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Innovation Policy at the Intersection - Global Debates and Local Experiences (Paperback): Mlungisi B.G. Cele, Thierry M... Innovation Policy at the Intersection - Global Debates and Local Experiences (Paperback)
Mlungisi B.G. Cele, Thierry M Luescher, Angela Wilson Fadiji
R180 R167 Discovery Miles 1 670 Save R13 (7%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Worldwide, countries have to respond to local and global socio-technological shifts and needs, specifically the transformations wrought by a rapidly shifting understanding of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Science, technology and innovation policy (STI) finds itself at the intersection of these local and global challenges. Innovation Policy at the Intersection: Global Debates and Local Experiences shows that a comprehensive rethink in STI policy-making is required - one that takes a systemic view of the varied challenges, and adopts an inclusive and holistic approach to STI policy. Such a rethink has to bring together the global and local, the theoretical and practical. The chapters in this book follow three broad concerns: The theories and approaches that have historically informed STI policy-making, along with the most influential current approaches in different country contexts; The development and application of comprehensive STI monitoring and evaluation systems as developed and implemented by various public agencies; and The role and function of STI policy advisory bodies within their respective contexts. Innovation Policy at the Intersection provides a comparative lens of different theories and practices across a unique spectrum of national contexts, including Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Finland, Iran, Mexico, Norway, South Africa, South Korea, and Sweden.

Anime From Akira To Howl's Moving Castle - Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation (Paperback, Revised edition):... Anime From Akira To Howl's Moving Castle - Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation (Paperback, Revised edition)
Susan J Napier
R570 R524 Discovery Miles 5 240 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This new edition of the groundbreaking popular book is a must-have for both seasoned and new fans of anime. Japanese animation is more popular than ever following the 2002 Academy Award given to Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away," It confirmed that anime is more than just children's cartoons, often portraying important social and cultural themes. With new chapters on "Spirited Away "and other recent releases, including "Howl's Moving Castle"--Miyazaki's latest hit film, already breaking records in Japan--this edition will be the authoritative source on anime for an exploding market of viewers who want to know more.

Architecture After Deleuze and Guattari (Hardcover): Chris L. Smith Architecture After Deleuze and Guattari (Hardcover)
Chris L. Smith
R2,853 Discovery Miles 28 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This study illuminates the complex interplay between Deleuze and Guattari's philosophy and architecture. Presenting their wide-ranging impact on late 20th- and 21st-century architecture, each chapter focuses on a core Deleuzian/Guattarian philosophical concept and one key work of architecture which evokes, contorts, or extends it. Challenging the idea that a concept or theory defines and then produces the physical work and not vice versa, Chris L. Smith positions the relationship between Deleuze and Guattari's philosophy and the field of architecture as one that is mutually substantiating and constitutive. In this framework, modes of architectural production and experimentation become inextricable from the conceptual territories defined by these two key thinkers, producing a rigorous discussion of theoretical, practical, and experimental engagements with their ideas.

Home by Another Way - Harvesting Taproots Wisdom (Hardcover): Timothy Cap Diebel Home by Another Way - Harvesting Taproots Wisdom (Hardcover)
Timothy Cap Diebel
R589 R543 Discovery Miles 5 430 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Outsourcing and Offshoring (Hardcover): Mario Franco Outsourcing and Offshoring (Hardcover)
Mario Franco
R3,059 Discovery Miles 30 590 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Self-reflection in Literature (Hardcover): Florian Lippert, Marcel Schmid Self-reflection in Literature (Hardcover)
Florian Lippert, Marcel Schmid
R3,310 Discovery Miles 33 100 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Self-reflection is fundamental for human thinking on many levels. Philosophy has described the mind's capacity to observe itself as a core element of human existence. Political and social sciences have shown how modern democracies depend on society's ability to critically reflect on their own values and practices. And literature of all ages has proven self-reflexivity to be a crucial trait of cultural production. This volume provides the first diachronic panorama of genres, forms, and functions of literary self-reflection and their connections with social, political and philosophical discourses from the 17th century to the present. Far beyond the usual focus on postmodernist opacity, these contributions present a rich tradition of critical transparency: Literary texts that show us what is behind and beyond them.

