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KI in der Psychologie - ist der Mensch eine Maschine? (essentials)
by Peter Gloor Marc SchreiberIm Buch wird die Frage diskutiert, ob der Mensch eine Maschine ist und ob Algorithmen der künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) das menschliche Erleben und Handeln jemals komplett abbilden können werden. Die Fragen werden sowohl aus der Perspektive der Psychologie als auch aus derjenigen der Informatik beleuchtet. Anhand von konkreten Projekten werden die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede der beiden Perspektiven erläutert und es werden Probleme sowie ethische Fragestellungen im Zusammenhang mit der Anwendung von KI-Algorithmen in psychologischen Anwendungsfeldern thematisiert.
KI trifft Menschlichkeit: Warum unser Menschsein die treibende Kraft für eine sinnvolle Zukunft ist (Fit for Future)
by Jörg RistauDie KI-Revolution ist längst Realität – und sie stellt uns vor eine entscheidende Frage: Lassen wir uns von der Technik treiben oder nutzen wir sie, um unsere Kreativität, Empathie und Sinnhaftigkeit auf ein neues Level zu heben? Dieses Buch ist ein Weckruf, KI bewusst und wirkungsvoll einzusetzen – nicht als Ersatz, sondern als Verstärkung unserer Menschlichkeit. Denn die Revolution der KI ist keine technische – sie ist eine menschliche Revolution. Mit wegweisenden Impulsen für eine zukunftsorientierte Führung, die Menschlichkeit ins Zentrum rückt, und praxisnahen Werkzeugen zeigt dieses Buch, wie wir die Beziehung zwischen Mensch und Maschine aktiv gestalten können. Damit Führungskräfte, Unternehmen und jeder Einzelne die Möglichkeiten der Digitalisierung klug nutzen – ohne das Wesentliche aus den Augen zu verlieren.
KPB - Kompaktverfahren Psychische Belastung
by Institut für angewandte ArbeitswissenschSeit der Novellierung des Arbeitsschutzgesetzes ist die psychische Belastung im Rahmen der Gefährdungsbeurteilung explizit zu berücksichtigen. Die zunehmende Bedeutung der psychischen Gesundheit in der Arbeitswelt verdeutlicht, dass psychische Faktoren im Rahmen der Prävention wichtig sind. Das Kompaktverfahren Psychische Belastung gibt einen Überblick über die rechtlichen Grundlagen und beschreibt eine gestufte Vorgehensweise zur Ermittlung und Bewertung psychischer Belastung bei der Arbeit. Die praktische Arbeit wird mit einfachen Checklisten und Verfahrenshinweisen für die Beurteilung und Dokumentation der Gefährdungsbeurteilung unterstützt. Die vorliegende fünfte überarbeitete Version des in der Praxis bewährten KPB berücksichtigt die Empfehlungen der Gemeinsamen Deutschen Arbeitsschutzstrategie (GDA).
KPB - Kompaktverfahren Psychische Belastung: Werkzeug zur Durchführung der Gefährdungsbeurteilung (ifaa-Edition)
by ifaa – Institut für angewandte Arbeitswissenschaft e.V.Seit der Novellierung des Arbeitsschutzgesetzes ist die psychische Belastung im Rahmen der Gefährdungsbeurteilung explizit zu berücksichtigen. Die zunehmende Bedeutung der psychischen Gesundheit in der Arbeitswelt verdeutlicht, dass psychische Faktoren im Rahmen der Prävention wichtig sind. Das Kompaktverfahren Psychische Belastung gibt einen Überblick über die rechtlichen Grundlagen und beschreibt eine gestufte Vorgehensweise zur Ermittlung und Bewertung psychischer Belastung bei der Arbeit. Die praktische Arbeit wird mit einfachen Checklisten und Verfahrenshinweisen für die Beurteilung und Dokumentation der Gefährdungsbeurteilung unterstützt. Die vorliegende fünfte überarbeitete Version des in der Praxis bewährten KPB berücksichtigt die Empfehlungen der Gemeinsamen Deutschen Arbeitsschutzstrategie (GDA).
