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Johannesburg was still a brash mining town, better known for the
production of wealth than knowledge, and the University of the
Witwatersrand a mere ten years old when, in 1932, these ten
lectures were delivered under the auspices of the University
Philosophical Society. They portrayed the ideas of the university's
leading academics of the day, and the programme of lectures reveals
a studied effort to introduce an element of bipartisan political
representation between English and Afrikaner in South Africa by
including Wits' first principal, Jan Hofmeyr, and politician, D.F.
Malan, as discussion chairs. Yet, no black intellectuals were
represented and, indeed, the politics of racial segregation bursts
through the text only in a few of the contributions. For the most
part, race is alluded to only in passing. As Saul Dubow explains in
his new introduction to this re-issue of the lectures, Our Changing
World-View was an occasion for Wits' leading faculty members to
position the young university as a mature institution with a
leadership role in public affairs. Above all, it was a means to
project the university as a research as well as a teaching
institution, led by a vigorous and ambitious cohort of
liberal-minded intellectuals. That all were male and white will be
immediately apparent to readers of this reissued volume. Ranging
from economics, psychology, a spurious rebuttal of evolution to a
substantial revisionist history and the perils of the 'machine
age', this book is a sombre reflection of intellectual history and
the academy's role in promulgating political and social divisions
in South Africa.
This collection of essays examines the polyvalent concept of "New
Worlds" in the context of medieval and early modern sermon studies.
While the terms "Old World" and "New World" are commonplace in
studies of Europe and the Americas, this volume explores how
preaching in the Atlantic world and beyond creatively engaged
audiences in addressing new cultural and religious perspectives
regardless of their geographical location and time period. The
identification of the "other" in sermons is already an implicit
recognition of a novel world, which could be equally enticing and
intimidating. The scholars represented in this volume examine a
wide panorama of medieval and early modern efforts as they identify
how sermons, which often served as a highly effective media of mass
communication, reflect shifting identities, sometimes contested and
sometimes embraced, within long-standing traditional constructs.
Particular themes include apocalypticism, art and mission, cultural
interaction, multilingualism, forms of religious life, and
theological innovation.
This volume argues that the West may have emerged victorious in the
conflict of ideologies, but no nation can be considered truly
wealthy if a significant proportion of its citizens are forced into
unemployment or early retirement. Apart from the personal hardship
and indignity caused, unemployment and early retirement create a
huge funding problem for the state which has to resort to high
taxation and borrowing to fund this in a humane society. This high
level of taxation and borrowing in turn depresses economic activity
and wellbeing. The main obstacles to reform are ignorance of an
alternative economic strategy and the reluctance of economists to
admit their error, though the latter is changing. John Young
focuses on today's conundrum: why is it that with modern
technology, which can produce in a day - or even hours - what had
taken weeks or months before, there is still grinding poverty, and,
paradoxically, the greatest poverty is often found side by side
with the greatest wealth in the world's major cities. A growing
number of economists are admitting that conventional economics
cannot solve the problem of poverty and unemployment. This book
offers a way forward that would also take into consideration
environmental concerns. John Young is the author of "Reasoning
Things Out"
This collection of essays examines the polyvalent concept of "New
Worlds" in the context of medieval and early modern sermon studies.
While the terms "Old World" and "New World" are commonplace in
studies of Europe and the Americas, this volume explores how
preaching in the Atlantic world and beyond creatively engaged
audiences in addressing new cultural and religious perspectives
regardless of their geographical location and time period. The
identification of the "other" in sermons is already an implicit
recognition of a novel world, which could be equally enticing and
intimidating. The scholars represented in this volume examine a
wide panorama of medieval and early modern efforts as they identify
how sermons, which often served as a highly effective media of mass
communication, reflect shifting identities, sometimes contested and
sometimes embraced, within long-standing traditional constructs.
Particular themes include apocalypticism, art and mission, cultural
interaction, multilingualism, forms of religious life, and
theological innovation.
Winner of the Scottish Teenage Book Prize 2019 Longlisted for the
Branford Boase Award 2018 Quick-witted, sharp-tongued Connor
Lambert won't take it any longer: the bullying, the secrets, the
sympathy. He's been dying from cancer for years, but he's not dead
yet. He's going down fighting. Forming an unlikely friendship with
fellow juvenile delinquent Skeates, the pair stage a break out and
set off on a crazy tour across Scotland -- dodging the police, joy
riding and extreme partying -- to find Connor's dad, an inmate at
Shotts prison. But Connor's left two things behind -- the
medication he needs to keep him alive, and the girl who makes
living bearable. A fresh and bold debut novel full of heart, guts
and raw emotion. Farewell Tour of a Terminal Optimist is a
brilliantly funny, thrilling exploration of friendship, identity
and mortality populated with witty, sharply drawn characters.
Can we have certainty? Is the universe due to chance, or is it
designed? Does God exist? Has each of us a soul that survives after
death? Are there unchanging moral laws by which we should live?
This book examines these and many other questions from the
standpoint of reason. It draws on the wisdom of the past, and
especially the perennial philosophy of which St Thomas Aquinas is
the greatest representative, using these insights to discuss topics
affecting us all. A lucid picture is presented of the philosophies
which have followed each other through the centuries, down to
current postmodernism. Their main features are critically examined
and their implications for life and thought are considered, giving
the reader a means to critique modern civilization. John Young
maintains that clarity and certainty about fundamental realities
may be achieved through the exercise of human reason. His
exposition is clear, while never oversimplifying the issues, and
can be followed by the average person with careful and thoughtful
reading. It will be of special value to students engaged in
tertiary studies. True philosophy, Young argues, arises from an
innate power of reasoning accessible to everyone, which it
clarifies and deepens, bringing a formation of mind achievable in
no other way and a unique insight into the greatest realities. A
sound grounding in realist philosophy is urgently needed today,
when confusion abounds. Here is an excellent guide to the
essentials and unity of the subject, clearly and simply written.
