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Když se badatelé z Pew Research Center ještě během pandemie ptali Američanů, co si myslí, že bude v roce 2025 naléhavým problémem, poukázali na digitální technologie. Prý představují riziko pro naše soukromí, tudíž i pro demokracii. Odhad to byl správný. Digitalizaci se během pandemie prohloubila na všech úrovních společnosti a dnes i mnozí odborníci bijí na poplach. Právníci navíc upozorňují, že je třeba formulovat cosi jako „kognitivní práva“. Tzv. neurotechnologie již umí monitorovat třeba naši únavu, soustředění nebo duševní výkonnost a my bychom měli mít pojistky proti tomu, aby zaměstnavatel monitoroval naše nálady bez našeho vědomí. Že nám někdo vidí do hlavy? Zní to dystopicky. Ale metafora „Big Brother“ je přesto zavádějící. Orwell totiž ještě vycházel z jednosměrného, často nedobrovolného dozoru: stát sleduje občana, který o to buď nestojí, nebo to přijímá jako nutné zlo. Jenže ten soudobý dozor by nemohl existovat, kdybychom jej s velkým nasazením sami nepodporovali. Nejenže víme, že jsme sledováni, my navíc chceme být sledováni, byť třeba jen proto, že nám to zlepší pozici v práci. Navíc sledujeme druhé. A obojí – jak být sledován, tak sledovat druhé – si užíváme. „Sledování se stalo životním stylem,“ píše David Lyon, skotský sociolog a spoluzakladatel časopisu Surveillance and Society, který v této souvislosti hovoří o „kultuře participativního dozoru“. Tímto obratem poukazuje i k tomu, jak moc se proměnil status soukromí a veřejnosti. Kdysi bylo obtížné probojovat se na veřejnost; dnes jsou její brány rozevřené. Naopak privátnost je nový luxus, který si užívají ti skutečně mocní. Právě ti se nemusejí neustále někde ukazovat, trousit citlivá data, dokonce konstruovat svou identitu skrze exhibicionismus. Tereza Matějčková se na tomto pozadí mimo jiné zabývá tím, že ke svobodě patří možnost stáhnout se, být netransparentní a nepředvídatelný. Nikdo nemá povinnost být srozumitelný. Právě na tuto stránku osobnosti má kultura dozoru nicméně spadeno. Proto je třeba začít soustavněji tematizovat odvrácené stránky digitalizace, osobní transparentnosti, ale třeba i efektivity. I. „Data never sleeps.“ [Začátek až 12:04] II. Pandemické prohloubení dozoru [12:04 až 18:45] III. Od panoptikonu k synoptiku [18:45 až 28:20] IV. Nejsme online; žijeme onlife. [28:20 až 39:45] V. Logika letiště a náš ubohý datový dvojník [39:45 až 49:15] VI. Proti transparentnosti. Proti rigidnosti. Proti poddajnosti. [49:15 až konec] Bibliografie Michel Foucault, Dohlížet a trestat, přel. Čestmír Pelikán, Praha: Dauphin, 2000. Oscar Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. Yuval Noah Harari, Nexus. A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, New York: Penguin, 2024. David Lyon, The Culture of Surveillance: Watching as a Way of Life, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2018. David Lyon, Surveillance. A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. Pew Research Center, „Experts Say the ‘New Normal' in 2025 Will Be Far More Tech-Driven, Presenting More Big Challenges“, 18. 2. 2021, https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/02/18/worries-about-life-in-2025/

Antoinette Burton's Gender History: A Very Short Introduction introduces the field of gender history--its origins, development, reception, recalibrations, and frictions. It offers a set of working definitions of gender as a descriptive category and as a category of historical analysis, tracing the emergence, usage, and applicability of these entwined subjects across a range of times and places since the 1970s. Inevitably political, gender history has taken aim at the broader field of historical narrative by asking who counts as a historical subject, what difference gender makes, and how attention to it subverts reigning assumptions of what power, culture, economics, and identity have been in the past--and what they are today. The book explores how gender analysis has changed interpretations of the histories of slavery, capitalism, migration, and empire. As a field, gender history has been extraordinarily influential in shaping several generations of scholars and students. The fact that its early emphasis on the relationship between masculinity and femininity was part of a larger set of challenges to universal history by poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism positions it at the heart of some of the most fractious intellectual debates of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. And, as part of the movement toward gender equality that is key to modern western progress, gender history has been caught up in the culture wars that continue to shape post-global society. What is intriguing and ultimately defining about gender history is the way that the centrality of gender, so important for revealing how identity is structured in and through regimes of power, has been unable to hold its own over the half century of the field's own history. The practice of gender history has always run up against the forces of race, class, and sexuality that challenge the singularity of gender itself as an explanatory category of historical analysis. That powerful, unruly tension is at the heart of this Very Short Introduction. Antoinette Burton is a feminist historian of 19th and 20th century Britain and its empire, and Director of the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois. She is also the Principal Investigator for Mellon Foundation grants which support The Odyssey Project and the 16-partner consortium, Humanities Without Walls. In 2023 she was appointed to the Board of Illinois Humanities. She also serves as the chair of the Faculty Board of the University of Illinois Press. Her most recent book, Biocultural Empire: New Histories of Imperial Lifeworlds is available open-access here. Jessie Cohen holds a Ph.D. in History from Columbia University, and is an editor at the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Antoinette Burton's Gender History: A Very Short Introduction introduces the field of gender history--its origins, development, reception, recalibrations, and frictions. It offers a set of working definitions of gender as a descriptive category and as a category of historical analysis, tracing the emergence, usage, and applicability of these entwined subjects across a range of times and places since the 1970s. Inevitably political, gender history has taken aim at the broader field of historical narrative by asking who counts as a historical subject, what difference gender makes, and how attention to it subverts reigning assumptions of what power, culture, economics, and identity have been in the past--and what they are today. The book explores how gender analysis has changed interpretations of the histories of slavery, capitalism, migration, and empire. As a field, gender history has been extraordinarily influential in shaping several generations of scholars and students. The fact that its early emphasis on the relationship between masculinity and femininity was part of a larger set of challenges to universal history by poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism positions it at the heart of some of the most fractious intellectual debates of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. And, as part of the movement toward gender equality that is key to modern western progress, gender history has been caught up in the culture wars that continue to shape post-global society. What is intriguing and ultimately defining about gender history is the way that the centrality of gender, so important for revealing how identity is structured in and through regimes of power, has been unable to hold its own over the half century of the field's own history. The practice of gender history has always run up against the forces of race, class, and sexuality that challenge the singularity of gender itself as an explanatory category of historical analysis. That powerful, unruly tension is at the heart of this Very Short Introduction. Antoinette Burton is a feminist historian of 19th and 20th century Britain and its empire, and Director of the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois. She is also the Principal Investigator for Mellon Foundation grants which support The Odyssey Project and the 16-partner consortium, Humanities Without Walls. In 2023 she was appointed to the Board of Illinois Humanities. She also serves as the chair of the Faculty Board of the University of Illinois Press. Her most recent book, Biocultural Empire: New Histories of Imperial Lifeworlds is available open-access here. Jessie Cohen holds a Ph.D. in History from Columbia University, and is an editor at the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Antoinette Burton's Gender History: A Very Short Introduction introduces the field of gender history--its origins, development, reception, recalibrations, and frictions. It offers a set of working definitions of gender as a descriptive category and as a category of historical analysis, tracing the emergence, usage, and applicability of these entwined subjects across a range of times and places since the 1970s. Inevitably political, gender history has taken aim at the broader field of historical narrative by asking who counts as a historical subject, what difference gender makes, and how attention to it subverts reigning assumptions of what power, culture, economics, and identity have been in the past--and what they are today. The book explores how gender analysis has changed interpretations of the histories of slavery, capitalism, migration, and empire. As a field, gender history has been extraordinarily influential in shaping several generations of scholars and students. The fact that its early emphasis on the relationship between masculinity and femininity was part of a larger set of challenges to universal history by poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism positions it at the heart of some of the most fractious intellectual debates of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. And, as part of the movement toward gender equality that is key to modern western progress, gender history has been caught up in the culture wars that continue to shape post-global society. What is intriguing and ultimately defining about gender history is the way that the centrality of gender, so important for revealing how identity is structured in and through regimes of power, has been unable to hold its own over the half century of the field's own history. The practice of gender history has always run up against the forces of race, class, and sexuality that challenge the singularity of gender itself as an explanatory category of historical analysis. That powerful, unruly tension is at the heart of this Very Short Introduction. Antoinette Burton is a feminist historian of 19th and 20th century Britain and its empire, and Director of the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois. She is also the Principal Investigator for Mellon Foundation grants which support The Odyssey Project and the 16-partner consortium, Humanities Without Walls. In 2023 she was appointed to the Board of Illinois Humanities. She also serves as the chair of the Faculty Board of the University of Illinois Press. Her most recent book, Biocultural Empire: New Histories of Imperial Lifeworlds is available open-access here. Jessie Cohen holds a Ph.D. in History from Columbia University, and is an editor at the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Antoinette Burton's Gender History: A Very Short Introduction introduces the field of gender history--its origins, development, reception, recalibrations, and frictions. It offers a set of working definitions of gender as a descriptive category and as a category of historical analysis, tracing the emergence, usage, and applicability of these entwined subjects across a range of times and places since the 1970s. Inevitably political, gender history has taken aim at the broader field of historical narrative by asking who counts as a historical subject, what difference gender makes, and how attention to it subverts reigning assumptions of what power, culture, economics, and identity have been in the past--and what they are today. The book explores how gender analysis has changed interpretations of the histories of slavery, capitalism, migration, and empire. As a field, gender history has been extraordinarily influential in shaping several generations of scholars and students. The fact that its early emphasis on the relationship between masculinity and femininity was part of a larger set of challenges to universal history by poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism positions it at the heart of some of the most fractious intellectual debates of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. And, as part of the movement toward gender equality that is key to modern western progress, gender history has been caught up in the culture wars that continue to shape post-global society. What is intriguing and ultimately defining about gender history is the way that the centrality of gender, so important for revealing how identity is structured in and through regimes of power, has been unable to hold its own over the half century of the field's own history. The practice of gender history has always run up against the forces of race, class, and sexuality that challenge the singularity of gender itself as an explanatory category of historical analysis. That powerful, unruly tension is at the heart of this Very Short Introduction. Antoinette Burton is a feminist historian of 19th and 20th century Britain and its empire, and Director of the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois. She is also the Principal Investigator for Mellon Foundation grants which support The Odyssey Project and the 16-partner consortium, Humanities Without Walls. In 2023 she was appointed to the Board of Illinois Humanities. She also serves as the chair of the Faculty Board of the University of Illinois Press. Her most recent book, Biocultural Empire: New Histories of Imperial Lifeworlds is available open-access here. Jessie Cohen holds a Ph.D. in History from Columbia University, and is an editor at the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

