tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/subjects/humanities?page=17Open Textbook Library - Humanities Textbooks2021-03-04T20:49:19Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png9752021-03-04T20:49:25Z2024-01-22T14:52:24ZHer Şey Bir Merhaba ile Başlar<img alt="Read more about Her Şey Bir Merhaba ile Başlar" title="Her Şey Bir Merhaba ile Başlar cover image" class="cover " width="2568" height="3311" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjExMywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--6142272023bc40a8d90d8150486b8b8e119640e7/HSBMiB_cover-web-min.jpg" />Her Şey Bir Merhaba ile Başlar was developed for intermediate level Turkish language courses at the University of Texas at Austin. Intermediate learners and their instructors may use it for different purposes: self-study, classroom instruction, tutoring, or as a pastime. The lessons in Her Şey Bir Merhaba ile Başlar integrate reading, listening and viewing comprehension, writing and speaking practice, grammar, vocabulary, and cultural activities. Dozens of audio and video clips of Turkish speakers describing their lives, their culture, and their country support and enhance these activities. The Her Şey Bir Merhaba ile Başlar textbook, interactive H5P exercises, and YouTube channel comprise a media-rich open educational resource (OER) developed by Dr. Jeannette Okur at the University of Texas at Austin and published by the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning under the U.S. Department of Education Title VI Grant #P229A180003, with additional support from the UT Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services and the UT Center for Middle Eastern Studies.9712021-02-14T05:00:48Z2024-01-22T14:52:24Z"The Death of Ivan Ilich": An Electronic Study Edition of the Russian Text<img alt="Read more about "The Death of Ivan Ilich": An Electronic Study Edition of the Russian Text" title=""The Death of Ivan Ilich": An Electronic Study Edition of the Russian Text cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="469" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjA1NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--5d9f669fde71089ed7671c2cd0c1ac2f935a2a00/portrait-of-leo-tolstoy-350x469.jpg" />The Russian text of "The Death of Ivan Ilich" is presented for study in various formats: accompanied by an English translation; fully glossed, with explanatory and interpretive annotations; and supplemented by introductory remarks and an extensive bibliography.9682021-02-14T04:21:33Z2024-01-22T14:52:24ZBrass Techniques and Pedagogy<img alt="Read more about Brass Techniques and Pedagogy" title="Brass Techniques and Pedagogy cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjA1NCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--69fed2a0ae5032a0b2e3e560a084a9872ca0d789/Book-cover-683x1024.jpg" />Textbook for undergraduate brass methods course focusing on brass instrument techniques and pedagogy.9542021-01-30T21:25:40Z2024-01-22T14:52:23ZBusiness Writing Style Guide<img alt="Read more about Business Writing Style Guide" title="Business Writing Style Guide cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjAxNCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--d260171ff5a656f589bfb6234ce47776c5618728/Title-Page-Business-Writing-Style-Guide-350x453.png" />It is the goal of this book to help students do the following:• Apply basic concepts for effective and concise business writing.• Compile a well written report acceptable within a business context.• Follow a writing process designed for business students.• Demonstrate critical thinking, reasoning, and persuasion.• Communicate in writing using a business model.• Apply resources for improving business writing skills.9512021-01-19T20:22:40Z2024-01-22T14:52:23ZDecoding the 1920s: A Reader for Advanced Learners of Russian<img alt="Read more about Decoding the 1920s: A Reader for Advanced Learners of Russian" title="Decoding the 1920s: A Reader for Advanced Learners of Russian cover image" class="cover " width="116" height="150" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTk4MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--5280873304cc2f4b4301c33332e01a80f97e0f08/thumbnail%20(1).jpg" />The materials presented in this book were developed for an advanced-level content-based Russian language course at Portland State University entitled “Russian Literature of the Twentieth Century: The 1920s.” Literature of this period is a major part of the Russian canon, but is notoriously difficult for learners of Russian to read in the original, due both to its stylistic complexity and the relative obscurity of its historical, political, and cultural references. And yet, this decade is crucial for understanding Russia – not only in the Soviet period, but also today. This was the period, when Mikhail Zoshchenko, Isaak Babel, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Andrei Platonov meticulously documented the birth of the “New Soviet Man,” his “newspeak” and Soviet bureaucratese; when Alexandra Kollontai, a Marxist revolutionary and a diplomat, wrote essays and fiction on the “New Soviet Woman”; when numerous satirical works were created; when Babel experimented with a literary representation of dialects (e.g.,Odessa Russian or Jewish Russian). These varieties of language have not disappeared. Bureaucrats still use some form of bureaucratese. Numerous contemporary TV shows imitate the dialects that Babel described. Moreover, Bulgakov’s “Heart of a Dog” gave rise, due largely to its film adaptation, to catch-phrases that still appear throughout contemporary Russian media, satirical contexts, and everyday conversation. Thus, the Russian literature of the 1920s does not belong exclusively to the past, but has relevance and interpretive power for the present, and language learners who wish to pursue a career in humanities, media analysis, analytical translation, journalism, or international