World, the Work, and the West of W.H.D. Koerner

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World, the Work, and the West of W.H.D. Koerner
William Henry Hutchinson
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The World, the Work & the west of W. H. d. Koerner

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The Best Clothing Book I've Ever Read.......2000-06-13

Susan Kaiser is a pioneer in the field. Her work sets the standard by which others should follow. This book is very readable. I recommend it to anyone who is fascinated by the impact of clothing on our culture/society.

If you are interested, definitely helpful!.......2000-03-27

For someone like me, a 15year old with both a strong interest in clothing and pyschology, this book was awesome. The Social Pschology of Clothing is a book about how we are dressed makes us seem to others. It explained how certain situations are handled due to the clothing involved. I highly recommend this book for anyone with a love for clothes and psychology. Ms. Kaiser, I may some day soon be doing a lenghthy research paper on this subject, and you have become a valuable resource.

Social Psychology of Clothing: Symbolic Appearances in Context

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Social Psychology of Clothing: Symbolic Appearances in Context
Susan B. Kaiser
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Hollywood Jewels: Movies, Jewelry, Stars
Penny Proddow , Debra Healy , and Marion Fasel
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Hollywood Jewels Movies Jewelry Stars Exquisite Precious Jewels supplied by Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Harry Winston, Tiffany ETC Includes Nazimova in Salome, Jean Harlow wearing Precious Sapphire Bead Bracelet , Narrative History, Gorgeous Malene Die
Debra Healy , Marion Fasel, photography David Behl, 267 illusts, 78 plates full colour, Color Frontispiece Penny Proddow
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Misguided attack.......2004-12-13

Mr. Horowitz has a valid thesis -- that classical music in the United States was taken over by commercial interests -- but he subverts that thesis in an attack, misguided, misinformed, and mean-spirited, on a great conductor who tried to conduct music as it was written. If it were not for the thesis, this would get no stars.

Does it have to be 'true' to be 'right?'.......2002-09-26

Horowitz's book started an highly interesting and vital argument within the world music community: what is the 'selling' of superstar musicians doing to the music as consumers come to experience it? In his analysis of Toscanini's repackaging as a sort of cold warrior cultural hero and 'correct' conductor by NBC in the years after WWII, Horowitz shows us the start of the commodification of serious music as a palliative for the masses. If "Mozart makes you smarter" is a trade gimmick today, it owes its inception to the selling of Toscanini as the 'only conductor to faithfully follow the score'--which he was billed as, and which he assuredly did not.

Toscanini's career is summarized and his NBC recording analyzed extensively in this volume, and the dynamics of selling serious music to a middle-brow audience come in for thoughtful consideration. This book is a bracing tonic for the idolatry that has corrupted honest critical assessment of Toscanini in the years since his death. If you're one of the ones who heard the awful singing of "The Three Tenors" and wondered how such mannered stuff could be massaged into a hit record, this book explains the process from its start.

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Create the enormously popular look and luxurious feel of chenille in just five fun steps! Discover all-new Faux Chenille™ techniques, such as incorporating ribbons, trims, and fabric scraps to create one-of-a-kind chenille fabrics. Learn to make raw fabric edges--even cotton--"bloom" into soft, beautiful fabric that's irresistible to touch. A magical world of color and texture awaits in:

· Nine step-by-step Faux Chenille projects, including wall quilts, pillows, rugs, handbags, and wearables

· Directions for making Faux Chenille in five simple steps--just layer, stitch, slash, wash, and dry

· Techniques for strip weaving, dyeing, and appliquéing cottons, muslin, and pre-quilted fabrics for unique textural effects

Also see Nannette's first book, Variations in Chenille.

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some nice ideas.......2002-11-14

There are some nice ideas in this book but it isn't what I expected. I found the instructions to be a little bit long winded. It's a nice book to browse through however and doesn't give the reader an understanding on how to make chennille. I would still want to have this book in my library though I don't think I'd have to refer to it too often.

New Directions in Chanille.......2002-08-31

Outstanding insturctional guide to making chanille quilts and wearable art.

