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Title : 3 Sections Material Type: printed text Authors: Vijay Seshadri, Author Publisher: Graywolf Press Publication Date: 2013 ISBN (or other code): 978-1-555-97716-0 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Immigration and Refugees Issues
Philosophy
PoetryAbstract: Vijay Seshadri’s new poetry is assured and expert, his line as canny as ever. In an array of poetic forms from the rhyming lyric to the philosophical meditation to the prose essay, 3 Sections confronts perplexing divisions of contemporary life—a wayward history, an indeterminate future, and a present condition of wanting to out-think time. This is an extraordinary book, witty and vivacious, by one of America’s best poets. 3 Sections [printed text] / Vijay Seshadri, Author . - [S.l.] : Graywolf Press, 2013.
ISBN : 978-1-555-97716-0
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Immigration and Refugees Issues
Philosophy
PoetryAbstract: Vijay Seshadri’s new poetry is assured and expert, his line as canny as ever. In an array of poetic forms from the rhyming lyric to the philosophical meditation to the prose essay, 3 Sections confronts perplexing divisions of contemporary life—a wayward history, an indeterminate future, and a present condition of wanting to out-think time. This is an extraordinary book, witty and vivacious, by one of America’s best poets. Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status FIC SES 2013 FIC SES 2013 Livre/Book QPIRG-McGill Fiction (QM) Available
Title : Braiding Sweetgrass Material Type: printed text Publication Date: 2013 ISBN (or other code): 978-1-571-31356-0 General note:
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert).
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings—asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass—offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.
Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Ecology
Environment and Urban Planning
Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples
Philosophy
Science and TechnologyBraiding Sweetgrass [printed text] . - 2013.
ISBN : 978-1-571-31356-0
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert).
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings—asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass—offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Ecology
Environment and Urban Planning
Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples
Philosophy
Science and TechnologyCopies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status ENV KIM 2013 ENV KIM 2013 Livre/Book QPIRG-Concordia Environment & Urban Planning Due for return by 12/10/2019
Title : Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue Material Type: printed text Authors: Neale Donald Walsch, Author Publisher: Penguin Books Publication Date: 1996 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-399-14278-9 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Philosophy
Religion and SpiritualityAbstract: Blasphemy! Heresy! Who does this man think he is, claiming to speak directly to God?! Jesus did it, Muhammad did it, the Jewish prophets did it, but none of their Gods had the sardonic wit or raw verve of Prophet Walsch's God. Neale Donald Walsch isn't claiming to be the Messiah of a new religion, just a frustrated man who sat down one day with pen in his hand and some tough questions in his heart. As he wrote his questions to God, he realized that God was answering them... directly... through Walsch's pen. The result, far from the apocalyptic predictions or cultic eccentricities you might expect, turns out to be matter-fact, in-your-face wisdom on how to get by in life while remaining true to yourself and your spirituality. Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue [printed text] / Neale Donald Walsch, Author . - [S.l.] : Penguin Books, 1996.
ISBN : 978-0-399-14278-9
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Philosophy
Religion and SpiritualityAbstract: Blasphemy! Heresy! Who does this man think he is, claiming to speak directly to God?! Jesus did it, Muhammad did it, the Jewish prophets did it, but none of their Gods had the sardonic wit or raw verve of Prophet Walsch's God. Neale Donald Walsch isn't claiming to be the Messiah of a new religion, just a frustrated man who sat down one day with pen in his hand and some tough questions in his heart. As he wrote his questions to God, he realized that God was answering them... directly... through Walsch's pen. The result, far from the apocalyptic predictions or cultic eccentricities you might expect, turns out to be matter-fact, in-your-face wisdom on how to get by in life while remaining true to yourself and your spirituality. Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status MIS WAL 1996 MIS WAL 1996 Livre/Book Sustainable Concordia Miscellaneous (SC) Available
Title : Dancing on our Turtle's Back : Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence and a New Emergence Material Type: printed text Authors: Leanne Simpson, Author Publisher: ARP Books Publication Date: 2011 ISBN (or other code): 978-1-89403-750-1 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples
Philosophy
Politics
Religion and SpiritualityKeywords: Nishnaabeg, Native relations, Canada, Creation, Native language Abstract: Many promote Reconciliation as a “new” way for Canada to relate to Indigenous Peoples. In Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence activist, editor, and educator Leanne Simpson asserts reconciliation must be grounded in political resurgence and must support the regeneration of Indigenous languages, oral cultures, and traditions of governance.
