Plagues of the mind : the new epidemic of false knowledge / Bruce S. Thornton |
Autore | Thornton, Bruce S. |
Edizione | [Revised ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wilmington, : ISI Books, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | XXX, 279 p. ; 23 cm |
Disciplina | 306.42 |
Soggetto non controllato | Conoscenza - Sociologia |
ISBN | 1882926897 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910869701203321 |
Thornton, Bruce S. | ||
Wilmington, : ISI Books, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Plagues of the mind : the new epidemic of false knowledge / / Bruce S. Thornton |
Autore | Thornton Bruce S. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , [1999] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
Disciplina | 149.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Truthfulness and falsehood
Error |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4976-4893-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover Page; Title Page; Contents; PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: Of the Causes of Error; CHAPTER 1: Knowledge is Virtue; CHAPTER 2: "Feeling is All"; CHAPTER 3: Discontented with Civilization; CHAPTER 4: Tragedy and Therapy; PART II: Of Three Popular and Received Ideas; CHAPTER 5: Romantic Environmentalism; CHAPTER 6: The White Man's Golden Age Red Man; CHAPTER 7: The False Goddess and Her Lost Paradise; CONCLUSION The Examined Life; NOTES; INDEX; Copyright Page |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910478903303321 |
Thornton Bruce S. | ||
Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , [1999] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A pope and a president : John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the extraordinary untold story of the 20th century / / Paul Kengor |
Autore | Kengor Paul <1966-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (532 pages) |
Disciplina | 327.73047 |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - United States
Popes Anti-communist movements - History World politics - 1945-1989 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-61017-143-8
1-5040-4691-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: May 13, 1981 : Moscow Takes Its Shot -- Part 1: Warnings and Beginnings -- May 13, 1917 : An Echo -- October 26, 2017 : The Devils Take Over -- May 1920-June 1922 : A Birth in Poland and a Rebirth in the Midwest -- Part 2: Persecutions and Errors -- 1924-1939 : The "Satanic Scourge" of Communism -- 1939-1945 : Blood, Blood, Blood, and Again Blood -- 1945-1952 : The Iron Curtain Descends -- 1956-1963 : Crushing Hungary and Smearing Pius XII -- November 22, 1963 : Communism's Errors Reach Dallas -- Part 3: Wojtyla and Reagan Rising -- 1946-1959 : Battling Communists in Poland and Hollywood -- The 1960s : A Time for Choosing -- May 6, 1975 : The Dry Martyrdom of Cardinal Mindszenty -- Summer of 1976 : Two Freedom Fighters in America -- 1977-1978 : "We Win and They Lose" -- 1978-1979 : "Be Not Afraid" -- 1980-1981 : An Era of Renewal -- Part 4: Game Changers -- March 30, 1981 : A Bullet for a President -- March 29-30, 1981 : The Soviet Invasion That Wasn't -- May 13, 1981 : A (Soviet) Bullet for a Pope -- May-September 1981 : Commencement -- December 13, 1981 : Martial Law -- January-June 1982 : Face to Face in the Vatican -- July-December 1982 : Moscow Under Suspicion -- 1983 : Dealing with an "Evil Empire" -- March 25, 1984 : The Consecration of Russia -- May 1984 : Together Again -- October 19, 1984 : The Martyrdom of Father Jerzy Popieluszko -- March 1985 : A New Kind of Soviet Leader -- May 1985 : A President in Portugal -- May 1985 : "The Russians Did It" -- Part 5: Ending an Evil Empire -- November 1985-December 1987 : The President and the "Closet Christian" -- December 8, 1987 : An Immaculate Peace -- June-December 1987 : Reagan's Fátima Briefing -- May-June 1988 : Reagan's Mission to Moscow -- June 1988 : Ending the Soviet "War on Religion" -- 1989-1991 : The Collapse of the Evil Empire -- Part 6: Revelations and Goodbyes -- May 13, 2000 : The Third Secret of Fátima, Revealed -- June 5, 2004 : Ronald Reagan's Silent Goodbye -- April 2, 2005 : Divine Mercy for John Paul II -- Epilogue: June 27, 2011 : Kindred Spirits, Kindred Souls. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511629003321 |
Kengor Paul <1966-> | ||
Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , [2017] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The quest for community : a study in the ethics of order and freedom / / Robert Nisbet ; with an introduction by Ross Douthat |
Autore | Nisbet Robert A. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 pages) |
Disciplina | 320.50904 |
Soggetto topico |
Ethics
Social ethics Social sciences and ethics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480363003321 |
Nisbet Robert A. | ||
Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reclaiming the American right : the lost legacy of the conservative movement / / Justin Raimondo ; with a new introduction by George W. Carey |
Autore | Raimondo Justin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , [2008] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 287 pages) |
Disciplina | 320.520973 |
