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{"id":6818885861435,"title":"The Rights Revolution","handle":"the-rights-revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an updated preface by the author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe. Indeed, rights have become the trump card in every argument. Long-standing fights for aboriginal rights, the issue of preserving the linguistic heritage of minorities, and same-sex marriage have steered our society into a full-blown rights revolution. This revolution is not only deeply controversial in North America, but is being watched around the world. Are group rights jeopardizing individual rights? When everyone asserts their rights, what happens to responsibilities? Can families survive and prosper when each member has rights? 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The Rights Revolution
In his 2000 CBC Massey Lectures, Michael Ignatieff confronts controversial human rights questions and defends the individualism of rights language.
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{"id":6812117270587,"title":"The Rise of Populism","handle":"the-rise-of-populism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate, held on November 2, 2018, pits Stephen Bannon, the CEO of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, against columnist and author David Frum to debate the future of liberalism against the rising tide of populism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the Western world, politics is undergoing a sea-change. Long-held notions of the role of government, trade and economic policy, foreign policy, and immigration are being challenged by populist thinkers and movements. Does this surging populist agenda in Western nations signal a permanent shift in our politics? Or is it a passing phenomenon that will remain at the fringes of society and political power? 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The Rise of Populism
The twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate takes on the future of liberalism against the rising tide of populism.
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The Rivers North of the Future
David Cayley compiles Ivan Illich's moving and insightful thoughts concerning the fate of the Christian Gospel.
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The Temple at the End of the Universe
A journalistic memoir by a lapsed evangelical Christian that examines how the ecological crisis is shifting the ground of religious faith.<\/strong><\/p>
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With humor, heart, and research he provides a relatable blueprint for men who want to embark on this important journey.","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Matt McGorry, actor and activist, Orange is the New Black, How to Get Away With Murder","OtherText_Accolades_1":"For too long the struggle for the rights of women and girls was seen as women’s business. Of course it’s equally men’s business and stops being such a struggle when it’s seen that way. This reframing gives us a chance to understand violence against women as deeply toxic for us all.","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women","OtherText_Accolades_2":"Kaufman’s The Time Has Come offers a personal and instructive appeal for men to take the journey from self-reflection to allyship to advocacy around gender equality.","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Wade Davis","OtherText_Accolades_3":"Critically important for our time and required reading for us all. I had a hard time putting it down — it’s a great book.","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Rosanna Arquette, Emmy-nominated actor","OtherText_Accolades_4":"An inspiring book loaded with wisdom and pragmatism. I strongly recommend this awesome book. THE TIME HAS COME!","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, co-founder of the Malala Fund, United Nations Special Adviser on Global Education","OtherText_Accolades_5":"With a combination of compelling stories and facts, Michael Kaufman offers a timely and important case for engaging men in the ongoing fight for gender equality.","OtherText_Accolades_5_Auth":"Deborah Gillis, President and CEO, Catalyst","OtherText_Accolades_6":"Through personal stories, insights gleaned from decades of working to end gender-based violence, and practical advice for those men ready to step up to the plate, Kaufman has produced a special book. It will be an important guide to the many men now seeking ways to stop violence against women, to create a more nurturing and loving culture for all. Now especially, a major ‘men’s movement’ is needed to counter the kind of male leadership that seems to encourage the very violence that continues to endanger our lives and well-being.","OtherText_Accolades_6_Auth":"Judy Norsigian, co-creator of Our Bodies Ourselves","OtherText_Accolades_7":"Michael Kaufman is among the most prominent male allies for social justice in the world today. In this new book he makes a more personal case to women — and men: gender equality is good for everyone! A vital and necessary book by one of the most visible activists and surest of guides.","OtherText_Accolades_7_Src":"Michael Kimmel, author of Angry White Men and Guyland","OtherText_Accolades_8":"This book is a timely, incisive, and accessible wake-up call for men around the world. One of the things I’m asked most commonly in my work is: where are the men discussing these issues? Why aren’t more men taking up this cause? Where is the book that will speak to men about this topic? Well they don't need to wait any longer. That book is here. It is vital reading for men everywhere and I hope it will support new wave of men and boys to become part of a battle that is as much theirs as it is women’s.","OtherText_Accolades_8_Auth":"Laura Bates, writer and founder of Everyday