Best bibliography & index reference books according to redditors
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A common dictionary isn't the final authority on the meaning of a word. The Oxford English Dictionary or OED at some 20 or 25 volumes is continuously update and revised. For example the longest entry in the OED had been "Set" it is now the second.
>the verb ‘set’ with over 430 senses consisting of approximately 60,000 words or 326,000 characters
Terrorism is complex and not a simple easy concept.
Political Terrorism: A New Guide to Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories, and Literature 1st Edition by A.J. Jongman if my memory serves me correctly looks at over 100 plus elements for definitions. https://www.amazon.com/Political-Terrorism-Concepts-Theories-Literature/dp/1412804698
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 2004 look for "Terrorism The Definitional Problem" by Alex Schmid I downloaded and skimmed it is a start
This ends my part of the conversation. Good luck if you are looking to learn or fuck off if you wish to troll.
Settle down there Squidly, this old fart of a Marine will help you.
First of all, please subscribe to /r/ApplyingToCollege great crowd in there.
Second, how were your High School grades?
Were you average, below or above average as a high school student?
What do you want to study?
Do you have a family to support?
Do you want to stay in San Diego? (You don't have to - your GI Bill is valid anywhere in the US - in-state / out-of-state doesn't apply to you).
Visit your local library or Book Store and flip through this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Fiske-Guide-Colleges-2019-Edward/dp/1492662097
It's not expensive, but it's also not a book you'll really use more than 3 or 4 times.
Read what they have to say about the colleges you think you want to attend.
Snap a picture of those dozen or so write-ups.
There is a significant amount of literature on the passion traditions, particularly in the mid-twentieth century. If you can get your hands on it, the bibliographic guide by David Garland is an amazing resource. David E. Garland, One Hundred Years of Study on the Passion Narratives
Marion Soards' appendix to Raymond Brown's Death of the Messiah is a great summary of scholarship on the pre-Marcan passion narrative. Also, he has work on the special Lucan passion material, The Passion According to Luke: The Special Material of Luke 22
On the Lucan passion narrative, Jay Harrington has a thorough history of scholarship, including views on special Lucan sources, The Lukan Passion Narrative: Marcan Material in Luke 22,54– 23,25: An Historical Survey
Questions surrounding the passion narrative were among the crucial topics for critical research in the past century, particularly in the quest to find historical traditions about Jesus and establish the details surrounding his death. These works should get you started reading on these questions. I am writing my dissertation on the passion narratives, so I can point you further in reading, if you'd like. These questions have a particularly German flavor, and if you're able to read German your able to access the work scholars like Pesch, Schmidt, Schneider, Dormeyer, Gnilka, etc. who wrote extensively on the passion.
Here's a list of the key books in the field that I'm familiar with (by name and general contents, I've only actually read a few of them). I'm mainly focusing on what is relevant to the study of Twelver Shi'ism; there aren't many English language books on Zaidism, as far as I'm aware, and for Isma'ilism you can start with the works of Farhad Daftary.
I'll start with important works providing an overview of the area, and then give a rough breakdown by "era" (I may be a bit off regarding the era, and many of these books straddle two or more eras, so be warned). This list does not emphasize geographic studies of Shi'ism in various areas and countries, and rather traces the "core narrative" of the development of Shi'i intellectual history, which is typically thought of as happening in what is now modern day Iran, Iraq, and (especially in the post-Mongol/pre-Safavid era) Lebanon, and to a lesser extent in Bahrain. Once you've read the initial works, you should have a good idea about what's going on in each era, and you can pick and choose what to read based on your interests.
If you have no background in general Islamic history, you should first pick up a book on that subject. Tamim Ansary's Destiny Disrupted is an accessible non-academic book on general Islamic history (with an entertaining audiobook read by the author). If you want something heavier and more academic, Marshall G.S. Hodgson's The Venture of Islam is the classic three-volume reference in the field of Islamic studies, although it's a bit dated, especially in the third volume (covering the so-called "Gunpowder Empires"). Note that the standard introductory text on Shi'ism has long been Moojan Momen's book An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism, but this book is now a bit dated. Heinz Halm also has some surveys, but I'm less familiar with these; likewise for the surveys of Farhad Daftary (who is better known for his work on Isma'ilism than general Shi'ism).
Surveys, Background, and Introduction
The Succession and the so-called "Rashidun" Era
The Imams and Early Shi'is in the Ummayid and `Abbasid Eras
The Buyid, Seljuq, and Mongol Eras
The Safavid Era and the Scholars of Jabal Amil
The Iranian Interregnum Era
The Qajar Era
The Contemporary Era / Miscellaneous
Due at least in part to his Socratic methodological presuppositions and consequent rhetorical strategies, Kierkegaard frequently presents his philosophical ideas in literary form. Accordingly, when reading his work it is unwise to sharply separate the two.
