Unit One Language 1
Section A Text One You Are What You Say 1
Text Two The Story of Human Language 12
Section B Text One The World of Doublespeak 21
Text Two Sexism and Language 33
Unit Two Society 42
Section A Text One The Cost of Starting Families First 42
Text Two Balding,Wrinkled,and Stoned 52
Section B Text One What Makes New Yorkers Tick 61
Text Two Looking for a Few Good Snitches 70
Unit Three Economy 79
Section A Text One Unretired:Retirees are Back,Looking for Work 79
Text Two Tex-mix 91
Section B Text One All Change,No Change 101
Text Two Dahn Yoga:Body,Brain and Wallet 112
Unit Four Philosophy 122
Section A Text One A Definition of Philosophy 122
Text Two Against Happiness 132
Section B Text One In Praise of Idleness 141
Text Two An Apology for Idlers 150
Unit Five Chinese Culture 159
Section A Text One A Chinese Philosopher 159
Text Two The Spirit of the Chinese People 169
Section B Text One Confucianism in China 177
Text Two Ancestor Worship 187
Unit Six Politics and Military Affairs 195
Section A Text One The Other Side of the Coin:Reading the Politics of the 2008 Financial Tsunami 195
Text Two The Third Race 207
Section B Text One Conflict without Victory:The Iran-Iraq War 216
Text Two Henry Kissinger's Jewish Immigrant Experience in the Cold War 227
Unit Seven International Relations 238
Section A Text One The Psychology of Power and Weakness 238
Text Two US Primacy in the International System 250
Section B Text One International Relations after the Cold War 261
Text Two East Asia:A Region of Focus and Transformation 275