Sexism","OtherText_Accolades_9":"One of the first men to stand up publicly against violence against women, Michael Kaufman has written a comprehensive and popular call to men to join the battle for gender equality not only through ending violence against women but also by supporting women’s equality on an economic, social, political and personal level. Give it to every man you know.","OtherText_Accolades_9_Auth":"Judy Rebick, journalist, political activist, and author of Heroes in My Head","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eFifty years of feminist organizing came to a head in early 2017. Millions of women and hundreds of thousands of men greeted the election of Donald Trump with some of the largest demonstrations the United States has ever seen. People joined in around the world. They were not only reacting to Trump’s boast of assaulting women but also were there to celebrate the impact of feminism and to show they would resist any attempts to roll back progress on women’s rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe people in the streets and the tens of millions more who cheered in support inserted new life into decades of feminism and powered everything that was to come. Within months, revelations of sexual harassment and assault poured out of Silicon Valley; the film, theater, and TV industries; and the corporate world at home and abroad. The betrayal of trust, abuse of authority, and the denigration of women by men in positions of power pounded into our brains. As #MeToo and #TimesUp captured our attention, discussions quickly moved from newsrooms to dining rooms, staff rooms, and locker rooms. Men asked wives, daughters, and coworkers: Did anything like that ever happen to you? and a frightening number of women answered, Yes, of course, but why has it taken men so long to listen?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spreading shock waves are giving new impetus to demands in our workplaces for equal pay and equal access to all jobs. The millennia-long affirmative action program for my half of the species simply can’t go on. The shock waves are bringing new energy to concerns about the panoply of violence— verbal, sexual, emotional, physical—that countless women still experience. They are bringing more attention to the critical need for quality, affordable childcare and for parental leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd for men? More and more of us are realizing we cannot stay silent. We know we must speak out and we must examine our own attitudes and behaviors. But we’re also realizing that it’s time to rethink and reshape what it means to be a man because of the destructive and self-destructive ways we’ve defined manhood.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"This is a cogent, unusual call to action.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Publisher's Weekly","OtherText_Review_1":"Kaufman argues persuasively that true gender equality will be good for the economy, families, the environment, and perhaps, especially, men themselves . . . Kaufman focuses on how the power granted by gender inequality puts men over women, some men over other men, and man over nature, thus widening his scope. A timely, informative, thought-provoking, and practical approach to a necessary social reform. Recommended for both men and women.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The Time Has Come offers a plain-spoken and forthright look at why and how men must actively fight for gender equality.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2019-01-15","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"The Time Has Come offers a plain-spoken and forthright look at why and how men must actively fight for gender equality.","Subtitle":"Why Men Must Join the Gender Equality Revolution","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
The Time Has Come
The Time Has Come offers a plain-spoken and forthright look at why and how men must actively fight for gender equality.
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The Triumph of Narrative
In his 1999 CBC Massey Lectures, Robert Fulford reveals to us the mystery, power, and importance of story in all our lives.
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The Truth About Stories
In his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures, award-winning author Thomas King explores how stories shape who we are and how we understand and interact with other people.
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The Unconscious Civilization
John Ralston Saul argues that our society is only superficially based on democracy, and that increasingly it is conformist and corporatist.
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It is a mixture of polemic, celebrating science and reason with the eloquence and power of Sagan and Bronowski, and a beautifully written exploration of some of the great fundamental questions at the frontier of scientific knowledge. If you want to experience the excitement of modern science and understand why scientists devote their professional lives to the exploration of the unknown, then read this book.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Brian Cox, author of The Quantum Universe","OtherText_Review_3":"Turok does an excellent job making accessible some of the most difficult concepts in physics, writing about science with a clarity that rivals Brian Greene and James Gleick ... by turns entertaining and instructive, The Universe Within above all offers hope.","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"August C. 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Neil Turok's 2012 CBC Massey Lectures is a visionary look at the way the human mind can shape the future.
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Amnon Buchbinder illuminates the path to mastery for aspiring screenwriters and lovers of the cinematic experience.
