Politics, Philosophy & Society Books

Book Synopsisaeo Bourdieu is the leading sociologist and social theorist in France today. aeo The hardback edition has been widely reviewed and widely praised as a major work. aeo It discusses all the key figures in French intellectual life -- Foucault, Derrida, Levi--Strauss, etc.Trade Review'There is a formidable mind at work in Homo Academicus and a mordant sense of humour ... how far Bourdieu's model fits the British academic world will no doubt fuel a good deal of argument in senior common rooms this winter.' David Lodge, The Guardian 'A magnificent analysis of French intellectual life. Based on extensive survey work ... it is also informed by an acute intelligence.' New Statesman and Society 'Bourdieu's study, Homo Academicus has been on the best seller list in Paris. It will soon become a reference book, a fundamental contribution to the study of higher education.' Higher Education in France 'Thorough and incisive.' Anthropology in ActionTable of ContentsPreface to the English Edition. 1. A "Book For Burning"?. 2. The Conflict of the Faculties. 3. Types of Capital and Forms of Power. 4. The Defence of the Corps and the Break in Equilibrium. 5. The Critical Moment. Post-Script: The Categories of Professorial Judgement. Appendices. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisFrom some of the 20th century's greatest thinkers, essays on topics as diverse as artificial intelligence, evolution, science fiction, philosophy, reductionism, and consciousness

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Book SynopsisUnlike other barnyard animals, which pull plows, give eggs or milk, or grow wool, a pig produces only one thing: meat. Incredibly efficient at converting almost any organic matter into nourishing, delectable protein, swine are nothing short of a gastronomic godsend,yet their flesh is banned in many cultures, and the animals themselves are maligned as filthy, lazy brutes.As historian Mark Essig reveals in Lesser Beasts , swine have such a bad reputation for precisely the same reasons they are so valuable as a source of food: they are intelligent, self-sufficient, and omnivorous. What''s more, he argues, we ignore our historic partnership with these astonishing animals at our peril. Tracing the interplay of pig biology and human culture from Neolithic villages 10,000 years ago to modern industrial farms, Essig blends culinary and natural history to demonstrate the vast importance of the pig and the tragedy of its modern treatment at the hands of humans. Pork, Essig explains, has long beTrade ReviewPraise for Lesser Beasts: "Broad, well-researched... [An] entertaining study." --Economist "Although history sprawls across countless topics, Essig zeroes in on a long-neglected niche -- the pig. In sprightly prose, he tells why the intelligent animal has filled so many plates for so long in so many parts of the world; like good bacon, his book sizzles." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Best Books of 2015 "A witty history of civilization told through our four-legged pork producer." --The Guardian (UK) "Essig's account is fascinating, full of erudition and nuance. He traces societal changes from the pharaohs to Walmart, using the pig. Equally, he uses history to enlarge our understanding of the domestic pig." --New Scientist (UK) "Essig presents the pig in a rich cultural context, weaving natural and social history into an engaging narrative about the lowly beast that has loomed ever so large in our collective experience." --Asheville Citizen-Times "Lesser Beasts offers readers entertainment as well as information ... [some] pages sizzle like bacon, and it's tough to set aside a book about an animal that's so close to people, in locale and in physiology." