World of ideas jacobus 8th edition online

Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The most successful reader of its kind, A World of Ideas is ideal for composition instructors who want to introduce their students to some of the world's most important thinkers and their ideas: for example, Niccolo Machiavelli on government, Sigmund Freud on the mind, and Virginia Woolf on feminism.

Because students perceive writers such as these as serious and important, The most successful reader of its kind, A World of Ideas is ideal for composition instructors who want to introduce their students to some of the world's most important thinkers and their ideas: for example, Niccolo Machiavelli on government, Sigmund Freud on the mind, and Virginia Woolf on feminism.

Because students perceive writers such as these as serious and important, they take the writing course more seriously: they learn to read more attentively, think more critically, and write more effectively. But more important, this may be a student's only opportunity to encounter these thinkers.

No other composition reader offers a comparable collection of important readings along with the supportive apparatus students need to understand, analyze, and respond to them. Get A Copy. Paperback , Seventh Edition , pages. Published December 31st by Bedford Books first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

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See all 5 questions about A World of Ideas…. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Add this book to your favorite list ». Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jan 10, Lisa Greer rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: professors and students. If you are an English prof. If you are teaching an intro. It's challenging and fun for classes. I'm using it currently in a composition class and have used it in the past as well.

Some of these essays are worth revisiting on a regular basis. Feb 28, Phillip Gallegos rated it it was amazing Shelves: owned. Excellent book thus far. The selections are great, the areas covered are broad, and the ideas always intriguing. Even if writing is not your thing, I would still recommend this for the ideas and writers presented. I was far too lucky to find this at the public library bookstore for only a couple of dollars Feb 17, Justin rated it it was amazing.

Was not a big fan of this book in high school, but it really did prepare me for college level readings. When I first received this reader as part of my duties on SIUE's Textbook Review Community, I was incredibly excited by the promising array of readings in this book, but I felt somewhat taken aback by the altogether absence of African American women in A World of Ideas [what does this absence suggest about the book before even reading it?

In fact, only one woman of color appears in this book at all, the former Paksitani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and the altogether marginal presence women When I first received this reader as part of my duties on SIUE's Textbook Review Community, I was incredibly excited by the promising array of readings in this book, but I felt somewhat taken aback by the altogether absence of African American women in A World of Ideas [what does this absence suggest about the book before even reading it?

In fact, only one woman of color appears in this book at all, the former Paksitani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and the altogether marginal presence women of color have in the book proves even more dubious when considering that this is the 10th edition of this collection. I admire Jacobus's vision to make these ideas more accessible to students. I just wish that these ideas better reflected ongoing intersectional conversations in First-Year Writing. Aug 18, Jared Estes rated it it was amazing.

I was completely impressed on how much I was able to take from these texts! The 8th edition has a wonderful range of ancient to contemporary texts. Though, I did use this book for a class, what I learned will take me through many walks of life. This book contains enough texts to address maybe not answer but address all the complex issues of humanity. This is a great book for extreme annotation, with critical thinking questi Wow! This is a great book for extreme annotation, with critical thinking questions from the author at the end of each piece!

May 29, Suzanne Singman rated it really liked it. I found it really interesting for the essays. I did not answer the questions or write the papers, but i did learn something by reading all the essays and thinking about critical thinking. This book is hard to rate because it is what it is. As an introduction to various rhetorical techniques it does a good job; every writing style there is more or less us represented here.

But 8 didn't read it for technique; I read it for content. I don't think that's an odd thing to do either; when one studies the writing techniques one can't help but be influenced by the writing itself. As a college textbook I was not expecting it to be entertaining. What I would have liked though was some bette This book is hard to rate because it is what it is. What I would have liked though was some better content. How can you rate the content of a book where Adam Smith and Karl Marx literally share space back to back?

Well there were 1 or 2 good essays I'll give the book that. But the essays by smith and Aristotle were super weak sauce.

The later was apparently a big fan of slavery and the farmer's definition of capitalism was owning land and having people work it for you like some kind of medieval lord. Whereas Plato came off as a great intellectual and any idea that promoted socialism was elevated to tremendous height.

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