“…Political scientists and philosophers who study the practice of citizenship, including Rawlsian liberals and Niebuhrian realists, have tended to either relegate this question to the private realm or insist that ethical principles must be silenced or seriously compromised in our deliberations as citizens. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The self-esteem hoax -- Who cares about the snail darter? -- Against gay marriage -- Family values since Oedipus -- Speaking as a former fetus... -- The hypocrisy of anti-globalists -- Are immigrants to blame? …”

“…Paul is a rock star of the academy who has a large following among many groups: students, doctors, general readers, activists, public health folks, professors. …”

“…It became the first expedition to Winter in Antarctica and a training ground for a number of the crew members who later became internationally ack nowledged experts in their fields. …”

“…Raised in liberal Ashland, Oregon, by parents who were Jewish by birth but dismissive of dogma, Gartenstein-Ross yearned for a religion that would suit all his ideals. …”

“…Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool: through the stories of these five fabrics, Sofi Thanhauser illuminates the world we inhabit in a startling new way, travelling from China to Cumbria to reveal the craft, labour and industry that create the clothes we wear. From the women who transformed stalks of flax into linen to clothe their families in nineteenth century New England to those who earn their dowries in the cotton-spinning factories of South India today, this book traces the origins of garment-making through time and around the world. …”

“…She unveils a vibrant history of Mexican American and Mexican immigrant relations as remembered by laity and clergy, schoolchildren and their female religious teachers, parish athletes and coaches, European American neighbours, and from the immigrant women who organized as guadalupanas and their husbands who took part in the Holy Name Society. …”

“…As such, the metaphor of life as theater - of people playing roles to audiences who review them and then coordinate further action - is an ancient idea that has been resurrected by social scientists as an organizing simile for the analysis and understanding of social life. …”

“…It will work well for students of theology and ethics, particularly Catholics but also Protestants who want to know more about the Catholic social tradition…”

“…Through the years, the central issues of the discussions between educators and parents have focused on who should be considered disabled and who should bear responsibility for planning and providing for their education. …”

“…The brothers decide to hide out in Venice, where they meet a mysterious thirteen-year-old boy who calls himself "the Thief Lord." Brilliant and charismatic, the Thief Lord leads a ring of street children who dabble in petty crimes. …”

“…Counter Sometimes it seems like everybody’s writing a screenplay. But who reads those screenplays? Professional story analysts, that’s who. …”
Sumario

“…Whereas other teachers speak with clarity of detail about stimulating and influential teachers who inspired their lives and now they want to do the same. …”

“…Historians can play a dynamic and essential role in contributing to public understanding of the past, and those who work in historic preservation, in museums and archives, in government agencies, as consultants, as oral historians, or who manage crowdsourcing projects need very specific skills. …”

“…Of the thousands of children and young adults who fled Nazi Germany in the years before the Second World War, a remarkable number went on to become trained historians in their adopted homelands. …”

“…This is also a history of the 'who' and the 'where' of the state, of the people who ran the state, the government offices they sat in and the college halls they dined in. …”
Sumario

“…Do the Services have a retirement home for people who know too many secrets but don't remember they're secrets? …”

“…Adult children who grew up with a parent who had a sexual addiction are left confused, ashamed, and mistrustful regarding the feelings and boundaries surrounding sex, love, and intimacy. …”

“…'A collection of essays by a psychoanalyst who practices in a country whose language is not familiar to the majority of readers in the Anglo-Saxon world is to be heartily welcomed - all the more so when the author is as experienced and worldly as Dr Nissim Momigliano, who came into psychoanalysis following the reorganization in the aftermath of the Second World War. …”

“…So, too, do indigenous cultures and concerns; together with the activities and interests of the Europeans who ventured into the Pacific and who had a profound, widespread and enduring impact there from the nineteenth century, and who also prompted reactions from the Island peoples. …”