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The Modernization of the Western World presents an overview of the
history of Western civilization and provides readers with the
intellectual tools they need to comprehend how societies function
and change. Covering Western history from ancient history to the
current era of globalization, it draws on the tradition of
historical sociology to describe the forces of social change and
what they have meant to the lives of the people caught in the midst
of them. This second edition is revised throughout to bring the
content up to date with recent developments and discusses key
themes such as terrorism, refugees, the European Union and
multinational corporations. It also includes a new chapter on the
Ancient World, covering this era from the advent of urbanization
and agriculture in the Middle East to the fall of Rome and
emergence of Christianity, providing valuable historical context.
Clear and concise, this book succinctly illustrates the essential
turning points in the history of Western society and identifies the
economic, social, political and cultural forces that are
transforming the wider world to this day. Illustrated with maps and
images and containing a glossary and new boxed features explaining
key concepts, this is the perfect introductory book for students of
the development of Western civilization.
Music abounds in twentieth- century Irish literature. Whether it be
the "thought-tormented" music of Joyce's "The Dead", the folk tunes
and opera that resound throughout Ulysses, or the four- part
threnody in Beckett's Watt, it is clear that the influence of music
on the written word in Ireland is deeply significant. Samuel
Beckett arguably went further than any other writer in the
incorporation of musical ideas into his work. Musical quotations
inhabit his texts, and structural devices such as the da capo are
metaphorically employed. Perhaps most striking is the erosion of
explicit meaning in Beckett's later prose brought about through an
extensive use of repetition, influenced by his reading of
Schopenhauer's philosophy of music. Exploring this notion of
"semantic fluidity", John McGrath discusses the ways in which
Beckett utilised extreme repetition to create texts that operate
and are received more like music. Beckett's writing has attracted
the attention of numerous contemporary composers and an
investigation into how this Beckettian "musicalized fiction" has
been retranslated into contemporary music forms the second half of
the book. Close analyses of the Beckett- inspired music of
experimental composer Morton Feldman and the structured
improvisations of avantjazz guitarist Scott Fields illustrate the
cross- genre appeal of Beckett to musicians, but also demonstrate
how repetition operates in diverse ways. Through the examination of
the pivotal role of repetition in both music and literature of the
twentieth century and beyond, John McGrath's book is a significant
contribution to the field of Word and Music Studies.
Constant scrutiny by surveillance cameras is usually seen as - at best - an invasion of privacy, and at worst an infringement of human rights. But in this radical new account of the uses of surveillance in art, performance and popular culture, John McGrath sets out a surprising alternative: a world where we have much to gain from the experience of being watched. In Loving Big Brother the author tackles head on the overstated claims of the crime-prevention and anti-terrorism lobbies. But he also argues that we can and do desire and enjoy surveillance, and that, if we can understand why this is, we may transform the effect it has on our lives. This text looks at a wide range of performance and visual artists, at popular TV shows and movies, and at our day-to-day encounters with surveillance, rooting its arguments in an accessible reading of cultural theory. This iconoclastic book develops a notion of surveillance space - somewhere beyond the public and the private, somewhere we will all soon live. It's a place we're just beginning to understand.
Written during the 1970s, John McGrath's winding, furious,
innovative play tracks the economic history and exploitation of the
Scottish Highlands from the post-Rebellion suppression of the clans
to the story of the Clearances: in the nineteenth century,
aristocratic landowners discovered the profitability of sheep
farming, and forced a mass emigration of rural Highlanders, burning
their houses in order to make way for the Cheviot sheep. The play
follows the thread of capitalist and repressive exploitation
through the estates of the stag-hunting landed gentry, to the 1970s
rush for profit in the name of North Sea Oil. Described by the
playwright as having a "ceilidh" format, The Cheviot, the Stag and
the Black, Black Oil draws on historical research alongside Gaelic
song and the Scots' love of variety and popular entertainment to
tell this epic story. A totally distinctive cultural and theatrical
phenomenon, the play championed several new approaches to theatre,
raising its profile as a means of political intervention; proposing
a collective, democratic, collaborative approach to creating
theatre; offering a language of performance accessible to
working-class people; producing theatre in non-purpose-built
theatre spaces; breaking down the barrier between audience and
performers through interaction; and taking theatre to people who
otherwise would not access it. The play received its premiere in
1973 by the agit-prop theatre group 7:84, of which John McGrath was
founder and Artistic Director, and toured Scotland to great
critical and audience acclaim.
