Author : Henry Sussman
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,62 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780791447659
Explores the hidden political and ethical dimensions of the work of Samuel Beckett, an author who might otherwise be considered indifferent to such considerations.
Author : Samuel S Kim
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 15,16 MB
Release : 1998-07-03
Category : History
ISBN :
As the postwar international system continues its dramatic transformation, the fundamental question of what role China will play is becoming increasingly central. Contributors to the volume focus on the developments of the post-Tiananmen years, addressing the issues raised by China's expanding and increasingly complex relationships with a rapidly changing global environment. They consider such questions as: What is the principal challenge of post-Tiananmen foreign policy? How will China cope with the call for a more peaceful, equitable, democratic, and ecological world order? How has the nexus between China and the world changed in this transition period, and why? What are the implications for China's future and for the future of the rest of the world?Combining a broad theoretical framework with specific case studies, this text tackles themes that have long puzzled Westerners. Seeking the often elusive sources of Chinese foreign policy, the contributors assess the relative influences of domestic and foreign factors in shaping policy goals. They also examine the changes and continuities that have characterized Chinese foreign relations over the years, identifying the patterns underlying China's interactions with the major global actors and its policies on specific international issues. Special attention is paid to the word/deed (and at times word/word) disjuncture in Chinese foreign relations, with several chapters probing the discrepancies between rhetoric and reality, policy pronouncements and policy performance, and intent and outcome. The human-rights component of China's foreign policy and China's foreign policy options for the last decade of the century are also discussed.New to this revised and updated edition of China and the World are discussions concerning Chinese foreign policies and international relations theories, the relationship between China and the Third World, and China's environmental diplomacy.
Author : Peter W. Graham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 33,84 MB
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1317111494
Are Jane Austen and Charles Darwin the two great English empiricists of the nineteenth century? Peter W. Graham poses this question as he brings these two icons of nineteenth-century British culture into intellectual conversation in his provocative new book. Graham shows that while the one is generally termed a naturalist (Darwin's preferred term for himself) and the other a novelist, these characterizations are at least partially interchangeable, as each author possessed skills that would serve well in either arena. Both Austen and Darwin are naturalists who look with a sharp, cold eye at the concrete particulars of the world around them. Both are in certain senses novelists who weave densely particularized and convincingly grounded narratives that convey their personal observations and perceptions to wide readerships. When taken seriously, the words and works of Austen and Darwin encourage their readers to look closely at the social and natural worlds around them and form opinions based on individual judgment rather than on transmitted opinion. Graham's four interlocked essays begin by situating Austen and Darwin in the English empirical tradition and focusing on the uncanny similarities in the two writers' respective circumstances and preoccupations. Both Austen and Darwin were fascinated by sibling relations. Both were acute observers and analysts of courtship rituals. Both understood constant change as the way of the world, whether the microcosm under consideration is geological, biological, social, or literary. Both grasped the importance of scale in making observations. Both discerned the connection between minute, particular causes and vast, general effects. Employing the trenchant analytical talents associated with his subjects and informed by a wealth of historical and biographical detail and the best of recent work by historians of science, Graham has given us a new entree into Austen's and Darwin's writings.
Author : Johannes Quack
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3319484761
This book provides a conceptually and empirically rich introduction to religious indifference on the basis of original anthropological, historical and sociological research. Religious indifference is a central category for understanding contemporary societies, and a controversial one. For some scholars, a growing religious indifference indicates a dramatic decline in religiosity and epitomizes the endpoint of secularization processes. Others view it as an indicator of moral apathy and philosophical nihilism, whilst yet others see it as paving the way for new forms of political tolerance and solidarity. This volume describes and analyses the symbolic power of religious indifference and the conceptual contestations surrounding it. Detailed case studies cover anthropological and qualitative data from the UK, Germany, Estonia, the USA, Canada, and India analyse large quantitative data sets, and provide philosophical-literary inquiries into the phenomenon. They highlight how, for different actors and agendas, religious indifference can constitute an objective or a challenge. Pursuing a relational approach to non-religion, the book conceptualizes religious indifference in its interrelatedness with religion as well as more avowed forms of non-religion.
Author : Jamison J. Manion
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 26,86 MB
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1439868123
The Workforce Engagement Equation is for the hands-on leaders engaged in the frontline of affecting change those who bear the scars of past failed initiatives yet continue to persevere. Describing the science behind the "Art of Managing" process improvement, it will help you bridge the gap between strategy and tactics and allow you to take concrete
Author : Cindy Trimm
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 15,80 MB
Release : 2010-09-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1599797186
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Author : Arthur C. Helton
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,20 MB
Release : 2002-03-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0191037524
Refugee policy has failed frequently over the past decade, resulting in instability, terrible hardships and loss of life. This book is the first effort to review systematically the recent past and re-design policy to give fresh answers to old problems. Specific recommendations are made to re-conceive refugee policy to be more proactive and comprehensive as well as to re-organize how policy is formulated within and among governments. Refugee policy has not kept pace with new realities in international and humanitarian affairs. Recent policy failures have resulted in instability, terrible hardships, and massive loss of life. This book systematically analyzes refugee policy responses over the past decade, and calls for specific reforms to make policy more proactive and comprehensive. Refugee policy must be more than the administration of misery. Responses should be calculated to help prevent or mitigate future humanitarian catastrophes. More international cooperation is needed in advance of crises. Humanitarian structures within governments, notably the United States, as well as the wide variety of international institutions involved in humanitarian action must be re-oriented to cope with new challenges.
