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Hinduism Today - An Introduction (Hardcover): Stephen Jacobs Hinduism Today - An Introduction (Hardcover)
Stephen Jacobs
R3,208 Discovery Miles 32 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is an exploration of contemporary Hinduism, illustrated by case studies from the lived religion. Understanding Hinduism today requires an understanding of how it is practised in the contemporary world. Stephen Jacob's new introduction tackles these central issues, beginning with case studies of the grassroots practice of Hinduism in India and in diaspora communities. He covers issues of singular importance in the modern study of Hinduism, including the importance and role of mass media to this essentially orally transmitted religion. Other major areas covered include the concept of Hindu dharma, particularly in relation to caste, gender and Hindu nationalism, key and often controversial concepts in Hinduism. These useful guides aim to introduce religions through the lens of contemporary issues, illustrated throughout with examples and case studies taken from lived religion. The perfect companion for the student of religion, each guide interprets the teachings of the religion in question in a modern context and applies them to modern day scenarios.

Sustainable Living at the Centre for Alternative Technology - Radical Ideas and Practical Solutions (Hardcover): Stephen Jacobs Sustainable Living at the Centre for Alternative Technology - Radical Ideas and Practical Solutions (Hardcover)
Stephen Jacobs
R3,687 Discovery Miles 36 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents a detailed exploration into the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), an enterprise concerned with finding and communicating sustainable ways of living, established in Wales in 1973. Playing a central role in the global green network, this study examines CAT's history and context for creation, its development over time and its wider influence in the progression of green ideas at the local, national and international levels. Based on original archival and ethnographic research, this book provides the first in-depth analysis of CAT and uses the case study to explore wider issues of sustainability and environmental communication. It situates the Centre within current environmental and political discourse and emphasises the relevance and reach of CAT's practical solutions and creative educational programme. These practical solutions to the destruction of the environment of human activity are increasingly vital in today's context of climate change, loss of biodiversity and rising levels of pollution. It debates the spectrum of attitudes between environmentalism and ecologism evident at CAT and in broader conversations surrounding sustainability. Woven throughout the text, the author makes clear what we can learn from CAT's almost 50 years of experiments and experiences, from his first-hand account of working at the site. This will be a fascinating and revealing read for academics, researchers, students and practitioners interested in all aspects of sustainability and environmental issues.

The Art of Living Foundation - Spirituality and Wellbeing in the Global Context (Paperback): Stephen Jacobs The Art of Living Foundation - Spirituality and Wellbeing in the Global Context (Paperback)
Stephen Jacobs
R1,246 Discovery Miles 12 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Hindu-derived meditation movement, The Art of Living (AOL), founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Bangalore, has grown into a global organization which claims presence in more than 150 countries. Stephen Jacobs presents the first comprehensive study of AOL as an important transnational movement and an alternative global spirituality. Exploring the nature and characteristics of spirituality in the contemporary global context, Jacobs considers whether alternative spiritualities are primarily concerned with individual wellbeing and can simply be regarded as another consumer product. The book concludes that involvement in movements such as AOL is not necessarily narcissistic but can foster a sense of community and inspire altruistic activity.

The Art of Living Foundation - Spirituality and Wellbeing in the Global Context (Hardcover, New Ed): Stephen Jacobs The Art of Living Foundation - Spirituality and Wellbeing in the Global Context (Hardcover, New Ed)
Stephen Jacobs
R3,987 Discovery Miles 39 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Hindu-derived meditation movement, The Art of Living (AOL), founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Bangalore, has grown into a global organization which claims presence in more than 150 countries. Stephen Jacobs presents the first comprehensive study of AOL as an important transnational movement and an alternative global spirituality. Exploring the nature and characteristics of spirituality in the contemporary global context, Jacobs considers whether alternative spiritualities are primarily concerned with individual wellbeing and can simply be regarded as another consumer product. The book concludes that involvement in movements such as AOL is not necessarily narcissistic but can foster a sense of community and inspire altruistic activity.

