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Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning

J.M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison

By: Sam Durrant

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Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning

J.M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison

By: Sam Durrant

Sam Durrant's powerfully original book compares the ways in which the novels of J. M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison memorialize the traumatic histories of racial oppression that continue to haunt our postcolonial era. The works examined bear witness to the colonization of the New World, U.S. slavery, and South African apartheid, histories founded on a violent denial of the humanity of the other that had traumatic consequences for both perpetrators and victims. Working at the borders of psychoanalysis and deconstruction, and drawing inspiration from recent work on the Holocaust, Durrant rethinks Freud's opposition between mourning and melancholia at the level of the collective and rearticulates the postcolonial project as an inconsolable labor of remembrance.

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State University of New York Press

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0791485757

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Philosophy of Psychiatry

A Contemporary Introduction

By: Sam Wilkinson

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Philosophy of Psychiatry

A Contemporary Introduction

By: Sam Wilkinson

This is the first introductory textbook of its kind devoted to philosophy of psychiatry, offering a thorough and accessible investigation of the conceptual and philosophical problems at the heart of psychiatric practice and research. While it applies some of the long-standing concerns of philosophy to the mental health professions, it also investigates philosophical problems and issues that have arisen more recently from careful examination of psychiatric phenomena. Divided into two parts, Philosophy of Psychiatric Practice and Research and Philosophy and Psychopathology, the book’s 12 chapters cover topics like the ontological status of mental illness, philosophical issues in diagnosis, the role of culture in psychiatry and the relationship between mental illness and personal identity, as well as explore foundational problems in studying well-known psychopathologies like schizophrenia, depression and addiction. All chapters include initial overviews and concluding summaries and a list of suggested readings. Key Features Two-part structure – divided between (1) philosophy of psychiatric practice and research, and (2) philosophy and psychopathology – presents a clear, yet distinctive picture of the field Offers a unified style and vision throughout, with easy-to-follow segues from chapter to chapter Pedagogical features include chapter overviews and summaries, discussion questions and sections for further reading

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361

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Taylor & Francis

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1315450100

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9781315450100

Multimodal Perception and Secure State Estimation for Robotic Mobility Platforms

By: Xinghua Liu,Rui Jiang,Badong Chen,Shuzhi Sam Ge

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Multimodal Perception and Secure State Estimation for Robotic Mobility Platforms

By: Xinghua Liu,Rui Jiang,Badong Chen,Shuzhi Sam Ge

Multimodal Perception and Secure State Estimation for Robotic Mobility Platforms Enables readers to understand important new trends in multimodal perception for mobile robotics This book provides a novel perspective on secure state estimation and multimodal perception for robotic mobility platforms such as autonomous vehicles. It thoroughly evaluates filter-based secure dynamic pose estimation approaches for autonomous vehicles over multiple attack signals and shows that they outperform conventional Kalman filtered results. As a modern learning resource, it contains extensive simulative and experimental results that have been successfully implemented on various models and real platforms. To aid in reader comprehension, detailed and illustrative examples on algorithm implementation and performance evaluation are also presented. Written by four qualified authors in the field, sample topics covered in the book include: Secure state estimation that focuses on system robustness under cyber-attacks Multi-sensor fusion that helps improve system performance based on the complementary characteristics of different sensors A geometric pose estimation framework to incorporate measurements and constraints into a unified fusion scheme, which has been validated using public and self-collected data How to achieve real-time road-constrained and heading-assisted pose estimation This book will appeal to graduate-level students and professionals in the fields of ground vehicle pose estimation and perception who are looking for modern and updated insight into key concepts related to the field of robotic mobility platforms.

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John Wiley & Sons

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111987601X

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9781119876014

The Trouble with Pink Wheelbarrows

By: Sam Eaton

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The Trouble with Pink Wheelbarrows

By: Sam Eaton

Have you ever had to deal with pink wheelbarrows? They have been my greatest failure. As a result, it turns out those moments of sheer frustration, and the odd tear shed in sheer agitation, were the best things that could have ever happened to me.

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Winsome Entertainment Group LLC

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1513697811

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9781513697819

Big Sam: My Autobiography

By: Sam Allardyce

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Big Sam: My Autobiography

By: Sam Allardyce

Football fans will love this insight into the life and mind of Big Sam. With nearly 20 years as a player - plus almost 25 years as a coach and manager - under his belt, Sam Allardyce is one of the most recognisable figures in British football. 'Big Sam' has been a robust defensive general throughout the seventies and eighties, and an imposing touchline presence as a gaffer since 1994. Over the last four decades, Allardyce has seen it all. The game he so loves is radically different to that in which he made his debut back in 1973, and in telling his wonderfully colourful story for the very first time, Allardyce talks intriguingly about the changing face of players and managers. His autobiography positively crackles with characteristic insight, honesty and hard-hitting opinions.

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1472232666

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A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescents

By: Sam Himelstein

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A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescents

By: Sam Himelstein

A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working With High-Risk Adolescents is an accessible introduction to a new model of therapy that combines the Buddhist concept of mindfulness with modern trends in psychotherapy. Drawing on years of experience working with at-risk adolescents, the chapters explore ways to develop authentic connections with patients: building relationships, working with resistance, and ways to approach change using mindfulness-based techniques. Real-life interactions and illustrations are used to show how a mindfulness-oriented therapist can approach working with adolescents in individual and group settings, and the book also provides practical suggestions designed for immediate implementation. A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working With High-Risk Adolescents is a must for any mental health professional interested in using mindfulness and other contemplative practices with at-risk youth.