Informative book.......2000-08-30

I enjoyed reading this book and it gave me some new ideas. I especially liked the discussion about making quilts from chenille since I am the Quilting host at BellaOnline. I think that it is a bit cumbersome the way the patterns are included since they have to be enlarged. I was glad to see the pattern for the asymmetrical vest and the jacket. They are both very creative patterns perfectly suited for chenille.

Not bad, just not enough!.......2000-05-01

Holmberg's designs are fascinating. However, it would have been nice to have instruction for more of the items shown - for example, there is a photo of a really cute "Toddler's Hooded Jacket" but no instructions for it!

A really good idea sourcebook, certainly, although I cannot understand her fascination with watermelons.

Instructions are given for only two wearable items - this was somewhat disappointing (Her first book contains more).

There are some interesting techniques, but I definitely preferred her first book.

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In organizations today, getting work done requires political and collaborative skills. That’s why the first edition of this book has been widely adopted as a guide for consultants, project leaders, staff experts, and anyone else who does not have direct authority but who is nevertheless accountable for results. In this revised edition, leadership gurus Allan Cohen and David Bradford explain how to get cooperation from those over whom you have no official authority by offering them help in the form of the “currencies” they value. This classic work, now revised and updated, gives you powerful techniques for cutting through interpersonal and interdepartmental barriers, and motivating people to lend you their support, time, and resources.

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This guide by management consultant Cohen and Stanford University Graduate School of Business professor Bradford skillfully demonstrates, with numerous examples, how managers and other employees can achieve their career objectives--as well as those of their companies--by forming mutually advantageous alliances. Urging patient planning of strategies, the authors offer advice on coping with turf rivalries, handling delicate inter-level relations and tips on how to bypass rules and foster managerial flexibility and innovation.

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Step-by-step strategies for swapping favors for power.......2006-05-11

This excellent leadership guide by Allan R. Cohen and David L. Bradford offers a classic, necessary set of prescriptions for anyone working in a flat, team-based organization. That is to say, it is a guide that will prove useful to almost everybody employed at a contemporary organization. The waning of the old hierarchical organization, with its clear lines of authority and control-command management styles, puts a greater emphasis on your individual ability to achieve your goals by enlisting support from people who, often, have no obligation to provide it. We recommend this clear, jargon-free outline of the basic principles you need to know to influence others, even if you lack sufficient authority.

Bean Counters --- Currency IS important.......2006-04-13

This book is excellent in content. There are so many pressures that cause people to behave certain ways in organizations. Everyone has their expectations and currency (teeth in the game) that drives their working relationships with others.

After reading this book, I understood the behaviors of others I've worked with. Culture, expectations of the boss, possible promotions, etc. really do influence behaviors of others in organizations. If you really take time to prepare and look at the stakeholders in a particular situation, and try to figure out what currencies people expect, it is easier to come to a consensus.

So many organizations today are consensus driven, it is important to understand the drivers. Sometimes these drivers, like company culture and decisions based on consensus, can cause harmful situations like "Group think" - that happened during the Challenger diaster and the defective "o" rings. Perhaps that disaster could have been diverted if the stakeholders had prepared and understood the currencies involved.

Effective change management . . ........2005-11-30

I'm honored to have received a couple of books for review from Wiley publishing. Influence without Authority by Allan Cohen and David Bradford (second edition) is a classic. Between the covers of this book are not only ideas about the art of getting work done through people, but a host of useful case studies and resources.

One of my first major change management projects, some 12 years ago now, lead me to believe that there had to be a better way to accomplish the cross functional negotiations that need to happen in any major change initiative. Here, in this book, are the explanations for both what worked and what didn't work on that project. Many of the principles listed not only got my head nodding "yes!" but also help me to understand how the hard learned lessons over the past 12 years fit into the overall picture of influencing colleagues, clients, and their employees.

The Cohen-Bradford Model of Influence, while appearing simple, was a bit more difficult to really comprehend. It comprises six "steps" pictured as an inward spiral, and starts at the "outside" with "Assume all are potential allies." Then moves inward with "Clarify your goals and priorities," "Diagnose the world of the other person," "Identify relevant currencies, theirs, yours," "Dealing with relationships," and finally at the center "Influence through give and take." Essentially, this text deals with explaining how this model is applied in a practical manner. Most important is the concept that while for small things, we can and often do intuitively understand the give and take in a transaction, for large complex transactions we need to be more methodical and think through our process, goals, interests and those of our allies. Hence, the model.

