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Presenting an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to colonial
America's best-known literary genre, Andrew Newman analyzes
depictions of reading, writing, and recollecting texts in Indian
captivity narratives. While histories of literacy and colonialism
have emphasized the experiences of Native Americans, as students in
missionary schools or as parties to treacherous treaties, captivity
narratives reveal what literacy meant to colonists among Indians.
Colonial captives treasured the written word in order to
distinguish themselves from their Native captors and to affiliate
with their distant cultural communities. Their narratives suggest
that Indians recognized this value, sometimes with benevolence:
repeatedly, they presented colonists with books. In this way and
others, Scriptures, saintly lives, and even Shakespeare were
introduced into diverse experiences of colonial captivity. What
other scholars have understood more simply as textual parallels,
Newman argues instead may reflect lived allegories; the
identification of one's own unfolding story with the stories of
others. In an authoritative, wide-ranging study that encompasses
the foundational New England narratives, accounts of martyrdom and
cultural conversion in New France and Mohawk country in the 1600s,
and narratives set in Cherokee territory and the Great Lakes region
during the late eighteenth century, Newman opens up old tales to
fresh, thought-provoking interpretations.
The Nuclear Threat Initiative and the Center for Strategic and
International Studies joined to launch the New Approaches to the
Fuel Cycle project. This project sought to build consensus on
common goals, address practical challenges, and engage a spectrum
of actors that influence policymaking regarding the nuclear fuel
cycle. The project also tackled one of the toughest issues-spent
nuclear fuel and high level waste-to see if solutions there might
offer incentives to states on the front end of the nuclear fuel
cycle and address the inherent inertia and concerns about
additional burdens and restrictions that have stalled past efforts
to improve the robustness of the nonproliferation regime. This
report presents the group's conclusions that a best-practices
approach to the nuclear fuel cycle can achieve these objectives and
offer a path to a more secure and sustainable nuclear landscape.
The threats to security in Southeast Asia have been serious and
constant since the end of the Second World War. The book provides
an absorbing account of the evolution of a key axis of regional
stability - defence contacts between Japan and Australia, tracing
the relationship from the early post-war period to the post-9/11
present. Though most works have focused on their economic nexus,
Japan and Australia's defences and security ties have assumed
increasing importance since the mid-1990s. With problems such as
North Korea's nuclear program and the China-Taiwan standoff
threatening regional stability, the two countries have sought to
strengthen bilateral relations, and indications are that this
relationship is likely to grow in the future. Japan, Australia and
Asia-Pacific Security explores the evolution of their relationship
in the broader context of Asia-Pacific security, addressing
regional, sub-regional and transnational issues. This captivating
book will be welcomed by those with an interest in Asian politics,
international relations, and security studies.
The threats to security in Southeast Asia have been serious and
constant since the end of World War II. This book provides an
absorbing account of the evolution of a key axis of regional
stability - defense contacts between Japan and Australia, tracing
the relationship from the early post-war period to the post-9/11
present.
Though most works have focused on their economic nexus, Japan and
Australia's defenses and security ties have assumed increasing
importance since the mid-1990s. With problems such as North Koreas
nuclear program and the China-Taiwan standoff threatening regional
stability, the two countries have sought to strengthen bilateral
relations, and indications are that this relationship is likely to
grow in the future.
Filling a gap in the existing literature, the book explores the
evolution of their relationship in the broader context of
Asia-Pacific security, addressing regional, sub-regional and
transnational issues. Paying particular attention to how the US,
the UN and the events of 9/11 have impacted on bilateral defense
contacts and regional security dynamics, the book will be welcomed
by those with an interest in Asian politics, international
relations, and security studies.
This work presents a version of the correspondence theory of truth based on Wittgenstein's Tractatus and Russell's theory of truth and discusses related metaphysical issues such as predication, facts, and propositions. Like Russell and one prominent interpretation of the Tractatus, it assumes a realist view of universals and argues that facts as real entities are not needed. It will intrigue teachers and advanced students of philosophy interested in the conception of truth and in the metaphysics related to the correspondence theory of truth.
This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 1,
provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very
latest research on ageing. Together they report the outcomes of the
most concerted investigation ever undertaken into both the
influence shaping the changing nature of ageing and its
consequences for individuals and society. This book concentrates on
four major themes: autonomy and independence in later life, biology
and ageing, food and nutrition and representation of old age. Each
chapter provides a state of the art topic summary as well as
reporting the essential research findings from New Dynamics of
Ageing research projects. There is a strong emphasis on the
practical implications of ageing and how evidence-based policies,
practices and new products can produce individual and societal
benefits.
This is a book about some of the basic concepts of metaphysics:
universals, particulars, causality, and possibility. Its aim is to
give an account of the real constituents of the world. The author
defends a realistic view of universals, characterizing the notion
of universal by considering language and logic, possibility,
hierarchies of universals, and causation. On the other hand, he
argues that logic and language are not reliable guides to the
nature of reality. All assertions and predications about the
natural world are ultimately founded on "basic universals," which
are the fundamental type of universal and central to causation. A
distinction is drawn between unified particulars (which have a
natural principle of unity) and arbitrary particulars (which lack
such a principle); unified particulars are the terms of causal
relations and thus real constituents of the world. Arbitrary
particulars such as events, states of affairs, and sets have no
ontological significance.
This is a book about some of the basic concepts of metaphysics: universals, particulars, causality, and possibility. Its aim is to give an account of the real constituents of the world. The author defends a realistic view of universals, characterizing the notion of universal by considering language and logic, possibility, hierarchies of universals, and causation. On the other hand, he argues that logic and language are not reliable guides to the nature of reality. All assertions and predications about the natural world are ultimately founded on "basic universals," which are the fundamental type of universal and central to causation. A distinction is drawn between unified particulars (which have a natural principle of unity) and arbitrary particulars (which lack such a principle); unified particulars are the terms of causal relations and thus real constituents of the world. Arbitrary particulars such as events, states of affairs, and sets have no ontological significance.