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch Garden and Gun "Mark Essig's savory history will provide you with hundreds of facts and anecdotes about the remarkable pig, so you'll impress your friends and relatives around the fire pit. Essig--who lives in Asheville--loves his pigs; he just loves them a little bit more with a nice vinegar." PopMatters "Essig offers a compelling look at one of history's most divisive animals... informative, suprising." "[A] solid introduction to swine culture... Highly recommended. All readers." --CHOICE "Essig examines the longstanding yet often overlooked connections between man and swine... You'll finish this read with a new appreciation for the phrase 'bringing home the bacon.'" --The Local Palate Portland Book Review "[Essig's] writing skill is excellent... a good read." "An enlightening culinary history... A lively, informative farm-to-table feast." --Kirkus Reviews "What Mark Kurlansky did for Cod, Essig might just do for swine." --Shelf Awareness "Essig presents an entertaining perspective on pigs, especially as they relate to humans. After you read this book, pigs will never seem quite the same." --Library Journal "A thoughtful book about the fascinating relationship between pigs and people, from Leviticus to Charlotte's Web. I learned something new on every page: Essig has a knack for delivering reams of information with lightness and wit, even as he makes an eloquent plea for a reformed pork industry, one where the bacon we eat comes from 'a pig that lived like a pig.' Whether you eat pork or not, Lesser Beasts is a gripping meditation on the plight of pigs." --Bee Wilson, author of Consider the Fork "Forget the egg. It's the pig that's incredible and edible. And Mark Essig tells the remarkable animal's checkered history with a style and verve that's as irresistible as bacon itself." --John Donohue, editor of Man with a Pan: Culinary Adventures of Fathers who Cook for their Families "Mark Essig tells a fine tale of the unsung exploits of the lowly pig, from the age of the pyramids and the wars of the conquistadors to the awful abattoirs and trendy restaurants of today. With clear prose and careful research, he redeems an animal that has played a seminal role in human history while enduring near universal disdain. This fascinating book provides a marvelous antidote to our unexamined views on the pig." --Andrew Lawler, author of Why Did the Chicken Cross the World? The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization "Lesser Beasts is a delightful romp through porcine history from the Neolithic era to the present. Mark Essig offers surprising answers to the question of why humans have had such a love-hate affair with the humble pig, and unveils many other unexpected insights. Well written and well researched, Lesser Beasts is a must for historians, pork lovers, and anyone who just loves a good read." --Andrew F. Smith, editor-in-chief, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America "Pigs are omnivorous. And so is Mark Essig. From a Roman recipe for salt curing and cold smoking hams that Cato favored, to the ignoble efforts of American industrial farmers who have shown neither their pigs nor their customers respect, he has sifted the archival record to write a smart and thoroughly engaging social history of the curious entwinings of pig and man." --John T. Edge, series editor, Southern Foodways Alliance Studies in Culture, People, and PlaceTable of ContentsPrologue. The Magical Animal One. Keep it Simple Two. Out of the Wild Three. "The Pig is Impure" Four. "Of Their Flesh Shall Ye Not Eat" Five. "Monstrosities of Luxury" Six. The Forest Pig Seven. "Swine Eat Things Clean and Unclean" Eight. "The Husbandman's Best Scavenger" Nine. "All the Mountains Swarmed with Them" Ten. "A Great Unkindness for our Swine" Eleven. "The Benevolent Tyranny of the Pig" Twelve. "Twenty Bushels of Corn on Four Legs" Thirteen. "The Republic of Porkdom" Fourteen. "A Swinish Multitude" Fifteen. "A Growing Prejudice Against Pork" Sixteen. "The Other White Meat" Seventeen. Vices Eighteen. "Back to the Start" Epilogue. Virtuous Carnivores

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Book SynopsisEminent scholar Zbigniew Brzezinski's New York Times bestselling blueprint for American foreign policy strategy in the twenty-first century The world today faces a crisis of power, caused by the dramatic shift in its center of gravity from the West to the East, by the dynamic political awakening of people worldwide, and by the deterioration of America's performance both domestically and internationally. As a result, America's position as a world superpower is far from secure. In Strategic Vision, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski argues that America can and should be actively engaged in navigating this period of crisis and provides a strategic blueprint for America to revitalize its global status and promote a peaceful twenty-first