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Burning All Illusions / David Edwards
Title : Burning All Illusions : A Guide to Personal and Political Freedom Material Type: printed text Authors: David Edwards, Author Publisher: Boston [USA] : South End Press Publication Date: 1996 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-89608-531-2 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Activism and Community Organizing
PoliticsAbstract: This is a book about freedom. Above all about the idea that there is often no greater obstacle to freedom than the assumption that it has already been attained. What prison, after all, could be more secure than that deemed to be "the world," where boundaries of action and thought are assumed to define not the limits of the permissible, but the limits of the possible.
In the past we have been prisoners of tyrants and dictators, and consequently have needed to win our freedom in very concrete, physical terms. We now need to free ourselves not from a slave ship or a concentration camp, but from many of the illusions fostered in our democratic society.Burning All Illusions : A Guide to Personal and Political Freedom [printed text] / David Edwards, Author . - Boston (USA) : South End Press, 1996.
ISBN : 978-0-89608-531-2
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Activism and Community Organizing
PoliticsAbstract: This is a book about freedom. Above all about the idea that there is often no greater obstacle to freedom than the assumption that it has already been attained. What prison, after all, could be more secure than that deemed to be "the world," where boundaries of action and thought are assumed to define not the limits of the permissible, but the limits of the possible.
In the past we have been prisoners of tyrants and dictators, and consequently have needed to win our freedom in very concrete, physical terms. We now need to free ourselves not from a slave ship or a concentration camp, but from many of the illusions fostered in our democratic society.Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status PHI EDW 1996 PHI EDW 1996 Livre/Book QPIRG-Concordia Philosophy & Religion Due for return by 11/13/2019 Discipline and Punish / Michel Foucault
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 Dreaming the Dark / Starhawk
Title : Dreaming the Dark : Magic, Sex and Politics Material Type: printed text Authors: Starhawk, Author Publisher: Beacon Press Publication Date: 1982 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-8070-1001-3 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Feminisms
Religion and SpiritualityDreaming the Dark : Magic, Sex and Politics [printed text] / Starhawk, Author . - [S.l.] : Beacon Press, 1982.
ISBN : 978-0-8070-1001-3
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Feminisms
Religion and SpiritualityCopies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status PHI STA 1982 PHI STA 1982 Livre/Book QPIRG-Concordia Philosophy & Religion Available Gay Rights and the Mormon Church / Gregory A. Prince
Title : Gay Rights and the Mormon Church Material Type: printed text Authors: Gregory A. Prince, Author Publisher: The University of Utah Press ISBN (or other code): 978-1-607-81663-8 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Gender and Sex
Human Rights
Queer
Religion and Spirituality
Social Movements
Unpopular HistoryAbstract: The Mormon Church publicly challenged LGBTQ rights when it sided with traditional marriage proponents in Hawaii in 1993. Since then, the church has used its political influence to pursue a position against those rights in the United States. Gregory A. Prince draws from thousands of pages of public records, private documents, and interview transcripts to uncover the Mormon Church's focus on homosexuality over the past fifty years. Prince shows that although the church initially investigated homosexuality only among its membership, when it entered the Hawaiian political arena in 1992, it signalled an intent to go beyond its ranks to win the marriage-equality battle. The church's public activism against LGBTQ rights reached a peaked in 2008 during California's fight over Proposition 8, an initiative banning same-sex marriage that many came to call the "Mormon Proposition."
The actions the church has taken against LGBTQ rights have often resulted in unforeseeable or unintended consequences, including public backlash, reactive court decisions, and mass resignations of church members. In response, the church somewhat softened its stance against gay marriage. In 2015, however, when the Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land, the church once again turned its attention inward, declaring same-sex couples "apostates" and denying their children access to essential Mormon rites of passage, including the blessing of infants and the baptism of children.
Gay Rights and the Mormon Church is informed by extensive interviews, unusual access to documentary records, and Princ's scientific background. It is a significant contribution to a subject at the forefront of many Mormon lives.Gay Rights and the Mormon Church [printed text] / Gregory A. Prince, Author . - [S.l.] : The University of Utah Press, [s.d.].
