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This book provides an analytical understanding of some of Tagore's
most contested and celebrated works and ideas. It reflects on his
critique of nationalism, aesthetic worldview, and the idea of
'surplus in man' underlying his life and works. It discusses the
creative notion of surplus that stands not for 'profit' or 'value',
but for celebrating human beings' continuous quest for reaching out
beyond one's limits. It highlights, among other themes, how the
idea of being 'Indian' involves stages of evolution through a
complex matrix of ideals, values and actions-cultural, historical,
literary and ideological. Examining the notion of the 'universal',
contemporary scholars come together in this volume to show how
'surplus in man' is generated over the life of concrete particulars
through creativity. The work brings forth a social scientific
account of Tagore's thoughts and critically reconstructs many of
his epochal ideas. Lucid in analysis and bolstered with historical
reflection, this book will be a major intervention in understanding
Tagore's works and its relevance for the contemporary human and
social sciences. It will interest scholars and researchers of
philosophy, literature and cultural studies.
Instrumentation and Measurements in Compressible Flows presents
detailed information on experiments in compressible fluid flows
including technical information pertaining to a wide variety of
applications and the experimental basis for compressible flows. A
step-by-step procedure is given to estimate the measurement errors
as well as the uncertainty. Computational fluid dynamics data can
be validated with the experimental results presented in the book.
Further, it answers most pertinent queries related to conducting
experiments and measuring the data at very high speeds. This volume
also includes case studies from Boeing, Lockheed Martin alongwith
MATLAB® programs for selected topics. Features: Presents detailed
coverage of instrumentation, measurements, and experiments in
compressible flows. Covers both experimental and applied aspects of
gas dynamics and applied gas dynamics. Provides a real-time
exposure to the modern supersonic and hypersonic wind tunnel
applications. Explains supersonic and hypersonic
shock/boundary-layer interactions and their control. Includes
real-time experimental problems and their analysis. This book is
aimed at researchers and graduate students in aerospace, mechanical
engineering, and aerodynamics.
Computational Intelligence for Wireless Sensor Networks: Principles
and Applications provides an integrative overview of the
computational intelligence (CI) in wireless sensor networks and
enabled technologies. It aims to demonstrate how the paradigm of
computational intelligence can benefit Wireless Sensor Networks
(WSNs) and sensor-enabled technologies to overcome their existing
issues. This book provides extensive coverage of the multiple
design challenges of WSNs and associated technologies such as
clustering, routing, media access, security, mobility, and design
of energy-efficient network operations. It also describes various
CI strategies such as fuzzy computing, evolutionary computing,
reinforcement learning, artificial intelligence, swarm
intelligence, teaching learning-based optimization, etc. It also
discusses applying the techniques mentioned above in wireless
sensor networks and sensor-enabled technologies to improve their
design. The book offers comprehensive coverage of related topics,
including: Emergence of intelligence in wireless sensor networks
Taxonomy of computational intelligence Detailed discussion of
various metaheuristic techniques Development of intelligent MAC
protocols Development of intelligent routing protocols Security
management in WSNs This book mainly addresses the challenges
pertaining to the development of intelligent network systems via
computational intelligence. It provides insights into how
intelligence has been pursued and can be further integrated in the
development of sensor-enabled applications.
This book addresses the recent transformations of popular Hinduism
by focusing upon the religious cum artistic practice of Ramkatha,
staged narratives of the Ramcharitmanas. Focusing on the sensory
and media experiences, the author examines the aesthetics and
dynamics of the Ramkatha ethnoscape through participant-observation
in everyday practices, and how it particularly, translates politics
from the realm of religion. Besides being socially constructed, the
Ramkatha heavily relies on technologies for its production and
continuation. Negotiated through a telling of Hindu religious
stories, the mediated voice of Morari Bapu, a former school-teacher
turned narrator, is a major medium of performance transposed into
multiple media such as theatre, stage, music and spectacle. The
book engages with voice as a vehicle of meaning to scrutinize its
discursive production, imagination and re-production across mobile
contexts. It investigates how the transnationally disseminated
practices re-contextualize religious subjectivities of an affective
community enmeshed in spatio-sensorial modes. The book will be of
interest to academic audiences in the fields of South Asian
Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, as well as Performance Studies
and Religious Studies.
