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This thought-provoking collection of essays analyses the complex,
multi-faceted, and even contradictory nature of Stalinism and its
representations. Stalinism was an extraordinarily repressive and
violent political model, and yet it was led by ideologues committed
to a vision of socialism and international harmony. The essays in
this volume stress the complex, multi-faceted, and often
contradictory nature of Stalin, Stalinism, and Stalinist-style
leadership, and. explore the complex picture that emerges. Broadly
speaking, three important areas of debate are examined, united by a
focus on political leadership: * The key controversies surrounding
Stalin's leadership role * A reconsideration of Stalin and the Cold
War * New perspectives on the cult of personality Revisioning
Stalin and Stalinism is a crucial volume for all students and
scholars of Stalin's Russia and Cold War Europe.
Simultaneously a handbook and a critique of one, Beyond Craft
combines an orientation to the field of creative writing with an
insight into current scholarship surrounding creative writing
pedagogy. A much-needed alternative to the traditional craft guide,
this text pairs advice and exercises on composition with an
illuminating commentary on the issues surrounding these very
techniques. Teaching the craft whilst apprising students of the
issues of craft pedagogy, this book allows them to gain an
awareness of how current pedagogy comes at the expense of larger
and increasingly relevant cultural concerns. Westbrook and Ryan
bring emerging writers into the larger conversations that define
the field, inviting them to: - Contextualize their own writing
practices and educational experiences in relation to the history of
creative writing as an academic discipline. - Determine how New
Critical lore and Romantic mythology may affect-even distort-their
understanding of literary production. - Critically examine their
notions of authorship, collaboration, and invention in relation to
contemporary literary and rhetorical theory. - Understand and
evaluate the economic, social, political, and professional
challenges facing creative writers today. - Analyze the
contemporary literary marketplace not only to identify potential
publication contexts but also to understand how issues of diversity
and bias affect writing communities. - Reflect on how increasingly
rapid technological developments may affect their own writing and
the future of literature. Earnestly self-aware throughout, Beyond
Craft both inducts new writers into the field of creative writing
and infuses them with an understanding of the wider dialogue
surrounding their craft.
This edited collection of chapters from invited scholars, explores
issues of social justice and micropolitics in educational
institutions. More specifically, it examines the ways in which
social justice workers navigate, or can navigate, (micro) political
systems in their quest to promote social justice. Issues of social
justice and micropolitics are particularly important in this day
and age as standardizing regimes and polarizing forces continue to
erode the already perilous condition of the traditionally
disadvantaged. While social justice workers make it a point to
acknowledge the plight of the less fortunate, their well-meaning
attempts to take action are not always successful. This requires
that they acknowledge the realities of the micropolitical
environments in which they work, and to take action in these arenas
if they are to achieve their socialjustice goals. The title of the
book, Working (With/out) the System, draws attention to the ways in
which social justice workers/leaders (teachers, administrators,
students, community members) navigate educational institutions and
the wider social systems that are not always hospitable to changes
that promote social justice. This volume describes the prospects,
possibilities and actual practice of working with, working without,
and working outside of educational organizations to promote social
justice. Among other topics, the chapters probe: the manner in
which social justice-minded leaders navigate micropolitical
environments the ways in which social justice minded leaders
promote and sustain social justice action within systemic contexts
the difficulties and successes that they experience.
