situation of America and perhaps of western urban culture. In this respect, human beings are seen as coping with death anxiety as they grow older, accentuated by such conditions as widowhood. Blacks and whites are seen as essentially similar in their preoccupations, aggressions and good fortunes. We see a reaffirmation that anatomy is destiny, for the single most important factor in determining dream themes is the sex into which one is born. How much this difference is biological and how much cultural is unknown. At the present time in the United States and as exemplified by a recent book (37), being a woman involves less striving for achievement, more involvement with interpersonal relations and in general a more passive role in the aggressive themes of life. Attention to inner processes and inner space would seem to be biologically based although certainly reinforced by the cultural substrate in which the woman operates. This study deals with two of the three great themes of life — birth, marriage and death. In terms of marriage it can be observed that the single person seems happier but suffers the greatest misfortunes. Women are preoccupied with marriage and personal relationships and men with work. Death overshadows both men and women and age and death are partners.

scholarly journals *Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind-Body Healing, *Yoga for the West & *Science of Stretching

1990 ◽  
Vol 1 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
Donna Martin ◽  
Jim Dreaver ◽  
Willow Rain
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Body ◽  
Yoga Practice ◽  
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ◽  
The West ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Selection Of

Deepak Chopra, author of Quantum Healing, a practicing endocrinologist who trained both in India and the United States, brings together in this book both Western medical understanding and research with the insights of Ayurveda as given to him by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. *Ian Rawlinson's Yoga for the West is a beautifully presented, easy-to-read manual for the serious yoga student. The book opens with a foreword by T.K.V. Desikachar, one of India's leading yoga teachers and the main inspiration behind the author's work. *Deconditioning the body, relaxing the mind, freeing perception: these are some of the benefits of a regular yoga practice. Studying for intellectual clarity is an essential part of that practice, and information is available from a dizzying selection of sources and disciplines. The subject of this book is flexibility within the context of gymnastics and kinesiology. Author Michael J. Alter, of theScience of Stretching, is a former gymnast, coach and nationally certified men's gymnastics judge. Then reading this book from the perspective of a yoga teacher and therapist

Liberal Internationalism from George W. Bush to Barack Obama

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Smith
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Barack Obama ◽  
Democratic Peace ◽  
War On Terrorism ◽  
Global War On Terrorism ◽  
Liberal Internationalism ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Global War

This chapter examines the United States' liberal democratic internationalism from George W. Bush to Barack Obama. It first considers the Bush administration's self-ordained mission to win the “global war on terrorism” by reconstructing the Middle East and Afghanistan before discussing the two time-honored notions of Wilsonianism espoused by Democrats to make sure that the United States remained the leader in world affairs: multilateralism and nation-building. It then explores the liberal agenda under Obama, whose first months in office seemed to herald a break with neoliberalism, and his apparent disinterest in the rhetoric of democratic peace theory, along with his discourse on the subject of an American “responsibility to protect” through the promotion of democracy abroad. The chapter also analyzes the Obama administration's economic globalization and concludes by comparing the liberal internationalism of Bush and Obama.

The dimensions of the Moroccan position on the Gulf crisis 1990-1991

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Nazhan Hammoud Nassif Al Obeidi ◽  
Abdul Wahab Abdul Aziz Abu Khamra
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
New World ◽  
World Order ◽  
The United States ◽  
New World Order ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Gulf Crisis ◽  
The Subject

The Gulf crisis 1990-1991 is one of the important historical events of the 1990s, which gave rise to the new world order by the sovereignty of the United States of America on this system. The Gulf crisis was an embodiment to clarify the features of this system. .     The crisis in the Gulf was an opportunity for the Moroccans to manage this complex event and to use it for the benefit of the Moroccan situation. Therefore, the bilateral position of the crisis came out as a rejection, a contradiction and a supporter of political and economic dimensions at the external and internal levels. On the Moroccan situation, and from these points came the choice of the subject of the study (the dimensions of the Moroccan position from the Gulf crisis 1990-1991), which shows the ingenuity of Moroccans in managing an external crisis and benefiting from it internally.

