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"One of those rare, transformative novels" KARIM MISKE "Funny and
poignant" TIFFANY TSAO, author of The Majesties Initially a little
intrigued, all babies eventually return the security guard's smile.
The security guard adores babies. Perhaps because babies do not
shoplift. Babies adore the security guard. Perhaps because he does
not drag babies to the sales. The 1960s - Ferdinand arrives in
Paris from Cote d'Ivoire, ready to take on the world and become a
big somebody. The 1990s - It is the Golden Age of immigration, and
Ossiri and Kassoum navigate a Paris on the brink of momentous
change. The 2010s - In a Sephora on the Champs-Elysees, the
all-seeing eyes of a security guard observes the habits of those
who come to worship at this church to consumerism. Amidst the
political bickering of the inhabitants of the Residence for
Students from Cote d'Ivoire and the ever-changing landscape of
French immigration policy, Ferdinand, Ossiri and Kassoum, two
generations of Ivoirians, attempt to make their way as undocumented
workers, taking shifts as security at a flour mill. Sharply
satirical, political and poignant, Standing Heavy is a searingly
witty deconstruction of colonial legacies and capitalist
consumption, an unprecedented and unforgettable account of
everything that passes under a security guard's gaze. Translated
from the French by Frank Wynne "Inventive and very funny" Guardian
"A compact, humane satire" Financial Times
First published in 1983. The primary argument of this book is that
there is a coherent tradition of liberal thinking that extends from
L. S. Mill, through liberals like T. H. Green, Bernard Bosanquet,
L. T. Hobhouse and John Dewey to John Rawls. The author places
Rawls within a longstanding tradition of liberal thinking, while
also arguing that Green and Hobhouse are not simply of historical
interest but represent genuine and interesting attempts to develop
a modern liberal theory. It is argued that modern liberal theory
centres on a conception of human nature; that modern liberals have
sought to harmonise the pursuit of individuality with participation
in social and communal life. Although the book focuses on six
modern liberals, the discussion proceeds topically rather than
according to author, thus highlighting similarities and
disagreements and providing a comprehensive study of modern
liberalism.
First published in 1983. The primary argument of this book is that
there is a coherent tradition of liberal thinking that extends from
L. S. Mill, through liberals like T. H. Green, Bernard Bosanquet,
L. T. Hobhouse and John Dewey to John Rawls. The author places
Rawls within a longstanding tradition of liberal thinking, while
also arguing that Green and Hobhouse are not simply of historical
interest but represent genuine and interesting attempts to develop
a modern liberal theory. It is argued that modern liberal theory
centres on a conception of human nature; that modern liberals have
sought to harmonise the pursuit of individuality with participation
in social and communal life. Although the book focuses on six
modern liberals, the discussion proceeds topically rather than
according to author, thus highlighting similarities and
disagreements and providing a comprehensive study of modern
liberalism.
When people of good faith and sound mind disagree deeply about
moral, religious, and other philosophical matters, how can we
justify political institutions to all of them? The idea of public
reason-of a shared public standard, despite disagreement-arose in
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the work of Hobbes,
Locke, Rousseau, and Kant. At a time when John Rawls' influential
theory of public reason has come under fire but its core idea
remains attractive to many, it is important not to lose sight of
earlier philosophers' answers to the problem of private conflict
through public reason. The distinctive selections from the great
social contract theorists in this volume emphasize the pervasive
theme of intractable disagreement and the need for public
justification. New essays by leading scholars then put the
historical work in context and provide a focus of debate and
discussion. They also explore how the search for public reason has
informed a wider body of modern political theory-in the work of
Hume, Hegel, Bentham, and Mill-sometimes in surprising ways. The
idea of public reason is revealed as an overarching theme in modern
political philosophy-one very much needed today.
The study of the physical world had its origins in philosophy, and,
two-and-one-half millennia later, the scientific advances of the
twentieth century are bringing the two fields closer together
again. So argues Lawrence Sklar in this brilliant new text on the
philosophy of physics.Aimed at students of both disciplines,
Philosophy of Physics is a broad overview of the problems of
contemporary philosophy of physics that readers of all levels of
sophistication should find accessible and engaging. Professor
Sklar's talent for clarity and accuracy is on display throughout as
he guides students through the key problems: the nature of space
and time, the problems of probability and irreversibility in
statistical mechanics, and, of course, the many notorious problems
raised by quantum mechanics.Integrated by the theme of the
interconnectedness of philosophy and science, and linked by many
references to the history of both disciplines, Philosophy of
Physics is always clear, while remaining faithful to the complexity
and integrity of the issues. It will take its place as a classic
text in a field of fundamental intellectual importance.
