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Communicating prejudice
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"Prejudice pervades our society in many guises, from pejorative remarks to acts of violence. Communicating Prejudice explores the many dimensions of prejudice. It presents a new and integrative conceptual model of prejudice, the layered perspective of cultural intolerance, and u…
A new integrative conceptual model of prejudice - the layered perspective of cultural intolerance - is presented in the volume. This model is used to analyze the communication of prejudice in a variety of guises such as racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism and classism. Drawing on…
Newton's apple and other myths about science
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"Edited by Ronald Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis, Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science debunks the widespread belief that science advances when individual geniuses experience 'Eureka!' moments and suddenly comprehend what those around them could never imagine. Science ha…
Newton's apple and other myths about science
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A falling apple inspired the law of gravity-or so the story goes. Is it true? Perhaps not. But why do such stories endure as explanations of how science happens? Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science brushes away popular misconceptions to provide a clearer picture of scie…
This book explores Shakespeare's complicated attitudes toward women; his admiration of blunt, plainspoken men; his reverence for monarchy and his distrust of democracy; his complex treatment of blacks, Jews, and slaves; and his even more complex metaphysics and attitudes toward …
Judenfeindschaft aus unterschiedlichen Motiven gipfelte unter nationalsozialistischer Ideologie im 20. Jh. im Völkermord. Der Judenhass lebte fort, daneben entstand nach dem Holocaust ein mit neuen Argumenten operierender Antisemitismus, der Scham- und Schuldgefühlen entspringt.…
In the first comprehensive textbook on prejudice with a strong psychological research base, the authors cover a broad range of topics including race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and ageism.
The concept of prejudice has profoundly influenced how we have investigated, explained and tried to change intergroup relations of discrimination and inequality. But what has this concept contributed to our knowledge of relations between groups and what has it obscured or misrep…
How can sincere, well-meaning people unintentionally perpetuate discrimination based on race, sex, sexuality, or other socio-political factors? To address this question, Lara Trout engages a neglected dimension of Charles S. Peirce's philosophy - human embodiment - in order to h…
