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Mansarovar Bhag 3: मानसरोवर भाग ३
by Premchandप्रेमचंद ने 14 उपन्यास व 300 से अधिक कहानियाँ लिखीं। उन्होंने अपनी सम्पूर्ण कहानियों को 'मानसरोवर' में संजोकर प्रस्तुत किया है, प्रस्तुत उपन्यास मानसरोवर का तिसरे भाग का संस्करण है। इनमें से अनेक कहानियाँ देश-भर के पाठ्यक्रमों में समाविष्ट हुई हैं, कई पर नाटक व फ़िल्में बनी हैं जब कि कई का भारतीय व विश्व की अनेक भाषाओं में अनुवाद हुआ है। अपने समय और समाज का ऐतिहासिक संदर्भ तो जैसे प्रेमचंद की कहानियों को समस्त भारतीय साहित्य में अमर बना देता है। उनकी कहानियों में अनेक मनोवैज्ञानिक बारीक़ियाँ भी देखने को मिलती हैं। विषय को विस्तार देना व पात्रों के बीच में संवाद उनकी पकड़ को दर्शाते हैं। ये कहानियाँ न केवल पाठकों का मनोरंजन करती हैं बल्कि उत्कृष्ट साहित्य समझने की दृष्टि भी प्रदान करती हैं।
Poonachi: पूनाची
by Perumal Muruganएक गूढ पाहुणा कुठूनतरी अवतरतो आणि एक नुकतंच जन्मलेले करडू एका म्हाताऱ्या जोडप्याला भेट देऊन जातो. लवकरच, त्या छोट्याशा काळ्या शेळीचा पूनाचीचा - नाजुकपणा आणि बहुप्रसवता या गोष्टी तिच्या अवतीभवतीच्या सगळ्यांच्या नवलाचा विषय बनून जातात. अगदी तिच्यावर झडप घालू पाहणाऱ्या गरुडापासून ते तिला तोंडात धरून पळवून नेऊ पाहणाऱ्या रानमांजरापर्यंत, सगळ्यांपासून वाचवून म्हातारा-म्हातारी छोट्या पूनाचीला जगवण्यासाठी जिवाचे रान करतात, कारण ती त्यांत्त्या छोट्याशा विश्वाचा केंद्रबिंदू बनून गेलीय. शेतकरी, धनगर किंवा शेळ्या यांच्यापैकी कुणाचही जगणं तसं सोपं नसतंच. पाऊस येत नाही, देव आपापल्या वाटचे बळी मागून मोकळे होतात आणि अरण्य या अजाण प्राण्यांना मोहवून फशी पाडायला टपलंय, या सगळ्यांतून, पूनाची कधी तिचं रक्षण करणाऱ्या तर कधी तिला घायाळ करणाऱ्या, मनुष्यप्राण्यांच्या वर्तणुकीची साक्षीदार होते आणि त्यावर मूक प्रश्नचिन्हही उपस्थित करते. प्राण्यांच्या जगाची ही तरल, तरीही गुंतागुंतीची कथा, हे आपल्या काळावरचं, वर्ण-जातीच्या विषम उतरंडीवरचं भाष्य आहे; तसंच ते भाष्य आहे नाकर्त्या शासनाच्या लहरींना शरण जाण्याऐवजी त्यांच्या विरोधात आवाज उठवण पसंत करणाऱ्या महत्त्वाकांक्षी व्यक्तींच्या वाढत्या असमर्थतवरचं, असुरक्षिततेवरचं.
