Tag: Inquiry

Free Download Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards By Brady, Henry E(Editor);Collier, David
2010 | 428 Pages | ISBN: 1442203439 | PDF | 3 MB
With innovative new chapters on process tracing, regression analysis, and natural experiments, the second edition of Rethinking Social Inquiry further extends the reach of this path-breaking book. The original debate with King, Keohane, and Verba_now updated_remains central to the volume, and the new material illuminates evolving discussions of essential methodological tools. Thus, process tracing is often invoked as fundamental to qualitative analysis, but is rarely applied with precision. Pitfalls of regression analysis are sometimes noted, but often are inadequately examined. And the complex assumptions and trade-offs of natural experiments are poorly understood. The second edition extends the methodological horizon through exploring these critical tools. A distinctive feature of this edition is the online placement of four chapters from the prior edition, all focused on the dialogue with King, Keohane, and Verba.

Free Download Sylvia Mader, "Inquiry into Life"
English | 2016 | pages: 841 | ISBN: 1259426165, 1259688615, 1259693090 | PDF | 428,1 mb
Basic biological concepts and processes with a human emphasis.

Free Download From Impression to Inquiry: A Tribute to the Work of Robert Wallerstein (The International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Ideas and Applications Series) By Wilma Bucci
2007 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 1905888007 | PDF | 75 MB
From Impression to Inquiry is a tribute to the work of Robert Wallerstein and is a homage to his exceptional attitude regarding the problem of agreements, divergences, and uncertainties in psychoanalysis.

Free Download A World Full of Gods
by Greer, John Michael;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1801520801 | 261 pages | True EPUB | 6.18 MB

Free Download A Jungian Inquiry into the American Psyche By Ipek S. Burnett
2019 | 144 Pages | ISBN: 0367192772 | EPUB | 1 MB
In A Jungian Inquiry into the American Psyche: The Violence of Innocence, Ipek Burnett’s penetrating cultural criticism enriched with psychoanalytical and Jungian insight offers a timely interrogation of national consciousness in the United States.Through evocative storytelling, Burnett unpacks the images and myths that run deep in the American psyche―from that of the New World, the city upon a hill, to the Manifest Destiny, the melting pot, and the pursuit of happiness. Against this backdrop, she investigates the vicious cycles of innocence and violence that have dominated American history and continue to reinforce systematic oppression in America, evident in racial and economic inequality, xenophobia, materialism, and more. Burnett’s thought-provoking analysis exposes the ways in which psychological defenses such as historical amnesia, projection, denial, and dissociation work on a collective level, helping America avoid a confrontation with these violent truths of its past and present circumstances, and its national character.With its seamless multidisciplinary approach and revealing insight, this book will be of great interest to psychologists, scholars, and students of Jungian and post-Jungian thought, depth psychology, and cultural and American studies. Eloquent and accessible, it will engage readers who strive to be self-reflective, well-informed global citizens.

Free Download Victor Borde, "The Purusha Suktam: An A-religious Inquiry into a Sacred Text"
English | ISBN: 148973242X | 2021 | 446 pages | AZW3 | 6 MB
The interpretation of the Vedic text has been a prerogative of the Hindu Brahmins, it has always been interpreted from the religious point of view. This book’s approach is from the socio-historical perspective. It is a subaltern reading of the Vedic text, which not only establishes the fact that Purua-sktam is an interpolation but also unveils the reasons for its interpolation. The authors approach is both emic and etic at the same time; a perspective which bringing out unique insights. He has used a diachronic approach to trace the history of interpretation thus revealing the various layers of interpretations of this text. Beginning with contemporary interpretations, he goes down in history pointing out how the orthodox and classical scholars interpreted this text and going further back in time to unravel its origin and usage in the context of yajnas and nature religion.

Free Download The Imperial Style of Inquiry in Twentieth-Century China: The Emergence of New Approaches By Donald J. Munro
1996 | 160 Pages | ISBN: 0892641207 | PDF | 3 MB
How have traditional Chinese ways of thinking affected problem solving in this century? The traditional, imperial style of inquiry is associated with the belief that the universe is a coherent, internally structured unity understandable through the similarly structured human mind. It involves a reliance on antecedent and authoritarian models, coupled with an introspective focus in investigations, at some cost to objective fact gathering. In contrast, emergent forms of inquiry are guided by the values of individual autonomy and new perspectives on objectivity. In the 1930s and 1940s, some liberal educators held the model of Western science in great esteem, and some scientists practicing objective inquiry helped to create an awareness in the urban areas of inquiry not directed by political values. Drawing on philosophical, social science, and popular culture materials, Donald Munro shows that the two strains coexisted in twentieth century China as mixed motives. Many important figures were motivated by a desire to act consistently with the social values associated with the premodern or received view of knowledge and inquiry. At the same time, these people often had other motives, such as utilitarian values, efficiency, and entrepreneurship. Munro argues that while many competing positions can coexist in the same person, the seeds of the positive, instrumental value of individual autonomy in Chinese inquiry are beginning to compete in both scholarly and popular culture with other, older approaches.

Free Download Rj Anderson, "A Phenomenological Inquiry Into the North American Shaman’s Experience of the Altered State of Consciousness "
English | ISBN: 9042940972 | 2021 | 175 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Although conflicting ideas exist about the origin of the shaman, it is clear that these individuals exist across culture and history. Research has indicated that a specific altered state of consciousness (ASC) exists that the shaman utilizes to help the individual or group heal. Discrepancies in understanding the shaman’s experience of ASC had led to the call for further research in this area. This phenomenological study aimed to investigate the shaman’s experience of the ASC. Results indicated that the shaman’s evolution was based on the criteria associated with the wounded healer archetype as well as conditions associated with the individuation process of Jung. Based on the narratives of the five participants, the results suggest that the shaman is a person who has an expanded understanding of the consciousness experience. This contrasts what Western society has understood about consciousness. The study also revealed the shaman’s experience of the ASC was accomplished through a pattern of development that resulted in each participant acquiring the status of shaman.

Free Download Who Are You, Really?: A Philosopher’s Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Persons by Joshua Rasmussen
English | March 21, 2023 | ISBN: 1514003945 | 329 pages | PDF | 8.29 Mb
What does it mean to be human? What is a person? Where did we come from?

Free Download Samia Bano, "The Sharia Inquiry, Religious Practice and Muslim Family Law in Britain "
English | ISBN: 0367547317 | 2023 | 142 pages | PDF | 2 MB
In February 2018, the ‘Independent Review on Sharia Law in England and Wales’ was published, headed by Professor Mona Siddiqui. The review focused on whether sharia law is being misused or applied in a way that is incompatible with the domestic law in England and Wales, and, in particular, whether there were discriminatory practices against women who use sharia councils. It came about after years of concerns raised by academics, lawyers and women’s activists.