While Repetition is not among Kierkegaard’s most influential works, neither is it among his least influential. It was certainly a huge influence on Deleuze’s 1968 Différence et Répétition, and has elicited comparisons of Kierkegaard’s category to Nietzsche’s notion of eternal recurrence (see, e.g., Kellenberger 1997). For a book length treatment, see especially Eriksen 2000.
Repetition is, thematically and in terms of publication date, a companion volume to Fear and Trembling. Kierkegaard’s fictive dialectician-humorist Johannes Climacus treats them together in Concluding Unscientific Postscript (see Hongs’ trans., pp. 261-68). See also Mark Taylor’s “Ordeal and Repetition in Kierkegaard’s Treatment of Abraham and Job” in Connell and Evans, eds. 1992. And yes, pseudonymity is important, concerning which see the following posts:
Kierkegaard and His Pseudonyms—Part I
Kierkegaard and His Pseudonyms—Part II
Kierkegaard and His Pseudonyms—Part III
A “Who’s Who” of Kierkegaard’s Formidable Army of Pseudonyms
On the Existential Labyrinth of Kierkegaardian Pseudonymity
The Intentional Unreliability of the Kierkegaardian Pseudonyms
In short, Kierkegaard is not Constantius, nor is he the Young Man. (The supplement in the Hongs’ translation has some portions from Kierkegaard’s journals and papers that help greatly clarify Kierkegaard’s own understanding of repetition.)
Might want to start here or here; see if these are in your university library. Use them to find other sources that aren't so dry.
It's a book.
I thought it would be light re-reading of stuff I knew. Turns out I don't know much about modern philosophies. Definitely some eye openers in there.
Jean Baudrillard changed my day to day thoughts on the world we live in.
The Book of Jewish Values: A Day-by-Day Guide to Ethical Living by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin might fit what you're thinking of? There are also a few basic-level mussar books that have daily readings, but mussar should really be done with a teacher, at least at first.
I also found this, this, and this on amazon, but I haven't read these and so can't vouch for them.
Also, if you're willing to hear a more orthodox perspective, ArtScroll has a whole selection of daily learning and inspirationals.
Not exactly, see below. The short answer is the ten commandments.
If you want a REALLY good primer on Jewish values, beliefs, and thoughts, take a look at the following:
Jewish Wisdom
Jewish Literacy
Jewish Values
A Code of Jewish Ethics
Chaim Halevi Donin's books
Between R. Telushkin and R. Donin you will get a very comprehensive intro to Judaism. I have personally read at least 6 of the 9 or so books posted here, and have found both to be exceptionally well written and informative. R. Telushkin is a personal favorite of mine, and I think he nails it every time, not only in terms of accuracy and quality of writing, but in making it actually enjoyable to read. Aka, when I sit down with one of his books, I will clear easily 600 to 800 pages a day.
Hope that helps!
I imagine if you just said 'natas' or something, people would think it's a spanish word and wouldn't get that it's satan backwards. Or I could be projecting. I first saw it backwards in a chapter of my friend's Amok Fifth Dispatch: Sourcebook for the Extremes of Information....and didn't get it right away
"Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics." --David Goodstein in States of Matter, 1975.
My son is 12 and he's been shown flat earth clips. I showed him my copies of The Smoking God and The Missing Diary of Admiral Byrd and he threw out his Flat Earth booklets. Discs are for playing with Frisbees, the Earth is hollow.
Few ideas
buy this book if you want to have a list of interesting books
http://www.amazon.com/Amok-Fifth-Dispatch-Sourcebook-Information/dp/1878923129
review from amazon:
The definitive reference work surveying the outer fringes of our information age. This is a collection of over 2000 of the most bizarre and controversial books available from hundreds of publishers worldwide - with a description of each book and ordering information. Huge book! Topics include: Mind Control, Anarchy, New World Order, Drugs, Murder and Mayhem, Forensics, Sexuality, Strange Science, Dada/Surrealism & Art, Sleaze, Cult Films, Kitsch, Exotica, Occult, Satan, Freemasonry, Parallax, Tactics, UFOs, Crowley, LaVey, Nietzsche, Rockwell, Malcolm X, Bataille, Breton, Szukalski etc... CAUTION: Contains ADULT Material.