Shivagami Katha - Khand 1: शिवगामी कथा - खंड १
by Anand Neelakantanपांच वर्ष की अल्पायु में जब शिवगामी ने अपनी आंखों से देखा कि माहिष्मती के सम्राट ने उसके पिता को राजद्रोही घोषित कर मृत्यु का आदेश दिया है, तभी उसने प्रतिज्ञा कर ली कि एक दिन वह इस साम्राज्य का सर्वनाश कर देगी। इसी बीच, अपने कर्तव्यों पर आंख मूंदकर विश्वास करने वाला स्वाभिमानी एवं आदर्शवादी नौजवान कटप्पा स्वयं को एक विलासी राजकुमार की सेवा में पाता है। जैसे ही शिवगामी पैशाची भाषा में लिखी एक पांडुलिपि के रहस्य से पर्दा उठाने का प्रयास करती है, वह पाती है कि माहिष्मती का साम्राज्य षड्यंत्रकारियों, क्रांतिकारियों, भ्रष्ट अधिकारियों और राजमहल के भीतर साजिश रचने वालों से घिरा हुआ है। वहीं, तीन सौ वर्ष पूर्व पवित्र पर्वत से निष्कासित किये जाने से क्रुद्ध एक कबीला सम्राट के विरुद्ध युद्ध का उद्घोष करने की तैयारी में जुटा है। शिवगामी कथा विचलित कर देने वाले षड्यंत्रों और कभी न भूलने वाले किरदारों से भरी है।
Dev Chhe! Pargrahavaril Antaralveer!: देव? छे! परग्रहावरील अंतराळवीर!
by Bal Bhagavatविसाव्या शतकाच्या सुरुवातीलाच मानवाचे हजारो वर्षे उराशी बाळगलेले स्वप्न साकार झाले आणि त्याने स्वच्छंदपणे आकाशात झेप घेतली. विमानोड्डाण ते अंतराळप्रवास या प्रगतीला साठ-पासष्ट वर्षेच पुरली. मधल्या काळात विनाशकारी अणूबॉम्ब आणि हायड्रोजन बॉम्ब यांचेही शोध लागले.आजच्या छोट्या मुलांनासुद्धा अंतराळवीरांचे चमकदार पोशाख, धूर आणि ज्वाळा सोडत उडणारे अग्निबाण आणि अंतराळयाने, प्रलयकारी अस्त्रांच्या वापराचे दुष्परिणाम या गोष्टी माहिती आहेत.पण ही सर्व प्रगती मानवाने जर प्रथमच केली असेल, तर जगातल्या सर्व प्राचीन धर्मग्रंथांमधले देव अशाच गोष्टी करत होते, असा उल्लेख कसा आला? खडकांत कोरलेली चित्रे, कालनिश्चिती करता येऊ न शकणाNया दंतकथा, लोककथा तशीच वर्णने कशी करतात.
Economics class 9 - NCERT - 23
by National Council of Educational Research and TrainingThe NCERT textbook "Economics Class 9" provides a comprehensive introduction to fundamental economic concepts for students at the ninth-grade level. It covers essential topics such as the basic understanding of the economy, its functions, and the role of various economic agents like households, firms, and the government. The book delves into the principles of production, distribution, and exchange, elucidating key concepts like market equilibrium and consumer behavior. Additionally, it explores the significance of economic development and the challenges faced by economies, offering insights into poverty, unemployment, and inequalities. Through a blend of theoretical explanations, real-life examples, and engaging activities, the textbook aims to foster a deeper understanding of economic principles and their relevance in students' lives, encouraging critical thinking and analytical skills development.
Sant Janabai: संत जनाबाई
by Dr Suhasini Yashwant Irlekarनामदेवांची दासी आणि ज्ञानेश्वरांची सखी असणाऱ्या ‘संत जनाबाई’ या जनमानसांत आजही लोकप्रिय आहेत. खेड्यापाड्यातील स्त्रिया आजही दळताना, कांडताना ज्या ओव्या म्हणतात, त्या या जनाईच्याच! आपल्या दिनचर्येतून विठूची भक्ती करण्याचा जनाबाईंचा हा भाव सर्वसामान्यांना मोहित करतो. जनाबाईंच्या ठायी एक अभिजात प्रतिभा, तरल संवेदनशीलता होती हे त्यांच्या अभंगातून समोर येते. एका दासीपासून ते संत पदापर्यंत त्यांनी प्रवास केला तो स्वयंप्रेरणेने. मध्ययुगीन कवयित्रींमध्ये संत जनाबाई या आपल्या आध्यात्मिक अधिकाराने आणि कार्यकर्तृत्वाने उजव्या ठरल्या. समग्र संतमंडळातही त्यांचे स्थान विशेष आहे. मात्र, तरीही संत जनाबाई या त्यांच्या समकालीन संतांपेक्षा दुर्लक्षित राहिल्या. त्यांचे जीवनचरित्र, त्यांचे कार्य, त्यांच्या अभंगांतील गोडवा नव्या पिढीला चाखता यावा यादृष्टीने संत साहित्याचे अभ्यासक असणार्या विविध लेखकांच्या लेखणीतून ‘संत जनाबाई’ हा वाचनीय ग्रंथ आकारास आला आहे. या ग्रंथातून जनाबाईंचे व्यक्तित्व तर उलगडतेच परंतु त्यांच्या अभंगांचे समग्र संकलन वाचकांस जनाबाईंच्या आध्यात्मिक व्यक्तिमत्त्वाची अनुभूतीही देतो!
