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Book Synopsis'Advancing Nonviolence and just peace in the church and the world' is the fruit of a global, participatory process facilitated from 2017-2018 y the Catholic Nonviolence initative (CNI), a project of Pax Christi internation. to deepen Catholic understanding of and commitment to Gospel nonviolence. This book includes biblical, theological, ethical, pastoral and strategic resources that might serve as a contribution to Catholic thought on nonviolence. It details how: Nonviolence is a core Gospel value, constitutive of the life of faith. Nonviolence is essential to transforming violence and injustice Nonviolence is a universal ethic Nonviolence is a nexessary foundation for culture of peace.

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Book SynopsisThis special issue of Aphasiology brings together papers from six countries in three continents on the ways in which computers are being used in the domain. Information technology is now well established as a means of delivering treatment to people with aphasia and this issue includes papers which describe the latest ways in which this is being carried out. Doesborgh et. al. report on Multicue, a way in which the capabilities of computers are used to support cueing approaches to the treatment of naming difficulties; and Mortley et. al. use the internet as a means of delivering innovative treatment approaches to the client at home. It is important that the high tech glamour of the technology does not obscure the need to critically evaluate the contribution of this mode of treatment. Two papers, Wallesch & Johanssen-Horbach, and Wertz & Katz, review and critique the outcomes and effectiveness of computer mediated therapy.In the 21st century computers are increasingly a part of everyday life and two papers address ways in which people with aphasia may benefit from this and engage in the emerging "information society", Van de Sandt-Koenderman looks at ways in which the technology can be used to support communication in day to day life by the provision of appropriate communication aids. Egan et. al. report on training people with aphasia to access the internet on their own account so that they may fully engage with this resource as active citizens.Trade Review'The publication seems timely given a increase in the number of aphasic individuals seen in clinic who already have considerable experience in the use of computers in their professional and/or private lives. It provides a very interesting read for those who are considering the use of computers in the delivery of therapy to their clients with aphasia.' William van Steenbrugge, Flinders University, Australia. In Aphasiology 20, 2006.Table of ContentsB.Petheram, Editorial.S., M. van de Sandt, D. Frans van Harskamp, P. Koudstaal, E. Visch-Brink, Cues on Request: The Efficacy of Multicue, a Computer Program for Word Finding Therapy.J. Mortley, J. Wade, P. Enderby, Superhighway to Promoting a Client-therapist Partnership? Using the Internet to Deliver Word-retrieval Computer Therapy, Monitored Remotely with Minimal Speech and Language Therapy Input.C.W. Wallesch, H. Johannsen-Horbach, Computers in Aphasia Therapy - Effects and Side-effects.R.T. Wertz, R. Katz, Outcomes of Computer-Provided Treatment for Aphasia.M. van de Sandt, High- tech AAC and Aphasia: Widening Horizons?J. Egan, L. Worrall, D. Oxenham, Accessible Internet Training Package Helps People with Aphasia Cross the Digital Divide.

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Book SynopsisThe Second International CBT (Center for Biotechnology) Synposium was held in Stockholm November 4-5 1988 and had the title "The steroid/thyroid hoITIDne receptor family and gene regulation". This meeting contained contributions from most leading laboratories within the field of steroid/thyroid hOITIDne receptors and gave a very exciting perspective on the dynamic development of this i:ntx>rt. ant research field. Today all known steroid hoITIDne receptors have been cloned and sequenced and novel members of this supergene family are constantly being discovered. Sane of these new receptors remain to be characterized regarding the nature of their ligand. Access to probes for steroid receptors has enabled studies on mechanisms of regulation of receptor gene expression. Deletion and II'Altational analysis of steroid receptor cDNAs followed by expression in cells together with suitable reporter genes has yielded a detailed knowledge about the functional significance of the various domains the receptors are composed of. In certain cases, steroid resistance in patients have been shown to be due to point mutations in the corresponding steroid receptor genes resulting in non-functional receptors. The availability of receptor cDNAs also makes it possible to express receptors at high levels in procaryotic and eucaryotic cells. It is e. g. possible to express the DNA-binding domain of the glucocorticoid receptor in E. coli as a fusion protein with protein A which interacts specifically with DNA. Such studies are necessary for production of sufficient quantities of receptors to allow crystallization and X-ray crystallography for detailed structural information.Table of ContentsReceptor Structure.- The Contributions of the Steroid Receptor Superfamily to Development, Physiology and Medicine.- Cooperative Interactions of Steroid Receptors at Their Target Enhancers.- The Association of the Glucocorticoid Receptor with Mr 90,000 Heat Shock Protein and Tubulin.- Functional Domains of Steroid Hormone Receptors.- Thyroid Hormone Receptor Interactions with DNA.- Structure and Intranuclear Dynamics of Androgen Receptors.- Structural Analysis of the Glucocorticoid Receptor Protein.- Speculations on the Role of the 90 kDa Heat Shock Protein in Glucocorticoid Receptor Transport and Function.- Growth Inhibition of CEM Cells by Glucocorticoids: c-myc down Regulation, and the Topology of the Glucocorticoid Receptor.- The Vitamin D3 Receptor and Its Chromosomal Gene.- The Thyroid Hormone Receptor/c-erbA Protein and its Viral Homologue P75gag-v-erbA.- Characterization of the Human Androgen Receptor.- Characterization of New Members of the Steroid Receptor Super-Family.- Gene Regulation by Receptors.- Recriprocal Regulation of Pepck Gene and Gene 33 Transcription by Insulin.- Repression of Gene Expression by Glucocorticoid Receptor through Interference with cAMP Responsive Enhancers.- Steroid Transactivation at a Promoter Organized in a Specifically-Positioned Array of Nucleosomes.- Glucocorticoid Regulated Sorting of Cell Surface Glycoproteins: Evidence for a Glucocorticoid Regulated Trafficking Gene.- Interaction of a Steroid Hormone Receptor with DNA: Molecular Model and Kinetic Analysis.- Receptor Localisation and Distribution.- Neural Gonadal Steroid Receptors and Actions: Chemical Anatomy of the Ventromedial Hypothalamus in Relation to Sexual Differentiation and Sexual Behavior.- Structure, Function and Cellular Distribution of Mammalian Progesterone Receptors.- Cellular Localization of Estrogen and Progestin Receptors in the Macaque Reproductive System.- Do Receptor-Associated Nuclear Proteins Explain Earliest Steps of Steroid Hormone Function?.- Ligand Structure.- Steroid Molecular Structure, Receptor Binding and Hormone Action.- An Analysis of the Steroid Binding Domain of Receptors and of Ligand Structure and Binding Affinity.

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Book SynopsisWer sich der Verdinglichung des Lebendigen zuwendet, kann den Umgang mit Tier und Fleisch in unserer Gesellschaft verstehen und die Zukunft zwischen Stall und Teller gestalten.

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Book SynopsisDie Persönlichkeit der pädophilen Täter in der psychiatrischen Literatur.- Das Untersuchungsmaterial.- Die Delikte.- Die Opfer.- Die Probanden.- Die Herkunft der Probanden.- Die sexuelle Entwicklung.- Die Beziehungen der Probanden zur Umwelt zur Zeit der Begutachtung.- Vorstrafen und Rückfälle.- Die psychiatrischen Diagnosen.- Die Beziehungen zwischen Täter und Opfer.- Die Einstellung zum Delikt.- Das Wissen um die Strafbarkeit.- Das subjektive Erleben bei der Tat.- Die Zurechnungsfähigkeit.- Gibt es psychisch normale oder gesunde Pädophile?.- Zusammenfassung.- Die Beziehungen zwischen Entwicklung- und Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen der Probanden und den nach Art des pädophilen Delikts unterschiedenen Tätergruppen.- Die Merkmale.- Die pädophilen Tätergruppen nach Art des Deliktes.- Die Tafel der Korrelationskoeffizienten.- Die Interpretation der Zusammenhänge zwischen einem einzelnen Merkmal und den verschiedenen pädophilen Tätergruppen.- Die Interpretation der Zusammenhänge zwischen einer einzelnen pädophilen Tätergruppe und den verschiedenen Entwicklungs- und Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen.- Zusammenfassung.- Zur Frage der pädophilen Persönlichkeit.- Der Verfall an die Sinnlichkeit.- Zunehmende Frequenz, abnehmende Satisfaktion.- Promiskuität und Anonymität.- Ausbau von Phantasie, Praktik und Raffinement.- Das süchtige Erleben.- Die Periodizität der dranghaften Unruhe.- Zum Begriff der sexuellen Perversion.- Schlußbemerkung.- Literatur.Table of ContentsDie Persönlichkeit der pädophilen Täter in der psychiatrischen Literatur.- Das Untersuchungsmaterial.- Die Delikte.- Das Ziel der Delikte.- Frequenz und Häufigkeit der Delikte.- Die Opfer.- Die Zahl der Opfer.- Das Alter der Opfer.- Altersgruppen der Opfer und Delikt.- Altersgruppen der Opfer nach Geschlecht.- Die Probanden.- Die Herkunft der Probanden.- Stadt — Land.- Die familiäre Herkunft.- Die Erziehungsverhältnisse.- Die Erziehungsresultate.- Beziehungen zur Umwelt während der Kindheit der Probanden.- Kinderneurotische Zeichen.- Der Schulgang.- Beruf und Arbeitsverhalten.- Die sexuelle Entwicklung.- Eintritt der Geschlechtsreife.- Sexuelle Erfahrungen als Kind.- Onanie.- Sexuelle Spielereien mit anderen Kindern.- Kindliche sexuelle Erfahrungen mit Erwachsenen.- Sexuelle Erfahrungen zwischen dem 16. und 20. Lebensjahr.- Die Sexualität der Probanden im Erwachsenenalter.- Der Zivilstand der Probanden.- Das Heiratsalter.- Die Ehen der Probanden.- Die Beziehungen der Probanden zur Umwelt zur Zeit der Begutachtung.- Vorstrafen und Rückfälle.- Die Vorstrafen der Probanden.- Die strafrechtlich erfaßten Rückfälle seit der Begutachtung.- Die Deliktintensität nach der Art des pädophilen Vergehens.- Die psychiatrischen Diagnosen.- Die Beziehungen zwischen Täter und Opfer.- Die Einstellung zum Delikt.- Das Wissen um die Strafbarkeit.- Die affektive Reaktion auf die Tat.- Das subjektive Erleben bei der Tat.- Die Zurechnungsfähigkeit.- Der Triebnotstand.- Die psychiatrisch-forensisch als zurechnungsfähig beurteilten Probanden.- Gibt es psychisch „normale“ oder „gesunde“ Pädophile?.- Zusammenfassung.- Die Beziehungen zwischen Entwicklung- und Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen der Probanden und den nach Art des pädophilen Delikts unterschiedenen Tätergruppen.- Die Merkmale.- Merkmale bezüglich der familiären Konstellation.- Merkmale bezüglich der Erziehungsform und -ergebnisse.- Merkmale bezüglich sexueller Erfahrungen in der Kindheit.- Merkmale bezüglich sexueller Erfahrungen in der Adoleszenz.- Merkmale bezüglich besonderer sexueller Verhaltensweisen im Erwachsenenalter.- Merkmale im Bereich neurotischer Störungen in der Kindheit.- Merkmale im Bereich neurotischer Störungen im Erwachsenenalter.- Andere Merkmale psychopathologischer Art.- Merkmal der abgeschlossenen Berufslehre.- Merkmal der Vorstrafen und Rückfalle.- Die pädophilen Tätergruppen nach Art des Deliktes.- Die Tafel der Korrelationskoeffizienten.- Die Interpretation der Zusammenhänge zwischen einem einzelnen Merkmal und den verschiedenen pädophilen Tätergruppen.- Familiäre Konstellation und pädophile Tätergruppen.- Erziehungsform und -ergebnisse und pädophile Tätergruppen.- Sexuelle Erfahrungen in der Kindheit und pädophile Tätergruppen.- Sexuelle Erfahrungen in der Adoleszenz und pädophile Tätergruppen.- Besondere sexuelle Verhaltensweisen im Erwachsenenalter und pädophile Tätergruppen.- Neurotische Störungen in der Kindheit und pädophile Tätergruppen.- Neurotische Störungen im Erwachsenenalter und pädophile Tätergruppen.- Andere psychopathologisch bedeutsame Merkmale und pädophile Tätergruppen.- Abgeschlossene Berufslehre und pädophile Tätergruppen.- Vorstrafen, Rückfälle und pädophile Tätergruppen.- Die Interpretation der Zusammenhänge zwischen einer einzelnen pädophilen Tätergruppe und den verschiedenen Entwicklungs- und Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen.- Die homosexuell-pädophile Tätergruppe und ihre Merkmale.- Die heterosexuell-pädophile Tätergruppe und ihre Merkmale.- Die sowohl hetero- als auch homosexuell-pädophile Tätergruppe und ihre Merkmale.- Die Tätergruppe mit pädophilen Inzestdelikten und ihre Merkmale.- Die Tätergruppe mit pädophilen Delikten an Kindern unter 8 Jahren und ihre Merkmale.- Die Tätergruppe mit pädophilen Delikten an 8–12jährigen Kindern und ihre Merkmale.- Die Tätergruppe mit pädophilen Delikten an Kindern von 13–14 Jahren und ihre Merkmale.- Die Tätergruppe, die wegen pädophiler Delikte vorbestraft ist oder rückfällig wurde, und ihre Merkmale.- Die Altersgruppen der Probanden und die Art ihrer pädophilen Delikte.- Zusammenfassung.- Zur Frage der „pädophilen Persönlichkeit“.- Der Verfall an die Sinnlichkeit.- Zunehmende Frequenz, abnehmende Satisfaktion.- Promiskuität und Anonymität.- Ausbau von Phantasie, Praktik und Raffinement.- Das süchtige Erleben.- Die Periodizität der dranghaften Unruhe.- Zum Begriff der sexuellen Perversion.- Schlußbemerkung.- Literatur.

