The Human Spirit, Volume II - Softcover

Rogers Ph.D., Perry M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130480533 ISBN 13: 9780130480538

Verlag: Pearson, 2003

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For a one or two-quarter/semester survey course.

This innovative two-volume primary source reader is designed to give students an opportunity to evaluate and interact―through both discussion and writing―with some of the greatest ideas and creative expressions of humanity. Chronological in format―with individual units focused on time periods, specific events, and historical questions, it is internally organized around six major themes―The Institution and the Individual; Social and Spiritual Values; The Power Structure; Revolution and Transition; The Varieties of Truth; and Women in History and the Humanities. Throughout the volumes, students are confronted with basic questions regarding historical development, human nature, moral action, and practical necessity.

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This innovative two-volume primary source reader offers students an opportunity to evaluate and interact - through both discussion and writing - with some of the greatest ideas and creative expressions of humanity. Chronological in format, with individual units focused on time periods, specific events, and historical questions, The Human Spirit features six major themes: The Institution and the Individual; Social and Spiritual Values; The Power Structure; Revolution and Transition; The Varieties of Truth; and Women in History and the Humanities. Throughout these volumes, students are confronted with basic questions regarding historical development, human nature, moral action, and practical necessity.

• Chronological format with 7 self-contained chapters in each volume with a strong focus on interrelationships and cultural interaction.
• Diverse interdisciplinary range of primary sources which, include works of art and architecture, excerpts from drama and literature, speeches, letters, diary accounts, poems, newspaper articles, philosophical tracts, and propaganda flyers.
• Relevant problem orientation: Questions that confront students with problems that human beings have struggled with for centuries but that still have meaning for their own lives in today's world.
• Boxed integrative features in each chapter: The Artistic Vision, Against the Grain, The Architectural Foundation, The Cultural Intersection and The Reflection in the Mirror.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pearson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0130480533
• ISBN 13: 9780130480538
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 408
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italien