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Early modern Spain was a global empire in which a startling variety
of medical cultures came into contact, and occasionally conflict,
with one another. Spanish soldiers, ambassadors, missionaries,
sailors, and emigrants of all sorts carried with them to the
farthest reaches of the monarchy their own ideas about sickness and
health. These ideas were, in turn, influenced by local cultures.
This volume tells the story of encounters among medical cultures in
the early modern Spanish empire. The twelve chapters draw upon a
wide variety of sources, ranging from drama, poetry, and sermons to
broadsheets, travel accounts, chronicles, and Inquisitorial
documents; and it surveys a tremendous regional scope, from Mexico,
to the Canary Islands, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, and Germany.
Together, these essays propose a new interpretation of the
circulation, reception, appropriation, and elaboration of ideas and
practices related to sickness and health, sex, monstrosity, and
death, in a historical moment marked by continuous
cross-pollination among institutions and populations with a decided
stake in the functioning and control of the human body. Ultimately,
the volume discloses how medical cultures provided demographic,
analytical, and even geographic tools that constituted a particular
kind of map of knowledge and practice, upon which were plotted: the
local utilities of pharmacological discoveries; cures for social
unrest or decline; spaces for political and institutional struggle;
and evolving understandings of monstrousness and normativity.
Medical Cultures of the Early Modern Spanish Empire puts the
history of early modern Spanish medicine on a new footing in the
English-speaking world.
Russell's classic examination of the relation between individual
experience and the general body of scientific knowledge. It is a
rigorous examination of the problems of an empiricist epistemology.
From 1931 to 1935 Bertrand Russell was one of the regular
contributors to the literary pages of the New York American,
together with other distinguished authors such as Aldous Huxley and
Vita Sackville-West. Mortals and Others presents a selection of his
essays, ranging from the politically correct to the perfectly
obscure: from Is the World Going Mad? to Should Socialists Smoke
Good Cigars? Even though written in the politically heated climate
of the 1930s, these essays are surprisingly topical and engaging
for the present-day reader. Mortals and Others serves as a
splendid, fresh introduction to the compassionate eclecticism of
Bertrand Russell's mind.
'Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and
acheived fewer results than any other branch of learning ... I
believe that the time has now arrived when this unsatisfactory
state of affairs can be brought to an end' - Bertrand Russell So
begins Our Knowledge of the Eternal World, Bertrand Russell's
classic attempt to show by means of examples, the nature, capacity
and limitations of the logico-analytical method in philosophy.
Our Knowledge of the External World is a compilation of lectures
Bertrand Russell delivered in the US in which he questions the very
relevance and legitimacy of philosophy. In it he investigates the
relationship between 'individual' and 'scientific' knowledge and
questions the means in which we have come to understand our
physical world. This is an explosive and controversial work that
illustrates instances where the claims of philosophers have been
excessive, and examines why their achievements have not been
greater.
`It is the nearest thing to a systematic philosophy written by one who does not believe in systems of philosophy. Its scope is encyclopedic ... a joy to read.' - Sydney Hook, New York Times
`His intelligibility comes of stating things directly as he himself sees them, sharply defined and readily crystallised in the best English philosophical style.' - TLS
`Of peculiar importance in that it is an exemplar, for the general reader, of Russell's special contribution to human knowledge. In it he applies with his usual lucidity and wit, the methods of inquiry, which he has done so much to develop, to the question of how we come to know whatever we do know about the universe.' - The Observer
Early modern Spain was a global empire in which a startling variety
of medical cultures came into contact, and occasionally conflict,
with one another. Spanish soldiers, ambassadors, missionaries,
sailors, and emigrants of all sorts carried with them to the
farthest reaches of the monarchy their own ideas about sickness and
health. These ideas were, in turn, influenced by local cultures.
This volume tells the story of encounters among medical cultures in
the early modern Spanish empire. The twelve chapters draw upon a
wide variety of sources, ranging from drama, poetry, and sermons to
broadsheets, travel accounts, chronicles, and Inquisitorial
documents; and it surveys a tremendous regional scope, from Mexico,
to the Canary Islands, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, and Germany.
Together, these essays propose a new interpretation of the
circulation, reception, appropriation, and elaboration of ideas and
practices related to sickness and health, sex, monstrosity, and
death, in a historical moment marked by continuous
cross-pollination among institutions and populations with a decided
stake in the functioning and control of the human body. Ultimately,
the volume discloses how medical cultures provided demographic,
analytical, and even geographic tools that constituted a particular
kind of map of knowledge and practice, upon which were plotted: the
local utilities of pharmacological discoveries; cures for social
unrest or decline; spaces for political and institutional struggle;
and evolving understandings of monstrousness and normativity.
Medical Cultures of the Early Modern Spanish Empire puts the
history of early modern Spanish medicine on a new footing in the
English-speaking world.
Series Information: Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell
This volume contains Russell's reviews of and introductions to
other philosophical works including his famous introduction to
Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.
This book is not a treatment of the theory of design patterns. We
show design patterns applied in real-world architectural scenarios
so that you can see them in action and see the benefits that they
bring. It explains why it's worth spending time building design
patterns into your applications, even though this may seem at odds
with Rapid Application Development. After a fast-paced introduction
to design patterns, the core of this book consists of three case
studies, which show how design patterns are applied in each of the
main tiers of an application: the data, business, and presentation
layers. These case studies flesh out the reader's understanding of
design patterns, and show how they can be employed in real
scenarios that will be instantly recognizable to all VB .NET
programmers. The book also shows how design patterns can be used in
conjunction with .NET Remoting, so that they can be applied not
just within individual tiers, but across them as well. Since many
VB .NET programmers may not be completely familiar with UML, we
also provide a UML primer as an appendix.
During the period covered by this volume, Bertrand Russell first
retired from and then resumed his philosophical career. In 1927 he
published two philosophy books, The Analysis of Matter and An
Outline of Philosophy. His next book in academic philosophy, An
Inquiry into Meaning and Truth, was not published until 1940.
Yet, Russell published a significant amount of essays and popular
books between 1927 and 1946, mostly to finance the running of
Beacon Hill School, and his growing family. Those years also saw
his break-up with Dora Russell, his marriage to Patricia (Peter)
Spence and a move of the family to the United States.
Volume 10 brings together Russell's writings on ethics, politics,
religion and academic philsophy. It is an invaluable guide to the
thought and development of one of the most famous philosophers of
this century.
Series Information: Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell
This volume collects together all of Russell's philosophical papers
inspired by his work with Whitehead on "Principia Mathematica."
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Violent Playground (DVD)
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1950s drama in which a detective is reassigned to the position of
Juvenile Liaison Officer for the city of Liverpool and sets about
tackling youth crime. Truman (Stanley Baker) is initially unhappy
with his new position, feeling that it will thwart his attempts to
catch the arsonist doing a great deal of damage to the city. Things
improve when he meets and falls in love with Cathie Murphy (Anne
Heywood) through the misbehaviour of her younger siblings. However,
the misdemeanours of the older brother of the Murphy family,
Johnnie (David McCallum), are of a more serious nature and Truman
will have to use all of his personal and policing skills to try and
keep the family together.
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