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Creation and Evolution - A Biosemiotic Approach (Paperback): F. S. Rothschild Creation and Evolution - A Biosemiotic Approach (Paperback)
F. S. Rothschild
R1,376 Discovery Miles 13 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The issues surrounding Darwin's theory of evolution as a function of the survival of the fittest have hardly abated since they were initially promulgated about 150 ago. The reason is clear: behind the theory of evolution is a doctrine of the structure of organisms that can be explained only by fitting the adaptation to the external world. The older doctrines of creation have been at odds with evolutionism from the outset--sometimes utilizing straight theological arguments and at other times employing sophisticated scientific arguments. Into the breach steps Friedrich S. Rothschild, a trained neurologist, psychologist and physician. On the basis of his research in comparative embryology, Rothschild argues that the central nervous system of animals as well as humans conveys meaning just like language, and is not just a system aimed at adaptation to the external environment. His theory of biosemiotics introduces the concept of inner adaptation. This adaptation to the principal forces assigns meaning to life. In monotheistic religions this force is called God. The issue of adaptation is therefore both external and internal, related to the growth of the person no less than it is to the environment. This book is intended for those who are interested in life and its varied meanings, to students of sociobiology and medicine as well as those concerned with humanities. " Friedrich S. Rothschild" graduated from medical school in 1923, went on to specialize in psychiatry, studying under Erich Fromm and Kurt Goldstein. In 1936 he emigrated from Germany to Palestine. After the establishment of the State of Israel, he served as professor of psychiatry at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is the author of "Symbolism of Brain Structure; The Ego and the Regulation of the Perception Process; "and "The Central Nervous System as Symbolic Perception. "

Lessons from Mount Kilimanjaro - Schooling, Community, and Gender in East Africa (Paperback): Amy Stambach Lessons from Mount Kilimanjaro - Schooling, Community, and Gender in East Africa (Paperback)
Amy Stambach
R1,526 Discovery Miles 15 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


An ethnographic study of a school and community in East Africa focusing on the role school plays in the development of the children's identity and relationships to their parents and community, as well as in the development of the region.

Race in Cyberspace (Paperback): Beth Kolko, Lisa Nakamura, Gilbert Rodman Race in Cyberspace (Paperback)
Beth Kolko, Lisa Nakamura, Gilbert Rodman
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Although much has been written about the impact of technology on our daily lives, little attention has been paid to the effects of cyberspace on racial politics and identity. This collection of twelve essays explores this surprisingly underexamined aspect of cyberculture studies as it tackles a broad range of questions: the role played by language in the construction of racialized identities online; offline representations of cyberspace as a racially coded environment; and the impact technology and education has on racial inequities-in terms of access and representation on the web. Groundbreaking and timely, Race in Cyberspace brings to light the important yet vastly overlooked intersection of race and cyberspace.

Koreans in Japan - Critical Voices from the Margin (Hardcover): Sonia Ryang Koreans in Japan - Critical Voices from the Margin (Hardcover)
Sonia Ryang
R3,919 Discovery Miles 39 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Koreans in Japan are a barely known minority, not only in the West but also within Japan itself. This pioneering study analyses these relations in the context of the particular conditions and constraints that Koreans face in Japanese society.
The contributors cover a wide range of topics, including: the legal and social status of Koreans in Japan; the history of Korean colonial displacement and postcolonial division during the Cold War; ethnic education; and women's self-expression. These studies serve to reveal the highly resilient and diverse reality of this minority group, whilst simultaneously highlighting the fact that - despite recent improvement - legal, social and economic constraints continue to exist in their lives.

Being Human - Between Animals and Technology (Paperback): Ron Broglio, Frederick Young Being Human - Between Animals and Technology (Paperback)
Ron Broglio, Frederick Young
R1,468 Discovery Miles 14 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Technology and animals often serve as the boundaries by which we define the human. In this issue contributors explore these categories as necessary supplements or as porous membranes which disturb the scaffolding of how the human is constructed. A lingering question throughout is whether we have ever been human or if such a category is a non-localizable ideal or perhaps a misnomer. In this collection of essays, internationally known theorists muddle the categorical boundaries such that animals and technologies become necessary components rather than limits for what it means to be human. They examine a range of subjects, including apophatic animality, critical media objects-to-think-with, biosemiotic insect resonances, the monstrous and horrific which dislodges our cultural animals, and the problem of thinking of animality as stupidity. Novels, films, digital objects, scientific laboratories, philosophical texts, animals on the road and in the fields serve as sites for inquiry. The result of these investigations is the spectral possibility that we are not the humans we make ourselves out to be. This book was originally published as a special issue of Angelaki.

Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific - Histories of Responses to Non-Communicable and... Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific - Histories of Responses to Non-Communicable and Communicable Diseases (Paperback)
Milton J. Lewis, Kerrie L. MacPherson
R1,370 Discovery Miles 13 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Chronic diseases-cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes-are not only the principal cause of world-wide mortality but also are now responsible for a striking increase in the percentage of sickness in developing countries still grappling with the acute problems of infectious diseases. This "double disease burden" poses demanding questions concerning the organisation of health care, allocation of scarce resources and strategies for disease prevention, control and treatment; and it threatens not only improvement in health status but economic development in the many poorer countries of the Asia Pacific region. This book presents an historical account of the development of the double disease burden in Asia and the Pacific, a region which has experienced great economic, social, demographic and political change. With in-depth analysis of more than fifteen countries, this volume examines the impact of the double disease burden on health care regimes, resource allocation, strategies for prevention and control on the wealthiest nations in the region, as well as the smallest Pacific islands. In doing so, the contributors to this book elaborate on the notion of the double disease burden as discussed by epidemiologists, and present real policy responses, whilst demonstrating how vital health is to economic development. Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific will be of great value to both scholars and policy makers in the fields of public health, the history of medicine, as well as to those with a wider interest in the Asia-Pacific region.

Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory - Second Edition (Hardcover, 2 Revised Edition): Eric Delson, Ian Tattersall,... Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory - Second Edition (Hardcover, 2 Revised Edition)
Eric Delson, Ian Tattersall, John Van Couvering, Alison S. Brooks
R9,717 Discovery Miles 97 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Now widely recognised as a standard in the field, the Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory provides the most complete context possible for understanding the 65-million-year story of humankind's origins.
The Encyclopedia gathers the work of 49 internationally recognised scholars, each a leading authority writing under the guidance of a distinguished team of editors from the American Museum of Natural History. They have prepared over 800 entries, ranging from brief definitions of technical terms to in depth, lengthy essays on broad topics such as evolutionary theory, genetics and Palaeolithic archaeology. This range makes the Encyclopedia a suitable tool for scholars and readers in a variety of fields, including archaeology, palaeontology, primateology, and genetics.
Each entry offers an authoritative and objective explanation of its topic, written in clear, concise language. In discussions of contested and controversial topics, the contributors present a full range of opinion, with extensive cross-references.

Endogenous and Exogenous Regulation and Control of Physiological Systems (Hardcover): Robert B. Northrop Endogenous and Exogenous Regulation and Control of Physiological Systems (Hardcover)
Robert B. Northrop
R5,125 Discovery Miles 51 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From a biomedical engineering perspective, this book takes an analytic, quantitative approach to describing the basic components of physiological regulators and control systems (PRCs). In Endogenous and Exogenous Regulation and Control of Physiological Systems, the author provides grounding in the classical methods of designing linear and nonlinear systems. He also offers state-of-the-art material on the potential of PRCs to treat immune system ailments, most notably AIDS and cancer.

The book focuses on certain "wet" physiological regulators, such as those using endocrine hormones as parametric control substances. Endogenous and Exogenous Regulation and Control of Physiological Systems includes simulations that illustrate model validations and the putative control of cancer and HIV proliferation. It explores novel, untried immunotherapies on the cutting-edge of PRC treatment and explores the latest technologies.

Indians in Britain - Anglo-Indian Encounters, Race and Identity 1880-1930 (Hardcover): Shompa Lahiri Indians in Britain - Anglo-Indian Encounters, Race and Identity 1880-1930 (Hardcover)
Shompa Lahiri
R5,096 Discovery Miles 50 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is an analysis of the nature and impact of the Indian presence in Britain, and British reactions to it. From the late 19th to the early 20th century, the number of Indians arriving in Britain, to gain qualifications and learn about British society, began to grow. The greater visibility of Indians at the Inns of Court and universities fuelled British fears, arising out of popular culture and the political situation in India, about the damaging effects of students' residence in Britain. The British authorities took measures to restrict the size of the Indian student population and control political activities, placing themselves in direct conflict with the students. Indians resented this encroachment of the state into their lives, which were already beset by problems of racial discrimination, isolation, and, in some cases, deprivation. Many students turned to politics, and this study shows how indigenous elites from dependent colonies, in this case India, were able to appropriate ideas and institutions, to challenge, subvert - and sometimes prove their affinity with - British metropolitan society.

