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This is a key question for all Western military strategists. If the
Soviets are indeed willing to tolerate high human sacrifice in
warfare this obviously puts them at a military advantage. The
perceived wisdom, hitherto, is that the Soviets are indeed willing
to tolerate high casualties in battle - this, initial, view is
reinforced by myths about Stalin clearing minefields by marching
penal battalions across them. Professor Sella, however, comes to a
different conclusion. He surveys Soviet attitudes to the
military-medical service; to its own prisoners of war; and to the
ethos of fighting to the death, considering how attitudes have
changed from Czarist times to the present. He concludes that the
Soviets are less ready to tolerate massive sacrifices than has been
supposed; but that this position stems as much from
utilitarian-military logic as from compassion.
This volume brings together a set of classic essays by Domenico
Sella in which he reassesses the economic fortunes of Northern
Italy, in particular Lombardy and Venice, during the 16th and 17th
centuries. In addition, the literature on the economics and society
of northern Italy had hitherto dealt primarily with the major
cities, Milan, Florence and Venice, and their celebrated
manufactures, extensive commercial activities and banking. By
contrast their countryside was largely neglected and its population
dismissed as an undifferentiated mass of peasants fully engaged in
farming. The essays in this volume represent as many soundings into
this "long forgotten" rural world. As it turns out, rural
communities often harbored handicraft industries, and the latter
appear to have avoided the debacle that hit the urban economies and
their celebrated manufactures, highly regulated as they were by the
guilds, in the face of international competition.
In his comprehensive overview of 17th century Italy, Professor
Sella challenges the old view that Italy was in general decline,
instead he shows it to have been a time of sharp contrasts and
shifts in fortune. He starts with a balanced and critical analysis
of political developments (placing the Italian states in their
wider European context) before assessing the state of the economy.
He then looks in depth at society, religion, and culture and
science and in particular reassesses the influence of the Counter
Reformation on Italian life. His book ends with an engrossing
account of the life and work of Galileo as well as an overview of
the important and often neglected contributions made by other
scientists in the later part of the century. This rich and balanced
volume is an ideal introduction to early modern Italy, and provides
a critical revaluation of a much misunderstood period in the
country's history.
In his comprehensive overview of 17th century Italy, Professor
Sella challenges the old view that Italy was in general decline,
instead he shows it to have been a time of sharp contrasts and
shifts in fortune. He starts with a balanced and critical analysis
of political developments (placing the Italian states in their
wider European context) before assessing the state of the economy.
He then looks in depth at society, religion, and culture and
science and in particular reassesses the influence of the Counter
Reformation on Italian life. His book ends with an engrossing
account of the life and work of Galileo as well as an overview of
the important and often neglected contributions made by other
scientists in the later part of the century. This rich and balanced
volume is an ideal introduction to early modern Italy, and provides
a critical revaluation of a much misunderstood period in the
country's history.
This is a key question for all Western military strategists. If the
Soviets are indeed willing to tolerate high human sacrifice in
warfare this obviously puts them at a military advantage. The
perceived wisdom, hitherto, is that the Soviets are indeed willing
to tolerate high casualties in battle - this, initial, view is
reinforced by myths about Stalin clearing minefields by marching
penal battalions across them. Professor Sella, however, comes to a
different conclusion. He surveys Soviet attitudes to the
military-medical service; to its own prisoners of war; and to the
ethos of fighting to the death, considering how attitudes have
changed from Czarist times to the present. He concludes that the
Soviets are less ready to tolerate massive sacrifices than has been
supposed; but that this position stems as much from
utilitarian-military logic as from compassion. This book should be
of interest to lecturers and students of Soviet studies and
history, and those with an academic or professional interest in
defence, military and strategic studies.
Fetal and Maternal Bodies brings together the voices of abortion
providers, abortion counselors, clinic owners, neonatologists,
bioethicists, and historians to discuss how and why providing
abortion care is moral work. The collection offers voices not
usually heard as clinicians talk about their work and their
thoughts about life and death. In four subsections--Providers,
Clinics, Conscience, and The Fetus--the contributions in this
anthology explore the historical context and present-day challenges
to the delivery of abortion care. Contributing authors address the
motivations that lead abortion providers to offer abortion care,
discuss the ways in which anti-abortion regulations have made it
increasingly difficult to offer feminist-inspired services, and
ponder the status of the fetus and the ethical frameworks
supporting abortion care and fetal research. Together these essays
provide a feminist moral foundation to reassert that abortion care
is moral work.
Shaped by the experiences of the Iranian Revolution,
Iranian-American autobiographers use this chaotic past to tell
their current stories in the United States. Wagenknecht analyzes a
wide range of such writing and draws new conclusions about
migration, exile, and life between different and often clashing
cultures.
Shaped by the experiences of the Iranian Revolution,
Iranian-American autobiographers use this chaotic past to tell
their current stories in the United States. Wagenknecht analyzes a
wide range of such writing and draws new conclusions about
migration, exile, and life between different and often clashing
cultures.
From Dualism to Oneness in Psychoanalysis: A Zen Perspective on the
Mind-Body Question focuses on the shift in psychoanalytic thought,
from a view of mind-body dualism to a contemporary non-dualistic
perspective. Exploring this paradigm shift, Yorai Sella examines
the impact of the work of psychoanalysts and researchers, such as
Winnicott, Bion, Daniel Stern and Kohut, and delineates the
contributions of three major schools of psychoanalytic thought in
which the non-dualistic view is exemplified: (1) intersubjective;
(2) neuro-psychoanalytic; and (3) mystically inclined
psychoanalysis. Reaching beyond the constraints of dualism, Sella
delineates the interdisciplinary approaches leading to
psychoanalysis's paradigm shift. Focusing on the unique
contribution of Zen-Buddhism, the book draws on Ehei Dogen's
philosophy to substantiate the non-duality of subject and object,
body and mind - ultimately leading from alienation and duality to
what Bion has termed "at one-ment". The way in which psychoanalytic
theory and practice may develop further along these lines is
demonstrated throughout the book in a variety of clinical
vignettes. This book will inform the practice of all
psychoanalysts, mental health professionals, psychotherapists and
clinicians interested in mind-body issues in psychotherapy, in the
philosophy of psychoanalysis, and in East-West dialogue.
From Dualism to Oneness in Psychoanalysis: A Zen Perspective on the
Mind-Body Question focuses on the shift in psychoanalytic thought,
from a view of mind-body dualism to a contemporary non-dualistic
perspective. Exploring this paradigm shift, Yorai Sella examines
the impact of the work of psychoanalysts and researchers, such as
Winnicott, Bion, Daniel Stern and Kohut, and delineates the
contributions of three major schools of psychoanalytic thought in
which the non-dualistic view is exemplified: (1) intersubjective;
(2) neuro-psychoanalytic; and (3) mystically inclined
psychoanalysis. Reaching beyond the constraints of dualism, Sella
delineates the interdisciplinary approaches leading to
psychoanalysis's paradigm shift. Focusing on the unique
contribution of Zen-Buddhism, the book draws on Ehei Dogen's
philosophy to substantiate the non-duality of subject and object,
body and mind - ultimately leading from alienation and duality to
what Bion has termed "at one-ment". The way in which psychoanalytic
theory and practice may develop further along these lines is
demonstrated throughout the book in a variety of clinical
vignettes. This book will inform the practice of all
psychoanalysts, mental health professionals, psychotherapists and
clinicians interested in mind-body issues in psychotherapy, in the
philosophy of psychoanalysis, and in East-West dialogue.
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