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Springer Verlag, Singapore Militarization and the Global Rise of
Book SynopsisThis edited book demonstrates a new multidimensional comprehension of the relationship between war, the military and civil society by exploring the global rise of paramilitary culture. Moving beyond binary understandings that inform the militarization of culture thesis and examining various national and cultural contexts, the collection outlines ways in which a process of paramilitarization is shaping the world through the promotion of new warrior archetypes. It is argued that while the paramilitary hero is associated with military themes, their character is in tension with the central principals of modern military organization, something that often challenges the state’s perceived monopoly on violence. As such paramilitization has profound implications for institutional military identity, the influence of paramilitary organizations and broadly how organised violence is popularly understoodTable of Contents1 Introduction: Paramilitarization and the globalization of paramilitary culture.- Part 1 Projecting the post-heoric warrior in new popular cultural forms.- 2 Techniques of empathy and embodiment in the paramilitary film: Learning from The Hurt Locker.- 3 Press X to pay respects: Evolving depictions of war in Call of Duty and Battlefield.- 4 Re-narrating the paramilitary in the Colombian conflict: Examining the Medellin memory museum.- Part 2 Projecting the paramilitary warrior in practices of social memory.- 5 The social memory of the North Vietnamese soldier in Vietnam and United States popular culture.- 6 From nationalization to Islamization of the Ottoman Soldier at the Canakkale/Gallipoli WWI Battlefields.- 7 The Danish soldier reimagined: Civil religion and religion of the self in the post-9/11 era.- Part 3 Paramilitary, organisations and the advancement of paramilitary culture.- 8 Profession and identity: Warriors in the 21st Century.- 9 The poetics of paramilitarization: Hizbollah and the Shade of Resistance in Southern Lebanon.- 10 Firefights and the performance of occupational masculinity during downtime.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore The Era of Longevity: Transformation of Aging,
Book SynopsisThis is an open access book under CC BY-NC-ND.This open access book is a comprehensive solution proposed by Dr. Chen Dongsheng for the issues of medical care, pension, and fund raising in the era of longevity. This book studies the relationship among aging population, economic development, and business model innovation. It integrates multi-disciplinary, multi-industry, and multi-professional research and thinking to focus on how to meet the challenge of aging population from business perspective. The author analyzes the keys and experience for Taikang to get successful in this area. The arrival of the "Era of Longevity" not only creates new business opportunities, but also changes the economy, governance, and cultural ecology of the society. It is of interest to the readers in business and policy-making.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Longevity Era Centennial Life.- Chapter 2. Healthy Era, Healthier Longevity.- Chapter 3. Wealth era rich life.- Chapter 4. Pioneer of the age of longevity - Japan.- Chapter 5. longevity economy.- Chapter 6. The Road to Corporate Innovation for the Age of Longevity (6 and 7 Merger).- Chapter 7. Taikang's solution makes the era of longevity better.- Chapter 8. Building a Harmonious Longevity Society.
£40.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore The Era of Longevity: Transformation of Aging,
Book SynopsisThis is an open access book under CC BY-NC-ND.This open access book is a comprehensive solution proposed by Dr. Chen Dongsheng for the issues of medical care, pension, and fund raising in the era of longevity. This book studies the relationship among aging population, economic development, and business model innovation. It integrates multi-disciplinary, multi-industry, and multi-professional research and thinking to focus on how to meet the challenge of aging population from business perspective. The author analyzes the keys and experience for Taikang to get successful in this area. The arrival of the "Era of Longevity" not only creates new business opportunities, but also changes the economy, governance, and cultural ecology of the society. It is of interest to the readers in business and policy-making.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Longevity Era Centennial Life.- Chapter 2. Healthy Era, Healthier Longevity.- Chapter 3. Wealth era rich life.- Chapter 4. Pioneer of the age of longevity - Japan.- Chapter 5. longevity economy.- Chapter 6. The Road to Corporate Innovation for the Age of Longevity (6 and 7 Merger).- Chapter 7. Taikang's solution makes the era of longevity better.- Chapter 8. Building a Harmonious Longevity Society.
£31.49
