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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Radical Psychology outlines the psychological factors that shape
multicultural competency and social justice effectiveness, such as
implicit and explicit biases, difficulties in accurate
self-assessment of cultural competency and social justice skills,
and the historical biases that continue to shape Western
psychological training and practice. This book provides a
challenging balance between research and professional reflections
in order to appeal to readers with different cultural backgrounds
and learning styles. The diversity of the contributors underscores
the need to include cultural experts as side-by-side colleagues,
consultants, and supervisors in order to help Western psychologists
expand their professional cultural paradigms and worldviews. This
book is recommended for psychologists, counselors, educators,
researchers, social workers, substance abuse counselors,
administrators, students, and mental health agencies.
"God's Beauty Parlor" opens the Bible to the contested body of
critical commentary on sex and sexuality known as queer theory and
to masculinity studies. Through a series of dazzling rereadings
staged not only in God's beauty parlor, but also in God's boudoir,
locker room, and war room, the author pursues the themes of
homoeroticism, masculinity, beauty, and violence through such texts
as the Song of Songs, the Gospels, the Letter to the Romans, and
the Book of Revelation.
He ponders such matters as the curious place of the Song of Songs
in the history of sexuality, or how an apparent paean to
male-female love became a pretext for literary cross-dressing for
legions of male Jewish and Christian commentators; Jesus' face and
physique in relation to ideologies of beauty, ranging from the
patristic era, when the "earthly" Jesus was regularly represented
as ugly, to the contemporary global culture industry, with its
trademark equation of looks with worth; the gendered and sexual
substratum of Paul's doctrine of salvation embedded in his most
influential epistle--not least his gendering of righteousness as
masculine and sin as feminine; and the intimate imbrication of
masculinity and mass death in Revelation, a book about war making
men making war-making men . . . some of whom also happen to be
gods.
"God's Beauty Parlor" is an exhilarating attempt to bring some of
the most significant currents in contemporary gender studies to
bear on a text that, even in the post-Christian West, remains the
ultimate cultural icon, cipher, and shibboleth.
What is the appropriate balance between privacy, security, and
accountability? What do we owe each other in terms of information
sharing and access? Why is privacy valuable and is it more or less
important than other values like security or free speech? Is Edward
Snowden a hero or villain? Within democratic societies, privacy,
security, and accountability are seen as important values that must
be balanced appropriately. If there is too much privacy, then there
may be too little accountability - and more alarmingly, too little
security. On the other hand, where there is too little privacy,
individuals may not have the space to grow, experiment, and engage
in practices not generally accepted by the majority. Moreover,
allowing overly limited control over access to and uses of private
places and information may itself be a threat to security. By
clarifying the moral, legal, and social foundations of privacy,
security, and accountability, this book helps determine the
appropriate balance between these contested values. Twelve
specially commissioned essays provide the ideal resource for
students and academics in information and applied ethics.
What is the appropriate balance between privacy, security, and
accountability? What do we owe each other in terms of information
sharing and access? Why is privacy valuable and is it more or less
important than other values like security or free speech? Is Edward
Snowden a hero or villain? Within democratic societies, privacy,
security, and accountability are seen as important values that must
be balanced appropriately. If there is too much privacy, then there
may be too little accountability - and more alarmingly, too little
security. On the other hand, where there is too little privacy,
individuals may not have the space to grow, experiment, and engage
in practices not generally accepted by the majority. Moreover,
allowing overly limited control over access to and uses of private
places and information may itself be a threat to security. By
clarifying the moral, legal, and social foundations of privacy,
security, and accountability, this book helps determine the
appropriate balance between these contested values. Twelve
specially commissioned essays provide the ideal resource for
students and academics in information and applied ethics.
