Bøker av Michael Taylor

Can social order be maintained in a stateless society? Is anarchy viable? The author's contention is that stateless social order is possible only if relations between people are those characteristic of community. For evidence he draws on the experience of stateless primitive societies, peasant communities and utopian and other communities.

Native American sports team mascots represent a contemporary problem for modern Native American people. The ideas embedded in the mascot representations, however, are as old as the ideas constructed about the Indian since contact between the peoples of Western and the Eastern hemispheres. Such ideas conceived about Native Americans go hand-in-hand with the machinations of colonialism and conquest of these people. This research looks at how such ideas inform the construction of identity of white males from historic experiences with Native Americans. Notions of ';playing Indian' and of ';going Native' are precipitated from these historic contexts such that in the contemporary sense of considering Native Americans, popular culture ideas dress Native Americans in feathers and buckskin in order to satisfy stereotypic expectations of Indian-ness.

A powerful and provocative critique of the foundations of Rational Choice theory and the economic way of thinking about the world, written by a former leading practitioner. The target is a dehumanizing ideology that cannot properly recognize that normal people have attachments and commitments to other people and to practices, projects, principles, and places, which provide them with desire-independent reasons for action, and that they are reflective creatures who think about what they are and what they should be, with ideals that can shape and structure the way they see their choices. The author's views are brought to bear on the economic way of thinking about the natural environment and on how and when the norm of fair reciprocity motivates us to do our part in cooperative endeavors. Throughout, the argument is adorned by thought-provoking examples that keep what is at stake clearly before the reader's mind.

Consultant Me is the first book for business leaders and managers that opens the lid on management consulting how-to, enabling them to apply these powerful, up-to-the-minute methods to business problems and opportunities themselves.

'Broken Compass' is a story based on actual events. The storyline involves episodes of chilling crime, gangs and drugs.'Broken Compass' is based on facts and events surrounding the highs and lows of what growing up on the streets can be like. But, there is a turning point!The turning point for me was: The realisation that it is up to me, and me only to make my own life-changing decision. Ultimately by changing my life direction. Pointing your compass in the right direction may be the starting point to a new beginning.It was for me!

This book is written for anyone who has thought about or wants to become an entrepreneur. Unlike most business books, this one does not focus on the mechanics of starting or running a business, instead it focuses on the most important aspect of a business which is the entrepreneur. This book explains why an entrepreneur is the Soul of any business so therefore the entrepreneur must ensure that they are the best entrepreneurs they can possibly be. It takes a creative and philosophical approach to starting and running a business and suggests that starting a business is actually a form of spiritual practice in which an entrepreneur expresses his/her creativity and their deepest passions and desires.Filled with both practical and scientific advice, this book is a high octane motivational tool that provides an entrepreneur with the fuel of wisdom and insights that empowers them to reach their full potential while building the company of their dreams.The intention of the book is to inspire entrepreneurs to build businees that are committed to making a positive impact on the world while making a handsome profit. It is a book that belongs on every bookshelf of those who are committed to building companies that change the world.

The book is . They are intellectually rigorous, but written in non-technical language for the thoughtful reader. They deal with the exhaustion of the Western Christian tradition and its need to `cross boundaries` if it is to find renewal; why the North should be interested in development; how to respond to highly divergent views about the effects of the global economy; advice to Christian campaigners and demonstrators; differences and similarities between those who set out to reform the global economy and those who reject it wholesale; ways of doing social theology or social ethics; and some of the challenges made by faith traditions in the `South` to the mainstream development tradition.Many recurring themes in the book arise from the continuing tradition of Christian Realism, requiring us to take full of account of the worst as well as the best in human nature.

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) is remembered only as an alleged 'Social Darwinist' who applied the theory of the survival of the fittest to society. This book provides the modern survey of the corpus of Spencer's thought. It introduces a Spencer very different to his posthumous reputation.

Traversing Parallels explores the work and life of American glass artist Michael Taylor, who has enjoyed a prominent career in the art glass world since 1967. The book focuses on work made from 2005 through 2017, exploring the conceptual progression of TaylorΓÇÖs work during this time and scrutinizing his notion of sociopolitical awareness and the responsibility of all artists to use their gifts to speak on social perspective. His cut and laminated glass constructions celebrate the progress of human ingenuity while also considering the wider implications of our impact on the world. Taylor himself provides autobiographical texts throughout the book, recounting his many years as a teacher of glass as well as his own education and evolution as an artist. With an exciting design and a wealth of images, this monograph makes a welcome addition to the history of contemporary American art glass.

Over eighty inventive and imaginative shapes and figures to create with finger strings.