Of particular interest to me was this text's recognition that organizational change can be very complicated, and so dedicated several chapters to that process alone. Between these chapters, the case studies providing real life examples, and yes, the model itself, this book is invaluable to those either in or consulting to organizations wanting to move forward - because that means managing complex change and the need to influence people as well as leading them.

Influence without Authority, Volume 2, is a gem .......2005-08-11

As the HR profession evolves, one of the key skills required of modern practitioners is the ability to influence.
With this in mind, the second edition of Influence without Authority is a gem of a book for HR professionals. It provides an effective model for breaking through influencing impasses and details how to build an environment of collaboration, mutual assistance, and real achievement. In an era where HR professionals are often competing for resources, information or support from key stakeholders, the book includes many practical applications such as working cross-functionally, leading major change initiatives, using direct influence and overcoming organisational politics.
Authors Allan Cohen and David Bradford build upon the first edition with new chapters on applying their approach to influencing, or the `exchange model'. They argue that this model is especially useful for team leaders and managers, and provide a raft of useful examples for HR practitioners to use in the workplace.
If you work at the highest levels of HR or are new to the game, Influence without Authority lays down the ground rules of how to get what you want in the competitive world of business. Definitely worth a read.

A GREAT GUIDE TO THE ART OF INFLUENCING OTHERS. .......2005-03-16

This book is important because it's message-to succeed you must learn to influence others-is right on target. The authors assert that nobody "ever had enough authority (to get their work done)." But it is possible to have enough influence to make things happen, and this book's purpose is to tell you how! It shows that the key to influence is reciprocity, which is defined in many and subtle ways. An influence model provides the framework around which the book is organized and developed. Chapters cover influencing: your boss; difficult subordinates; others across functional lines; and colleagues. Other topics include: indirect influence; initiating or leading major change; organizational politics; and escalating to tougher strategies when needed. As consultants in organization analysis, design, and change (www.organizationconsultants) we are keenly aware of the importance and power of the art of influencing others; it is essential to leadership. It is pivotal to getting things done at all levels, starting with the execution of strategy. It is good to find a book that addresses this crucial topic. Overall, the authors offer a penetrating treatment of their subject which serves as a great guide to the art of influencing others. The book is rich in content, offering insights about a skill that is quintessential to personal and organizational success.

Reinventing Influence: How to Get Things Done in a World Without Authority (Future Skills Series)

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Realpolitik for the real world

Reinventing Influence: How to Get Things Done in a World Without Authority (Future Skills Series)
Mary Bragg
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This is a practical book for the manager of the future which clearly shows the link between influencing skills and effective management.

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Realpolitik for the real world.......2001-04-04

Maybe you won't get that warm feeling like in John Maxwell's book, nor as academically rigorous as Richard Thaler's works, BUT you will learn how to get things done in the real world. Dale Carnegie this ain't, but if you're at all involved in the Byzantine corporate political environment of today (and who isn't?), this stuff helps. Nuff said. Not the most Machiavellian book on the subject, but adequate for the advertised purpose.

Getting physician buy-in--even without direct authority.(Special Report: Managing The A-Team)(Author Abstract) : An article from: Physician Executive

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Getting physician buy-in--even without direct authority.(Special Report: Managing The A-Team)(Author Abstract) : An article from: Physician Executive
Stephen Blattner , and Mark Wenneker
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This digital document is an article from Physician Executive, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2049 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Examine five sources of indirect power you can use to influence A-team players and others to join in a new initiative.

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Influence without Authority. (book reviews): An article from: Human Resource Planning

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Influence without Authority. (book reviews): An article from: Human Resource Planning
Robert J. Bies
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This digital document is an article from Human Resource Planning, published by Human Resource Planning Society on December 1, 1992. The length of the article is 1318 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Influence without Authority. (book reviews)
Author: Robert J. Bies
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Date: December 1, 1992
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Volume: v15 Issue: n4 Page: p87(3)

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Influence Without Authority
Allan R.; Bradford, David L. Cohen
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Influence Without Authority
Allan R. and Bradford, David L. Cohen
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Great read!!

