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Author | : Adam Bellow |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 2004-07-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1400079020 |
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A wide-ranging, surprising, and eloquently argued book that offers a pragmatic and erudite look at the innate human inclination toward nepotism—from ancient Chinese clans to families like the Gores, Kennedys, and Bushes. • “Fascinating and well-researched.” —Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker and Steve Jobs Nepotism is one of those social habits we all claim to deplore in America; it offends our sense of fair play and our pride in living in a meritocracy. But somehow nepotism prevails; we all want to help our own and a quick glance around reveals any number of successful families whose sons and daughters have gone on to accomplish objectively great things, even if they got a little help from their parents. Bellow explores how nepotism has produced both positive and negative effects throughout history. As he argues, nepotism practiced badly or haphazardly is an embarrassment to all (including the incompetent beneficiary), but nepotism practiced well can satisfy a deep biological urge to provide for our children and even benefit society as a whole. In Praise of Nepotism is a judicious look at a controversial but timeless subject that has never been explored with such depth or candor, and a fascinating natural history of how families work.
Author | : Adam Bellow |
Publisher | : Doubleday Books |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Stephen T. Asma |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0226029867 |
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A polymath philosopher shares lighthearted examples of humanity's unspoken instinct toward favoritism to argue against zealous pursuits of fairness.
Author | : Alfonso Troisi |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0199393400 |
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The Painted Mind combines art and science. Its scientific focus is on the evolutionary study human mind and behavior, and each chapter is inspired by a masterpiece painting, reproduced accurately and in full color. Throughout the book, Dr. Troisi integrates discussion of each painting's artistic significance with theories of the human mind's evolution.
Author | : Adam Bellow |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 2004-07-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0385493894 |
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A wide-ranging, surprising, and eloquently argued book that offers a pragmatic and erudite look at the innate human inclination toward nepotism—from ancient Chinese clans to families like the Gores, Kennedys, and Bushes. • “Fascinating and well-researched.” —Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker and Steve Jobs Nepotism is one of those social habits we all claim to deplore in America; it offends our sense of fair play and our pride in living in a meritocracy. But somehow nepotism prevails; we all want to help our own and a quick glance around reveals any number of successful families whose sons and daughters have gone on to accomplish objectively great things, even if they got a little help from their parents. Bellow explores how nepotism has produced both positive and negative effects throughout history. As he argues, nepotism practiced badly or haphazardly is an embarrassment to all (including the incompetent beneficiary), but nepotism practiced well can satisfy a deep biological urge to provide for our children and even benefit society as a whole. In Praise of Nepotism is a judicious look at a controversial but timeless subject that has never been explored with such depth or candor, and a fascinating natural history of how families work.
Author | : Joy White |
Publisher | : Watkins Media Limited |
Total Pages | : 151 |
Release | : 2020-05-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1912248697 |
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An uncompromising wake-up call. Joy White tells uncomfortable truths and blows apart our understanding of racism, crime and policing in our inner-cities. Since the 1980s, austerity, gentrification and structural racism have wreaked havoc on inner-city communities, widening inequality and entrenching poverty. In Terraformed, Joy White offers an insiders view of Forest Gate -- an urban neighbourhood in London -- analysing how these issues affect the black youth of today. Connecting the dots between music, politics and the built environment, it centres on the lived experiences of black youth who have had it all: huge student debt, invisible homelessness, custodial sentences, electronic tagging, surveillance, arrest, police brutality, issues with health and well-being, and of course, loss. Part ethnography, part memoir, Terraformed uses the history of Newham, London as an example of inner-city life across the globe and considers how young black lives are affected by racism, capitalism and austerity.
Author | : Michael Parenti |
Publisher | : Seven Stories Press |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2011-01-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1609801202 |
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One of America’s most astute and engaging political analysts, Michael Parenti shows us that culture is a changing process and the product of a dynamic interplay between a wide range of social and political interests. Drawing from cultures around the world, Parenti shows that beliefs and practices are readily subjected to political manipulation, and that many parts of culture are being commodified, separated from their group or communal origins, to be packaged and sold to those who can pay for them. Folk culture is giving way to a corporate market culture. Art, science, medicine, and psychiatry can be used as instruments of cultural control, and even marriage, the "foundation of society," has been misused by heterosexuals across the centuries. Using vivid examples and riveting arguments throughout, ranging from the everyday to the esoteric, and penned with eloquence and irony, The Culture Struggle presents a collection of snapshots of our time.
Author | : Zgheib, Philippe W. |
Publisher | : IGI Global |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2014-11-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1466672552 |
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Corporations have a social responsibility to assist in the overall well-being of their communities through the compliance of moral business standards and practices. However, many societies still face serious issues related to unethical business practices. Business Ethics and Diversity in the Modern Workplace investigates the ethical frameworks within modern corporations and their impact on the communities they serve. With a focus on autonomous decision making in complex quandaries, this book is an all-inclusive reference source for students, researchers, practitioners, and managers who are concerned with the various ethical dilemmas within businesses, as well as evaluating moral issues impacting societal welfare.
Author | : Garrison Keillor |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2004-08-31 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101126957 |
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In this charming departure from Lake Wobegon, bestselling author Garrison Keillor tells a hilarious and heartwarming tale of ambition, success and failure, and the virtues of real love. Aspiring writer Larry Wyler leads a quiet, decent life with his do-gooder wife, Iris, in St. Paul, Minnesota, but he wants more. When his literary debut becomes a hit, he departs for a Manhattan apartment, a job at the New Yorker, and three- martini lunches with the great editor, William Shawn. But when his second novel bombs and he finds himself in the grip of writer's block, Wyler discovers that success—and the New York publishing scene—is a fickle mistress, indeed. Creatively barren, nearly destitute, and longing for Iris, he accepts a job writing "Ask Mr. Blue," a column doling out advice to the lovelorn. It may not be glamorous work, but through it Wyler discovers what's really important and sets out to win back the woman he left behind.
Author | : Helene Stapinski |
Publisher | : Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2002-03-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0375758704 |
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Now a PBS documentary, this astonishing memoir of growing up in rough-and-tumble Jersey City “will steal your heart” (People) With deadpan humor and obvious affection, Five-Finger Discount recounts the story of an unforgettable New Jersey family of swindlers, bookies, embezzlers, and mobster-wannabes. In the memoir Mary Karr calls “a page-turner,” Helene Stapinski ingeniously weaves the checkered history of her hometown of Jersey City—a place known for its political corruption and industrial blight—with the tales that have swirled around her relatives for decades. Navigating a childhood of toxic waste and tough love, Stapinski tells an extraordinary tale at once heartbreaking and hysterically funny. Praise for Five-Finger Discount “By turns hilarious and alarming, [Helene Stapinski’s] book reads on the surface like something by Damon Runyon and Elmore Leonard, with a dark undertow of real-life pain and disillusion.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “It’s a brilliant book, a darling book. It is the blessedly modest chronicle of a magical consciousness that seems to have been born pulling diamonds out of the muck, hearing angels’ voices in the fiercest thunder. . . . I adored every word of this wondrous book. Get it. Read it.”—Michael Pakenham, The Baltimore Sun “In the tradition of . . . Rita Mae Brown and Amy Tan, Ms. Stapinski is an exciting writer, unabashedly candid, and at the same time unashamedly self-contained. Five-Finger Discount is a must-read.”—Victoria Gotti, The New York Observer “What [Frank] McCourt did for Limerick, Ireland, Helene Stapinski does for Jersey City.”—The Star-Ledger “Hugely entertaining.”—The Sunday Times (London)