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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.
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.
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.
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.
This volume is a state-of-the-art survey of the psychology of
reasoning, based around, and in tribute to, one of the field's most
eminent figures: Jonathan St B.T. Evans. In this collection of
cutting edge research, Evans' collaborators and colleagues review a
wide range of important and developing areas of inquiry. These
include biases in thinking, probabilistic and causal reasoning,
people's use of 'if' sentences in arguments, the dual-process
theory of thought, and the nature of human rationality. These
foundational issues are examined from various angles and finally
integrated in a concluding panoramic chapter written by Evans
himself. The eighteen chapters, all written by leading
international researchers, combine state-of the-art research with
investigation into the most fundamental questions surrounding human
mental life, such as: What is the architecture of the human mind?
Are humans rational, and what is the nature of this rationality?
How do we think hypothetically? The Science of Reason offers a
unique combination of breadth, depth and integrative vision, making
it an indispensable resource for researchers and students of human
reason.
If it is not generally known that the foundations of
twentieth-century criticism of Shakespeare's imagery were laid over
one hundred and fifty years ago, the explanation lies in the
limited availability of the single original edition of Walter
Whiter's Specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare published in 1794.
In an age in which the study of Shakespeare's characters was of
prime interest and importance, Whiter - a classical scholar who
took holy orders and ended his life as a country parson - developed
a form of textual criticism closely linked to a study of the
workings of the human mind: and his book offers a psychological
survey of the creative imagination, following the principles laid
down in Locke's Essay on Human Understanding and illustrated by
examples from Shakespeare's plays. In his realization that
Shakespeare provides the finest examples of the poetic imagination
Whiter is of his time: but in his particular study of the
associative powers of such a mind engaged in the process of
creation, he is far in advance of his time and has no immediate
disciples in the later nineteenth century. In the twentieth
century, however, there was an increasing acknowledgement of
Whiter's work and a more frequent appeal for the reissue of his
book. Originally published in 1967, the present edition was started
in response to that appeal more than ten years before Mr Alan
Over's tragic death in 1964 and incorporates the revisions and
additions made by Whiter for his own projected second edition.
If it is not generally known that the foundations of
twentieth-century criticism of Shakespeare's imagery were laid over
one hundred and fifty years ago, the explanation lies in the
limited availability of the single original edition of Walter
Whiter's Specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare published in 1794.
In an age in which the study of Shakespeare's characters was of
prime interest and importance, Whiter - a classical scholar who
took holy orders and ended his life as a country parson - developed
a form of textual criticism closely linked to a study of the
workings of the human mind: and his book offers a psychological
survey of the creative imagination, following the principles laid
down in Locke's Essay on Human Understanding and illustrated by
examples from Shakespeare's plays. In his realization that
Shakespeare provides the finest examples of the poetic imagination
Whiter is of his time: but in his particular study of the
associative powers of such a mind engaged in the process of
creation, he is far in advance of his time and has no immediate
disciples in the later nineteenth century. In the twentieth
century, however, there was an increasing acknowledgement of
Whiter's work and a more frequent appeal for the reissue of his
book. Originally published in 1967, the present edition was started
in response to that appeal more than ten years before Mr Alan
Over's tragic death in 1964 and incorporates the revisions and
additions made by Whiter for his own projected second edition.
Tom Crone's classic text has been thoroughly revised by an
impressive team of legal experts. It provides an essential source
of reference for the key legal issues encountered by those who work
in the media such as journalists, editors and producers, as well as
media lawyers. Topics covered include: Protection of Reputation
Copyright and Rights Clearance New Media Breach of Confidence and
Privacy The Data Protection Act 1998 Reporting Restrictions,
Contempt of Court and Protection of Journalistic Sources The
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Official Secrets Professional
Regulatory Bodies and Advertising The Human Rights Act 1998 The Law
in Scotland and the United States of America Comprehensive
supplementary reference material is also provided, including a
glossary of legal terms, addresses, telephone numbers and web sites
of professional bodies, and specimen agreements including interview
agreements and moral rights waivers. With contributions from:
Terence Bergin, Marietta Cauchi, Jane Colston, Mark Cranwell,
Charles de Fleurieu, Simon Dowson-Collins, David Green, Peter
Grundberg, Rebecca Handler, Joanna Ludlam, Rosalind McInnes, Hugh
Tomlinson and John Wadham.
