As young boys both Jacques Rebiere & Thomas Midwinter become fascinated with trying to understand the human mind As psychiatrists their quest takes them from the squalor of the Victorian lunatic asylum to the crowded lecture halls of the renowned Professor Charcot in Paris; from the heights of the Sierra Madre in California to the plains of unexplored Africa As the concerns of the old century fade & the First World War divides Europe the two men's volatile relationship develops & changes but is always tempered by one exceptional woman; Thomas's sister Sonia Moving & challenging in equal measure Human Traces explores the question of what kind of beings men & women really are ...

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Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller Engaging ambitious & creative' Guardian Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try & understand the very nature of ourselves & the Universe in which we live Through the endless leaps of human minds it explores the extraordinary depth of our knowledge today & where our curiosity may lead us in the future With groundbreaking insight it reveals how time physics & chemistry came together to create a creature that can wonder at its own existence blessed with an unquenchable thirst to discover not just where it came from but how it can think where it is going & if it is alone Accompanies the acclaimed BBC TV series ...

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Why should we believe in God without any evidence? How can there be meaning in life when death is final? With historical adherents including such thinkers as Einstein Freud Philip Pullman & Frank Zappa Humanism's central quest is to make sense of such questions explaining the ethical & metaphysical by appealing to shared human values rationality & tolerance Essential reading for atheists agnostics ignostics freethinkers rationalists skeptics & believers too this Beginner's Guide will explain all aspects of the Humanist philosophy whilst providing an alternative & valuable conception of life without religion ...

Who are the Nones? What does humanism say about race religion & popular culture? How do race religion & popular culture inform & affect humanism? The demographics of the United States are changing marked most profoundly by the religiously unaffiliated or what we have to come to call the Nones Spread across generations in the United States this group encompasses a wide range of philosophical & ideological perspectives from some in line with various forms of theism to those who are atheistic & all sorts of combinations in between Similar changes to demographics are taking place in Europe & elsewhere Humanism Essays on Race Religion & Popular Culture provides a much-needed humanities-based analysis & description of humanism in relation to these cultural markers Whereas most existing analysis attempts to explain humanism through the natural & social sciences (the what of life) Anthony B Pinn explores humanism in relation to how life is arranged socialized ritualized & framed This ground-breaking publication brings together old & new essays on a wide range of topics & themes from the African-American experience to the development of humanist churches & the lyrics of Jay Z ...

Religion is currently gaining a much higher profile The number of faith schools is increasingly & religious points of view are being aired more frequently in the media As religion's profile rises those who reject religion including humanists often find themselves misunderstood & occasionally misrepresented Stephen Law explores how humanism uses science & reason to make sense of the world looking at how it encourages individual moral responsibility & shows that life can have meaning without religion Challenging some of the common misconceptions he seeks to dispute the claims that atheism & humanism are 'faith positions' & that without God there can be no morality & our lives are left without purpose Looking at the history of humanism & its development as a philosophical alternative he examines the arguments for & against the existence of God & explores the role humanism plays in moral & secular societies as well as in moral & religious education Using humanism to determine the meaning of life he shows that there is a positive alternative to traditional religious belief ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

This authoritative book provides a comprehensive analysis of the original idea of humanitarianism & its evolution exploring its triangulation with war & politics Tracing the profound changes in the culture & capacities that underpin the sector the authors assess the reinventions that constitute revolutions in humanitarian affairs 344 pages 19 Tables unspecified; 10 Maps; 14 Halftones black & white Hoffman Peter J ...