1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453823303321

Autore

Weisberg Richard H. <1944->

Titolo

In praise of intransigence : the perils of flexibility / / Richard H. Weisberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York. New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-19-933499-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 pages)

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Ethics, Modern

Adaptability (Psychology)

Rigidity (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Thinking about the way we think: how flexibility can be fatal -- The politics of compromise: "red-baiting" takes a new form -- The use and abuse of flexible distortion in the New Testament and early Christian thought -- Wartime France and the occupied British islands: two "flexiphobes" unyieldingly fight the genocidal trend and are joined by a sitting judge in Nazi Germany itself -- Secular story tellers present the limits of compromise: Shakespeare, Glaspell, and Faulkner -- Flexible distortions of American law and tradition, or how saints Paul and John influence fundamental social policy.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385053603316

Autore

Reynolds Edward <1599-1676.>

Titolo

The shieldes of the earth [[electronic resource] ] : a sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard Hutten, and Sir George Crook, at the assises holden at Northampton, February 25, 1634 / / by Edward Reynolds .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by Tho. Ratcliffe for George Thomason ..., 1659

Descrizione fisica

[2], 33 p

Soggetti

Sermons, English - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This work appears on reel 576:5 (as part of Divers sermons preached upon several occasions (Wing R1245A) and 1193:1.

Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113