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The ?nihonjinron? is a body of writing and thought which
constitutes a major and highly thought of academic industry in
Japan. It analyses the Japanese identity and presupposes that the
Japanese differ radically from other people in their make-up. It
believes that their uniqueness is due to linguistic, sociological
and philosophical differences.
First published in 1988, this book is a critical analysis of the
thought on which the ?nihonjinron? is based. Placing particular
emphasis upon psychoanalysis, which constitutes the centrepiece of
the book, Peter Dale reasons that the ?nihonjinron? should be
treated as a mythological system.
Compiled with the assistance of the Museums Association, this
important directory incorporates over 2,100 museums - almost double
the number of inclusions in the 1st edition. It covers all types,
including collections of artefacts. The index contains over 3,000
subjects. It is designed particularly to uncover those holdings
that are more unusual and less well-known. The directory covers all
subjects except living organisms. An indispensable reference source
for the library and an ideal companion for researcher or enthusiast
alike.
Ecstatic Pessimist is a timely book about the Central and Eastern
European experience of the mid 20th century, as told through the
poetry and experiences of Czeslaw Milosz, Nobel Laureate for
literature, who wrote on the horrors of war and the human
experience. Written by a colleague and friend of the poet, it is
part literary criticism and part memoir. This biography/memoir of
Czeslaw Milosz is a first hand account of the poet's life and his
relationship to the author, beginning in the 1960s. Milosz was a
Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat.
Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the
1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish
Academy called Milosz a writer who "voices man's exposed condition
in a world of severe conflicts".
Ecstatic Pessimist is a timely book about the Central and Eastern
European experience of the mid 20th century, as told through the
poetry and experiences of Czeslaw Milosz, Nobel Laureate for
literature, who wrote on the horrors of war and the human
experience. Written by a colleague and friend of the poet, it is
part literary criticism and part memoir. This biography/memoir of
Czeslaw Milosz is a first hand account of the poet's life and his
relationship to the author, beginning in the 1960s. Milosz was a
Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat.
Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the
1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish
Academy called Milosz a writer who "voices man's exposed condition
in a world of severe conflicts".
The second edition of a bestseller, Mathematical Techniques in GIS
demystifies the mathematics used in the manipulation of spatially
related data. The author takes a step-by-step approach through the
basics of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus
that underpin the management of such data. He then explores the use
of matrices, determinants and vectors in the handling of geographic
information so that the data may be analyzed and displayed in
two-dimensional form either in the visualization of the terrain or
as map projections. See What's New in the Second Edition: Summaries
at the end of each chapter Worked examples of techniques described
Additional material on matrices and vectors Further material on map
projections New material on spatial correlation A new section on
global positioning systems Written for those who need to make use
geographic information systems but have a limited mathematical
background, this book introduces the basic statistical techniques
commonly used in geographic information systems and explains
best-fit solutions and the mathematics behind satellite
positioning. By understanding the mathematics behind the gathering,
processing, and display of information, you can better advise
others on the integrity of results, the quality of the information,
and the safety of using it.
A study at many levels of Scott's long poem Coming to Jakarta, a
book-length response to a midlife crisis triggered in part by the
author's initial inability to share his knowledge and horror about
American involvement in the great Indonesian massacre of 1965.
Interviews with Ng supply fuller information about the poem's
discussions of: a) how this psychological trauma led to an
explorations of violence in American society and then, after a key
recognition, in the poet himself; b) the poem's look at east-west
relations through the lens of the yin-yang, spiritual-secular
doubleness of the human condition; c) how the process of writing
the poem led to the recovery of memories too threatening at first
to be retained by his normal presentational self, and d) the
mystery of right action, guided by the Bhagavad Gita and the maxim
in the Gospel of Thomas that "If you bring forth what is within
you, what you bring forth will save you." Led by the interviews to
greater self-awareness, Scott then analyses his poem as also an
elegy, not just for the dead in Indonesia, but "for the passing of
the Sixties era, when so many of us imagined that a Movement might
achieve major changes for a better America." Subsequent chapters
develop how human doubleness can lead to an inner tension between
the needs of politics and the needs of poetry, and how some poetry
can serve as a non-violent higher politics, contributing to the
evolution of human culture and thus our "second nature." The book
also reproduces a Scott prose essay, inspired by the poem, on the
U.S. involvement in and support for the 1965 massacre. It then
discusses how this essay was translated into Indonesian and
officially banned by the Indonesian dictatorship, and how
ultimately it and the poem helped inspire the ground-breaking films
of Josh Oppenheimer that have led to the first official discussions
in Indonesia of what happened in 1965.