The Bloomsbury Reader in the Study of Religion and Popular Culture (Hardcover): Lisle W Dalton, Eric Michael Mazur, Richard J.... The Bloomsbury Reader in the Study of Religion and Popular Culture (Hardcover)
Lisle W Dalton, Eric Michael Mazur, Richard J. Callahan, Jr. Jr.
R3,178 Discovery Miles 31 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Reader in Religion and Popular Culture" is the classroom resource the field has been waiting for. It provides key readings as well as new approaches and cutting-edge work, encouraging a broader methodological and historical understanding. It is the first anthology to a trace broader themes of religion and popular culture across time and across very different types of media. With a combined teaching experience of over 30 years dedicated to teaching undergraduates, Lisle Dalton and Eric Mazur have ensured that the pedagogical features and structure of the volume are valuable to both students and their professors: - Divided into a number of units based on common semester syllabi- Provides a blend of materials focussed on method with materials focussed on subject- Each unit contains an introduction to the texts - Each unit is followed by questions designed to encourage or enhance post-reading reflection and classroom discussion- A glossary of terms from the unit's readings is provided, as well as suggestions for further reading and investigation- Online resource provides guidance on accessing some of the most useful interesting resources available onlineThe Reader is suitable as the foundational textbook for any undergraduate course on religion and popular culture.

American Cultural Baggage - How to Recognise and Deal with it (Paperback): Stan Nussbaum American Cultural Baggage - How to Recognise and Deal with it (Paperback)
Stan Nussbaum
R396 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Save R29 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book offers an outside-in look at American cultural peculiarities that helps Americans, see ourselves as others see us -and vice versa. "American Cultural Baggage" lets both Americans and the rest of the world in on things most Americans don't know, about themselves and their values and how those things are perceived by others. Americans will learn of the impression they make, while others will gain insight into the curious tribal values of Americans.

Handbook of Cultural and Creative Industries in China (Hardcover): Michael Keane Handbook of Cultural and Creative Industries in China (Hardcover)
Michael Keane
R6,895 Discovery Miles 68 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

China is at the crux of reforming, professionalising, and internationalising its cultural and creative industries. These industries are at the forefront of China's move towards the status of a developed country. In this comprehensive Handbook, international experts including leading Mainland scholars examine the background to China's cultural and creative industries as well as the challenges ahead. The chapters represent the cutting-edge of scholarship, setting out the future directions of culture, creativity and innovation in China. Combining interdisciplinary approaches with contemporary social and economic theory, the contributors examine developments in art, cultural tourism, urbanism, digital media, e-commerce, fashion and architectural design, publishing, film, television, animation, documentary, music and festivals. Students of Chinese culture and society will find this Handbook to be an invaluable resource. Scholars working on topics related to China's emergence and its cultural aspirations will also find the themes discussed in this book to be of interest. Contributors: R. Bai, M. Cheung, Y. Chu, P. Chung, J. Dai, J. De Kloet, A.Y.H. Fung, L. Gorfinkel, M. Guo, E.C. Hendriks, C.M. Herr, V. Ho, Y. Huang, M. Keane, W. Lei, H. Li, W. Li, Y. Li, W. Lei, B. Liboriussen, T. Lindgren, R. Ma, L. Montgomery, E. Priest, Z. Qiu, X. Ren, F. Schneider, W. Sun, M.A. Ulfstjerne, J. Wang, Q. Wang, C. Hing-Yuk Wong, H. Wu, B. Yecies, L. Yi, N. Yi, X. Zhang, E.J. Zhao, J. Zheng