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Book SynopsisDiplomacy is transforming and expanding its role as the method of interstate relations to a general instrument of communication among globalized societies. Adapting to globalization, the practice of diplomacy is shared by non-state participants, thus becoming privatized and popularized. This book offers a comprehensive understanding of the widening scope of public as well as private diplomacy and its normative framework. It features a practitioner’s inside view of diplomacy combined with interdisciplinary academic analysis.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen: "Es ist ein ganz besonderes Buch: Hier schreibt ein Diplomat und Ausbilder von Praktikern im auswärtigen Dienst über die Kunst der Diplomatie in den Zeiten der Globalisierung. ... Die altgedienten wie die neuen Akteure aus NGOs, internationalen Organisationen, transnationalen Konzernen, aus Wissenschaft und Journalismus macht Bolewski hier vertraut mit den Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts." (www.buchkatalog.de)Table of ContentsGermany.- Introduction: Practitioner’s perspective of diplomacy.- Essentials of modern diplomacy.- Diplomacy between statecraft and social science.- Internalization of diplomacy or internationalization of domestic policy.- From national to European Foreign Service.- Symbolism and ritual in multilateral diplomacy.- Flexibility and pragmatism as response to global challenges.- Reciprocity versus communitarianism.- Transformation of globalized relations and its impact on diplomacy.- New participants and corporate diplomacy: symbiosis of diplomacy and transnational companies.- Citizen diplomats and public relations diplomacy: popularization of diplomacy.- Towards a diplomatic corporate identity?.- The importance of an international diplomatic culture.- The relevance of language.- Globalized relations and the law.- Private authority in transnational relations.- Transnational regime as soft law.- Judicial review of governmental diplomacy.

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Book SynopsisMittelalterliche und frÃhneuzeitliche Testamente â viel mehr als nur letztwillige Bestimmungen

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Book SynopsisAlltÃgliche GrenzÃberschreitungen und die Sensibilisierung dafÃr als Teil von Bildung

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Book SynopsisMany chemists and biochemists require to know the ionization constants of organic acids and bases. This is evident from the Science Citation Index which lists The Determination of Ionization Constants by A. Albert and E. P. Serjeant (1971) as one of the most widely quoted books in the chemical literature. Although, ultimately, there is no satisfactory alternative to experimental measurement, it is not always convenient or practicable to make the necessary measure­ ments and calculations. Moreover, the massive pK. compilations currently available provide values for only a small fraction of known or possible acids or bases. For example, the compilations listed in Section 1. 3 give pK. data for some 6 000--8 000 acids, whereas if the conservative estimate is made that there are one hundred different substituent groups available to substitute in the benzene ring of benzoic acid, approximately five million tri-substituted benzoic acids are theoretically possible. Thus we have long felt that it is useful to consider methods by which a pK. value might be predicted as an interim value to within several tenths of a pH unit using arguments based on linear free energy relationships, by analogy, by extrapolation, by interpolation from existing data, or in some other way. This degree of precision may be adequate for many purposes such as the recording of spectra of pure species (as anion, neutral molecule or cation), for selection of conditions favourable to solvent extraction, and for the interpretation of pH-profiles for organic reactions.Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 2 Molecular factors that modify pKa values.- 3 Methods of pKa prediction.- 4 Prediction of pKa values of substituted aliphatic acids and bases.- 5 Prediction of pKa values for phenols, aromatic carboxylic acids and aromatic amines.- 6 Further applications of Hammett and Taft equations.- 7 Some more difficult cases.- 8 Extension of the Hammett and Taft equations.- 9 Examples where prediction presents difficulties.- 10 Recapitulation of the main pKa prediction methods.- A.1 Substituent constants for the Hammett and Taft equations.- A.4 Special sigma constants for para substituents.- A.6 Sigma constants for heteroatoms in heterocyclic rings.- References.

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Book SynopsisThe importance of international liner shipping needs little emphasizing. A large majority of international trade moves by sea, and the liner shipping share in total freight revenue exceeds one-half. Notwithstanding, people in general know surprisingly little about the basic facts of the liner shipping industry, and, in particular, about the economics ofliner shipping. Perhaps because it is an international industry, where shipping lines flying many different flags participate, it has tended to fall in between national accounts of domestic industries. Even transport economists have, generally speaking, treated liner shipping rather 'stepmotherly'; besides the work of Bennathan and Walters (1969), a relatively small group of specialized maritime economists, including A. Stromme-Svendsen, T. Thorburn, S. Sturmey, R. Goss, and B. M. Deakin, have in the post-war period made important contributions to the subject, but so far no coherent and reasonably comprehensive treatise of liner shipping economics has appeared. The first purpose of the present volume is therefore obvious: to provide just that. The book is divided in three parts: Part I The liner shipping industry; Part II Liner service optimization; Part III Economic evaluation of the conference system. Needless to say, all three parts concur to fulfill the first purpose of providing a complete book of liner shipping economics. In Part II a more or less separate, second, purpose has been to develop analytical tools for liner service optimization. Thereby we use different approaches.Table of ContentsI The Liner Shipping Industry.- 1 Characteristics of demand and supply of liner shipping.- 1.1 An aggregate picture of seaborne trade and the world fleet tonnage.- 1.2 The development of the shares of the world fleet: developed countries, flags of convenience and developing countries.- 1.3 Liner shipping, shipping for hire and ‘own shipping’.- 1.4 The relative size of the liner shipping industry.- 1.5 Recent development in general cargo shipping.- 1.6 Geographical aspects of liner shipping.- 2 Market organization: the conference system.- 2.1 The scope of the conference system.- 2.2 Conference organization and main activities.- 2.3 Why conferences?.- 2.4 Concluding remarks.- 3 The level and structure of freight rates.- 3.1 The general level of freight rates.- 3.2 The structure of freight rates.- Appendix A: The construction of the CONISCON index (1975–85).- Appendix B: The liner index of the FRG (1976–85).- Appendix C: The construction of an individual line freight rate index.- 4 The art of charging what the traffic can bear.- 4.1 The main form of price discrimination in liner shipping.- 4.2 The role of commodity value for shipping demand elasticity.- 4.3 The role of competition from other sources of goods supply for shipping demand elasticity.- 4.4 Competition from ‘outsiders’ and other modes of transport.- 4.5 Summary and conclusions.- II Liner Service Optimization.- 5 Ship size and shipping costs.- 5.1 Sizes of ships of different categories: The statistical picture.- 5.2 Plant-size economies in general.- 5.3 The three ship capacities.- 5.4 The model.- 5.5 Estimation of ship size elasticities of handling and hauling capacities and factor costs.- 5.6 Economies of size at sea — diseconomies of size in port.- 5.7 Optimal ship size.- 5.8 Analysis of the effect on optimal ship size of parameter changes in the model.- 5.9 The optimal size of a palletized reefer ship: A case study.- 5.10 Towards a model of ship size growth.- 6 Multi-port calling versus trans-shipment.- 6.1 The general problem: Feeder-transport cost minimization in a given service range.- 6.2 The specific problem: The potential of sea-feeder transport.- 6.3 The very large container carriers and feeder services.- 7 Shippers’ costs of sailings infrequency and transit time.- 7.1 Storage costs.- 7.2 Costs of sailings infrequency and transit time for goods which are not stored by importers.- 7.3 Loss of value of perishable goods.- 7.4 How important are shippers’ costs?.- Appendix: Optimal ship size when both shipping company costs and the shippers’ costs are accounted for.- 8 Port costs and charges and the problem of shipping and port sub-optimizations.- 8.1 ‘Public’ general cargo transport systems versus ‘private’ bulk cargo transport systems.- 8.2 Bottlenecks in ports.- 8.3 Port charges as a means of coordinating shipping and port operations.- 9 A cost minimization model of a liner trade.- 9.1 A liner trade model — purpose, scope and assumption.- 9.2 Total producer and user costs.- 9.3 Optimal ship size, multi-port diversion, and frequency of sailings.- 9.4 The minimum total cost per ton.- III Economic Evaluation of the Conference System.- 10 The charging floor reconsidered.- 10.1 Economies of scale?.- 10.2 Common cost and factor indivisibility.- Appendix: Model of profit-maximizing freight rate making.- 11 The freight rate structure is out of line with the marginal cost structure.- 11.1 Principles of marginal cost-based tariffs.- 11.2 Cross-subsidization between commodities.- 11.3 Excessive averaging of freight rates: Some suggestions for reforming the tariff construction.- 11.4 Further aspects of a cost-based freight rate structure.- Appendix: Freight rates and shipping marginal costs of Israeli imports and exports.- 12 Potential cartel profits become social costs.- 12.1 Empirical evidence of low load factors in liner shipping.- 12.2 Model of supply and demand equilibrium in a liner trade.- 12.3 Some evidence of a negative relationship between the load factor and the profit potential.- 12.4 Excessive service competition.- 13 Conclusion: price competition in liner shipping should be encouraged.- 13.1 The two types of ill effects.- 13.2 Allocative inefficiency effects.- 13.3 ‘Slack’ effects.- 13.4 Encourage price competition and service coordination.- 13.5 Recent attempts of reforming liner conference practices.- 13.6 Problems of regulating international liner shipping.- 13.7 Hopes for the future.- References.- Author index.

