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Silent Urns

Romanticism, Hellenism, Modernity

By: David S. Ferris

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Silent Urns

Romanticism, Hellenism, Modernity

By: David S. Ferris

The study of Greece as an icon of culture appears to be as old as Greece itself, as if its cultural significance had attained full maturity at birth. In Silent Urns, the author reveals how Greece attained such significance as the result of the attempt to reconcile individuality, freedom, history, and modernity in 18th-century aesthetics.

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Stanford University Press

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0804738483

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Critical Theory to Structuralism

Philosophy, Politics and the Human Sciences

By: David Ingram

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Critical Theory to Structuralism

Philosophy, Politics and the Human Sciences

By: David Ingram

Philosophy in the middle of the 20th Century, between 1920 and 1968, responded to the cataclysmic events of the time. Thinkers on the Right turned to authoritarian forms of nationalism in search of stable forms of collective identity, will, and purpose. Thinkers on the Left promoted egalitarian forms of humanism under the banner of international communism. Others saw these opposed tendencies as converging in the extinction of the individual and sought to retrieve the ideals of the Enlightenment in ways that critically acknowledged the contradictions of a liberal democracy racked by class, cultural, and racial conflict. Key figures and movements discussed in this volume include Schmitt, Adorno and the Frankfurt School, Arendt, Benjamin, Bataille, French Marxism, Black Existentialism, Saussure and Structuralism, Levi Strauss, Lacan and Late Pragmatism. These individuals and schools of thought responded to this 'modernity crisis' in different ways, but largely focused on what they perceived to be liberal democracy's betrayal of its own rationalist ideals of freedom, equality, and fraternity.

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Routledge

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1317546865

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9781317546863

Under Representation

The Racial Regime of Aesthetics

By: David Lloyd

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Under Representation

The Racial Regime of Aesthetics

By: David Lloyd

Under Representation shows how the founding texts of aesthetic philosophy ground the racial order of the modern world in our concepts of universality, freedom, and humanity. In taking on the relation of aesthetics to race, Lloyd challenges the absence of sustained thought about race in postcolonial studies, as well as the lack of sustained attention to aesthetics in critical race theory. Late Enlightenment discourse on aesthetic experience proposes a decisive account of the conditions of possibility for universal human subjecthood. The aesthetic forges a powerful “racial regime of representation” whose genealogy runs from enlightenment thinkers like Kant and Schiller to late modernist critics like Adorno and Benjamin. For aesthetic philosophy, representation is not just about depiction of diverse humans or inclusion in political or cultural institutions. It is an activity that undergirds the various spheres of human practice and theory, from the most fundamental acts of perception and reflection to the relation of the subject to the political, the economic, and the social. Representation regulates the distribution of racial identifications along a developmental trajectory: The racialized remain “under representation,” on the threshold of humanity and not yet capable of freedom and civility as aesthetic thought defines those attributes. To ignore the aesthetic is thus to overlook its continuing force in the formation of the racial and political structures down to the present. Across five chapters, Under Representation investigates the aesthetic foundations of modern political subjectivity; race and the sublime; the logic of assimilation and the stereotype; the subaltern critique of representation; and the place of magic and the primitive in modernist concepts of art, aura and representation. Both a genealogy and an account of our present, Under Representation ultimately helps show how a political reading of aesthetics can help us build a racial politics adequate for the problems we face today, one that stakes claims more radical than multicultural demands for representation.

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Fordham Univ Press

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0823282392

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Hope and Wish Image in Music Technology

By: David P. Rando

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Hope and Wish Image in Music Technology

By: David P. Rando

This book proposes that new music technologies attract unconscious desires for socialism and collectivity, enabling millions of people living under capitalism to dream of repressed social alternatives. Grounded in the philosophical writings of Ernst Bloch and Walter Benjamin, the book examines file sharing technologies, streaming services, and media players, as well as their historical antecedents, such as the player piano, cassette tape, radio and compact disc, alongside interpretations of fiction, memoir, and albums. Through the concept of wish images—the unconscious hopes and desires for social alternatives that gather around new technologies—the book identifies the repressed pre- and post-capitalist urges that attend our music technologies. While these desires typically remain unconscious and tend to pass away not only unmet but also unrecognized, Hope and Wish Image in Music Technology attempts to bring wishes for social alternatives to the surface at an auspicious moment of technological transition.

