Tag: Beliefs

September 29, 2024

The Myth That Made Us How False Beliefs About Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy (and How to Fix It) [Audiobook]

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Free Download The Myth That Made Us: How False Beliefs About Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy (and How to Fix It) (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0DFQJ5GPP | 2024 | 8 hours and 47 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 246 MB
Author: Jeff Fuhrer
Narrator: Christopher Douyard
The Myth That Made Us exposes how false narratives-of a supposedly post-racist nation, of the self-made man, of the primacy of profit- and shareholder value-maximizing for businesses, and of minimal government interference-have been used to excuse gross inequities and to shape and sustain the US economic system that delivers them. Jeff Fuhrer argues that systemic racism continues to produce vastly disparate outcomes and that our brand of capitalism favors doing little to reduce disparities. Rather than merely laying blame at the feet of both conservatives and liberals for aiding and abetting an unjust system, Fuhrer charts a way forward. He supplements evidence from data with insights from community voices and outlines a system that provides more equal opportunity to accumulate both human and financial capital. His key areas of focus include universal access to high-quality early childhood education; more effective use of our community college system as a pathway to stable employment; restructuring key aspects of the low-wage workplace; providing affordable housing and transit links; supporting people of color by serving as mentors, coaches, and allies; and implementing Baby Bonds and Reparations programs. Fuhrer emphasizes embracing humility, research-based approaches, and community involvement as ways to improve economic opportunity.

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September 15, 2024

Protection and Promotion of Freedom of Religions and Beliefs in the European Context

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Free Download Luca Paladini, "Protection and Promotion of Freedom of Religions and Beliefs in the European Context"
English | ISBN: 3031345029 | 2023 | 448 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This book offers an in-depth analysis of a fundamental human freedom and a cornerstone of democracy: the Freedom of Religions or Beliefs (FoRB). The book focuses on the legal protection and promotion of FoRB in Europe because, in this context, exercising this right goes beyond a mere internal positioning in terms of legislation; rather, it is influenced by international and supranational case law, as well as the promotional activities of selected non-state subjects of international law.

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September 15, 2024

Extraordinary Beliefs A Historical Approach to a Psychological Problem

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Free Download Peter Lamont, "Extraordinary Beliefs: A Historical Approach to a Psychological Problem"
English | ISBN: 1107019338 | 2013 | 336 pages | AZW3 | 507 KB
Since the early nineteenth century, mesmerists, mediums and psychics have exhibited extraordinary phenomena. These have been demonstrated, reported and disputed by every modern generation. We continue to wonder why people believe in such things, while others wonder why they are dismissed so easily. Extraordinary Beliefs takes a historical approach to an ongoing psychological problem: why do people believe in extraordinary phenomena? It considers the phenomena that have been associated with mesmerism, spiritualism, psychical research and parapsychology. By drawing upon conjuring theory, frame analysis and discourse analysis, it examines how such phenomena have been made convincing in demonstration and report, and then disputed endlessly. It argues that we cannot understand extraordinary beliefs unless we properly consider the events in which people believe, and what people believe about them. And it shows how, in constructing and maintaining particular beliefs about particular phenomena, we have been in the business of constructing ourselves.

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September 12, 2024

Religions, Beliefs and Education in the European Court of Human Rights

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Free Download Nigel Fancourt, "Religions, Beliefs and Education in the European Court of Human Rights "
English | ISBN: 1032488611 | 2024 | 204 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 6 MB
This book represents an exposition of ‘judicial pedagogies’ as a new concept, and discusses juridical-educational issues in detail, through an analysis of the educational claims and assumptions of judges’ decisions in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

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