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Book SynopsisThe design and assessment of modern high temperature plant demands an understanding of the creep and rupture behaviour of materials under multi axial stress states. Examples include thread roots in steam turbine casing bolts, branch connections in nuclear pressure vessels and blade root fixings in gas or steam turbine rotors. At one extreme the simple notch weakening/notch strengthening characterization of the material by circumferentially vee-notched uniaxial rupture tests, as specified in many national standards, may be sufficient. These were originally intended to model thread roots and their conservatism is such that they frequently are considered adequate for design purposes. At the other extreme full size or model component tests may be employed to determine the safety margins built into design codes. This latter approach is most commonly used for internally pressurized components, particularly where welds are involved. However, such tests are extremely expensive and the use of modern stress analysis techniques combined with a detailed knowledge of multiaxial properties offers a more economic alternative. Design codes, by their nature, must ensure conservatism and are based on a material's minimum specified properties. In the case of high temperature components the extension of life beyond the nominal design figure, say from 100000 to 200000 h, offers very significant economic benefits. However, this may require a more detailed understanding of the multiaxial behaviour of a specific material than was available at the design stage.Table of ContentsI: Data Requirements.- 1. Multiaxial Data Requirements for Structural Integrity Assessments in Creep.- II: Biaxial Testing.- 2. The Application of Torsional and Double Shear Tests.- 3. Requirements for Thin-walled Torsion Testing.- 4. A Tension-Torsion Testing Technique.- 5. A Biaxial Tension-Torsion, Constant Stress, Creep Testing Machine.- 6. Torsion Testing in an Inert Atmosphere.- 7. Biaxial Testing Using Cruciform Specimens.- 8. Effects of Overloads and Creep on the Yield Surface of a Nickel-based Superalloy.- III: Triaxial Testing.- 9. An Overview on Studies of Stress State Effects During Creep of Circumferentially Notched Bars.- 10. Practical Aspects of Testing Circumferential Notch Specimens at High Temperature.- 11. Creep Tests on Axisymmetric Notched Bars: Global Displacement Measurements and Metallographic Determination of Local Strain and Damage.- 12. Computer Modelling of Creep Damage in Components with Variable Metallurgical Structure.- 13. Multiaxial Creep Testing Using Uniaxially Loaded Specimens with a Superimposed Hydrostatic Pressure.- Editors’ Note: Creep Rupture Testing under Triaxial Tension.- IV: Pressurised Tubes and Components.- 14. Stress State Distributions in Thick-walled Pressurised Tubes under Creep Loading.- 15. Potential for Standardisation of Techniques for Creep Testing of Internally Pressurised Tubular Components.- 16. Experiments on Multiaxial Creep Above 800°C.- 17. Some Experiences in the Creep Testing of Piping Elbows.- 18. Creep Rupture Testing of Tubular Model Components.- 19. Full Size Component Testing under Creep Conditions.

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Book SynopsisIn 1968 when Cell Walls and Membranes was published it was still reasonable to attempt to write a book covering the whole subject. Accordingly this edition of the book had something to say about walls from micro-organisms and plants as well as about membranes from bacteria and animal cells. A decade later this is manifestly impossible. Knowledge about almost all the subjects has grown explosively, par­ ticularly about membranes and the biosynthesis of macromolecules. Moreover aspects of the subject that were still in a relatively primitive state ten years ago have grown into highly sophisticated subjects worthy of extended treatment. The result is that the present book has had to be confined to structures and functions relating to only one division of the biological kingdom, namely micro-organisms. Even then severe limitations have had to be made to keep the task within the time available to the authors and their expertise. A few of the titles of chapters such as those on the isolation of walls and membranes, the structure of the components of bacterial and micro-fungal walls and their biosynthesis remain from the earlier book. These chapters have been almost completely rewritten and a number of quite new chapters added on topics such as the action of the antibiotics that inhibit bacterial wall syn­ thesis, on the function of bacterial membranes, and the bacterial autolysins.Table of Contents1 Ultrastructure of bacterial envelopes.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 The Gram-positive cell wall.- 1.3 The Gram-negative cell wall.- 1.4 Membrane morphology.- 1.5 Internal membranes.- 1.6 Specialized membrane systems.- References.- 2 Isolation of walls and membranes.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Isolation of walls and membranes from Gram-positive species.- 2.3 Separation of the components of the wall from Gram-negative species.- 2.4 Preparation of specialized intracytoplasmic membranes.- References.- 3 Membrane structure and composition in micro-organisms.- 3.1 General ideas of membrane structure.- 3.2 Some physical properties of membranes.- 3.3 Composition of microbial membranes.- 3.4 Proteins in membranes.- References.- 4 Membrane functions.- 4.1 Active components and functions of bacterial cell walls.- 4.2 Functions of the cytoplasmic membrane.- 4.3 Components of the electron transport chain.- 4.4 The coupling of energy flow to phosphorylation.- 4.5 Isolation and properties of Mg2+-Ca2+ ATPase.- 4.6 Vesiculation of membranes.- 4.7 Transport of metabolites and ions.- 4.8 Binding proteins.- 4.9 Mesosomal membrane.- 4.10 Outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria.- References.- 5 Membranes of bacteria lacking peptidoglycan.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Mycoplasmas.- 5.3 Extreme halophiles.- 5.4 Bacterial L-forms.- References.- 6 Structure of peptidoglycan.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Modification of the basic peptidoglycan structure.- 6.3 Three-dimensional structure of peptidoglycans.- 6.4 Cell walls of prokaryotes without peptidoglycan.- References.- 7 Additional polymers in bacterial walls.- 7.1 Gram-positive bacteria.- 7.2 Gram-negative bacteria.- References.- 8 Biosynthesis of peptidoglycan.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Synthesis of nucleotide sugar precursors.- 8.3 The lipid cycle.- 8.4 Formation of cross-bridge peptides.- 8.5 Polymerization of disaccharide-peptide units.- 8.6 Transpeptidation: The formation of cross-links.- 8.7 D-Alanine carboxypeptidases.- References.- 9 Antibiotics affecting bacterial wall synthesis.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Phosphonomycin (Fosfomycin).- 9.3 Antibiotics inhibiting D-alanine metabolism in peptidoglycan biosynthesis: cycloserine, O-carbamoyl-D-serine, alaphosphin (L-alanyl-L-1-aminoethyl phosphonic acid) and the haloalanines.- 9.4 Bacitracin.- 9.5 Tunicamycin.- 9.6 The vancomycin group of antibiotics: vancomycin, ristocetins, ristomycins, actinoidin.- 9.7 ?-Lactam antibiotics: the penicillins and cephalosporins.- 9.8 Antibiotics inhibiting biosynthesis of wall polymers but whose site of action is not yet established.- References.- 10 Biosynthesis of other bacterial wall components.- 10.1 Biosynthesis of teichoic acids.- 10.2 Biosynthesis of other components of the Gram-positive bacterial wall.- 10.3 Biosynthesis of the lipopolysaccharides.- 10.4 Iipoprotein from the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria.- References.- 11 The bacterial autolysins.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 Bond specificity and distribution of bacterial autolysins.- 11.3 Purification and properties of the autolytic enzymes.- 11.4 Location of autolytic enzymes.- 11.5 Function of autolysins.- References.- 12 Cell walls of Mycobacteria.- 12.1 Wall composition.- 12.2 Adjuvant and other immunostimulant properties.- 12.3 Antitumour activity.- References.- 13 Cell walls of filamentous fungi.- 13.1 Introduction.- 13.2 Carbohydrates in the wall.- 13.3 Wall composition and dimorphism.- 13.4 Melanins and depsipeptides.- 13.5 Conclusion.- References.- 14 Biosynthesis of wall components in yeast and filamentous fungi.- 14.1 Introduction.- 14.2 Biosynthesis of chitin.- 14.3 Biosynthesis of mannan.- 14.4 Biosynthesis of glucan.- References.- 15 The cell wall in the growth and cell division of bacteria.- 15.1 Introduction.- 15.2 Growth of streptococcal cell walls.- 15.3 Growth of the walls of Gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria.- 15.4 Growth of the Gram-negative cell wall.- 15.5 Growth of cytoplasmic membranes.- 15.6 Mutants with disturbed surface growth.- 15.7 Helical growth of bacteria.- References.