Antoinette Burton's Gender History: A Very Short Introduction introduces the field of gender history--its origins, development, reception, recalibrations, and frictions. It offers a set of working definitions of gender as a descriptive category and as a category of historical analysis, tracing the emergence, usage, and applicability of these entwined subjects across a range of times and places since the 1970s. Inevitably political, gender history has taken aim at the broader field of historical narrative by asking who counts as a historical subject, what difference gender makes, and how attention to it subverts reigning assumptions of what power, culture, economics, and identity have been in the past--and what they are today. The book explores how gender analysis has changed interpretations of the histories of slavery, capitalism, migration, and empire. As a field, gender history has been extraordinarily influential in shaping several generations of scholars and students. The fact that its early emphasis on the relationship between masculinity and femininity was part of a larger set of challenges to universal history by poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism positions it at the heart of some of the most fractious intellectual debates of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. And, as part of the movement toward gender equality that is key to modern western progress, gender history has been caught up in the culture wars that continue to shape post-global society. What is intriguing and ultimately defining about gender history is the way that the centrality of gender, so important for revealing how identity is structured in and through regimes of power, has been unable to hold its own over the half century of the field's own history. The practice of gender history has always run up against the forces of race, class, and sexuality that challenge the singularity of gender itself as an explanatory category of historical analysis. That powerful, unruly tension is at the heart of this Very Short Introduction. Antoinette Burton is a feminist historian of 19th and 20th century Britain and its empire, and Director of the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois. She is also the Principal Investigator for Mellon Foundation grants which support The Odyssey Project and the 16-partner consortium, Humanities Without Walls. In 2023 she was appointed to the Board of Illinois Humanities. She also serves as the chair of the Faculty Board of the University of Illinois Press. Her most recent book, Biocultural Empire: New Histories of Imperial Lifeworlds is available open-access here. Jessie Cohen holds a Ph.D. in History from Columbia University, and is an editor at the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Antoinette Burton's Gender History: A Very Short Introduction introduces the field of gender history--its origins, development, reception, recalibrations, and frictions. It offers a set of working definitions of gender as a descriptive category and as a category of historical analysis, tracing the emergence, usage, and applicability of these entwined subjects across a range of times and places since the 1970s. Inevitably political, gender history has taken aim at the broader field of historical narrative by asking who counts as a historical subject, what difference gender makes, and how attention to it subverts reigning assumptions of what power, culture, economics, and identity have been in the past--and what they are today. The book explores how gender analysis has changed interpretations of the histories of slavery, capitalism, migration, and empire. As a field, gender history has been extraordinarily influential in shaping several generations of scholars and students. The fact that its early emphasis on the relationship between masculinity and femininity was part of a larger set of challenges to universal history by poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism positions it at the heart of some of the most fractious intellectual debates of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. And, as part of the movement toward gender equality that is key to modern western progress, gender history has been caught up in the culture wars that continue to shape post-global society. What is intriguing and ultimately defining about gender history is the way that the centrality of gender, so important for revealing how identity is structured in and through regimes of power, has been unable to hold its own over the half century of the field's own history. The practice of gender history has always run up against the forces of race, class, and sexuality that challenge the singularity of gender itself as an explanatory category of historical analysis. That powerful, unruly tension is at the heart of this Very Short Introduction. Antoinette Burton is a feminist historian of 19th and 20th century Britain and its empire, and Director of the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois. She is also the Principal Investigator for Mellon Foundation grants which support The Odyssey Project and the 16-partner consortium, Humanities Without Walls. In 2023 she was appointed to the Board of Illinois Humanities. She also serves as the chair of the Faculty Board of the University of Illinois Press. Her most recent book, Biocultural Empire: New Histories of Imperial Lifeworlds is available open-access here. Jessie Cohen holds a Ph.D. in History from Columbia University, and is an editor at the New Books Network.

Jeden z nejvýraznějších filozofů druhé poloviny dvacátého století, vzdělaný v analytické tradici, vyzývá v knize Mysl a vesmír z roku 2012 k přehodnocení našich převládajících materialistických úvah o vzniku vesmíru. Podtitul knihy je ostatně výmluvný: Proč je materialistické neodarwinistické pojetí přírody téměř jistě chybné. Nagel se ve svých úvahách nebojí opřít o „zdravý rozum“ a tvrdí, že vesmíru od počátku vládne rozum, v přírodě samé existuje cosi jako duchovní, dokonce morální substrát. To leckoho vyděsilo. O Nagelovi se začalo psát jako o reakcionáři legitimizují pomatence, kteří bojují proti výuce evoluční teorie na školách. Sám Nagel je přitom ateista – přesto říká, že těmto pomatencům děkuje. Po celou dobu se díky nim drží v povědomí, že fyzikální teorie doplněné o evoluční biologii nemohou podat vyčerpávající obraz vzniku a vývoje kosmu. I vědec, právě on, musí předpokládat, že základem světa není hmota, ale rozumný řád. V opačném případě by nedávalo smysl chtít vesmíru porozumět, najít pro jednotlivé fenomény vysvětlení, hledat třeba v přírodě chemické vzorce. Jestli je to reakcionářské? Tím lépe, odpovídá Nagel. Existuje i vyloženě zdravá verze reakcionářství a ve svém díle se k němu hlásí. V žádném případě však neusiluje o zavržení přírodní vědy, ale spíše o její korekci a rozšíření. Přitom nám prý může pomoct Platón i Hegel. Oba tvrdí, že rozum má prsty v samém vývoji universa, že se snad univerzum skrze mysl probouzí k vlastnímu vědomí. Zní to spekulativně – a ani před tímto reakcionářstvím Nagel necouvne. Svou metafyzikou přírody se ostatně ocitá v blízkosti významného současného filozofického proudu, tzv. nového realismu. Ten opouští novověké schéma, dle kterého je člověk uvězněn ve své hlavě či v „nitru“, zatímco ve světě bloudí jako ve tmě. Spíše jsme součástí řádu, který rozpoznáváme sami v sobě. A protože rozum není druhotný vůči přírodě, ale tvoří její součást, určuje Nagel nově i vztah přírodních a tzv. humanitních věd. Ty první nenahrazují ty druhé. Má-li Nagel pravdu, jsou filozofie i umění stejně legitimními přístupy k realitě jako přírodověda. Kapitoly I. Filozofové a jejich zvířata [počátek až 20:43] II. Thomas Nagel, „americký existencialista“ [20:43 až 32:05] III. Co je analytická filozofie? [32:05 až 42:00] IV. Proč věřit rozumu, pakliže vycházíme z evoluční teorie? [42:00 až 56:15] V. Kultura je součástí přírody. [56:15 až konec] Bibliografie Thomas Nagel, Mysl a vesmír, přel. Roman Tadič, Praha: Dauphin, 2024. Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere, Oxford – New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Thomas Nagel, Theresienstadt, in: Analytic Philosophy and Human Life, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023, str. 46–60. Thomas Nagel, What is it like to be a bat, in: The Philosophical Review, 83, 4/ 1974, str. 435–450. Thomas Nagel, What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987.