An updated and expanded edition of the classic introduction to
PPE-philosophy, politics, and economics-coauthored by one of the
field's pioneers Philosophy, Politics, and Economics offers a
complete introduction to the fundamental tools and concepts of
analysis that PPE students need to study social and political
issues. This fully updated and expanded edition examines the core
methodologies of rational choice, strategic analysis, norms, and
collective choice that serve as the bedrocks of political
philosophy and the social sciences. The textbook is ideal for
advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and nonspecialists
looking to familiarize themselves with PPE's approaches. Starting
with individual choice, the book develops an account of rationality
to introduce readers to decision theory, utility theory, and
concepts of welfare economics and consumer choice theory. It moves
to strategic choice in game theory to explore such issues as
bargaining theory, repeated games, and evolutionary game theory.
The text also considers how social norms can be understood,
observed, and measured. Concluding chapters address collective
choice, social choice theory and democracy, and public choice
theory's connections to voters, representatives, and institutions.
Rigorous and comprehensive, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
continues to be an essential text for this popular and burgeoning
field. The only book that covers the entirety of PPE methods A
rigorous, nontechnical introduction to decision theory, game
theory, and positive political theory A philosophical introduction
to rational choice theory in the social sciences
This short and accessible introductory text discusses how people in
a pluralistic society such as ours can accept a common social ethic
-- a publicly justified morality. It presents clear analyses of the
basic concepts, including justifications of liberty, harm to
others, private property rights, distributive justice,
environmental harms, help to others and offensive behavior. Gaus
acquaints the reader with the major figures in social philosophy --
John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, David
Hume, John Rawls, David Gauthier, and Joel Feinberg -- as well as
recent communitarian philosophers. The basic technical aspects of
social philosophy are also introduced: game theory, social choice
theory, the ideas rational action, rational bargaining, and public
goods. Throughout, helpful short examples and stories are used to
illustrate the material.
This short and accessible introductory text discusses how people in
a pluralistic society such as ours can accept a common social ethic
-- a publicly justified morality. It presents clear analyses of the
basic concepts, including justifications of liberty, harm to
others, private property rights, distributive justice,
environmental harms, help to others and offensive behavior. Gaus
acquaints the reader with the major figures in social philosophy --
John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, David
Hume, John Rawls, David Gauthier, and Joel Feinberg -- as well as
recent communitarian philosophers. The basic technical aspects of
social philosophy are also introduced: game theory, social choice
theory, the ideas rational action, rational bargaining, and public
goods. Throughout, helpful short examples and stories are used to
illustrate the material.
The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy is a
comprehensive, definitive reference work, providing an up-to-date
survey of the field, charting its history and key figures and
movements, and addressing enduring questions as well as
contemporary research. Features unique to the Companion are: an
extensive coverage of the history of social and political thought,
including separate chapters on the development of political thought
in the Islamic world, India, and China as well in modern Germany,
France, and Britain a focus on the core concepts and the normative
foundations of social and political theory a seven-chapter section
devoted exclusively to distributive justice, the central issue of
political philosophy since Rawls' Theory of Justice extensive
coverage of global justice and international issues, which recently
have emerged as vital topics an eight-chapter section on issues in
social and political philosophy. The Companion is divided into
eight thematic sections: The History of Social and Political
Theory; Political Theories and Ideologies; Normative Foundations;
The National State and Beyond; Distributive Justice; Political
Concepts; Concepts and Methods in Social Philosophy; Issues in
Social and Political Philosophy. Comprised of sixty-nine newly
commissioned essays by leading scholars from throughout the world,
The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy is the
most comprehensive and authoritative resource in social and
political philosophy for students and scholars.
The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy is a
comprehensive, definitive reference work, providing an up-to-date
survey of the field, charting its history and key figures and
movements, and addressing enduring questions as well as
contemporary research. Features unique to the Companion are: an
extensive coverage of the history of social and political thought,
including separate chapters on the development of political thought
in the Islamic world, India, and China as well in modern Germany,
France, and Britain a focus on the core concepts and the normative
foundations of social and political theory a seven-chapter section
devoted exclusively to distributive justice, the central issue of
political philosophy since Rawls' Theory of Justice extensive
coverage of global justice and international issues, which recently
have emerged as vital topics an eight-chapter section on issues in
social and political philosophy. The Companion is divided into
eight thematic sections: The History of Social and Political
Theory; Political Theories and Ideologies; Normative Foundations;
The National State and Beyond; Distributive Justice; Political
Concepts; Concepts and Methods in Social Philosophy; Issues in
Social and Political Philosophy. Comprised of sixty-nine newly
commissioned essays by leading scholars from throughout the world,
The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy is the
most comprehensive and authoritative resource in social and
political philosophy for students and scholars.