This book is an exploration of the environmental makings and
contested historical trajectories of environmental change in
Turkey. Despite the recent proliferation of studies on the
political economy of environmental change and urban transformation,
until now there has not been a sufficiently complete treatment of
Turkey's troubled environments, which live on the edge both
geographically (between Europe and Middle East) and politically
(between democracy and totalitarianism). The contributors to
Transforming Socio-Natures in Turkey use the toolbox of
environmental humanities to explore the main political, cultural
and historical factors relating to the country's
socio-environmental problems. This leads not only to a better
grounding of some of the historical and contemporary debates on the
environment in Turkey, but also a deeper understanding of the
multiplicity of framings around more-than-human interactions in the
country in a time of authoritarian populism. This book will be of
interest not only to students of Turkey from a variety of social
science and humanities disciplines but also contribute to the
larger debates on environmental change and developmentalism in the
context of a global populist turn.
This volume examines the critical role of the humanities in
universities in India and attempts to redefine its place, meaning
and function in education. Bringing together distinguished scholars
in the country, it debates the status and predicament of the
humanities in the academic programmes within universities. The
issues raised here touch upon the entire gamut of problems that a
university faces in finding an adequate, rightful and wholesome
place for the humanities in its academic curriculum. It discusses
the difficulties in the specific identity of disciplines classed
under the humanities, the powerful reach of the sciences and
technological inroads in the teaching and practice of all
disciplines, the relative academic balancing of disciplines in
different universities in India, the culture, value and the idea of
the university, digitisation of the humanities and online access
and their specific impact on research in the concerned disciplines.
The volume also presents an instructive debate on the so-called
appropriation of traditional social science concerns by other
departments. This book will interest those in education, humanities
and social sciences, governance and public policy, and South Asian
studies.
The combination of laser and optoelectronics with optical fiber
technology can enhance the seamless activities of fiber-optic
communications and fiber-sensor arena. This book discusses
foundations of laser technology, non-linear optics, laser and
fiber-optic applications in telecommunication and sensing fields
including fundamentals and recent developments in photonics
technology. Accumulated chapters cover constituent materials,
techniques of measurement of non-linear optical properties of
nanomaterials, photonic crystals and pertinent applications in
medical, high voltage engineering and, in optical computations and
designing logic gates.
This book is an exploration of the environmental makings and
contested historical trajectories of environmental change in
Turkey. Despite the recent proliferation of studies on the
political economy of environmental change and urban transformation,
until now there has not been a sufficiently complete treatment of
Turkey's troubled environments, which live on the edge both
geographically (between Europe and Middle East) and politically
(between democracy and totalitarianism). The contributors to
Transforming Socio-Natures in Turkey use the toolbox of
environmental humanities to explore the main political, cultural
and historical factors relating to the country's
socio-environmental problems. This leads not only to a better
grounding of some of the historical and contemporary debates on the
environment in Turkey, but also a deeper understanding of the
multiplicity of framings around more-than-human interactions in the
country in a time of authoritarian populism. This book will be of
interest not only to students of Turkey from a variety of social
science and humanities disciplines but also contribute to the
larger debates on environmental change and developmentalism in the
context of a global populist turn.
This book provides an analytical understanding of some of Tagore's
most contested and celebrated works and ideas. It reflects on his
critique of nationalism, aesthetic worldview, and the idea of
'surplus in man' underlying his life and works. It discusses the
creative notion of surplus that stands not for 'profit' or 'value',
but for celebrating human beings' continuous quest for reaching out
beyond one's limits. It highlights, among other themes, how the
idea of being 'Indian' involves stages of evolution through a
complex matrix of ideals, values and actions-cultural, historical,
literary and ideological. Examining the notion of the 'universal',
contemporary scholars come together in this volume to show how
'surplus in man' is generated over the life of concrete particulars
through creativity. The work brings forth a social scientific
account of Tagore's thoughts and critically reconstructs many of
his epochal ideas. Lucid in analysis and bolstered with historical
reflection, this book will be a major intervention in understanding
Tagore's works and its relevance for the contemporary human and
social sciences. It will interest scholars and researchers of
philosophy, literature and cultural studies.
Neoliberal policies have had an impact on educational systems
globally. This book provides a detailed and critical analysis of
neoliberal educational policies and reforms in Turkey by focusing
on the Justice and Development Party's reform efforts over the last
eight years.
Neoliberal policies have had an impact on educational systems
globally. This book provides a detailed and critical analysis of
neoliberal educational policies and reforms in Turkey by focusing
on the Justice and Development Party's reform efforts over the last
eight years.