José Gomes André é Professor Auxiliar na Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa e investigador de Filosofia Política. É um dos maiores especialistas em Portugal na História e nas ideias políticas que definiram o sistema político dos Estados Unidos. Doutorou-se em Filosofia Política na mesma faculdade, com uma dissertação dedicada ao pensamento de James Madison. Trabalha actualmente num pós-doutoramento sobre federalismo, no horizonte da filosofia política moderna e contemporânea.  -> Apoie este podcast e faça parte da comunidade de mecenas do 45 Graus em: 45grauspodcast.com -> Workshops de Pensamento Crítico. _______________ Índice: (0:00) Housekeeping (mecenas e workshops) (2:02) Introdução ao episódio (5:27) Aos olhos de um europeu, o que é singular no sistema político dos EUA e na sua génese? | Série John Adams HBO (19:52) De onde vem a ideia dos “checks & balances”? | Federalist Papers | Federalismo (31:26) Impacto do sistema eleitoral (círculos uninominais) e os Swing States na Eleição Presidencial | O Colégio Eleitoral na Eleição Presidencial | Importância identitária da Constituição para os norte-americanos | Emendas à Constituição  (49:10) Herança do sistema britânico | Sistemas legais EUA vs UK. | Episódio Thiago Hansen (57:47) De onde vem a aversão dos americanos ao Governo central? | Importância dos Estados.  (1:09:29) Diferença entre senado e Câmara dos Representantes (1:15:34) O que mais surpreenderia hoje os Founding Fathers? | Estudo Pew Research | Robert Putnam - Bowling Alone (perda de capital social nos EUA) (1:22:38) Próxima eleição presidencial (Novembro de 2024) [gravado a 3 de Setembro]. | Sites referidos: realclearpolitics.com, projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls, Silver Bulletin, Crystal Ball Livros recomendados: American Political Parties and Elections, A Very Short Introduction, de L. Sandy Maisel | American Civilization: An Introduction, de David Mauk e John Oakland | Tópicos de Filosofia e Ciência Política : Federalismo - Das Raízes Americanas aos Dilemas Europeus, de Viriato Soromenho-Marques Allan Lichtman - The Keys to the White House ______________ Esta conversa foi editada por: Hugo Oliveira  

THIS WEEK! We cover The Ancient Near East. From The Third Dynasty of Ur. To how we know so much about early civilization, to the women of The Ancient Near East, To Assyria, and Babylon, and much, much more. This week on "Well That Aged Well". With "Erlend Hedegart". Find Professor Podany here:Social Media:Instagram: @AhpodanyTwitter/X: @ahpodLink to Professor Podanys academia:https://cpp.academia.edu/AmandaPodanyLinks to find Professor Podanys work can be found here:You can purchase her book "Weavers, Scribes, And Kings", here:https://www.amazon.com/Weavers-Scribes-Kings-History-Ancient/dp/0190059044/Purchase "The Ancient Near East. A Very Short Introduction", here:https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Near-East-Introduction-Introductions/dp/0195377990Purchase "Brotherhood Of Kings. How international relations shaped The Ancient Near East". Here:https://www.amazon.com/Brotherhood-Kings-International-Relations-Ancient/dp/0199858683/Professor Podanys Great Courses lecture On The Ancient Near East, can be found here:https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/ancient-mesopotamia-life-in-the-cradle-of-civilizationSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/well-that-aged-well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

En el episodio 5 de "Por el amor de Higgs", Javier Santaolalla @dateunvlog , doctor en Física, y Enric F. Gel @AdictosalaFilosofía , doctor en Filosofía, abordan una de las preguntas más intrigantes de la humanidad: ¿La existencia de extraterrestres refutaría la religión? ¿Cómo el descubrimiento de vida extraterrestre impactaría las creencias religiosas y la ciencia? ¿Cambiaría nuestra percepción del universo y de nosotros mismos? Una fascinante conversación sobre ciencia, fe y la posibilidad de no estar solos en el cosmos. LECTURA RECOMENDADA - C. A. McIntosh & T. McNabb, "Houston, Do We Have a Problem?", Philosophia Christi, 2021 (23, 1): 101-124. - Paul Thigpen, Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Faith (TAN Books, 2022). - Paul Thigpen, "A Very Short Introduction to the History of Catholic Debates About the Multiverse and Extraterrestrial Intelligence", Church Life Journal (12 de marzo de 2024 Mail para cuestiones y reflexiones: porelamordehiggs@gmail.com Edición: Ike Leal www.instagram.com/ikefuti/ INSTAGRAMS: www.instagram.com/jasantaolalla/ www.instagram.com/filoadictos/ TIKTOKS: www.tiktok.com/@jasantaolalla www.tiktok.com/@filoadictos_oficial

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 47. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be! Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/047-baikal   Located in southern Siberia and covered in thick ice for almost half of the year, the colossal Lake Baikal reaches depths of 1600m making it the oldest, and deepest lake in the world. With hydrothermal vents, methane seeps and vast swathes of endemic species, this ancient lake was too tempting not to talk about.   We speak with Professor Marianne Moore, a Limnologist who has been working on the lake for over 2 decades. She guides us through its incredible ecosystems and species such as the world's only freshwater seal, deep water insects and foot-long flatworms!   We're really trying to make this project self-sustaining so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here's a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us!   Thanks again for tuning in, we'll deep-see you next time!   Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan's beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...    Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We'd love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!   We are also on  Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic  Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, @armatusoceanic   Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:  Alan - @Hadalbloke (https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke) Thom - @ThomLinley (https://twitter.com/ThomLinley)  Georgia - @geeinthesea (https://twitter.com/geeinthesea)    Instagram:  Georgia - @geeinthesea Thom - @thom.linley    Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com FURTHER RESOURCES LAKE BAIKAL READING Intro to Lake Baikal and lakes: Mogolov, L.S. 2017. The Soul of Siberia at Risk. Wellesley Magazine. p.16-22. Moore, M.V., S.E. Hampton, L.R. Izmest'eva, E.A. Silow, E.V. Peshkova, and B. Pavlov. 2009. Climate change and the world's ‘Sacred Sea' – Lake Baikal, Siberia. BioScience 59:405-417 Thomson, P. 2007. Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal, Oxford University Press. 320 p. Vincent, W.F. 2018. Lakes. A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press. 146 p. Vents and seeps: Crane, K., Hecker, B. and Golubev, V., 1991. Hydrothermal vents in Lake Baikal. Nature, 350(6316), pp.281-281. Zemskaya, T.I., Sitnikova, T.Y., Kiyashko, S.I., Kalmychkov, G.V., Pogodaeva, T.V., Mekhanikova, I.V., Naumova, T.V., Shubenkova, O.V., Chernitsina, S.M., Kotsar, O.V. and Chernyaev, E.S., 2012. Faunal communities at sites of gas-and oil- bearing fluids in Lake Baikal. Geo-Marine Letters, 32, pp.437-451. Fish: Sideleva, V.G. 2003. The Endemic Fishes of Lake Baikal. Backhuys Publishers. Sideleva, V.G. 2004. Mysterious Fish of Lake Baikal. Science First Hand 3:N2. (Note: ‘black umber' and ‘white umber', mentioned in this article, are two endemic varieties of the Siberian grayling Thymallus arcticus.) Sideleva, V.G., 2016. Communities of the cottoid fish (Cottoidei) in the areas of hydrothermal vents and cold seeps of the abyssal zone of Baikal Lake. Journal of Ichthyology, 56, pp.694-701. Seal: Nomokonova, T., Losey, R.J., Iakunaeva, V.N., Emelianova, I.A., Baginova, E.A. and Pastukhov, M.V., 2013. People and seals at Siberia's Lake Baikal. Journal of Ethnobiology, 33(2), pp.259-280. Watanabe, Y.Y., Baranov, E.A. and Miyazaki, N., 2020. Ultrahigh foraging rates of Baikal seals make tiny endemic amphipods profitable in Lake Baikal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(49), pp.31242-31248. Environmental threats: Moore, M.V., S.E. Hampton, L.R. Izmest'eva, E.A. Silow, E.V. Peshkova, and B. Pavlov. 2009. Climate change and the world's ‘Sacred Sea' – Lake Baikal, Siberia. BioScience 59:405-417. Timoshkin, O.A. 2015. Ecological Crisis on Lake Baikal: Diagnosed by Scientists. Science First Hand 41:N2. Timoshkin, O.A., D.P. Samsonov, M. Yamamuro, M.V. Moore, O.I. Belykh, V.V. Malnik, M.V. Sakirko, A.A. Shirokaya, N.A. Bondarenko, V.M. Domysheva, G.A. Fedorova, A.I. Kochetkov, et al. 2016. Rapid ecological change in the coastal zone of Lake Baikal (East Siberia): Is the site of the world's greatest freshwater biodiversity in danger? Journal of Great Lakes Research 42:487-497. doi: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.02.011   PEOPLE MENTIONED Professor Marianne Moore & Marianne's excellent paper on interdisciplinary work   CREDITS Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Edited by - Georgia Wells

