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Despite its ubiquity, revenge is a surprisingly understudied
subject. We're all familiar with the urge for payback, but where
does that urge come from? Why is it so hard to give up? And why can
some people only satisfy it through extreme and brutal acts? This
book addresses these questions, and by developing the concept of
radical revenge it gives some meaning to what might otherwise
appear to be senseless acts of violence. The author explores some
of the most egregious examples of radical revenge in contemporary
society, including mass shootings, internet trolling, revenge porn,
and contemporary populist politics. Drawing on psychoanalytic ideas
about shame, envy and thin-skinned narcissism, she discusses why
some people feel compelled to engage in these sorts of destructive
acts of radical revenge. She looks too at examples such as the work
of Artemisia Gentileschi and David Holthouse, to show that in
exceptional cases, revenge can be an act of creativity rather than
destruction.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but triumph over fear-a lesson
Marnie Mathews must learn when as a recently divorced mother, she
moves to Florida to begin a new life. In her quest to start over,
she takes a job with a handsome entrepreneur and soon becomes
entangled in a whirlwind romance. Her life is changed forever when
she discovers his hidden past and realizes her life may be in
jeopardy. It was a far different time in the 1960s for families and
for women. Divorce was uncommon and battered women had few options
escaping abusive husbands. It was a decade of change-the first man
landed on the moon and the face of Florida was transformed with the
new towns and cities mushrooming out of a tropical wilderness,
designed and built by entrepreneurs-and a few charlatans. When
Mermaids Die is the story of one woman's struggle as she searches
for the strength and courage to finally direct her own destiny.
Over the last quarter century, educational leadership as a field
has developed a broad strand of research that engages issues of
social justice, equity and diversity. This effort includes the work
of many scholars who advocate for a variety of equity-oriented
leadership preparation approaches. Critical scholarship in
Education Administration and Educational Politics is concerned with
questions of power and in various ways asks questions around who
gets to decide. In this volume, we ask who decides how to organize
schools around criteria of ability and/or disability and what these
decisions imply for leadership in schools. In line with this
broader critical tradition of inquiry, this volume seeks to
interrogate policies, research and personnel preparation practices
which constitute interactions, discourses, and institutions that
construct and enact ability and disability within the disciplinary
field of education leadership. To do so, we present contributions
from multidisciplinary perspectives. The volume is organized around
four themes: 1. Leadership and Dis/Ability: Ontology, Epistemology,
and Intersectionalities; 2. Educational Leaders and Dis/ability:
Policies in Practice; 3. Experience and Power in Schools; 4.
Advocacy, Leverage, and the Preparation of School Leaders.
Intertwined within each theme are chapters, which explore
theoretical and conceptual themes along with chapters that focus on
empirical data and narratives that bring personal experiences to
the discussion of disabilities and to the multiple ways in which
disability shapes experiences in schools. Taken as a whole, the
volume covers new territory in the study of educational leadership
and dis/abilities at home, school, and work.
This work is a survey of the efforts through which women have
changed their place in American society from the nation's founding
to the present. Examining the historical struggle for suffrage,
legal and property rights, and rights in the work place, the
authors show how these experiences have shaped a contemporary
movement for economic, political, and social equality that has
become increasingly independent and less and less likely to place
women's issues second to other national concerns. The authors
recount a history of women activists who repeatedly set aside their
own issues in favor of others that seemed more pressing--from
abolition and preserving the Union, to labor solidarity in the
1920s, and civil rights and the New Left in the 1960s and 1970s.
Male domination of these movements and a lack of support for
women's issues have been major factors in creating the contemporary
feminist philosophy of going it alone. The book is divided into
three topical sections, each of which offers a historical analysis
and draws on a variety of sources such as legal statutes and
judicial decisions, demographic information, public opinion polls,
and biographies and other narrative accounts. It is a richly
documented resource for courses and research in women's studies,
sociology, politics, and U.S. legal and political history.
The Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive presents highlights from
FUEL’s singular collection of authentic material on this subject.
Previously unpublished in its original form, this work comprises
ink on paper drawings by Danzig Baldaev, the photographic albums of
Arkady Bronnikov and prisoner portraits by Sergei Vasiliev. The
selection is contextualised with insights from Mark Vincent PhD
(author and academic specialising in the Soviet Gulag) and Alison
Nordström (photography scholar, writer and curator). The
meticulous depictions of tattoos by prison guard Danzig Baldaev are
reproduced in facsimile, authenticated by his signature and stamp,
alongside his handwritten notes on the reverse. The paper has
yellowed with age, giving the exquisite drawings a visceral
temporality – almost like skin. Sergei Vasiliev’s photographs
portray inmates in startling intimacy. He achieves a remarkable
level of trust within the closed criminal society, a strict
hierarchy, where outsiders are viewed with hostile suspicion.
Arkady Bronnikov’s collection of photographs are shown in the
albums in which they were collected. Used exclusively to aid police
in their investigations, they depict a motley line-up of assorted
body parts. This unique book is the only publication of primary
material on this subject, highlighting the pioneering methods of
these three individuals used to document this unique phenomenon.