When people of good faith and sound mind disagree deeply about
moral, religious, and other philosophical matters, how can we
justify political institutions to all of them? The idea of public
reason-of a shared public standard, despite disagreement-arose in
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the work of Hobbes,
Locke, Rousseau, and Kant. At a time when John Rawls' influential
theory of public reason has come under fire but its core idea
remains attractive to many, it is important not to lose sight of
earlier philosophers' answers to the problem of private conflict
through public reason. The distinctive selections from the great
social contract theorists in this volume emphasize the pervasive
theme of intractable disagreement and the need for public
justification. New essays by leading scholars then put the
historical work in context and provide a focus of debate and
discussion. They also explore how the search for public reason has
informed a wider body of modern political theory-in the work of
Hume, Hegel, Bentham, and Mill-sometimes in surprising ways. The
idea of public reason is revealed as an overarching theme in modern
political philosophy-one very much needed today.
This critical volume responds to the enduring challenge in
mathematics education of addressing the needs of marginalized
students in school mathematics, and stems from the 2015 Annual
Meeting of the North American Group of the Psychology of
Mathematics Education (PME-NA). This timely analysis brings greater
clarity and support to such challenges by narrowing in on four
foci: theoretical and political perspectives toward equity and
justice in mathematics education, identifying and connecting to
family and community funds of knowledge, student learning and
engagement in preK-12 mathematics classrooms, and supporting
teachers in addressing the needs of marginalized learners. Each of
these areas examines how race, class, culture, power, justice and
mathematics teaching and learning intersect in mathematics
education to sustain or disrupt inequities, and include
contributions from scholars writing about mathematics education in
diverse contexts. Included in the coverage: Disrupting policies and
reforms to address the needs of marginalized learners A
socio-spatial framework for urban mathematics education Linking
literature on allywork to the work of mathematics teacher educators
Transnational families' mathematical funds of knowledge
Multilingual and technological contexts for supporting learners'
mathematical discourse Preservice teachers' strategies for teaching
mathematics with English learners Toward Equity and Social Justice
in Mathematics Education is of significant interest to mathematics
teacher educators and mathematics education researchers currently
addressing the needs of marginalized students in school
mathematics. It is also relevant to teachers of related
disciplines, administrators, and instructional designers interested
in pushing our thinking and work toward equity and justice in
mathematics education.
This book includes more than 30 papers from the first FZU-OPU-NTOU
Joint Symposium on Advanced Mechanical Science and Technology for
the Industrial Revolution 4.0, held at Fuzhou University, China, in
December 2016. The symposium was organized by Fuzhou University
(FZU), Osaka Prefecture University (OPU) and National Taiwan Ocean
University (NTOU). The authors include several professors from
universities in China, Japan, and Taiwan as well as four
distinguished invited professors from Canada, Korea, Japan, and
Taiwan. The book covers all important aspects related to the 4.0
industrial revolution: robotics and mechatronics; sensors,
measurements, and instrumentation; mechanical dynamics and
controls; mechanical design; vehicle systems and technologies;
fluid mechanics; monitoring and diagnosis, prognosis, and health
management; advanced signal processing; and big data; all of which
are subjects with great potential in the field of mechanical
engineering.
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Data Driven Treatment Response Assessment and Preterm, Perinatal, and Paediatric Image Analysis - First International Workshop, DATRA 2018 and Third International Workshop, PIPPI 2018, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2018, Granada, Spain, September 16, 2018, Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2018)
Andrew Melbourne, Roxane Licandro, Matthew DiFranco, Paolo Rota, Melanie Gau, …
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This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of the First
International Workshop on Data Driven Treatment Response
Assessment, DATRA 2018 and the Third International Workshop on
Preterm, Perinatal and Paediatric Image Analysis, PIPPI 2018, held
in conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Medical
Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2018, in
Granada, Spain, in September 2018. The 5 full papers presented at
DATRA 2018 and the 12 full papers presented at PIPPI 2018 were
carefully reviewed and selected. The DATRA papers cover a wide
range of exploring pattern recognition technologies for tackling
clinical issues related to the follow-up analysis of medical data
with focus on malignancy progression analysis, computer-aided
models of treatment response, and anomaly detection in recovery
feedback. The PIPPI papers cover topics of advanced image analysis
approaches focused on the analysis of growth and development in the
fetal, infant and paediatric period.