century. As Brzezinski eloquently shows, without an America that is economically vital, socially appealing, responsibly powerful, and capable of sustaining an intelligent foreign engagement, the geopolitical prospects for the West could become increasingly grave.Trade ReviewJimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States of America "Brzezinski's latest book reflects his talent for unraveling complex historical issues and his strength in advocating long-term solutions for them." Senator John Kerry "Strategic Vision is a clear, vivid look at America's place in the world today. Rather than surrender to defeatist speculation about the perceived end to the American Century, Zbigniew Brzezinski's reality-based insights explore how the United States can move forward over the next two decades. This is a must-read for a straightforward assessment of the challenges of today and tomorrow and the unique strengths America brings to the global stage." Senator Richard G. Lugar, State of Indiana; Ranking Member of and Former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee "Informed by a lifetime of comprehensive scholarship and many years of responsibility on the front lines of our diplomacy and national security, Zbigniew Brzezinski provides in Strategic Vision a comprehensive blueprint for successful planning and action. His challenge to the U.S. to be a sophisticated leader of a vital democratic-enlarged zone in the West and a promoter of stability in the East is timely and persuasive." e-International Relations, International Politics website "Brzezinski presents a masterfully written...vision for the future of geopolitics and America's role in the world." Midwest Book Review "Any political studies holding should have this!" Today's Zaman (Turkey) "[Brzezinski] puts forth a strong vision in his 200-page book. Politicians like German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy should read it." Kirkus Reviews "[Brzezinski] offers an astute, elegant appraisal of the waning of America's 'global appeal' and the severe consequences of the shifting of power from West to East... Brzezinski provides a powerful cautionary tale... An urgent call for 'historic renewal' by one of America's sharpest minds." Daily Beast "The central message of Strategic Vision is how much more ghastly it will be on all fronts if America cannot urgently mobilize a national will for renewal." Michigan War Studies Review "This short book, crammed with facts and acute analysis well presents Zbigniew Brzezinski's considered 'strategic vision' of the future world and the changed but still vital leadership role of the United States." Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Professor at Harvard and author of The Future of Power "Zbigniew Brzezinski combines theoretical acuity with unmatched practical experience to provide a provocative and compelling portrait of the future along with a convincing map to navigate it." Kirkus Reviews "[Brzezinski] offers an astute, elegant appraisal of the waning of America's 'global appeal' and the severe consequences of the shifting of power from West to East...Brzezinski provides a powerful cautionary tale... An urgent call for 'historic renewal' by one of America's sharpest minds." Michiko Kakutani, New York Times "Provocative ... a clear-eyed, sharp-tongued assessment of this hinge moment in time, when the world's center of gravity is shifting from the West to the East." David Ignatius, Washington Post "A bracing discussion of what a revival of U.S. power would actually require over the next few decades." Foreign Affairs "In this crisp and stimulating book, Brzezinski speculates on the dangers that could result from the decline of the United States and offers his prescriptions to restore American leadership in a changing world." The Diplomat (Asia) "Zbigniew Brzezinski ... has written another important book." Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and former New York Times columnist "One of America's precious few master strategists paints a convincing picture of an increasingly messy world ahead and presents a U.S. policy to manage it -- going to strength by building an expanded Europe and keeping a burgeoning Asia stable. Succinct, sharp, and sensible." Robert M. Gates, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2006-2011 "Strategic Vision is a much-needed wake-up call regarding the international repercussions if America fails to address its multiple domestic crises successfully. A realist but not a pessimist, Brzezinski offers a thoughtful--and, as usual, provocative and timely--must-read for all who are concerned about the future of our country at home and abroad." Jim Wolfensohn, former President of the World Bank, 1995-2005 "The author has given us a powerful and dynamic examination of our history, the current challenges and the probable changes in the economic, political and environmental balance on our plant. He analyzes the current situation in key countries and thereafter presents the issues we are likely to face in 2050 in a world divided between a dominant East and a challenged West. This is an insightful, provocative and stimulating analysis that should be read by all concerned with global stability and growth."

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Book SynopsisPioneering research has been carried out over the last decade on mentalization and the promotion of mentalizing capacity - the ability to interpret the behavior of oneself and others as based on intentional mental states, such as needs, desires, feelings, and beliefs. This book is a consolidation of current knowledge and clinical applications, bringing together a group of international experts who have been on the ground floor of theory and research to clarify the concept, review pertinent neurobiological and psychosocial research, and explore its diverse clinical applications. Four sections will cover Conceptual Foundations, Developmental Psychopathology, Intervention and Prevention. A biopsychosocial approach will be used, integrating new research in neuroimaging with psychodynamic and cognitive perspectives. Clinical issues covered will include parentchild interactions, personality disorders, traumatic brain injury, bullying and at-risk children.Table of ContentsAbout the Editors. List of Contributors. Foreword by Susan W. Coates. Preface by Jon G. Allen and Peter Fonagy. Part I: CONCEPTUAL AND CLINICAL FOUNDATIONS. 1 Mentalizing in Practice (Jon G. Allen). 2 Mentalizing from a Psychoanalytic Perspective: What’s New? (Jeremy Holmes). Part II: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. 3 The Mentalization-Focused Approach to Social Development (Peter Fonagy). 4 Mentalizing Problems in Childhood Disorders (Carla Sharp). 5 A Neurobiological Perspective on Mentalizing and Internal Object Relations in Traumatized Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (Glen O. Gabbard, Lisa A. Miller and Melissa Martinez). Part III: INCORPORATING MENTALIZING IN ESTABLISHED TREATMENTS. 6 Integrating Mentalization-Based Treatment and Traditional Psychotherapy to Cultivate Common Ground and Promote Agency (Richard L. Munich). 7 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Promotes Mentalizing (Thröstur Björgvinsson and John Hart). 8 Enhancing Mentalizing Capacity through Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training and Positive Psychology (Lisa Lewis). Part IV: MENTALIZATION-BASED THERAPY. 9 Mentalizing and Borderline Personality Disorder (Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy). 10 Short-Term Mentalization and Relational Therapy (SMART): An Integrative Family Therapy for Children and Adolescents (Pasco Fearon, Mary Target, Peter Fonagy, Laurel L. Williams, Jacqueline McGregor, John Sargent and Efrain Bleiberg). 11 Training Psychiatry Residents in Mentalization-Based Therapy (Laurel L.Williams, Peter Fonagy, Mary Target, Pasco Fearon, John Sargent, Efrain Bleiberg and Jacqueline McGregor). 12. Treating Professionals in Crisis: A Mentalization-Based Specialized Inpatient Program (Efrain Bleiberg). 13. Enhancing Mentalizing through Psycho-Education (G. Tobias G. Haslam-Hopwood, Jon G. Allen, April Stein and Efrain Bleiberg). Part V: PREVENTION. 14. Minding the Baby: A Mentalization-Based Parenting Program (Lois S. Sadler, Arietta Slade and Linda C. Mayes). 15. Transforming Violent Social Systems into Non-Violent Mentalizing Systems: An Experiment in Schools (Stuart W. Twemlow and Peter Fonagy). 16. Does Mentalizing Promote Resilience? (Helen Stein). Epilogue (Robert Michels). Index.