John Young, a graduate of the Aquinas Academy in Sydney, Australia,
has taught philosophy in four seminaries and to adult education
groups. He has published hundreds of articles on philosophy,
theology and economics, and is the author of the books Reasoning
Things Out, Catholic Thinking and The Natural Economy.
In the wake of the overthrow of the Haile-Selassie regime in
Ethiopia in 1974 and the coming to power of the military, a number
of opposition forces launched insurrections. But only one movement,
the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) triumphed, liberating
Tigray in 1989, and in an ethnic-based coalition which it
dominated, assuming state power in 1991. This is the first
chronicle of the history of that struggle, and it is based largely
on interviews with peasants who formed the core of the Tigrayan
revolution and the TPLF leadership. It provides the necessary
background to understanding post-1991 political developments in
Ethiopia. It also offers an explanation of peasant-based revolution
that contrasts with contemporary approaches by Marxists, Skocpol,
and in particular the works of Wolf, Paige and Scott, all of whom
largely ignore the political considerations and the role of the
revolutionary party, which Dr Young identifies as a critical
element in his study.
This book shows how operator theory interacts with function theory
in one and several variables. The authors develop the theory in
detail, leading the reader to the cutting edge of contemporary
research. It starts with a treatment of the theory of bounded
holomorphic functions on the unit disc. Model theory and the
network realization formula are used to solve Nevanlinna-Pick
interpolation problems, and the same techniques are shown to work
on the bidisc, the symmetrized bidisc, and other domains. The
techniques are powerful enough to prove the Julia-Caratheodory
theorem on the bidisc, Lempert's theorem on invariant metrics in
convex domains, the Oka extension theorem, and to generalize
Loewner's matrix monotonicity results to several variables. In Part
II, the book gives an introduction to non-commutative function
theory, and shows how model theory and the network realization
formula can be used to understand functions of non-commuting
matrices.
Almost unnoticed, in the wake of the overthrow of Emperor Haile-Selassie, the coming to power of the military, and the ongoing independence struggle in Eritrea, a band of students launched an insurrection from the northern Ethiopian province of Tigray. Calling themselves the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), they built close relations with Tigray's poverty-stricken peasants and on this basis liberated the province in 1989, and formed an ethnic-based coalition of opposition forces that assumed state power in 1991. This book chronicles that history and focuses in particular on the relationship of the revolutionaries with Ethiopia's peasants.
High Temperature Oxidation and Corrosion of Metals, Second Edition,
provides a high level understanding of the fundamental mechanisms
of high temperature alloy oxidation. It uses this understanding to
develop methods of predicting oxidation rates and the way they
change with temperature, gas chemistry, and alloy composition. The
book focuses on the design and selection of alloy compositions
which provide optimal resistance to attack by corrosive gases,
providing a rigorous treatment of the thermodynamics and kinetics
underlying high temperature alloy corrosion. In addition, it
emphasizes quantitative calculations for predicting reaction rates
and the effects of temperature, oxidant activities, and alloy
compositions. Users will find this book to be an indispensable
source of information for researchers and students who are dealing
with high temperature corrosion.
This book is the second in the three volume set The Labour
governments 1964-1970 and concentrates on Britain's international
policy under the Labour governments in the 1960s and is available
for the first time in paperback. The coverage ranges from defence
policy and the government machine to European integration, NATO and
the Vietnam war. Harold Wilson and his ministers have often been
accused of betraying the sense of promise that greeted their
victory in 1964. Using recently released archival evidence, John
Young argues that a more balanced view of the government will
recognise the real difficulties that surrounded decision-making,
not only on Vietnam, but also on Aden, the Nigerian civil war and
Rhodesia. Economic weakness, waning military strength, Cold War
tensions and the need to placate allies all placed limits on what a
once-great but now clearly declining power could achieve.
Furthermore the government proved of pivotal importance in the
history of Britain's international role, in that it presided over a
major shift from positions East of Suez to a focus on European
concerns, a focus that has remained until the present day. The book
will be of vital importance to students of British history and
international relations during this exciting period. Together with
the other books in the series, on domestic policy and economic
policy, it provides a complete picture of the development of
Britain under the premiership of Harold Wilson. -- .
Presents the findings of a training project in Nepal which teaches
basic animal health care techniques to Nepalese villagers. Ten
years later an evaluation was conducted to determine whether there
was a continuing need for the courses and to assess their
effectiveness. This book describes the course structure, content
and approach, and presents the finding of the evaluation, offering
an insight into a programme which could usefully be replicated in
other rural areas all over the world.
When all else fails, grow the world's largest pumpkin. That becomes
John Crackstone's obsession. He sees his pumpkins, especially the
giant named Schwartz, as his shot at greatness and as his escape.
Dreams of building a pumpkin empire spin absurdly high with the
help of an out-of-work entrepreneur friend. John's ambitions
hopscotch absurdly as he ponders getting rich and showing his
wealthy deacons that he can match or surpass their status in
Concord, MA. When disaster smashes his pumpkin dreams, John seeks
council and clarity from his ministerial mentor in the town of
Worthington, NH
Ulrich von Liechtenstein is the composer and author of numerous
minne songs, writings on the theory of courtly love and a
fictitious autobiography (as a servant of women). He is best known
for his Frauendienst [a žLadiesa (TM) Servicea oe]. The compendium
on Ulrich von Liechtenstein documents our present-day knowledge of
the life, times and work of this interesting and important medieval
author, and at the same time with its innovative research chapters
provides impulses for the continuation of the discourse.
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