Pioneers of Genocide Studies (Paperback): Steven Jacobs Pioneers of Genocide Studies (Paperback)
Steven Jacobs
R1,587 Discovery Miles 15 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the early efforts that emerged in the struggle against Nazism, and over the past half century, the field of genocide studies has grown in reach to include five genocide centers across the globe and well over one hundred Holocaust centers. This work enables a new generation of scholars, researchers, and policymakers to assess the major foci of the field, develop ways and means to intervene and prevent future genocides, and review the successes and failures of the past.

The contributors to Pioneers of Genocide Studies approach the questions of greatest relevance in a personal way, crafting a statement that reveals one's individual voice, persuasions, literary style, scholarly perspectives, and relevant details of one's life. The book epitomizes scholarly autobiographical writing at its best. The book also includes the most important works by each author on the issue of genocide.

Among the contributors are experts in the Armenian, Bosnian, and Cambodian genocides, as well as the Holocaust against the Jewish people. The contributors are Rouben Adalian, M. Cherif Bassiouni, Israel W. Charney, Vahakn Dadrian, Helen Fein, Barbara Harff, David Hawk, Herbert Hirsch, Irving Louis Horowitz, Richard Hovannisian, Henry Huttenbach, Leo Kuper, Raphael Lemkin, James E. Mace, Eric Markusen, Robert Melson, R.J. Rummel, Roger W. Smith, Gregory H. Stanton, Ervin Staub, Colin Tatz, Yves Ternan, and the co-editors. The work represents a high watermark in the reflections and self-reflections on the comparative study of genocide.

Post-Shoah Dialogues - Re-Thinking Our Texts Together (Paperback): James F. Moore, Henry Knight, Zev Garber, Steven Jacobs Post-Shoah Dialogues - Re-Thinking Our Texts Together (Paperback)
James F. Moore, Henry Knight, Zev Garber, Steven Jacobs
R1,421 Discovery Miles 14 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The "Midrash Group" of the Scholar's Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches has met annually over the last decade to discuss ways for Christians and Jews to find meaning and direction in and from sacred texts after the Holocaust. Post Shoah Dialogues is a sample of four different dialogue sessions of the "Midrash Group." The idea for a Jewish-Christian dialogue on texts grew out of an ongoing conversation between the four scholars represented in this volume, due to the profound affect the Shoah had on the theological thinking of both groups. The essays, focusing on texts matched from Hebrew and Christian scriptures, allow Christians and Jews to read the texts together in such a way as to respect the authentic identity of each other, respect the deep questions arising from the Shoah, and to open avenues for more dialogue.

Pioneers of Genocide Studies (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): Steven Jacobs Pioneers of Genocide Studies (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Steven Jacobs
R4,041 Discovery Miles 40 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the early efforts that emerged in the struggle against Nazism, and over the past half century, the field of genocide studies has grown in reach to include five genocide centers across the globe and well over one hundred Holocaust centers. This work enables a new generation of scholars, researchers, and policymakers to assess the major foci of the field, develop ways and means to intervene and prevent future genocides, and review the successes and failures of the past.

The contributors to Pioneers of Genocide Studies approach the questions of greatest relevance in a personal way, crafting a statement that reveals one's individual voice, persuasions, literary style, scholarly perspectives, and relevant details of one's life. The book epitomizes scholarly autobiographical writing at its best. The book also includes the most important works by each author on the issue of genocide.

Among the contributors are experts in the Armenian, Bosnian, and Cambodian genocides, as well as the Holocaust against the Jewish people. The contributors are Rouben Adalian, M. Cherif Bassiouni, Israel W. Charney, Vahakn Dadrian, Helen Fein, Barbara Harff, David Hawk, Herbert Hirsch, Irving Louis Horowitz, Richard Hovannisian, Henry Huttenbach, Leo Kuper, Raphael Lemkin, James E. Mace, Eric Markusen, Robert Melson, R.J. Rummel, Roger W. Smith, Gregory H. Stanton, Ervin Staub, Colin Tatz, Yves Ternan, and the co-editors. The work represents a high watermark in the reflections and self-reflections on the comparative study of genocide.