There are most certainly "real" Gypsies in America. Here is an AMA by an adult American Gypsy on Reddit. Here is another by a 13 year-old. The reason you don't see them is because they are much better integrated. They aren't on street corners or fairs or music festivals. They are disproportionately represented in some industries such as fortune telling, scrap-metal dealing and car repairs, they prefer to stick to themselves and some are still so removed from mainstream society that fraud is an income source, but overall they are doing a lot better than the much larger number of European Gypsies.
a basic breakdown by the Smithsonian
a more detailed article by the Economist
a very detailed list of sources about Gypsies in America
> what if I'm wrong about everything? It's a lot to consider
Yes, it is, but you need to recognize there are no definitive answers either way. The Age of Reason is a good introduction to Deism and a book I highly recommend you read if you're interested in Deism, it deals with a lot of the questions you have asked.
> why does Jesus have to be divine to be worshipped/followed?
This is often an idea synonymous with Christian Deists, that Christ did a lot of good in the world and this is reason enough to follow him and his moral teachings, he doesn't have to be divine. Read the Jefferson Bible It focuses on Christ's humanity, his morals, and all the good he did in the world, without all the supernatural passages.
> fear/guilt over dismissing his divinity......... Oh, God left AFTER Jesus (A close friend proposed this belief.)
Jesus being 'God in the flesh' causes numerous problems for Deism, most notably because it is a claim that God interacted with people in the world and revealed himself to mankind in the form of Christ.
However, when you say God no longer intervened AFTER Christ, you still have numerous problems to contend with when you try to fit those beliefs into Deism:
> because this specific blog post didnt mention the other 3 themes, they are now DLC,
Okay, that's fair. They have mentioned 3 themes previously. Although, the screenshots that included the various themes have had a large response from the community that they're dissatisfied. Disagree with me if you wish, but the majority opinion based off the forums disagrees with you.
> hey are now DLC, and that somehow they said they are not making new
Given Atari's record of DLC, I wouldn't be surprised. Would you? I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, yet again, because it's an assumption. But, it's a relatively safe assumption since every game in the past 5 years has included DLC. Why would this be different?
> and that somehow they said they are not making new, better looking assets, and are just polishing up the old models, which they never said anything about one way or the other (if you can give me their exact quote that supports your comment, great).
You keep deferring to this argument, but there is a fine difference between temporary assets, new assets, and polishing assets. The existing assets, even if polished, I can't imagine a huge leap in quality. Think of it this way: If you play Final Fantasy X, and then played Final Fantasy X HD, you'll notice that there isn't that huge of a difference. Sure, you can notice a quality improvement, but it still looks just about the same.
> you are blatantly jumping to conclusions to make a rage filled opinion
Yes, because rage-induced opinions have elegantly formed sentence structure.
> again, i think you would do very well at kotaku.
I would do horrible, because see above. Since you're criticizing me like a child would, I would recommend you work for Kotaku with your disregard of proper punctuation, sentence structure, and your keen sense (or lack thereof) of fallacy logic in argumentative structures. This book will help with the latter one.
Google "Education Consultants Shanghai" or whatever city you're in: "Education Consultants Chengdu." You might get lucky to find a company looking and willing to train you. If you have the time and a bit of money saved up, get an IEC certification. It's an "Independent Education Consultant Certificate," and you can do them online or in-person. It's just a step in the direction. I'll admit that many people in the field have master's degrees.
A quick google showed me [some] (http://www.smartshanghai.com/jobs/education/13265) different companies in China, for example. I have no idea about those companies, so please don't consider this an endorsement of them. Go and find them on linked in. It's always better to apply to a company than a job board.
Check out some of the professional groups like HECA and IACAC. Join facebook groups and look around at job sites. Read a few books like "Harvard Schmarvard" and "College Match."
Looking for the job is great, but you should also know what you're expected to do when you get the job.
Buy the FISKE guide and familiarize yourself with colleges and universities in the US. If I asked you name 3 great engineering schools and 3 mid-tier engineering schools, could you do it? What are the top 3 schools for music performance, top 3 for music engineering, etc...
Also, check out /r/ApplyingToCollege and /r/ApplyingToCollegeINTL
Niche is very useful for reading the comments and getting a general feel for places - just don't rely on the grades that students give to their own school, and don't take the Niche rankings as gospel. The data is self selected, easy to manipulate, and not reliable. For example, the people who filled out the survey for Bob Jones University students gave their school an "A" for academics. They may believe that, but they are hardly objective. And one disgruntled student can fill out the survey over and over to bring down the ranking for their school (or even for a rival school).
Order the Fiske Guide from Amazon - you can get it delivered in a couple of days for 15-20 bucks. Well worth it.
https://www.amazon.com/Fiske-Guide-Colleges-2019-Edward/dp/1492662097
I think there may be an online version too.