We have the wonderful Nigel Paine back in the house for an exciting and banter-filled episode about leadership. It's a continuation of the previous Nigel show, The "Follow the Leader" Episode. Nigel and Matt continue the conversation about the nuance of leadership-- what the heck is it practically as organizations struggle to get their arms around it. A bulk of the discussion centers on the work of the wonderful historian and leadership expert, Keith Grint from the Säid Business School of the University of Oxford and also the University of Warwick, both in the UK. You can learn more about Keith here: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/about-us/people/keith-grint And a wonderful primer on Keith's work is his short book, LEADERSHIP, A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION. You can get it here: https://amzn.to/4elBIeg They leverage his problem-based model of leadership taking Rittel and Webber's Wicked and Tame problems (and adding Critical Problems) as a basis for prescribing a leadership, management, or command response.  Rittel and Webber. Here is the reference to their work: Rittel, H.W.J. and Webber, M.M.. (1973) Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning. Policy Sciences. 4, pp. 155-169. The classicJames MacGregor Burns book introducing the concept of Transformational Leadership is:  Burns, J. M. (1978). Leadership (1st ed.). New York: Harper & Row. Barbara Kellermen's book is: Kellerman, B. (2012). The end of leadership (1st ed.). New York: Harper Business, An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers. Jeffrey Pfeffer wrote a wonder book called LEADERSHIP BS. The reference is:  Pfeffer, J. (2015). Leadership BS : fixing workplaces and careers one truth at a time (First edition. ed.). New York, NY: Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. We also reference Ronald Riggio: Riggio, R. E. (Ed.) (2018). What's Wrong with Leadership? New York: Routledge. Matt incorrectly says Charles Wheelen's name. It is Wheelen and his book is called Naked Economics. We allude to systems-based leadership. You can learn more about it here: Raelin, J. A. (2016). Imagine There Are No Leaders: Reframing Leader‐ ship as Collaborative Agency. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 12(2), 131-158. In Best and Worst, we reference the new book by economist, Alex Edmans, MAY CONTAIN LIES, found anywhere books are sold.

Located in southern Siberia and covered in thick ice for almost half of the year, the colossal Lake Baikal reaches depths of 1600m making it the oldest, and deepest lake in the world. With hydrothermal vents, methane seeps and vast swathes of endemic species, this ancient lake was too tempting not to talk about.   We speak with Professor Marianne Moore, a Limnologist who has been working on the lake for over 2 decades. She guides us through its incredible ecosystems and species such as the world's only freshwater seal, deep water insects and foot-long flatworms! Plus, we hear about the myths and mysteries of the lake: from scientifically testing whether the mafia can use amphipods to effectively dispose of bodies, to whether there really is 1600 tonnes of gold hiding at the bottom of the lake.    The Professor is back on land after a succession of crazy adventures which includes writing a paper on backwards swimming in deep sea fish, finding the worlds deepest nudibranch (possibly) plus discovering his friends live in the most metal place ever.  There's no Coffee with Andrew segment this month as he is taking a well deserved break (and is possibly touring the country looking for the strangest milks he can find), but we do hear from Kakani Kajita about the recent release of FathomVerse - the mobile game helping to contribute to deep sea citizen science. Kakani tells us about how it's doing in its first month of release, and how it's already making an impact in training deep sea AI models.   We're really trying to make this project self-sustaining so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here's a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Elinor Wahl | Andrew Stewart | KJ Quintanilla | Thomas Brattheim Thanks again for tuning in, we'll deep-see you next time!   Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan's beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...    Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We'd love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!   We are also on  Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic  Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, @armatusoceanic   Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:  Alan - @Hadalbloke (https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke) Thom - @ThomLinley (https://twitter.com/ThomLinley)  Georgia - @geeinthesea (https://twitter.com/geeinthesea)    Instagram:  Georgia - @geeinthesea Thom - @thom.linley    Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com FURTHER RESOURCES Triton submarines are building a new submarine to visit the Titanic to show that deep sea exploration is safe Robotic Explorers Uncover Unexpected Ancient Origins of Strange Seafloor Formations  Deep-sea sponge's 'zero-energy' flow control could inspire new energy efficient designs    LAKE BAIKAL READING Intro to Lake Baikal and lakes: Mogolov, L.S. 2017. The Soul of Siberia at Risk. Wellesley Magazine. p.16-22. Moore, M.V., S.E. Hampton, L.R. Izmest'eva, E.A. Silow, E.V. Peshkova, and B. Pavlov. 2009. Climate change and the world's ‘Sacred Sea' – Lake Baikal, Siberia. BioScience 59:405-417 Thomson, P. 2007. Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal, Oxford University Press. 320 p. Vincent, W.F. 2018. Lakes. A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press. 146 p. Vents and seeps: Crane, K., Hecker, B. and Golubev, V., 1991. Hydrothermal vents in Lake Baikal. Nature, 350(6316), pp.281-281. Zemskaya, T.I., Sitnikova, T.Y., Kiyashko, S.I., Kalmychkov, G.V., Pogodaeva, T.V., Mekhanikova, I.V., Naumova, T.V., Shubenkova, O.V., Chernitsina, S.M., Kotsar, O.V. and Chernyaev, E.S., 2012. Faunal communities at sites of gas-and oil- bearing fluids in Lake Baikal. Geo-Marine Letters, 32, pp.437-451. Fish: Sideleva, V.G. 2003. The Endemic Fishes of Lake Baikal. Backhuys Publishers. Sideleva, V.G. 2004. Mysterious Fish of Lake Baikal. Science First Hand 3:N2. (Note: ‘black umber' and ‘white umber', mentioned in this article, are two endemic varieties of the Siberian grayling Thymallus arcticus.) Sideleva, V.G., 2016. Communities of the cottoid fish (Cottoidei) in the areas of hydrothermal vents and cold seeps of the abyssal zone of Baikal Lake. Journal of Ichthyology, 56, pp.694-701. Seal: Nomokonova, T., Losey, R.J., Iakunaeva, V.N., Emelianova, I.A., Baginova, E.A. and Pastukhov, M.V., 2013. People and seals at Siberia's Lake Baikal. Journal of Ethnobiology, 33(2), pp.259-280. Watanabe, Y.Y., Baranov, E.A. and Miyazaki, N., 2020. Ultrahigh foraging rates of Baikal seals make tiny endemic amphipods profitable in Lake Baikal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(49), pp.31242-31248. Environmental threats: Moore, M.V., S.E. Hampton, L.R. Izmest'eva, E.A. Silow, E.V. Peshkova, and B. Pavlov. 2009. Climate change and the world's ‘Sacred Sea' – Lake Baikal, Siberia. BioScience 59:405-417. Timoshkin, O.A. 2015. Ecological Crisis on Lake Baikal: Diagnosed by Scientists. Science First Hand 41:N2. Timoshkin, O.A., D.P. Samsonov, M. Yamamuro, M.V. Moore, O.I. Belykh, V.V. Malnik, M.V. Sakirko, A.A. Shirokaya, N.A. Bondarenko, V.M. Domysheva, G.A. Fedorova, A.I. Kochetkov, et al. 2016. Rapid ecological change in the coastal zone of Lake Baikal (East Siberia): Is the site of the world's greatest freshwater biodiversity in danger? Journal of Great Lakes Research 42:487-497. doi: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.02.011   PEOPLE MENTIONED Professor Marianne Moore & Marianne's excellent paper on interdisciplinary work Kakani Kajita   SOUNDTRACK OF THE MONTH Frightening Fishes CREDITS Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image - Vereshchagina et al (2021), Sitnikova et al (2018), Teterina et al (2010) Edited by - Georgia Wells  