The Return of Oral Hermeneutics (Hardcover): Tom Steffen, William Bjoraker The Return of Oral Hermeneutics (Hardcover)
Tom Steffen, William Bjoraker; Foreword by R. Daniel Shaw
R1,393 R1,156 Discovery Miles 11 560 Save R237 (17%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Light Force - A Stirring Account of the Church Caught in the Middle East Crossfire (Paperback): Brother Andrew, Al Janssen Light Force - A Stirring Account of the Church Caught in the Middle East Crossfire (Paperback)
Brother Andrew, Al Janssen
R624 Discovery Miles 6 240 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

These are the stories you haven't heard on the news. These are the people you will never forget. In the midst of never-ending debates, protests, riots, suicide bombings, and broken peace initiatives, one man came to make a difference. Previously known for his determination to deliver Bibles behind the Iron Curtain, Brother Andrew has spent the last thirty years on a very different quest. Traveling to Lebanon, the West Bank, Gaza, and Israel, Brother Andrew has sought out church leaders and urged them not to flee the violence but to stay and strengthen their congregations to become a force for change. His mission: to bring hope to the believers caught in the crossfire of the most volatile region on earth. "This is a book that invites applause and criticism. It will edify and offend, fostering healthy and much-needed discussion and debate in the Western Church."-Randy Alcorn, author, Safely Home "This man's courage is not just a case of bravado on steroids."-Charisma magazine Brother Andrew began taking Bibles to Christians behind closed borders in 1955. That work has since developed into Open Doors International. He is the author and coauthor of numerous books, including God's Smuggler and The Narrow Road. Al Janssen has cowritten or authored more than twenty-five books. He is chairman of the board for Open Doors (USA) and is director of communications for Open Doors International.

Raynal's 'Histoire des Deux Indes' - colonialism, networks and global exchange (English, French, Paperback):... Raynal's 'Histoire des Deux Indes' - colonialism, networks and global exchange (English, French, Paperback)
C.P. Courtney, Jenny Mander
R3,187 Discovery Miles 31 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Histoire des deux Indes, was arguably the first major example of a world history, exploring the ramifications of European colonialism from a global perspective. Frequently reprinted and translated into many languages, its readers included statesmen, historians, philosophers and writers throughout Europe and North America. Underpinning the encyclopedic scope of the work was an extensive transnational network of correspondents and informants assiduously cultivated by Raynal to obtain the latest expert knowledge. How these networks shaped Raynal's writing and what they reveal about eighteenth-century intellectual sociability, trade and global interaction is the driving theme of this current volume. From text-based analyses of the anthropology that structures Raynal's history of human society to articles that examine new archival material relating to his use of written and oral sources, contributors to this book explore among other topics: how the Histoire created a forum for intellectual interaction and collaboration; how Raynal created and manipulated his own image as a friend to humanity as a promotional strategy; Raynal's intellectual debts to contemporary economic theorists; the transnational associations of booksellers involved in marketing the Histoire; the Histoire's reception across Europe and North America and its long-lasting influence on colonial historiography and political debate well into the nineteenth century.

Ten Days that Shook the World (Hardcover): John Reed Ten Days that Shook the World (Hardcover)
John Reed
R790 Discovery Miles 7 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Timescapes of Waiting - Spaces of Stasis, Delay and Deferral (Hardcover): Christoph Singer, Robert Wirth, Olaf Berwald Timescapes of Waiting - Spaces of Stasis, Delay and Deferral (Hardcover)
Christoph Singer, Robert Wirth, Olaf Berwald
R2,807 Discovery Miles 28 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Timescapes of Waiting explores the intersections of temporality and space by examining various manifestations of spatial (im-)mobility. The individual articles approach these spaces from a variety of academic perspectives - including the realms of history, architecture, law and literary and cultural studies - in order to probe the fluid relationships between power, time and space. The contributors offer discussion and analysis of waiting spaces like ante-chambers, prisons, hospitals, and refugee camps, and also of more elusive spaces such as communities and nation-states. Contributors: Olaf Berwald, Elise Brault-Dreux, Richard Hardack, Kerstin Howaldt, Robin Kellermann, Amanda Lagji, Margaret Olin, Helmut Puff, Katrin Roeder, Christoph Singer, Cornelia Wachter, Robert Wirth.