ISBN : 978-1-607-81663-8
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Gender and Sex
Human Rights
Queer
Religion and Spirituality
Social Movements
Unpopular HistoryAbstract: The Mormon Church publicly challenged LGBTQ rights when it sided with traditional marriage proponents in Hawaii in 1993. Since then, the church has used its political influence to pursue a position against those rights in the United States. Gregory A. Prince draws from thousands of pages of public records, private documents, and interview transcripts to uncover the Mormon Church's focus on homosexuality over the past fifty years. Prince shows that although the church initially investigated homosexuality only among its membership, when it entered the Hawaiian political arena in 1992, it signalled an intent to go beyond its ranks to win the marriage-equality battle. The church's public activism against LGBTQ rights reached a peaked in 2008 during California's fight over Proposition 8, an initiative banning same-sex marriage that many came to call the "Mormon Proposition."
The actions the church has taken against LGBTQ rights have often resulted in unforeseeable or unintended consequences, including public backlash, reactive court decisions, and mass resignations of church members. In response, the church somewhat softened its stance against gay marriage. In 2015, however, when the Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land, the church once again turned its attention inward, declaring same-sex couples "apostates" and denying their children access to essential Mormon rites of passage, including the blessing of infants and the baptism of children.
Gay Rights and the Mormon Church is informed by extensive interviews, unusual access to documentary records, and Princ's scientific background. It is a significant contribution to a subject at the forefront of many Mormon lives.Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status 9781607816638 PHI PRI 2019 Livre/Book QPIRG-Concordia Philosophy & Religion Available God and the State / Michael Bakunin
Title : God and the State Material Type: printed text Authors: Michael Bakunin, Author Publisher: Dover Publications Publication Date: 1970 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-486-22483-1 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Activism and Community Organizing
Anarchism
Philosophy
Political Thought
Religion and SpiritualityKeywords: relgion state atheism anarchism philosophy politics Abstract: "A founder of modern philosophical anarchism presents a clear introduction to anarchist thought and a manifesto of atheism. Bakunin offers a mind-opening experience for even the most skeptical readers. This influential work denounces religion as a weapon of the state that must be smashed in the pursuit of the right to self-determination." God and the State [printed text] / Michael Bakunin, Author . - [S.l.] : Dover Publications, 1970.
ISBN : 978-0-486-22483-1
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Activism and Community Organizing
Anarchism
Philosophy
Political Thought
Religion and SpiritualityKeywords: relgion state atheism anarchism philosophy politics Abstract: "A founder of modern philosophical anarchism presents a clear introduction to anarchist thought and a manifesto of atheism. Bakunin offers a mind-opening experience for even the most skeptical readers. This influential work denounces religion as a weapon of the state that must be smashed in the pursuit of the right to self-determination." Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status PHI BAK 1970 PHI BAK 1970 Livre/Book QPIRG-Concordia Philosophy & Religion Available Morality and Moral Controversies / John Arthur
Title : Morality and Moral Controversies Material Type: printed text Authors: John Arthur, Author Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 1996 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-13-231143-4 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Religion and Spirituality
StudentsAbstract: Textbook Morality and Moral Controversies [printed text] / John Arthur, Author . - [S.l.] : Prentice Hall, 1996.
ISBN : 978-0-13-231143-4
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Religion and Spirituality
StudentsAbstract: Textbook Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status PHI ART 1996 PHI ART 1996 Livre/Book QPIRG-Concordia Philosophy & Religion Available Spinoza Encule Hegel / Jean Bernard-Pouy
Title : Spinoza Encule Hegel Material Type: printed text Authors: Jean Bernard-Pouy, Author Publisher: Canaille/Revolver Publication Date: 1995 ISBN (or other code): PHI POU 1995 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Philosophy
PoetryKeywords: philosophy poetry creative writing Abstract: "Moi,Julius,Commandeurdu groupe crash le plus honnipar le peuple saumâtre des hégéliens,n'ai que des ennemis.Et mon pire ennemi,je lui souhaite la pire des choses.Moral car prévisible.Quand il sera au bout de mon P. 38,j'appuierai sur la détente.Mes bottes de lézard mauvevont tremper dans du sang esthétique.Normal car spinoziste." Spinoza Encule Hegel [printed text] / Jean Bernard-Pouy, Author . - [S.l.] : Canaille/Revolver, 1995.
