Thinking the Unthinkable

Thinking the Unthinkable
Author: Nik Gowing,Chris Langdon
Publsiher: John Catt Educational
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2018-06-08
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 1911382748

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Thinking The Unthinkable is an investigation into why leaders have appeared more unable or unwilling than ever to anticipate the biggest issues of our time. In an era of 'wicked problems', why are current leadership behaviours and culture apparently not fit for purpose? What are the causes of so many failures in policy and strategic forecasting?

Thinking the Unthinkable

Thinking the Unthinkable
Author: Richard Cockett
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 390
Release: 1994
Genre: Economics
ISBN: 0002236729

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This is a book about how ideas become policies; a book about how the notions of a handful of economic theorists changed the lives of millions of citizens who have never even heard of them. It is also a governmental detective story: were the ideas that everybody found so radical in the 1980s? Where did they come from? Would their theoretical parents recognize them in practice in today's Britain (or Canada or New Zealand )?

Thinking about the Unthinkable

Thinking about the Unthinkable
Author: Herman Kahn
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1962
Genre: Deterrence (Strategy).
ISBN: UOM:39015002176777

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Thinking the Unthinkable

Thinking the Unthinkable
Author: Charles C. Lemert
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2015-12-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781317250449

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In the eloquent style for which he has become famous, Charles Lemert writes of social theory as no one else. Thinking the Unthinkable is offered as text for instruction, yet it defies the prevailing assumption that social theory is a method for clarifying the facts of social life. Lemert shows how social theory began late in the 19th century as a struggle to come to terms with the failure of modern reason to solve the social problems created by the capitalist world-system. Since then, social theory has developed through twists and turns to think and rethink this Unthinkable. Hence the surprising innovations of recent years-postmodern, queer, postcolonial, third-wave feminist, risk theories, among others arising in the wake of globalization. Once again, Lemert has made the difficult clear in a book that students and other readers will treasure and keep.

Thinking the Unthinkable

Thinking the Unthinkable
Author: Richard Cockett
Publsiher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 418
Release: 1995
Genre: Economics
ISBN: STANFORD:36105017591830

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"First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 1994"--T.p. verso."Published, with revisions, by Fontana Press 1995"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-380) and index.

Thinking about the Unthinkable

Thinking about the Unthinkable
Author: Herman Kahn
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 290
Release: 1968
Genre: Deterrence (Strategy)
ISBN: MINN:319510021065101

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Critical Animal Studies

Critical Animal Studies
Author: John Sorenson
Publsiher: Canadian Scholars’ Press
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2014-04-21
Genre: Animal rights
ISBN: 9781551305639

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Engaging and passionate, this contemporary work provokes new ways of thinking about animal-human interaction. A cutting-edge volume of original essays, Critical Animal Studies examines our exploitation and commodification of non-human animals. By inquiring into the contradictions that have shaped our understanding of animals, the contributors of this collection have set out to question the systemic oppression inherent in our treatment of animals. The collection closes with a thoughtful consideration of some of the complexities of activism, as well as a discussion of how to further the progress of animal rights. Analyzing economic, ethical, historical, and sociological aspects of human-animal relations, this interdisciplinary volume is a must-read for all upper-level students in animal studies, critical animal studies, animals and society, and anthrozoology courses. Features: draws together contributions from some of the most active and committed individuals advancing the field of critical animal studies takes a revolutionary approach to mainstream animal studies by advocating for justice from a politically progressive, abolitionist perspective supports curricular objectives of animal studies courses by encouraging students to critically analyze the shifting roles of animals in contemporary Western society and their consequences

The Unthinkable

The Unthinkable
Author: Amanda Ripley
Publsiher: Harmony
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2009-06-16
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9780307352903

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Discover how human beings react to danger–and what makes the difference between life and death Today, nine out of ten Americans live in places at significant risk of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, terrorism, or other disasters. Tomorrow, some of us will have to make split-second choices to save ourselves and our families. How will we react? What will it feel like? Will we be heroes or victims? In her quest to answer these questions, award-winning journalist Amanda Ripley traces human responses to some of recent history’s epic disasters, from the explosion of the Mont Blanc munitions ship in 1917–one of the biggest explosions before the invention of the atomic bomb–to the journeys of the 15,000 people who found their way out of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. To understand the science behind the stories, Ripley turns to leading brain scientists, trauma psychologists, and other disaster experts. She even has her own brain examined by military researchers and experiences, through realistic simulations, what it might be like to survive a plane crash into the ocean or to escape a raging fire. Ripley comes back with precious wisdom about the surprising humanity of crowds, the elegance of the brain’s fear circuits, and the stunning inadequacy of many of our evolutionary responses. Most unexpectedly, she discovers the brain’s ability to do much, much better–with just a little help.