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Book SynopsisThe economics of forestry has always fascinated me as one of the most brain-taxing cases in economics. As an investment forestry is different from many other projects as it has unusually long gestation periods. For example, in the United Kingdom it takes over 40 years to grow coniferous and over 100 years for deciduous timber. These long gestation periods make it very clear how import­ ant are the magnitude of the discount rate and the method of discounting in the evaluation of investment projects. Any errors in these will misguide investors in forestry one way or the other. In addition, forestry redistributes income between gener­ ations. Its long gestation periods make it obvious that more than one generation will be involved in any venture. When we plant trees we know that the bulk of the benefits will be captured by future generations. Conversely, when we fell trees we reap the benefit of projects which were established in the past, mostly by generations who are long gone. So far most economists have devoted their time and energy to analysing income distribution in an intragenerational context, and this is a very sensitive and controversial issue. After all, most revolutions have taken place because of the uneven income distribution which was oppressive for the majority. Forestry helps us to study the case from the viewpoint of different generations. Forestry necessitates estimating timber prices a long time ahead.Table of Contents1 Forestry policy: an historic overview.- 2 Forestry in some selected Western countries and the European Economic Community.- 3 A cost-benefit analysis of public sector forestry in the United Kingdom by using ordinary discounting.- 4 Modified discounting and its application to forestry.- 5 Private sector forestry.- 6 The optimum rotation problem in forestry.- I Discounted cash flows/discount factors.- II Discount factors for the UK on the basis of MDM.- III Derivation of social interest rates for the UK, the US and Canada.- IV Recent developments in forestry policy in the United Kingdom.- Author index.

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Book SynopsisA long and varied experience in many areas of electronic circuit design has convinced me that capacitors are the most misunderstood and misused electronic component. This book provides practical guidance in the understanding, construction, use, and application of capacitors. Theory, combined with circuit application advice, will help to under­ stand what goes on in each component and in the final design. All chapters are arranged with the theory of the dielectric type discussed first, followed by circuit application information. With all chapters arranged in the same manner, this will make reading and using this book for reference easier. A practical glossary of terms used in the capacitor industry is included. The first chapter covers basic information that applies to all types of capacitors. Each following chapter addresses a different capacitor dielectric. This book could have been titled: 'Everything You Wanted To Know About Capacitors, But Were Afraid To Ask .. .' ix Preface THE CAPACITOR HANDBOOK Chapter 1 Fundamentals For All Capacitors For all practical purposes, consider only the parallel plate capacitor as illustrated in Fig. 1.1-two conductors or electrodes separated by a dielectric material of uniform thickness. The conductors can be any material that will conduct electricity easily. The dielectric must be a poor conductor-an insulator. Conductor (Electrode) Dielectric ,;~;...--~ Conductor (Electrode) 1..-----Wire to Outside World Fig. 1.1 The Parallel-Plate Capacitor Fig. 1.2 illustrates the symbol for a capacitor used in schematic diagrams of electronic circuits. The symbol resembles a parallel-plate model.Table of Contents1 Fundamentals For All Capacitors.- Application Information.- 2 Ceramic Capacitors.- Application Information.- 3 Plastic Film Capacitors.- Application Information.- Plastic Film Capacitors.- Metallized Film Capacitors.- 4 Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors.- Production Technology.- The Anode (Positive Plate).- The Electrolyte.- The Spacer.- The Cathode.- Electro-mechanical Considerations.- Application Information.- 5 Tantalum Capacitors.- Tantalum Foil Style.- Wet Tantalum Style.- Solid Tantalum Style.- Application Information.- Tantalum Foil Capacitors.- Wet-Electrolyte, Sintered Anode Tantalum Capacitors.- Solid Tantalum Capacitors.- 6 Glass Capacitors.- Application Information.- 7 Mica Capacitors.- Application Information.- Appendix A Capacitor Selection Guidelines.- Ceramic.- Paper/Plastic Dielectric.- Aluminum Electrolytic.- Tantalum Electrolytic.- Glass.- Mica.- Trimmer Capacitors.- Appendix B Equations and Symbol Definitions.- Basic Capacitor Formulas.- Metric Prefixes.- Symbols.

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Book SynopsisKosik writes that the history of a text is in a certain sense the history of its interpretations. In the fifteen years that have passed since the first (Czech) edition of his Dialectics of the Concrete, this book has been widely read and interpreted throughout Europe, in diverse centers of scholarship as well as in private studies. A faithful English language edition is long overdue. This publication of KosIk's work will surely provoke a range of new interpretations. For its theme is the characterization of science and of rationality in the context of the social roots of science and the social critique which an appropriately rational science should afford. Kosik's question is: How shall Karl Marx's understanding of science itself be understood? And how can it be further developed? In his treatment of the question of scientific rationality, KOSIK drives bluntly into the issues of gravest human concern, not the least of which is how to avoid the pseudo-concrete, the pseudo-scientific, the pseudo-rational, the pseudo­ historical. Starting with Marx's methodological approach, of "ascending from the abstract to the concrete", KOSIK develops a critique of positivism, of phenomenalist empiricism, and of "metaphysical" rationalism, counter­ posing them to "dialectical rationalism". He takes the category of the concrete in the dialectical sense of that which comes to be known by the active transformation of nature and society by human purposive activity.Table of ContentsI. Dialectics of the concrete totality.- The World of the Pseudoconcrete and Its Destruction.- The Spiritual and Intellectual Reproduction of Reality.- Concrete Totality.- Notes.- II. Economics and philosophy.- Metaphysics of Everyday Life.- Care.- The Everyday and History.- Metaphysics of Science and Reason.- Homo oeconomicus.- Reason, Rationalization, Irrationality.- Metaphysics of Culture.- The Economic Factor.- Art and Its Social Equivalent.- Historism and Historicism.- Notes.- III. Philosophy and economy.- Problems of Marx’s Capital.- Interpretation of the Text.- To Abolish Philosophy?.- The Construction of Capital.- Man and Thing, or the Character of Economics.- Social Being and Economic Categories.- Philosophy of Labor.- Labor and Economics.- Notes.- IV. Praxis and totality.- Praxis.- History and Freedom.- Man.- Notes.- Index of Names.

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Book SynopsisVolume 124 of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains 19 obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the British Academy.Table of ContentsGerald Edward Aylmer, 1926-2000 ; William Spencer Barrett, 1914-2001 ; Charles Frederick Carter, 1919-2002 ; John Erickson, 1929-2002 ; Raymond William Firth, 1901-2002 ; Hrothgar John Habakkuk, 1915-2002 ; Richard Mervyn Hare, 1919-2002 ; Geoffrey Stephen Kirk, 1921-2003 ; Vivien Anne Law, 1954-2002 ; John Lough, 1913-2000 ; Ian Dalrymple McFarlane, 1915-2002 ; David Neil MacKenzie, 1926-2001 ; John Kieran Barry Moylan Nicholas, 1919-2002 ; Dimitri Dimitrievich Obolensky, 1918-2001 ; John Harold Plumb, 1911-2001 ; Nicolai Rubinstein, 1911-2002 ; John Michael Wallace-Hadrill, 1916-1985 ; William Smith Watt, 1913-2002 ; Richard Bruce Wernham, 1906-1999

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Book SynopsisVolume 125 of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains 15 lectures delivered at the British Academy in 2003.Table of ContentsThinking in Threes: The Triad in Early Irish Literature ; Charity and Usury: Jewish and Christian Lending in Renaissance and Early Modern Italy ; The Crescent and the City of the Sun: Islam and the Renaissance Utopia of Tommaso Campanella ; The Foundations of Shakespeare's Text ; The Re-Description of Enlightenment ; Michael Drayton and the Burden of History ; Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator? ; Revenants and Migrants: Hardy, Butler, Woolf and Sebald ; Scholarship and the Musical: Reclaiming Jerome Kern ; The Rule of Law in International Affairs ; 'The Nation Within': British India at War 1939-47 ; Economics for Consumer Policy ; The Geography of Descent ; Working Memory and Learning During the School Years ; Carving Stone Sutras before the World Ends: The Inscription of 1118 CE at Cloud Dwelling Monastery near Beijing

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Book SynopsisThe topical issues debated in this volume include the patenting of AIDS drugs, the future pensions crisis, Britain's universities, and Pan-Islam.There are studies of Shakespeare, Pope, Montaigne, Robert Graves, and William Faulkner. And there are lectures on the Inquisition, empires in history, and the journey towards spiritual fulfilment.Table of ContentsRobert Graves and The White Goddess ; Authority and Intertextuality in the Works of Aelfric ; Barnardine's Straw: The Devil in Shakespeare's Detail ; Dulness and Pope ; Montaigne ; The Future of Our Universities ; The Inquisition and the Renaissance ; The Prehistory of Chinese Music Theory ; Patents and Public Health: Principle, Politics and Paradox ; What Fates Impose: Facing Up to Uncertainty ; Empire, History and the Contemporary Global Order ; Archaeology in Mesopotamia: Digging Deeper at Tell Brak ; The New Political Economy ; 'They Worship Death Here': William Faulkner, Sanctuary and Hollywood ; Nomad's Progress ; Imagining Pan-Islam: Religious Activism and Political Utopias

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Book SynopsisVolume 139 of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains 13 Lectures delivered at the British Academy in 2005. Topics range from archaeological perspectives on the essence of being human to discussions of the UK's Monetary Policy Committee and the role of judges.Table of ContentsPractical Issues in UK Monetary Policy, 2000-2005 ; Staging Matters: Shakespeare, the Director, and the Theatre Historian ; The Judges: Active or Passive? ; Useful Knowledge ; Byron, Conversation and Discord ; Mutualities and Obligations: Changing Social Relationships in Early Modern England ; Dante's Epistle to Cangrande and its Two Authors ; Becoming Human: the Archaeological Challenge ; The Inscribed Bronzes from Yangjiacun: New Evidence on Social Structure and Historical Consciousness in Late Western Zhou China (c. 800 BC) ; Everyman in Motion: from Bosch to Bruegel ; Abstracts and Notes on Lectures

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Book SynopsisNow in its 148th edition, The Statesman's Yearbook continues to be the reference work of choice for accurate and reliable information on every country in the world. Covering political, economic, social and cultural aspects, the Yearbook is also available online for subscribing institutions: www.statesmansyearbook.com.Trade Review'The most comprehensive guide to world political and economic affairs' - Robert Thomson, Publisher, Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal 'the most convenient and reliable starting point for information on international affairs. Its coverage is unparalleled for a one-volume resource, and it has never let me down' - George J. Mitchell, American special envoy to the Middle East 'A miracle of compression: the key facts about the entire world crisply collated in [its] tightly edited pages. It is an essential desktop guide for anyone who needs to think, write or talk about the nature and future of our unimaginably odd and constantly surprising planet' - Godfrey Smith, The Sunday Times 'All you need to know about the population of various states and countries, officials, exports, constitutions, governments, diplomatic representatives, religion, finance and basic histories' - The New York Times 'full of invaluable material about every country in the world. For someone like me who spends much of my time travelling, it is an invaluable treasure trove. I would warmly recommend it to other readers' - The Right Honourable Christopher F. Patten, CH, Chancellor of Oxford University 'should be in every office which is concerned with world trade and, indeed, in every school which produces the future traders. It is an essential tool of all global thinking' - Geographical Magazine Bestselling Reference title -- 'Originally designed for statesmen but now used by anyone needing information on the politics, cultures, and economies of the world, this yearbook is one of the longest-running annual publications in history' -- Library Journal 'The information this book contains renders it indispensible' - The New York Times, 1874Table of ContentsTime Zones Map Flags of the World/Map of the World (Colour Pull-out Section) Key World Facts Chronology of World Events Olympics Chronology PART I International Organizations PART II: COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD A-Z: Key Historical Events Territory and Population Social Statistics Climate Constitution and Government Government Chronology Recent Elections Current Administration Current Leaders Defence International Relations Economy Energy and Natural Resources Environment Industry International Trade Communications Social Institutions Culture Diplomatic Representatives Further Reading Abbreviations Place and International Organizations Index Index of Current Leaders

