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The Medicine of Our Ancestors – 5 Principles Born in Antiquity

The Medicine of Our Ancestors – 5 Principles Born in Antiquity

Looking at today’s Arab and Islamic world, there is much to understand about the traditional and complimentary medicine realm. The well-known traditions of Ayurveda and Chinese systems are considerably the more exposed and appreciated. But there is significant history with traditional Arab medicinal systems of antiquity, even before medical science’s boom during the Golden Age […]

New NPR CEO Katherine Maher, on Truth and Perspective

New NPR CEO Katherine Maher, on Truth and Perspective

????Subscribe????Like and Alarm????Select Thank you for doing it. I want to know your psychology. (Courage is your medicine) ???? bongsim_psy@hotmail.com ——————————————————- #npr #perspective #revelations Here’s the new NPR CEO Katherine Maher (and former chief executive of Wikipedia) explaining that “the truth” is an outdated concept. In this video, we delve into Maher’s insights on the […]

Malcolm X’s Michigan Worldview: An Exemplar for Contemporary Black Studies

Malcolm X’s Michigan Worldview: An Exemplar for Contemporary Black Studies

The provocative debate about Malcolm X’s legacy that emerged after the publication of Manning Marable’s 2011 biography raised critical questions about the revolutionary Black Nationalist’s importance to American and world affairs: What was Malcolm’s association with the Nation of Islam? How should we interpret Malcolm’s discourses? Was Malcolm antifeminist? What is Malcolm’s legacy in contemporary public affairs? How do Malcolm’s early childhood experiences in Michigan shape and inform his worldview? Was Malcolm trending toward socialism during his final year? Malcolm X’s Michigan Worldview responds to these questions by presenting Malcolm’s subject as an iconography used to deepen understanding of African descendent peoples’ experiences through advanced research and disciplinary study. A Black studies reader that uses the biography of Malcolm X both to interrogate key aspects of the Black world experience and to contribute to the intellectual expansion of the discipline, the book presents Malcolm as a Black subject who represents, symbolizes, and associates meaning with the Black/Africana studies discipline. Through a range of multidisciplinary prisms and themes including discourse, race, culture, religion, gender, politics, and community, this rich volume elicits insights about the Malcolm iconography that contribute to the continuous formulation, deepening, and strengthening of the Black studies discipline.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00VWRETKW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Michigan State University Press; 1st edition (June 1, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 1, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2117 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 343 pages

Weird, or just different? | Derek Sivers

Weird, or just different? | Derek Sivers

http://www.ted.com “There’s a flip side to everything,” the saying goes, and in 2 minutes, Derek Sivers shows this is true in a few ways you might not expect. source Related Posts Science can answer moral questions | Sam Harris http://www.ted.com Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But […]