KaBOOM! How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play
by Stuart Brown Darell HammondKaBOOM! chronicles Darell Hammond's amazing journey from a childhood spent living in a group home in Illinois to becoming the cofounder and CEO of KaBOOM!, an organization with this mission at its core: harnessing the power of community to save play for children... one playground at a time. Like The Blue Sweater and Three Cups of Tea, KaBOOM! demonstrates how one idealist can change the world and how small, civic-minded steps create a ripple effect that can precipitate change in communities and eventually change in the world at large. More than just a memoir, KaBOOM! is a call to action that will inspire readers by challenging them to rethink traditional notions of community and social change. This is the story of a man with a vision: Play is the best natural resource in a creative economy. Kids need more of it-it is not a luxury but a necessity for their lives. Through hard work, commitment, and the conviction that access to a safe play environment is the fundamental right of all children, Hammond built an organization that has raised almost $200 million, directly built 2,000 playgrounds with a million volunteers, and touched the lives of countless children and families. Photo captions are included after the index, starting on p. 287.
Kabbalah: El Poder de Cambiarlo Todo
by Yehuda BergYehuda Berg's new book puts power back in the hands of the people. Taking into account the urgency of our times, Berg used the immediacy of social networking to engage the public in this book's creation, helping draft a new reality where everyone benefits. Each section focuses on a topic of concern to global citizens, from the environment and healthcare to the ongoing financial crisis. A special section shows how readers can use the principles of Kabbalah to effect positive change in themselves and in the world.
Kabbalah: The Power to Change Everything
by Yehuda BergFrom best-selling author and noted teacher and speaker Yehuda Berg comes a thought-provoking call to action on our current global crisis. Positing that our collective abdication of responsibility -- in every facet of our lives, including business and the economy, the environment, government and politics, healthcare, education, and religion -- has contributed to the problems and challenges we face, Berg asserts that taking responsibility for our actions (or lack thereof) and their consequences is the key to achieving change for the better. Berg urges readers to access the power within each of us, using the principles of Kabbalah, in order to create the consciousness shift required for lasting positive change.
Kaizen: The Japanese Secret To Lasting Change--small Steps To Big Goals
by Sarah HarveyReach your goals with Kaizen—the Japanese art of gentle self-improvement From Hygge to Ikigai, positive philosophies have taken the world by storm. Now, Kaizen—meaning “good change”—will help you transform your habits, without being too hard on yourself along the way. With Kaizen, even the boldest intention becomes a series of small, achievable steps. Each person’s approach will be different, which is why it’s so effective. First popularized by Toyota, Kaizen is already proven in the worlds of business and sports. Here, Sarah Harvey shows how to apply it to your health, relationships, money, career, hobbies, and home—and how to tailor it to your personality. Kaizen is the key to lasting change!
Kaliningrad: the European Amber Region (Routledge Revivals)
by Pertti Joenniemi Jan PrawitzFirst published in 1998, this book reflects a concern for Kaliningrad. Too little is known about the region, developments in recent years have not been sufficiently covered and it is rarely integrated, in terms of analysis, with the way post-Cold War Europe is viewed more generally.
Kansas And The West: New Perspectives
by Rita NapierKansas is steeped in the lore and legends of the Old West-from Dodge City to the Dust Bowl days. But, as these authors show, that leaves out a lot of state history. Drawing on scholarship that has transformed our understanding of the history of both state and region, Kansas and the West introduces readers to a wide range of people, places, and themes that demonstrate the complex relationships among race, class, gender, and environment. In so doing, it also puts to rest many of the myths that have dominated western history for so long, reflecting both the positive and the negative consequences of human actions over 150 years of Kansas history. The collection gathers eighteen key writings that take readers through three eras. The dispossession and resettlement of Native Americans is seen in such pieces as Elliot West's "Story of Three Families" and Richard White's "Cultural Landscape of the Pawnees." The nineteenth-century evolution from "Bleeding Kansas" to a modern state is seen in works ranging from writings on the Civil War era by Bill Cecil-Fronsman and Richard Sheridan to observations on road improvements by Paul Sutter. And selected aspects of Kansas in the twentieth century are seen in such contributions as Donald Worster's controversial views on the Dust Bowl, Mary Dudziak's article on desegregation in 1950s Topeka, and a look at labor in the beefpacking industry by Donald Stull and Michael Broadway. By incorporating voices from history that have too long been lost in the din of tradition—especially the voices of Native Americans and blacks, women and laborers—Kansas and the West provides a provocative and much-needed new view of the state's past. A book that will prove fascinating for general readers, instructive for students, and an invaluable touchstone for scholars, it brings us different stories, new actors, and fresh images that challenge some of our most cherished views of the West—and in the process shows us that complexity and diversity have always characterized what we have habitually thought of as "simpler times."