In dieser Folge spreche ich mit dem Philosophiehistoriker Peter Adamson über die Frage, wann Philosophie eigentlich anfängt und was genau da eigentlich anfängt. Wieso hält sich der eurozentrische Blick so hart in der Philosophiegeschichtsschreibung und haben wir eigentlich ein völlig falsches Bild von Philosophiegeschichte? Peter Adamson ist Professor für spätantike und arabische Philosophie an der LMU München und Host des Podcasts "The History of Philosophy without any Gaps", der einer der bekanntesten Philosophie-Podcasts der Welt ist. Im letzten Jahr ist seine "Very Short Introduction" zu Avicenna bei der Oxford University Press erschienen.

Neste segundo e último episódio dedicado a Napoleão Bonaparte, analisamos o seu governo de França, primeiro como cônsul (1799-1804) e depois como imperador (1804-1815). Abordamos as reformas que realizou em França, bem como as suas campanhas militares contra as mais diversas potências, incluindo a famigerada campanha da Rússia de 1812, e sem esquecer a sua derrota definitiva em Waterloo em 1815. Terminamos o episódio não apenas com a sua morte, em 1821, mas também com a análise da sua lenda e da sua importância para a História. Sugestões de leitura 1. Adam Zamoyski - Napoleão: o Homem por trás do Mito. Lisboa: Crítica, 2021. 2. Charles J. Esdaile - The Wars of Napoleon. Londres: Routledge, 2019. 3. David A. Bell - Napoleon. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. ----- Obrigado aos patronos do podcast: Andrea Barbosa, Bruno Ricardo Neves Figueira, Isabel Yglesias de Oliveira, Joana Figueira, NBisme, Oliver Doerfler; Daniel Murta, Francisco, Hugo Picciochi, João Cancela, João Pedro Tuna Moura Guedes, Jorge Filipe, Patrícia Gomes, Pedro Almada, Pedro Alves, Pedro Espírito Santo, Pedro Ferreira, Rui Roque, Vera Costa; André Chambel, Andre Mano, André Marques, André Silva, António Farelo, António Silva , Carlos Castro, Carlos Martinho, Fernando Esperança, Gn, João Barbosa, João Canto, João Carlos Braga Simões, João Diamantino, João Félix, João Ferreira, Joel José Ginga, Luis, Miguel Gama, Miguel Oliveira, Nuno Esteves, Rui Magalhães, Rui Rodrigues, Simão Ribeiro, Soraia Espirito Santo, Thomas Ferreira, Tiago Matias, Tiago Sequeira, tope steffi. ----- Ouve e gosta do podcast? Se quiser apoiar o Falando de História, contribuindo para a sua manutenção, pode fazê-lo via Patreon: https://patreon.com/falandodehistoria ----- Música: “Five Armies” e “Magic Escape Room” de Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com); Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0⁠ A edição de áudio é de Marco António.

"A Very Short Introduction"

"A Very Short Introduction"

If you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this true? What exactly is anarchism? Anarchism: a Very Short Introduction (Oxford UP, 2022) provides a new point of departure for our understanding of anarchism. Prichard describes anarchism as a lived set of practices, with a rich historical legacy, and shows how anarchists have inspired and criticised some of our most cherished values and concepts, from the ideals of freedom, participatory education, federalism, to important topics like climate change, and wider popular culture in science fiction. By locating the emergence and globalization of anarchist ideas in a history of colonialism and imperialism, the book links anarchism into struggles for freedom across the world and demonstrates that anarchism has much to offer anyone trying to envision a better future. Alex Prichard is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Exeter. His research on anarchism has shed new light on old problems of constitutional politics, order and anarchy in world order, and the history of international thought. He is the co-founder of the Political Studies Association specialist group for the study of anarchism, the Manchester University Press monograph series, Contemporary Anarchist Studies, and a trained chef. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

If you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this true? What exactly is anarchism? Anarchism: a Very Short Introduction (Oxford UP, 2022) provides a new point of departure for our understanding of anarchism. Prichard describes anarchism as a lived set of practices, with a rich historical legacy, and shows how anarchists have inspired and criticised some of our most cherished values and concepts, from the ideals of freedom, participatory education, federalism, to important topics like climate change, and wider popular culture in science fiction. By locating the emergence and globalization of anarchist ideas in a history of colonialism and imperialism, the book links anarchism into struggles for freedom across the world and demonstrates that anarchism has much to offer anyone trying to envision a better future. Alex Prichard is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Exeter. His research on anarchism has shed new light on old problems of constitutional politics, order and anarchy in world order, and the history of international thought. He is the co-founder of the Political Studies Association specialist group for the study of anarchism, the Manchester University Press monograph series, Contemporary Anarchist Studies, and a trained chef. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

If you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this true? What exactly is anarchism? Anarchism: a Very Short Introduction (Oxford UP, 2022) provides a new point of departure for our understanding of anarchism. Prichard describes anarchism as a lived set of practices, with a rich historical legacy, and shows how anarchists have inspired and criticised some of our most cherished values and concepts, from the ideals of freedom, participatory education, federalism, to important topics like climate change, and wider popular culture in science fiction. By locating the emergence and globalization of anarchist ideas in a history of colonialism and imperialism, the book links anarchism into struggles for freedom across the world and demonstrates that anarchism has much to offer anyone trying to envision a better future. Alex Prichard is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Exeter. His research on anarchism has shed new light on old problems of constitutional politics, order and anarchy in world order, and the history of international thought. He is the co-founder of the Political Studies Association specialist group for the study of anarchism, the Manchester University Press monograph series, Contemporary Anarchist Studies, and a trained chef. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

If you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this true? What exactly is anarchism? Anarchism: a Very Short Introduction (Oxford UP, 2022) provides a new point of departure for our understanding of anarchism. Prichard describes anarchism as a lived set of practices, with a rich historical legacy, and shows how anarchists have inspired and criticised some of our most cherished values and concepts, from the ideals of freedom, participatory education, federalism, to important topics like climate change, and wider popular culture in science fiction. By locating the emergence and globalization of anarchist ideas in a history of colonialism and imperialism, the book links anarchism into struggles for freedom across the world and demonstrates that anarchism has much to offer anyone trying to envision a better future. Alex Prichard is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Exeter. His research on anarchism has shed new light on old problems of constitutional politics, order and anarchy in world order, and the history of international thought. He is the co-founder of the Political Studies Association specialist group for the study of anarchism, the Manchester University Press monograph series, Contemporary Anarchist Studies, and a trained chef. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

If you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this true? What exactly is anarchism? Anarchism: a Very Short Introduction (Oxford UP, 2022) provides a new point of departure for our understanding of anarchism. Prichard describes anarchism as a lived set of practices, with a rich historical legacy, and shows how anarchists have inspired and criticised some of our most cherished values and concepts, from the ideals of freedom, participatory education, federalism, to important topics like climate change, and wider popular culture in science fiction. By locating the emergence and globalization of anarchist ideas in a history of colonialism and imperialism, the book links anarchism into struggles for freedom across the world and demonstrates that anarchism has much to offer anyone trying to envision a better future. Alex Prichard is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Exeter. His research on anarchism has shed new light on old problems of constitutional politics, order and anarchy in world order, and the history of international thought. He is the co-founder of the Political Studies Association specialist group for the study of anarchism, the Manchester University Press monograph series, Contemporary Anarchist Studies, and a trained chef. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

We live in a branching universe. If it can happen, it does happen.These are the almost incredible claims of the Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics. Yet today's guest, David Wallace, makes a case that this is the most grounded way of reading our best theory of nature.While at first sight quantum mechanics seems to say that things (famously, cats!) can occupy impossible states, David argues that a careful reading shows we can take seriously “superpositions” (these apparently weird states) not only at the microscopic level but all the way up to the scale of the universe.This way of thinking about quantum mechanics was first proposed in 1957 by Hugh Everett, David has made important contributions — particularly in the “preferred basis” or “counting problem” which asks how many worlds are there; and also in understanding how a deterministic theory of the world appears indeterministic — probabilistic — to agents.David has PhDs in both physics and philosophy from the University of Oxford and currently holds the Mellon Chair in Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. References and discussion on the Multiverses website David Wallace's research page — https://sites.pitt.edu/~dmw121/ The Emergent Multiverse — the most comprehensive book so far on the Many Worlds intepretation Very Short Introduction to The Philosophy of Physics — does what it says on the tin (very well!)