Simpson explores philosophies and pathways of regeneration, resurgence, and a new emergence through the Nishnaabeg language, Creation Stories, walks with Elders and children, celebrations and protests, and meditations on these experiences. She stresses the importance of illuminating Indigenous intellectual traditions to transform their relationship to the Canadian state. - Book JacketDancing on our Turtle's Back : Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence and a New Emergence [printed text] / Leanne Simpson, Author . - [S.l.] : ARP Books, 2011.
ISBN : 978-1-89403-750-1
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples
Philosophy
Politics
Religion and SpiritualityKeywords: Nishnaabeg, Native relations, Canada, Creation, Native language Abstract: Many promote Reconciliation as a “new” way for Canada to relate to Indigenous Peoples. In Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence activist, editor, and educator Leanne Simpson asserts reconciliation must be grounded in political resurgence and must support the regeneration of Indigenous languages, oral cultures, and traditions of governance.
Simpson explores philosophies and pathways of regeneration, resurgence, and a new emergence through the Nishnaabeg language, Creation Stories, walks with Elders and children, celebrations and protests, and meditations on these experiences. She stresses the importance of illuminating Indigenous intellectual traditions to transform their relationship to the Canadian state. - Book JacketCopies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status 820 SIM 2011 820 SIM 2011 Livre/Book QPIRG-McGill Indigenous Peoples (QM) Available
Title : Discipline and Punish : The Birth of the Prison Material Type: printed text Authors: Michel Foucault, Author Publisher: Vintage Books Publication Date: 1975 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-679-75255-4 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Philosophy
Prisons and CriminalizationKeywords: Philosophy, Prison Abstract: "Barely two hundred and fifty years ago man condemned of attempting to assassinate the King of France was drawn and quartered in a grisly spectacle that suggested an unmediated duel between the violence of the criminal and the violence of the state. This groundbreaking book by the most influential philosopher since Sartre compels us to reevaluate our assumptions about all the ensuing reforms in the penal institutions of the West. For as he examines innovations that range from the abolition of torture to the institution of forced labor and the appearance of the modern penitentiary, Michel Foucault suggests that punishment has shifted its locus from the prisoner's body to his soul--and that our very concern with rehabilitation encourages and refines criminal activity.
Lucidly reasoned and deftly marshaling a vast body of research, Discipline and Punish is a genuinely revolutionary book, whose implications extend beyond the prison to the minute power relations of our society."Discipline and Punish : The Birth of the Prison [printed text] / Michel Foucault, Author . - [S.l.] : Vintage Books, 1975.
ISBN : 978-0-679-75255-4
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Philosophy
Prisons and CriminalizationKeywords: Philosophy, Prison Abstract: "Barely two hundred and fifty years ago man condemned of attempting to assassinate the King of France was drawn and quartered in a grisly spectacle that suggested an unmediated duel between the violence of the criminal and the violence of the state. This groundbreaking book by the most influential philosopher since Sartre compels us to reevaluate our assumptions about all the ensuing reforms in the penal institutions of the West. For as he examines innovations that range from the abolition of torture to the institution of forced labor and the appearance of the modern penitentiary, Michel Foucault suggests that punishment has shifted its locus from the prisoner's body to his soul--and that our very concern with rehabilitation encourages and refines criminal activity.
Lucidly reasoned and deftly marshaling a vast body of research, Discipline and Punish is a genuinely revolutionary book, whose implications extend beyond the prison to the minute power relations of our society."Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status PHI FOU 1975 FOU Livre/Book QPIRG-Concordia Philosophy & Religion Available
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