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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I. A Portrait of Vico -- 1. The Joycean Vico: A New Key -- 2. The Life of Vico: A Career in Naples -- Part II. Vico's Voyage -- 3. The New Art of Pedagogy: Wisdom Speaking -- 4. The Most Ancient Wisdom: Metaphysics -- 5. The Universal Law: Jurisprudence -- Part III. Vico's Science -- 6. The New Science: The Life of Nations -- Postface -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Eric Grynaviski challenges this conventional wisdom by arguing that when nations wrongly believe they share a mutual understanding, international cooperation is actually more likely, and more productive, than if they had a genuine understanding of each other's position.

Intro -- Introduction: Can We Talk about Race? -- One: The Resegregation of Our Schools and the Affirmation of Identity -- Two: Connecting the Dots: How Race in America's Classrooms Affects Achievement -- Three: "What Kind of Friendship Is That?": The Search for Authenticity, Mutuality, and Social Transformation in Cross-Racial Relationships -- Four: In Search of Wisdom: Higher Education for a Changing Democracy -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.

Knowledge grows as ideas are tested against each other. Agreement is not resolved simply by naming concepts but in the dialectical process of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. There are many echoes of these debates in The Evidence Book. The contributors make claims for both practitioner wisdom and the voice of experience. Against this is posed the authority of experimental science and the randomized controlled trial

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Roots -- History -- Race, Ethnicity, and Racism -- Surviving -- Migrations -- Chapter 2: Selves -- Identities -- Education -- Gender and Sexuality -- Wisdom -- Chapter 3: Relationship -- Love -- Family and Friendship -- Community -- Chapter 4: Work and Play -- Labor -- Economic Justice -- Arts and Culture -- Chapter 5: Making Change -- Organizing and Activism -- Leadership -- Peace and Justice -- Environmental Justice -- Chapter 6: Inner Visions -- Spirit -- Faith -- Inspirations -- Acknowledgments -- Name Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 What Do a Spoiled Egyptian, a Captive Woman, and a Pythagorean Have in Common?: Erasmus on Tradition -- 2 Friends and Lovers in the Symposium: Plato on Tradition -- 3 Plato on Proverbial Wisdom and the Philosophical Life -- 4 Property, Pythagoras, and Ancient Political Philosophy -- 5 Pythagoreans and Christians on Traditioning the Common Life -- 6 Intellectual Property and the Adages -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Contents -- Preface -- I Monetary Policy -- Questions: How Should the Crisis Affect Our Views of Monetary Policy? -- 1 Monetary Policy in the Wake of the Crisis -- 2 Conventional Wisdom Challenged? Monetary Policy after the Crisis -- 3 Lessons for Monetary Policy -- 4 Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, and the Crisis -- II Fiscal Policy -- Questions: How Should the Crisis Affect Our Views of Fiscal Policy? -- 5 Fiscal Stimuli and Consolidation -- 6 What Have We Learned about Fiscal Policy from the Crisis? -- 7 Fiscal Policy Responses to Economic Crisis: Perspectives from an Emerging Market

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One. Persons in Politics: Empiricism and Political Philosophy -- 1. The True Form of Governments: The Constitutional Movements of Power -- Part Two. Persons, Creativity, and Modern Politics -- 2. Modern Boredom, the Human Element, and Creative Politics -- 3. A Political Ontology of Persons -- Part Three. Dimensions of Persons in Politics -- 4. Friendship as Precondition and Consequence of Creativity in Politics -- 5. Can Politics Be Creative? Theory and Empirical Evidence -- 6. On Schabert's "Creative Person in Politics" -- Part Four. Case Studies of Persons in Politics -- 7. Breaking Routine and Adjusting Anew: Elections, Persons, Local Politics -- 8. Between Wisdom and Knowledge: The Politics of Creativity in a Post-Communist World -- Part Five. The Methodology of Persons in Politics -- 9. The Primacy of Persons? Why Not? But a Disenchanted One: A French Sociologist Visits Schabertpolis -- Selected Bibliography of the Works of Tilo Schabert on Personsin Politics -- Contributors -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Problem of Courage -- The Return of Courage -- A Modern Approach to Courage -- The Feminist Critique of Courage -- Courage and Liberalism -- Approaching Plato -- 1 Courage and the Education in Virtue -- Two Notions of Courage -- A Paternal Perspective on Education -- The Benefits of Spear-Fighting -- Socrates' Rhetorical Strategy -- 2 Noble Courage: Socrates and Laches -- Laches -- Standing One's Ground -- Steadfastness of Soul -- The Goodness of Courage -- 3 Courage and Wisdom: Socrates and Nicias -- Nicias' Socratism -- Courage as Knowledge -- Natural Strength and Prudent Forethought -- The Terrible and Emboldening Things -- Courageous Knowledge -- 4 The Nature of Spiritedness -- The Role of Spiritedness in the Republic -- Spiritedness, Anger, and Justice -- Noble Spiritedness -- 5 The Guardians' Education in Courage -- Spiritedness and the Problem of the Guardians -- Anger's Weakness -- Magnificence -- The Limitations of Political Courage -- 6 Courage and Philosophy -- An Education for Courage -- Courage and the Problem of the Good -- Courage in the Cave -- Courage and the Path to Philosophy -- Conclusion: The Promise of Courage -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Z.

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Setting the Stage -- 3 Why the World Should Care About Violence Prevention -- 4 The Intersection of Violence and Health -- 5 What Is Working Around the World in Violence Prevention? -- 6 Words of Wisdom: Working with the Media and Nongovernmental Organizations -- 7 Scaling Up International Support for Violence Prevention -- 8 Opportunities and Challenges for U.S. Agencies and Organizations to Focus on Violence Prevention in Developing Countries -- 9 Taking Global Violence Prevention to the Next Step: Questions for the Workshop Participants -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B: Participant List -- Appendix C: Background Papers for June 2007 Workshop -- Preventing Violence in Developing Countries: A Framework for Action--James A. Mercy, Alex Butchart, Mark L. Rosenberg, Linda Dahlberg, Alison Harvey -- The Intersection of Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS--Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Marguerite L. Baty, Reem Ghandour, Jamila Stockman, Leilani Francisco, Jennifer Wagman -- A Logical Framework for Preventing Interpersonal and Self-Directed Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries--Susan Zaro, Mark L. Rosenberg, James A. Mercy -- Collective Violence: Health Impact and Prevention--Victor W. Sidel, Barry S. Levy -- Violence, Health, and Development--Richard Matzopoulos, Brett Bowman, Alexander Butchart -- Appendix D: Biographies of Planning Committee Members and Workshop Speakers.