ISSN : PHI POU 1995
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Philosophy
PoetryKeywords: philosophy poetry creative writing Abstract: "Moi,Julius,Commandeurdu groupe crash le plus honnipar le peuple saumâtre des hégéliens,n'ai que des ennemis.Et mon pire ennemi,je lui souhaite la pire des choses.Moral car prévisible.Quand il sera au bout de mon P. 38,j'appuierai sur la détente.Mes bottes de lézard mauvevont tremper dans du sang esthétique.Normal car spinoziste." Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status PHI POU 1995 PHI POU 1995 Livre/Book QPIRG-Concordia Philosophy & Religion Available The History of Sexuality / Michel Foucault
Title : The History of Sexuality : An introduction, Volume 1 Material Type: printed text Authors: Michel Foucault, Author Publisher: Vintage Books Publication Date: 1990 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-679-72469-8 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Gender Theory
Philosophy
Queer
SexKeywords: sexuality gender sex history Abstract: "In Volume 1, Foucault criticizes the "repressive hypothesis", the idea that western society suppressed sexuality from the 17th to the mid-20th century due to the rise of capitalism and bourgeois society. Foucault argues that discourse on sexuality in fact proliferated during this period, during which experts began to examine sexuality in a scientific manner, encouraging people to confess their sexual feelings and actions. According to Foucault, in the 18th and 19th centuries society took an increasing interest in sexualities that did not fit within the marital bond: the "world of perversion" that includes the sexuality of children, the mentally ill, the criminal and the homosexual, while by the 19th century, sexuality was being readily explored both through confession and scientific enquiry." The History of Sexuality : An introduction, Volume 1 [printed text] / Michel Foucault, Author . - [S.l.] : Vintage Books, 1990.
ISBN : 978-0-679-72469-8
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Gender Theory
Philosophy
Queer
SexKeywords: sexuality gender sex history Abstract: "In Volume 1, Foucault criticizes the "repressive hypothesis", the idea that western society suppressed sexuality from the 17th to the mid-20th century due to the rise of capitalism and bourgeois society. Foucault argues that discourse on sexuality in fact proliferated during this period, during which experts began to examine sexuality in a scientific manner, encouraging people to confess their sexual feelings and actions. According to Foucault, in the 18th and 19th centuries society took an increasing interest in sexualities that did not fit within the marital bond: the "world of perversion" that includes the sexuality of children, the mentally ill, the criminal and the homosexual, while by the 19th century, sexuality was being readily explored both through confession and scientific enquiry." Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status PHI FOU 1990 PHI FOU 1990 Livre/Book QPIRG-Concordia Philosophy & Religion Available The Sociology of Religion / Lorne L. Dawson
Title : The Sociology of Religion : A Canadian perspective Material Type: printed text Authors: Lorne L. Dawson, Author ; Joel Thiessen, Author Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication Date: 2014 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-19-542557-4 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Education
Reference
Religion and SpiritualityKeywords: religion sociology contemporary Canadians defining religion secularization religious diversity Abstract: "his concise volume examines the changing religious landscape of Canada within the broader context of the contemporary world in which we live. Offering students an overview of the fundamental issues, perspectives, and insights shaping the sociological analysis of contemporary religions, this is the ideal introduction to the sociology of religion in Canada." The Sociology of Religion : A Canadian perspective [printed text] / Lorne L. Dawson, Author ; Joel Thiessen, Author . - [S.l.] : Oxford University Press, 2014.
ISBN : 978-0-19-542557-4
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Education
Reference
Religion and SpiritualityKeywords: religion sociology contemporary Canadians defining religion secularization religious diversity Abstract: "his concise volume examines the changing religious landscape of Canada within the broader context of the contemporary world in which we live. Offering students an overview of the fundamental issues, perspectives, and insights shaping the sociological analysis of contemporary religions, this is the ideal introduction to the sociology of religion in Canada." Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status PHI DAW 2014 PHI DAW 2014 Livre/Book QPIRG-Concordia Philosophy & Religion Available