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191

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Routledge

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1136169970

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9781136169977

Fundamentals in Modeling and Control of Mobile Manipulators

By: Zhijun Li,Shuzhi Sam Ge

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Fundamentals in Modeling and Control of Mobile Manipulators

By: Zhijun Li,Shuzhi Sam Ge

Mobile manipulators combine the advantages of mobile platforms and robotic arms, extending their operational range and functionality to large spaces and remote, demanding, and/or dangerous environments. They also bring complexity and difficulty in dynamic modeling and control system design.

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CRC Press

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1466580429

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Essential Abnormal and Clinical Psychology

By: Matt Field,Sam Cartwright-Hatton

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Essential Abnormal and Clinical Psychology

By: Matt Field,Sam Cartwright-Hatton

This essential introduction to abnormal and clinical psychology explores the key areas, controversies and debates in the field and encourages students to think critically. Key features of this textbook include: The latest updates from DSM-5 and ICD-10 and a balanced critique of the diagnostic approach, keeping students at the forefront of the developments and debates in the field "Essential Debate" and "Essential Experience" boxes that encourage critical thinking and provide case study examples to help students critique the findings and apply them in practice Concise chapters providing students with the essentials they need to get a good grade in their module in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology Additional student resources available on the companion website. Suitable for all students taking Abnormal and Clinical Psychology modules.

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SAGE

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147393401X

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9781473934016

Histories of the Unexpected: The Tudors

By: Sam Willis,James Daybell

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Histories of the Unexpected: The Tudors

By: Sam Willis,James Daybell

Histories of the Unexpected not only presents a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveals the world around us as never before. Traditionally, the Tudors have been understood in a straightforward way but the period really comes alive if you take an unexpected approach to its history. Yes, Tudor monarchs, exploration and religion have a fascinating history... but so too does cannibalism, shrinking, bells, hats, mirrors, monsters, faces, letter-writing and accidents! Each of these subjects is equally fascinating in its own right, and each sheds new light on the traditional subjects and themes that we think we know so well.

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181

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Atlantic Books

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1786497700

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9781786497703

British Commercial Computer Digest

Pergamon Computer Data Series

By: Sam Stuart

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British Commercial Computer Digest

Pergamon Computer Data Series

By: Sam Stuart

British Commercial Computer Digest, Eleventh Edition lists the current computers available in Britain including the peripheral equipments used either on-line or off-line. It also gives information on manufacturers and selling organizations of the listed computers. This book also presents a table of memory storage capacity and types of the computers, as well as computers installed in Great Britain and their users. Lastly, lists of all world-wide known computers with number installed are also provided. This book gives sensible guidance on the computers in Great Britain, viewed through professional eyes, under increasingly complex conditions.

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Elsevier

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1483148580

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9781483148588

County Borough Elections in England and Wales, 1919-1938

A Comparative Analysis

By: Sam Davies

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County Borough Elections in England and Wales, 1919-1938

A Comparative Analysis

By: Sam Davies

Focuses on local elections in 10 county boroughs. Chapters on each borough include summary tables of statistical data relating to the population and employment structure of the borough, maps showing ward boundaries, summary tables of the municipal election record, full lists of the results of the el

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Routledge

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1840142464

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Postapartheid Literature

Mourning and the Reinvention of Community

By: Sam Durrant

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Postapartheid Literature

Mourning and the Reinvention of Community

By: Sam Durrant

This book explores the ways in which postapartheid literature reinvents South African mourning traditions. During the apartheid era, politics exerted a particular pressure on both funerary practices and on literature, both of which were instrumentalised as weapons in the struggle: just as funerals were turned into mass political protests, literature was pressed into service as protest literature. In the postapartheid era, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1996-99) continued to press mourning into political service, particularly through the Human Rights Violations hearings in which private losses were mourned in public and immediately subsumed within a national narrative of forgiveness and reconciliation. Despite calls for the recovery of artistic freedom and literary autonomy, literature has also been subject to political pressure; writers have been expected to follow the TRC's lead and produce a literature of national reconciliation. While a literature of reconciliation might appear to allow for more imaginative possibilities than protest literature, it is still driven by a particular politics of memory. Durrant explores the ways in which postapartheid literature has acceded to and/or resisted this politics of memory and asks what literary resistance might mean in a postapartheid context. Is it the task of literature to produce a counter-politics of memory, or is it rather to resist the demands of the political per se, to refuse to be instrumentalised in any cause?

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0415996295

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9780415996297

Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning

J.M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison

By: Sam Durrant

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Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning

J.M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison

By: Sam Durrant

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Book's by Sam Durrant

Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning

Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning

Philosophy of Psychiatry

Philosophy of Psychiatry

Multimodal Perception and Secure State Estimation for Robotic Mobility Platforms

Multimodal Perception and Secure State Estimation for Robotic Mobility Platforms

The Trouble with Pink Wheelbarrows

The Trouble with Pink Wheelbarrows

Big Sam: My Autobiography

Big Sam: My Autobiography

A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescents

A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescents

Fundamentals in Modeling and Control of Mobile Manipulators

Fundamentals in Modeling and Control of Mobile Manipulators

Essential Abnormal and Clinical Psychology

Essential Abnormal and Clinical Psychology

Histories of the Unexpected: The Tudors

Histories of the Unexpected: The Tudors

British Commercial Computer Digest

British Commercial Computer Digest

County Borough Elections in England and Wales, 1919-1938

County Borough Elections in England and Wales, 1919-1938

Postapartheid Literature

Postapartheid Literature

Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning

Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning

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