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Springer

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3319340158

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Gestures of Ethical Life

Reading Hölderlin's Question of Measure After Heidegger

By: David Michael Kleinberg-Levin

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Gestures of Ethical Life

Reading Hölderlin's Question of Measure After Heidegger

By: David Michael Kleinberg-Levin

For Greek antiquity, the question of right or fitting measure constituted the very heart of both ethics and politics. But can the Good of the ethical life and the Justice of the political be reduced to measurement and calculation? If they are matters of measure, are they not also absolutely immeasurable? In critical dialogue with texts by Plato, Hölderlin, Rilke, Heidegger, Benjamin, Adorno, Marx, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, and Levi, the author argues that the question of measure has become ever more urgent in the context of a modernity pressured by the conditions of a technological economy and a relativism that threatens to destroy a vital sense of moral responsibility and the commitment to justice that underlies the possibility of freedom. Conceived as a task for the “metaphysics” of memory, this book explores the normative problematic of measure, bringing its deeply buried redemptive promise to appearance in our gestures, uses and abuses of the hands, the dialectic of tact, and the manners of social existence.

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Stanford University Press

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0804750882

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Human Experimentation and Research

By: George F. Tomossy,David N. Weisstub

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Human Experimentation and Research

By: George F. Tomossy,David N. Weisstub

This title was first published in 2003: As new medical technologies and treatments develop with increasing momentum, the legal and ethical implications of research involving human participants are being called into question as never before. Human Experimentation and Research explores the philosophical foundations of research ethics, ongoing regulatory dilemmas, and future challenges raised by the rapid globalisation and corporatisation of the research endeavour. This volume brings together some of the most significant published essays in the field. The editors also provide an informative introduction, summarizing the area and the relevance of the articles chosen.

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Routledge

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1351772384

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Water's healing powers: Religion or Science?

By: David Broward

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Water's healing powers: Religion or Science?

By: David Broward

In all the ancient spiritual texts water is depicted as the Source of all Creation from which everything else came into existence. All over the world, in our forefathers' traditions and rituals water is associated with the Primordial substance that has the power to heal, give us strength, and take away the sins. At the same time, modern scientific discoveries proved that our ancestors' beliefs, traditions, and rituals are a legacy and not some simple bet-time stories. Learn how your Emotions, Thoughts, and Intentions are influencing your Life, carried by the life-giving substance we call Water. “This book covers a world of topics about water, from different religious texts, the chemistry and physics of H2O, studies over the past century on observations of fresh water, homeopathy, crystal structure, and different vibrations and forms of water, and back to religion. I learned so much.” (Amazon customer review) “A thorough, well-researched discussion of the significance of water--not only as a fundamental element of our biology and the structure of our planet and the universe--but also its metaphysical, philosophical, and theological importance historically and cross-culturally.” (Amazon customer review)

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David Broward

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171701674X

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The Why of Consumption

Contemporary Perspectives on Consumer Motives, Goals and Desires

By: Cynthia Huffman,David Glen Mick,S. Ratneshwar

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The Why of Consumption

Contemporary Perspectives on Consumer Motives, Goals and Desires

By: Cynthia Huffman,David Glen Mick,S. Ratneshwar

This book brings together an international collection of authors from a variety of disciplines who offer new and critical perspectives, summarize key findings and provide important theoretical frameworks to guide the reader through the ‘why?’ of consumption. The book answers questions such as: What is the nature of motives, goals, and desires that prompt consumption behaviours? Why do consumers buy and consume particular products, brands and services from the multitude of alternatives afforded by their environments? How do consumers think and feel about their cravings? Unique in focus and with multifaceted approach which anyone interested in consumption and consumer research will find fascinating, this topical book provides an excellent overview of current research, and imparts key insights to illuminate the subject for both academics and practitioners alike.