Women were historically treated in wartime as property. Yet in the
Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, prohibitions against pillaging
property did not extend to the female body. There is a gap of
nearly a hundred years between those early prohibitions of pillage
and the prohibition of rape finally enacted in the Rome Statute of
1998. In Looting and Rape in Wartime, Tuba Inal addresses the
development of these two separate "prohibition regimes," exploring
why states make and agree to laws that determine the way war is
conducted, and what role gender plays in this process. Inal argues
that three conditions are necessary for the emergence of a global
prohibition regime: first, a state must believe that it is
necessary to comply with the prohibition and that to do otherwise
would be costly; second, the idea that a particular practice is
undesirable must become the norm; finally, a prohibition regime
emerges with state and nonstate actors supporting it all along the
way. These conditions are met by the prohibition against pillage,
which developed from a confluence of material circumstances and an
ideological context: the nineteenth century fostered ideas about
the sanctity of private property, which made the act of looting
seem more abhorrent. Meanwhile, the existence of conscripted and
regulated armies meant that militaries could take measures to
prevent it. In that period, however, rape was still considered a
crime of passion or a symptom of behavioral disorder-in other
words, a distortion of male sexuality and outside of state
control-and it would take many decades to erode the grip of those
ideas. Only toward the end of the twentieth century did
transformations in gender ideology and the increased participation
of women in politics bring about broad cultural shifts in the way
we perceive sexual violence, women, and women's roles in policy and
lawmaking. In examining the historical and ideological context of
how these two regimes evolved, Looting and Rape in Wartime provides
vital perspective on the forces that block or bring about change in
international relations.
This volume examines the critical role of the humanities in
universities in India and attempts to redefine its place, meaning
and function in education. Bringing together distinguished scholars
in the country, it debates the status and predicament of the
humanities in the academic programmes within universities. The
issues raised here touch upon the entire gamut of problems that a
university faces in finding an adequate, rightful and wholesome
place for the humanities in its academic curriculum. It discusses
the difficulties in the specific identity of disciplines classed
under the humanities, the powerful reach of the sciences and
technological inroads in the teaching and practice of all
disciplines, the relative academic balancing of disciplines in
different universities in India, the culture, value and the idea of
the university, digitisation of the humanities and online access
and their specific impact on research in the concerned disciplines.
The volume also presents an instructive debate on the so-called
appropriation of traditional social science concerns by other
departments. This book will interest those in education, humanities
and social sciences, governance and public policy, and South Asian
studies.
Nature, Power and the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire was one of
the greatest early modern world empires, stretching from the
outskirts of Vienna in the west to the Caucasus Mountains in the
east and from the tip of Arabian Peninsula in the south to the
Ukrainian steppes in the north, covering an area of 3.81 million
square kilometres. The Ottomans were remarkable not just for their
political and military success but also for their desire and
ability to understand, adapt, modify and manage different
environments. This edited volume is the first collective effort to
take an original look at the Ottomans through the lens of
environmental history. In its wide-ranging essays, environmental
perspectives illuminate diverse historical processes and events in
the long history of the Ottoman Empire. The essays thus offer new
answers to old questions - but also ask new questions - about the
ways the Ottomans related to, depended on, thought about and
interacted with the natural environment. It will appeal to anyone
interested in the environmental history of one of the world's
largest and most durable empires, the longest-lasting in the
history of the Muslim world.
An in-depth treatment in two volumes of the historical and cultural
contexts of rape and rape culture, this set discusses both victims
and perpetrators internationally during war and peace times and
examines the treatment of survivors. Historically, women, men, and
children have all suffered sexual violence, during wartime and
peacetime as well as inside and outside their homes. This
two-volume title focuses on survivors of rape in a variety of
social and cultural contexts. It examines different people who are
victimized in a variety of situations (including in war and
prisons) and studies the particularities of "rape cultures" that
are intertwined with ethnic cultures and hatreds and other forms of
conflictual social, political, and economic relations. In the
introduction, the editors define rape and rape culture and provide
historical and cultural context for the information presented
throughout the volumes, the first of which primarily focuses on the
causes and manifestations of rape cultures; the second considers
the consequences of rape cultures for survivors of sexual assault.
