How do language and thought connect to things in the world? John Hawthorne and David Manley offer an original and ambitious treatment of the semantic phenomenon of reference and the cognitive phenomenon of singular thought, leading to a new unified account of definite and indefinite descriptions, names, and demonstratives.
First published in 1959, this book is a reading of G. M. Hopkins as a meditative poet whose poetic experience originated primarily from his learning and living the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. It is the main intent of this study to examine to what extent Hopkins’ art was influenced by Ignatian spirituality.
JAMAICA'S MICHAEL MANLEY: THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION (1972-92) About the Author David Panton is a 21-year-old Jamaican. He received his B.A. in Public Policy (with high honours) from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from Princeton University. He is the recipient of the 1993 Rhodes Scholarship from Jamaica and is presently a student at Harvard Law school. About this Book In 1980 Michael Manley lost the General Election after administering a Government that had taken Jamaica on a statist socialist course while seeking to develop a strong ideological base. Following his departure from Government he moderated his radical socialist image and completed a massive ideological shift to the right. No one, including Manley himself, however, had predicted that the switch he underwent in his three-year tenure, prior to retiring, would have been so drastic and indeed dramatic. In the book the author examines this shift against the background of similar radical changes that have occurred globally in the past decade. This book, when seen through the analytical eye of a young and so to speak uninvolved person, provides us with a most important literary work. "This is a very important-one might say even definitive-discussion of an important and controversial development experience in Jamaica, that is all the more useful because of its even-handed and fair treatment of all those involved" - Professor Paul Sigmund (Professor of Politics, Princeton University).
Evangelism isn't something you do, it's a world-changing way of life. Rebecca Manley Pippert shows how we as Christians, who are called to be the salt of the earth, can get out of the saltshaker and into life itself. People crowd the pages, with language and lifestyles to match. She confronts them with a Jesus as contemporary as themselves, a Christ they can see, who cares. Reading her book we laugh at her mistakes, identify with her failures, and find ourselves eager to emulate her spiritual progress.
This edited volume critically examines the link between area based policies, neighbourhood based problems, and neighbourhood effects: the idea that living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods has a negative effect on residents’ life chances over and above the effect of their individual characteristics. Over the last few decades, Western governments have persistently pursued area based policies to fight such effects, despite a lack of evidence that they exist, or that these policies make a difference. The first part of this book presents case studies of perceived neighbourhood based problems in the domains of crime; health; educational outcomes; and employment. The second part of the book presents an international overview of the policies that different governments have implemented in response to these neighbourhood based problems, and discusses the theoretical and conceptual processes behind place based policy making. Case studies are drawn from a diverse range of countries including the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Australia, Canada, and the USA.
Jamaica, 1976. Bob Marley sings revolution. The democratic socialist government of Michael Manley leans closer to Fidel Castro, angering Washington. Many believe the CIA is on the island stirring things up, whipping election-year violence into tribal war. Scott Gallagher lived through it but four years later, a 20-year-old residing in Santa Barbara, he remembers little... his girlfriend Marva, hanging with Marley at Hope Road... beyond that it's "Lost Time." As if Obeah-Jamaican black magic-has "fixed his business." Was his father CIA chief of station in Kingston? What caused the bad blood between them? Why would the CIA be in Jamaica anyway? An emotional trauma brings him to psychologist Phil Mitchell, who pushes Scott to relive the fateful year and uncover the truth that will either set them both free or be their undoing.Stir It Up sets into stark relief the historical backdrop of its times. The Vietnam War has finally ended the year before. Henry Kissinger, survivor of the disgraced Nixon "Watergate" Administration, continues as Secretary of State under President Ford. Operation Condor is in full swing with the spread of brutal military dictatorships throughout Latin America. Tiny Jamaica becomes a microcosm in which the great political issues of the day come into play. The novel is also---a tribute to Bob Marley as the "Voice of the Third World"--a rousing tour through the colorful Kingston scene in the "Golden Age of Reggae," featuring the great Rasta musicians from the ghettos --a warm snapshot of Jamaican culture--an account of the leader of a poor Third World country standing against American power at the dawning of the New World Order of neoliberal economics--a sympathetic portrait of Jamaican First Lady Beverley Manley--the story of a young lad's coming of age as he faces the terrors and mysteries of his past with a psychologist who has lost his way
Retelling the history of modern war and statecraft as a tale of the changing role of law and the dramatic growth of law's power, this book focuses on what can go wrong when humanitarian and military planners speak the same legal language - wrong for humanitarianism, and wrong for warfare.
Thank you for visiting our website. Would you like to provide feedback on how we could improve your experience?
This site does not use any third party cookies with one exception — it uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyze traffic.Learn More.