Soggetto topico | Conservatism - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-5040-5789-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910467200503321 |
Raimondo Justin | ||
Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , [2008] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rendezvous with destiny : Ronald Reagan and the campaign that changed America / / Craig Shirley |
Autore | Shirley Craig |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (842 pages) |
Disciplina | 324.9730926 |
Soggetto topico | Presidents - United States - Election - 1980 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464056903321 |
Shirley Craig | ||
Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rendezvous with destiny : Ronald Reagan and the campaign that changed America / / Craig Shirley |
Autore | Shirley Craig |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (842 pages) |
Disciplina | 324.9730926 |
Soggetto topico | Presidents - United States - Election - 1980 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788270603321 |
Shirley Craig | ||
Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rendezvous with destiny : Ronald Reagan and the campaign that changed America / / Craig Shirley |
Autore | Shirley Craig |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (842 pages) |
Disciplina | 324.9730926 |
Soggetto topico | Presidents - United States - Election - 1980 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808047203321 |
Shirley Craig | ||
Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The roots of American order / / Russell Kirk |
Autore | Kirk Russell |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wilmington, DE : , : ISI Books, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 pages) |
Disciplina | 320.09 |
Soggetto topico |
Political science - History
Law - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword -- 1. Order, the first need of all -- 2. The law and the prophets : From Mount Sinai to Massachusetts Bay ; Jerusalem: triumph and disaster ; The God of justice ; Righteousness and wrath ; Under God in time and history ; The Old Testament and the new America -- 3. Glory and ruin: the Greek world : The one betraying flaw of the Hellenes ; Solon and the Athenian polity ; And the house fell ; The cave and the dust-storm ; Aristotle and political forms -- 4. Virtue and power: the roman tension : The high old Roman virtue ; Cicero and the law of nature ; Imperial splendor and misery ; Marcus Aurelius as exemplar ; These ruins are inhabited -- 5. The genius of Christianity : The suffering servant comes ; We are God's utopia ; Living in a sinful world ; Two there are by whom this world is ruled -- 6. The light of the Middle Ages : A neglected inheritance ; The reign of law ; The frame of the English constitution ; The sword of faith ; Schoolmen and universities --
7. The Reformers' drum : A little lower than the angels ; The priesthood of all believers ; England's middle path ; Kirk and covenant -- 8. The constitution of Church and State : Civil War and recovery of order ; The face of leviathan ; An Anglican doctor and a Puritan lay preacher ; A note on John Locke ; The politics of Whigs -- 9. Salutary neglect: the Colonial order : Austerity, isolation, and freedom ; American gentlemen ; Representative Assemblies and local autonomy ; The new world's Christianity -- 10. Eighteenth-century intellects : Constitutional order: Montesquieu ; Skeptical realism: Hume ; The laws of England: Blackstone ; The politics of prudence: Burke -- 11. Declaration and Constitution : A revolution not made, but prevented? ; Justifying the separation ; The spirit of laws realised: the new Constitution ; The Federal Constitution and religious belief -- 12. Contending against American disorder : The power of laws and mores ; Lincoln and the defense of the American order ; Brownson and the just society ; In God's own good time. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464047903321 |
Kirk Russell | ||
Wilmington, DE : , : ISI Books, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Roots of freedom : a primer on modern liberty / / John W. Danford |
Autore | Danford John W. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , [2004] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (211 p.) |
Disciplina |
323.09
323/.09 |
Soggetto topico | Liberty - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4976-4890-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Roots in Ancient Greece; Chapter 2 Roots in Premodern Christianity; Chapter 3 The Emergence from Feudalism; Chapter 4 The Protestant Reformation; Chapter 5 The Modern Project; Chapter 6 Science, Ambition, and Conquest; Chapter 7 Natural Rights and the Natural Condition; Chapter 8 Property and Liberty; Chapter 9 Commerce and Liberty; Chapter 10 Wealth, Cooperation, and Freedom; Chapter 11 Prices and Markets; Chapter 12 American Liberty; Chapter 13 Majority Tyranny; Chapter 14 Free Societies and the Future; Index
Copyright Page |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511459803321 |
Danford John W. | ||
Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , [2004] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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