This book describes the struggles in which inclusive-minded
administrators find themselves when they promote equity
initiatives. Administrators routinely struggle when they attempt to
include all members of their school communities - teachers,
students, and parents - in the various aspects of schooling. Given
the presence of a host of obstacles, setting right the injustices
associated with racism, classism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, and
other exclusive practices is not an easy thing to do. Resistance
from colleagues who fail to recognize exclusive practices when they
see them, and from others who do recognize them but see no harm,
too few resources, exclusive policies, personal uncertainties or
insecurities, and conflicted priorities are just a few of the
phenomena that get in the way of these efforts. This book explores
these struggles. It looks at the contexts within which these
encounters occur, the various challenges that inclusive-minded
administrators encounter, and the strategies that they employ to
meet these tests. Employing the results of original empirical
studies, surveys of current research, recent theoretical literature
and personal experiences, this book seeks to provide school leaders
with a sense of what it is like to promote inclusion and equity in
the contemporary neoliberal context. Among other things, it looks
to provide educators of an understanding of the obstacles that
stand in the way of inclusion, the nature of the struggles that
await them, and ideas for what they might do. Among other things,
the book concludes that in relation to the pursuit of inclusion:
(1) exclusion continues to be part of contemporary schools and
communities; (2) struggles for inclusion transcend individual
educators, students and parents; (3) administrators are sometimes
part of the problem of exclusion; (4) administrators struggle with
issues of difference; (5) administrators struggle with
circumstances they inherit, people with whom they work, and with
themselves; and (6) administrators have resources to employ in
their struggles for inclusion.
Children's adventure feature following the attempts of a dog to
return his owner's beloved cuddly toy. When young Laney Brooks
(Alyssa Shafer) is given a teddy bear as a present from one of her
father, writer Michael (Dean Cain)'s acquaintances, she soon
becomes enamoured with it, taking it everywhere. The teddy even
sleeps beside her on the spot that used to belong to the family
dog, Aussie (voice of James Ryan). Envious of Laney's new friend,
the canine tries to get rid of him but he soon regrets his actions
when he sees how sad his owner is. He sets out on a journey to
retrieve the teddy, a feat that is made all the more difficult by
the fact that the toy has been taken away by a rubbish truck.
It is autumn 1942, and young Balbriggan teacher Matt Duggan arrives
on his first posting at the small town of Rathisland in the Irish
midlands, barely alive to the global war raging outside. Lawn
tennis alternates with Church and classroom politics, as rehearsals
take place for a staging of Hamlet. Beneath the surface are pockets
of support for Germany, and plans afoot to link up with the
Wehrmacht. Matt has a mesmerizing first encounter with
nineteen-year-old Madelene Coll and, as she edges her way out from
the watchful eyes of her aunts, she and Matt enter a world they
will remember for the rest of their lives. When a Messerschmitt
crash-lands in the locality that world is knocked from its axis.
Before long the inherent contradictions of Emergency Ireland boil
to the surface, involving Matt and Madelene in a misadventure with
deeply tragic consequences. This nuanced coming-of-age story
rehearses the inner narrative of neutral Ireland as public
perception contends with private experience in a series of
convergent tableaux. Beautifully evoked and implosive, divided
personal loyalties mirror the wider dramas of the wider European
stage. South of the Border is a gem of narrative that brings the
reader into the heart of a reality that was wartime Ireland.
Follow along through life journey of Phillip, a man who believes he
has a candle within his chest. He experiences life in its wide
breadth, peaks, valleys, and everything in-between, while also
exploring a relationship with the Candle Maker, who is the giver of
all light. Through this unique relationship, Phillip learns about
the gift of light and deciding what to do with it over the course
of a lifetime.
Introduces undergraduates to the key debates regarding space and
culture and the key theoretical arguments which guide cultural
geographical work. This book addresses the impact, significance,
and characteristics of the 'cultural turn' in contemporary
geography. It focuses on the development of the cultural geography
subdiscipline and on what has made it a peculiar and unique realm
of study. It demonstrates the importance of culture in the
development of debates in other subdisciplines within geography and
beyond. In line with these previous themes, the significance of
space in the production of cultural values and expressions is also
developed. Along with its timely examination of the health of the
cultural geographical subdiscipline, this book is to be valued for
its analysis of the impact of cultural theory on studies elsewhere
in geography and of ideas of space and spatiality elsewhere in the
social sciences.