Conspiracy of Silence - Deception, Hypocrisy, and Bloodshed Under Muhammadu Buhari (Hardcover): Azukaoma Uche Osakwe Conspiracy of Silence - Deception, Hypocrisy, and Bloodshed Under Muhammadu Buhari (Hardcover)
Azukaoma Uche Osakwe
R1,482 Discovery Miles 14 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Valuable Partnerships (Hardcover): Robert J Sullivan Valuable Partnerships (Hardcover)
Robert J Sullivan
R1,094 R922 Discovery Miles 9 220 Save R172 (16%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Political Economy of India's Foreign Policy (Hardcover): Radharaman Chakrabarti The Political Economy of India's Foreign Policy (Hardcover)
Radharaman Chakrabarti
R1,346 Discovery Miles 13 460 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Product of a Post-doctoral research done at the University of Washington, (Seattle), USA, the present work is an attempt to conceptualise and analyse the postulates underlying India's Foreign Policy from its formative years in the early fifties to its maturation in the early eighties of the last century. It subjects the management of foreign relations by India to a full scale theoretical examination from the political economy angle-an exercise few scholars then or now have undertaken .Notions of security, national interest, diplomatic leverage, decision making process and so on have, in this work, been revisited in the decisive context of a domestic-external continuum in which forces of economic origin were seen as defining the rationale of a foreign policy that was supposed to take a developing nation to the fulfilment of its legitimate aspirations. At the same time, the innovations that were made with practically no earlier precedent to go by and the kind of institution building required for the purpose have been dealt with critically so as to bring out the interplay of domestic development aspirations and the art of ensuring policy independence by appropriate diplomacy. In the turbulent context of the Cold War the Indian experiment in the management of foreign relations and the positive gains it reaped in collectivising the principle of non-alignment did constitute a subject that demanded a non-conventional approach to get to the bottom of it. That is precisely what distinguishes the book by one of the most qualified experts in International Relations, enjoying intellectual acclaim both at home and abroad. The book starts with a theoretical discourse on the applicability or otherwise of the political economy approach as it stood at the time of writing. In subsequent chapters it examines a dependent economy's quest for an independent foreign policy, the central challenge before the external affairs ministry of the country. It needed, among other things handling of external aid, and foreign investment to recharge the developmental enterprises at home in a manner that would not interfere with the autonomy in judging and reacting to external events. Economic restructuring at home which brought a strong public sector as complementary to a fledgling private sector constituted an essential aspect. So also came up the new experiment of building a collective economic front with other developing nations. In its compact, yet well documented, analysis the book provides the most engaging scholarly presentation of the subject in all its relevant technicalities.

Africa's Radicalisms and Conservatisms - Volume II: Pop Culture, Environment, Colonialism and Migration (Hardcover): Edwin... Africa's Radicalisms and Conservatisms - Volume II: Pop Culture, Environment, Colonialism and Migration (Hardcover)
Edwin Etieyibo, Obvious Katsaura, Mucha Musemwa
R3,321 Discovery Miles 33 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Volume II of Africa's Radicalisms and Conservatisms continues the broad themes of radicalisms and conservatisms that were examined in volume I. Like volume I, the essays examine why the two "isms" of radicalisms and conservatisms should not be viewed as mere irreconcilable conceptual tools with which to categorize or structure knowledge. The volume demonstrates that these concepts are intertwined, have multiple and diverse meanings as perceived and understood from different disciplinary vantage points, hence, the deliberate pluralization of the terms. The twenty-two essays in the volume show what happens when one juxtaposes the two concepts and when different peoples' lived experiences of politics, pop culture, democracy, liberalism, the environment, colonialism, migration, identities, and knowledge, etc. across the length and breadth of Africa are brought to bear on our understandings of these two particularisms. Contributors are: Adesoji Oni, Admire M. Nyamwanza, Akin Tella, Akinpelu Ayokunnu Oyekunle, Bamidele Omotunde Alabi, Charles Nkem Okolie, Craig Calhoun, Diana Ekor Ofana, Edwin Etieyibo, Folusho Ayodeji, Gabriel Akinbode, Godwin Oboh, Joseph C. A. Agbakoba, Julius Niringiyimana, Lucky Uchenna Ogbonnaya, Maxwell Mudhara, Muchaparara Musemwa, Nathan Osareme Odiase, Obvious Katsaura, Okpowhoavotu Dan Ekere, Olaniran Olakunle Lateef, Omolara V. Akinyemi, Owen Mafongoya, Paramu Mafongoya, Philip Onyekachukwu Egbule, Rutanga Murindwa, Sandra Bhatasara, Takesure Taringana, Tunde A. Abioro, Victor Clement Nweke, William Muhumuza, and Zainab M. Olaitan.