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American Agent: My Life in the CIA

Good, but VERY Detailed

Glimpse into life in the CIA

The American Agent: My Life in the CIA
Richard L. Holm
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The compelling memoir of one of the CIA’s most respected officers and diplomats.

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Great read!!.......2007-08-31

A wonderful account of an interesting career. If you are into government, intelligence, foriegn politics, or just plain old spy novels, you should definately read this book.

So-so.......2007-05-08

Some of the content of the book is fascinating. I enjoyed when he discussed operational details, but they seemed few and far between. As other reviews have said, the book seems focused on house hunting and the like. I also found his writing style to be a bit up and down. It almost reads like a first draft, with a strange flow.
I would recommend the book for anyone who is interested in the subject because there is not that much available that describes life inside the Agency. That being said, it is by no means a great read.

American Agent: My Life in the CIA.......2007-03-10

Good insite into the internal politics at the CIA. Pulls no punches regarding who (historically) supported the agency's mission and who did not.

Good perspective of what our field agents face abroad, their lifestyle, challenges with landguages, cultures, etc.

Slightly disappointed Holm did not go more into specific or theoretical cases. Also, he rants a bit too much at the end to get 31 yesrs of frustratio off his chest.

Good, but VERY Detailed.......2007-01-11

Holmes is a very detailed man. He tells his lifestory in great detail. Some of it is interesting, some of it is not. He does an excellent job in describing the agency and how it operates. Unfortunately, you have to read or go through a lot of junk to get there.

If you want the "quick and dirty" info about the CIA and how it operates, do not get this book. If you want great details about our operations in the Congo, Laos, and Asia and you have plenty of time, this is the book to read.

Glimpse into life in the CIA.......2007-01-05

I enjoyed this book because it covers a wide range of CIA history but also gives a glimpse into the life of a career operations oficer. Although the descriptions of Mr. Holms work are vague, descriptions of places he lived and the daily grind at different stages in his life are excellent. The book contains well written descriptions of his exotic experiences in far off lands, and is largely an enjoyable read.

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The vicious urban battle for the insurgent-controlled city of Fallujah in November 2004 was a turning point in the ongoing counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq. It demonstrated the resolve of the Iraqi government to fight terrorists domestically, using both multinational and Iraqi forces, and its results included a returning population willing to vote in national elections held in January 2005. Ballard tells the story of the Fallujah campaign, beginning with the horrific deaths of the American Blackwater contractors in March 2004 and continuing through the battle, the painstaking reconstruction of the city, and the precedent-setting elections that followed. Based on first-person accounts, interviews, and official documents, this book gives readers rare insight into the significant actions and innovative techniques of the year-long fight for the city. Opening with a historical overview of the initial crisis in Fallujah and the similar coalition battle in Najaf, the book includes a detailed account of the planning and execution of the operation to retake the city. Finally, it describes the political and military lessons proven in Fallujah, including coalition force integration, information operations, urban combat techniques, interagency coordination and innovative reconstruction procedures. This is the story of real combat in Iraq--told in a way every American should understand.

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Satisfying overview.......2007-09-04

This is a good intro to the attack and taking of Fallujah in 2004. It is not a blow by blow, house to house battle read, but is a good way to introduce the operation. A wee bit sloppy with editing in some places, somewhat dry writing, a poor index and too many needless acronyms make this book 3 not 4 stars.

Best book on Fallujah to date.......2006-06-27

John Ballard has done a masterful job recounting one of the most important urban battles since Hue City in 1968. Rather than throwing together a made for TV "novel" with a few facts tossed in for good measure, Ballard has painstakingly documented all the moving parts in this complex operation called Al Fajr (New Dawn). He brings out the important role that the Iraqi Security Forces played which seemed to be missing from "mainstream" press accounts of the operation.
This is a must read for anyone who wants to know what really happened in Fallujah written by a Marine who was there and commanding the 4th Civil Affairs Group who was in the thick of it.