The first detailed account in English of the battle that defined
the elite unit's fidelity to the mission. The battle was fought at
Camerone, some 40 miles west of Vera Cruz, Mexico, on April 30,
1863; the opponents were the half-strength 3d Company, 1st
Battalion, of the Legion opposed by more than 2,000 Mexican
regulars and guerrillas. After several fights against the Mexican
lancers just beyond the deserted La Trinidad Hacienda at Camerone,
the 3d took cover behind the old walls of the hacienda. There, for
ten hours the Legion withstands repeated assaults from a Mexican
force that grew to more than 2,000 men. Finally, the surviving
officer and four men of the 3d charge into the midst of the massed
"juaristaS." The officer is mortally wounded, two men are killed,
the other two captured. The Legion has never regarded Camerone as a
defeat but rather as the prime example of fidelity to the mission.
Annually, on April 30, Legion units, whether in peace or war,
commemorate the gallantry of the 3d of the 1st.
This book explores the development of Lenin s thinking on
violence throughout his career, from the last years of the Tsarist
regime in Russia through to the 1920s and the New Economic Policy,
and provides an important assessment of the significance of
ideological factors for understanding Soviet state violence as
directed by the Bolshevik leadership during its first years in
power. It highlights the impact of the First World War, in
particular its place in Bolshevik discourse as a source of
legitimating Soviet state violence after 1917, and explains the
evolution of Bolshevik dictatorship over the half decade during
which Lenin led the revolutionary state. It examines the militant
nature of the Leninist worldview, Lenin s conception of the
revolutionary state, the evolution of his understanding of
"dictatorship of the proletariat," and his version of "just war."
The book argues that ideology can be considered primarily important
for understanding the violent and dictatorial nature of the early
Soviet state, at least when focused on the party elite, but it is
also clear that ideology cannot be understood in a contextual
vacuum. The oppressive nature of Tsarist rule, the bloodiness of
the First World War, and the vulnerability of the early Soviet
state as it struggled to survive against foreign and domestic
opponents were of crucial significance. The book sets Lenin s
thinking on violence within the wider context of a violent world.
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This book explores the development of Lenin's thinking on violence
throughout his career, from the last years of the Tsarist regime in
Russia through to the 1920s and the New Economic Policy, and
provides an important assessment of the significance of ideological
factors for understanding Soviet state violence as directed by the
Bolshevik leadership during its first years in power. It highlights
the impact of the First World War, in particular its place in
Bolshevik discourse as a source of legitimating Soviet state
violence after 1917, and explains the evolution of Bolshevik
dictatorship over the half decade during which Lenin led the
revolutionary state. It examines the militant nature of the
Leninist worldview, Lenin's conception of the revolutionary state,
the evolution of his understanding of "dictatorship of the
proletariat", and his version of "just war". The book argues that
ideology can be considered primarily important for understanding
the violent and dictatorial nature of the early Soviet state, at
least when focused on the party elite, but it is also clear that
ideology cannot be understood in a contextual vacuum. The
oppressive nature of Tsarist rule, the bloodiness of the First
World War, and the vulnerability of the early Soviet state as it
struggled to survive against foreign and domestic opponents were of
crucial significance. The book sets Lenin's thinking on violence
within the wider context of a violent world.
Introduces undergraduates to the key debates regarding space and
culture and the key theoretical arguments which guide cultural
geographical work. This book addresses the impact, significance,
and characteristics of the 'cultural turn' in contemporary
geography. It focuses on the development of the cultural geography
subdiscipline and on what has made it a peculiar and unique realm
of study. It demonstrates the importance of culture in the
development of debates in other subdisciplines within geography and
beyond. In line with these previous themes, the significance of
space in the production of cultural values and expressions is also
developed. Along with its timely examination of the health of the
cultural geographical subdiscipline, this book is to be valued for
its analysis of the impact of cultural theory on studies elsewhere
in geography and of ideas of space and spatiality elsewhere in the
social sciences.
The advent of photography opened up new worlds to 19th century
viewers, who were able to visualize themselves and the world beyond
in unprecedented detail. But the emphasis on the photography's
objectivity masked the subjectivity inherent in deciding what to
record, from what angle and when. This text examines this inherent
subjectivity. Drawing on photographs that come from personal
albums, corporate archives, commercial photographers, government
reports and which were produced as art, as record, as data, the
work shows how the photography shaped and was shaped by
geographical concerns.
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