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In the first dedicated title on this landmark political comedy,
James Walters provides an in-depth study of the programme's
achievements, by examining its power and influence within society
and evaluating its legacy as a work of television art.
First published in 1998, this volume examines the work of Ronald
Dworkin, the leading legal philosopher of our time, ten years after
his seminal work, Law's Empire. Its impact and influence was so
extensive that the authors felt compelled to undertake both an
in-depth analysis of both the book itself and its critical
reaction, including a survey of the literature on Law's Empire.
First published in 1998, this volume examines the work of Ronald
Dworkin, the leading legal philosopher of our time, ten years after
his seminal work, Law's Empire. Its impact and influence was so
extensive that the authors felt compelled to undertake both an
in-depth analysis of both the book itself and its critical
reaction, including a survey of the literature on Law's Empire.
Examines how the form and function of the Covenants were shorn of
religious implications and repurposed, serving a pluralistic vision
of the role of religion in politics and public life. Until now,
scholarship on the Covenants has mainly focussed on their role in
the conflicts of the 1640s, with discussion of the Covenants after
1660 mostly limited to the context of violent Scottish radicalism.
This book moves beyond a rigid focus on Scotland to explore the
legacy of the Covenants in England. It examines the discourse
surrounding key events in the Restoration period and traces the
influence of the Covenants in the context of radical
Presbyterianism, and in mainstream debates around politics, church
government, and the constitution of the British kingdoms. The
Covenants continued to have relevance in two primary respects.
Firstly, the Covenants were used as reference points for discussing
the competing legacies of the English and Scottish Reformations and
the confused issues of church and state that defined the
Restoration period. Furthermore, the form of the Covenants as
solemn individual subscriptions to a constitutional and religious
model, and the political ideas that underpinned them, were emulated
by those seeking to resist royal authority during the Exclusion
Crisis of 1679-81, and during the events surrounding the Revolution
of 1688. Thus, this book holds particular interest for students of
constitutionalism, legal pluralism or civil religion in
seventeenth-century Britain, and for those seeking to deepen their
understanding of the intellectual origins of the Wars of the Three
Kingdoms and the Revolution of 1688-9.
Opening the way for a reexamination of Matthew Arnold's unique
contributions to ethical criticism, James Walter Caufield
emphasizes the central role of philosophical pessimism in Arnold's
master tropes of "culture" and "conduct." Caufield uses Arnold's
ethics as a lens through which to view key literary and cultural
movements of the past 150 years, demonstrating that Arnoldian
conduct is grounded in a Victorian ethic of "renouncement," a form
of altruism that wholly informs both Arnold's poetry and prose and
sets him apart from the many nineteenth-century public moralists.
Arnold's thought is situated within a cultural and philosophical
context that shows the continuing relevance of "renouncement" to
much contemporary ethical reflection, from the political kenosis of
Giorgio Agamben and the pensiero debole of Gianni Vattimo, to the
ethical criticism of Wayne C. Booth and Martha Nussbaum. In
refocusing attention on Arnold's place within the broad history of
critical and social thought, Caufield returns the poet and critic
to his proper place as a founding father of modern cultural
criticism.
Opening the way for a reexamination of Matthew Arnold's unique
contributions to ethical criticism, James Walter Caufield
emphasizes the central role of philosophical pessimism in Arnold's
master tropes of "culture" and "conduct." Caufield uses Arnold's
ethics as a lens through which to view key literary and cultural
movements of the past 150 years, demonstrating that Arnoldian
conduct is grounded in a Victorian ethic of "renouncement," a form
of altruism that wholly informs both Arnold's poetry and prose and
sets him apart from the many nineteenth-century public moralists.
Arnold's thought is situated within a cultural and philosophical
context that shows the continuing relevance of "renouncement" to
much contemporary ethical reflection, from the political kenosis of
Giorgio Agamben and the pensiero debole of Gianni Vattimo, to the
ethical criticism of Wayne C. Booth and Martha Nussbaum. In
refocusing attention on Arnold's place within the broad history of
critical and social thought, Caufield returns the poet and critic
to his proper place as a founding father of modern cultural
criticism.