The Modernization of the Western World presents an overview of the
history of Western civilization and provides readers with the
intellectual tools they need to comprehend how societies function
and change. Covering Western history from ancient history to the
current era of globalization, it draws on the tradition of
historical sociology to describe the forces of social change and
what they have meant to the lives of the people caught in the midst
of them. This second edition is revised throughout to bring the
content up to date with recent developments and discusses key
themes such as terrorism, refugees, the European Union and
multinational corporations. It also includes a new chapter on the
Ancient World, covering this era from the advent of urbanization
and agriculture in the Middle East to the fall of Rome and
emergence of Christianity, providing valuable historical context.
Clear and concise, this book succinctly illustrates the essential
turning points in the history of Western society and identifies the
economic, social, political and cultural forces that are
transforming the wider world to this day. Illustrated with maps and
images and containing a glossary and new boxed features explaining
key concepts, this is the perfect introductory book for students of
the development of Western civilization.
Music abounds in twentieth- century Irish literature. Whether it be
the "thought-tormented" music of Joyce's "The Dead", the folk tunes
and opera that resound throughout Ulysses, or the four- part
threnody in Beckett's Watt, it is clear that the influence of music
on the written word in Ireland is deeply significant. Samuel
Beckett arguably went further than any other writer in the
incorporation of musical ideas into his work. Musical quotations
inhabit his texts, and structural devices such as the da capo are
metaphorically employed. Perhaps most striking is the erosion of
explicit meaning in Beckett's later prose brought about through an
extensive use of repetition, influenced by his reading of
Schopenhauer's philosophy of music. Exploring this notion of
"semantic fluidity", John McGrath discusses the ways in which
Beckett utilised extreme repetition to create texts that operate
and are received more like music. Beckett's writing has attracted
the attention of numerous contemporary composers and an
investigation into how this Beckettian "musicalized fiction" has
been retranslated into contemporary music forms the second half of
the book. Close analyses of the Beckett- inspired music of
experimental composer Morton Feldman and the structured
improvisations of avantjazz guitarist Scott Fields illustrate the
cross- genre appeal of Beckett to musicians, but also demonstrate
how repetition operates in diverse ways. Through the examination of
the pivotal role of repetition in both music and literature of the
twentieth century and beyond, John McGrath's book is a significant
contribution to the field of Word and Music Studies.
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The classic manifesto on popular theatre reissued.
It's a story that has a beginning, a middle, but as yet, no end.
John McGrath's winding, furious, innovative play tracks the
economic history and exploitation of the Scottish Highlands from
the post-Rebellion suppression of the clans to the story of the
Clearances: in the 19th century, aristocratic landowners discovered
the profitability of sheep farming, and forced a mass emigration of
rural Highlanders, burning their houses in order to make way for
the Cheviot sheep. Described by the playwright as having a
"ceilidh" format, The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
draws on historical research alongside Gaelic song and the Scots'
love of variety and popular entertainment to tell this epic story.
A totally distinctive cultural and theatrical phenomenon, the play
championed several new approaches to theatre, raising its profile
as a means of political intervention; proposing a collective and
collaborative approach to creating theatre; offering a language of
performance accessible to working-class people; producing theatre
in non-purpose-built theatre spaces; breaking down the barrier
between audience and performers through interaction; and taking
theatre to people who otherwise would not access it. The play
received its premiere in 1973 by the agit-prop theatre group 7:84.
Methuen Drama's iconic Modern Plays series began in 1959 with the
publication of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey and has grown
over six decades to now include more than 1000 plays by some of the
best writers from around the world. This new special edition
hardback of The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil was
published to celebrate 60 years of Methuen Drama's Modern Plays in
2019, chosen by a public vote and features a new foreword by Kate
McGrath.
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Rimini Protokoll; Text written by Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi, John McGrath, Imanuel Schipper, …
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Strathoykel, Sutherland. "When the Sheriff and his men arrived, the
women were on the road and the men behind the walls. The women
shouted 'Better to die here than America or the Cape of Good Hope'.