This provocative, thoroughly researched book explores the covert
aspects of U.S. foreign policy. Prominent political analyst Peter
Dale Scott marshals compelling evidence to expose the extensive
growth of sanctioned but illicit violence in politics and state
affairs, especially when related to America's long-standing
involvement with the global drug traffic. Beginning with Thailand
in the 1950s, Americans have become inured to the CIA's alliances
with drug traffickers (and their bankers) to install and sustain
right-wing governments. The pattern has repeated itself in Laos,
Vietnam, Italy, Mexico, Thailand, Nigeria, Venezuela, Colombia,
Peru, Chile, Panama, Honduras, Turkey, Pakistan, and now
Afghanistan-to name only those countries dealt with in this book.
Scott shows that the relationship of U.S. intelligence operators
and agencies to the global drug traffic, and to other international
criminal networks, deserves greater attention in the debate over
the U.S. presence in Afghanistan. To date, America's government and
policies have done more to foster than to curtail the drug trade.
The so-called war on terror, and in particular the war in
Afghanistan, constitutes only the latest chapter in this disturbing
story.
If the past hundred years will be remembered as a century of war,
Asia is surely central to that story. Tracing the course of
conflicts throughout the region, this groundbreaking volume is the
first to explore systematically the nexus of war and state
terrorism. Challenging states' definitions of terrorism, which
routinely exclude their own behavior, the book focuses especially
on the nature of Japanese and American wars and crimes of war. The
authors also assess significant acts of terror instigated by other
Asian nations including China, Cambodia, and Indonesia. Offering a
rare comparative perspective, the authors consider how state terror
leads to massive civilian casualties, crimes of war, and crimes
against humanity. In counterbalance, they discuss anti-war and
anti-nuclear movements and international efforts to protect human
rights, and the interwoven issues of responsibility, impunity, and
memory. Interdisciplinary and deeply informed by global
perspectives, this volume will resonate with readers searching for
a deeper understanding of an epoch that has been dominated by war
and terror.
The 'nihonjinron' is a body of writing and thought which
constitutes a major and highly thought of academic industry in
Japan. It analyses the Japanese identity and presupposes that the
Japanese differ radically from other people in their make-up. It
believes that their uniqueness is due to linguistic, sociological
and philosophical differences. First published in 1988, this book
is a critical analysis of the thought on which the 'nihonjinron' is
based. Placing particular emphasis upon psychoanalysis, which
constitutes the centrepiece of the book, Peter Dale reasons that
the 'nihonjinron' should be treated as a mythological system.
Now in a new edition updated through the unprecedented 2016
presidential election, this provocative book makes a compelling
case for a hidden "deep state" that influences and often opposes
official U.S. policies. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale
Scott begins by tracing America's increasing militarization,
restrictions on constitutional rights, and income disparity since
World War II. With the start of the Cold War, he argues, the U.S.
government changed immensely in both function and scope, from
protecting and nurturing a relatively isolated country to assuming
ever-greater responsibility for controlling world politics in the
name of freedom and democracy. This has resulted in both secretive
new institutions and a slow but radical change in the American
state itself. He argues that central to this historic reversal were
seismic national events, ranging from the assassination of
President Kennedy to 9/11. Scott marshals compelling evidence that
the deep state is now partly institutionalized in non-accountable
intelligence agencies like the CIA and NSA, but it also extends its
reach to private corporations like Booz Allen Hamilton and SAIC, to
which 70 percent of intelligence budgets are outsourced. Behind
these public and private institutions is the influence of Wall
Street bankers and lawyers, allied with international oil companies
beyond the reach of domestic law. Undoubtedly the political
consensus about America's global role has evolved, but if we want
to restore the country's traditional constitutional framework, it
is important to see the role of particular cabals-such as the
Project for the New American Century-and how they have repeatedly
used the secret powers and network of Continuity of Government
(COG) planning to implement change. Yet the author sees the deep
state polarized between an establishment and a
counter-establishment in a chaotic situation that may actually
prove more hopeful for U.S. democracy.
An exciting new collection of in-depth interviews with seven
important American poets. Interviewees include Ashbery. Hall,
Hecht. Justice, Simic. Snodgrass, and Wilbur. An informative,
entertaining, candid and occasionally surprising panopticon of a
book.
Land Administration overviews recent advances in building formal property systems throughout the world and examines the land administration infrastructure required to support such systems. It gives particular attention to the survey, registration, valuation and land use control functions, and provides an extended discussion of the associated information management challenges.
The second edition of a bestseller, Mathematical Techniques in GIS
demystifies the mathematics used in the manipulation of spatially
related data. The author takes a step-by-step approach through the
basics of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus
that underpin the management of such data. He then explores the use
of matrices, determinants and vectors in the handling of geographic
information so that the data may be analyzed and displayed in
two-dimensional form either in the visualization of the terrain or
as map projections. See What's New in the Second Edition: Summaries
at the end of each chapter Worked examples of techniques described
Additional material on matrices and vectors Further material on map
projections New material on spatial correlation A new section on
global positioning systems Written for those who need to make use
geographic information systems but have a limited mathematical
background, this book introduces the basic statistical techniques
commonly used in geographic information systems and explains
best-fit solutions and the mathematics behind satellite
positioning. By understanding the mathematics behind the gathering,
processing, and display of information, you can better advise
others on the integrity of results, the quality of the information,
and the safety of using it.