The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History - Second Edition
by Isaiah Berlin"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." This ancient Greek aphorism, preserved in a fragment from the poet Archilochus, describes the central thesis of Isaiah Berlin's masterly essay on Leo Tolstoy and the philosophy of history, the subject of the epilogue to War and Peace. Although there have been many interpretations of the adage, Berlin uses it to mark a fundamental distinction between human beings who are fascinated by the infinite variety of things and those who relate everything to a central, all-embracing system. Applied to Tolstoy, the saying illuminates a paradox that helps explain his philosophy of history: Tolstoy was a fox, but believed in being a hedgehog. One of Berlin's most celebrated works, this extraordinary essay offers profound insights about Tolstoy, historical understanding, and human psychology.This new edition features a revised text that supplants all previous versions, English translations of the many passages in foreign languages, a new foreword in which Berlin biographer Michael Ignatieff explains the enduring appeal of Berlin's essay, and a new appendix that provides rich context, including excerpts from reviews and Berlin's letters, as well as a startling new interpretation of Archilochus's epigram.
The Mystery of the Invisible Hand: A Henry Spearman Mystery
by Marshall JevonsEconomics professor and amateur detective Henry Spearman tackles a mystery where the price of art is murderIn The Mystery of the Invisible Hand, Henry Spearman, an economics professor with a knack for solving crimes, is pulled into a case that mixes campus intrigue, stolen art, and murder. Arriving at San Antonio’s Monte Vista University to teach a course on art and economics, he is confronted with a puzzling art theft and the suspicious suicide of the school’s artist-in-residence. From Texas to New York, Spearman traces the connections between economics and the art world, finding his clues in monopolies, auction theory, and Adam Smith. How is a company’s capital like an art museum’s collection? What does the market say about art’s authenticity versus its availability? What is the mysterious “death effect”—and does it lie at the heart of the case? Spearman must rely on his savviest economic thinking to answer these questions—and pin down a killer.
Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality since 1700 (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World #62)
by Peter H. Lindert Jeffrey G. WilliamsonA book that rewrites the history of American prosperity and inequalityUnequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from colonial times to today.While other economic historians base their accounts on American wealth, Peter Lindert and Jeffrey Williamson focus instead on income—and the result is a bold reassessment of the American economic experience. America has been exceptional in its rising inequality after an egalitarian start, but not in its long-run growth.America had already achieved world income leadership by 1700, not just in the twentieth century as is commonly thought. Long before independence, American colonists enjoyed higher living standards than Britain—and America's income advantage today is no greater than it was three hundred years ago. But that advantage was lost during the Revolution, lost again during the Civil War, and lost a third time during the Great Depression, though it was regained after each crisis. In addition, Lindert and Williamson show how income inequality among Americans rose steeply in two great waves—from 1774 to 1860 and from the 1970s to today—rising more than in any other wealthy nation in the world. Unequal Gains also demonstrates how the widening income gaps have always touched every social group, from the richest to the poorest. The book sheds critical light on the forces that shaped American income history, and situates that history in a broad global context.Economic writing at its most stimulating, Unequal Gains provides a vitally needed perspective on who has benefited most from American growth, and why.