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Book SynopsisOffers teachers and parents a collection of 190 ready-to-use activities that are complete with student worksheets, discussion questions, and evaluation suggestions to help students acquire the basic skills needed to achieve independence and success in everyday life.Table of ContentsPart One: Basic Survival Skills 1 Chapter 1: Relating Basic Information 3 Parent Letter #1 4 Skill Sheet #1: Progress Report 6 Lesson 1.1: Who Are You? 7 Lesson 1.2: Where I Live 9 Lesson 1.3: Hello, Anybody Home? 11 Lesson 1.4: Happy Birthday to Me! 13 Lesson 1.5: My Family 15 Lesson 1.6: My Parents and Where They Are 17 Lesson 1.7: Meet My Teacher 19 Lesson 1.8: Medical Needs 21 Lesson 1.9: Emergency! 23 Lesson 1.10: My Vital Statistics 25 Lesson 1.11: After School 27 Lesson 1.12: Lost and Found 29 Chapter 2: Telephone Skills 31 Parent Letter #2 32 Skill Sheet #2: Progress Report 33 Lesson 2.1: Dialing the Number 34 Lesson 2.2: Using a Cell Phone 38 Lesson 2.3: Using 911, 411, and 0 40 Lesson 2.4: Making Emergency Phone Calls 42 Lesson 2.5: Obtaining Information 44 Lesson 2.6: Giving Information 46 Lesson 2.7: Taking a Message 48 Lesson 2.8: Leaving a Message on an Answering Machine 50 Lesson 2.9: Using the Telephone Directory: White Pages 52 Lesson 2.10: Using the Telephone Directory: Yellow Pages 54 Chapter 3: Money Skills 57 Parent Letter #3 58 Skill Sheet #3: Progress Report 59 Lesson 3.1: Coins and Bills 60 Lesson 3.2: Counting Coins 62 Lesson 3.3: Recognizing Value of Items 64 Lesson 3.4: Keeping Money in a Safe Place 66 Lesson 3.5: Savings Account 68 Lesson 3.6: Earning Money 70 Lesson 3.7: Spending Money 72 Lesson 3.8: Sales and Discounts 74 Lesson 3.9: Estimating 76 Chapter 4: Time Skills 79 Parent Letter #4 80 Skill Sheet #4: Progress Report 81 Lesson 4.1: Days and Months 82 Lesson 4.2: Today 84 Lesson 4.3: Using a Calendar 86 Lesson 4.4: Using a Clock 89 Lesson 4.5: Seasons 91 Lesson 4.6: Planning Ahead 93 Lesson 4.7: What Happens When? 95 Lesson 4.8: First Step in a Sequence 97 Lesson 4.9: Fifteen-Minute Tasks 99 Lesson 4.10: Setting Time Goals 101 Chapter 5: Basic Reading and Writing Skills 103 Parent Letter #5 104 Skill Sheet #5: Progress Report 105 Lesson 5.1: Words: People 106 Lesson 5.2: Words: Places 108 Lesson 5.3: Words: Things 110 Lesson 5.4: Traffic Signs 112 Lesson 5.5: Information Signs 114 Lesson 5.6: Safety Words 116 Lesson 5.7: Things to Read 118 Lesson 5.8: Reading for a Purpose 120 Lesson 5.9: Reading for Pleasure 122 Lesson 5.10: Filling Out a Form 124 Lesson 5.11: Addressing an Envelope 126 Lesson 5.12: Mailing a Letter 128 Lesson 5.13: Making Lists 130 Lesson 5.14: Having Good Handwriting 132 Lesson 5.15: Reminder Notes 134 Part Two: Personal Independence 137 Chapter 6: Clothing and Dressing 139 Parent Letter #6 140 Skill Sheet #6: Progress Report 141 Lesson 6.1: What’s the Weather? 142 Lesson 6.2: What’s the Event? 144 Lesson 6.3: Obtaining Clothing 146 Lesson 6.4: Care of Clothing 148 Lesson 6.5: Washing and Drying Clothes 150 Lesson 6.6: Let’s Go Shopping! 152 Lesson 6.7: Final Inspection 154 Lesson 6.8: Fads 156 Chapter 7: Keeping Yourself Clean 159 Parent Letter #7 160 Skill Sheet #7: Progress Report 161 Lesson 7.1: Taking a Bath or Shower 162 Lesson 7.2: Hair Care 164 Lesson 7.3: A Clean Face 166 Lesson 7.4: Taking Care of Your Hands 168 Lesson 7.5: Using a Mirror 170 Lesson 7.6: Care of Teeth 172 Lesson 7.7: Makeup 174 Lesson 7.8: When You are Sick 176 Chapter 8: Keeping Your Room Clean 179 Parent Letter #8 180 Skill Sheet #8: Progress Report 181 Lesson 8.1: Picking Up 182 Lesson 8.2: Making the Bed 184 Lesson 8.3: Floor Care 186 Lesson 8.4: Dusting 188 Lesson 8.5: “Too Much Stuff”/De-Cluttering 190 Lesson 8.6: Organizing a Closet 192 Lesson 8.7: Rules for the Room 194 Lesson 8.8: Sharing a Room 197 Chapter 9: Food and Eating Skills 199 Parent Letter #9 200 Skill Sheet #9: Progress Report 201 Lesson 9.1: Shopping for Food 202 Lesson 9.2: Making a Shopping List 204 Lesson 9.3: Simple Cooking, Easy Meals 206 Lesson 9.4: Table Manners 208 Lesson 9.5: Cleaning Up 210 Lesson 9.6: Washing the Dishes 212 Lesson 9.7: Eating Out 214 Lesson 9.8: Food Groups 216 Lesson 9.9: Healthy Snacks 219 Lesson 9.10: When You Don’t Like Something 221 Chapter 10: Living a Healthy Lifestyle 223 Parent Letter #10 224 Skill Sheet #10: Progress Report 225 Lesson 10.1: Visiting Health Care People 226 Lesson 10.2: Getting Exercise 228 Lesson 10.3: Leisure-Time Activities 230 Lesson 10.4: What About Drugs? 