Most of George Gissing's 23 novels have a certain air of
autobiography, despite Gissing's frequent arguments that his
fictional plots bear little resemblance to his own life and
experiences. Starting with ""Workers in the Dawn"" (1880), almost
all of Gissing's fictional works are set in his own time period of
late - Victorian England, and five of his first six novels focus on
the working-class poor that Gissing would have encountered
frequently during his early writing career.While most recent
criticism focuses on Gissing's works as biographical narratives,
this work approaches Gissing's novels as purely imaginative works
of art, giving him the benefit of the doubt regardless of how well
his books seem to match up with the events of his own life. By
analyzing important themes in his novels and recognizing the power
of the artist's imagination, especially through the critical works
of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats, the author reveals
how Gissing's novels present a lived feel of the world Gissing knew
firsthand. The author asserts that, at most, Gissing used his
personal experiences as a starting point to transform his own life
and thoughts into stories that explain the social, personal, and
cultural significance of such experiences.
Computer technology and the proliferation of digital networks have
radically altered how ideas and information are gathered and
manipulated and generated new conflicts between public use and
private rights. These conflicts raise serious problems: Are
abstract ideas and information proper subjects of ownership? What
role should privacy rights play? How does the violation of
intellectual property rights compare morally to the violation of
physical property rights? Now available in paperback, "Intellectual
Property and Information Control" provides answers and strategies
for dealing with these and other questions while mounting a
philosophical defense of rights to intellectual and intangible
property. As the book shows, a policy that allows too much access
may stymie innovation and cause individuals to isolate themselves.
At the other extreme, huge, multinational corporations may hold as
intangible property vast amounts of knowledge, including sensitive
personal information. Through discussions of patent law, fair use,
and practical problems such as privacy in the workplace, Moore
demonstrates that intellectual and intangible property rights exist
along with privacy rights. The latter will sometimes constrain what
can be done with the former.
The Lord's Supper has been the central and characteristic action of
the church at worship. But there are still many ways of
understanding it and many questions surrounding this meal... Who
should participate in the Lord's Supper? How frequently should we
observe it? What does this meal mean? What happens when we eat the
bread and drink from the cup? What do Christians disagree about and
what do they hold in common? These and other questions are explored
in this volume of the fair-minded, informative Counterpoints
series. Contributors make a case for one of the following views:
Baptist view (memorialism) Reformed view (spiritual presence)
Lutheran view (consubstantiation) Roman Catholic view
(transubstantiation) All contributors use Scripture to present
their views, and each responds to the others' essays. Included are
resources for understanding the topic further, such as: A listing
of statements on the Lord's Supper from creeds and confessions
Quotations from noted Christians A resource listing of books on the
Lord's Supper Discussion questions for each chapter to facilitate
small group and classroom use The Counterpoints series presents a
comparison and critique of scholarly views on topics important to
Christians that are both fair-minded and respectful of the biblical
text. Each volume is a one-stop reference that allows readers to
evaluate the different positions on a specific issue and form their
own, educated opinion.
This book presents a comprehensive, systematic analysis of Russia-
Iran relations in the period following the collapse of the Soviet
Union in 1991. It discusses the key areas - such as trade, arms
sales, nuclear developments, and potential areas of friction in the
Caspian Sea - where co-operation is possible; charts different
phases of increasing and declining co-operation; and relates these
changes to security considerations and domestic factors in both
countries. Throughout, the book argues that the potential for
co-operation between the two countries is much greater than people
realize, and it concludes by assessing how Russia-Iran relations
are likely to develop in future.
The Critical Heritage series gathers together a large body of
critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume
presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling
students and researchers to read for themselves, for example,
comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions
to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected
sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to
journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such
as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later
periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations
in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to
the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index
of works, authors and subjects. The Critical Heritage is available
as a set of 67 volumes, as mini-sets selected by period (in
slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.
