They have a dream - a dream of a world where everything and everybody can be bought and sold, a world run efficiently by managers, a world where 'freedom' means the free market. Maurice Glasman argues that this dream is an unrealisable utopia - or a nightmare if put into practice. He takes the management-speak cliches of the New Right, and New Labour alike and turns them on their head: managers are not efficient, they are a barrier to work and production; 'liberal democracy' - which now means the free market and the strong state - should be turned upside down, with democracy at the level of the economy and liberalism at the level of the state. Drawing on the work of Karl Polanyi, Glasman argues that there is no need to surrender solidarity and human rights to the march of the managers and the market. There is another tradition, represented by the labour movement and the Catholic church in West Germany, which defended democracy in the workplace and reined back the savageries of capitalism. It was the tradition that Solidarity in Poland could have looked to after 1989, instead of allowing itself to be hijacked by the New Right and statist communitarianism. Unnecessary Suffering examines this tradition and issues a call that cries out that human beings and the environment cannot, should not, and will not be treated as commodities.

"I have a ruthless ego. And it's been very useful to me thus far. However, unbeknown to me, I'm often the devil's weapon against my fellow humans. The time has come to transfer the ownership of my life to my soul. It's a painful process, but it's the good kind of suffering, the kind of suffering I wish upon myself so I can become what I was designed to be, DIVINE." - Landry Tientcheu

This philosophical inquiry into the problem of human suffering is “insightful, informative and deeply humane . . . a genuine pleasure to read” (Times Higher Education). Suffering is an inescapable part of the human condition—which leads to a question that has proved just as inescapable throughout the centuries: Why? In Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering, Scott Samuelson tackles this fundamental question. To do so, he travels through the history of philosophy and religion, while attending closely to the world we live in. Samuelson draws insight from sources that range from Confucius to Bugs Bunny, and from his time teaching philosophy to prisoners to Hannah Arendt’s attempts to come to terms with the Holocaust. Samuelson guides us through various attempts to explain why we suffer, explores the many ways we try to minimize or eliminate suffering, and examines people’s approaches to living with pointless suffering. Ultimately, Samuelson shows, to be fully human means to acknowledge a mysterious paradox: we must simultaneously accept suffering and oppose it. And understanding that is itself a step towards acceptance.

I am free name. Less than 2 years ago I was running for my life, hiding to stay alive. haven to safe haven. free is free indeed.

The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War introduces law students and undergraduates to the law of war in an age of terrorism. What law of armed conflict/international humanitarian law applies to particular armed conflicts? Does that law apply to terrorists as well? What is the status of participants in an armed conflict? What constitutes a war crime? What is a lawful target and how are targeting decisions made? What are rules of engagement? What weapons are lawful and unlawful, and why? This text takes the reader through these essential questions of the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law to an awareness of finer points of battlefield law. The U.S.-weighted text incorporates lessons from many nations and includes hundreds of cases from jurisdictions worldwide.

Unnecessary Suffering was written by a woman who experienced many trials throughout her life. She was anxious to experience the world and to see how it felt to be on her own while paying her own way. She later became involved with a young man who was nice in the beginning of the relationship, however later became abusive and dared her to leave. Although a scared and depressed young woman, she remained in the relationship that later resulted in marriage because she wanted her children to grow up with their father, not the way she grew up. She tried to make the relationship work for twelve years, but it did not work because it was not from God. Her advice to readers of Unnecessary Suffering, is to be patient and wait on God. Let God be your matchmaker, because He makes no mistakes, and most of all, there will be no Unnecessary Suffering.

• Provides contemplative practices and exercises to help you recognize how you cause your own suffering • Explores the dynamics of the mind and how it sets the stage for distress • Explains how mental states of suffering are created and how to control your mind to stop those thought patterns and assumptions Most of us believe that suffering is inevitable. Stress, shame, depression, grief, loneliness, disappointment, the feeling that life is incomplete—every negative experience contributes to the emotional and psychological pain that impedes our ability to live happy, fulfilling lives. But what if most suffering could be avoided? Is there an antidote to inner turmoil that can be learned and applied to everyday life? In this groundbreaking work, Peter Ralston reveals how to free yourself from mentally created suffering. He explains how most creatures don’t experience suffering like we do. They don’t worry or fret, fear the future, or imagine they are somehow flawed or less than they should be. Exploring the dynamics of the mind that set the stage for distress and get us into trouble, he explains how mental states of suffering are created, how to recognize when you cause them, and how to control your mind in order to stop ­suffering-inducing thought patterns and beliefs. Sharing contemplative practices and exercises to help you end your inner turmoil and foster growth, awareness, and freedom, Ralston provides an empowering way to create a more complete, powerful, and peaceful life experience.