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Conscience on Stage
This study outlines and reiterates the relationship of theatre to casuistry, the Jesuit contributions to Spanish literary theory and practice, and the importance of casuistry for the study of early modern subjectivity.
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The ritual effect : from habit to ritual, harness the surprising power of everyday actions
\"Our lives are filled with repetitive tasks meant to boost productivity--what we come to know as habits. Over time, these habits (for example, brushing your teeth or putting on your right sock first) are done on autopilot. But when a layer of mindfulness accompanies a habit--when we focus on the precise way an act is performed--a ritual has been created. Now, an everyday act goes from black-and-white to technicolor. And as author Michael Norton explains here, it's these rituals that make life worth living. Think of the way you savor a certain beverage, the care you take with a certain outfit that only gets worn on special occasions, the unique way that your family gathers around the table at the holidays, or the secret language you enjoy with your significant other. To some, these behaviors may seem quirky, but because rituals matter so deeply to us on a personal level, they saturate our lives with purpose and meaning. Rituals can heal a community experiencing a great loss, guide a speaker through a difficult presentation, drive a stadium of sports fans to ecstasy, inspire courage in soldiers going into combat, and help us rise to challenges and realize opportunities. Among those who have made effective use of rituals are Maya Angelou, Keith Richards, Barack Obama, and Steve Jobs. Drawing on decades of original research, author Michal Norton reveals that shifting from a \"habitual\" mindset to a \"ritual\" mindset can both enhance performance and add meaning to your life\" -- Goodreads.
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Bold Conscience
How the conscience in early modern England emerged as a fulcrum for public action
Bold Conscience chronicles the shifting conception of conscience in early modern England, as it evolved from a faculty of restraint—what Shakespeare labels “coward conscience”—to one of bold and forthright self-assertion. The concept of conscience played an important role in post-Reformation England, from clerical leaders to laymen, not least because of its central place in determining loyalties during the English Civil War and the regicide of King Charles I. Yet the most complex and lasting perspectives on conscience emerged from deliberately literary voices—William Shakespeare, John Donne, and John Milton.
Joshua Held argues that literary texts by these authors transform the idea of conscience as a private, shameful state to one of boldness fit for navigating both royal power and common dissent in the public realm. Held tracks the increasing political power of conscience from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Henry VIII to Donne’s court sermons and Milton’s Areopagitica , showing finally that in Paradise Lost , Milton roots boldness in the inner paradise of a pure, common conscience.
Applying a fine-grain analysis to literary England from about 1601 to 1667, this study also looks back to the 1520s, to Luther’s theological foundations of the concept, and forward to 1689, to Locke’s transformation of the idea alongside the term “consciousness.” Ultimately, Held’s study shows how conscience emerges at once as a bulwark against absolute sovereignty and as a stronghold of personal certainty.
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Cottagecore simplified : a guide to countryside charm, comfort & happiness
\"Imagine this: you have a hot cup of tea and a good book in front of you, the aroma of freshly baked bread in the air as sunlight streams in through the window. Daydreaming of a simpler life? Go back to the basics with Cottagecore Simplified. It might not be practical to drop everything and live out your fairytale fantasy, but it's easy to embrace countryside comfort while coexisting with the modern world--find inspiration in the crafts, décor, and lifestyle tips in this book. This guide is designed to bring peace and relaxation to your life.\" Publisher's website.
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The Disintegrating Conscience and the Decline of Modernity
This book considers how the modern concept of
\"conscience\" turns the historic commitment on its head, in a way
that underlies the decadence of modern society.