Emotions play a pivotal role in shaping our lives. They contribute crucially to the rationality of life, making us unique in our ability to reason and make sense of the world.Ronnie de Sousa is a Swiss-born Canadian philosopher, renowned for his outstanding contributions to the philosophy of emotion and biology, a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto and author of such books as  The Rationality of Emotion (1987), Why Think? Evolution and the Rational Mind (2007) and Love: a Very Short Introduction (2015).Ronald and Greg talk about how emotions enable us to create appropriate responses to situations we face in life and to what extent we can evaluate emotions themselves as being more or less rational. They also discuss the profound impact that language has on how we perceive and experience our emotions, and how our relationships are shaped by what we say about them and what others say about them.*unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*Episode Quotes:Emotions contribute to the rationality of life25:31: Emotions are just attitudes, and value in the world is just the projection of your attitude. The world is completely devoid of any objective real value. It's just chaos. And what makes life meaningful is that we are interested in this, that, and the other. That's what creates goals, and that's why our emotions help us to respond in ways that are relevant to those goals. And so emotions contribute crucially to the rationality of life. 06:24: An enormously important point about rationality is that it often escapes people because they tend to think that the only options are, well, you're either rational or irrational.Teleology vs. rationality08:05: Teleology is just something that has to do with the adaptation of a strategy to a goal. And, of course, in the context of evolutionary psychology, the goal is essentially just the trivial goal of propagating DNA, but rationality has to do with how we conceptualize the relationship between goal and means. And once again, with language, how we can debate about that, consider different strategies, invent new strategies, and innovate.Why people shouldn't be so sure of themselves47:22: If there's anything I want to convince people of is that they shouldn't be so sure of themselves and that moral fervor is not, in general, something that will achieve any of the reasonable goals that a moralist might want to achieve.Show Links:Recommended Resources:Thomas Hobbes “Leviathan” (1651)David HumeWhat the Tortoise Said to AchillesSharon StreetGuest Profile:Faculty Profile at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Toronto Ronald de Sousa on Linkedin Ronald de Sousa on TwitterAgainst Nature: Ronald de Sousa at TEDxUTSCHis Work:Articles on AeonRonald de Sousa on Google ScholarLove: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)Emotional Truth Why Think? The Evolution of the Rational MindThe Rationality of EmotionThe Humanities in Dispute

In 1878, critic Matthew Arnold wrote, "Goethe is the greatest poet of modern times... because having a very considerable gift for poetry, he was at the same time, in the width, depth, and richness of his criticism of life, by far our greatest modern man." In this episode, Jacke talks to Ritchie Robertson, author of Goethe: A Very Short Introduction, about the life and works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832): scientist, administrator, artist, art critic, and supreme literary writer in a vast variety of genres. Ritchie Robertson is Taylor Professor of German in the University of Oxford. He is the author of The 'Jewish Question' in German Literature, 1749-1939: Emancipation and its Discontents (OUP, 1999), Mock-Epic Poetry from Pope to Heine (OUP, 2009), and Kafka; A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2004). He has translated several German authors into English for the Oxford World's Classics and Penguin Classics series, and has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2004. Additional listening: 463 Friedrich Nietzsche (with Ritchie Robertson) George Eliot 111 The Americanest American - Ralph Waldo Emerson Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jordan talks with Thomas Williams about Anselm. They cover topics like who is Anselm, what is Anselm's account of individuation, what new things did Prof Williams learn while writing his Very Short Introduction on Anselm, and more.Resources:1) Anselm: A Very Short Introduction, Thomas Williams2) The Complete Treatises: with Selected Letters and Prayers and the Meditation on Human Redemption, Translated by Thomas WilliamsFind out more about the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture's upcoming conference on human formation here.Support the show

In this Very Short Introduction Episode, we will learn about Autism. We will learn everything we need to know to be able to recognize symptoms when we see them, and we will talk about the history of the diagnosis and treatment of this condition, and much more in this Very Short Introduction from English Plus Podcast. Find the Show Notes and the Transcript on the website https://englishpluspodcast.com/a-very-short-introduction-to-autism/Join my Lifelong Learners Clan on Patreon and get access to all premium series and courses https://www.patreon.com/dannyballanSmart Passive Income PodcastWeekly interviews, strategy, and advice for building your online business the smart way.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Reality Life with Kate CaseyThree times a week I interview directors, producers, and stars from unscripted television.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

In this episode of Perspectives, we speak with Adam R. Shapiro, author of Trying Biology: The Scopes Trial, Textbooks, and the Antievolution Movement in American Schools. In his book, Adam R. Shapiro details the ways that the business practices of the science textbook industry of the early twentieth century, combined with a new push toward teaching a unified subject called "biology" in American high schools, led to the showdown known as the Scopes Trial. However, as Shapiro notes, this seemingly paradigmatic clash of supposed opposites—science and religion—was really anything but: evolution and evolutionary thinking had been in the cultural zeitgeist for a half-century before the Scopes Trial, and antievolution religious sentiment had existed all throughout that time as well. Instead, he argues that we need to look at the shifting social, political, and economic situation in America, at a time when secondary education was becoming compulsory nationwide, and a small cadre of powerful textbook manufacturers were competing with each other for market share in proliferating science classrooms. Alongside an increasingly contentious battle between rural and urban visions of America, these developments—and not any insurmountable chasm between science and religion—set the stage for the Scopes Trial as well as for more recent conflicts about what should be taught in the nation's schools. Adam R. Shapiro received his Ph.D. in Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science from the University of Chicago. He was NSF Fellow-in-Residence at the Consortium for History of Science, Technology & Medicine in 2016-2017. His most recent book (with Thomas Dixon) is Science and Religion, A Very Short Introduction from Oxford University Press. To cite this podcast, please use footnote: Adam R. Shapiro, interview, Perspectives, Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine, March 3, 2022, https://www.chstm.org/video/136.

Hello wise people and welcome to our series 'Short Intros.'  In this series, we focus on summarising books from the 'Very Short Introduction (VSI)' series published by Oxford University Press.   ----------------- Welcome back, wise people. Today we are going to be summarising a Very Short Introduction to Rhetoric by Richard Toye.Rhetoric can be defined as the art of persuasion and although it has been viewed somewhat negatively throughout history, it is a tool like any other that derives its value from the person using it. The book is broken down into four key areas; the history of rhetoric, the structure of rhetoric, rhetorical analysis, and finally rhetoric in the modern world. Jes and I touch on each one of these areas, predominantly focusing on the structure and analysis of rhetoric. When deconstructing rhetoric, the first question we must ask is what is this person appealing to - ethos, pathos, or logos (character, emotions, logic). Once we understand the direction of the speech we can break it into its five canons; invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. We elaborate on each one of these points in this episode so make sure to give it a listen. If you enjoy it, you know what to do, give us a like or a comment, or alternatively subscribe or follow our channel. We hope you enjoy it.  -------------------  If you enjoyed this podcast make sure to check out our other content on our other platforms:     - Website: https://wisewords.blog/     - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wisewords.blog/     - Twitter: https://twitter.com/wisewordsblog     - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WiseWordsBlog