Indians in Britain - Anglo-Indian Encounters, Race and Identity 1880-1930 (Paperback, annotated edition): Shompa Lahiri Indians in Britain - Anglo-Indian Encounters, Race and Identity 1880-1930 (Paperback, annotated edition)
Shompa Lahiri
R1,477 Discovery Miles 14 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is an analysis of the nature and impact of the Indian presence in Britain, and British reactions to it. From the late 19th to the early 20th century, the number of Indians arriving in Britain, to gain qualifications and learn about British society, began to grow. The greater visibility of Indians at the Inns of Court and universities fuelled British fears, arising out of popular culture and the political situation in India, about the damaging effects of students' residence in Britain. The British authorities took measures to restrict the size of the Indian student population and control political activities, placing themselves in direct conflict with the students. Indians resented this encroachment of the state into their lives, which were already beset by problems of racial discrimination, isolation, and, in some cases, deprivation. Many students turned to politics, and this study shows how indigenous elites from dependent colonies, in this case India, were able to appropriate ideas and institutions, to challenge, subvert - and sometimes prove their affinity with - British metropolitan society.

Explaining Illness - Research, Theory, and Strategies (Hardcover): Bryan B Whaley Explaining Illness - Research, Theory, and Strategies (Hardcover)
Bryan B Whaley
R3,939 R2,766 Discovery Miles 27 660 Save R1,173 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Understanding one's health conditions plays a key role in a patient's response to illness, influencing stress levels and the likelihood of following treatment regimens and advice. Thus, the explanation of illness is a critical component of the interactions between health care providers and their patients. Emphasizing these exchanges and their potential for improving health and well being, Bryan B. Whaley has assembled this collection to serve both as a foundation for further research on explaining illness and as a resource for provider-patient interaction.
Contributors from the communication and health care disciplines examine the purpose and methods of explaining illness, as well as the role that illness explanations play in framing and reframing meaning and uncertainty regarding one's health welfare. Including theoretical, developmental, and cultural factors, the elegance of this book is the richness in the differences among populations and communication strategies, and the articulation of the intricacies of language, illness, and culture in the explanations.
As a resource for scholars and students of communication, medicine, nursing, public health, social work, and related areas, this volume establishes a benchmark from which to examine and evaluate current theory and strategies in explaining illness, and to launch systematic research endeavors. Health practitioners will also find the book invaluable in their exchanges with their patients, as a unique source of information on the factors influencing the explanation of illness.

White Identities - An Historical & International Introduction (Paperback): Alastair Bonnett White Identities - An Historical & International Introduction (Paperback)
Alastair Bonnett
R2,637 Discovery Miles 26 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

White Identities provides a comprehensive overview of this debate, drawing together the various strands of recent research into an accessible but challenging introduction. The author argues that 'White Studies', as it is presently conceived, is an American project, reflecting American interpretations of race and history. However the book shows that the impact of white identities is international in scope and significance. Thus, only a thorough historical and international perspective on whiteness can provide a proper introduction to the subject, an introduction that has relevance to students worldwide.

The Ethnographic Eye - Interpretive Studies of Education in China (Hardcover): Heidi Ross, Judith Liu The Ethnographic Eye - Interpretive Studies of Education in China (Hardcover)
Heidi Ross, Judith Liu
R4,210 Discovery Miles 42 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Series Information:
RoutledgeFalmer Studies in International and Comparative Education

Contemporary Kazaks - Cultural and Social Perspectives (Hardcover): Ingvar Svanberg Contemporary Kazaks - Cultural and Social Perspectives (Hardcover)
Ingvar Svanberg
R3,909 Discovery Miles 39 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The various articles in this collection reflect the contemporary life of rural and urban Kazakhs. A common theme is the socio-cultural aspects of how their way of life has changed since independence.

