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Over the last 20 years, the concept of 'economic' activity has come
to seem inseparable from psychological, semiotic and ideological
experiences. In fact, the notion of the 'economy' as a discrete
area of life seems increasingly implausible. This returns us to the
situation of Shakespeare's England, where the financial had yet to
be differentiated from other forms of representation. This book
shows how concepts and concerns that were until recently considered
purely economic affected the entire range of sixteenth and
seventeenth century life. Using the work of such critics as
Jean-Christophe Agnew, Douglas Bruster, Hugh Grady and many others,
Shakespeare and Economic Theory traces economic literary criticism
to its cultural and historical roots, and discusses its main
practitioners. Providing new readings of Timon of Athens, King
Lear, The Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, Measure for
Measure, Julius Caesar, Macbeth and The Tempest, David Hawkes shows
how it can reveal previously unappreciated qualities of
Shakespeare's work.
The concept of 'performativity' has risen to prominence throughout
the humanities. The rise of financial derivatives reflects the
power of the performative sign in the economic sphere. As recent
debates about gender identity show, the concept of performativity
is also profoundly influential on people's personal lives. Although
the autonomous power of representation has been studied in
disciplines ranging from economics to poetics, however, it has not
yet been evaluated in ethical terms. This book supplies that
deficiency, providing an ethical critique of performative
representation as it is manifested in semiotics, linguistics,
philosophy, poetics, theology and economics. It constructs a moral
criticism of the performative sign in two ways: first, by
identifying its rise to power as a single phenomenon manifested in
various different areas; and second, by locating efficacious
representation in its historical context, thus connecting it to
idolatry, magic, usury and similar performative signs. The book
concludes by suggesting that earlier ethical critiques of
efficacious representation might be revived in our own postmodern
era.
Money, magic and the theatre were powerful forces in early modern
England. Money was acquiring an independent, efficacious agency, as
the growth of usury allowed financial signs to reproduce without
human intervention. Magic was coming to seem Satanic, as the
manipulation of magical signs to performative purposes was
criminalized in the great 'witch craze.' And the commercial, public
theatre was emerging - to great controversy - as the perfect medium
to display, analyse and evaluate the newly autonomous power of
representation in its financial, magical and aesthetic forms. Money
and Magic in Early Modern Drama is especially timely in the current
era of financial deregulation and derivatives, which are just as
mysterious and occult in their operations as the germinal finance
of 16th-century London. Chapters examine the convergence of money
and magic in a wide range of early modern drama, from the anonymous
Mankind through Christopher Marlowe to Ben Jonson, concentrating on
such plays as The Alchemist, The New Inn and The Staple of News.
Several focus on Shakespeare, whose analysis of the relations
between finance, witchcraft and theatricality is particularly acute
in Timon of Athens, The Comedy of Errors, Antony and Cleopatra and
The Winter's Tale.
The concept of 'performativity' has risen to prominence throughout
the humanities. The rise of financial derivatives reflects the
power of the performative sign in the economic sphere. As recent
debates about gender identity show, the concept of performativity
is also profoundly influential on people's personal lives. Although
the autonomous power of representation has been studied in
disciplines ranging from economics to poetics, however, it has not
yet been evaluated in ethical terms. This book supplies that
deficiency, providing an ethical critique of performative
representation as it is manifested in semiotics, linguistics,
philosophy, poetics, theology and economics. It constructs a moral
criticism of the performative sign in two ways: first, by
identifying its rise to power as a single phenomenon manifested in
various different areas; and second, by locating efficacious
representation in its historical context, thus connecting it to
idolatry, magic, usury and similar performative signs. The book
concludes by suggesting that earlier ethical critiques of
efficacious representation might be revived in our own postmodern
era.
A social history of Pennsylvania in the months before Independence,
based on contemporary diaries and newspapers.
Contents: Introduction: Ideology and the Postmodern 1. Origins 2. Empiricism 3. Idealism 4. Marxism 5. Post-Marxism 6. Postmodernism 7. Ideology and Globalization Conclusion Glossary Further Reading Bibliography Index
Over the last 20 years, the concept of 'economic' activity has come
to seem inseparable from psychological, semiotic and ideological
experiences. In fact, the notion of the 'economy' as a discrete
area of life seems increasingly implausible. This returns us to the
situation of Shakespeare's England, where the financial had yet to
be differentiated from other forms of representation. This book
shows how concepts and concerns that were until recently considered
purely economic affected the entire range of sixteenth and
seventeenth century life. Using the work of such critics as
Jean-Christophe Agnew, Douglas Bruster, Hugh Grady and many others,
Shakespeare and Economic Theory traces economic literary criticism
to its cultural and historical roots, and discusses its main
practitioners. Providing new readings of Timon of Athens, King
Lear, The Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, Measure for
Measure, Julius Caesar, Macbeth and The Tempest, David Hawkes shows
how it can reveal previously unappreciated qualities of
Shakespeare's work.