Kant and Education: Interpretations and Commentary (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy)
by Chris W. Surprenant Klas RothImmanuel Kant’s moral philosophy, political philosophy, and philosophy of judgement have been and continue to be widely discussed among many scholars. The impact of his thinking is beyond doubt and his ideas continue to inspire and encourage an on-going dialogue among many people in our world today. Given the historical and philosophical significance of Kant’s moral, political, and aesthetic theory, and the connection he draws between these theories and the appropriate function and methodology of education, it is surprising that relatively little has been written on Kant’s contribution to education theory. Recently, however, internationally recognized Kant scholars such as Paul Guyer, Manfred Kuehn, Richard Velkley, Robert Louden, Susan Shell, and others have begun to turn their attention to Kant’s writings on education and the role of education in cultivating moral character. Kant and Education: Interpretations and Commentary has gathered these scholars together with the aim of filling this perceived void in Kant scholarship. All of the essays contained within this volume will examine either Kant’s ideas on education through an historical analysis of his texts; or the importance and relevance of his moral philosophy, political philosophy, and/or aesthetics in contemporary education theory (or some combination).
Kant's Critical Religion: Volume Two of Kant's "System of Perspectives" (Routledge Revivals)
by Stephen R. PalmquistThis title was first published in 2000. Applying the new perspectival method of interpreting Kant he expounded in earlier works, Palmquist examines a broad range of Kant's philosophical writings to present a fresh view of his thought on theology, religion, and religious experience.
Kant, Herder, and the Birth of Anthropology
by John H. ZammitoIf Kant had never made the "critical turn" of 1773, would he be worth more than a paragraph in the history of philosophy? Most scholars think not. But in this pioneering book, John H. Zammito challenges that view by revealing a precritical Kant who was immensely more influential than the one philosophers think they know. Zammito also reveals Kant's former student and latter-day rival, Johann Herder, to be a much more philosophically interesting thinker than is usually assumed and, in many important respects, historically as influential as Kant. Relying on previously unexamined sources, Zammito traces Kant's friendship with Herder as well as the personal tensions that destroyed their relationship. From this he shows how two very different philosophers emerged from the same beginnings and how, because of Herder's reformulation of Kant, anthropology was born out of philosophy. Shedding light on an overlooked period of philosophical development, this book is a major contribution to the history of philosophy and the social sciences, and especially to the history of anthropology.
Kant: Anthropology Imagination Freedom (Morality, Society and Culture)
by John RundellIn a new reading of Immanuel Kant’s work, this book interrogates his notions of the imagination and anthropology, identifying these – rather than the problem of reason – as the two central pivoting orientations of his work. Such an approach allows a more complex understanding of his critical-philosophical program to emerge, which includes his accounts of reason, politics and freedom as well as subjectivity and intersubjectivity, or sociabilities. Examining Kant’s theorisation of the complexity of our phenomenological existence, the author explores his transcendental move that includes reason and understanding whilst emphasising the importance of the faculty of the imagination to undergird both, before moving to consider Kant’s pluralised, transcendental notion of freedom. This outstanding book will appeal to scholars with interests in philosophy, politics, anthropology and sociology, working on questions of imagination, reason, subjectivities and human freedom.