Paradiplomacy in Action - The Foreign Relations of Subnational Governments (Hardcover): Francisco Aldecoa, Michael Keating Paradiplomacy in Action - The Foreign Relations of Subnational Governments (Hardcover)
Francisco Aldecoa, Michael Keating
R4,359 Discovery Miles 43 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work contributes to a better understanding of the growing subnational involvement in foreign affairs. It offers a general view of the most prominent aspects in the development of subnational foreign action around the world, dealing with topics such as the repercussions upon subnational autonomy of the progressive constitution of diverse international regimes like the European Union, NAFTA, and APEC, or the complex relation between the growing subnational foreign action and the contemporary conditions for the formulation and implementation of foreign policy in federal and quasifederal states.

Paradiplomacy in Action - The Foreign Relations of Subnational Governments (Paperback): Francisco Aldecoa, Michael Keating Paradiplomacy in Action - The Foreign Relations of Subnational Governments (Paperback)
Francisco Aldecoa, Michael Keating
R1,766 Discovery Miles 17 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work contributes to a better understanding of the growing subnational involvement in foreign affairs. It offers a general view of the most prominent aspects in the development of subnational foreign action around the world, dealing with topics such as the repercussions upon subnational autonomy of the progressive constitution of diverse international regimes like the European Union, NAFTA, and APEC, or the complex relation between the growing subnational foreign action and the contemporary conditions for the formulation and implementation of foreign policy in federal and quasifederal states.

Constructing the Field - Ethnographic Fieldwork in the Contemporary World (Paperback): Vered Amit Constructing the Field - Ethnographic Fieldwork in the Contemporary World (Paperback)
Vered Amit
R1,345 Discovery Miles 13 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Ethnographic fieldwork is traditionally seen as what distinguishes social and cultural anthropology from the other social sciences. This collection responds to the inte nsifying scrutiny of fieldwork in recent years. It challenges the idea of the necessity for the total immersion of the ethnographer in the field, and for the clear separation of professional and personal areas of activity. The very existence of 'the field' as an entity separate from everyday life is questioned.
Fresh perspectives on contemporary fieldwork are provided by diverse case-studies from across North America and Europe. These contributions give a thorough appraisal of what fieldwork is and should be, and an extra dimension is added through fascinating accounts of the personal experiences of anthropologists in the field.

Agency Uncovered - Archaeological Perspectives on Social Agency, Power, and Being Human (Hardcover): Andrew Gardner Agency Uncovered - Archaeological Perspectives on Social Agency, Power, and Being Human (Hardcover)
Andrew Gardner
R5,390 Discovery Miles 53 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book questions the value of the concept of 'agency', a term used in sociological and philosophical literature to refer to individual free will in archaeology. On the one hand it has been argued that previous generations of archaeologists, in explaining social change in terms of structural or environmental conditions, have lost sight of the 'real people' and reduced them to passive cultural pawns, on the other, introducing the concept of agency to counteract this can be said to perpetuate a modern, Western view of the autonomous individual who is free from social constraints. This book discusses the balance between these two opposites, using a range of archaeological and historical case studies, including European and Asian prehistory, classical Greece and Rome, the Inka and other Andean cultures. While focusing on the relevance of 'agency' theory to archaeological interpretation and using it to create more diverse and open-ended accounts of ancient cultures, the authors also address the contemporary political and ethical implications of what is essentially a debate about the definition of human nature.

Legacy of Hate: A Short History of Ethnic, Religious and Racial Prejudice in America - A Short History of Ethnic, Religious and... Legacy of Hate: A Short History of Ethnic, Religious and Racial Prejudice in America - A Short History of Ethnic, Religious and Racial Prejudice in America (Hardcover)
Philip Perlmutter
R1,934 Discovery Miles 19 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Though America had been rightfully portrayed as born of democratic principles, to no less an extent was it born of undemocratic ones. America is thus a living contradiction of many dimensions -- historical, sociological, and psychological -- that have manifested themselves at every level of society -- individual, communal, and natural".

So writes Philip Perlmutter, whose Legacy of Hate explores this "living contradiction" by tracing the development of American minority group relations, beginning with the arrival of white Europeans and moving through the eighteenth and industrially expanding nineteenth centuries; the explosion of immigration and its attendant problems in the twentieth century; and a final chapter exploring how prejudice (racial, religious, and ethnic) has been institutionalized in the educational systems and laws.

Throughout this provocative book, Perlmutter focuses on where and why various groups encountered prejudice and discrimination and how their experiences have shaped the society we live in and how we think about one another.

