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Disciplines in Society, Peace & Law
Peacemakers, jurists, teachers, ecologists and explorers.
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Hannah Arendt
1906 – 1975The Origins of Totalitarianism remains the reference work on how republics fail.
Germany·Politics · Philosophy · Human Rights
Arne Næss
1912 – 2009Founded deep ecology and the case for nature's intrinsic worth.
Norway·Philosophy · Environment
J. R. Worsley
1923 – 2003Founded Five Element acupuncture and the colleges that carried it across the English-speaking world.
United Kingdom·Traditional Chinese Medicine · Education
Giovanni Maciocia
1945 – 2018The Foundations of Chinese Medicine became the standard Western textbook of the field.
Italy·Traditional Chinese Medicine · Education