This critical volume responds to the enduring challenge in
mathematics education of addressing the needs of marginalized
students in school mathematics, and stems from the 2015 Annual
Meeting of the North American Group of the Psychology of
Mathematics Education (PME-NA). This timely analysis brings greater
clarity and support to such challenges by narrowing in on four
foci: theoretical and political perspectives toward equity and
justice in mathematics education, identifying and connecting to
family and community funds of knowledge, student learning and
engagement in preK-12 mathematics classrooms, and supporting
teachers in addressing the needs of marginalized learners. Each of
these areas examines how race, class, culture, power, justice and
mathematics teaching and learning intersect in mathematics
education to sustain or disrupt inequities, and include
contributions from scholars writing about mathematics education in
diverse contexts. Included in the coverage: Disrupting policies and
reforms to address the needs of marginalized learners A
socio-spatial framework for urban mathematics education Linking
literature on allywork to the work of mathematics teacher educators
Transnational families' mathematical funds of knowledge
Multilingual and technological contexts for supporting learners'
mathematical discourse Preservice teachers' strategies for teaching
mathematics with English learners Toward Equity and Social Justice
in Mathematics Education is of significant interest to mathematics
teacher educators and mathematics education researchers currently
addressing the needs of marginalized students in school
mathematics. It is also relevant to teachers of related
disciplines, administrators, and instructional designers interested
in pushing our thinking and work toward equity and justice in
mathematics education.
This volume brings together distinguished philosophers with
interdisciplinary expertise to show how the resources of philosophy
can be employed in the tasks of evaluating economics and fostering
policy debates. Contributors offer analyses of basic ideas in
economics, such as the notion of efficiency, "economic man,"
incentives, self-interest, and utility maximization. They discuss
key concepts in political theory such as desert, compensation,
autonomy, equality, consent or fairness. The book then offers
examples of how philosophical resources can be applied to specific,
timely debates, such as discrimination, affirmative action, and
ethical considerations in Social Security. These applications
demonstrate how philosophy, politics, and economics can be
fruitfully combined, while the more theoretical chapters clarify
fundamental relationships across these related disciplines.
Ultimately, the text guides students and scholars in expanding
their perspectives as they approach the necessarily complex
research questions of today and tomorrow.
This book includes more than 30 papers from the first FZU-OPU-NTOU
Joint Symposium on Advanced Mechanical Science and Technology for
the Industrial Revolution 4.0, held at Fuzhou University, China, in
December 2016. The symposium was organized by Fuzhou University
(FZU), Osaka Prefecture University (OPU) and National Taiwan Ocean
University (NTOU). The authors include several professors from
universities in China, Japan, and Taiwan as well as four
distinguished invited professors from Canada, Korea, Japan, and
Taiwan. The book covers all important aspects related to the 4.0
industrial revolution: robotics and mechatronics; sensors,
measurements, and instrumentation; mechanical dynamics and
controls; mechanical design; vehicle systems and technologies;
fluid mechanics; monitoring and diagnosis, prognosis, and health
management; advanced signal processing; and big data; all of which
are subjects with great potential in the field of mechanical
engineering.
"Political Concepts and Political Theories" introduces political
theory by focusing on enduring disputes about the nature of
freedom, power, equality, justice, democracy, and authority. The
first part of the book examines the nature of these disputes. It
clarifies what we are disagreeing about when we offer different
interpretations of political concepts, and why our disagreements
about them are so difficult to resolve. Providing accessible
accounts of the views of Plato, Wittgenstein, and recent theorists
such as Gallie, Gaus argues that our interpretation of a political
concept such as liberty is not freestanding but linked to our
understandings of power, equality, justice, democracy, and other
values. To understand a particular political concept, Gaus argues,
we must place it in a political theory, which constitutes a system
of such concepts. The second part of the book examines the ways in
which liberal, socialist, and conservative thinkers have
interpreted these enduring political concepts. Gaus considers a
wide range of classical and contemporary advocates of these
theories."Political Concepts and Political Theories" presents in an
accessible way an innovative approach to the analysis of political
concepts and the study of political theory. As such, it will be of
interest both to those looking at political concepts and political
theories for the first time, as well as to scholars who have
already examined these issues.