Through nine successful editions, and for over 45 years,
Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach has provided
a thorough and comprehensive exploration of the varied scientific
disciplines and research that are essential to understanding the
subject. The text, noted for its clear and engaging style of
writing, has been praised for its solid background in historical
biogeography and basic biology, that is enhanced and illuminated by
discussions of current research. This new edition incorporates the
exciting changes of the recent years and presents a thoughtful
exploration of the research and controversies that have transformed
our understanding of the biogeography of the world. New themes and
topics in this tenth edition include: Next generation genetic
technologies and their use in historical biogeography,
phylogeography and population genomics Biogeographical databases
and biodiversity information systems, which are becoming
increasingly important for biogeographical research An introduction
to functional biogeography and its applications to community
assembly, diversity gradients and the analysis of ecosystem
functioning Updated case studies focusing on island biogeography,
using the latest phylogenetic studies Biogeography: An Ecological
and Evolutionary Approach reveals how the patterns of life that we
see today have been created by the two great Engines of the Planet:
the Geological Engine, plate tectonics, which alters the conditions
of life on the planet, and the Biological Engine, evolution, which
responds to these changes by creating new forms and patterns of
life.
This book presents a comprehensive, systematic analysis of Russia-
Iran relations in the period following the collapse of the Soviet
Union in 1991. It discusses the key areas - such as trade, arms
sales, nuclear developments, and potential areas of friction in the
Caspian Sea - where co-operation is possible; charts different
phases of increasing and declining co-operation; and relates these
changes to security considerations and domestic factors in both
countries. Throughout, the book argues that the potential for
co-operation between the two countries is much greater than people
realize, and it concludes by assessing how Russia-Iran relations
are likely to develop in future.
The "Critical Heritage" gathers together a large body of critical
sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents
contemporary responses on a writer's work, enabling student and
researcher to read the material themselves.
Performances in the premodern communities shaped identities,
created meanings, generated and maintained political control. But
unlike other social scientists, archaeologists have not worked much
with these concepts. Archaeology of Performance shows how the
notions of theatricality and spectacle are as important economics
and politics in understanding how ancient communities work. Without
sacrificing conceptual rigor, the contributors draw on the
wide-ranging literature on performance. Without sacrificing
material evidence, they try to see how performance creates meaning
and ideology. Drawing on evidence from societies large and small,
Archaeology of Performance offers an important new ways of
understanding ancient theaters of power.
Performances in the premodern communities shaped identities,
created meanings, generated and maintained political control. But
unlike other social scientists, archaeologists have not worked much
with these concepts. Archaeology of Performance shows how the
notions of theatricality and spectacle are as important economics
and politics in understanding how ancient communities work. Without
sacrificing conceptual rigor, the contributors draw on the
wide-ranging literature on performance. Without sacrificing
material evidence, they try to see how performance creates meaning
and ideology. Drawing on evidence from societies large and small,
Archaeology of Performance offers an important new ways of
understanding ancient theaters of power.
This is the first study to compare the allusions to scribal culture
found in the Aramaic Story of Ahiqar and the Hebrew Tale of
Jeremiah and Baruch's Scroll in Jeremiah 36. It is shown that
disguised in the royal propagandistic message of Ahiqar is a
sophisticated Aramaic critique on the social practices of Akkadian
scribal culture. Jeremiah 36, however, uses loci of scribal
activity as well as allusions to scribal interactions and the
techniques of the scribal craft to construct a subversive tale.
When studied from a comparative perspective it is argued that the
Story of Ahiqar, which has long been associated with the well-known
court tale genre, is an example of a subgenre which is here called
the scribal conflict narrative, and Jeremiah 36 is found to be a
second example of or a response to it. This observation is arrived
at by means of rigorous manuscript examination combined with
narrative analysis, which identified, among other things, the
development of autobiographical and biographical styles of the same
ancient narrative. This study not only provides new perspectives on
scribal culture, Ahiqar studies, and Jeremiah studies, but it may
have far reaching implications for other ancient sources.