Kapitalismus, Herrschaft und Max Weber. Ausgewählte Aufsätze: Herausgegeben von Steffen Sigmund (Studien zum Weber-Paradigma)
by Guenther RothGuenther Roths vielfältige Arbeiten sind mit dem Werk Max Webers untrennbar verknüpft. Seine textgenaue und präzise Übersetzung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft ins Englische eröffnete ganz neue Chancen zu einer systematischen Auseinandersetzung mit Weber in der angelsächsischen Welt, seine detaillierten und historisch genauen Untersuchungen der Kontexte und der familiären Konstellationen, in die Weber eingebunden war, ermöglichen ein zeit- und milieusensibles Verständnis seiner Biographie und seine differenzierten makrosoziologischen Untersuchungen zu Herrschaft, Politik und Kapitalismus machen das analytische Potential dieses Ansatzes deutlich.Der vorliegende Band versammelt zentrale Texte von Guenther Roth. Sie sind soziologiegeschichtlich bedeutsam und für aktuelle Problemstellungen aufschlussreich. Sie zeigen, wie ein Anschluss an Webers Werk in historischer und systematischer Hinsicht neue Perspektivieren eröffnen kann und machen die Fruchtbarkeit des Weber Paradigmas für aktuelle Fragestellungen deutlich.
Kapitalismusanalyse und Kapitalismuskritik (essentials)
by Johannes BergerDer Kapitalismus, so hat Schumpeter gesagt, ist eine,,Maschine der Massenproduktion, was unvermeidlich auch Produktion für die Massen bedeutet. " Was immer man von diesem System halten mag: Kein anderes Wirtschaftssystem löst die Aufgabe, die Bevölkerung mit immer mehr und ständig neuen Konsumgütern zu versorgen, besser. Wie es aussieht, ist die Wohlstandsmehrung jedoch begleitet von materieller Ungleichheit, in ihrer Höhe schwankender Arbeitslosigkeit und ständig wiederkehrenden Wirtschaftskrisen. Zunächst wendet sich der Artikel den Grundzügen des modernen Kapitalismus zu. In einem zweiten Schritt wird dann der Gestaltwandel des Kapitalismus thematisiert. Im Anschluss daran wird die vielstimmige Kritik an diesem Wirtschaftssystem untersucht. Sie ist nicht nur Sozialkritik, sondern immer auch Kulturkritik gewesen. Der Beitrag schließt mit einem Ausblick auf die Zukunft dieses Wirtschaftssystems und skizziert denkbare, aber unwahrscheinliche Reformen, deren Verwirklichung in eine Wirtschaftsform jenseits der bestehenden führen würde.
Kapitalistische Dynamik: Eine gesellschaftstheoretische Perspektive (Wirtschaft + Gesellschaft)
by Christoph DeutschmannDer Band fasst die neueren Publikationen sowie einige Originalbeiträge des Autors zur Arbeits- und Wirtschaftssoziologie zusammen, in denen eine gesellschaftstheoretische Interpretation kapitalistischer Dynamik entwickelt wird. Zentrale Themen sind die Wahlverwandtschaft zwischen Kapitalismus und Religion und der daraus abgeleitete dynamische Ansatz der Analyse wirtschaftlicher Institutionen. Darüber hinaus geht es darum, diesen Ansatz für die Erklärung aktueller Transformationsprozesse der Arbeitswelt und der Finanzmärkte fruchtbar zu machen.
Karen Barad as Educator: Agential Realism and Education (SpringerBriefs in Education)
by Karin MurrisThis book is about becoming touched and moved by Karen Barad’s agential realism. Karen Barad as Educator is not biographical. It is not about Barad. There is much to be learned about teaching and education research through the human and other-than-human narrative characters in Barad’s writings and way of life. Reading this book is about becoming entangled with, and being inspired by, a passionate yearning for a radical reconfiguration of education in all its settings and phases (e.g., day-care centres, schools, colleges, universities, but also homes, museums or therapy rooms). This book will appeal to lecturers, teachers, artists, therapists, parents and grandparents, funders of education research, organisers of educational events, as well as detached youth workers. In short, this book will speak to anyone interested in the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of educational encounters and who is interested in alternatives to the dominant neoliberal national curricula, educational policies and humanist teaching, research, and conference agendas. The book aims to offer a gripping account for educators to be inspired by the invigorating and elusive philosophy of agential realism with a specific focus on iterative performative practices that profoundly matter to what counts as knowledge, teaching, learning and response-able education science.