This is the first volume in the re-imagined series Research and
Theory in Educational Administration. The volume includes a variety
of perspectives written by university professors in the field of
educational administration, which moves our thinking beyond the
traditional scope of organizational theory and institutional
analysis. It is this combination of theory, of new directions in
leadership preparation and new narratives of participation that we
hope will contribute to a more engaging volume for its
readers-graduate students, researchers, and practitioners. The
volume will provide evidence of and explanation for changing
patterns of institution production explored through academic and
epistemic drift. It also provides a deeper understanding of how
state regulation is related to the school administrator pipeline or
pathways. The concepts explained and illustrated in the volume
hopes to provide a better framework for understanding how
administrator preparation is unfolding across the U.S. and
internationally, as well as the direction of the field of
educational administration in the future.
Plato and Xenophon are the two students of Socrates whose works
have come down to us in their entirety. Their works have been
studied by countless scholars over the generations; but rarely have
they been brought into direct contact, outside of their use in
relation to the Socratic problem. This volume changes that, by
offering a collection of articles containing comparative analyses
of almost the entire range of Plato's and Xenophon's writings,
approaching them from literary, philosophical and historical
perspectives.
Growing dependence on cyberspace for commerce, communication,
governance, and military operations has left society vulnerable to
a multitude of security threats. Mitigating the inherent risks
associated with the use of cyberspace poses a series of thorny
public policy problems. In this volume, academics, practitioners
from both private sector and government, along with former service
members come together to highlight sixteen of the most pressing
contemporary challenges in cybersecurity, and to offer
recommendations for the future. As internet connectivity continues
to spread, this book will offer readers greater awareness of the
threats of tomorrow-and serve to inform public debate into the next
information age. Contributions by Adrienne Allen, Aaron Brantly,
Lauren Boas Hayes, Jane Chong, Joshua Corman, Honorable Richard J.
Danzig, Kat Dransfield, Ryan Ellis, Mailyn Fidler, Allan Friedman,
Taylor Grossman, Richard M. Harrison , Trey Herr, Drew Herrick,
Jonah F. Hill, Robert M. Lee, Herbert S. Lin, Anastasia Mark,
Robert Morgus, Paul Ohm , Eric Ormes, Jason Rivera, Sasha
Romanosky, Paul Rosenzweig , Matthew Russell, Nathaniel Tisa,
Abraham Wagner, Rand Waltzman, David Weinstein, Heather West , and
Beau Woods. * Learn more at the book's website at
http://www.cyberinsecuritybook.org
Offers a holistic, comprehensive approach to addiction treatment
that combines standard EMDR therapy with specialty protocols This
innovative and brand new EMDR therapy guide for healing addiction
is the first book to underscore the efficacy of EMDR therapy as a
primary modality for treating trauma and addiction. Targeting the
trauma lurking beneath the addiction, the resource presents a
comprehensive collection of best practices and strategies for using
EMDR therapy to treat addictive disorders, and guides practitioners
in incorporating their protocols of choice into EMDR treatment.
While illuminating underlying theory, the book focuses on practice
knowledge and how therapists can translate this knowledge into
clinical settings in order to provide clinicians with a
fully-integrated approach to the diagnosis, treatment, and
management of addiction across populations Written in user-friendly
language by two prominent practitioners and trainers of EMDR
therapy, the book helps therapists to address the complexity of
addictive disorders by providing a comprehensive guide to the
standard eight-phase protocol and adaptive information processing
model as groundwork for case conceptualization and treatment.
Chapters contain case studies with commentary on relevant
decision-making points along with discussion questions to enhance
critical thinking. Abundant "Tips and Tricks" learned in the
trenches make the text come alive with clinical relevance, and
references to many of the best specialty protocols and strategies
for treating clients suffering from addiction due to trauma, guide
readers to choose the best protocol for each situation. Purchase
includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or
computers. Key Features: Authors' lived experience brings a wealth
or real-world application Introduces the standard EMDR therapy
protocol as a modality of choice for treating trauma and addiction
disorders Rates popular specialty protocols for addiction and
provides guidance on how to integrate them into treatment Delivers
a wealth of best practices and strategies for working with clients
with addiction issues Addresses effectively working with
dissociation in EMDR therapy Focuses on best practice informed by a
thorough review of up-to-date scholarly literature Uses abundant
case studies, "Tips and Tricks from the Field" and practical
exercises to reinforce knowledge
In America, comics and comic books have often been associated with
adolescent male fantasy-muscle-bound superheroes and scantily clad
women. Nonetheless, comics have also been read and enjoyed by
girls. While there have been many strong representations of women
throughout their history, the comics of today have evolved and
matured, becoming a potent medium in which to explore the female
experience, particularly that of girlhood and adolescence. In Girls
and Their Comics: Finding a Female Voice in Comic Book Narrative,
Jacqueline Danziger-Russell contends that comics have a unique
place in the representation of female characters. She discusses the
overall history of the comic book, paying special attention to
girls' comics, showing how such works relate to a female point of
view. While examining the concept of visual literacy,
Danziger-Russell asserts that comics are an excellent space in
which the marginalized voices of girls may be expressed. This
volume also includes a chapter on manga (Japanese comics), which
explains the genesis of girls' comics in Japan and their popularity
with girls in the United States. Including interviews with
librarians, comic creators, and girls who read comics and manga,
Girls and Their Comics is an important examination of the growing
interest in comic books among young females and will appeal to a
wide audience, including literary theorists, teachers, librarians,
popular culture and women's studies scholars, and comic book
historians.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
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.