relations must understand this period and the linguistic patterns it established. The textbook is intended for adult learners, and contains language assignments that would, on the one hand, help students transition to ACTFL’s Advanced proficiency level (i.e., be able to create "narratives, descriptions, and summaries … using paraphrasing and elaboration” (ACTFL 2012: 12).), but at the same time promote meaningful engagement with literary texts. The assignments in this textbook are multilevel ones, and thus offer a solution for multilevel classes that include literate heritage Russian speakers, Intermediate High, Advanced, or even Superior-level readers.9492021-01-12T00:17:32Z2024-01-22T14:52:21ZModern World History<img alt="Read more about Modern World History" title="Modern World History cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="496" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTkzNSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--b633944ac0e852f73bc3f273a14a8113b1d2c4f3/NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise-350x496.jpg" />Welcome to Modern World History! This is the textbook for an undergraduate survey course taught at all the universities and most of the colleges in the Minnesota State system. Similar courses are taught at institutions around the United States and the world, so the authors have made the text available as an open educational resource that teachers and learners can read, adapt, and reuse to meet their needs. We’d like to hear from people who have found the text useful, and we’re always open to questions and suggestions.9422020-12-27T05:20:43Z2024-01-22T14:52:15ZIntroduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion" title="Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTg3NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--3e9b1a3f73abd8e40aa1c507a863931558260a15/Rebus-Digital-Cover-Religion-683x1024.jpg" />Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion introduces some of the major traditional arguments for and against the existence of God, as well as some less well-known, but thought-provoking arguments for the existence of God, and one of the most important new challenges to religious belief from the Cognitive Science of Religion. An introductory chapter traces the connection between philosophy and religion throughout Western history, and a final chapter addresses the place of non-Western and non-monotheistic religions within contemporary philosophy of religion.9372020-11-30T23:40:15Z2024-01-22T14:52:14ZIntroduction to Philosophy: Logic<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Philosophy: Logic" title="Introduction to Philosophy: Logic cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTc5MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--030c8b0f458dba664f6c6311509e193bb5040ad8/Rebus-Digital-Cover-Logic-683x1024.jpg" />Introduction to Philosophy: Logic provides students with the concepts and skills necessary to identify and evaluate arguments effectively. The chapters, all written by experts in the field, provide an overview of what arguments are, the different types of arguments one can expect to encounter in both philosophy and everyday life, and how to recognise common argumentative mistakes.9322020-11-30T21:52:30Z2024-01-22T14:52:14ZPlato's 'Republic': An Introduction<img alt="Read more about Plato's 'Republic': An Introduction" title="Plato's 'Republic': An Introduction cover image" class="cover " width="664" height="1000" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTc4NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--46c70f9a39ba3ee02c1a81fdff888ec2325f4ab1/Plato.jpg" />This book is a lucid and accessible companion to Plato’s Republic, throwing light upon the text’s arguments and main themes, placing them in the wider context of the text’s structure. In its illumination of the philosophical ideas underpinning the work, it provides readers with an understanding and appreciation of the complexity and literary artistry of Plato’s Republic. McAleer not only unpacks the key overarching questions of the text – What is justice? And Is a just life happier than an unjust life? – but also highlights some fascinating, overlooked passages which contribute to our understanding of Plato’s philosophical thought. Plato’s 'Republic': An Introduction offers a rigorous and thought-provoking analysis of the text, helping readers navigate one of the world’s most influential works of philosophy and political theory. With its approachable tone and clear presentation, it constitutes a welcome contribution to the field, and will be an indispensable resource for philosophy students and teachers, as well as general readers new to, or returning to, the text.9292020-11-15T04:21:54Z2024-01-22T14:52:21ZA Guide to Good Reasoning: Cultivating Intellectual Virtues - Second edition, revised and updated<img alt="Read more about A Guide to Good Reasoning: Cultivating Intellectual Virtues - Second edition, revised and updated" title="A Guide to Good Reasoning: Cultivating Intellectual Virtues - Second edition, revised and updated cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTcyMSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--18f1fc04747942606c6b4d5f9cafd73e8a45bc28/guidetogooreasoning-cover-350x453.png" />A Guide to Good Reasoning has been described by reviewers as “far superior to any other critical reasoning text.” It shows with both wit and philosophical care how students can become good at everyday reasoning. It starts with attitude—with alertness to judgmental heuristics and with the cultivation of intellectual virtues. From there it develops a system for skillfully clarifying and evaluating arguments, according to four standards—whether the premises fit the world, whether the conclusion fits the premises, whether the argument fits the conversation, and whether it is possible to tell.
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