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Abdominal Imaging -Computational and Clinical Applications - International Workshop, CCAAI 2012, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2012, Nice, France, October 1, 2012, Proceedings (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
Hiroyuki Yoshida, David Hawkes, Michael Vannier
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International
Workshop CCAAI 2012, held in Nice, France, in October 2012. The
book includes 31 papers which were carefully reviewed and selected
from 37 submissions. All of the accepted papers were revised by
incorporating of the reviewers' comments and re-submitted by the
authors to be included in this proceedings volume. The papers are
organized into topical sections on colon and other gastrointestinal
tract; and liver, kidney, and other organs.
The deepest and most varied of the Tang Dynasty poets, Tu Fu (Du
Fu) is, in the words of David Hinton, the "first complete poetic
sensibility in Chinese literature." He merged the public and the
private, often in the same poem, as his subjects ranged from the
horrors of war to the delights of friendship, from closely observed
landscapes to remembered dreams, from the evocation of historical
moments to the wry lament over his own thinning hair. Although Tu
Fu has been translated before, David Hawkes' classic study, first
published in 1967, is the only book that demonstrates in depth how
the poems were written. Hawkes presents thirty-five poems in the
original Chinese, with a pinyin transliteration, a
character-by-character translation, and a commentary on the
subject, the form, the historical background, and the individual
lines. There is no other book quite like it for any language: a
nuts-and-bolts account of how Chinese poems in general, and
specifically the poems of one of the world's greatest poets, are
constructed. It's an irresistible challenge for readers to invent
their own translations.
It's 1989 - Kassie Stewart is young, beautiful, and wealthy -
living the easy life in the tropics. While fishing alone at the end
of her favorite pier, Kassie's cherished penknife slips from her
hand into deep water. Diving in to retrieve it, she suddenly finds
herself in a struggle for her life. Unbeknownst to Kassie the jade
and gold penknife contains within it an encrypted code that the
killer is after - a code that threatens the very existence of the
world as we know it. ...So begins a riveting tale of greed, lust,
and murder with a spell-binding plot that rips forward at lightning
speed. Stunning imagery vividly depicts both the beauty and the
innocence of the tropics with writing as soothing as the trade wind
breezes. Talented new author, Jon David Hawke, brings us Jaded
Palms - an exciting adventure novel that runs as deep and swift as
the Gulf Stream waters. - A story that is at once terrifying and
unexpectedly heart-warming - An exploration of human frailties that
challenges our moral compass - You will laugh, cry, and shudder as
you are transported by these pages - Introducing two of the
strongest and most captivating female characters in modern fiction
- A fragile planet teeters on a nuclear precipice - Adventure
surges from the depths of the Caribbean seas to the peaks of the
Bavarian Alps - Revengeful protagonists threaten the free world - A
diabolical quest beyond all human imaginings - Rich textures of
island life infused with tropical atmosphere
John Milton--poet, polemicist, public servant, and author of one of
the greatest masterpieces in English literature, "Paradise
Lost"--is revered today as a great writer and a proponent of free
speech. In his time, however, his ideas far exceeded the orthodoxy
of English life; spurred by his conscience and an iron grip on
logic, Milton was uncompromising in his beliefs at a time of great
religious and political flux in England.
In "John Milton," David Hawkes expertly interweaves details from
Milton's public and private life, providing new insight into the
man and his prophetic stance on politics and the social order. By
including a broad range of Milton's iconoclastic views on issues as
diverse as politics, economics, and sex, Hawkes suggests that
Milton's approach to market capitalism, political violence, and
religious terrorism continues to be applicable even in the
twenty-first century.
This insightful biography closely examines Milton's participation
in the English civil war and his startlingly modern ideas about
capitalism, love, and marriage, reminding us that human liberty and
autonomy should never be taken for granted.
The story of the Declaration of Independence--its genesis,
drafting, ratification, and influence--is as complex as any great
vision and realization. Did it merely sum up the prevailing thought
of its day, or was it an advanced expression of uniquely American
ideals? Were its signers aware of the Declaration's full
revolutionary significance, or did they see it as the rationale for
an economic dispute? Such questions face any historian of the
period and require an extraordinary control of materials, a
sensitive reading of character and text, and a lucid gift for
recreating a time more than two centuries ago for scholars and
general readers alike. David Hawke possesses all of these qualities
in abundance. His portraits of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the
Declaration, and John Adams, who led the fight for its adoption,
are wonderfully complex and sound. As he says in his new
introduction, the main thesis [of the book] is that the Declaration
could only have been written by Thomas Jefferson, not just because
of his talent with words, but also because he, coming from an
agrarian South, held ideas about society and government not shared
by northerners. A double portrait of men who began as allies,
became enemies, and at the end of their lives resolved their
antagonism into deep respect and friendship, this book provides
fascinating reading for anyone interested in the foundations of the
American experiment.
Contents: Introduction: Ideology and the Postmodern 1. Origins 2. Empiricism 3. Idealism 4. Marxism 5. Post-Marxism 6. Postmodernism 7. Ideology and Globalization Conclusion Glossary Further Reading Bibliography Index
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