Karl Mannheim and Hungarian Marxism
by Joseph GabelThis remarkable work situates the great Karl Mannheim not only in the Austro-Hungarian empire, but in Hungary and especially in the intellectual fever pitch of pre-war Budapest, with its plethora of revisionist Marxists, anarchists, and intellectuals from a variety of areas who brought radical ideas into the mainstream of biological and social sciences. As Gabel reminds us, Budapest provided a special environment in which the cross-currents of Europe met, and was uniquely devoid of the xenophobia and militarism of so many other parts of Europe.The volume serves as a useful introduction to the force and character of Marxism in Central Europe. Gabel covers not only key figures but major concepts associated with Mannheim and the sociology of knowledge: ideology and false consciousness; the socially unattached intelligentsia; and the utopian conscience. In addition, we are given a tour of the work of Mannheim as seen in Germany, France and England. Gabel's has a unique mastery of the major languages of Europe, and this gives him the potential for a reinterpretation of Mannheim that reveals the author to be a talented thinker in his own right, and not simply a chronicler of the work of others. His final chapter on Mannheim, comparing him with Lukacs as well as Marx, is central to our understanding of sociology.In raising the importance of the role of consciousness in the study of society, Mannheim overcame what Marx and Engels, no less than many of his followers understood to be an essential weakness in the so-called economic interpretation of history. This book, linking Mannheim to the Hungarian climate, helps us appreciate how this sociological synthesis came about in a specific social setting.Joseph Gabel was born in Hungary, and educated in French universities. He is the author of False Consciousness (1962); Sociology of Alienation (1970); Ideologies, Vol. I (1974); Ideologies II (1978), all in French. His book on The Forms of Estrangement (1964) was published in German. His shorter articles have appeared in Kolner Zeitschrift for Soziologie und Sozial-psychologie, and the Newsletter of the International Society for the Sociology of Knowledge.
Karl Mannheim and the Crisis of Liberalism: The Secret of These New Times
by David KettlerTo reflect on Karl Mannheim is to address fundamental issues of political enlightenment Mannheim's driving determination "was to learn as a sociologist by close observation the secret (even if it is infernal) of these new times." Mannheim's aim was "to carry liberal values forward." His problem remains irresistible to reflective people at the end of the twentieth century. Mannheim attempted to link social thinking to political emancipation despite overwhelming evidence against the connection. Karl Mannheim and the Crisis of Liberalism is a sympathetic biography of Mannheim's paradoxicalaand paradigmatica'project. The book covers a wide range of European and American thought, including Mannheim's dealings with Georg Lukacs and Oscar Jszi in Budapest; with Alfred Weber, Leopold von Wiese, Franz Neumann, Paul Tillich, Adolph Loewe, and his students in Weimar Germany; with Louis Wirth, Edward Shils, and other major figures in American sociology; and with social analysts and religious thinkers in England. The analysis is informed by dilemmas of history and theory, science and rhetoric, freedom and technical controlathe themes of liberalism. Kettler and Meja carefully depict each stage of Mannheim's life as a sociologist and explore his influence on leading social thinkers. Karl Mannheim and the Crisis of Liberalism combines significant biographical information with insightful sociological theory. It will be a vital resource for historians, sociologists, and political theorists.
Karl Mannheim and the Legacy of Max Weber: Retrieving a Research Programme (Rethinking Classical Sociology)
by Colin Loader Volker Meja David KettlerThis book focuses on the important work of Karl Mannheim by demonstrating how his theoretical conception of a reflexive sociology took shape as a collaborative empirical research programme. The authors show how contemporary work along these lines can benefit from the insights of Mannheim and his students into both morphology and genealogy. It returns Mannheim's sociology of knowledge inquiries into the broader context of a wider project in historical and cultural sociology, whose promising development was disrupted and then partially obscured by the expulsion of Mannheim's intellectual generation. This inspired volume will appeal to sociologists concerned with the contemporary relevance of his work, and who are prepared for a fresh look at Weimar sociology and the legacy of Max Weber.