This important new book takes as its points of departure two questions: What is the nature of valuing? and What morality can be justified in a society that deeply disagrees on what is truly valuable? In Part One, the author develops a theory of value that attempts to reconcile reason with passions. Part Two explores how this theory of value grounds our commitment to moral action. The author argues that rational moral action can neither be seen as a way of simply maximising one’s own values, nor derived from reason independent of one’s values. Rather, our commitment to the moral point of view is presupposed by our value systems. The book concludes with a defense of liberal political morality.
Starting with elementary operator theory and matrix analysis, this
book introduces the basic properties of the numerical range and
gradually builds up the whole numerical range theory. Over 400
assorted problems, ranging from routine exercises to published
research results, give you the chance to put the theory into
practice and test your understanding. Interspersed throughout the
text are numerous comments and references, allowing you to discover
related developments and to pursue areas of interest in the
literature. Also included is an appendix on basic convexity
properties on the Euclidean space. Targeted at graduate students as
well as researchers interested in functional analysis, this book
provides a comprehensive coverage of classic and recent works on
the numerical range theory. It serves as an accessible entry point
into this lively and exciting research area.
This book builds on the Teachers Empowered to Advance Change in
Mathematics (TEACH Math) project, which was an initiative that
sought to develop a new generation of preK-8 mathematics teachers
to connect mathematics, children's mathematical thinking, and
community and family knowledge in mathematics instruction - or what
we have come to call children's multiple mathematical knowledge
bases in mathematics instruction, with an explicit focus on equity.
Much of the work involved in the TEACH Math project included the
development of three instructional modules for preK-8 mathematics
methods courses to support the project's goals. These activities
were used and refined over eight semesters, and in Fall 2014 shared
at a dissemination conference with other mathematics teacher
educators from a variety of universities across the United States.
Chapter contributions represent diverse program and geographical
contexts and teach prospective and practicing teachers from a
variety of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, in particular
providing accounts of supports, challenges, and tensions in
implementing equity-based mathematics teacher education. The
chapters supply rich evidence and illustrative examples of how
other mathematics teacher educators and professional developers
might make the modules work for their unique practices, courses,
workshops, and prospective teachers/teachers. It promises to be an
important resource for offering guidance and examples to those
working with prospective teachers of mathematics who want to create
positive, culturally responsive, and equity-based mathematics
experiences for our nation's youth.
Now revised and expanded, this is the leading resource for
psychotherapists working with adults who have autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) without significant cognitive and language
impairments (also known as Asperger syndrome). Valerie L. Gaus
shows how to adapt the proven techniques of cognitive-behavioral
therapy (CBT) to build clients' social and coping skills,
facilitate self-acceptance, and treat comorbid anxiety and
depression. Illustrated with detailed case examples, the book is
grounded in cutting-edge knowledge about information-processing
differences in ASD. It gives clinicians critical guidance for
conceptualizing these clients' presenting problems and optimizing
the effectiveness of interventions. Reproducible worksheets can be
downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. First
edition title: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult Asperger
Syndrome. New to This Edition *Explains the significant terminology
changes in DSM-5 and their impact. *Chapter on mindfulness-based
strategies for emotion regulation problems. *Additional strategies
and resources for teaching social and coping skills. *Describes new
and updated assessment instruments. *Incorporates cutting-edge
research on CBT and on clinical problems associated with ASD. See
also the author's related self-help resource, Living Well on the
Spectrum, an ideal client recommendation.
In his provocative new book, The Tyranny of the Ideal, Gerald Gaus
lays out a vision for how we should theorize about justice in a
diverse society. Gaus shows how free and equal people, faced with
intractable struggles and irreconcilable conflicts, might share a
common moral life shaped by a just framework. He argues that if we
are to take diversity seriously and if moral inquiry is sincere
about shaping the world, then the pursuit of idealized and perfect
theories of justice--essentially, the entire production of theories
of justice that has dominated political philosophy for the past
forty years--needs to change. Drawing on recent work in social
science and philosophy, Gaus points to an important paradox: only
those in a heterogeneous society--with its various religious,
moral, and political perspectives--have a reasonable hope of
understanding what an ideally just society would be like. However,
due to its very nature, this world could never be collectively
devoted to any single ideal. Gaus defends the moral constitution of
this pluralistic, open society, where the very clash and
disagreement of ideals spurs all to better understand what their
personal ideals of justice happen to be. Presenting an original
framework for how we should think about morality, The Tyranny of
the Ideal rigorously analyzes a theory of ideal justice more
suitable for contemporary times.
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