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJewish Terrorism in Israel addresses a huge lacuna in the field by providing the first systematic, in-depth treatment of Jewish terrorism from ancient times to today. It concludes with vitally important developments in Jewish extremism over the past nine years, making a signal contribution at a moment when interest in terrorism and counterterrorism is high, when more attention than ever is being focused on terrorism motivated by religion, and when we most need insight into the nature of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. -- Bruce Hoffman, author of Inside Terrorism Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger provide us with an intelligent, sensible, and compelling story of terrorism among a people more famously known as historical victims rather than perpetrators. Their use of multiple research methods--including first-hand observations and interviews--is admirable; their insight into the interaction among religious, political, social, and psychological forces is convincing; and their accounts of informal networks and ideological socialization are especially revealing. This book is a model of scholarship on a topic most resistant to dispassionate analysis. -- Neil J. Smelser, University of California, Berkeley This engaging book documents the dark side of Jewish political activism in Israel from ancient times to the present. These gripping accounts, which describe the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the anti-Arab vitriol of Meir Kahane, and the strident opposition of the settler movement, show that terrorism has been in the shadows of Jewish politics in Israel, just as it has been in every other religious tradition around the world. Jewish Terrorism in Israel should be required reading for anyone concerned about the moral dilemmas of Jewish activism, peace in the Middle East, and the rise of religious violence everywhere. -- Mark Juergensmeyer, author of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence [Pedahzur and Perliger] provide excellent insight into a little reported and even lesser understood reality. Publishers Weekly (starred review) This work is timely, objective, and bold... highly recommended. Choice Choice Sets a high bar for subsequent works. -- L. Carl Brown Foreign Affairs [Jewish Terrorism in Israel] provides rich, detailed exploration of a form of terrorism often little noted within the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. -- Rebecca L. Torstrick H-Levant Most, perhaps all, religious traditions have produced their own long intermittent and unique histories of terrorism. Yet this remarkable, engrossing study is the first to put the story of one religion together. It will surely stimulate studies of other religious traditions, a subject everyone needs to know more about. -- David Rapoport, author of Inside Terrorist Organizations Essential reading for anyone interested in global terrorism. The European LegacyTable of ContentsPreface Life in the Counterculture The Catastrophic Event The Dynamic and Causes of Radicalization Method Book Structure 1. Ancient and Modern History: The Founding Myths Hasmoneans Terrorism in Jerusalem Jewish Political Activism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2. Early and Mid-Twentieth Century: Ethno-Religious Terrorism The Split Between the Etzel and the Lehi The Assassination of Lord Moyne From the Season to the United Resistance Movement The Partition Plan The Assassination of Israel Kastner Kingdom of Israel (the Tzrifin Underground) Brit Hakanaim (Covenant of the Zealots) 3. The Camp David Accords: The Struggle over the Promised Land The Attack on the Mayors The Crisis of the Camp David Accords The Jewish Underground The Founding Clique Vengeance Removing the Abomination The Massacre at the Islamic College The Exposure of the Network and Conclusions 4. Meir Kahane and the Kach Movement: Jews Against Israelis Hebron Then and Now From Jewish Defense League to Kahanist Counterculture Early Days Yoel Lerner The Modern Hasmonean Revolt The Struggle in Sinai TNT The Committee for the Safety of the Roads The Disciples God of Vengeance 5. The Assassination of Yitzak Rabin The Vengeance Underground The Yigal Amir Group The Plot Formation of the Network 6. The Second Intifada: Vengeance The Hilltop Youth The Bat Ayin Group The Withdrawal from Gaza Gush Katif Sa Nur Kfar Tapuach Amona 7. Eccentric Cults, Vengeances, and Lone Wolves Uzi Meshulam Cult The Jerusalem Groups: The Ein Kerem Group and the Lifta Gang Spontaneous Vengeance Interim Summary: The Exceptional Groups Mental Health and External Events Vengeance, Counterculture, and Mental Disturbances The Lone Avengers The Mindset of the Lone Wolves 8. In the Name of God, the People, and the Land: Reassessment of the Causes of Jewish Terrorism Comparing Jewish Terrorism with Other Manifestations of Religious Terrorism Concluding Remarks: Looking Ahead Glossary Chronology of Attacks and Events Related to Jewish Terrorism Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTells of the story of Beirut, a city that has stood at the crossroads of Mediterranean civilization for more than four thousand years. This title takes the reader from the ancient to the modern world, offering a panorama of the city's Seleucid, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and French incarnations.Trade Review"An evocative portrait of a great but tragic metropolis." -- Gilbert Taylor Booklist "A significant and important book for anyone with an interest in the city and its ongoing troubles, the Middle East in general and in the relationship between modernity and urbanity." -- Ghassan Hage The Australian "Kassir embodied Beirut's variant of the polyglot Levantine ideal... His biography of the city of which he was a vital constituent is unlikely to be surpassed." London Review Of Books "A unique contribution to the growing literature on modern and contemporary Lebanon... Erudite, evocative, and highly compelling." Review Of Middle East Stds "Kassir charts in intricate detail the damage done to Beirut through architectural crimes that portended the greater destruction to come." -- Charles Glass London Review Of Books "A definitive history of the city." Middle East JournalTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Robert Fisk Translator's Note Acknowledgments Abbreviations Prologue: The Eyes of the Mind Part One: From the Ancient to the Modern World 1. Beirut before Beirut 2. The Great Transformation 3. The Ibrahim Pasha Era 4. The Roads from Damascus 5. A Window on Ottoman Modernity Part Two: The Awakening 6. A Cultural Revolution 7. Between Boston and Rome 8. The Horizon of the World 9. Uncertain Identities Part Three: The Capital of the Mandate 10. France Broadens Its Mission 11. The French City 12. Grand-Liban and Petit Paris 13. A Crucible for Independence Part Four: The Cosmopolitan Metropolis of the Arabs 14. The Switzerland of the East 15. Beirut, Male and Female 16. The Pleasures of the World 17. Ecochard's Lost Wagers Part Five: The City of Every Danger 18. On the Knife's Edge 19. The End of Innocence 20. Beirut, O Beirut! Epilogue: To Be or To Have Been Notes Glossary of Arabic and Turkish Terms Bibliography Photographic Credits Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together, for the first time, a variety of texts from Certeau's book and journal publications which have proved important in the various disciplines where Certeau has had an influence.Trade Review"This excellent new reader is divided into five sections touching on different aspects of Certeau's work and his engagement with issues regarding the Other, spatiality, colonialism, the body, oppression, and others." The Front TableTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. (Graham Ward). Part I Other Times: Historiography. 1 Introduction: Michael de Certeau on Histography. 2 Writings and Histories. 3 History: Science and Fiction. Part II Other Cities: Cultural Politics. 4 Introduction. (Tom Conley). 5 A Symbolic Revolution. 6 The Social Architecture of Knowledge. 7 The Indian Long March. Part III Other People: Ethnorgraphy and Social Practice. 8 Introduction. (Ian Buchannan). 9. Walking in the City. 10. Believing and Making People Believe. 11. Ethno-Graphy, Speech, or the space of the Other. (Jean de Lery). Part IV Other Languages: Speech and Writing. 12. Introduction. (Jeremy Ahearne). 13. The Scriptural Economy. 14. The World of the Vowel. 15. Mystic Speech. Part V Other Beliefs: Theology. 16. Introduction: Michel de Certeau, Theologst. (Frederick Bauerschmidt). 17. The Weakness of Believing. From the Body to Writing a Christian Transit. Select Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisAn anthology of key primary texts that offer an introduction to Islamist political thought since the early twentieth century.Trade Review"Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought presents representative writings of that radical minority of Muslims who reject political quietism, resist alien intrusions, and call for a divinely mandated state and society as set out in the Koran and as exemplified in the early Muslim community."--Foreign Affairs "There is no other anthology that better demonstrates the multiplicity of Islamist thought, the intricacy of its intellectual and political contexts, or the variety and diversity of ways in which it relates to other intellectual and religious trends in the contemporary Muslim world."--Tauseef Ahmad Parray, Islam and Muslim SocietiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Permissions xiii A Note on Transliteration, Spelling, and Other Conventions xvii Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Part I: Islamism: An Emergent Worldview Chapter 2: Hasan al-Banna 49 Toward the Light 56 Chapter 3: Sayyid Abu'l-A'la Mawdudi 79 The Islamic Law 86 Chapter 4: Sayyid Abu'l-Hasan'Ali Nadwi 107 Muslim Decadence and Revival 112 Chapter 5: Sayyid Qutb 129 Signposts along the Road 136 In the Shade of the Qur'an 145 Part II: Remaking the Islamic State Chapter 6: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 155 Islamic Government 163 Chapter 7: Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr 181 The General Framework of the Islamic Economy 186 Chapter 8: Hasan al-Turabi 207 The Islamic State 213 Chapter 9: Yusuf al-Qaradawi 224 Islam and Democracy 230 Part III: Islamism and Gender Chapter 10: Murtaza Mutahhari 249 The Human Status of Woman in the Qur'an 254 Chapter 11: Zaynab al-Ghazali 275 An Islamist Activist 283 From Days of My Life, chapter 2 288 Chapter 12: Nadia Yassine 302 Modernity, Muslim Women, and Politics in the Mediterranean 311 Part IV: Violence, Action, and Jihad Chapter 13: Muhammad'Abd al-Salam Faraj 321 The Neglected Duty 327 Chapter 14: 'Umar'Abd al-Rahman 344 The Present Rulers and Islam: Are They Muslims or Not? 350 Chapter 15: Hamas 356 Charter of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) of Palestine 364 Chapter 16: Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah 387 Islamic Unity and Political Change 394 September 11th, Terrorism, Islam, and the Intifada 403 Chapter 17: The Taliban 409 A New Layeha for the Mujahidin 415 An Interview with a Taliban Commander 418 Part V: Globalizing Jihad Chapter 18: Usama bin Laden 425 Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places 436 Chapter 19: Muhammad'Ata al-Sayyid 460 Final Instructions 466 Glossary 473 Bibliography 479 Index 501