232 Lesson 10.5: Avoiding Unhealthy Habits 234 Lesson 10.6: Dangerous Situations 237 Lesson 10.7: Following Safety Rules 240 Lesson 10.8: Getting Enough Sleep 242 Part Three: Community and Independence 245 Chapter 11: Community Places and People 247 Parent Letter #11 248 Skill Sheet #11: Progress Report 249 Lesson 11.1: Restaurants 250 Lesson 11.2: Shopping Mall 252 Lesson 11.3: The Park 254 Lesson 11.4: Houses of Worship 256 Lesson 11.5: Movie Theater 258 Lesson 11.6: Sporting Events 260 Lesson 11.7: The Public Library 262 Lesson 11.8: A Museum 264 Lesson 11.9: The Zoo 266 Lesson 11.10: The Supermarket 268 Lesson 11.11: Barber or Beauty Shop 270 Lesson 11.12: The Post Office 272 Chapter 12: Helpful Information 275 Parent Letter #12 276 Skill Sheet #12: Progress Report 277 Lesson 12.1: Pedestrian Safety 278 Lesson 12.2: Bike Safety 280 Lesson 12.3: Safety After Dark 282 Lesson 12.4: Using a Menu 284 Lesson 12.5: Tipping 286 Lesson 12.6: Locating Restrooms 288 Lesson 12.7: Reading a Map 290 Lesson 12.8: Using a Mall Directory 292 Lesson 12.9: Hours of Operation 294 Lesson 12.10: Television Schedules 296 Lesson 12.11: All About the Newspaper 298 Lesson 12.12: Using a Catalog 300 Lesson 12.13: If You Get Lost 302 Lesson 12.14: Safe Computer Sites 304 Lesson 12.15: Computer Common Sense 306 Part Four: Getting Along with Others 309 Chapter 13: Being a Good Citizen 311 Parent Letter #13 312 Skill Sheet #13: Progress Report 313 Lesson 13.1: Being Polite to Others 314 Lesson 13.2: Having a Good Attitude on a Bad Day 316 Lesson 13.3: Speaking Up 318 Lesson 13.4: Lending a Hand 320 Lesson 13.5: Volunteering 322 Lesson 13.6: Being Courteous 324 Lesson 13.7: At the Movies 326 Lesson 13.8: Helping Others 328 Lesson 13.9: Rudeness in Others 330 Lesson 13.10: Vandalism and Pranks 332 Chapter 14: Working with People 335 Parent Letter #14 336 Skill Sheet #14: Progress Report 337 Lesson 14.1: Working as a Team 338 Lesson 14.2: Understanding the Task 340 Lesson 14.3: Understanding Your Role 342 Lesson 14.4: Matching Skills with Jobs 344 Lesson 14.5: Expressing Your Opinion 346 Lesson 14.6: Being Trustworthy 348 Lesson 14.7: Knowing When to “Let it Go” 350 Lesson 14.8: Another Point of View 352 Lesson 14.9: Having a Discussion 354 Lesson 14.10: Having an Argument 356 Lesson 14.11: Defining Terms 358 Lesson 14.12: Common Sense 360 Chapter 15: Having a Social Life 363 Parent Letter #15 364 Skill Sheet #15: Progress Report 365 Lesson 15.1: Meeting People 366 Lesson 15.2: Understanding That Friends Are Important 368 Lesson 15.3: Knowing How to Treat Friends 370 Lesson 15.4: Having Something to Offer 372 Lesson 15.5: Saying Nice Things 374 Lesson 15.6: Having Good Hygiene 376 Lesson 15.7: Using Conversation Starters 378 Lesson 15.8: Trying Something New 380 Lesson 15.9: Going Places 382 Idea Lists 384

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Book SynopsisHave you ever wondered what the phrase God is dead means? You'll find out in Existentialism For Dummies, a handy guide to Nietzsche, Sartre, and Kierkegaard's favorite philosophy. See how existentialist ideas have influenced everything from film and literature to world events and discover whether or not existentialism is still relevant today.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Introducing Existentialism. Chapter 1: What Is Existentialism? Chapter 2: The Big Names of Existentialism. Part II: The Fundamental Problem: God Is Dead. Chapter 3: If God Is Dead, Is Life Meaningless? Chapter 4: Anxiety, Dread, and Angst in an Empty World. Part III: Living a Meaningful Life in a Meaningless World. Chapter 5: The Challenge of Absurdity and Authenticity. Chapter 6: Understanding Our Unique Way of Existing in the World. Chapter 7: Not Tonight, Honey: Why We Need More Passion in Our Lives. Chapter 8: Sar tre’s Existentialism: Learning to Cope with Freedom. Chapter 9: Finding Authenticity: Facing Death, Conscience, and Time. Chapter 10: Kierkegaard: The Task of Being a Religious Existentialist. Chapter 11: Niet zsche: Mastering the Art of Individuality. Part IV: The Enduring Impact of Existentialism. Chapter 12: Fear and Loathing in Existential Politics. Chapter 13: Existentialism and Other Schools of Philosophical Thought. Chapter 14: Doing Psychology the Existential Way. Part V: Part of Tens. Chapter 15: Ten Great Existential Movies. Chapter 16: Ten Great Works of Existential Literature. Index.