Apologizing for Socrates examines some of Plato's and Xenophon's
Socratic writings, specifically those that address well-known
controversiese concerning the life and death of Socrates. Gabriel
Danzig argues that the effort to defend Socrates from a variety of
contemporary charges helps explain some of the central
philosophical arguments and literary features that appear in these
works. Concentrating on the two Apologies, Crito, Euthyphro,
Xenophon's Symposium and Memorabilia, Lysis, and Oeconommicus,
Danzig argues that the apologetic efforts were essential for
rebuilding the community of Socratic friends and companions, which
was devastated by the trial and death of Socrates. The Socratic
writings are not merely literary or philosophical endeavors, but
also political acts of great competence.
Many new approaches to school improvement are being proposed in the
current climate of assessment and school accountability. This book
explores one of these approaches, a new model of leadership
training known as Learner-Centered Leadership (LCL). It is built
around the fundamental idea that learning and learning communities
are natural processes that, when properly harnessed, can lead to
the highest levels of professional engagement and problem solving.
Key features of this exciting new approach to school leadership
include the following: Broad-based and Generative-The book's
narratives vividly illustrate the extraordinary ability of LCL to
generate new approaches to leadership development. For example,
encouraging and assisting school leaders to reflect on their own
leadership attributes relative to the implementation of the school
mission to ensure high teacher efficacy and student learning. In
this respect the volume contributes significantly to the field of
school leadership and professional development by extending above
and beyond a narrow focus on instructional leadership. Practice
Oriented-By creating communities that encourage conversation and
analysis the new data-driven models of school improvement are more
likely to be successfully implemented. Without analytical
discourse, the process of interpreting school data and transforming
it into practice would be largely lost. Conceptually
Appropriate-The realization that everyone within a school
(students, teachers, administrators) belongs to the same learning
community minimizes status differences and encourages teamwork. The
LCL administrator is much less likely to be authoritarian and
power-oriented and much more likely to be transformative and
student outcome focused. This book is appropriate for master's
level courses and certification seminars, and for inservice
workshops dealing with school leadership.
The United States that entered the twentieth century was vastly
different from the nation that emerged from the Civil War.
Industrialization, mass immigration, the growing presence of women
in the work force, and the rapid advance of the cities had
transformed American society. Broad in scope, The Gilded Age brings
together sixteen original essays that offer lively syntheses of
modern scholarship while making their own interpretive arguments.
These engaging pieces allow students to consider the various
societal, cultural and political factors that make studying the
Gilded Age crucial to our understanding of America today. Charles
W. Calhoun connects all of these essays with a comprehensive
introduction that places each article in an understandable
historical context. For the second edition of this successful book,
each essay was revised and three new pieces have been added that
explore technology, consumerism, intellectual life, and race in
late nineteenth century America.
THE YEAR 1000 is a vivid evocation of how English people lived a thousand years ago - no spinach, sugar or Caesarean operations in which the mother had any chance of survival, but a world that knew brain surgeons, property developers and, yes, even the occasional gossip columnist. In the spirit of modern investigative journalism, Lacey and Danziger interviewed the leading historians and archaeologists in their field. In the year 1000 the changing seasons shaped a life that was, by our standards, both soothingly quiet and frighteningly hazardous - and if you survived, you could expect to grow to just about the same height and stature as anyone living today. This exuberant and informative book concludes as the shadow of the millennium descends across England and Christendom, with prophets of doom invoking the spectre of the Anti-Christ. Here comes the abacus - the medieval calculating machine - along with bewildering new concepts like infinity and zero. These are portents of the future, and THE YEAR 1000 finishes by examining the human and social ingredients that were to make for survival and success in the next thousand years.
Best friends Amber Brown and Justin Daniels are taking a vacation
together. There's just one problem--Justin's little brother wants
to tag along. Full-color illustrations.
Sociability is friendly behavior that is performed by a variety of
positive social acts that are aimed to establish, promote, or
restore relationships. However, attempts to achieve these
interactional goals can fail or backfire; moreover, interactants
may abuse these strategies. A pragmatic focus on positive social
acts illuminates the ways they succeed in promoting sociability and
why they sometimes fail to enhance social relations. This Element
analyzes positive social actions receiving positive and negative
meta-pragmatic labels, such as firgun and flattery, in the Hebrew
speaking community in Israel. Adopting a meta-pragmatic methodology
enables a differentiation between positive communication and its
evaluation as (in)appropriate in context. The conclusion discusses
the fuzzy line between acceptable and unacceptable positive
behavior and the benefits and perils of deploying positive social
acts in interaction. It also suggests a conceptualization of the
darker and brighter sides of sociability as intrinsically
connected, rather than polar ends.
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