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His recent book, \u003cem\u003eInto the Silence\u003c\/em\u003e, received the 2012 Samuel Johnson prize, the top award for literary nonfiction in the English language. In 2016 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"SOCIAL SCIENCE \/ Anthropology \/ Cultural \u0026amp; Social","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"NATURE \/ Ecology","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"SOCIAL SCIENCE \/ Ethnic Studies \/ General","BISACSubject_0":"SOC002010","BISACSubject_1":"NAT010000","BISACSubject_2":"SOC008000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWADE DAVIS\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of anthropology and the B.C. Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia. Between 1999 and 2013 he served as Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and is currently a member of the NGS Explorers Council and Honorary Vice-President of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Named by the NGS as one of the Explorers for the Millennium, he has been described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity.” In 2014, Switzerland’s leading think tank, the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute of Zurich, ranked him 16th in their annual survey of the top 100 most influential global Thought Leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAn ethnographer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker, Davis holds degrees in anthropology and biology and received his PhD in ethnobotany, all from Harvard University. Mostly through the Harvard Botanical Museum, he spent over three years in the Amazon and Andes as a plant explorer, living among fifteen indigenous groups in eight Latin American nations while making some 6000 botanical collections. His work later took him to Haiti to investigate folk preparations implicated in the creation of zombies, an assignment that led to his writing \u003cem\u003eThe Serpent and the Rainbow\u003c\/em\u003e (1986), an international best seller later released by Universal as a motion picture. In recent years his work has taken him to East Africa, Borneo, Nepal, Peru, Polynesia, Tibet, Mali, Benin, Togo, New Guinea, Australia, Colombia, Vanuatu, Mongolia and the high Arctic of Nunavut and Greenland.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDavis is the author of 275 scientific and popular articles and 20 books including \u003cem\u003eOne River\u003c\/em\u003e (1996), \u003cem\u003eThe Wayfinders\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), \u003cem\u003eThe Sacred Headwaters\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), \u003cem\u003eInto the Silence\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eRiver Notes\u003c\/em\u003e (2012). His photographs have been widely exhibited and have appeared in 30 books and 100 magazines, including \u003cem\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGeo\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMen’s Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOutside\u003c\/em\u003e. He was the co-curator of \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Amazon: The Photographic Journey of Richard Evans Schultes\u003c\/em\u003e, first exhibited at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. In 2012 he served as guest curator of \u003cem\u003eNo Strangers: Ancient Wisdom in the Modern World\u003c\/em\u003e, an exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHis many film credits include \u003cem\u003eLight at the Edge of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, an eight-hour documentary series written and produced for the \u003cem\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/em\u003e. A professional speaker for 30 years, Davis has lectured at over 200 universities and 250 corporations and professional associations. In 2009 he delivered the CBC Massey Lectures. He has spoken from the main stage at TED five times, and his three posted talks have been viewed by 3 million. His books have appeared in 20 languages and sold approximately one million copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDavis is the recipient of 11 honorary degrees, as well as the 2009 Gold Medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society for his contributions to anthropology and conservation, the 2011 Explorers Medal, the highest award of the Explorers Club, the 2012 David Fairchild Medal for botanical exploration, the 2013 Ness Medal for geography education from the Royal Geographical Society, and the 2015 Centennial Medal of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. His recent book, \u003cem\u003eInto the Silence\u003c\/em\u003e, received the 2012 Samuel Johnson prize, the top award for literary nonfiction in the English language. In 2016 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Davis, Wade (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In \u003cem\u003eThe Wayfinders\u003c\/em\u003e, renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigenous cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn Polynesia we set sail with navigators whose ancestors settled the Pacific ten centuries before Christ. In the Amazon we meet the descendants of a true lost civilization, the Peoples of the Anaconda. In the Andes we discover that the earth really is alive, while in Australia we experience Dreamtime, the all-embracing philosophy of the first humans to walk out of Africa. We then travel to Nepal, where we encounter a wisdom hero, a Bodhisattva, who emerges from forty-five years of Buddhist retreat and solitude. And finally we settle in Borneo, where the last rainforest nomads struggle to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the lessons of this journey will be our mission for the next century. For at risk is the human legacy -- a vast archive of knowledge and expertise, a catalogue of the imagination. Rediscovering a new appreciation for the diversity of the human spirit, as expressed by culture, is among the central challenges of our time. \u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9780887848421","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9780887848421\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8.25","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","MetaKeywords":"Ethnic Studies; Ecology; Anthropology; Cultural; Massey Lectures","NumberOfPages":"272","OtherText_Review_0":"...[Davis] does a solid job of debunking the notion that Western rationalism, espoused from the Enlightenment through to the present, is the only-or even the best-model for humanity.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Walrus","OtherText_Review_1":"...cogent, fierce and provocative...","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_2":"Davis writes powerfully and emotionally.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire","OtherText_Review_3":"In The Wayfinders, Davis presents an eloquent and persuasive case for the contemporary value of these ancient cultures, not least because of what we might learn about how human societies can live sustainably on the planet.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Canadian Geographic","OtherText_Review_4":"This year's Massey Lecturer presents his refreshing view, of examining ancient wisdom and indigenous cultures to help us find our own path, and it demands to be read.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"National Post","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Distinguished anthropologist Wade Davis leads us on a fascinating tour through a handful of indigenous cultures.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeName_0":"Writers' Trust of Canada Non-Fiction Prize","PrizeName_1":"Orion Book Award","PrizeYear_0":"2009","PrizeYear_1":"2010","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2009-10-01","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"The CBC Massey Lectures","ShortDescription":"Distinguished anthropologist Wade Davis leads us on a fascinating tour through a handful of indigenous cultures.","Width":"5.13","WidthCode":"in"}
The Wayfinders
Distinguished anthropologist Wade Davis leads us on a fascinating tour through a handful of indigenous cultures.