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Book SynopsisAs featured in the New York Times and Reader''s Digest An eye-opener into the pitfalls awaiting the unaware traveler. -Washington Post Can save the innocent abroad from great gobs of serious trouble. -Chicago Tribune Before you raise your hand to signal the waiter, extend your thumb to hitchhike, or flash the O.K. sign with thumb and forefinger, Stop! Think of where you are and exactly what you are trying to say-otherwise you could create an international incident. Remember when President Bush thought he was flashing the V for Victory sign to cheering Australians? (See inside.) Exploring the ins and outs of body language from head to toe, this newly revised and expanded edition of Roger Axtell''s indispensable guide takes you all around the world of gestures-what they mean, how to use them, and when to avoid them. This latest edition includes: * Updates about the 200 most popular gestures and signals-and dozens of new examples * New sections covering special gestures-from AmeriTable of ContentsThe Power of Gestures. The Most Popular Gestures. Special Types of Gestures. Gestures: Head to Toe. The Ultimate Gesture. The Innocent Abroad's Shortlist. Country-by-Country Listing. Additional Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisMajor work on ethics, by one of the most influential thinkers of the last 2 centuries, deals with master/slave morality and modern man''s current moral practices; the evolution of man''s feelings of guilt and bad conscience; and how ascetic ideals help maintain human life under certain conditions.

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Book SynopsisA kaleidoscopic journey tracing the methods and means of visual communication from the cave paintings of the earliest humans to the photograph' of a black hole in deep space. Since the beginning of our time as humans, we have never stopped making images and inventing channels for visual communication. From the cave dweller creating paintings on a wall at the dawn of civilized time to Instagram influencers today, technology may keep changing, but our need to reach one another, to move one another, to persuade, inform and entertain, has never been so vital. Hello Human traverses the entire landscape of our diverse, expansive and yet familiar means of visual communication. From the use of the human hand as a symbol, the power and use of gestures and the genesis of the printed book, to the movement between dimensions of reality and the digital realm, pixilation, optics and the understanding of light, Horsham takes his readers on a journey full of unexpected twists and turns, layiTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Gesture A big hand for gesture This is a big subject! Where technology and gesture meet Letters as symbols of power Ink, pen and parchment Lime x geometry = the rose window Geometry and beauty Workmanship, risk and character Character-building activities Playing with the page Metal machines and movement Shorthand for emotion Gesture, the hand and contemporary communication Thumbs up: a gesture for now Part Two: Mechanisation, Machines and Messages Scribal, tribal, Bible Libraries gave us power Towards the modern, via the old Back to lime, back to lithography The shape of water Words and images, continued News and technology Terminology and technology: a deeper dive The mechanized mastery of light (and chemicals) Harvesting the crop Colour and tech Size matters Propaganda Part Three: The Third and Fourth Dimensions Towards the representation of the real How to make things look real Optics and the processes of reproduction Orthographics, modernity and representation From reality to abstraction Saul and Elaine Bass and modern movement The other kind of modern movement We need to talk about Charles (-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris) Reorienting the purpose of visual communication The contemporary reliance on the surreal Technology in the service of the surreal Artwork, not works of art More 3-D than 3-D Time-based media Mastery of the pixel Part Four: The Digital World Amazing tales of information storage and retrieval Secret channels that everyone knows Break the Internet® I am an individual; we are a community Finding and making the tools for individual expression Meme, me me, MAGA, gaga Education, education, education Part Five: Nothing is Real Nothing is real – or is it? Feelings, nothing more than feelings Living with Brautigan’s prediction Keeping it real Quality Epilogue Notes

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Book SynopsisSmall, smart, essential an easy-to-read, straightforward and entertaining introduction to art history via fifty pivotal moments from antiquity to the 21st century.Trade Review'A wonderful addition to the excellent Art Essentials series' - Choice

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Book SynopsisA fun, well-structured collection of facts and trivia about the climate.Trade Review'A really impressive book that concisely presents the issues at hand in a clear and robust way, giving the reader the tools to help debunk myths' - @mssburnsTable of Contents1. Everything is connected • 2. The climate is always changing… and so is the Earth • 3. The Earth is getting warmer • 4. The Earth is becoming more polluted • 5. The Impact of a warmer and more polluted planet • 6. What should we do?