Art in the Cinema - The Mid-Century Art Documentary (Paperback): Steven Jacobs, Birgit Cleppe, Dimitrios Latsis Art in the Cinema - The Mid-Century Art Documentary (Paperback)
Steven Jacobs, Birgit Cleppe, Dimitrios Latsis
R709 Discovery Miles 7 090 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In the 1940s and 1950s, hundreds of art documentaries were produced, many of them being highly personal, poetic, reflexive and experimental films that offer a thrilling cinematic experience. With the exception of Alain Resnais's Van Gogh (1948), Henri-Georges Clouzot's Le Mystere Picasso (1956) and a few others, most of them have received only scant scholarly attention. This book aims to rectify this situation by discussing the most lyrical, experimental and influential post-war art documentaries, connecting them to contemporaneous museological developments and Euro-American cultural and political relationships. With contributors with expertise across art history and film studies, Art in the Cinema draws attention to film projects by Andre Bazin, Ilya Bolotowsky, Paul Haesaerts, Carlo Ragghianti, John Read, Dudley Shaw Aston, Henri Storck and Willard Van Dyke among others.

Insulin (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990): Pedro Cuatrecasas Insulin (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
Pedro Cuatrecasas; Contributions by J Avruch, J.J. Bahl; Edited by Steven Jacobs; Contributions by D. Brandenburg, …
R2,866 Discovery Miles 28 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

It is fourteen years since insulin was last reviewed in The Handbook of Ex perimental Pharmacology, in volume 32. The present endeavor is more modest in scope. Volume 32 appeared in two separate parts, each having its own subeditors, and together the two parts covered nearly all areas of insulin pharmacology. Such comprehensiveness seemed impractical in a new volume. The amount of in formation related to insulin that is now available simply would not fit in a reasonable amount of space. Furthermore, for better or worse, scientists have be come so specialized that a volume providing such broad coverage seemed likely in its totality to be of interest or value to very few individuals. We therefore decided to limit the present volume to the following areas: insulin chemistry and structure, insulin biosynthesis and secretion, insulin receptor, and insulin action at the cellular level. We felt these areas formed a coherent unit. We also felt, perhaps as much because of our own interests and perspectives as any objective reality, that these were the areas in which recent progress has been most dramatic, and yet, paradoxically and tantalizingly, these were the areas in which most has yet to be learned. Even with this limited scope, there are some major gaps in coverage. Regrettably, two important areas, the beta cell ATP-sensitive potassium channel and the glucose transporter, were among these. Nevertheless, the authors who con tributed have done an excellent job, and we would like to thank them for their diligence.

The City Symphony Phenomenon - Cinema, Art, and Urban Modernity Between the Wars (Paperback): Steven Jacobs, Anthony Kinik, Eva... The City Symphony Phenomenon - Cinema, Art, and Urban Modernity Between the Wars (Paperback)
Steven Jacobs, Anthony Kinik, Eva Hielscher
R1,391 Discovery Miles 13 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 1920s and 1930s saw the rise of the city symphony, an experimental film form that presented the city as protagonist instead of mere decor. Combining experimental, documentary, and narrative practices, these films were marked by a high level of abstraction reminiscent of high-modernist experiments in painting and photography. Moreover, interwar city symphonies presented a highly fragmented, oftentimes kaleidoscopic sense of modern life, and they organized their urban-industrial images through rhythmic and associative montage that evoke musical structures. In this comprehensive volume, contributors consider the full 80 film corpus, from Manhatta and Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt to lesser-known cinematic explorations.