Unexpect is a monograph on the work of Michael Ryan Architects, a
practice based in Philadelphia, PA. Written by Michael Ryan, it is
far from being a conventional architectural monograph. Through
storytelling, he takes a fresh and perceptive look at the work of
the firm. Projects are documented with detailed photographic
explorations and descriptions that embody Michael Ryan's
architectural vision, talent and principles. Also included is a
comprehensive appendix of plans and elevations for each project.
The monograph features the philosophy of the firm as well as a
brief history of Michael Ryan's education, career and main
influences. The firm's collaborative approach is shown through the
interior design work of Ryan's wife, Randee Spelkoman. The
introduction is written by the respected academic Gray Read who was
a classmate of Ryan's at the University of Pennsylvania.
Distinctly interdisciplinary, Kingship, Conquest, and Patria brings
together French and Welsh studies with literary and historical
analysis, genre study with questions of medieval colonialisms and
national writing. It treats eight centuries' worth of insular and
continental literature, placing the 12th- and 13th-century
development of Arthurian romance in a history of fraught, ambiguous
relations between Capetian France, Angevin England, and native
Wales. Overall, the book aims to contextualize how French Arthurian
romance and Welsh rhamant, despite being products of opposing
cultures in an age of conquest, collectively revise the figure of
King Arthur created by earlier insular tradition. At a time when
contemporary monarchies sought to curtail the autonomy of both
northern French and Welsh principalities, the literary image of
kingship pointedly declines in romance and rhamant, replaced by an
ideal of knightly independence. A focus on the romance portrait of
King Arthur is the culmination of this study: Part I provides a
survey of early British Arthurian material written in Latin and
Welsh; Part II presents the historical contexts in northern France
and Wales out of which the genre of Arthurian romance emerged; Part
III turns to literary and sociopolitical analyses of Chretien's
five romances and the three Welsh rhamantau.
Distinctly interdisciplinary, "Kingship, Conquest, and Patria"
brings together French and Welsh studies with literary and
historical analysis, genre study with questions of medieval
colonialisms and national writing. It treats eight centuries' worth
of insular and continental literature, placing the 12th- and
13th-century development of Arthurian romance in a history of
fraught, ambiguous relations between Capetian France, Angevin
England, and native Wales. Overall, the book aims to contextualize
how French Arthurian romance and Welsh rhamant, despite being
products of opposing cultures in an age of conquest, collectively
revise the figure of King Arthur created by earlier insular
tradition. At a time when contemporary monarchies sought to curtail
the autonomy of both northern French and Welsh principalities, the
literary image of kingship pointedly declines in romance and
rhamant, replaced by an ideal of knightly independence. A focus on
the romance portrait of King Arthur is the culmination of this
study: Part I provides a survey of early British Arthurian material
written in Latin and Welsh; Part II presents the historical
contexts in northern France and Wales out of which the genre of
Arthurian romance emerged; Part III turns to literary and
sociopolitical analyses of Chre tien's five romances and the three
Welsh "rhamantau."