A book that debunks the popular myth that William Wordsworth was,
first and foremost, a poet of daffodils, Wordsworth's Gardens and
Flowers: The Spirit of Paradise provides a vivid account of
Wordsworth as a gardening poet who not only wrote about gardens and
flowers but also designed - and physically worked in - his gardens.
Wordsworth's Gardens and Flowers: The Spirit of Paradise is a book
of two halves. The first section focuses on the gardens that
Wordsworth made at Grasmere and Rydal in the English Lake District,
and also in Leicestershire, at Coleorton. The gardens are explored
via his poetry and prose and the journals of his sister, Dorothy
Wordsworth. In the second half of the book, the reader learns more
of Wordsworth's use of flowers in his poetry, exploring the vital
importance of British flowers and other 'unassuming things' to his
work, as well as their wider cultural, religious and political
meaning. Throughout, the engaging, accessible text is woven around
illustrations that bring Wordsworth's gardens and flowers to life,
including rare botanical prints, many reproduced here for the first
time in several decades.
This is the first book to address William Wordsworth’s profound
identification of the spirit of nature in trees. It looks at what
trees meant to him, and how he represented them in his poetry and
prose: the symbolic charm of blasted trees, a hawthorn at the heart
of Irish folk belief, great oaks that embodied naval strength, yews
that tell us about both longevity and the brevity of human life.
Linking poetry and literary history with ecology, Versed in Living
Nature explores intricate patterns of personal and local
connections that enabled trees – as living things, cultural
topics, horticultural objects and even commodities – to be
imagined, theorized, discussed and exchanged. In this book, the
literary past becomes the urgent present.
Peter Dale Scott's meticulously documented investigation uncovers
the secrets surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination. Offering a
wholly new perspective - that JFK's death was not just an isolated
case, but rather a symptom of hidden processes - Scott examines the
deep politics of early 1960s American international and domestic
policies. Scott offers a disturbing analysis of the events
surrounding Kennedy's death, and of the 'structural defects' within
the American government that allowed such a crime to occur and to
go unpunished. In nuanced readings of both previously examined and
newly available materials, he finds ample reason to doubt the
prevailing interpretations of the assassination. He questions the
lone assassin theory and the investigations undertaken by the House
Committee on Assassinations, and unearths new connections between
Oswald, Ruby, and corporate and law enforcement forces. Revisiting
the controversy popularized in Oliver Stone's movie JFK, Scott
probes the link between Kennedy's assassination and the escalation
of the U.S. commitment in Vietnam that followed two days later. He
contends that Kennedy's plans to withdraw troops from Vietnam -
offensive to a powerful anti-Kennedy military and political
coalition - were secretly annulled when Johnson came to power. The
split between JFK and his Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the
collaboration between Army Intelligence and the Dallas Police in
1963, are two of the several missing pieces Scott adds to the
puzzle of who killed Kennedy and why. Scott presses for a new
investigation of the Kennedy assassination, not as an external
conspiracy but as a power shift within the subterranean world of
American politics. "Deep Politics and the Death of JFK" shatters
our notions of one of the central events of the twentieth century.
A study at many levels of Scott’s long poem Coming to Jakarta, a
book-length response to a midlife crisis triggered in part by the
author’s initial inability to share his knowledge and horror
about American involvement in the great Indonesian massacre of
1965. Interviews with Ng supply fuller information about the
poem’s discussions of: a) how this psychological trauma led to an
explorations of violence in American society and then, after a key
recognition, in the poet himself; b) the poem's look at east-west
relations through the lens of the yin-yang, spiritual-secular
doubleness of the human condition; c) how the process of writing
the poem led to the recovery of memories too threatening at first
to be retained by his normal presentational self, and d) the
mystery of right action, guided by the Bhagavad Gita and the maxim
in the Gospel of Thomas that "If you bring forth what is within
you, what you bring forth will save you.” Led by the interviews
to greater self-awareness, Scott then analyses his poem as also an
elegy, not just for the dead in Indonesia, but “for the passing
of the Sixties era, when so many of us imagined that a Movement
might achieve major changes for a better America.” Subsequent
chapters develop how human doubleness can lead to an inner tension
between the needs of politics and the needs of poetry, and how some
poetry can serve as a non-violent higher politics, contributing to
the evolution of human culture and thus our “second nature.”