Screening Statues - Sculpture and Cinema (Hardcover): Steven Jacobs, Susan Felleman, Dominic Power Screening Statues - Sculpture and Cinema (Hardcover)
Steven Jacobs, Susan Felleman, Dominic Power
R2,395 Discovery Miles 23 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Screening Statues: Sculpture and Cinema is the first book to focus on the relationship between sculpture and the silver screen. It covers a broad range of magical, mystical and phenomenological interactions between the two media, from early film's eroticized tableaux vivants to enigmatic sculptures in modernist cinema. Sculptures are literally brought to life on the silver screen, while living people are turned into, or trapped inside, statuary. The book examines key sculptural motifs and cinematic sculpture in film history through a series of case studies and through an extensive reference gallery of 150 different films. Considering the work of directors like Georges Melies, Jean Cocteau and Alain Resnais, as well as films like House of Wax, Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans, this is an innovative exploration of two different media, their artistic traditions and their respective theoretical paradigms.

The City Symphony Phenomenon - Cinema, Art, and Urban Modernity Between the Wars (Hardcover): Steven Jacobs, Anthony Kinik, Eva... The City Symphony Phenomenon - Cinema, Art, and Urban Modernity Between the Wars (Hardcover)
Steven Jacobs, Anthony Kinik, Eva Hielscher
R4,426 Discovery Miles 44 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 1920s and 1930s saw the rise of the city symphony, an experimental film form that presented the city as protagonist instead of mere decor. Combining experimental, documentary, and narrative practices, these films were marked by a high level of abstraction reminiscent of high-modernist experiments in painting and photography. Moreover, interwar city symphonies presented a highly fragmented, oftentimes kaleidoscopic sense of modern life, and they organized their urban-industrial images through rhythmic and associative montage that evoke musical structures. In this comprehensive volume, contributors consider the full 80 film corpus, from Manhatta and Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt to lesser-known cinematic explorations.

Book Tower Images - Visualizing Henry van de Velde's Ghent University Library Tower: Steven Jacobs, Charlotte Dossche Book Tower Images - Visualizing Henry van de Velde's Ghent University Library Tower
Steven Jacobs, Charlotte Dossche
R907 R803 Discovery Miles 8 030 Save R104 (11%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Art in the Cinema - The Mid-Century Art Documentary (Hardcover): Steven Jacobs, Birgit Cleppe, Dimitrios Latsis Art in the Cinema - The Mid-Century Art Documentary (Hardcover)
Steven Jacobs, Birgit Cleppe, Dimitrios Latsis
R409 Discovery Miles 4 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the 1940s and 1950s, hundreds of art documentaries were produced, many of them being highly personal, poetic, reflexive and experimental films that offer a thrilling cinematic experience. With the exception of Alain Resnais’s Van Gogh (1948), Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Le Mystère Picasso (1956) and a few others, most of them have received only scant scholarly attention. This book aims to rectify this situation by discussing the most lyrical, experimental and influential post-war art documentaries, connecting them to contemporaneous museological developments and Euro-American cultural and political relationships. With contributors with expertise across art history and film studies, Art in the Cinema draws attention to film projects by André Bazin, Ilya Bolotowsky, Paul Haesaerts, Carlo Ragghianti, John Read, Dudley Shaw Aston, Henri Storck and Willard Van Dyke among others.

Framing Pictures - Film and the Visual Arts (Paperback): Steven Jacobs Framing Pictures - Film and the Visual Arts (Paperback)
Steven Jacobs
R698 Discovery Miles 6 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Through the feature films and documentaries of directors including Emmer, Erice, Godard, Hitchcock, Pasolini, Resnais, Rossellini and Storck, Jacobs examines the way films 'animate' artworks by means of cinematic techniques, such as camera movements and editing, or by integrating them into a narrative.He explores how this 'mobilization' of the artwork is brought into play in art documentaries and artist biopics, as well as in feature films containing key scenes situated in museums. The tension between stasis and movement is also discussed in relation to modernist cinema, which often includes tableaux vivants combining pictorial, sculptural and theatrical elements. This tension also marks the aesthetics of the film still, which have inspired prominent art photographers such as Cindy Sherman and Jeff Wall.Illustrated throughout, Jacobs' study of the presence of art in film, alongside the omnipresence of the filmic image in today's art museums, is an engaging work for students and scholars of film and art alike.