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The Massey Lectures airs on three select U.S. stations: KUOW Seattle, WBEZ Chicago, MPBN Maine.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eTherefore Choose Life will be available on NetGalley and Edelweiss.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne with the Universe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll men, everywhere, have asked the same questions: Whence we come, what kind of thing we are, and at least some intimation of what may become of us. Seeking answers to these questions, men have followed many paths. I hope I may be forgiven for believing that science offers perhaps the surest of those paths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have special need now for answers to those questions. Our society is adrift. We are in a crisis of conviction, of mission, of commitment — a kind of worldwide identity crisis. Indeed, technology having obliterated distance, man needs more than ever before to become a community. Unless we can achieve some commonly accepted sense of human needs and goals, we’re lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, that is the kind of thing I shall be talking about. I shall be asking the question: From what base can a scientist, dealing as a scientist, make moral and political judgements? I would like to examine that base — my base. Perhaps it can become yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat I am looking for is some sort of context that can serve as a guide to decision and action. In a sense, this is my religion — the entirely secular religion of one scientist. It contains no supernatural elements. Nature is enough for me — enough of awe, enough of beauty, enough of reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI would like to begin by sorting out some basic ideas. We need to know what we are talking about. Man has been engaged, ever since we have known him, in an unending struggle to know. I think that is epitomized in science — science is an attempt to understand all reality. Reality covers a very broad province — not only such relatively simple things as stones falling and the structures of atomic nuclei, but much more complicated things such as poets writing sonnets, people weeping, people praying. I think that some of those more complicated things science will never understand; but we’ll keep on trying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe point of the whole enterprise is to achieve understanding. Facts are only the raw material of science. Some time ago I read for the first time (though not the last) Herman Hesse’s book Siddhartha, and I came out of that first reading with a wonderful sentence: “One can gain knowledge from words, but wisdom only from things.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI think that’s what science is about: it’s a deep-seated attempt to extract the wisdom from things. As such, as that deep and consistent attempt to understand reality, science is altogether good (as our culture interprets “the good”) — there can be no such thing as bad science. Any other view would be a plea for ignorance, and there can be no possible quarrel with science that ignorance can improve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is another entirely different enterprise: the application of science to useful ends — technology. I have just finished saying that science is altogether good, but I would never dream of saying that about technology!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTechnology is for use, and in any properly conducted society, every enterprise in technology, new and old, should be under constant review and judgement in terms of the needs and goals and aspirations of that society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the troubles with our present society is that we tend to regard all technology, without question, as progress — sometimes the more unpleasant aspects of technology as aspects of fate. But that’s altogether wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e One needs to ask: Should one do everything one can? All too often the answer one is given is, Why, yes! Of course, one does everything one can — one travels as far and as rapidly, and makes as big a bomb as one can, and all those other things, as soon as one becomes able to. But the proper answer is: Of course not! Among all those things that can be done, a decision needs to be made as to which to do and which not to do, and that in terms of our essential human social needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho is to make those decisions? Well, another trouble with our present society is that those decisions are being made almost entirely by the producers of technology — by those who see in that technology opportunities for wealth, or power, or status. One should listen to all that such interest parties have to say. But then that final decision should be made quite otherwise. That final decision should be made not by the producers of technology, but by those who will have to live with the products.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, I think the position is this: Know all you can, but do only what seems socially useful and beneficial to do.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The 1970 CBC Massey Lecture by Nobel Prize-winning scientist George Wald examines where we came from, who we are, and what is to become of us.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2017-09-09","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"The CBC Massey Lectures","ShortDescription":"The 1970 CBC Massey Lecture by Nobel Prize-winning scientist George Wald examines where we came from, who we are, and what is to become of us.","Subtitle":"The Found Massey Lectures","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
Therefore Choose Life
The 1970 CBC Massey Lecture by Nobel Prize-winning scientist George Wald examines where we came from, who we are, and what is to become of us.