Anne O. Krueger, Constantine Michalopoulos and Vernon W. Ruttan. Aid and Development. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1989. xiv + 386 pp.Price: U.S. $ 52.00

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-217
Author(s):  
Mir Annice Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
International Development ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Development Assistance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Low Literacy ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

Foreign aid has been the subject of much examination and research ever since it entered the economic armamentarium approximately 45 years ago. This was the time when the Second World War had successfully ended for the Allies in the defeat of Germany and Japan. However, a new enemy, the Soviet Union, had materialized at the end of the conflict. To counter the threat from the East, the United States undertook the implementation of the Marshal Plan, which was extremely successful in rebuilding and revitalizing a shattered Western Europe. Aid had made its impact. The book under review is by three well-known economists and is the outcome of a study sponsored by the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development. The major objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of assistance, i.e., aid, on economic development. This evaluation however, was to be based on the existing literature on the subject. The book has five major parts: Part One deals with development thought and development assistance; Part Two looks at the relationship between donors and recipients; Part Three evaluates the use of aid by sector; Part Four presents country case-studies; and Part Five synthesizes the lessons from development assistance. Part One of the book is very informative in that it summarises very concisely the theoretical underpinnings of the aid process. In the beginning, aid was thought to be the answer to underdevelopment which could be achieved by a transfer of capital from the rich to the poor. This approach, however, did not succeed as it was simplistic. Capital transfers were not sufficient in themselves to bring about development, as research in this area came to reveal. The development process is a complicated one, with inputs from all sectors of the economy. Thus, it came to be recognized that factors such as low literacy rates, poor health facilities, and lack of social infrastructure are also responsible for economic backwardness. Part One of the book, therefore, sums up appropriately the various trends in development thought. This is important because the book deals primarily with the issue of the effectiveness of aid as a catalyst to further economic development.

Studies of Islam, Economics, and Governance

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-70
Author(s):  
Florence Eid
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ford Foundation ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Edward Said ◽  
The Subject ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Islamic Values

IntroductionThis paper is a report on the state of research in two areas of Islamicstudies: Islam and economics and Islam and governance. I researched andwrote it as part of my internship at the Ford Foundation during the summerof 1992. On Discourse. The study of Islam in the United States has moved far beyondthe traditional historical and philological methods. This is perhapsbest explained by the development of analytically rigorous social sciencemethods that have contributed to a better balance between the humanisticconcerns of the more traditional approaches and efforts at systematizingthe study of Islam and classifying it across boundaries of communities,religions, even epochs. This is said to have s t a d with the developmentof irenic attitudes towards Islam, which changed the direction of westemorientalist writings from indifference (at best) and often open hostility toand contempt of Islamic values (however they were understood) to phenomenologicalworks by scholars who saw the study of Islam as somethingto be taken seriously and for its own sake, which is best exemplifiedby Clifford Geertz's Islam Observed.The work of Edward Said contested this evolution, and the publicationof his Orientalism has been described as "a stick of dynamite"' that,despite its impact in mobilizing a reevaluation of the field, was unwarrantedin its pessimism. In any case, the field has continued to evolve,with the most powerful force moving it being the subject itself. Thephenomenological/orientalist approach, if we can point to one today, ...

The Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Comic Books ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
World System ◽  
Comic Book ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Visual Narrative ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Book Studies

Comic book studies has developed as a solid academic discipline, becoming an increasingly vibrant and field in the United States and globally. A growing number of dissertations, monographs, and edited books publish every year on the subject, while world comics represent the fastest-growing sector of publishing. The Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies examines the history and evolution of the visual narrative genre from a global perspective, bringing together readable, jargon-free essays written by established and emerging scholars from diverse geographic, institutional, gender, and national backgrounds. In particular, the Handbook explores how the term “global comics” has been defined, as well the major movements and trends that drive the field. Each essay will help readers understand comic books as a storytelling form grown within specific communities, and will also show how these forms exist within what can be considered a world system of comics.

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