Author : Naisargi N. Davé
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 38,48 MB
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1478027134
In Indifference, Naisargi N. Davé examines the complex worlds of animalists and animalism in India. Through ethnographic fieldwork with animal healers, animal activists, farmers, laborers, transporters, and animals themselves, and moving across animal shelters and dairy farms to city streets and abattoirs, Davé shows how human-animal relations often manifest through care and violence. More surprisingly, what Davé also finds animating interspecies relationality in India is an ethic of indifference---that is, an orientation of mutual regard rather than curiosity, love, desire, or animus. For Davé, indifference is a respect for others in their otherness that allows human and nonhuman animals to flourish in immanent encounters. Indifference, then, becomes the basis for an interspecies ethics and a method of care and practice in everyday life. With indifference, Davé describes both a mode of relationality in the world and a scholarly approach: seeking what is possible when we approach ethico-political concepts with indifference rather than commitment or antagonism. Moments of indifference, Davé contends, offer the promise of otherwise worlds.
Author : Philip Dammen
Publisher : Philip Dammen
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 49,40 MB
Release : 101-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 8292977163
The central ideas behind the books on linguistic brain therapy and the psychology of the brain aim to help psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists, health workers, family members, and clients. They provide knowledge and methods to reduce or eliminate mental disorders, leading to a better life for clients and more secure, satisfied therapists. Therapists and psychologists who achieve good results can continue their treatment confidently, while gaining a scientific understanding of the mental changes in their clients as they improve. Therapists who are less successful can acquire scientifically grounded knowledge to achieve better outcomes. Family members will gain knowledge about mental disorders, enabling them to help their children more effectively. Those suffering from mental disorders can acquire knowledge and techniques that alleviate their condition and create a life with less mental pain. These goals are achievable because the books contain scientific knowledge about mental constructs that anchor and trigger mental distress or well-being. They also provide insights into how to protect against and manage mental pain. The Significance of Research Early in my practice, several clients achieved amazing results that psychology could not explain, leading to an extensive research project. This research, initially met with skepticism, involved analyzing mental processes in clients for 9 years, uncovering how mental disorders are constructed and the mental changes experienced during improvement. A conclusion was that all mental disorders can be cured using words, though it may take time. These findings offered solutions to challenges in psychology and psychiatry for over 150 years. Significant Discoveries I discovered that mental disorders are constructed more simply than previously believed. Mental well-being and disorders are constructed from the same mental or mental-biological material, in the same manner, allowing the same methods to treat various mental disorders and develop mental well-being. I Now Know for Sure I am now certain that knowledge of brain psychology and linguistic therapy can help those with mental distress gain more control over their emotions and problems. Psychologists and health workers can treat clients with greater scientific certainty, achieving faster and better results. The most reliable evidence includes success stories, comments from international scientific journals, and observations from colleagues over many years. After 30 years of research and treating over 1000 clients, I am convinced that linguistic brain therapy not only helps individuals but also enables those who have studied the books to help others. For more information, visit: www.brainpsychology.pro. Simple, but not Easy The book 'Linguistic Brain Therapy' explains how to treat clients to become mentally stronger and more in control of their lives. The Books Offer the Necessary Knowledge The book on the Psychology of the Brain provides essential knowledge for understanding mental disorders. 'Linguistic Brain Therapy', based on Brain Psychology, guides therapists and others in treating clients effectively. My doctoral dissertation on mental distress and change is available at the University Library in Oslo. Are These Claims True? The books provide strong evidence for the claims. Practical evidence like success stories and research findings will be shared on: www.brainpsychology.pro. If you face mental challenges, explore brain psychology and linguistic therapy. These books can improve lives for many years, focusing on positive emotions, mental resources, coping strategies, and treatment of mental disorders.
Author : Jodi A. O′Brien
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,32 MB
Release : 1999-01-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1452267626
This is a superb book. By presenting basic sociological topics in terms of the paradoxes they contain, O′Brien situates the discipline and its subject matter in historical and intellectual context, while using examples that are contemporary, accessible, and of interest and relevance to students. I look forward to using Social Prisms in my sociology courses and to the animated class discussions that I′m sure her book will engender. --Anita Ilta Garey, University of New Hampshire "Pine Forge Press has done it again! Social Prisms bolsters the well-deserved reputation of Pine Forge Press for publishing serious and innovative yet interesting and accessible works for undergraduate sociology courses. Students will enjoy O′Brien′s frequent references to the popular culture (sports, television, movies) which is so central to their existence outside the classroom, and be challenged by her call to embrace rather than resolve the many paradoxes of contemporary social life in America." --David Yamane, University of Notre Dame