The first blow was struck by a woman with a stick. The gentry leant
out of their saddles and beat at the women's heads with their
crops." (John McGrath)
Originally published by the Combat Studies Institute Press. This
work provides an organizational history of the maneuver brigade and
case studies of its employment throughout the various wars. Apart
from the text, the appendices at the end of the work provide a
ready reference to all brigade organizations used in the Army since
1917 and the history of the brigade colors.
In the 21st Century, the guitar, as both a material object and tool
for artistic expression, continues to be reimagined and reinvented.
From simple adaptations or modifications made by performers
themselves, to custom-made instruments commissioned to fulfil
specific functions, to the mass production of new lines of
commercially available instruments, the extant and emergent forms
of this much-loved musical instrument vary perhaps more than ever
before. As guitars sporting multiple necks, a greater number of
strings, and additional frets become increasingly common, so too do
those with reduced registers, fewer strings, and fretless
fingerboards. Furthermore, as we approach the mark of the first
quarter-century, the role of technology in relation to the guitar's
protean nature is proving key, from the use of external effects
units to synergies with computers and AR headsets. Such
wide-ranging evolutions and augmentations of the guitar reflect the
advancing creative and expressive needs of the modern guitarist and
offer myriad new affordances. 21st Century Guitar examines the
diverse physical manifestations of the guitar across the modern
performative landscape through a series of essays and interviews.
Academics, performers and dual-practitioners provide significant
insights into the rich array of guitar-based performance practices
emerging and thriving in this century, inviting a reassessment of
the guitar's identity, physicality and sound-creating
possibilities.
The woman is accustomed to taking on difficult assignments, to
suppressing her feelings in the line of duty, to being responsible
disposing of or silencing those the system wants out of the way.
However, when her task is to infiltrate the anti-capitalist
movement - young, diverse and full of hope for change - the MI5
agent begins to question her role. Are these people valid targets?
And aren't they right to protest at the devastation caused by the
greed of the multi-nationals, whose power has been allowed to grow
unchecked?
The past few years have seen considerable advances in our
understanding of the molecular basis underlying cutaneous cell
adhesion mechanisms. Co-authored by a number of leading experts in
the field DEGREESCell Adhesion and Migration in Skin Disease
provides a comprehensive overview of the critical role played by
cell adhesion in determining the structure and function of both
healthy and diseased human skin.
The book is divided into three main sections, with each one
addressing a principal function of adhesion molecules.
The first part focuses on the epidermis, which as the skin's
outermost layer, acts as the human body's primary barrier of
defence. Roles played by cytoskeletal intermediate filaments and
junctional complexes in cutaneous cell adhesion are emphasised with
descriptions of blistering skin diseases that can arise if these
molecules malfunction.
The second part describes the macromolecular interactions
responsible for the anchorage of cells to the underlying
extracellular basement membrane. The experimental approaches
detailed in the text not only reveal how the molecular components
of the dermal-epidermal junction have been elucidated, but also
highlight how mutations in the genes which encode these molecules
are responsible for many heritable skin diseases. Leukocytes
continually infiltrate the skin and patrol it for potentially
harmful pathogens. Control of leukocyte adhesion to resident cells
within the skin and to the extracellular matrix plays a key role in
controlling these processes. These mechanisms constitute the
primary focus of the final section. The pivotal role of leukocytes
is examined in conjunction with the chronic inflammatory diseases
which arise when components of the skin's finely tuned defence
strategy go awry and the potential for these anomalies to be
pinpointed as important immunotherapeutic targets for skin
diseases.
Gender impacts significantly on the onset and nature of schizophrenia suffered by women: the female brain develops more rapidly than the male; estrogens produce antipsychotic effects; the female brain ages differently from the male, with a massive preponderance of female very-late-onset schizophrenia that may be related to a relative excess of dopamine D2 receptors. This comprehensive review is as much about women as it is about schizophrenia, encompassing the biological, endocrinological, epidemiological, reproductive, psychological, and social aspects of schizophrenia as experienced by women. An international, multidisciplinary team of clinicians and mental health researchers review past and current literature, and also assess sex-specific issues and evaluate their therapeutic, clinical, and social implications for more appropriate and effective treatments of schizophrenia in women now and in the future. This volume is essential reading for all clinicians, practitioners, and researchers involved with mental health and with women's health.
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