Steven D. Smith's books are always anticipated with great
interest by scholars, jurists, and citizens who see his work on
foundational questions surrounding law and religion as shaping the
debate in profound ways. Now, in The Disintegrating Conscience
and the Decline of Modernity , Smith takes as his starting
point Jacques Barzun's provocative assertion that \"the modern era\"
is coming to an end. Smith considers the question of decline by
focusing on a single theme-conscience-that has been central to much
of what has happened in Western politics, law, and religion over
the past half-millennium. Rather than attempting to follow that
theme step-by-step through five hundred years, the book adopts an
episodic and dramatic approach by focusing on three main figures
and particularly portentous episodes: first, Thomas More's
execution for his conscientious refusal to take an oath mandated by
Henry VIII; second, James Madison's contribution to Virginia law in
removing the proposed requirement of religious toleration in favor
of freedom of conscience; and, third, William Brennan's pledge to
separate his religious faith from his performance as a Supreme
Court justice. These three episodes, Smith suggests, reflect in
microcosm decisive turning points at which Western civilization
changed from what it had been in premodern times to what it is
today. A commitment to conscience, Smith argues, has been a central
and in some ways defining feature of modern Western civilization,
and yet in a crucial sense conscience in the time of Brennan and
today has come to mean almost the opposite of what it meant to
Thomas More. By scrutinizing these men and episodes, the book seeks
to illuminate subtle but transformative changes in the commitment
to conscience-changes that helped to bring Thomas More's world to
an end and that may also be contributing to the disintegration of
(per Barzun) \"the modern era.\"
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Stress less : mindfulness for teenagers
Adam Avin is a strong believer that mindfulness is the key to coping with stress, pressure and the strong emotions that the teenage years often bring. And he would know--he's not only a teen himself, but he's a mindfulness expert and the founder of Wuf Shanti, an organization that teaches kids of all ages to be more mindful. In Stress Less, Adam walks you through the reasons why coping with emotions and stress in a healthy way is good for your body and mind. He will teach you what mindfulness is and how to develop a mindful mindset so that you can find balance and focus on the present, rather than worrying about the past or the future. Stress Less features a foreword by Udonis Haslem, three-time NBA Champion with the Miami HEAT, founder of The Udonis Haslem Foundation and advocate for mental health in underserved communities, a passion that stems from his own experiences. Adam also shares his favorite tried-and-tested ways to overcome difficult feelings. You will learn about affirmations, meditation, breathwork and how to use journaling, all of which can help you feel less overwhelmed, anxious and depressed. Using these tools will help you to become calmer, happier and more content, and establish a solid mental health practice and toolkit to rely on for years to come.
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Shamans and Robots
A profound exploration of the external influences that
shape human consciousness, from healing rituals to digital
devices In this voyage through thousands of years of
psychosomatic healing, distinguished anthropologist and sociologist
Roger Bartra examines the placebo effect as a key to our
understanding of human consciousness. Shamans and Robots
demonstrates how biology and technology become intertwined within
human culture by using the various histories of ritual and symbolic
healing to speculate about future developments in artificial
intelligence.
Charting the extensive history of the placebo effect through
medieval healing, shamanism, and early psychoanalytic practices,
Bartra posits that consciousness is not simply the province of the
mind but something equally shaped by external systems and objects.
He finds evidence of this \"exocerebrum\"-the extension of our brains
outside the body-in the shamanistic concept of the placebo, in
which external objects heal our bodies, and in modern technical
devices like prostheses or robots, whose development of a
mechanical consciousness would have to mimic, and in turn
elucidate, the processes involved in the creation of consciousness
in humans. Through this radical concept, he analyzes digital
media's relationship to the functions of the human brain and probes
the possibility of artificial consciousness.
Both a look at the human body's potential to restore itself and
a profound reflection on the curative power of symbolic structures,
Shamans and Robots explores how our technologies
increasingly serve as extensions of our cognitive selves.
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Cultivating Conscience
Contemporary law and public policy often treat human beings as selfish creatures who respond only to punishments and rewards. Yet every day we behave unselfishly--few of us mug the elderly or steal the paper from our neighbor's yard, and many of us go out of our way to help strangers. We nevertheless overlook our own good behavior and fixate on the bad things people do and how we can stop them. In this pathbreaking book, acclaimed law and economics scholar Lynn Stout argues that this focus neglects the crucial role our better impulses could play in society. Rather than lean on the power of greed to shape laws and human behavior, Stout contends that we should rely on the force of conscience.
Stout makes the compelling case that conscience is neither a rare nor quirky phenomenon, but a vital force woven into our daily lives. Drawing from social psychology, behavioral economics, and evolutionary biology, Stout demonstrates how social cues--instructions from authorities, ideas about others' selfishness and unselfishness, and beliefs about benefits to others--have a powerful role in triggering unselfish behavior. Stout illustrates how our legal system can use these social cues to craft better laws that encourage more unselfish, ethical behavior in many realms, including politics and business. Stout also shows how our current emphasis on self-interest and incentives may have contributed to the catastrophic political missteps and financial scandals of recent memory by encouraging corrupt and selfish actions, and undermining society's collective moral compass.
This book proves that if we care about effective laws and civilized society, the powers of conscience are simply too important for us to ignore.
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