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Book SynopsisThe French government's 2004 decision to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools puzzled many observers. This book argues that the focus on headscarves came from a century-old sensitivity to the public presence of religion in schools, feared links between public expressions of Islamic identity and radical Islam.Trade Review"As Bowen rightly suggests in the closing section of his book (having dealt with recourse to legislation in the middle), underlying concerns about the development of separate communities (communautarisme), radical Islam and gender discrimination are concealed by the dispute over headscarves."--Malcolm Crook, Times Higher Education Supplement "[An] excellent book"--Richard Wolin, Nation "[A] lucid and thought-provoking book."--David A. Bell, New Republic "John R. Bowen notes that since the French Revolution, in which the church was seen as a prop for oppressive state policies, the government has historically discouraged public displays of religion... Why the French Don't Like Headscarves should be read by every American who holds public office as well as everyone else who cares about this great question of our day: What should we ask of those who want to live in our country?"--David Kirby, Chicago Tribune "John Bowen's Why the French Don't Like Headscarves is ... more a book about French political culture writ large than about Islam and France. And so it should be: Islam is now intrinsically linked with the definition of what it means to be French in political terms... Bowen cleverly and vividly describes for an American audience the French political debate without simplifying or distorting it. He skillfully blends historical background, factual descriptions of events, in-depth analysis and lively discussions with philosophers and politicians, social workers and ordinary people he meets in the street. The sample of opinion he proffers conveys well the full complexity and diversity of the debate, which Bowen makes intelligible for a large audience."--Olivier Roy, American Interest "Bowen gives a very good account of the national controversy. Bowen interviewed a number of the actors, on both sides, from the top levels of government down to some expelled girls, and produces a well-balanced account... Well worth reading."--Jean-Paul Poirier, European Review "Thoughtful and refreshing... Even though the book focuses on France, issues about identity, religion in schools and the best way of achieving integration are highly relevant to many Western societies. Why the French Don't Like Headscarves is a timely publication that should increase understanding of such controversial subjects."--Clarissa Woodberry, Culture Wars "Bowen ... provides a good discussion of France's historical traditions."--Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs "American anthropologist John Bowen ... explains why headscarves on young French girls sparked an international debate on the nature of secular society and the role of religious observance in contemporary European society."--Kathy English, Globe and Mail "Bowen's sharp analysis flicks between the debate's twin poles: are girls wearing scarves to be treated as individuals or as 'future citizens of France'?"--Tony Maniaty, Australian "Bowen has written an excellent study on French political culture. He should now add a similar study on the political culture of Muslims in Europe in general."--Hendrik Hansen, International Review of Modern Sociology "Bowen's study is restricted to an account of a debate in France but it has the potential to inform similar questions around other issues of dealing with cultural differences. The research employs a creative methodology to deal with an informed and self-conscious public sphere. The book should become mandatory reading for students of social sciences as well as policy makers."--Mohammad Talib, Journal of Islamic Studies "This book is a sensitive narrative analysis of events leading up to the banning of headscarves in public schools. Bowen never judges, he only narrates. He does not come to any conclusions about the outcome of the law, but aims at an increased understanding of the problems of diversity, integration and fragmentation facing the French. This work is important for the understanding of France today, but it is also relevant to all Western societies."--Wilhelm Pretorius, Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae "Bowen lets his discerning narrative voice take readers on a journey through contemporary France, shaking the very foundation of this society. This is important. The idea of the enlightened and secular European, needed to discipline the religious despot from the south, is far from limited to France."--Per-Erik Nilsson, Temenos "One of the fascinating aspects of Bowen's book is the way in which he assembled his information and documentation about the 2004 law... The vast number of cases which he culled in researching his book is both admirable for its depth and for the way in which intra-Muslim passions were ignited in the debate over headscarves."--Arnold Ages, Chicago Jewish Star "Bowen wrote a marvellous book which illustrates that 'affairs' concerning Muslims and non-Muslims cannot be explained in terms of a general incompatibility of Islam and the West, but call for detailed analysis of local civic cultures, as well as a contextualized understanding of specific domestic and foreign factors contributing to societal tensions."--Marjo Buitelaar, Social Athropology "Why the French Don't Like Headscarves is a fascinating synthesis of the elements that make up modern France, and as Bowen demonstrates, the debate is much more than a discussion or apprehensions about the rise of (radical) Islam in the postcolonial era; rather, the debate over les voilees is representative of the increasing fragmentation of French society, highlighting issues that are much more grave than a simple scarf."--Alexandra Jerome, Journal of Middle East Women's Studies "[T]his book presents an accessible analysis of public discourse in France. For geographers, the book provides an excellent example of the ways that different social actors idealize and actively construct public space, and that certain bodies and bodily practices--in this case, Muslim schoolgirls and their headscarves--become the focal point of struggles to define the nature of public space... [H]is analysis clearly contributes to a conceptualization of public space as ambiguous and contested, and it invites us to view conflicts over belonging and social membership through a spatial lens."--Caroline R. Nagel, Cultural Geographies "John R. Bowen's work as presented here poses many significant questions and gives valuable suggestions for further research projects in this area."--Safiye Yildiz, H-Net Reviews "I would like to strongly recommend Bowen's book because through the lenses of one specific issue, readers can learn a lot about the history of laicite, the colonial legacy of France in countries such as Morocco and Algeria, the constitution of the French Muslim community, the interplay between French institutions, and that between different interest groups within and outside France."--Elena Vesselinov, Women's Studies Quarterly "[T]he longer-duree history of France's ambiguous relationship with Islam (and headscarves) merits fuller integration into this debate. Bowen's book points usefully in this direction. While remaining grounded in the more recent history of the republic, to which he brings fresh perspective and illuminating analysis."--Mary Dewhurst Lewis, French Politics, Culture & SocietyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix CHAPTER ONE: Introduction 1 Part 1 State and Religion in the Long Run 9 CHAPTER TWO: Remembering Laicite 11 CHAPTER THREE: Regulating Islam 34 Part 2 Publicity and Politics, 1989-2005 63 CHAPTER FOUR: Scarves and Schools 65 CHAPTER FIVE: Moving toward a Law 98 CHAPTER SIX: Repercussions 128 Part 3 Philosophy, Media, Anxiety 153 CHAPTER SEVEN: Communalism 155 CHAPTER EIGHT: Islamism 182 CHAPTER NINE: Sexism 208 CHAPTER TEN: Conclusions 242 Notes 251 Glossary 273 References 275 Index 283

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Book SynopsisMiddle Eastern Muslim men have been widely vilified as terrorists, religious zealots, and brutal oppressors of women. This book challenges these stereotypes with the stories of ordinary Middle Eastern men as they struggle to overcome infertility and childlessness through assisted reproduction.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2015 Robert B. Textor and Family Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology, American Anthropological Association Winner of the 2014 JMEWS Book Award, Journal of Middle Eastern Women's Studies and Association of Middle East Women's Studies One of Choice's Editors' Picks, October 2012 Shortlisted for the 2013 Book Prize, Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness of the British Sociological Association "Yale anthropologist Inhorn's readable ethnography tackles the subject of infertility among Arab men. The author draws primarily on her research in Lebanese clinics that offer in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intrcytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) but also utilizes data from research in Egypt and the UAE... Inhorn's engagin writing style, clear analysis of relevant literature and theory, and compelling interviews make this book an excellent choice for both undergraduate and graduate collections."--Choice "Not only does this book provide scholars with innovative anthropological theoretical tools for the study of gender and masculinity in a field increasingly dominated by queer theoretical paradigms, it also offers a fascinating insight into the intersection of gender, religion and art in the Middle East, setting an example for new research. Yet above all, The New Arab Man effortlessly succeeds in offering 'a more realistic and humanizing portrayal of Middle Eastern men's lives.'"--Wim Peumans, Social Anthropology "In the end, I think Inhorn is right; her book does provide a corrective to those who conceptualize Middle Eastern men in a two-dimensional way, but I also think her book goes much further than this, delving into the complex navigations of religion, cultural tradition, science, and technology faced by many religious people in everyday life. For those interested in exploring such issues--including scholars and students of religion, immigration, science studies, medical sociology, and medicine--her book is a wonderful resource."--John O'Brien, Sociology of Religion "[This] is without doubt an important contribution to medical anthropology in the Middle East and to our understanding of the complex and changing nature of masculinity in the Arab world."--Ramy Aly, Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xi Prologue: Hamza, My Infertile Driver xiii Introduct ion: Reconceiving Middle Eastern Manhood Part I : Emergent Masculini t ies Chapter 1. Hegemonic Masculinity 39 Chapter 2. Infertile Subjectivities 63 Chapter 3. Love Stories 91 Chapter 4. Consanguineous Connectivity 123 Part II : Islamic Masculini t ies Chapter 5. Masturbation and Semen Collection 161 Chapter 6. Islam and Assisted Reproduction 193 Chapter 7. Sperm Donation and Adoption 228 Chapter 8. Egg Donation and Emergence 262 Conclus ion: Emergent Masculinities in the Middle East 299 Acknowledgments 319 Appendix: The Assisted Reproduction Fatwas 325 Glossary of Arabic Terms 333 Glossary of Medical Terms 337 Notes 345 References Cited 363 Index 389