"An expansive spectrum of literary purpose and aesthetics that
shine fiercely" -from the introduction by Jaki Shelton Green, North
Carolina Poet Laureate The Carolina African American Writers'
Collective celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary with All the
Songs We Sing, an anthology of works by members of the Collective,
edited by its founder, Lenard D. Moore. North Carolina Poet
Laureate Jaki Shelton Green introduces the anthology, which
includes works by Lenard D. Moore, Bridgette A. Lacy, Crystal
Simone Smith, Evie Shockley, Camille T. Dungy, Carole Boston
Weatherford, and many others. Individually, these poems, stories,
and essays have helped these Carolinians voice their experiences,
remind us of our history, and insist on change, and gathered
together, their chorus is turned all the way up and demands to be
heard. These writers have shaped the modern literary landscape of
the Carolinas for the last twenty-five years and will continue to
influence and inspire African-American writers for generations to
come.
Sexual Disorientations brings some of the most recent and
significant works of queer theory into conversation with the
overlapping fields of biblical, theological and religious studies
to explore the deep theological resonances of questions about the
social and cultural construction of time, memory, and futurity.
Apocalyptic, eschatological and apophatic languages, frameworks,
and orientations pervade both queer theorizing and theologizing
about time, affect, history and desire. The volume fosters a more
explicit engagement between theories of queer temporality and
affectivity and religious texts and discourses.
Many health, environmental, and social challenges across the globe
– from diabetes to climate change – are regularly discussed in
terms of imbalances in biological, ecological, and social systems.
Yet, as contributions to this collection demonstrate, while the
pressures of modernity have long been held to be pathogenic,
strategies for addressing modern excesses and deficiencies of
bodies and minds have frequently focused on the agency of the
individual, self-knowledge, and individual choices. This volume
explores how concepts of ‘balance’ have been central to modern
politics, medicine, and society, analysing the diverse ways in
which balanced and unbalanced selfhoods have been subject to
construction, intervention, and challenge across the long twentieth
century. Through original chapters on subjects as varied as obesity
control, fatigue and the regulation of work, and the physiology of
exploration in extreme conditions, Balancing the self explores how
the mechanisms and meanings of balance have been framed
historically. Together, contributions examine the positive
narratives that have been attached to the ideals and practices of
‘self-help’, the diverse agencies historically involved in
cultivating new ‘balanced’ selves, and the extent to which
rhetorics of empowerment and responsibility have been used for a
variety of purposes, from disciplining bodies to cutting social
security. With contributions from leading and emerging scholars
such as Dorothy Porter, Alex Mold, Vanessa Heggie, Chris Millard,
and Natasha Feiner, Balancing the self generates new insights into
emerging fields of health governance, subjectivity, and balance. --
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What is 'addiction'? What does it say about us, our social
arrangements and our political preoccupations? Where is it going as
an idea and what is at stake in its ongoing production? Drawing on
ethnographic research, interviews and media and policy texts, this
book traces the remaking of addiction in contemporary Western
societies.
What is 'addiction'? What does it say about us, our social
arrangements and our political preoccupations? Where is it going as
an idea and what is at stake in its ongoing production? Drawing on
ethnographic research, interviews and media and policy texts, this
book traces the remaking of addiction in contemporary Western
societies.
Why should a woman be allowed to rule with the same powers as a
king? Readers may be surprised to discover that the man who asks
this controversial question is none other than Queen Elizabeth's
favorite Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. On hand to provide
answers are statesman and poet Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst;
and William Fleetwood, Recorder of London, who reports their 1575
conversation in "Itinerarium ad Windsor." The Name of a Queen
presents an annotated edition of "Itinerarium," plus essays by a
team of leading scholars who interpret and contextualize
Fleetwood's dialogue. This critical edition and the accompanying
contextual essays will make available to scholars and students
alike this remarkable discussion of the form and nature of English
regnant queenship, which provides a valuable tool for gaining a
greater understanding of contemporary notions of and underlying
fears concerning the efficacy and desirability of female rule in
Elizabethan England.
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