The book introduces the facet theoretical framework as a comprehensive tool for studying complex animal behavior, specifically focusing on birds. By identifying and reassembling components of bird behavior, it enhances understanding within natural contexts. This holistic approach not only sheds light on individual behavioral elements but also examines their interactions as a cohesive whole. The adaptable methodology presented serves as a valuable template for researching various avian species and diverse behavioral forms.
Theos Bernard, the White Lama recounts the real story behind the purported adventures of Theos Casimir Bernard (1908--1947), the self-proclaimed "White Lama" who in 1937 became the third American in history to reach Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. Bernard met, associated, and corresponded with the major social, political, and cultural leaders of his day, from the Regent and high politicians of Tibet to saints, scholars, and diplomats of British India, and from Charles Lindbergh and Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Gandhi and Nehru. But he also had his flaws. He was an entrepreneur propelled by grandiose schemes, a handsome man who shamelessly used his looks to bounce from rich wife to rich wife to support his activities, and a master manipulator who concocted his own interpretations of Eastern wisdom to suit his own ends. Despite the bright future ahead of him, Bernard disappeared in India during the communal violence of the 1947 Partition, never to be seen again. Through diaries, interviews, and previously unstudied documents, Paul G. Hackett shares Bernard's compelling life story, along with his efforts to awaken America's religious counterculture to the unfolding events in India, Tibet, and the Himalayas.
In this book, Hackett introduces the traditional usage of the mapping sentence
within quantitative research, reviews its philosophical underpinnings, and
proposes the 'declarative mapping sentence' as an instrument and approach to
qualitative scholarship.
