Product Description: Götz proposes that there is no opposition between faith and humor, belief and laughter. To argue this point, he shows how both the structure of faith and that of humor are the same, and this structure is paradox. Paradox, which is well known in the secular realms of mathematics and philosophy, is explored, first, in detail, and then he shows how faith and humor, both, are paradoxical in nature...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Most contemporary accounts of the role of technology in world culture are alarmist and, at times, condemn many uses of technology without much effort to get beyond the surface of this worldwide phenomenon. Technological innovations that might rightly be critiqued are taken as representative of the entire field of technology...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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This work presents a study of conceptions of happiness spanning past centuries and various world cultures. The book acts as an anthology of 25 statements on this subject by the representatives of the traditions, classical as well as traditional.