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J. Edgar Hoover on “monstrous conspiracy and morality”
The individual comes face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind has not come to a realisation of...
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Take first the question of food and population. At present the population of the globe is increasing at the rate of about 20 millions...
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Encyclopædic hegemony: On the dominance of Wikipedia
Man muß das Wahre immer wiederholen, weil auch der Irrtum um uns her immer wieder gepredigt wird, und zwar nicht von einzelnen, sondern von...
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The nucleus accumbens, dopamine, and social learning
Sagittal MRI slice with highlighting (red) indicating the nucleus accumbens. The nucleus accumbens (NAc or NAcc), also known as the accumbens nucleus, or...
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Prof. Rainer Mausfeld – Neoliberal indoctrination: Why do the lambs remain silent?
https://www.uni-kiel.de/psychologie/mausfeld/ Mausfeld focuses on perceptual psychology and also works on the theoretical foundations of experimental psychology and the psychology of understanding. He also deals...
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Erich Fromm – Disobedience: A Moral or Psychological Problem (1962)
Secondary literature Frie, R.. (2003). Erich Fromm and contemporary psychoanalysis: from modernism to postmodernism.. Psychoanalytic Review Plain numerical DOI: 10.1521/prev.90.6.855.28785 DOI URL directSciHub download...
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Wake up: The ‘Ascending reticular activating system’ (ARAS) and its role in consciousness & attention
The reticular formation is essential for governing some of the basic functions of higher organisms and is one of the phylogenetically oldest portions of...
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The British Raj in India
Dr. Tharoor delivers a lecture, entitled ‘Looking Back at the British Raj in India’, and discuses how the British empire ruthlessly has exploited and...
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Satyāgraha
Satyāgraha (Sanskrit: सत्याग्रह) is a composite lexeme composed of the word satya (meaning “truth”) and agraha (“holding firmly to”). It also refers to a...
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Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time
Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time is a work of history written by Carroll Quigley. The book covers the...
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