Bristol Pounds – and example of community currency. Currency is ephemeral and secondary; that it is the underlying mechanism of credit and repayment of accounts that is the essence of money. By George KasabovContributing Writer As we have seen, money in the current economic system is mostly created (out of thin air) by private banks as …
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Taming the Web The Evolution of Social Networking By Shawn Fuller Contributing Writer To understand what is happening right now we need understand how the world wide web has changed from when it was first invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. The web we see now is often called web 2.0 to mark this evolution. …
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Taming the Web What is an Algorithm? By Shawn Fuller Contributing Writer To understand what is happening right now we need understand how the world wide web has changed from when it was first invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. The web we see now is often called web 2.0 to mark this evolution. This …
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by John Fiske
Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by John Fiske is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of John Fiske then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
by Josephus
Josephus was one of the most important historians of antiquity, and also one of the best known. Living during the 1st century CE, the Roman-Jewish historian wrote at length about Jewish history in Roman occupied Jerusalem, and the plight of Jews in the Holy Land. He documented the destructive First Jewish–Roman War, which destroyed Jerusalem in 70 CE, and he was one of the first historians to discuss Christians. His best known works include The Jewish War (circa 75 CE) and Antiquities of the Jews (circa 94 CE).
Antiquities of the Jews was written from the perspective of Jews and intended for Roman audiences. In this massive work, Josephus discusses the history of the region and Jews, starting with the Old Testament up to the Jewish War.
by Bruce Hood
Most of us believe that we are unique and coherent individuals, but are we? The idea of a "self" has existed ever since humans began to live in groups and become sociable. Those who embrace the self as an individual in the West, or a member of the group in the East, feel fulfilled and purposeful. This experience seems incredibly real but a wealth of recent scientific evidence reveals that this notion of the independent, coherent self is an illusion - it is not what it seems. Reality as we perceive it is not something that objectively exists, but something that our brains construct from moment to moment, interpreting, summarizing, and substituting information along the way. Like a science fiction movie, we are living in a matrix that is our mind.
Today, technology is ubiquitous, touching almost every aspect of day-to-day life, including education. How can schools and teachers integrate technology into the classroom to enhance learning? By Kathleen Mazor, EdD, MSContributing Writer Technology plays an increasingly integral role in shaping learning environments and pedagogical approaches in education today. With the advent of digital tools and …
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Bonobos and Chimpanzees show traits of self-recognition, toolmaking, language and other traits. All animals adapt, develop and diversify over time to ensure their species’ survival, so it’s not surprising that we share characteristics with our nearest relatives. Some of these are less well known, and quite surprising. 1. Self-recognition Joshua Plotnik, a graduate student in …
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Just as the first followers of Jesus did not think of themselves as part of a new religion, the original community around Muhammad did not either, but rather one akin to the Hanifs – they sought the pure form of monotheism and called themselves the “Believers” (mu’minum). By Sally MallamContributing Writer Prophets and spiritual teachers are not …
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“Stories work with people, for people, and always stories work on people, affecting what people are able to see as real, as possible, and as worth doing or best avoided. What is it about stories—what are their particularities—that enables them to work as they do? More than mere curiosity is at stake in this question, …
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Featured Book Numbers and the Making of Us:Counting and the Course of Human Cultures Caleb EverettHardcover edition 2017 There are predictable numbers in nature, but we humans have an innate, “exact” number sense for numbers only up to three. Beyond three, we can tell when groups of objects are more than or less than one …
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