The Complexity of Modern War.......2006-05-02

This is a solid read for those interested in the complexity of modern warfare. Ballard offers the reader a view of how an American force can address the tough issue of fighting in a built-up area. While he provides a superb recount of the timeless requirement of tenacious fighting by small groups of brave infantry and armor forces, he also describes the myriad of tasks that a modern commander must consider in such an endeavor-civil affairs, information operations, and the list goes on. A good read for professional warfighters and those interested in knowing the challenges that our men and women are facing in today's battlefield.

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Worth it for the discussion of Marxism

Philosophy of History: Prove untruth, not truth

Portrait of the Philosopher-King as an Artist

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A DIFFERENT VIEW OF PLATO

The Open Society and Its Enemies: Hegel and Marx (Routledge Classics)
Popper Karl
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Worth it for the discussion of Marxism.......2007-10-10

Popper's criticism of Marxist thought is the real payoff of the two volumes of this work. He writes with a passion that is at times overwrought - especially when teeing off against Plato and Hegel. Whether his criticism of their views is on the mark is incidental to the attack on Marx, and I leave it to the scholars of each to debate the merits of his critique. What Popper brings to the table is a clear exposition of his ideas. He makes a solid case for "social engineering" (an accurate but unfortunate term) as both a description of the past century and a prescription for addressing the problems with economic and social systems. This is a valuable and challenging book which will reward the reader willing to think through Popper's analysis.

Philosophy of History: Prove untruth, not truth.......2007-05-04

To Popper, science is a process of "conjectures and refutations"-- advancing bold conjectures about the state of the world and then trying to refute them. "Even in the study of history, objectivity should be sought in the institutions and traditions of a discipline. It is only through the give and take of open criticism and the ongoing interplay of many different kinds of biases that anything approaching objectivity will emerge." Thus, "truth" is seen as a hypothesis--you can't prove truth, you can only prove untruth. This is because one cannot know everything, therefore, nothing can be proved to be true.
Open societies, in Popper's definition, with their ideals of freedom and reason, of men who may create their own future, are opposed to the regimes of authoritarianism and totalitarianism. Hegel and Marx are the main focus of the book. Aristotle built his theory on Plato; Hegel on Aristotle; Marx on Hegel. Popper is concerned with their philosophies of history. A philosophy of history is an attempt to interpret systematically the historical process by a principle that unifies the results of research and points to an "ultimate meaning" behind the process. It involves systematic reflection on scientifically derived data about the past. All the parts are unified to form a whole with "ultimate meaning."
It was thus not Marx's historicist method which led him to success, but instead the "methods of institutional analysis." In many democratic, capitalist countries production has been so great that the workers have a higher standard of living than Marx ever envisaged. He also had an unrealistic view of human nature--that because man is born good, changing his environment will bring happiness. But this view ignores the universality of human imperfection, and the sacredness of personality that is lost in the communist state.

Yet, Popper claims that Marx has done Christianity a great service by pointing out the humanitarian demands of Christ. Popper made many generalizations about Christianity without describing the basic tenets that have made Christianity "the strongest opponent of Communism." Popper does not view Christianity as being a "substitute from dreams and wish--fulfillment; it should resemble neither the holding of a ticket in a lottery, nor the holding of a policy in an insurance company." Popper opposes a "leap in the dark" of faith, whether by Marxists probing the beginning of evolution, or by those experiencing a personal relationship with God. Faith is necessary, but it is to be based on a rational understanding of the difference between belief and fact, and the appropriate place for both.

Portrait of the Philosopher-King as an Artist.......2006-08-22

When confronted with the rise of totalitarianism and the destruction of all that he held dear, Poper felt a single, overwhelming urge: to return to the Greeks, to the dawn of our civilization, so as to understand the root of the evil and to offer a practical way out of bestiality. His search was motivated by the insight that "this civilization has not yet fully recovered from the shock of its birth--the transition from the tribal or 'closed society', with its submission to magical forces, to the 'open society', which sets free the critical powers of man."

Heraclitus set the stage with his claim that "the cosmos, at best, is like a rubbish heap scattered at random." If "everything is in flux" and "you cannot step twice into the same river", then at least we can try to discover the historical or evolutionary laws which will enable us to prophesy the destiny of man.