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Routledge

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113459903X

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Powers of the Secular Modern

Talal Asad and His Interlocutors

By: David Scott,Charles Hirschkind

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Powers of the Secular Modern

Talal Asad and His Interlocutors

By: David Scott,Charles Hirschkind

This book presents a set of critical engagements by writers from a variety of disciplines with the work of noted anthropologist Talal Asad.

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Stanford University Press

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0804752664

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The Economics of Alternative Energy Sources and Globalization

By: Andrew Schmitz, Norbert L. Wilson,Charles B. Moss,David Zilberman

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The Economics of Alternative Energy Sources and Globalization

By: Andrew Schmitz, Norbert L. Wilson,Charles B. Moss,David Zilberman

Considerable effort and money are devoted to developing alternative energy sources, such as wind power, solar power, cellulosic ethanol, and biofuels. This ebook is a collection of research papers on alternative energy sources presented at the Economics o

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Bentham Science Publishers

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1608052338

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9781608052332

Drugs and the Future

Brain Science, Addiction and Society

By: David J. Nutt,Trevor W. Robbins,Gerald V. Stimson,Martin Ince,Andrew Jackson

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Drugs and the Future

Brain Science, Addiction and Society

By: David J. Nutt,Trevor W. Robbins,Gerald V. Stimson,Martin Ince,Andrew Jackson

Drugs and the Future presents 13 reviews collected to present the new advances in all areas of addiction research, including knowledge gained from mapping the human genome, the improved understanding of brain pathways and functions that are stimulated by addictive drugs, experimental and clinical psychology approaches to addiction and treatment, as well as both ethical considerations and social policy. The book also includes chapters on the history of addictive substances and some personal narratives of addiction. Introduced by Sir David King, Science Advisory to the UK Government and head of the Office of Science and Technology, and Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the USA, the book uniquely covers the full range of disciplines which can provide insight into the future of addiction, from genetics to the humanities. Written for a scientific audience, it is also applicable to non-specialists as well. - Provides an unique overview of what we know about addiction, and how scientific knowledge can and should be applied in the societal, ethical, and political context - Applies the state-of-the-art research in fields such as Genomics, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Social Policy and Ethics to addiction research - Includes a preface by Sir David King, Science Advisory to the UK Government and head of the Office of Science and Technology, and in introduction by Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the USA

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Elsevier

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0080467741

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9780080467740

Steel's Naval Remembrancer

From the Commencement of the War in 1793 to the End of the Year 1800

By: David Steel

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Steel's Naval Remembrancer

From the Commencement of the War in 1793 to the End of the Year 1800

By: David Steel

A summary of ships lost and captured by the British Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars, first published in 1801.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108023770

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9781108023771

Organizational Behaviour

By: David A. Buchanan,Andrzej Huczynski

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Organizational Behaviour

By: David A. Buchanan,Andrzej Huczynski

Our target readers are students who are new to the social sciences and to the study of organizational behaviour. This is a core subject on most business and management degree, diploma and masters programmes. Accountants, architects, bankers, computer scientists, doctors, engineers, hoteliers, nurses, surveyors, teachers and other specialists, who have no background in social science, may find themselves studying organizational behaviour as part of their professional examination schemes"--

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Pearson UK

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129225159X

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9781292251592

Dementia, 4th Edition

By: David Ames,Alistair Burns,John T. O'Brien

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Dementia, 4th Edition

By: David Ames,Alistair Burns,John T. O'Brien

Winner of the BMA 2011 book awards: psychiatry category Winner of the Australian Journal of Ageing book of the year award This definitive work on dementia and related disorders has been fully updated and revised to reflect recent advances in this fast-moving field. The incidence of dementia continues to rise as the population of the world ages, and the condition represents one of the most significant challenges facing societies and health professionals in the next half-century. In this, the most comprehensive single volume work available on the subject, the editors have met this challenge by assembling a team of the world's leading experts on all aspects of the condition, from history, epidemiology and social aspects to the latest neurobiological research and advanced therapeutic strategies.

