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Charles Peck Jr deposited Medkänsla vs extrem individualism av Dawkins själviska genfel-falsk premiss “gen själviskhet kommer vanligtvis att ge upphov till själviskhet i individuellt beteende = “begränsad form av altruism” vs 7 argument som backas upp av studier:- Sprecher-Fehr sp in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoDawkins felslutning – vederläggning av att “egoism” är den vanliga normen och att det bara finns “begränsade former av altruism” Till att börja med vill jag betona att “även bakterier är mer reproduktivt framgångsrika i närvaro av andra av sin egen art.” Jag menar att bakterier har anslutningsmöjligheter för guds skull!
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Cultural and Sociological Factors in School Shootings (brief) in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoA point of information: there have been 288 school shootings in the United States since the 1990’s. Wikipedia cites 1 school shooting in India and 1 in the Philippines (I count two though the second is politically motivated. Ryan General – in his article – observes, “However, the school shootings that occur in the U.S. has never happened in the…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Cultural and Sociological Factors in School Shootings (brief) in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoA point of information: there have been 288 school shootings in the United States since the 1990’s. Wikipedia cites 1 school shooting in India and 1 in the Philippines (I count two though the second is politically motivated. Ryan General – in his article – observes, “However, the school shootings that occur in the U.S. has never happened in the…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Extreme Individualism of Dawkin’s Selfish Gene Fallacy-False Premise “gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behaviour = “limited form of altruism” vs studies of compassion, Sprecher-Fehr = spirituality correlation +Mannheim in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoExtreme Individualism & Dawkins Fallacy Dawkins argues that “gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behaviour” – That is an excellent illustration in academia of what David Hay referred to as “Extreme Individualism” – a problem in Western Academia which Virgilio Enriquez also brought to light. Virgilio Enriquez…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA replied to the topic Twentieth Century in the discussion
English Literature on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months ago“Bibliografía de las obras de Samuel Beckett (1906-1989).” https://www.academia.edu/104883538/
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA replied to the topic Eighteenth Century in the discussion
English Literature on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoRetropost, 2013: The Duplicity of Choice and the Sense of an Ending https://vanityfea.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-duplicity-of-choice-and-sense-of_4.html
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Jonathan Rose started the topic CfP: Spectacle and Empathy: The Role of Excessive (Em)Body(ment) in Narrative in the discussion
English Literature on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoNarratives need bodies. Stories are populated by characters whose bodies serve as focalizers for our experience of the narrated world. Certain genres, like body horror, pornography or fanfiction, are predicated on bodily excess, “spill[ing] out over the spectator and penetrat[ing] them with sexual ecstasy or […] terrifying violence” (Linn). In th…[Read more]
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Jonathan Rose started the topic CfP: Spectacle and Empathy: The Role of Excessive (Em)Body(ment) in Narrative in the discussion
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoCfP for seminar session at NeMLA 2024, 7 to 10 March in Boston, MA
Narratives need bodies. Stories are populated by characters whose bodies serve as focalizers for our experience of the narrated world. Certain genres, like body horror, pornography or fanfiction, are predicated on bodily excess, “spill[ing] out over the spectator and p…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA replied to the topic Shakespeare in the discussion
English Literature on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months ago“La Noche de la Tempestad (Sobre la novela de César Vidal).” https://www.academia.edu/104883536/
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA replied to the topic Nineteenth-century in the discussion
English Literature on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoDarwin: Del Big Bang al hombre (1): https://personal.unizar.es/garciala/publicaciones/Darwinbigbang1.pdf
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA replied to the topic MEDIEVAL in the discussion
English Literature on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoSan Román García, Julio. “Sir Gawain: El poder del sol para un caballero artúrico deshonrado.” The Conversation 31 July 2023.* https://theconversation.com/sir-gawain-el-poder-del-sol-para-un-caballero-arturico-deshonrado-206139 2023
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Vitus Angermeier deposited Epidemic Prevention. Precursors of Public Health in Early Āyurveda? in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoĀyurveda, the predominant medical system in pre-modern South Asia, is by definition a very individualistic tradition of healing, discerning and treating the patients under special consideration of their personal constitution, diet, physical strength, habituation, character and age. Furthermore, the āyurvedic source texts show a strong commitment t…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA replied to the topic Shakespeare in the discussion
English Literature on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months ago“Ackroyd’s Shakespeare.” https://www.academia.edu/104883534/
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Dawkin’s Selfish Gene Fallacy-False Premise -a “limited form of altruism” vs studies of compassion = Oxford Handbook of Compassion, Sprecher and Fehr: spirituality correlated with compassion, Battle of Somme 50,000 casualties, esprit de corps Chosin Res. in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoDawkins Fallacy – False Premise
The statement, “However, as we shall see, there are special circumstances in which a gene can achieve its own selfish goals best by fostering a limited form of altruism at the level of individual animals.” Is a fallacy/false premise Historically, compassion and self-less behaviors are not a “limited form of alt…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited The Sydney Harbour Bridge, an engineering marvel in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThe Sydney Harbour Bridge is an icon on the Sydney urban landscape. The bridge is an engineering marvel of modernism and the early 20th hope of a new nation.
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