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Here I Am (Hardcover)
Calvin S. Brown
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The plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries continue to inspire
fresh interpretations in every genre and medium. Reinventing the
Renaissance: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries in Adaptation and
Performance offers new perspectives on the ways in which writers,
critics, directors, artists, and other creative practitioners have
used Renaissance drama to address current concerns and reach new
audiences. As well as exploring the fortunes of Shakespeare and his
contemporaries in more expected contexts, such as film and theatre,
these essays examine the relationship between the plays and new
social media, detective fiction, translation, ballet, and
illustration. The collection also reconsiders the boundary which
separates critical and creative responses to Shakespeare by
including explorations of 'creativity' in Shakespeare's
biographers, as well as a creative revisioning of Macbeth. Written
by an international team of scholars, this accessible and
innovative volume will provide a valuable resource for all readers
and researchers interested in the creative reception of Renaissance
English drama.
This book is about accomplishing change in how land is managed in
agricultural watersheds. Wide-ranging case studies repeatedly
document that plans, policies, and regulations are not adequate
substitutes for the empowerment of people. Ultimately change on the
land is managed and accomplished by the people that live on land
within each watershed.
This groundbreaking collection explores the intersection of
phenomenology with environmental philosophy. It examines the
relevance of Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas for
thinking through the philosophical dilemmas raised by environmental
issues, and then proposes new phenomenological approaches to the
natural world. The contributors demonstrate phenomenology's need to
engage in an ecological self-evaluation and to root out
anthropomorphic assumptions embedded in its own methodology.
Calling for a reexamination of beliefs central to the Western
philosophical tradition, this book shifts previously marginalized
environmental concerns to the forefront and blazes a trail for a
new collaboration between phenomenologists and ecologically-minded
theorists.
"Reconstructing Autonomy in Language Education: Inquiry and
Innovation" provides a critical re-interpretation of the contextual
co-construction of autonomy in language education. Fifteen grounded
research projects explore innovative self-reflexive approaches to
autonomy in learner and teacher education, classroom practice,
self-access and materials development. The book emphasizes the
multi-voiced and contradictory complexity of pursuing autonomy in
language education and includes commentary chapters to help readers
engage with key issues emerging from the research.
Aimed at second year graduate students, this text introduces
them to cohomology theory (involving a rich interplay between
algebra and topology) with a minimum of prerequisites. No
homological algebra is assumed beyond what is normally learned in a
first course in algebraic topology, and the basics of the subject,
as well as exercises, are given prior to discussion of more
specialized topics.
This pioneering volume invites scholars from different social
science disciplines to contribute their competing perspectives to a
far-ranging albeit understudied dimension of globalization.
Globalization has been defined as progressively integrated,
national product and factor markets, cemented by the revolution in
transportation and communications technology. This process has been
driven by transnational corporations who have erected intricate,
global supply chains. Such commercial advances have, in turn,
intensified the interdependence among states and the authors raise
a number of questions: Can the multi-variegated, cross-border
activities in which such non-state actors engage be analyzed
through a single conceptual lens? Can non-state transnational
transfers be so clearly distinguished from exchanges in practice?
What are the implications of transnational transfers, where
material and non-material value is transferred abroad with no
assurance, or even expectation of reciprocal compensation, for
sovereignty? The case studies range from the impact of worker
remittances on failed states to capacity building by global civil
society on behalf of nascent NGOs in China to the transfer of
security (or insecurity) via peacekeepers, track two diplomats and
private security contractors.
Invasions by exotic grasses, particularly annuals, rank among the
most extensive and intensive ways that humans are contributing to
the transformation of the earth's surface. The problem is
particularly notable with a suite of exotic grasses in the Bromus
genus in the arid and semiarid regions that dominate the western
United States, which extend from the dry basins near the Sierra and
Cascade Ranges across the Intermountain Region and Rockies to about
105 Degrees longitude. This genus includes approximately 150
species that have a wide range of invasive and non-invasive
tendencies in their home ranges and in North America. Bromus
species that became invasive upon introduction to North America in
the late 1800's, such as Bromus tectorum and B. rubens, have since
became the dominant cover on millions of hectares. Here, millenia
of ecosystem development led to landscapes that would otherwise be
dominated by perennial shrubs, herbs, and biotic soil crusts that
were able to persist in spite of variable and scarce precipitation.
This native ecosystem resilience is increasingly coveted by land
owners and managers as more hectares lose their resistance to
Bromus grasses and similar exotics and as climate, land use, and
disturbance-regime changes are also superimposed. Managers are
increasingly challenged to glean basic services from these
ecosystems as they become invaded. Exotic annual grasses reduce
wildlife and livestock carrying capacity and increase the frequency
and extent of wildfi res and associated soil erosion. This book
uses a unique ecoregional and multidisciplinary approach to
evaluate the invasiveness, impacts, and management of the large
Bromus genus. Students, researchers, and practitioners interested
in Bromus specifically and invasive exotics in general will benefit
from the depth of knowledge summarized in the book.
Globalization is a reality in today's world, and with it comes the
universalization of the influence of certain Powers and
Authorities. These Authorities Education, Law, Medicine, Technology
distance people from, and sometimes override the duties of,
familial and religious connections and have generated new spheres
of loyalty and practice that are touchstones for modern life as a
whole.
The contributors claim that the Authorities of modernity depend
upon spiritual themes and insights. However, they note, these
authorities lack a conscious moral rudder because they are not only
ignorant of their roots, but because they have often repudiated
them, leaving these professions morally and spiritually vacuous.
The essayists claim that theological and ethical resources
Christian in root, public in character, and universal in
implication can re-engage these Authorities and offer them
guidance.
Contributors to the volume include: Richard Osmer (Princeton
Theological Seminary); John Witte, Jr. (Emory University); Allen
Verhey (Hope College); Ronald Cole-Turner (Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary); Jurgen Moltmann (University of Tubingen); and Peter
Paris (Princeton Theological Seminary). Max L. Stackhouse is the
Stephen Colwell Professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton
Theological Seminary and is the author of Christian Social Ethics
in a Global Era. Don S. Browning teaches at the Divinity School of
the University of Chicago and is the author of Religious Thought
and the Modern Psychologies: A Critical Conversation in the
Theology of Culture.
This book treats Jacques Tit's beautiful theory of buildings,
making that theory accessible to readers with minimal background.
It covers all three approaches to buildings, so that the reader can
choose to concentrate on one particular approach. Beginners can use
parts of the new book as a friendly introduction to buildings, but
the book also contains valuable material for the active
researcher.
This book is suitable as a textbook, with many exercises, and it
may also be used for self-study.
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