In both volumes, contributors provide case studies elucidating the
experiences of a variety of victims-young, old, male, female,
straight, and LGBT-in diverse locations around the world to help
readers understand how truly pervasive and portentous rape culture
is. Includes case studies on a variety of sexual assault survivors
in environments ranging from college campuses to war zones
Integrates the expertise of contributors, who include both
academics and activists on sexual violence in different parts of
the world Represents, through case studies, incidents of rape in
countries from Africa to Europe and from Asia to the United States
Compares "rape cultures" across the world
In the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, a large indigenous population
lives in rural communities, many of which retain traditional forms
of governance. In 1996, some 350 women of these communities formed
a weavers' cooperative, which they called Jolom Mayaetik. Their
goal was to join together to market textiles of high quality in
both new and ancient designs. Weaving Chiapas offers a rare view of
the daily lives, memories, and hopes of these rural Maya women as
they strive to retain their ancient customs while adapting to a
rapidly changing world. Originally published in Spanish in 2007,
this book captures firsthand the voices of these Maya artisans,
whose experiences, including the challenges of living in a highly
patriarchal culture, often escape the attention of mainstream
scholarship. Based on interviews conducted with members of the
Jolom Mayaetik cooperative, the accounts gathered in this volume
provide an intimate view of women's life in the Chiapas highlands,
known locally as Los Altos. We learn about their experiences of
childhood, marriage, and childbirth; about subsistence farming and
food traditions; and about the particular styles of clothing and
even hairstyles that vary from community to community. Restricted
by custom from engaging in public occupations, Los Altos women are
responsible for managing their households and caring for domestic
animals. But many of them long for broader opportunities, and the
Jolom Mayaetik cooperative represents a bold effort by its members
to assume control over and build a wider market for their own work.
This English-language edition features color photographs -
published here for the first time - depicting many of the
individual women and their stunning textiles. A new preface,
chapter introductions, and a scholarly afterword frame the women's
narratives and place their accounts within cultural and historical
context.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Medien /
Kommunikation - Medien und Politik, Pol. Kommunikation, Note: 1,3,
Universitat Bielefeld, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Es soll in
dieser Ausarbeitung ein systemtheoretischer Uberblick uber die
strukturelle Kopplung nach dem Soziologen Niklas Luhmann gegeben
werden. Zusatzlich werden zwei Systeme betrachtet und deren
wechselseitige Beziehung zueinander analysiert und dargestellt.
This delightful little story tells of a young girl's time with her
grandmother as she relates a legend of how a mischievous little
white fox, with all his grand adventures, became the red fox we all
know today. How the Fox got His Color may well become an all-time
children's classic and a perfect book for the young reader. English
as a second language students will enjoy it as a valuable study
tool, as well as those learning a foreign language.
Dannaya rabota posvyashchena voprosam grazhdansko-pravovogo
obosnovaniya sdelok REPO i vklyuchaet detal'noe opisanie ukazannykh
sdelok REPO v kachestve sdelok po smyslu grazhdanskogo prava.
Osnovaniya ideya zaklyuchaetsya v tom, chto pravila k ponimaniyu
suti REPO so storony sudov dolzhny byt' osnovany na podkhode, po
kotoromu REPO - slozhnaya sdelka s odnim ob"ektom bez razdeleniya
na raznye ekonomicheskie tseli. K sozhaleniyu, sudy v Rossii (a do
etogo i v SShA) zachastuyu traktuyut REPO kak zaem s zalogovym
obespecheniem. Podobnoe oshibochnoe mnenie sozdaet znachitel'nye
slozhnosti dlya razvitiya delovoy aktivnosti v Rossii.
While watching her Chinese immigrant son-in-law learn the English
language, it became apparent to the author that prepositions are
one of the most difficult concepts to comprehend. Therefore, The
Dance of The Caterpillars was written as a fun way to teach
prepositions. This exciting children's book contains twenty-two
prepositions, one two-word multiple, and two three-word multiples.
It is destined to become a valuable learning tool for children as
well as English as a second language students.
Das Buch befasst sich mit der Reprasentation des Erinnerungsortes
Gernika in der spanischsprachigen Literatur. Die Bombardierung der
baskischen Kleinstadt im Jahre 1937 stellt ein herausragendes
Ereignis des Spanischen Burgerkriegs dar. Fur die Kunste lasst sich
an Pablo Picassos Gemalde Guernica (1937) und dessen
Rezeptionsgeschichte ablesen, zu welchem Politikum die
Bombardierung mit der Zeit avancierte. Der Autor untersucht
erstmalig und umfassend die Reprasentation des Ereignisses in
spanischsprachigen Dramen- und Prosatexten. Seine Analysen machen
weite kulturgeschichtliche Kontexte zuganglich und illustrieren,
inwiefern die Zerstoerung Gernikas fur die Zeit von 1937 bis heute
einen wirkungsvollen Erinnerungsort fur baskische, spanische und
transnationale Bezugsgruppen darstellt.
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