The book also reproduces a Scott prose essay, inspired by the poem,
on the U.S. involvement in and support for the 1965 massacre. It
then discusses how this essay was translated into Indonesian and
officially banned by the Indonesian dictatorship, and how
ultimately it and the poem helped inspire the ground-breaking films
of Josh Oppenheimer that have led to the first official discussions
in Indonesia of what happened in 1965.
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NATO? No Thanks! (Paperback)
Zhores A. Medvedev, Stuart Holland, Peter Dale Scott; Edited by Tony Simpson
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"Scott's brilliantly perceptive account of the underpinnings of
American governmental authority should be made required reading.
The book vividly depicts the political forces that have pushed this
country toward an abyss, threatening constitutional democracy at
home and world peace abroad. Its central message can be understood
as an urgent wake-up call to everyone concerned with the future of
America."--Richard Falk, author of "The Great Terror War"
"Peter Dale Scott is one of that tiny and select company of the
most brilliantly creative and provocative political-historical
writers of the last half century. "The Road to 9/11" further
secures his distinction as truth-teller and prophet. He shows us
here with painful yet hopeful clarity the central issue of our
time--America's coming to terms with its behavior in the modern
world. As in his past work, Scott's gift is not only recognition
and wisdom but also redemption and rescue we simply cannot do
without."--Roger Morris, former NSC staffer
""The Road to 9/11" is vintage Peter Dale Scott. Scott does not
undertake conventional political analysis; instead, he engages in a
kind of poetics, crafting the dark poetry of the deep state, of
parapolitics, and of shadow government. As with his earlier work
"Deep Politics and the Death of JFK," Scott has no theory of
responsibility and does not name the guilty. Rather, he maps out an
alien terrain, surveying the topography of a political shadow land,
in which covert political deviancy emerges as the norm. After
reading Scott, we can no longer continue with our consensus-driven
belief that our so-called 'liberal' order renders impossible the
triumph of the politically irrational."--EricWilson, Senior
Lecturer of Public International Law, Monash University, and
co-editor of "Government of the Shadows"
"Peter Dale Scott exposes a shadow world of oil, terrorism, drug
trade and arms deals, of covert financing and parallel security
structures-from the Cold War to today. He shows how such parallel
forces of the United States have been able to dominate the agenda
of the George W. Bush Administration, and that statements and
actions made by Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary
Rumsfeld before, during and after September 11, 2001, present
evidence for an American 'deep state' and for the so-called
'Continuity of Government' in parallel to the regular 'public
state' ruled by law. Scott's brilliant work not only reveals the
overwhelming importance of these parallel forces but also presents
elements of a strategy for restraining their influence to win back
the 'public state', the American democracy."--Ola Tunander,
International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
"A powerful study of the historic origins of the terrorist strikes
of September 11, this book offers an indispensable guide to the
gluttonous cast of characters who, since Watergate and the fall of
Nixon, fashioned an ever more reckless American empire. By exposing
the corrupt U.S. 'deep state'-transfer of public authority to
America's wealthy and to the nation's unaccountable secret
intelligence agencies-Peter Dale Scott's "The Road to 9/11"
illuminates the path toward a more democratic and inclusive
republic."--David MacGregor, King's University College at the
University of Western Ontario
""The Road to 9/11" provides an illuminating and disturbing history
of the American government since World War II.Scott's account
suggests that the 9/11 attacks were a culmination of long-term
trends that threaten the very existence of American democracy, and
also that there has been a massive cover-up of 9/11 itself. This
book, which combines extensive research, perceptive analysis, and a
fascinating narrative, will surely be considered Scott's magnum
opus."--David Ray Griffin, author of "Debunking 9/11 Debunking"
"'The America we knew and loved. Can it be saved?' That question
opens this book, and getting to the answer called for the honed
intellect of a scholar and the sensitivity of a poet. Peter Dale
Scott has both, in spades, and here gives us much, much more than a
book about 9/11. In a time of fear, he speaks for sanity and
freedom."--Anthony Summers, author of "The Arrogance of Power"
Don't leave yet. Let there be one more piece of magic to remember
the place by. Is there something especially Irish about Irish
gardens? The climate, soils, availability of plants and skills of
green-fingered people generate an unusually benign environment,
it's true, but not one that is unique to Ireland. Irish gardens
tend to avoid magnificence in favour of a quiet and domesticated
beauty, but that is not peculiar to Ireland either. Strains of
Irishness run through these gardens like seams of ore. Seen not
just as zones of horticultural bravura, but also as reflections of
historical, cultural, political and religious events and values,
the gardens accrue an unusual richness of surface and depth of
meaning. Atmospherically illustrated by Brian Lalor, The Irish
Garden wanders into individual gardens, rather than presenting a
sweeping chronology. This book is a rhapsody on themes of
Irishness, as if the spirit and soul of Ireland itself were
sometimes more visible in these places than in the more
conventionally visited locations of battlefields, breweries and
bars.
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