Encyclopedia of Qatar (Hardcover): Justin Corfield Encyclopedia of Qatar (Hardcover)
Justin Corfield
R1,318 Discovery Miles 13 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Trajectories of Empire - Transhispanic Reflections on the African Diaspora (Hardcover): Jerome C. Branche, Elizabeth Wright,... Trajectories of Empire - Transhispanic Reflections on the African Diaspora (Hardcover)
Jerome C. Branche, Elizabeth Wright, Cassia Roth, Baltasar Fra-Molinero, Miguel Valerio, …
R2,671 Discovery Miles 26 710 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Trajectories of Empire extends from the beginning of the Iberian expansion of the mid-fifteenth century, through colonialism and slavery, and into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in Latin American republics. Its point of departure is the question of empire and its aftermath, as reflected in the lives of contemporary Latin Americans of African descent, and of their ancestors caught up in the historical process of Iberian colonial expansion, colonization, and the Atlantic slave trade. The book's chapters explore what it's like to be Black today in the so-called racial democracies of Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba; the role of medical science in the objectification and nullification of Black female personhood during slavery in Brazil in the nineteenth century; the deployment of visual culture to support insurgency for a largely illiterate slave body again in the nineteenth century in Cuba; aspects of discourse that promoted the colonial project as evangelization, or alternately offered resistance to its racialized culture of dominance in the seventeenth century; and the experiences of the first generations of forced African migrants into Spain and Portugal in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, as the discursive template was created around their social roles as enslaved or formerly enslaved people. Trajectories of Empire's contributors come from the fields of literary criticism, visual culture, history, anthropology, popular culture (rap), and cultural studies. As the product of an interdisciplinary collective, this book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students in Iberian or Hispanic Studies, Africana Studies, Postcolonial Studies, and Transatlantic Studies, as well as the general public.

Khingila vs. Buddhist Caves - A synchronised chronology of the Early Alchon Huns, Early Guptas, Vakatakas, Traikutakas, and... Khingila vs. Buddhist Caves - A synchronised chronology of the Early Alchon Huns, Early Guptas, Vakatakas, Traikutakas, and Buddhist caves (ca. 451-480 CE) (Hardcover)
Rajesh Kumar Singh
R663 R592 Discovery Miles 5 920 Save R71 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Woods, Mines and Minds - Politics of Jalpaiguri and the Jungle Mahals, 1860 - 1970 (Hardcover): Sahara Ahmed Woods, Mines and Minds - Politics of Jalpaiguri and the Jungle Mahals, 1860 - 1970 (Hardcover)
Sahara Ahmed
R1,305 Discovery Miles 13 050 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
I Miss the Rain in Africa - Peace Corps as a Third Act (Hardcover): Nancy Daniel Wesson I Miss the Rain in Africa - Peace Corps as a Third Act (Hardcover)
Nancy Daniel Wesson
R743 Discovery Miles 7 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (Hardcover): David Hume An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (Hardcover)
David Hume
R587 Discovery Miles 5 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Florida Sweets - Key Lime Pie, Kumquat Cake & Citrus Candy (Paperback): Joy Sheffield Harris Florida Sweets - Key Lime Pie, Kumquat Cake & Citrus Candy (Paperback)
Joy Sheffield Harris
R501 R468 Discovery Miles 4 680 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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