This book critically examines the phenomenon of low level
radioactive waste (LLRW) disposal facility siting across four
international democracies. The issue is of growing importance since
World War II the level of this waste has increased from the
hundreds to the billions. The International Atomic Energy Agency
estimates that nuclear power generation facilities alone produce
about 200,000 cubic meters of low and intermediate-level waste each
year worldwide; waste that needs to be isolated from the public for
extended periods of time. Siting LLRW disposal facilities in
democracies is beset by two main problems: almost universally
negative community response to siting proposals, and, as a result,
government s reactive policies. There has been a tendency for
democratic countries to adopt a default position of deferring
siting decisions for as long as possible due to a fear of public
opposition, which only increases the risks associated with
radiation.
The authors explore these issues utilizing a linear narrative
case study approach that critically examines key stakeholder
interactions in order to explain how siting decisions are made. The
book incorporates a stakeholder theory approach to allow for a
better understanding of the key players roles and how such
decisions are made as well as an environmental justice perspective
to better understand how some siting decisions negatively impact
lower socio-economic classes and indigenous peoples within
democratic societies. The four featured countries the United
States, Australia, Spain and South Korea represent a broad range of
current siting issues. Though the different countries are
geographically and culturally diverse, they are all democracies
with vibrant civil societies, which mean that siting decisions
require negotiation between the siting authority and the host
community via representative stakeholders. Most studies of nuclear
waste focus on siting at a single location or in a single country,
whereas this book seeks to establish an understanding of the
political, economic, environmental, legal and social dimensions of
siting across multiple countries. Furthermore, the book targets
specifically low-level radioactive waste, which has traditionally
received far less study by the academic community than high-level
waste and spent nuclear fuel. This valuable resource fills a gap in
the literature with international comparative research and provides
recommendations for future low-level radioactive waste disposal
facility siting efforts.
The book should be of interest to students and scholars of
environmental law, justice, management and politics, as well as
energy and security policy."
Groundbreaking collection of articles - drawing upon recent
advances in both discovery techniques and classification systems -
centred upon the study of early Anglo-Saxon coinage and its
iconography. Recent years have seen increasing interest being taken
by both scholars and enthusiasts in the remarkable iconography of
early Anglo-Saxon coinage. During this period there was a
remarkable diversity of intentionally ambiguous imagery conflating
the various traditions then extant in England, and indeed the sheer
quantity of types produced in post-Roman Britain prior to the
establishment of a clear political hierarchy has often been
regarded as a daunting hurdle for scholarly research. Although this
wealth of material has long been available, recent advances in both
discovery techniques and classification systems have seen a renewal
of interest in these largely neglected artefacts.This volume draws
upon these advances to establish a new benchmark for the study of
coin typologies. Going beyond the traditional studies of moneyers,
mint marks and monarchs, these essays draw upon the imagery present
upon the coins themselves to offer new insights into Anglo-Saxon
art and society.
Resilience is an area of growing interest within critical
gerontology and policy agendas. In this book, researchers from
multiple disciplines critically reflect on ways in which cultural
engagement can develop social connectivity and improve resilience
for older people, and how the built environment, community living,
cultural participation, lifelong learning, and artist-led
interventions can all help people to thrive in older age.
Resilience is an area of growing interest within critical
gerontology and policy agendas. In this book, researchers from
multiple disciplines critically reflect on ways in which cultural
engagement can develop social connectivity and improve resilience
for older people, and how the built environment, community living,
cultural participation, lifelong learning, and artist-led
interventions can all help people to thrive in older age.
The International Atomic Energy Agency estimates that nuclear power
generation facilities produce about 200,000 cubic meters of low and
intermediate-level waste each year. Vital medical procedures,
industrial processes and basic science research also produce
significant quantities of waste. All of this waste must be shielded
from the population for extended periods of time. Finding suitable
locations for disposal facilities is beset by two main problems:
community responses to siting proposals are generally antagonistic
and, as a result, governments have tended to be reactive in their
policy-making. Decision-making and Radioactive Waste Disposal
explores these issues utilizing a linear narrative case study
approach that critically examines key stakeholder interactions in
order to explain how siting decisions for low level waste disposal
are made. Five countries are featured: the US, Australia, Spain,
South Korea and Switzerland. This book seeks to establish an
understanding of the political, economic, environmental, legal and
social dimensions of siting across those countries. This valuable
resource fills a gap in the literature and provides recommendations
for future disposal facility siting efforts. The book will be of
interest to students and scholars of environmental law, justice,
management, politics, energy and security policy as well as
decision-makers in government and industry.
This work presents a version of the correspondence theory of truth
based on Wittgenstein's Tractatus and Russell's theory of truth and
discusses related metaphysical issues such as predication, facts
and propositions. Like Russell and one prominent interpretation of
the Tractatus it assumes a realist view of universals. Part of the
aim is to avoid Platonic propositions, and although sympathy with
facts is maintained in the early chapters, the book argues that
facts as real entities are not needed. It includes discussion of
contemporary philosophers such as David Armstrong, William Alston
and Paul Horwich, as well as those who write about propositions and
facts, and a number of students of Bertrand Russell. It will
interest teachers and advanced students of philosophy who are
interested in the realistic conception of truth and in issues in
metaphysics related to the correspondence theory of truth, and
those interested in Russell and the Tractatus.
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