Information Choice in Macroeconomics and Finance
by Laura L. VeldkampAn authoritative graduate textbook on information choice, an exciting frontier of research in economics and financeMost theories in economics and finance predict what people will do, given what they know about the world around them. But what do people know about their environments? The study of information choice seeks to answer this question, explaining why economic players know what they know—and how the information they have affects collective outcomes. Instead of assuming what people do or don't know, information choice asks what people would choose to know. Then it predicts what, given that information, they would choose to do. In this textbook, Laura Veldkamp introduces graduate students in economics and finance to this important new research.The book illustrates how information choice is used to answer questions in monetary economics, portfolio choice theory, business cycle theory, international finance, asset pricing, and other areas. It shows how to build and test applied theory models with information frictions. And it covers recent work on topics such as rational inattention, information markets, and strategic games with heterogeneous information.Illustrates how information choice is used to answer questions in monetary economics, portfolio choice theory, business cycle theory, international finance, asset pricing, and other areasTeaches how to build and test applied theory models with information frictionsCovers recent research on topics such as rational inattention, information markets, and strategic games with heterogeneous information
It's About Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity (Princeton Science Library #115)
by N. David MerminIn It's About Time, N. David Mermin asserts that relativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education--after all, it is largely about time, a subject with which all are familiar. The book reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, and that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advanced mathematics. This readable exposition of the nature of time as addressed in Einstein's theory of relativity is accessible to anyone who remembers a little high school algebra and elementary plane geometry. The book evolved as Mermin taught the subject to diverse groups of undergraduates at Cornell University, none of them science majors, over three and a half decades. Mermin's approach is imaginative, yet accurate and complete. Clear, lively, and informal, the book will appeal to intellectually curious readers of all kinds, including even professional physicists, who will be intrigued by its highly original approach.
Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 6: Psychological Types (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung #38)
by C. G. JungOne of the most important of Jung's longer works, and probably the most famous of his books, Psychological Types appeared in German in 1921 after a "fallow period" of eight years during which Jung had published little. He called it "the fruit of nearly twenty years' work in the domain of practical psychology," and in his autobiography he wrote: "This work sprang originally from my need to define the ways in which my outlook differed from Freud's and Adler's. In attempting to answer this question, I came across the problem of types; for it is one's psychological type which from the outset determines and limits a person's judgment. My book, therefore, was an effort to deal with the relationship of the individual to the world, to people and things. It discussed the various aspects of consciousness, the various attitudes the conscious mind might take toward the world, and thus constitutes a psychology of consciousness regarded from what might be called a clinical angle." In expounding his system of personality types Jung relied not so much on formal case data as on the countless impressions and experiences derived from the treatment of nervous illnesses, from intercourse with people of all social levels, "friend and foe alike," and from an analysis of his own psychological nature. The book is rich in material drawn from literature, aesthetics, religion, and philosophy. The extended chapters that give general descriptions of the types and definitions of Jung's principal psychological concepts are key documents in analytical psychology.
Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 12: Psychology and Alchemy (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung #39)
by C. G. JungA study of the analogies between alchemy, Christian dogma, and psychological symbolism. Revised translation, with new bibliography and index.