The Pearson Diaries - A Hunter Grey Book (Paperback): Steven Jacobs The Pearson Diaries - A Hunter Grey Book (Paperback)
Steven Jacobs
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R240 Discovery Miles 2 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Screening Statues - Sculpture and Cinema (Paperback): Steven Jacobs, Susan Felleman, Vito Adriaensens, Lisa Colpaert Screening Statues - Sculpture and Cinema (Paperback)
Steven Jacobs, Susan Felleman, Vito Adriaensens, Lisa Colpaert
R705 Discovery Miles 7 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Screening Statues: Sculpture and Cinema is the first book to focus on the relationship between sculpture and the silver screen. It covers a broad range of magical, mystical and phenomenological interactions between the two media, from early film's eroticized tableaux vivants to enigmatic sculptures in modernist cinema. Sculptures are literally brought to life on the silver screen, while living people are turned into, or trapped inside, statuary. The book examines key sculptural motifs and cinematic sculpture in film history through a series of case studies and through an extensive reference gallery of 150 different films. Considering the work of directors like Georges Melies, Jean Cocteau and Alain Resnais, as well as films like House of Wax, Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans, this is an innovative exploration of two different media, their artistic traditions and their respective theoretical paradigms.

The Whiskey Creek Murders (Paperback): Steven Jacobs The Whiskey Creek Murders (Paperback)
Steven Jacobs
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R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Scriptures of Ancient Judaism - A Secular Introduction (Hardcover): Vadim Jigoulov, Steven Jacobs, Jaco Gericke Scriptures of Ancient Judaism - A Secular Introduction (Hardcover)
Vadim Jigoulov, Steven Jacobs, Jaco Gericke
R6,022 Discovery Miles 60 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Student's Chemical Pocket Companion (Paperback): William Stephen Jacobs The Student's Chemical Pocket Companion (Paperback)
William Stephen Jacobs
R465 Discovery Miles 4 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reality in the Shadows (or) What the Heck's the Higgs? (Paperback): Jr S James (Jim) Gates, Frank Blitzer, Stephen Jacob... Reality in the Shadows (or) What the Heck's the Higgs? (Paperback)
Jr S James (Jim) Gates, Frank Blitzer, Stephen Jacob Sekula
R898 Discovery Miles 8 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sage's Book Of Emotions - Feelings for a kinds of moments (Paperback): Sage Ryan Saccio Sage's Book Of Emotions - Feelings for a kinds of moments (Paperback)
Sage Ryan Saccio; Josselyne Herman-Saccio, Eric Stephen Jacobs
R239 Discovery Miles 2 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Seven year old Sage Saccio has compiled a series of writings and illustrations on emotions.

Maven in Blue Jeans - A Festschrift in Honor of Zev Garber (Paperback): Steven Jacobs Maven in Blue Jeans - A Festschrift in Honor of Zev Garber (Paperback)
Steven Jacobs
R1,879 Discovery Miles 18 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection of academic essays written by friends and colleagues of Professor Zev Garber, is a long-overdue tribute to an outstanding scholar, teacher, and mentor. Each contribution was written especially for this volume; none have been previously published. The various sections into which these essays are divided reflect the areas in which Professor Garber has devoted his own prodigious teaching and writing energies: the Holocaust, Jewish-Christian relations, philosophy and theology, history, biblical interpretation. Also included is a full bibliography of Professor Garber's own writings: books, articles both scholarly and popular, opinion pieces, and the like. The introduction by his good friend Steven Jacobs introduces Professor Garber to those who do not know him and reminds those who do of his important contributions to scholarship.

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