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Academic Life and Labour in the New University

Hope and Other Choices

By: Dr Ruth Barcan

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Academic Life and Labour in the New University

Hope and Other Choices

By: Dr Ruth Barcan

What does it mean to be an academic today? What kinds of experiences do students have, and how are they affected by what they learn? Why do so many students and their teachers feel like frauds? Can we learn to teach and research in ways that foster hope and deflate pretension? Academic Life and Labour in the New University: Hope and Other Choices addresses these big questions, discussing the challenges of teaching and researching in the contemporary university, the purpose of research and its fundamental value, and the role of the academy against the background of major changes to nature of the university itself. Drawing on a range of international media sources, political discourse and many years’ professional experience, this volume explores approaches to teaching and research, with special emphasis on the importance of collegiality, intellectual honesty and courage. With attention to the intersection of large-scale institutional changes and intellectual shifts such as the rise of transdisciplinarity and the development of a pluralist curriculum, this book proposes the pursuit of more ethical, compassionate and critical forms of teaching and research. As such, it will be of interest not only to scholars of cultural studies and education, but to all those who care about the fate of the university as an institution, including young scholars seeking to join the academy.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1472405773

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9781472405777

Mediating Faiths

Religion and Socio-Cultural Change in the Twenty-First Century

By: Dr Guy Redden

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Mediating Faiths

Religion and Socio-Cultural Change in the Twenty-First Century

By: Dr Guy Redden

Religion is living culture. It continues to play a role in shaping political ideologies, institutional practices, communities of interest, ways of life and social identities. Mediating Faiths brings together scholars working across a range of fields, including cultural studies, media, sociology, anthropology, cultural theory and religious studies, in order to facilitate greater understanding of recent transformations. Contributors illustrate how religion continues to be responsive to the very latest social and cultural developments in the environments in which it exists. They raise fundamental questions concerning new media and religious expression, religious youth cultures, the links between spirituality, personal development and consumer culture, and contemporary intersections of religion, identity and politics. Together the chapters demonstrate how belief in the superempirical is negotiated relative to secular concerns in the twenty-first century.

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264

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409481336

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9781409481331

The assassination of Patrice Lumumba

First Prime Minister of Democratic Congo, From June 30, 1960 to January 17, 1961

By: Dr Ley G. Ikpo & Miss Jackline Seka Sahlberg

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The assassination of Patrice Lumumba

First Prime Minister of Democratic Congo, From June 30, 1960 to January 17, 1961

By: Dr Ley G. Ikpo & Miss Jackline Seka Sahlberg

Congo, a former Belgian colony, at the beginning of the independence of the territory, a brave and dedicated leader, Patrice Emery Lumumba, won the election and was appointed Prime Minister. As the first Prime Minister of a democratic Congo, the newly elected representative of the country filled with devotion had in mind to providing Congolese with a better future. He therefore fought on behalf of Congolese. His methods were disliked by the former colonizers for whom he became a danger to their interests in Congo after his speech on independence day, on June 30, 1960. Since then, various plots were arranged against him to be killed. Those conspiracies never succeeded against him since they were unfortunately aborted for the most. The country fell into a state of incredible disrepair due to recurrent oppositions since September 14 of that year. Soon, Mobutu's forces backed by the CIA arrested Lumumba, on December 1, 1960 and he was guarded by the UN troops. Later, Lumumba was sent to Elizabethville, in the Katanga, the territory of his rival Moïse Tshombe. At his arrival, he was beaten by both Katanga's and Belgians' forces to death. On January 17, 1960, Patrice Emery Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo was assassinated in cold blood by various perpetrators. After 61 years in Belgium the remaining teeth were sent back the the DRC for burial on June 30, 2022.

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Kindle Direct Publisher

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9798837834097

Virtual Voyages

Travel Writing and the Antipodes 1605-1837

By: Dr. Paul Longley Arthur

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Virtual Voyages

Travel Writing and the Antipodes 1605-1837

By: Dr. Paul Longley Arthur

Virtual Voyages' is a fascinating account of the European discovery of the elusive 'great south land' told through the literature of 'imaginary voyages'. Written at the height of the era of European maritime exploration, these bizarre and captivating tales, with their wildly imaginative visions of antipodean inversion and strangeness, reveal a hidden history of attitudes to colonization. By exposing the relationship between myth and reality in the antipodes, this book casts new light on the power of fiction to influence history.

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216

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Anthem Press

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1843318393

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9781843318392

Reputation, Celebrity and Defamation Law

By: Dr David Rolph

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Reputation, Celebrity and Defamation Law

By: Dr David Rolph

Taking Robert Post's seminal article 'The Social Foundations of Reputation and the Constitution' as a starting point, this volume examines how the concept of reputation changes to reflect social, political, economic, cultural and technological developments. It suggests that the value of a good reputation is not immutable and analyzes the history and doctrines of defamation law in the US and the UK. A selection of Australian case studies illustrates different concepts of defamation law and offers insights into their specific nature. Drawing on approaches to celebrity in media and cultural studies, the author conceptualizes reputation as a media construct and explains how reputation as celebrity is of great contemporary relevance at this point in the history of defamation law.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409496236

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Academic Life and Labour in the New University

Academic Life and Labour in the New University

Mediating Faiths

Mediating Faiths

The assassination of Patrice Lumumba

The assassination of Patrice Lumumba

Virtual Voyages

Virtual Voyages

Reputation, Celebrity and Defamation Law

Reputation, Celebrity and Defamation Law

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