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The Heroic in Music (Hardcover)
Beate Kutschke, Katherine Butler; Contributions by Beate Kutschke, Katherine Butler, Roman Hankeln, …
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Reconstructs the socio-political history of the heroic in music
through case studies spanning the middle ages to the twenty-first
century The first part of this volume reconstructs the various
musical strategies that composers of medieval chant, Renaissance
madrigals, and Baroque operas, cantatas or oratorios employed when
referring to heroic ideas exemplifying their personal moral and
political values. A second part investigating the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries expands the previous narrow focus on
Beethoven's heroic middle period and the cult of the virtuoso. It
demonstrates the wide spectrum of heroic positions - national,
ethnic, revolutionary, bourgeois and spiritual - that filtered not
only into 'classical' large-scale heroic symphonies and virtuoso
solo concerts, but also into chamber music and vernacular dance
music. The third part documents the forced heroization of music in
twentieth-century totalitarian regimes such as Nazi-Germany and the
Soviet Union and its consequences for heroic thinking and musical
styles in the time thereafter. Final chapters show how recent
rock-folk and avant-garde musicians in North America and Europe
feature new heroic models such as the everyday hero and the
scientific heroine revealing new confidence in the idea of the
heroic.
In recent years the psychology of reasoning has undergone radical
change, which can only be seen as a Kuhn-style scientific
revolution. This shift has been dubbed 'New Paradigm'. For years,
psychologists of reasoning focused on binary truth values and
regarded the influence of belief as a bias. In contrast to this,
the new paradigm puts probabilities, and subjective degrees of
belief, centre stage. It also emphasises subjective psychological
value, or utility; the way we reason within our own social
environment ('social pragmatics'); and the crucial role of dual
process theories. Such theories distinguish between fast, intuitive
processes, and effortful processes which enable hypothetical
thinking. The new paradigm aims to integrate the psychology of
reasoning with the study of judgement and decision making, leading
to a much more unified field of higher mental processing. This
collection showcases these recent developments, with chapters on
topics such as the difference between deduction and induction, a
Bayesian formulation of faint praise, the role of emotion in
reasoning, and the relevance of psychology of reasoning to moral
judgement. This book was originally published as a special issue of
Thinking & Reasoning.
The Anthropology of Love and Anger questions the very foundations of western sociological thought. In their examination of indigenous peoples from across the South American continent, the contributors to this volume have come to realise that western thought does not possess the vocabulary to define even the fundamentals of indigenous thought and practice. The dualisms of public and private, political and domestic, individual and collective, even male and female, in which western anthropology was founded cannot legitimately be applied to peoples whose 'sociality' is based on an 'aesthetics of community'. For indigenous people success is measured by the extent to which conviviality, (all that is peaceful, harmonious and sociable) has been attained. Yet conviviality is not just reliant on love and good but instead on an even balance between all that is constructive, love, and all that is destructive, anger. With case studies from across the South American region, ranging from the (so-called) fierce Yanomami of Venezuela and Brazil to the Enxet of Paraguay, and with discussions on topics from the efficacy of laughter, the role of language, anger as a marker of love and even homesickness, The Anthropology of Love and Anger is a seminal, fascinating work which should be read by all students and academics in the post-colonial world.
Can we judge Amerindian social behaviour by our own standards? To
what extent is social success based on love and anger in the Amazon
region? "The Anthropology of Love and Anger" provides evidence that
Anthropology is a thriving subject. In this discussion the editors
have brought together papers that question the very foundations of
western sociological thought. In their examination of the "social
structure", or rather "sociality" (the former expression being
inapplicable in this context) of indigenous peoples from across the
South American continent, the contributors have come to realize
that western thought does not possess the vocabulary to define the
very fundamentals of indigenous thought and practice. The dualisms
of public and private, political and domestic, individual and
collective, even male and female, in which western Anthropology was
founded cannot legitimately be applied to peoples whose "sociality"
is based on an "aesthetics of community". For indigenous peoples
success is measured by the extent to which conviviality, (all that
is peaceful, harmonious and sociable) has been attained. Yet it is
not just a conviviality or "sociality" which relies on love and
good but
Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements. Rationality in Reasoning. Personal Goals, Utility, and Probability. Relevance, Rationality, and Tacit Processing. Reasoning as Decision Making: The Case of the Selection Task. Prior Belief. Deductive Competence. A Dual Process Theory of Thinking.
First Published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and
Francis, an informa company.
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