1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830883403321

Titolo

Dating [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy for everyone : flirting with big ideas / / edited by Kristie Miller and Marlene Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

1-4443-4138-3

1-283-40703-5

9786613407030

1-4443-2455-1

1-4443-2454-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

Philosophy for everyone

Altri autori (Persone)

MillerKristie

ClarkMarlene

Disciplina

306.7301

646.77

Soggetti

Dating (Social customs)

Mate selection

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

DATING PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Flirting with Big Ideas: An Introduction to Dating - Philosophy for Everyone; PART I GETTING STARTED: From Flirting to Dating; 1 The Philosophy of Flirting; 2 Good Girls Don't, but Boys Don't Either: Toward a Conservative Position on Male Flirting; 3 Love for Sale: Dating as a Calculated Exchange; 4 The Dating Elevator: Pushing the Right Buttons and Moving from Floor to Floor; PART II NO-NO'S: Dating Taboos; 5 "Crazy in Love": The Nature of Romantic Love; 6 I'm Dating My Sister, and Other Taboos; 7 Just Pushy Enough

8 Buy My Love: On Sex Workers, Gold Diggers, and "Rules Girls"PART III ROLLING RIGHT ALONG: Dating Like a Pro; 9 Against Matchmaking; 10 Hitting the Bars with Aristotle: Dating in a Time of Uncertainty; 11 I've Never Been on a Date (yet Somehow I Got Married!); 12 Morality, Spontaneity, and the Art of Getting (Truly) Lucky on the First Date; PART IV ANOTHER WORLD: Cyber-Rendezvous; 13 Dating and Play in



Virtual Worlds; 14 How To Be Yourself in an Online World; PART V FROM DATE TO MATE: "Natural" Selection?

15 Evolutionary Psychology and Seduction Strategies: Should Science Teach Men How to Attract Women?16 Mating, Dating, and Mathematics: It's All in the Game; 17 Why Less May Be More: Dating and the City; Notes on Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Progressing from the first flirtatious moment of eye contact to the selection of a "mate," this enlightening book offers playful philosophical explorations of the dating game for anyone who has dated, is dating, or intends to date again.  Offers amusing and enlightening philosophical insights into the dating gameHelps demystify coupling in the 21st century for those young daters just entering the fray, and those veterans returning to the gameFeatures contributions from a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, communications, theolo

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910819181503321

Autore

Ellul Jacques <1912-1994, >

Titolo

Presence in the modern world / / Jacques Ellul ; a new translation by Lisa Richmond ; foreword by Ted Lewis ; introduction to Jacques Ellul's life and thought by David W. Gill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Eugene, Oregon : , : Cascade Books, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-4982-9135-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (148 pages)

Disciplina

248.4

261.8

Soggetti

Christian life

Church and social problems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Includes: "Bibliography of books by Jacques Ellul" [and also of books about him] (pages 113-118).



Nota di contenuto

Foreword / by Ted Lewis -- Translator's preface / by Lisa Richmond -- Author's preface -- The Christian in the world -- Revolutionary Christianity -- End and means -- Communication -- Prologue and conclusion -- Afterword : Notes on Revolution -- Introduction to Jacques Ellul's life and thought / by David W. Gill -- Bibliography of books by Jacques Ellul -- Topical index -- Scripture index.