Plato's claim to greatness is to have discovered such a law: that "all social change is corruption or decay or degeneration," and that the only way to break this cycle of decay is to arrest development and return to the Golden Age, where no change occurs. His belief in perfect and unchanging things, the Platonic Ideas from which all things originate, finds its expression in all fields of inquiry: be it social justice, nature and convention, wisdom and truth, or goodness and beauty.

Behind these lofty ideals, Popper uncovers a discomforting truth: Plato envisioned the ideal Greek polity as a totalitarian nightmare, where the 'race of the guardians' had to be kept pure from any miscegenation and where the role of the rulers was to breed the human cattle according to some esoteric formula (the 'Platonic Number', a number determining the True Period of the human race). Along his apology of Sparta came his endorsement of infanticide and his recommendation that children of both sexes be "brought within the sight of actual war and made to taste blood."

Popper demonstrates that these crazy ideas were not the vague mumblings of an otherwise sound philosopher: they were central tenets in Plato's philosophy, a system which has been characterized by another author as "the most savage and most profound attack upon liberal ideas which history can show."

Popper connects this extreme radicalism of the Platonic approach with its aestheticism, i.e. with "the desire to build a world which is not only a little better and more rational than ours, but which is free from all its ugliness." Plato, the Philosopher-King, can be best characterized as an artist: a man attracted to a world of pure beauty, a craftsman who tries to visualize an ideal model of his work and to copy it faithfully, and for whom "the part has to be executed for the sake of the whole, and not the whole for the sake of the part." His desire to "start from a clean canvas" or his claim to prefer "the original to the copy" find disturbing echoes in contemporary political debates. Contrary to Plato's belief, however, the canvas can never be made clean, and the copy often improves upon the original.

Let's give Popper the last word: "But there I must protest. I do not believe that human lives may be made the means for satisfying an artist's desire for self-expression. We must demand, rather, that every man should be given, if he wishes, the right to model his life himself, as far as this does not interfere too much with others. Much as I sympathize with the aesthetic impulse, I suggest that the artist might seek expression in another material."

Read the free excerpt - pg 7 Plato vs Pericles.......2006-03-10

Click on the book and keep clicking to page 7 - two quotes from Plato vs Pericles, which could have been written yesterday.
I may be moving and I'm busy, so no I have not read the book, but every now and then I reread that page 7 - how INSPIRING !

A DIFFERENT VIEW OF PLATO.......2005-10-30

I wish Popper were still alive because there are so FEW philosophers who can write so clearly.

Volume 1 of the Open Society is a critique of historicism and an analysis of how Plato's later thought supports totalitarianism, not democracy.

Popper presents a convincing argument about the danger of deifying philosophers of the past. He shows how some of the ideas of Plato are imbedded in our culture in ways that do not always support an Open Society, by which he means not only democracy but a society that is OPEN to learning from its mistakes and adapting to change.

If you are interested in political philosophy or the interaction of philosopy and society, this book is worth your time.

The Open Society and Its Enemies Volume 2 the High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath

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The Open Society and Its Enemies Volume 2 the High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath

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Antisthenes redivivus;: Popper's attack on Plato

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Gerrit Jacob de Vries
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The Open society & its enemies: Vol 2 The High tide of prophecy: Hegel, Marx and the aftermath

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The Open society & its enemies: Vol 2 The High tide of prophecy: Hegel, Marx and the aftermath

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Essential reading if democracy is to survive

The open society and its enemies
Sir Karl Raimund Popper
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Essential reading if democracy is to survive.......2005-05-15

Karl Popper was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. In The Open Society and It's Enemies he presents not only the case for democracy (an open society) but also the case against tyranny (a closed society), no matter how benevolent any given tyranny purports to be. Popper also explains why many people are still attracted to tyranical forms of government -- whether fascist or communist. Such people prefer order to freedom. One of the paradoxes presented by Popper is that some degree of inefficiency is endemic to democracy, whereas highly-efficient government -- which many people think they want -- is almost invariably tyrannical. This book is a must read for everyone interested in maintaining individual freedom and understanding the threats which it constantly faces.

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