Princeton Readings in Political Thought: Essential Texts since Plato - Revised and Expanded Edition
by Mitchell CohenA thoroughly updated and substantially expanded edition of an acclaimed anthologyThis is a thoroughly updated and substantially expanded new edition of one of the most popular, wide-ranging, and engaging anthologies of Western political thinking, one that spans from antiquity to the twenty-first century. In addition to the majority of the pieces that appeared in the original edition, this new edition features exciting new selections from more recent thinkers who address vital contemporary issues, including identity, cosmopolitanism, global justice, and populism. Organized chronologically, the anthology brings together a fascinating array of writings--including essays, book excerpts, speeches, and other documents—that have indelibly shaped how politics and society are understood. Each chronological section and thinker is presented with a brief, lucid introduction, making this a valuable reference as well as reader. A thoroughly updated and substantially expanded edition of an acclaimed anthology of political thoughtFeatures a wide range of thinkers, including Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, Aquinas, Christine de Pizan, Machiavelli, Luther, Calvin, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Swift, Hume, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Jefferson, Burke, Olympes de Gouges, Wollstonecraft, Kant, Hegel, Bentham, Mill, de Tocqueville, Frederick Douglass, Lincoln, Marx, Nietzsche, Lenin, John Dewey, Gaetano Mosca, Roberto Michels, Weber, Emma Goldman, Freud, Einstein, Mussolini, Arendt, Hayek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, T. H. Marshall, Orwell, Leo Strauss, de Beauvoir, Fanon, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Havel, Fukuyama, Mitchell Cohen, Habermas, Foucault, Rawls, Nozick, Walzer, Iris Marion Young, Martha Nussbaum, Peter Singer, Amartya Sen, and Jan-Werner MüllerIncludes brief introductions for each thinker
Positive Definite Matrices (Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics #24)
by Rajendra BhatiaThis book represents the first synthesis of the considerable body of new research into positive definite matrices. These matrices play the same role in noncommutative analysis as positive real numbers do in classical analysis. They have theoretical and computational uses across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including calculus, electrical engineering, statistics, physics, numerical analysis, quantum information theory, and geometry. Through detailed explanations and an authoritative and inspiring writing style, Rajendra Bhatia carefully develops general techniques that have wide applications in the study of such matrices. Bhatia introduces several key topics in functional analysis, operator theory, harmonic analysis, and differential geometry--all built around the central theme of positive definite matrices. He discusses positive and completely positive linear maps, and presents major theorems with simple and direct proofs. He examines matrix means and their applications, and shows how to use positive definite functions to derive operator inequalities that he and others proved in recent years. He guides the reader through the differential geometry of the manifold of positive definite matrices, and explains recent work on the geometric mean of several matrices. Positive Definite Matrices is an informative and useful reference book for mathematicians and other researchers and practitioners. The numerous exercises and notes at the end of each chapter also make it the ideal textbook for graduate-level courses.
Finite-Element-Modellierung 1: Anwendungen in der linearen Statik
by Thomas BulendaEs gibt eine Vielzahl von „Wie-erstelle-ich-ein Finite-Element-Programm?“-Lehrbüchern, aber nur recht wenige Veröffentlichungen zur Frage „Wie wende ich ein Finite-Element-Programm an?“. Dieses Buch legt den Schwerpunkt auf die zweite Fragestellung. Es basiert auf den Vorlesungen zur Anwendung der Finite-Element-Methode, die der Autor seit 1998 an der OTH Regensburg hält. Deren Inhalte kommen aus seiner Tätigkeit als Prüfingenieur für Baustatik in einem großen Münchener Ingenieurbüro. Behandelt werden sowohl Fragestellungen, mit denen sich jeder Ingenieur konfrontiert sieht, wenn er Berechnungen mit einem Finite-Element-Programm erstellen will, als auch Problempunkte, die im Büro des Autors im Zuge einer Projektbearbeitung auftraten und auf den ersten Blick gar nicht so klar waren. In Teil 1 des zweibändigen Werks werden Themen aus der linearen Statik behandelt.
Statistical Approaches for Epidemiology: From Concept to Application
by Amal K. MitraThis textbook provides the basic concepts of epidemiology while preparing readers with the skills of applying statistical tools in real-life situations. Students, in general, struggle with statistical theories and their practical applications. This book makes statistical concepts easy to understand by focusing on real-life examples, case studies, and exercises. It also provides step-by-step guides for data analysis and interpretation using standard statistical software such as SPSS, SAS, R, Python, and GIS as appropriate, illustrating the concepts.Through the book's 23 chapters, readers primarily learn how to apply statistical methods in epidemiological studies and problem-solving. Among the topics covered:Clinical TrialsEpidemic Investigation and ControlGeospatial Applications in EpidemiologySurvival Analysis and Applications Using SAS and SPSSSystematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Evidence-based Decision-Making in Public HealthMissing Data Imputation: A Practical Guide Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningMultivariate Linear Regression and Logistics Regression Analysis Using SASEach chapter is written by eminent scientists and experts worldwide, including contributors from institutions in the United States, Canada, Bangladesh, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the Middle East. Statistical Approaches for Epidemiology: From Concept to Application is an all-in-one book that serves as an essential text for graduate students, faculty, instructors, and researchers in public health and other branches of health sciences, as well as a useful resource for health researchers in industry, public health and health department professionals, health practitioners, and health research organizations and non-governmental organizations. The book also will be helpful for graduate students and faculty in related disciplines such as data science, nursing, social work, environmental health, occupational health, computer science, statistics, and biology.