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817

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CRC Press

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1444128744

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9781444128741

Aphasia

A Clinical Perspective

By: David Frank Benson,Alfredo Ardila

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Aphasia

A Clinical Perspective

By: David Frank Benson,Alfredo Ardila

An up-to-date, integrated analysis of the language disturbances associated with brain pathology, this book examines the different types of aphasia combining two clinical approaches: the neurological and the neuropsychological. Although they stress the clinical aspects of aphasia syndromes, they also review assessment techniques, linguistic analyses, problems of aphasia classification, and frequently occurring related disorders such as alexia, agraphia, alcalculia, and anomia. In addition, they examine commonly encountered speech disorders, neurobehavioral and psychiatric problems commonly associated with aphasia, and the language characteristics of aging and dementia. Rehabilitation and recovery are discussed, and a neural basis for aphasia and related problems is proposed. Neuropsychologists, neurologists, speech therapists, psychiatrists, and occupational therapists will find this book invaluable when dealing with language disorders resulting from brain disease or injury.

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0195089340

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9780195089349

Master Mathematics Teachers

Educational and Professional Excellence in Chinese Primary Schools

By: Zhenzhen Miao,Christian Bokhove,David Reynolds

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Master Mathematics Teachers

Educational and Professional Excellence in Chinese Primary Schools

By: Zhenzhen Miao,Christian Bokhove,David Reynolds

This practical guide invites teachers to take a journey towards masterly mathematics teaching using the experiences and lessons learnt across five Chinese provinces, Anhui, Beijing, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Tianjin. On this journey, you will gain a thorough understanding of: (1) the quality and characteristics of master mathematics teachers’ teaching, (2) the quality of mathematics learning they have nurtured amongst their students in affective, metacognitive and cognitive dimensions and (3) the teaching-learning mechanisms that underpin excellent performance in the three dimensions. Alongside the quantitative and qualitative evidence on educational excellence, you will also delve deep into the trajectories and processes of professional development that generate professional excellence amongst master mathematics teachers and their peers within and across primary schools, up and down China. Building on data collected with 70 master mathematics teachers and 3,178 students and from teaching research events at the school, municipal, provincial and national levels, the Master Mathematics Teachers (MasterMT) project is, to date, the first that has looked at the legendary tribe of master mathematics teachers in China at such a large scale, and with such breadth and depth. The book offers invaluable insights for any teacher or teacher educator who wants to improve mathematics teaching and learning and generate educational and professional excellence in primary schools and beyond. More information on the Master Mathematics Teachers (MasterMT) project can be accessed at https://mastermt.org/.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000926591

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9781000926590

Maintaining Safe Mobility in an Aging Society

By: David W. Eby,Lisa J. Molnar,Paula S. Kartje

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Maintaining Safe Mobility in an Aging Society

By: David W. Eby,Lisa J. Molnar,Paula S. Kartje

By 2030, 20 percent of the world's drivers, 60 million in all, will be over the age of 65. Consequently, safe and efficient mobility for older adults is a complex and pressing issue. Maintaining Safe Mobility in an Aging Society addresses the complexities surrounding the booming number of aging drivers and practical solutions for sustaining safe tr

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CRC Press

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1420064541

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Guide to Standard Floras of the World

An Annotated, Geographically Arranged Systematic Bibliography of the Principal Floras, Enumerations, Checklists and Chorological Atlases of Different Areas

By: David G. Frodin

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Guide to Standard Floras of the World

An Annotated, Geographically Arranged Systematic Bibliography of the Principal Floras, Enumerations, Checklists and Chorological Atlases of Different Areas

By: David G. Frodin

This 2001 book provides a selective annotated bibliography of the principal floras and related works of inventory for vascular plants. The second edition was completely updated and expanded to take into account the substantial literature of the late twentieth century, and features a more fully developed review of the history of floristic documentation. The works covered are principally specialist publications such as floras, checklists, distribution atlases, systematic iconographies and enumerations or catalogues, although a relatively few more popularly oriented books are also included. The Guide is organised in ten geographical divisions, with these successively divided into regions and units, each of which is prefaced with a historical review of floristic studies. In addition to the bibliography, the book includes general chapters on botanical bibliography, the history of floras, and general principles and current trends, plus an appendix on bibliographic searching, a lexicon of serial abbreviations, and author and geographical indexes.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139428659

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9781139428651

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