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WINNER: 2022 THEATRE BOOK PRIZE Written by the Crucible Theatre's
first Artistic Director, Colin George, and his son, Tedd, 'Stirring
Up Sheffield' is the extraordinary story of a group of visionaries
who came together to build a revolutionary thrust stage theatre in
Sheffield. The radical design they proposed for the auditorium -
which redefined the actor/audience relationship - aroused fierce
opposition from Sheffield's conservative quarters and several of
the era's theatrical luminaries. But it also galvanised a new
generation of Britain's actors, directors, designers and
playwrights who launched a passionate defence of the thrust stage
and its theatrical potential.
Disputed Messiahs: Jewish and Christian Messianism in the
Ashkenazic World during the Reformation is the first comprehensive
study that situates Jewish messianism in its broader cultural,
social, and religious contexts within the surrounding Christian
society. By doing so, Rebekka Vo?f shows how the expressions of
Jewish and Christian end-time expectation informed one another.
Although the two groups disputed the different messiahs they
awaited, they shared principal hopes and fears relating to the end
of days. Drawing on a great variety of both Jewish and Christian
sources in Hebrew, Yiddish, German, and Latin, the book examines
how Jewish and Christian messianic ideology and politics were
deeply linked. It explores how Jews and Christians each reacted to
the other's messianic claims, apocalyptic beliefs, and
eschatological interpretations, and how they adapted their own
views of the last days accordingly. This comparative study of the
messianic expectations of Jews and Christians in the Ashkenazic
world during the Reformation and their entanglements contributes a
new facet to our understanding of cultural transfer between Jews
and Christians in the early modern period. Disputed Messiahs
includes four main parts. The first part characterizes the specific
context of Jewish messianism in Germany and defines the Christian
perception of Jewish messianic hope. The next two parts deal with
case studies of Jewish messianic expectation in Germany, Italy and
Poland. While the second part focuses on the messianic phenomenon
of the prophet Asher Lemlein, part 3 is divided into five chapters,
each devoted to a case of interconnected Jewish-Christian
apocalyptic belief and activity. Each case study is a
representative example used to demonstrate the interplay of Jewish
and Christian eschatological expectations. The final part presents
Vo?f's general conclusions, carving out the remarkable paradox of a
relationship between Jewish and Christian messianism that is
controversial, albeit fertile. Scholars and students of history,
culture, and religion are the intended audience for this book.
The Franklin Book Programs (FBP) was a private not-for-profit U.S.
organization founded in 1952 during the Cold War and was subsidized
by the United States' government agencies as well as private
corporations. The FBP was initially intended to promote U.S.
liberal values, combat Soviet influence and to create appropriate
markets for U.S. books in 'Third World' of which the Middle East
was an important part, but evolved into an international
educational program publishing university textbooks, schoolbooks,
and supplementary readings. In Iran, working closely with the
Pahlavi regime, its activities included the development of
printing, publishing, book distribution, and bookselling
institutions. This book uses archival sources from the FBP, US
intelligence agencies and in Iran, to piece together this
relationship. Put in the context of wider cultural diplomacy
projects operated by the US, it reveals the extent to which the
programme shaped Iran's educational system. Together the history of
the FBP, its complex network of state and private sector, the role
of U.S. librarians, publishers, and academics, and the joint
projects the FBP organized in several countries with the help of
national ministries of education, financed by U.S. Department of
State and U.S. foundations, sheds new light on the long history of
education in imperialist social orders, in the context here of the
ongoing struggle for influence in the Cold War.
Rural life is more complex than it is perhaps credited. This edited
volume explores several themes that highlight such complexities,
particularly in terms of what they imply for rural teaching and
learning. These themes include the geographic, demographic, and
socioeconomic diversity within and across rural communities; the
notion that rurality is not a deficit but rather a context; and the
array of novel and interesting ways to build upon rural assets and
overcome challenges so that rural students are not afforded fewer
educational opportunities simply by virtue of their zip code. More
practically, this book offers counsel for readers who may be
interested in learning more about rural circumstances so that they
can make informed and responsive decisions about policies and
programs targeting rural students, educators, and schools.
Engage with key historical and conceptual issues in psychology
Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology, 3rd Edition, by
Brysbaert & Rastle offers a unique and engaging introduction to
key historical and conceptual issues in psychology. The text draws
on a broad range of issues and themes, both contemporary and
historical, helping you understand the philosophical context from
which psychology has emerged as a discipline. Every chapter
reflects the newest findings and insights in the field, with
particular attention drawn to those findings that have not stood up
to replication tests. The 3rd edition also includes a new chapter
on the replication crisis, including the importance of open science
practices in scientific research. Excerpts from original texts,
profiles of key figures and fascinating examples drawn from across
the world take you from ancient Greece to modern day debates,
stopping off at important developments in psychology, philosophy
and science along the way. Myth busting boxes and discussion
questions in every chapter encourage you to reflect and think
critically about the issues raised. This best-selling text is
essential reading for undergraduate psychology students and those
interested in how the discipline has developed from ancient origins
to reach its current standing today.
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