Sabia que estamos em 2022 mas também em 1443 e 5782?Sabia que devemos a Júlio César o nome dos meses do ano?Sabia que os franceses tentaram baralhar tudo e criaram um novo calendário?Mas, afinal, o que é o Tempo tem a ver com Política?Raquel Vaz-Pinto e Pedro Vieira vão explicar, percorrendo a forma como o tempo foi sendo medido ao longo dos séculos e demonstrando como o presente pode modificar o passado e influenciar o futuro.REFERÊNCIAS E LINKS ÚTEIS:Receita de Ano Novo, Carlos Drummond de AndradeLongitude, the true story of a  line genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time, Dava SobelEsquerda e Direita, Rui TavaresO Adivinho, Goscinny e UderzoA Odisseia de Homero, Frederico LourençoA Ilíada de Homero, Frederico Lourenço1984, George Orwell18 de Brumário de Luís Bonaparte, Karl MarxWord Perfect, Susie DentThe History of Time, Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Colecção ‘A Very Short Introduction'Série:The West Winghttps://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_West_WingFilmes:Back to the futurehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/Blade Runnerhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/BIOSRAQUEL VAZ-PINTOÉ Investigadora do Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais (IPRI) da Universidade Nova de Lisboa e Prof. Auxiliar Convidada da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da mesma Universidade, onde lecciona a disciplina de Estudos Asiáticos.Foi Presidente da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política de 2012 a 2016. Autora de vários artigos e livros entre os quais A Grande Muralha e o Legado de Tiananmen, a China e os Direitos Humanos editado pela Tinta-da-China e Os Portugueses e o Mundo editado pela Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.Os seus interesses de investigação são Política Externa e Estratégia Chinesa; os EUA e o Indo- Pacífico; a Europa e o Mundo; e Liderança e Estratégia.É comentadora residente da rádio TSF. É membro da Comissão Cientifica do Fórum Futuro e consultora da Administração da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.PEDRO VIEIRAPedro Vieira nasceu em Lisboa, em 1975.Licenciado pela Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, trabalhou no Canal Q das Produções Fictícias e é, atualmente, guionista e pivô do programa O Último Apaga a Luz da RTP3.É responsável pela Comunicação do Cinema São Jorge e foi consultor de Comunicação na Booktailors.Trabalha como ilustrador freelancer e escreve livros como se não houvesse amanhã. 

Hello wise people and welcome to our series 'Short Intros.'In this series, we focus on summarising books from the 'Very Short Introduction (VSI)' series published by Oxford University Press. -----------------We hope you had a good break, full of lots of festive cheer. I know we did.As you will have noticed we took a bit of time off, but now we are back and we have a bunch of plans in motion for the next couple of months to bring you some really great content. Today, however,  we are summarising a Very Short Introduction to Jung by Anthony Stevens.Carl Jung was born in 1875 in Switzerland and was the founder of analytical psychology. He is well known for his work on the collective unconscious and archetypal potential and is considered to be a bit of a maverick in his own right.Now it's got to be said that Jung's ideas aren't the easiest to get your head around, so you have to stay open-minded, they're essentially paradigms in themselves.  Anthony Steven's does a great job of summarising his biggest ideas which we try to elaborate on in this summary. We cover his Individuation process for self-growth, the collective unconscious, archetypal potential, stages of life, dream analysis and finally psychological types. Obviously, we won't be able to do it justice and there is so much material out there that it is almost impossible to summarise in an hour, but we hope we are able to provide an insight into this great mind and some of his work which is still having an effect today.If you enjoy it, you know the drill, give us a like, a subscribe or a follow and if you're feeling super inspired, why not leave us a comment and let us know your thoughts. But until then, we hope you enjoy A Very Short Introduction to Jung.-------------------If you enjoyed this podcast make sure to check out our other content on our other platforms:    - Website: https://wisewords.blog/    - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wisewords.blog/    - Twitter: https://twitter.com/wisewordsblog    - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WiseWordsBlogStay tuned for more recaps.

'Music somehow seems to be natural, to exist as something apart – and yet it is suffused with human values, with our sense of what is good or bad, right or wrong. Music doesn't just happen, it is what we make it, and what we make of it. People think through music, decide who they are through it,' says Nicholas Cook, my guest in this episode. His quest in his recent new edition of his highly influential Very Short Introduction to Music (Oxford, 2021) is to explore those human values. In this podcast he talks about how the world of music and our relationship has changed since the first edition appeared in 1998, in an era before smartphones and streaming...Nicholas Cook was until his retirement in 2017 the 1684 Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Movies mentioned in this episode: Nosferatu (1922) The Robot vs The Aztec Mummy (1958) Nothing But Trouble (1991) yes Heather did know which movie it was. Also Heather now remembers the actor whose name she was trying to remember was Harold Lloyd. Her favorite of his movies is Hot Water. Books mentioned in this episode: Beauty: a Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton Beowulf The Aeneid of Virgil Metamorphosis by Ovid Unseen Realm by Michael Heiser

With Professor Robert Illife from Oxford University Rob Iliffe is Professor of History of Science at Oxford, Co-Director of the Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology, and a General Editor of the Newton Project. He is the author of A Very Short Introduction to Newton (OUP 2007) and Priest of Nature: the Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton, (OUP 2017), and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Isaac Newton, 2nd ed. (CUP, 2016). He was editor of History of Science from 2001-8 and is currently co-editor of Annals of Science. He has published widely on topics in the history of early modern and Enlightenment science, and particularly on historical interactions between science and religion, scientific voyages of discovery, the life and work of Isaac Newton, the development of ideas about scientific genius and scientific creativity, and the role of scientific instruments in scientific innovation. At Oxford he teaches general Undergraduate course on history of science and technology courses as well as more specialized courses on the Scientific Revolution, the history of modern physics, and the history of scientific racism and eugenics. At Postgraduate level he teaches courses on the Scientific Revolution and on Evolution and Neo-Malthusianism from 1840 to 1970. Topics being studied by Professor Iliffe's current DPhil students include the circulation of utopian ideas within Europe from 1500-1700; Samuel Hartlib and English colonialism; the chronological research of Isaac Newton; the scientific and religious thought of Kang Youwei; the geological and ceramic projects of Alexandre Brongniart; the development of Virtual Reality technology in the United States 1965-2005. Research Interests My research interests lie within the following headings: environmental history history of religion History of science Isaac Newton material culture and science relations between science and religion If you want more info about the subject please visite: http://www.newtonproject.ox.ac.uk

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3mLPSMF In this Webinar, Robert Iliffe will discuss new findings about Newton's three-decade career at the Mint that have emerged from the online edition of Newton's financial and administrative papers. Robert places Newton's time at the Mint in a number of different social and economic contexts (e.g. the ‘Glorious' and Financial revolutions) and looks at various aspects of his working life as Warden and then Master of the Mint (1696-99 and 1700-27). These include his management of Mint buildings and personnel; his economic assumptions; his role in designing new coins and medals; his knowledge of the various technologies involved in making money; and his prosecution of clippers and coiners. To end, Robert will discuss the ways in which the digital publication of these papers, especially when considered alongside his scientific, mathematical and religious writings, provides new insights into Newton's general working habits. Speaker: Rob Iliffe is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford and co-Director of The Newton Project. He has published a number of works on the history of science, particularly on the life and work of Newton, relations between science and religion, and voyages of scientific discovery. He is author of A Very Short Introduction to Newton (Oxford, 2007) and Priest of Nature: the Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton (Oxford, 2017), and is currently writing a history of attitudes to scientific creativity.

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-global-economic-history   This book is subtitled "A Very Short Introduction" and is one of the smallest books I've ever seen, about three ounces. Three ounces is exactly the amount of global economic history that my brain can absorb before turning to mush, so I was glad to find it. Why is the West richer than the rest of the world? Why have some non-Western countries (Japan, China) come from behind and mostly caught up? Why have others failed to replicate the West's trajectory and stayed underdeveloped despite seemingly having enough time to catch up? GEH:VSI tries to answer these questions. It explicitly disavows explanations that lean too heavily on some populations being better (smarter, harder working, etc) than others, or on narratives of colonial exploitation - sorry if you were looking for anything too juicy. Given its brevity, it can only gesture at justifications for this choice. It's skeptical of the Protestant work ethic because, however much it matched experience in 18-whatever, today "Catholic Italy [is richer than] Protestant Britain" (is this true? Britain has higher GDP today, but Italy was higher when this book was written) It's skeptical of ideas that some countries are "traditionalist" and resistant to change because of [long list of those countries adopting various profitable innovations] - for example African farmers now mostly grow more productive New World crops (but couldn't countries be willing to change in some ways but traditionalist in others?). The reluctance to invoke colonialism too heavily is even less well-explained, but I think it relies on differences between never-colonized countries - for example, Russia and the Ottomans lagged behind the West in much the same way as Asia and Latin America, and even Austria lagged Britain (GEH:VSI does talk about particular problems with colonial policies when they come up, as part of its general policy survey). Overall I think of these exclusions more as a commitment to a paradigm: what would it look like to pursue a project of understanding global economic history without invoking either of these tempting but curiosity-stopping explanations?