Karl Mannheim's Sociology as Political Education
by Colin LoaderGerman professors and academic intellectuals are often blamed for their passivity or complicity in the face of the anti-Republican surge of the late Weimar years, culminating in the National Socialist rise to power. Karl Mannheim was a preeminent member of a vital minority committed to making German universities contribute to democratization. Mannheim argued that traditional German emphasis on the cultivation of individuals rooted in a certain high culture had to be adapted to a more egalitarian, socially complex community. He advocated teaching of sociology to create social awareness to inspire informed political judgments. Karl Mannheim's Sociology as Political Education situates Mannheim in the Weimar debates about sociology in the university. It shows how his project of political education for democracy informs his work as well as his relations with liberal, fascist, and orthodox Marxist thinkers.In advancing his educational strategy, Mannheim had to contend, with influential figures who attacked sociology as a mere political device to undermine cultural and national values for the sake of narrow interests and partisanship. He also had to overcome the objections of fellow sociologists, who felt the discipline would prosper only if it could persuade other academics that it made no claim to educational goals beyond the reproduction of technical findings. He had to separate himself from proponents of a politicized sociology. Mannheim argued that sociology should respond to problems that actually confronted individuals in their lives, be tolerant of difference and distance, and support efforts to generate agreement rather than encourage competition. Sociological thought had to be rigorous, critical, and attentive to evidence, but also congruent with the ultimate responsibility of individuals to fashion their lives through their acts.Karl Mannheim's Sociology as Political Education is a joint effort by two authors who have written separately on Karl Mannheim's sociological work and who write from different disciplines and traditions of commentary. The Mannheim who emerges from this volume is remarkably contemporary. In particular, he supports arguments that the threat to academic integrity is feared less in sociology than in certain areas of cultural studies. Certainly the issue of academic politicization was better understood by Mannheim in his time than it is by either side of the debate today.
Karl Marx
by Robin SmallThis book is an introduction to Karl Marx (1818-1883) as a radical educational thinker. Marx's own schooling and education are examined and we see how his interest in educational issues was informed by his own experience. Educational themes in Marx's thinking are identified: the role of education within capitalist society, the contribution of education to human development and the character of education in a future society. These are placed in a historical setting by the author and related to public debates over educational policy. Throughout his career, Marx identified education as key to the prospects of the working class. The story of this engagement adds a new dimension to the picture of his work as a philosopher, political economist and socialist revolutionary. The aspects of education that concerned Marx matched prominent features of his theoretical and political activity, and educational themes provided him with a critical application for many of his most important ideas. The author explores Marx's work on the British factory school system, his use of evidence from the reports of school inspectors, and the contemporary movement that led to the establishment of modern systems of public schooling. The final chapter relates Marx's thinking to questions about the place of education in today's society, showing how relevant it is for the twenty-first century. These discussions contain new scholarship, draw on original sources and are written in a clear and readable style. Students in education courses at universities and colleges, educational researchers and teachers will find this examination of Karl Marx's ideas concerning education both engaging and enlightening.
Karl Marx (Routledge Revivals)
by Loria AchilleAchille Loria was a well-known Italian political economist and this translation of his work presents his views and discussions on famous socialist Karl Marx, bringing his work to an English audience. Originally published in 1917, the translators have included a detailed foreword which attempts to put Loria’s work in context of other views on Marxism. This title will be of interest to students of politics and sociology.
Karl Marx (The International Library of Essays in Classical Sociology)
by Kevin B. AndersonMarx's approach to analyzing society and especially his critique of capitalist society, continues to influence the work of a large number of scholars world-wide. Unfortunately, there are relatively few clear accounts of what this approach is and how to put it to use. And, despite the many attempts to use Marx's method to study a variety of subjects, there are relatively few that can serve as useful models. In the present volume, the internationally renowned Marxist scholar, Bertell Ollman, and the social theorist Kevin B. Anderson, have brought together a sampling of the best writings of the past hundred years that illustrate and critique Marx's method as well as explain what it is and how to put it to work. Anyone wishing to understand better Marx's dialectical method (along, of course, with the theories created with its help), or to revise this method or to criticize it, or to use it in their own work will find this collection invaluable.