Callous and Cruel
Title | Callous and Cruel PDF eBook |
Author | Jamie Fellner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 127 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Correctional institutions |
ISBN | 9781623132415 |
"This 127-page report details incidents in which correctional staff have deluged prisoners with painful chemical sprays, shocked them with powerful electric stun weapons, and strapped them for days in restraining chairs or beds. Staff have broken prisoners' jaws, noses, ribs; left them with lacerations requiring stitches, second-degree burns, deep bruises, and damaged internal organs. In some cases, the force used has led to their death"--Publisher's website, as viewed June 1, 2015.
The Contemporary Review
Title | The Contemporary Review PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 832 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Great Britain |
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The English Review
Title | The English Review PDF eBook |
Author | Ford Madox Ford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 572 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Modernism (Literature) |
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Lotus Magazine
Title | Lotus Magazine PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Song at Twilight, A
Title | Song at Twilight, A PDF eBook |
Author | Noël Coward |
Publisher | Samuel French, Inc. |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780573615641 |
A Philosophical Exploration of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Title | A Philosophical Exploration of the Humanities and Social Sciences PDF eBook |
Author | Giorgio Baruchello |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 619 |
Release | 2022-11-07 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 3110760010 |
Humor has been praised by philosophers and poets as a balm to soothe the sorrows that outrageous fortune’s slings and arrows cause inevitably, if not incessantly, to each and every one of us. In mundane life, having a sense of humor is seen not only as a positive trait of character, but as a social prerequisite, without which a person’s career and mating prospects are severely diminished, if not annihilated. However, humor is much more than this, and so much else. In particular, humor can accompany cruelty, inform it, sustain it, and exemplify it. Therefore, in this book, we provide a comprehensive, reasoned exploration of the vast literature on the concepts of humor and cruelty, as these have been tackled in Western philosophy, humanities, and social sciences, especially psychology. Also, the apparent cacophony of extant interpretations of these two concepts is explained as the inevitable and even useful result of the polysemy inherent to all common-sense concepts, in line with the understanding of concepts developed by M. Polanyi in the 20th century. Thus, a thorough, nuanced grasp of their complex mutual relationship is established, and many platitudes affecting today's received views, and scholarship, are cast aside.
The Nineteenth Century and After
Title | The Nineteenth Century and After PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1452 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | Nineteenth century |
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