The quality of compliance training is, let's face it, variable. So how do you get across the dos and don'ts so that they transfer into safe and effective practices? This week on the Good Practice Podcast, Gemma is joined by compliance crazy, Tameka J. Harris, and co-host Ross G, to discuss: ways to think about compliance training  useful design tips and techniques Show notes For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit emeraldworks.com. There, you'll also find details of our award winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work. Gemma talked about bats roosts and you can find out more about them at: https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/where-do-bats-live/bat-roosts/what-is-a-roost Ross' learning came from a Very Short Introduction to Chaos. All titles can be found here: https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/?lang=en&cc=us Connect with our speakers If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers on Twitter: Ross Garner - @RossAGarner Tameka J. Harris - @HelloTameka Gemma Towersey - @GemmaTowersey

Sam is joined by Randal Rauser. The video version of this conversation can be found here. Randal is a Canadian Baptist theologian who serves as an associate professor of historical theology at Taylor Seminary. In this conversation, we talk about belief, religion, morality, the truth of the Bible and the importance of reflecting on both sides. You can find/follow Randal here: Twitter Website Some of the links and resources mentioned in this episode: The Graceful Atheist with Randal Rauser, 'Conversations With My Inner Atheist' Conversations with My Inner Atheist by Randal Rauser What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy by Thomas Nagel History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell We hope you enjoy our show. When Belief Dies aims to honestly reflect on faith, religion and life. We blog and podcast. Your support on Patreon enables us to cover the costs of running this show and look to the future to make things even better as we build upon what we already have in the works. Please take a look and consider giving. Alternatively, you can support the show with a one-off gift via PayPal. Use this link to navigate to the website, to find us on social media and anywhere else we might be present online. #Podcast #Deconstruction #God #Agnostic #Christian #Atheism #Apologetics #Audio #Question #Exvangelical #Deconversion #SecularGrace #Exchristian

Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behaviour, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. Our growing understanding of Chaos Theory is having fascinating applications in the real world - from technology to global warming, politics, human behaviour, and even gambling on the stock market. Leonard Smith shows that we all have an intuitive understanding of chaotic systems. He uses accessible maths and physics (replacing complex equations with simple examples like pendulums, railway lines, and tossing coins) to explain the theory, and points to numerous examples in philosophy and literature (Edgar Allen Poe, Chang-Tzu, Arthur Conan Doyle) that illuminate the problems. The beauty of fractal patterns and their relation to chaos, as well as the history of chaos, and its uses in the real world and implications for the philosophy of science are all discussed in this Very Short Introduction. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support

Corruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising cost of food and energy, climate change, and terrorism. It is thought to be one of the principal causes of poverty around the globe. Its significance in the contemporary world cannot be undervalued. In this Very Short Introduction, Leslie Holmes looks the history of corruption across the millennia and considers why the international community has only highlighted it as a problem in the past two decades. Holmes explores the phenomenon from several different perspectives, from the cultural differences affecting how corruption is defined, its impact, its various causes, and the possible remedies. Providing evidence of corruption and considering ways to address it around the world, this is an important introduction to a significant and serious global issue. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support

Gather around the fire and listen as Alex tells you the tale of Celeste and her two daughters, whose fates will change the way you see words forever. Learn about the colourful past of the English language, and get the key to unlocking a mysterious ability that it bestows upon its speakers. So, get a hot cup of cocoa, and enjoy. Music by Epidemicsounds.com References: 1. Eberhard, David, M., Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.) (2020). Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Twenty Third Edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com 2. Mark Forsyth, (2011). The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language. Icon Books: First Edition edition. 3. James Clackson (2007). Indo-European Linguistics, An Introduction. Cambridge University Press 4. P. H. Matthews (2003). Linguistics, A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press 5. Stephen R. Anderson (2012). Languages, A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press 6. Ti Alkire & Carol Rosen (2010). Romance Languages, A Historical Introduction. Cambridge University Press 7. Anderson, Poul (1989). Uncleftish Beholding. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Vol. 109 no. 13. Davis Publications. pp. 132 - 135 Music by Epidemicsound.com

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Jesus is a significant figure in the Qur'an. How does the Qur'anic Jesus differ from the Jesus Christ of orthodox forms of Christianity? And what does the Qur'anic Jesus tell us about the worldview of the Qur'an and about the environment in which Qur'anic discourse developed? Sources and Recommended Readings: The Qur'an: a Beginner's Guide   by Farid Esack Major Themes of the Qur'an   by Fazlur Rahman The Koran: a Very Short Introduction    by Michael Cook The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an    by Jane McAuliffe (editor) The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an    by Christopher Buck (editor) The Qur'an: a New Translation   by Tarif Khalidi The Qur'an: an Introduction   by Abdullah Saeed The Qur'an in its Historical Setting    by Gabriel Said Reynolds (editor) Approaching the Qur'an: the Early Revelations   by Michael Sells Christ in Islam and Christianity    by Neal Robinson 

Today's podcast briefly discusses the transition of the Qur'an from an oral message into a closed codex through political decisions of the community leaders after Muhammad's death. The episode also quickly highlights the difficulties that face modern historians who are trying to make sense of the history of the formation of the Qur'an.  Sources and Recommended Readings: The Qur'an: a Beginner's Guide   by Farid Esack Major Themes of the Qur'an   by Fazlur Rahman The Koran: a Very Short Introduction    by Michael Cook The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an    by Jane McAuliffe (editor) The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an    by Christopher Buck (editor) The Qur'an: a New Translation   by Tarif Khalidi The Qur'an: an Introduction   by Abdullah Saeed The Qur'an in its Historical Setting    by Gabriel Said Reynolds (editor) Approaching the Qur'an: the Early Revelations   by Michael Sells La Pensée Arabe        by Mohammed Arkoun 

This episode briefly introduces the concept of prophecy, its history in the Near East (including the well-developed tradition of Biblical prophets), and the way the Qur'an positions itself vis-à-vis this history. We also discuss the terms nabi and rasul as well as the prominent figures of Abraham and Moses. Sources and Recommended Readings: The Qur'an: a Beginner's Guide   by Farid Esack Major Themes of the Qur'an   by Fazlur Rahman The Koran: a Very Short Introduction    by Michael Cook The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an    by Jane McAuliffe (editor) The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an    by Christopher Buck (editor) The Qur'an: a New Translation   by Tarif Khalidi The Qur'an: an Introduction   by Abdullah Saeed The Qur'an in its Historical Setting    by Gabriel Said Reynolds (editor) Approaching the Qur'an: the Early Revelations   by Michael Sells La Pensée Arabe        by Mohammed Arkoun

We continue talking about the Qur'an. We take a look at how Professor Mohammed Arkoun defined the Qur'an, at the way that most Muslims have related to the Qur'an, and at what the attributes of God in the Qur'an can tell us about its message. Sources and Recommended Readings: The Qur'an: a Beginner's Guide   by Farid Esack Major Themes of the Qur'an   by Fazlur Rahman The Koran: a Very Short Introduction    by Michael Cook The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an    by Jane McAuliffe (editor) The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an    by Christopher Buck (editor) The Qur'an: a New Translation   by Tarif Khalidi The Qur'an: an Introduction   by Abdullah Saeed The Qur'an in its Historical Setting    by Gabriel Said Reynolds (editor) Approaching the Qur'an: the Early Revelations   by Michael Sells La Pensée Arabe        by Mohammed Arkoun

This episode of the podcast is the first part of a short introduction to the scripture of Islam known as the Qur'an (Koran). Where does the term Qur'an come from?  What is a Mus-haf? How is the Qur'an organized? What are the contents of the Qur'an? Sources and Recommended Readings: The Qur'an: a Beginner's Guide   by Farid Esack Major Themes of the Qur'an   by Fazlur Rahman The Koran: a Very Short Introduction    by Michael Cook The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an    by Jane McAuliffe (editor) The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an    by Christopher Buck (editor) The Qur'an: a New Translation   by Tarif Khalidi The Qur'an: an Introduction   by Abdullah Saeed The Qur'an in its Historical Setting    by Gabriel Said Reynolds (editor) Approaching the Qur'an: the Early Revelations   by Michael Sells