Religion and the Public Sphere: New Conversations explores the
changing contribution of religion to public life today. Bringing
together a diverse group of preeminent scholars on religion, each
chapter explores an aspect of religion in the public realm, from
law, liberalism, the environment and security to the public
participation of religious minorities and immigration. This book
engages with religion in new ways, going beyond religious literacy
or debates around radicalisation, to look at how religion can
contribute to public discourse. Religion, this book will show, can
help inform the most important debates of our time.
More than a manual on techniques or a pattern book, this guide
suggests innovative approaches to traditional hooks, stitches, and
yarns. More than 80 colour photographs and 49 line drawings are
featured in the book.
Religion and the Public Sphere: New Conversations explores the
changing contribution of religion to public life today. Bringing
together a diverse group of preeminent scholars on religion, each
chapter explores an aspect of religion in the public realm, from
law, liberalism, the environment and security to the public
participation of religious minorities and immigration. This book
engages with religion in new ways, going beyond religious literacy
or debates around radicalisation, to look at how religion can
contribute to public discourse. Religion, this book will show, can
help inform the most important debates of our time.
Chaplaincy is a rapidly growing ministry, but one that has been the
centre of little theological discussion. Focusing on understanding
what chaplaincy is and how it is exercised in different contexts,
this book intends to support the work of chaplains by providing a
theological examination of their ministry. The chapters in this
book discuss how the work of chaplains outside the structures of
the Church and yet frequently carried out by ministers authorized
by the Church relates to some of the key questions of how the
Church understands itself in relation to the world (i.e.
institutions and structures that are not part of the church),
whether or not the chaplains should engage in converting
non-Christians to Christianity, and how chaplaincy is carried out
both from within Christianity and in a multi-faith environment.
This book explores the role of chaplains and the benefits of
chaplaincy as a form of ministry as well as an examination of the
personal characteristics and disposition best suited to serving as
a chaplain. Chaplaincy and Christian Theology considers the nature
of chaplaincy in public spaces and the implications of Christian
theology within this ministry. Essential reading for chaplains,
students of theology, and anyone involved in Christian ministry and
Christian theology.
This innovative and timely collection offers a wide-reaching
critical evaluation of performance in television, mapping out key
conventions, practices and concerns while introducing performance
theory and criticism to the established field of television
studies. Chapters from leading scholars move through a range of
examples from different styles and genres, from Game of Thrones to
America's Next Top Model. Individual performances are analysed in
close detail as the authors debate central questions of meaning,
value and achievement. Opening out new pathways for inquiry and
investigation, this book is an important touchstone for
undergraduate and postgraduate students of television, media and
theatre studies with an interest in the work of actors and
non-actors on screen.
Film is made of moments. In its earliest form, the cinema was a
moment: mere seconds recorded and projected into the darkness. Even
as film has developed into today's complex and intricate medium, it
is the brief, temporary and transitory that combines to create the
whole. Our memories of films are composed of the moments we deem to
be crucial: touchstones for our understanding and appreciation.
Moments matter. The 38 specially commissioned essays in Film
Moments examine a wide selection of key scenes across a broad
spectrum of national cinemas, historical periods and genres,
featuring films by renowned auteurs including Alfred Hitchcock,
Jean Renoir and Vincente Minnelli and important contemporary
directors such as Pedro Costa, Zhang Ke Jia and Quentin Tarantino,
addressing films including City Lights, Gone with the Wind, The
Wizard of Oz, The Night of the Hunter, Wild Strawberries, 8 1?2,
Bonnie and Clyde, Star Wars, Conte d'ete, United 93 and Lord of the
Rings: Return of the King. Film Moments provides both an
enlightening introduction for students to the diversity of
approaches and concerns in the study of film, and a dynamic and
vibrant account of key film sequences for anyone interested in
enhancing their understanding of cinema.
A desire to recreate Minoan palaces, villas, and houses of the Late
Bronze Age inspired the author of this book to undertake an eight
year research program that has radically modified our conception of
the appearance of Cretan dwellings. He not only interprets the use
of the rooms that partially survive but reconstructs the guest
suites and banquet halls of the vanished upper storeys. Written
both as a preparation for a visit to Crete and as an actual guide
to the sites," the book is prefaced with an account of the island's
geography, history, and culture in antiquity, and packed with
illustrations including photographs, plans, reconstructions, and a
map of the island showing the sites. Originally published in 1987.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
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