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Book SynopsisThe Muslim Brotherhood has achieved a level of influence nearly unimaginable before the Arab Spring. The Brotherhood was the resounding victor in Egypt's 2011-2012 parliamentary elections, and six months later, a leader of the group was elected president. Yet the implications of the Brotherhood's rising power for the future of democratic governanceTrade ReviewHonorable Mention for the 2015 Hubert Morken Award for Best Book, Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014 One of The Middle East Channel's Top Five Books of 2013, chosen by Marc Lynch "The Muslim Brotherhood has been pushed out of power in Egypt and Carrie Rosefsky Wickham ... might appear to be publishing just too late. In fact, her book still matters."--Gerard Russell, Times Literary Supplement "[F]ine-grained, historically rich analysis."--Charles Tripp, London Review of Books "This timely publication emerges from Emory University political scientist Wickham's (Mobilizing Islam) long-term research into the institutional and ideological nuances of 'movement changes' within the Muslim Brotherhood--the Sunni revivalist organization that was the leading opponent of the Mubarak regime in Egypt before the popular uprising of January 2011... This admirable study (based on hundreds of interviews) is a judicious, well-grounded plea for complexity in the depiction and analysis of Islamist movements."--Publishers Weekly "[F]ascinating and marvelously detailed... The Muslim Brotherhood offers one of the best and most detailed presentations of a robust school of thought among students of Islamism... [I]t is likely to become a standard text and will be received as a major summary statement of decades of research and analysis."--Marc Lynch, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas "In this richly researched book, Wickham provides the most in-depth analysis of the genesis and development of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood available in English... This valuable contribution to the literature on mainstream Islamist movements will be useful to scholars and policymakers alike."--Library Journal "[A] clearly written and balanced account of the Brotherhood from its modest beginnings to its coming to power."--Michael Burleigh, Literary Review "[A] commanding study of the Brotherhood's long history."--Frederick Deknatel, National "[An] excellent new history of the Muslim Brotherhood."--Christopher de Bellaigue, Guardian "[O]utstanding... The Muslim Brotherhood is an essential guide to understanding the historical background of the political crisis in Egypt today."--Joseph Richard Preville, Muscat Daily "Given Egypt's crucial position as the Arab world's most populous nation, it is especially welcome that Emory University's Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, has written The Muslim Brotherhood, an accessible and informative analysis of one of the most important and perhaps most misunderstood political organizations in the Middle East... Wickham's book provides a fascinating historical account of the Muslim Brotherhood and its development over the decades."--Matthew Feeney, American Conservative "Wickham's thoughtful presentation of the Muslim Brotherhood as both a significant historical player and a responsive ideological organization may serve to deepen our understanding of current upheavals in the Arab world. Fascinating, revealing, and impressive in scope, Wickham's book stands to make important contributions to contemporary studies of the Middle East."--Michelle Anne Schingler, Foreword "[The Muslim Brotherhood] is a careful analysis that is meticulous in questioning the data from a position of critical reflection, demonstrating many years of research and experience and a genuine understanding of the region and its complexities by not taking simple statements at face value... The extent to which analysis of this kind can derive valid causal inferences from observed data hinges on the contextual knowledge of the researcher, and it is here that this work truly excels... The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement is not just a timely new book on a topic of public interest but a fine example of academic research."--Christina Hellmich, Times Higher Education "[W]hatever transpires the Muslim Brotherhood will be key players, whether in government or on the street, and this excellent work of historical analysis will be essential reading for all those who want a grounded and informed understanding of events."--Dr. Charles H. Middleburgh, Middleburgh Blog "Highlighting elements of movement continuity and change, and demonstrating that shifts in Islamist worldviews, goals, and strategies are not the result of a single strand of cause and effect, Wickham provides a systematic, fine-grained account of Islamist group evolution in Egypt and the wider Arab world."--World Book Industry "The Muslim Brotherhood is an excellent place to start the quest to understand the Brotherhood and their central role in recent events. Wickham's finely tuned analysis takes us only to the election of Mohamed Morsi on June 30, 2012. Yet, rather than date her study, the cascade of events that followed has only served to heighten its value."--Raymond William Baker, Middle East Journal "Carrie Wickham brings years of thoughtful research, experience in the field, and careful reflection to her new book on the Muslim Brotherhood. The book, which is meticulously detailed and superbly sourced, is a pleasure to read and advances robust theoretical and empirical claims... Wickham's book is a masterful telling of the trajectory of the contemporary Egyptian Muslim Brothers."--Joshua Stacher, International Journal of Middle East Studies "[The Muslim Brotherhood] provides a nuanced and rich analysis of the transformation of the Brotherhood from its inception in the 1920s until its rise to power in 2011-12... This book is a must read not only for students of Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood but also for all those interested in the evolution of social and political movements in the Middle East and beyond."--Choice "Wickham's work is a valuable introduction to the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist movements in the Arab world. It is timely and relevant and promises to advance a much-needed discussion of the complexity of Islamist movements and their political endeavours."--Dalal Daoud, International Journal "Wickham's book provides a solid guide to the Muslim Brotherhood."--Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Middle East Quarterly "Carrie Rosefsky Wickham has authored a singularly important work for those especially interested in learning how religiously representative Egyptians think about their lives and the way forward. The author is commended for her labor and diligence and notably for her exploration of the mindset that has captured the fascination of people the world over."--Lawrence Ziring, Review of PoliticsTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii Note on Transliteration xvii Chapter One Conceptualizing Islamist Movement Change 1 Chapter Two The Brotherhood's Early Years 20 Chapter Three The Brotherhood's Foray into Electoral Politics 46 Chapter Four The Wasat Party Initiative and the Brotherhood's Response 76 Chapter Five The Brotherhood's Seesaw between Self-Assertion and Self-Restraint 96 Chapter Six Repression and Retrenchment 120 Chapter Seven The Brotherhood and the Egyptian Uprising 154 Chapter Eight Egypt's Islamist Movement in Comparative Perspective 196 Chapter Nine The Muslim Brotherhood in (Egypt's) Transition 247 Notes 289 List of Interviews 327 Selected Bibliography 331 Index 347

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Book SynopsisAcross much of the world today, Muslim women of all ages are increasingly choosing to wear the veil. Is this trend a sign of rising piety or a way of asserting Muslim pride? And does the veil really provide women freedom from sexual harassment? This title examines the inconsistent and inadequate reasons given for the veil.Trade Review"Long or short, sternly pinned or silkily draped, the Islamic veil is the most contentious religious symbol today, in the West as much as in the Muslim world... [Lazreg] feels passionately that Muslim women should not wear the veil, as both her mother and grandmother obediently did... [A] useful and timely counterpoint."--Economist "Marnia Lazreg's discussion of the infamous piece of cloth, however, is different from most other treatises on the issue. It is personal and passionate... As such, it is a highly relevant intervention into the debate on the veil."--Julia Droeber, Times Higher Education "Sociologist Lazreg, an authority on Algeria, has issued a call for frank and unmediated conversation among Muslim women. In a series of four letters that assert the major points of contention--modesty, sexual harassment, cultural identity, conviction, and piety--she lays bare the issues, apologetics, and real lives of veiled Muslim women in an unprecedented fashion... A provocative text that demands a response."--Choice "Questioning the Veil is an excellent examination of an extremely controversial and divisive piece of clothing, written with unimpeachable authority, and a valuable source of information for anyone seeking to achieve an informed perspective on the subject."--Rabbi Dr Charles H Middleburgh, Charles Middleburgh blog "Read as the author declares it to be, not a scholarly treatise, but a very personal inquiry, Marnia Lazreg's book is a rich and committed contribution to the current debate on the veil."--Irina Vainovski-Mihai, Insight Turkey "[Lazreg's] analysis will no doubt frustrate Muslim women who say they choose to wear the veil, but her argument is well worth reading by anyone... This should be required reading in any course discussing gender and Islam."--Daniel Martin Varisco, Contemporary Islam "[Lazreg's] strong, but sensitive, prose rescues the veil debate from theological disputation and overly footnoted treatises."--Daniel Martin Varisco, Contemporary Islam "[I]t is good that such a book exists. Every woman should read it and reflect on it honestly before making up her mind about veiling."--Fanny Le Reste, Suomen AntropologiTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Letter One: Modesty 15 Letter Two: Sexual Harassment 41 Letter Three: Cultural Identity 53 Letter Four: Conviction and Piety 67 Letter Five: Why Women Should Not Wear the Veil 97 Notes 133 References 147 Index 153

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Book SynopsisTells the story behind the popular call for the establishment of the shari'a - the law of the traditional Islamic state - in the modern Muslim world. This book gives us the sweeping history of the traditional Islamic constitution - its noble beginnings, its downfall, and the renewed promise it could hold for Muslims and Westerners alike.Trade ReviewOne of Economist's Best Books for 2008 Winner of the 2008 PROSE Award in Government and Politics, Association of American Publishers "The growing clamor for a return to Shari'a law in the Muslim world has often been met with alarm by the West. But Feldman remains coolheaded, placing the movement in a historical context and suggesting that its ideal of 'a just legal system, one that administers the law fairly,' is an understandable goal in a region dominated by unchecked oligarchies."--New Yorker "In a short but masterful exposition, The Fall and Rise of The Islamic State, Noah Feldman seeks to answer a question that puzzles most Western observers: Why do so many Muslims demand the 'restoration' of a legal system that most Occidentals associate with 'medieval' punishments such as amputation for theft and stoning for sexual transgressions?"--Malise Ruthven, New York Review of Books "In a short, incisive and elegant book, [Feldman] lays out for the non-specialist reader some of the forms that Islamic rule has taken over the centuries, while also stressing the differences between today's politican Islam and previous forms of Islamic administration."--The Economist "[A] concise and thoughtful history of the evolution of the Islamic legal system from the time of the first caliphs (the successors to the prophet Muhammad) to our own...Feldman thinks that the restoration of the authority of sharia in modern Muslim-majority nations might be the only way for them to move beyond their current democracy deficits...Feldman is not so naive as to give them a free pass. Nor does he ignore the democratic deficiencies of the two nations, Iran and Saudi Arabia, that have sharia as the law of the land. While saying that principles of sharia will have to become part of the constitutional fabric of modern Islamic states, he adds that this will work only if Islamists find new institutions to give life to sharia."--Jay Tolson, U.S. News & World Report "Whether you agree or disagree with Professor Feldman about what constitutes an Islamic state, you will most likely be captivated by the author's scholarly reflections."--Abdullahi A. Gallab, Journal of Law & Religion "A thoughtful meditation on the history, ideals, and revival of sharia--the divine law governing Muslim society... It is abundantly clear that fresh models of governance in some Muslim nations will be required to build genuine consensus, afford legal justice, and guarantee peace and security... Feldman predicts success for those countries which can 'develop new institutions that would find their own original and distinctive way of giving real life to the ideals of Islamic law.' ... A persuasive and readable book on a complex topic."--Joseph Richard Preville, Christian Science Monitor "Feldman condemns the autocracies in many Muslim countries but argues that sharia is not to blame. On the contrary, he says, in the traditional Sunni constitutional order, sharia was interpreted by an independent class of scholars who served as a check on tyrrany, preventing rulers from exploiting religion to justify their political positions."--Washington Post Book World "Feldman can be an illuminating analyst ... on the subject of the marginalization of legal scholars and its consequences for the development of despotisms with an Islamic face."--Commentary "Feldman argues that legislators seeking implementation of a sharia-based rule of law can play the role of earlier scholars in taming executive autocracy... [Offers] wide-ranging discussions and nuanced reasoning."--L. Carl Brown, Foreign Affairs "[An] excellent contribution to the ongoing discussion on Islam and secular states."--Abdulkader Tayob, International Affairs "A study of the recrudescence of 'Islamist' thought, which advocates the return to a shari'a state... The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State is profound, intelligent, and free of all the hysterical pronouncements one often associates with both the defenders and antagonists of that idea."--Arnold Ages, Chicago Jewish Star "This is a fascinating book for the counselor and statesperson, and is a sequel to a former book dealing with Islam and democracy."--Imtiaz Jafar, New York Law Journal "Powerfully argued and original... [T]his book has the considerable merit of seeing inside the Islamist mentality."--Anthony Black, Political Studies Review "The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State provide[s] an accessible and engaging account of the institutional struggles and changes which befall Islamic constitutionalism from the Ottoman era to the present... [T]he book intended for both academic and non-academic audiences makes a valuable contribution to the existing literature on Islamic law and constitutionalism."--Shadi Mokhtari, Law and Politics Book Review "Feldman's book is well worth considering, as it captures much of the current discourse within Islamist movements, particularly as many grapple with the sort of political evolution outlined here."--Anthony Smith, New Zealand International Review "Perhaps no other Western writer has more deeply probed the bitter struggle in the Muslim world between the forces of religion and law and those of violence and lawlessness as Noah Feldman. His scholarship had defined the stakes in the Middle East today."--World Book IndustryTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 PART I: What Went Right? 17 PART II: Decline and Fall 57 PART III: The Rise of the New Islamic State 103 Conclusion 147 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 153 NOTES 155 INDEX 177