The Easter Code: A 40-Day Journey to the Cross (The Code Series)
by O. S. HawkinsAre you looking for a meaningful way to celebrate and share God&’s love at Easter? Spend meaningful time with Jesus this Lenten season as you read through The Easter Code, from Ash Wednesday to Easter, written by bestselling author O. S. Hawkins. In this affordable paperback resource, readers will:embark on a 40-day journey, guided by O. S. Hawkins, to prepare your heart and mind for Easter Sundayengage with a daily reflection accompanied by a Code word for the day, an encouraging Scripture, and a prayerThe booklet is perfect for:church distribution to members during Lent, Bible study groups, and worship groupsin-person and virtual discussions during the Lenten seasonreaders to carry in their purse, tote bag, or place on their nightstandFollow the journey of Christ through the places, people, and events in His life all the way to His resurrection. The Easter Code is a meaningful way to celebrate and share God&’s love at Easter.
Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 18: The Symbolic Life: Miscellaneous Writings (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung #53)
by C. G. JungThe authoritative edition of Jung’s miscellaneous collected writingsThe Symbolic Life gathers some 160 of Jung’s writings that span sixty years and reflect his inquiring mind, numerous interests, and wide circle of professional and personal acquaintance. These writings include three longer works, “The Symbolic Life,” “Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams,” and “The Tavistock Lectures”; a number of previously overlooked reviews, reports, and articles from the early years of Jung’s career; several finished or virtually finished manuscripts that weren’t published in his lifetime, including a 1901 report on Freud’s On Dreams; and works Jung wrote after retiring from active medical practice. The other pieces collected here include forewords to books by colleagues and pupils, replies to journalists’ questions, encyclopedia articles, and letters on technical subjects.
A Deadly Indifference: A Henry Spearman Mystery
by Marshall JevonsProfessor and amateur detective Henry Spearman trails a killer in the UK, using economics to try to solve the caseHarvard professor Henry Spearman—an ingenious amateur sleuth who uses economics to size up every situation—is sent by an American entrepreneur to Cambridge, England. Spearman&’s mission is to scout out the purchase of the most famous house in economic science: Balliol Croft, the former home of Professor Alfred Marshall, John Maynard Keynes&’s teacher and the font of modern economic theory. After a shocking murder, Spearman realizes that his own life is in danger as he finds himself face-to-face with the most diabolical killer in his career.
The Collected Works of Spinoza, Volume II: One-volume Digital Edition
by Benedictus de SpinozaThe second and final volume of the most authoritative English-language edition of Spinoza's writingsThe Collected Works of Spinoza provides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza's writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the original-language texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosopher's work.The centerpiece of this second volume is Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise, a landmark work in the history of biblical scholarship, the first argument for democracy by a major philosopher, and a forceful defense of freedom of thought and expression. This work is accompanied by Spinoza’s later correspondence, much of which responds to criticism of the Theological-Political Treatise. The volume also includes his last work, the unfinished Political Treatise, which builds on the foundations of the Theological-Political Treatise to offer plans for the organization of nontyrannical monarchies and aristocracies.The elaborate editorial apparatus—including prefaces, notes, glossary, and indexes—assists the reader in understanding one of the world’s most fascinating, but also most difficult, philosophers. Of particular interest is the glossary-index, which provides extensive commentary on Spinoza’s technical vocabulary.A milestone of scholarship more than forty-five years in the making, The Collected Works of Spinoza is an essential edition for anyone with a serious interest in Spinoza or the history of philosophy.
Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 10: Civilization in Transition (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung #49)
by C. G. JungAn authoritative collection of Jung&’s writings on contemporary events, including The Undiscovered Self and Flying SaucersCivilization in Transition features Jung&’s writings on contemporary events, especially the relation between the individual and society. In the earliest essay, &“The Role of the Unconscious&” (1918), Jung advanced the theory that World War I was a psychological crisis originating in the collective unconscious of individuals. In other essays included here, he pursued this theory in the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on the upheaval in Germany, and he gave it a much wider application in two major works of his last years, also featured here—Flying Saucers, which is about the birth of a myth that Jung regarded as a reaction to the scientific trends of a technological era, and The Undiscovered Self.
Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being
by George A. Akerlof Rachel E. KrantonHow identity influences the economic choices we makeIdentity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities—and not just economic incentives—influence our decisions. In 1995, economist Rachel Kranton wrote future Nobel Prize-winner George Akerlof a letter insisting that his most recent paper was wrong. Identity, she argued, was the missing element that would help to explain why people—facing the same economic circumstances—would make different choices. This was the beginning of a fourteen-year collaboration—and of Identity Economics.The authors explain how our conception of who we are and who we want to be may shape our economic lives more than any other factor, affecting how hard we work, and how we learn, spend, and save. Identity economics is a new way to understand people's decisions—at work, at school, and at home. With it, we can better appreciate why incentives like stock options work or don't; why some schools succeed and others don't; why some cities and towns don't invest in their futures—and much, much more.Identity Economics bridges a critical gap in the social sciences. It brings identity and norms to economics. People's notions of what is proper, and what is forbidden, and for whom, are fundamental to how hard they work, and how they learn, spend, and save. Thus people's identity—their conception of who they are, and of who they choose to be—may be the most important factor affecting their economic lives. And the limits placed by society on people's identity can also be crucial determinants of their economic well-being.
Philosophy and Real Politics
by Raymond GeussMany contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political actors behave as they actually do. Far from being applied ethics, politics is a skill that allows people to survive and pursue their goals. To understand politics is to understand the powers, motives, and concepts that people have and that shape how they deal with the problems they face in their particular historical situations. Philosophy and Real Politics both outlines a historically oriented, realistic political philosophy and criticizes liberal political philosophies based on abstract conceptions of rights and justice. The book is a trenchant critique of established ways of thought and a provocative call for change.
Mastering 'Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect
by Joshua D. Angrist Jörn-Steffen PischkeFrom Joshua Angrist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, and Jörn-Steffen Pischke, an accessible and fun guide to the essential tools of econometric researchApplied econometrics, known to aficionados as 'metrics, is the original data science. 'Metrics encompasses the statistical methods economists use to untangle cause and effect in human affairs. Through accessible discussion and with a dose of kung fu–themed humor, Mastering 'Metrics presents the essential tools of econometric research and demonstrates why econometrics is exciting and useful.The five most valuable econometric methods, or what the authors call the Furious Five--random assignment, regression, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity designs, and differences in differences--are illustrated through well-crafted real-world examples (vetted for awesomeness by Kung Fu Panda's Jade Palace). Does health insurance make you healthier? Randomized experiments provide answers. Are expensive private colleges and selective public high schools better than more pedestrian institutions? Regression analysis and a regression discontinuity design reveal the surprising truth. When private banks teeter, and depositors take their money and run, should central banks step in to save them? Differences-in-differences analysis of a Depression-era banking crisis offers a response. Could arresting O. J. Simpson have saved his ex-wife's life? Instrumental variables methods instruct law enforcement authorities in how best to respond to domestic abuse.Wielding econometric tools with skill and confidence, Mastering 'Metrics uses data and statistics to illuminate the path from cause to effect.Shows why econometrics is importantExplains econometric research through humorous and accessible discussionOutlines empirical methods central to modern econometric practiceWorks through interesting and relevant real-world examples