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I never thought of it that way : how to have fearlessly curious conversations in dangerously divided times
Partisanship is up, trust is down, and our social media feeds make us sure we're right and everyone else is ignorant (or worse). But avoiding one another is hurting our relationships and our society. Journalist Mónica Guzmán is the loving liberal daughter of Mexican immigrants who voted--twice--for Donald Trump. When the country could no longer see straight across the political divide, Mónica set out to find what was blinding us and discovered the most eye-opening tool we're not using: our own built-in curiosity. In this timely, personal guide, Mónica, the chief storyteller for the national cross-partisan depolarization organization Braver Angels, takes you to the real front lines of a crisis that threatens to grind America to a halt--broken conversations among confounded people. She shows you how to overcome the fear and certainty that surround us to finally do what only seems impossible: understand and even learn from people in your life whose whole worldview is different from or even opposed to yours. Drawing from cross-partisan conversations she's had, organized, or witnessed everywhere from the echo chambers on social media to the wheat fields in Oregon to raw, unfiltered fights with her own family on election night, Mónica shows how you can put your natural sense of wonder to work for you immediately, finding the answers you need by talking with people--rather than about them--and asking the questions you want, curiously. Whether you're left, right, center, or not a fan of labels: If you're ready to fight back against the confusion, heartbreak, and madness of our dangerously divided times--in your own life, at least--Mónica's got the tools and fresh, surprising insights to prove that seeing where people are coming from isn't just possible. It's easier than you think--Publisher's description.
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Insatiable curiosity : innovation in a fragile future
An influential scholar in science studies argues that innovation tames the insatiable and limitless curiosity driving science, and that society's acute ambivalence about this is an inevitable legacy of modernity.
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Exploring the cultural history of continental European freak shows and 'enfreakment'
This collection offers cultural historical analyses of enfreakment and freak shows, examining the social construction and spectacular display of wondrous, monstrous, or curious Otherness in the formerly relatively neglected region of Continental Europe. Forgotten stories are uncovered about freak-show celebrities, medical specimen, and philosophical fantasies presenting the anatomically unusual in a wide range of sites, including curiosity cabinets, anatomical museums, and traveling circus ac.
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Curiosity and Power
A trailblazing exploration of the political stakes of
curiosity Curiosity is political. Who is curious, when,
and how reflects the social values and power structures of a given
society. In Curiosity and Power , Perry Zurn explores the
political philosophy of curiosity, staking the groundbreaking claim
that it is a social force-the heartbeat of political resistance and
a critical factor in social justice. He argues that the very
scaffolding of curiosity is the product of political architectures,
and exploring these values and architectures is crucial if we are
to better understand, and more ethically navigate, the struggle
over inquiry in an unequal world.
Curiosity and Power explores curiosity through the lens
of political philosophy-weaving in Nietzsche, Foucault, and Derrida
in doing so-and the experience of political marginalization,
demonstrating that curiosity is implicated equally in the
maintenance of societies and in their transformation. Curiosity
plays as central a role in establishing social institutions and
fields of inquiry as it does in their deconstruction and in
building new forms of political community. Understanding curiosity
is critical to understanding politics, and understanding politics
is critical to understanding curiosity.
Drawing not only on philosophy and political theory but also on
feminist theory, race theory, disability studies, and trans
studies, Curiosity and Power tracks curiosity in the
structures of political marginalization and resistance-from the
Civil Rights Movement to building better social relationships.
Curiosity and Power insists that the power of curiosity be
recognized and engaged responsibly.
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Global icons. Stephen Hawking
A short animation about the life of Global Icon Stephen Hawking and how he represents Curiosity.
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Paranormal America (second edition)
The untold account of the countless Americans who
believe in, or personally experience, paranormal phenomena such as
ghosts, Bigfoot, UFOs and psychics Given the popularity of
television shows such as Finding Bigfoot, Ghost Hunters,
Supernatural, and American Horror Story, there seems to be an
insatiable public hunger for mystical happenings. But who believes
in the paranormal? Based on extensive research and their own unique
personal experiences, Christopher Bader, Joseph Baker and Carson
Mencken reveal that a significant number of Americans hold these
beliefs, and that for better or worse, we undoubtedly live in a
paranormal America. Readers will join the authors as they
participate in psychic and palm readings, and have their auras
photographed, join a Bigfoot hunt, follow a group of celebrity
ghost hunters as they investigate claims of a haunted classroom,
and visit a support group for alien abductees. The second edition
includes new and updated research based on findings from the Baylor
Religion survey regarding America's relationship with the
paranormal. Drawing on these diverse and compelling sources of
data, the book offers an engaging account of the social, personal,
and statistical stories of American paranormal beliefs and
experiences. It examines topics such as the popularity of
paranormal beliefs in the United States, the ways in which these
beliefs relate to each other, whether paranormal beliefs will give
rise to a new religion, and how believers in the paranormal differ
from \"average\" Americans. Brimming with fascinating anecdotes and
provocative new findings, Paranormal America offers an entertaining
yet authoritative examination of a growing segment of American
religious culture.
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The Year's Work in the Oddball Archive
The modern age is no stranger to the cabinet of curiosities, the freak show, or a drawer full of odds and ends. These collections of oddities engagingly work against the rationality and order of the conventional archive found in a university, a corporation, or a governmental holding. In form, methodology, and content, The Year's Work in the Oddball Archive offers a counterargument to a more reasoned form of storing and recording the avant-garde (or the post-avant-garde), the perverse, the off, the bent, the absurd, the quirky, the weird, and the queer. To do so, it positions itself within the history of mirabilia launched by curiosity cabinets starting in the mid-fifteenth century and continuing to the present day. These archives (or are they counter-archives?) are located in unexpected places-the doorways of Katrina homes, the cavity of a cow, the remnants of extinct animals, an Internet site-and they offer up \"alternate modes of knowing\" to the traditional archive.
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New seven wonders in 360. The Great Wall
The Great Wall of China was built over a period of 1800 years to protect against invaders.
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New seven wonders in 360. Petra
The Nabateans built the city, now in modern-day Jordan, in a strategic spot located along early silk and spice trade routes.
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New seven wonders in 360. The Colosseum
The largest amphitheater of the Roman Empire could hold up to 70,000 people.
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