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Book SynopsisWhen Princeton anthropologist John Borneman arrived in Syria's second-largest city in 2004 as a visiting Fulbright professor, he took up residence in what many consider a "rogue state" on the frontline of a "clash of civilizations" between the Orient and the West. Hoping to understand intimate interactions of religious, political, and familial authTrade Review"First of all, the book is gorgeously written. Second, it is the anthropology of experience rather than the anthropology of abstruse theory."--Martin Peretz, New Republic "Vivid detail fills Syrian Episodes, a book startling in its frankness about the Princeton professor's friendly, frustrating, and even flirtatious encounters in Syria's second-largest city... The author fulfills his early promise of an ethnography that is as much about others' questions as his own. Both intrigue the reader as one reads conversations about subjects as varied as God, sex, movies, George W. Bush, and the Ba'ath Party. Drawing on his experiences at the souk, and the university, Mr. Borneman tells the stories of young men, some oppressed by paternal authority, some adrift without it."--Nina C. Ayoub, Chronicle of Higher Education "Readers who are nostalgic for the orientalist tradition of encounters with the exotic other would enjoy this book, particularly given the accessible narrative style in which it is written."--Faedah M. Totah, H-NET ReviewsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xxix Chapter I: P Aleppo 1 "Prayer is better than sleep" 1 Imad's Japanese Girlfriend 7 Farce 11 "I would rather have children than fly" 13 "Once you love deeply, you never forget" 21 "My father says he saves for me" 23 "As long as she gets along with me, she will have no problems with my mother" 26 "Do you desire your mother?" 29 Traffic, or the Normal Order of Things 31 Preparing to Teach 42 Administrative Pleasantries 43 "But we are homophobic!" 52 "So, what do you think of Muslims?" 62 "I'd like to be the next president" 68 "The religious people see this and hate it, but they cannot turn it off" 74 "God will tell us when we have to do something" 84 "Kiss Daddy! Kiss Daddy!" 88 Chapter II: P The Souk 96 "Come into my shop and let me take you" 96 "Do you have a brother?" 100 "Ossi oder NorMAL?" 103 The Souk's Logic of Exchange 107 Fathers, Sons, Brothers, and Inheritance 112 Dream Collector 115 Dream of the Mistress 117 "How great is my disappointment when I see my dreams breaking down" 119 "Every woman thinks I only want to sleep with her" 123 Cell Phone, Cassettes, String Underwear 127 "That is fieldwork!" 128 "A father, perhaps a brother" 130 Fathers and Sons 145 "It is a blessing" 149 The Rumor 153 Chapter III: P Syria 156 "These are my children" 156 Aleppian Food, in Public 162 Obtaining an Exit Visa 166 The Ba'ath Party 169 Student Radicals 175 Teaching Anthropology and American Culture 178 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 187 Wild Dog Attack 190 Chapter IV: P Reflections on Teaching and Learning in Syria 192 Pedagogy 192 Lectures 194 Films 196 Coda: January 2006 200 Further Reading 225 Index 233

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Book SynopsisIn the decades leading up to the Arab Spring in 2011, when Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime was swept from power in Egypt, Muslim women took a leading role in developing a robust Islamist presence in the country's public sphere. Soft Force examines the writings and activism of these women--including scholars, preachers, journalists, critics, acTrade ReviewWinner of the 2016 JMEWS Book Award, Journal of Middle Eastern Women's Studies and Association of Middle East Women's Studies "Women's roles in the intellectual, organizational and political development of Islamist movements have rarely received the attention they deserve. McLarney focuses in depth on the writings of a wide array of Egyptian women involved with Islamist movements, presenting a nuanced and careful reading of their religious and political thought."--Marc Lynch, WashingtonPost.com's Monkey Cage blog "McLarney offers a different and highly important ... perspective, refreshingly free of the shadows of neo-orientalism."--Caron E. Gentry, Times Higher Education "McLarney (Arabic literature and culture, Duke Univ.) provides an intellectual history of women's ideas within the Islamist movement in Egypt over the past century... This work will be of interest to a wide variety of scholars in Islamic studies, women's studies, political science, and literary theory. It illuminates the essential role of women in the modern Islamist movement in a unique way."--Choice "Through her eloquent, sophisticated and careful analysis, McLarney offers a very important but somewhat overlooked contribution to the in depth understanding of the various roles of women in the historical and current developments within the Muslim world... The wealth of information in this volume makes it an important contribution to the study of Islamic revivalism, women and Islam within the context of 20th and 21st century developments in Egypt and the wider Middle East."--Katherine Ranharter, Ph.D., Journal of Global AnalysisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction-The Islamic Public Sphere and the Subject of Gender: The Politics of the Personal 1 Part One: Women's Liberation in Islam 1. The Liberation of Islamic Letters: Bint al-Shati"s Literary License 35 2. The Redemption of Women's Liberation: Reviving Qasim Amin 70 Part Two: Gendering Islamic Subjectivities 3. Senses of Self: Ni'mat Sidqi's Theology of Motherhood 103 4. Covering in the Public Eye: Visualizing the Inner I 143 Part Three: Politics of the Islamic Family 5. The Islamic Homeland: Iman Mustafa on Women's Work 180 6. Soft Force: Heba Raouf Ezzat's Politics of the Islamic Family 219 Epilogue-Fann wa-Fitra: Art and Instinct 255 Bibliography 271 Index 295

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Book Synopsis* Offers a much-needed introduction to communication between providers and patients in the health-care environment. * Written by two leading scholars in this field. * Designed to provide a textbook overview for undergraduate students, with clear use of examples and pedagogical support throughout.Trade Review"There is something for everyone in this book. It is a useful background text and overview of the current knowledge of the best way for the patient and the provider to communicate with each other in the context of health and illness. The book has an inclusive goal to communicate evidence-based good practice with providers, patients, researchers and caregivers and is to be recommended." Sociology of Health & IllnessTable of ContentsDedication. Prologue. Part 1: Introduction to Patient and Provider Interaction. 1 Patient and Provider Interaction: Introduction. 2 Health Literacy. Part 2: Characteristics Influencing Patient and Provider Interaction. 3 Patient Characteristics. 4 Provider Characteristics. 5 Caregiving Characteristics. Part 3: Culture and Identity Influences on Patient and Provider Interaction. 6 Cultural Characteristics. 7 Social Identity. Part 4: Mediated and Organizational Influences on Patient and Provider Interaction. 8 Social Media. 9 Health Care Organizations and Teams. Part 5: Patient and Provider Interaction Epilogue. 10 Patient and Provider Interaction: Epilogue.

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Book Synopsis* This is the first book to explore the communicative aspects of the darker side of family life. * The book offers an intergrative understanding of the dark side of family communication and a theoretical mechanism for understanding related scholarship.Trade Review"In this volume Loreen N. Olson, Elizabeth A. Baiocchi-Wagner, Jessica M. W. Kratzer, and Sarah E. Symonds shed much needed light on the dark side of family communication. By unearthing the layers of familial relating to reveal numerous caverns of darkness, they generate new landscapes for students and scholars of the dark side and family communication." Erin Willer, University of Denver "Much has been written on the ‘dark side' of communication. This is the first book actually to define what dark communication is, explain how it forms, identify what effect it has, recommend how to ‘brighten it,' and tie all this together in a Darkness Model of Family Communication." Dudley Cahn, SUNY at New PaltzTable of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPrologueChapter 1: Conceptualizing the "Dark Side" of Family CommunicationChapter 2: Individual Influence on the Darkness of Family CommunicationChapter 3: The Dark Side of Dyadic Family LifeChapter 4: Familial Interaction Structure and the Dark SideChapter 5: Dark Family Communication in a Context of Darkness's Sociocultural Influences on Family LifeChapter 6: Concluding ThoughtsBibliographyIndex

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Book Synopsis* Stiegler is one of the most original and important philosophers and cultural theorists in France today. * His work is at the interface of philosophy and technology, so would appeal not only to those studying Philosophy, but media and cultural studies, and literary studies.Trade Review"Bernard Stiegler grasps the décadence of our democracies. New industrial (informational) technologies, harnessed by out-of-control capitalism destroy collective memory: creating a crisis of belief, a disintegration of symbolic (and financial) credit. Yet, there is exciting political potential for emerging socio-technical formations. Stiegler is our twenty-first century public intellectual." Scott Lash, Goldsmiths College "The Decadence of Industrial Democracies extends Bernard Stieglers relentless remapping of hyperindustrial modernity. It is a key text for anyone who wishes to understand the link between today's telecratic politics of memory and whatever transformations stand beyond it. It demonstrates that Stiegler is not just the radical thinker of technics but also the genealogist of cognitive morals." Tom Cohen, State University of New York at AlbanyTable of ContentsI. DecadenceII. Belief and politicsIII. The otium of the peopleIV. Wanting to believe

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Book Synopsis* Stiegler is one of the most original and important philosophers and cultural theorists in France today. * His work is at the interface of philosophy and technology, so would appeal not only to those studying Philosophy, but media and cultural studies, and literary studies.Trade Review"Bernard Stiegler grasps the décadence of our democracies. New industrial (informational) technologies, harnessed by out-of-control capitalism destroy collective memory: creating a crisis of belief, a disintegration of symbolic (and financial) credit. Yet, there is exciting political potential for emerging socio-technical formations. Stiegler is our twenty-first century public intellectual." Scott Lash, Goldsmiths College "The Decadence of Industrial Democracies extends Bernard Stieglers relentless remapping of hyperindustrial modernity. It is a key text for anyone who wishes to understand the link between today's telecratic politics of memory and whatever transformations stand beyond it. It demonstrates that Stiegler is not just the radical thinker of technics but also the genealogist of cognitive morals." Tom Cohen, State University of New York at AlbanyTable of ContentsI. DecadenceII. Belief and politicsIII. The otium of the peopleIV. Wanting to believe

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