CONTENTS OF VOLUME I
Introduction to Volume I
Volume I: What Kind of World Is This? How Did It Get That Way?
| Chapter 1 | The human condition, Libraries, Anthropology, Inequality, Inequality and the Founding Fathers |
| Chapter 2 | Racism, the Criminal Justice System |
| Chapter 3 | Law |
| Chapter 4 | Education, the Lessons of History, Are Historians Reliable? |
| Chapter 5A | War |
| Chapter 5B | Leadership |
| Chapter 6 | Structural Violence, Genocide, Colonialism and Imperialism, Slavery, Indigenous Peoples – Native Americans |
| About the Author | |
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II
Introduction to Volume II
Volume II: Is There Anything Wrong With How We Live? Are There Consequences? How Should We Live?
| Chapter 7A | The Unavoidable Problem: Ecology, Part I. Ecological Illiteracy, General Surveys of Ecological Problems |
| Chapter 7B | The Unavoidable Problem: Ecology, Part II. Detailed Surveys of Ecological Problems: Food, Energy, Pollution, Land/Forest/Water/Biodiversity Loss |
| Chapter 7C | The Unavoidable Problem: Ecology, Part III. Renewable Energy Issues, Consumption, Cities |
| Chapter 7D | The Unavoidable Problem: Ecology, Part IV. Population, Garbage, Human/Animal Biological Wastes. Are Ecological Errors Due to Governance, Lifestyle or Beliefs? Some Alternative Lifestyles. Gary Synder. Paul Shepard |
| Chapter 8 | Questioning Our Beliefs: What is Philosophy and Why is it Important? Philosophical Topics. Some Introductions to Philosophy: Will Durant. Robert Solomon. Bryan Magee. Richard Taylor |
| Chapter 9A | Beyond Introductions to Philosophy, Part I: Will Durant cont’d. Epistemology: How Reliable is Our Knowledge? Eric Freyfogle. David W. Kidner |
| Chapter 9B | Beyond Introductions to Philosophy, Part II: Feminism/Feminist Philosophy/ Ecofeminism/Women’s Studies. Maria Mies. Val Plumwood |
| Chapter 9C | Beyond Introductions to Philosophy, Part III: Political Theory. Ideology. Liberalism. Utopianism. Democracy |
| Chapter 9D | Beyond Introductions to Philosophy, Part IV: Isaiah Berlin. John Gray. Individualism. Freedom |
| Conclusions | Including discussion of Cristovam Buarque, Polly Higgins, Robert D. Kaplan: the future as wrath |
| About the Author | |
CONTENTS OF VOLUME III
Introduction to Volume III:
Some comments on how my book was written
Preface to Chapters 10 and 11
Part I: About beliefs
Part II: About ethics
Part III: Feminist ethics. About “culture wars”
Conclusions to Preface to Chapters 10 and 11
Volume III: “The Destiny of Man”
| Chapter_10 | German philosophy. Arthur Schopenhauer (See “Supplement to Chapter 10” in ebook on my website for discussion of Nietzsche and Heidegger) |
| Chapter_11A | Russian philosophy, Part I: Background |
| Chapter_11B | Russian philosophy, Part II: Berdyaev |
| Chapter_12A | On Psychology, Part I: On some of the origins of mental disorders. The dark history of psychiatry |
| Chapter_12B | On Psychology, Part II: Defining mental illness. On Psychiatric diagnosis. On psychiatric drugs |
| Chapter_12C | On Psychology, Part III: On the Medical Model and an Alternative Model. On “Borderline” Disorders. On Cognitive Disorders. On the Abandoned Diagnosis of “Minimal Brain Dysfunction” |
| Chapter_12D | On Psychology, Part IV: Community Mental Health Treatment. Comparing the Work of Psychologists and Psychiatrists. Critical Psychology. Alternative Treatment. The “Patient’s Rights” Movement. (See additional Chapter 12E in ebook on my website) |
| Conclusion | Part I: Rationalism/Materialism. Rajani Kanth. Part II: Patriarchy. Claudia von Werlhof. On the Meaning of Life or the “What’s It All About” Question. What Can We Learn from Nature? |
| About the Author (see Supplement below for additional subjects) |
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where to purchase
Note to reader: My book may be purchased on the following websites. You can also purchase them through iTunes. They may also be listed on eBay subject to whatever is in sellers’ inventory at the time. Previews of both volumes of my book can be seen on Amazon and on Google Books. However, there is a temporary change in availability. Vol. I is being transferred from original publisher and ISBN to independent publisher and new ISBN. The transfer also includes corrections mainly for style. There are only minor changes in the text, but if the reader wants the most up to date corrected “edition”, see copyright pages for which ISBN is the corrected version. When the transfer is complete, only the corrected version will be available through the links below except for Vol. II which version cannot be replaced until mid 2025 due to original publisher contract. The corrected version of Vol. I will only be available as ebook. If anyone wishes to have a printed Vol. I, please contact me at the email below which is also listed in the beginning of my books. When Vol. II is replaced in mid 2025, it will also only be available as ebook unless a printed Vol. II is requested. Vol. III is available as print and ebook and does not require corrections. Print editions of the uncorrected versions of Vol. I and Vol. II may still be available for sale on websites such as those below until sold.
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Are all of these articles written yourself or did you hire a writer?
I am the sole writer except for the quoted material of course which is in the book. My publisher does not change what I wrote either.
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