I previously found a great explanation of research questions and thesis statements in William Badke's book. Maybe it'll help you. Badke on Amazon.com
> Is maximizing democracy always a benefit? If it were, a democracy of one would be ideal. Yet generally people recognize that there are problems that can't be solved without covenants of responsibilities enforced by an organization with the ability to override an individual's preference when it serves to ameliorate those problems.
A complicated question. There are tons of problems associated with democracy. In a democracy, with the right to vote, we are all capable of making binding decisions. In other words, I can force you to follow a law if I got a majority supporting me.
That is a pretty big deal. At the very least, you and me should demand that every person with the right to vote must be a competent person that knows to a reasonable extent what they are voting on. But that is not the case.
Then there is deliberation. In a mega democracy, debates and media play a vital role. They give us the information of which we make our choices. But the media does not give every opinion a balanced chance.
You point out that progress is a result of humans solving problems in groups, that would be impossible to solve alone. Therefor, most have recognized that individual preferences must be overridden by a system of law. The common answer to democracy relies mostly of the assumption that humans have an intrensic value, and from there we can gather what rights and values protect the intrensic worth of a human, and then see that a system which protect all rights and values of a human is likely a democracy. At least that is roughly what we gather from Robert Dahl. (From here, here and here, if you have access to any of them I can help finding relevant chapters/pages)
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I recognize that democracy is a functional system to drive human progress, we cannot all have our way and democracy given that the system strives to follow the 5 democratic criteria of Dahl seems to do a good job of sharing burdens and boons among its members. The problem comes when you mix dictatorship and democracy. Let us say for instance, that the position of minister of health was auctioned off every fourth year instead of voted on. Who would be in charge? I'd wager it would be tobacco interests every period. I claim that a system where you auction off positions of power in a democracy would taint it and make the democracy dysfunctional. That is a problem today, because some of the most powerful positions are not within the government, but rather in the private sector. And there are no democracy in the private sector. We are all blinded by the fact that the government can issue laws over the private sector. In practicality, it hardly can. This mix of two worlds, one where power is given by capital and another where power is given by convincing large masses of people to vote on you (which often costs capital) gives us the tainted modern mega democracies where the tobacco industry is one of the largest lobbyists in the EU and two persons from the upper class ran to be the representative of the people.
But there is a reason not to include democracy in the workplace, or at least a reason for the wealthiest to resist it. Democracy will over time eventually lead to socialism (worker ownership, the proper definition of socialism, not the 'the more a state does, the socialester it is definition) which is why our system must not be fully democratic.
There's a great book on interesting geological sites that you can visit by public transit. Even if geology is not your thing, a lot of them are just pretty places to go for a walk/hike.
https://www.amazon.com/Streetcar-Subduction-Transport-Francisco-Publications/dp/0875902340
I am currently learning RDA in school (I'm just finishing my penultimate semester), and we have been using Maxwell's RDA Handbook, which I think was a great investment to make. I'm just surprised that the libraries you are applying to are not open to derived cataloguing, the academic library I work at part time practices this exclusively.
It's always best to at least state what you are definitely not interested in. Anyhow, first I would suggest this, it will give you an in depth idea of the whole field of ethics, so when you read Peter Singer for example, you will know why and how his work matters, how it relates to others, what are the problems with it. Generally, if you find a topic interesting but don't know where to begin, look for a companion - then you can narrow down to particular ideas that interest you, pick things from their bibliography etc. If the academic writing is too dull for you, I have previously mentioned Eichmann in Jerusalem by Arendt (a very famous work on the ethics of the Holocaust organizers) and Hiding from Humanity by Nussbaum (deals with the ethics of involving emotion based judgments in lawmaking and court proceedings) - those are high quality works that are nevertheless accessible and interesting to read. Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics is a classic in virtue ethics. JS Mill is the most influential utilitarian, and Kant - deontologist. If you read those 3 authors, you will have a general understanding of the 3 main branches of ethics. Now the question is whether to read the authors themselves or rather contemporary literature of virtue/utilitarian/deontological ethics, which of course has advanced immensely over the centuries. I would say go for the latter. Companions (''to deontological ethics'' etc.) are always good.
I would argue that it is not an opinion. Simply because there have been many Political Science papers that have been peer-reviewed and published indicating that in order for a democracy to function properly, people must be informed and participate.
A good book to read about it is The Democracy Sourcebook. Cites many of said relevant papers.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Democracy-Sourcebook-Robert-Dahl/dp/0262541475/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372186474&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Democracy+Sourcebook