Preventive Approaches in Couples Therapy (Hardcover): Rony Berger, Mo Therese Hannah Preventive Approaches in Couples Therapy (Hardcover)
Rony Berger, Mo Therese Hannah
R3,951 R2,778 Discovery Miles 27 780 Save R1,173 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This comprehensive text is the first to offer a thorough overview of the current leading approaches to preventing couple distress and marital dissolution.

An Introduction to the Buraku Issue - Questions and Answers (Hardcover): Suehiro Kitaguchi, Alastair McLauchlan An Introduction to the Buraku Issue - Questions and Answers (Hardcover)
Suehiro Kitaguchi, Alastair McLauchlan
R4,252 R2,932 Discovery Miles 29 320 Save R1,320 (31%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Developed as a question-and-answer field research report into the status of Buraku people in Japan today, this text also looks at the wider issues of prejudice as found within Japanese society, from old people to women, ethnicity and nationality.

Scattered Belongings - Cultural Paradoxes of "Race," Nation and Gender (Hardcover): Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe Scattered Belongings - Cultural Paradoxes of "Race," Nation and Gender (Hardcover)
Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When the golfer Tiger Woods proclaimed himself a "Caublinasian," affirming his mixed Caucasian, Black, Native American and Asian ancestry, a storm of controversy was created in a world still perceived in terms of "black" and "white." This book is about ordinary lives facing similar dilemmas of racial identity, of belonging and not belonging. It tells the stories of six women of mixed African/ African Caribbean and white European heritage to show how the often painful experience of being a stranger in two cultures can be named and celebrated. Jayne Ifekwunigwe explores the cultural and historical roots of the popular discourses of race. She analyzes the problem of theorizing mixed racial and/or cultural identity in a global context, always relating it to the real-life experiences of these women.

Apoptosis in Neurobiology (Hardcover): Yusuf A. Hannun, Rose-Mary Boustany Apoptosis in Neurobiology (Hardcover)
Yusuf A. Hannun, Rose-Mary Boustany
R3,918 Discovery Miles 39 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The rapid growth of the study of apoptosis-mechanism-driven, regulated cell death-has created an urgent need for reliable documentation of t he different approaches to and methods of studying the various aspects of the field. Apoptosis in Neurobiology is an important resource for researchers in this emerging frontier of biomedical study. This volume allows the uninitiated neuroscientist intellectual and practical acce ss to the study of apoptosis, with special consideration to the nervou s system. The first section concentrates on conceptual approaches to t he study of apoptosis in neurobiology and its significance to the nerv ous system. The second section provides a user-friendly approach to me thods and techniques in the study of apoptosis as applied to neurobiol ogy.

Racist Violence and the State - A comparative Analysis of Britain, France and the Netherlands (Hardcover): Rob Witte Racist Violence and the State - A comparative Analysis of Britain, France and the Netherlands (Hardcover)
Rob Witte
R4,797 Discovery Miles 47 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Racist Violence and the State is the first serious study to apply a comparative research-based approach to the study of racist violence in Britain, France and The Netherlands since 1945. Setting racist violence within a historical background of the post-imperialist legacy, the author presents an accessible, fascinating and highly original analysis of the development of public and state attitudes to racist violence over the past 50 years.

Thinking Through Resistance - A study of public oppositions to contemporary global health practice (Hardcover): Nicola Bulled Thinking Through Resistance - A study of public oppositions to contemporary global health practice (Hardcover)
Nicola Bulled
R4,200 Discovery Miles 42 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Acts of public defiance towards biomedical public health policies have occurred throughout modern history, from resistance to early smallpox vaccines in 19th-century Britain and America to more recent intransigence to efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Central and West Africa. Thinking through Resistance examines a diverse range of case studies of opposition to biomedical public health policies - from resistance to HPV vaccinations in Texas to disputes over HIV prevention research in Malawi - to assess the root causes of opposition. It is argued that far from being based on ignorance, resistance instead serves as a form of advocacy, calling for improvements in basic health-care delivery alongside expanded access to infrastructure and basic social services. Building on this argument, the authors set out an alternative to the current technocratic approach to global public health, extending beyond greater distribution of medical technologies to build on the perspectives of a political economy of health. With contributions from medical anthropologists, sociologists, and public health experts, Thinking through Resistance makes important reading for researchers, students, and practitioners in the fields of public health, medical anthropology, and public policy.

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