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Book SynopsisThe ultimate death compendium, featuring the world's most extraordinary artistic and ethnographic objects concerned with mortality, together with text by expert contributors.Trade Review'A delightfully dark compendium' - The EconomistTable of Contents1. The Art of Dying • 2. Examining the Dead • 3. Memorialising the Dead • 4. The Personification of Death • 5. Symbolising Death • 6. Death as Amusement • 7. The Dead After Life

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Book SynopsisRalph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in the history of American thought, religion, and literature. The vitality of his writings and the unsettling power of his example continue to influence us more than a hundred years after his death. This work gives us a portrait of the whole man.Trade Review"Richardson’s 671-page biography of Emerson is a page turner. The adventures are the adventures of a reader. And, of course, a thinker, a writer." * Los Angeles Times *"A worthy addition to the library of books on one of America's foremost thinkers." * New York Times *"Richardson balances the often chilling puritanism of Emerson's writing with a portrait of the man as hungry for friendship, maintaining close relationships with Carlisle, Thoreau, Bronson Alcott and Margaret Fuller; and whose icy doctrine of individualism reflects the loneliness caused by the premature deaths of his beloved first wife, his two younger brothers and numerous friends." * Publishers Weekly *"A captivating account of the originality, creativity, and genius of the American Coleridge." * Library Journal *“An electrifying work . . . a phenomenal piece of portraiture” * New York Newsday *"Emerson: The Mind on Fire is an unusually intelligent and involving book. Richardson himself writes with grace, vigor, acuity, and imagination. No other recent critic of Emerson . . . has written so well. This book is equal to the best American literary biographies we have and is arguably the best single book on Emerson ever written." * Journal of American History *"What Richardson has produced . . . a valuable, perhaps indispensable, paean to the intellectual life: we emerge from a reading of it fairly staggered by Emerson's sustained energy-even through his moments of doubt-and by the uncompromising honesty of Emerson's engagements with himself, with literature, nature, and society." * American Literature *"The Mind on Fire integrates heart and head without ever confusing the two; it presents exciting readings of Emerson's major works; it reveals a productive emotional vitality in ways never before shown; it is learned, accurate, judicious, and comprehensive, crisp in its conclusions, poetic in its language, too respectful of its subject ever to make him stodgy. The book is aptly titled, with its allusion to Emerson's volcanic metaphor for the creative mind, for Richardson's book truly fires the imagination." * New England Quarterly *"One of the great achievements in contemporary American literary studies. . . . Aside from his learning, which is prodigious, Richardson writes a wonderfully fluent, agile prose; he has a poet's sense of nuance and a novelist's grasp of dramatic rhythm; he also displays a positive genius for apt quotation." -- John Banville, * New York Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisProposes a synthetic strategy, based on an application of Boolean algebra, that combines the strengths of both qualitative and quantitative sociology.Trade Review"Scarcely a word in this forcefully argued book is ill spent." * American Journal of Sociology *"Presents a methodological strategy designed to transcend [the] general approaches." * Social Forces *Table of ContentsPreface and Overview Acknowledgements 1. The Distinctiveness of Comparative social Science 2. Heterogeneity and Causal Complexity 3. Case-Oriented Comparative Methods 4. The Variable-Oriented Approach 5. Combined Versus Synthetic Comparative Strategies 6. A Boolean Approach to Qualitative Comparison: Basic Concepts 7. Extensions of Boolean Methods of Qualitatve Comparison 8. Applications of Boolean Methods of Qualitative Comparison 9. The Dialogue of Ideas and Evidence in Social Research Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis survey exhibition captures the arc and continued ascent of contemporary artist Beverly McIver. This exhibition catalog accompanies a survey exhibition of contemporary artist and painter Beverly McIver. Curated by Kim Boganey, this exhibition represents the diversity of McIver's thematic approach to painting over her career. From early self-portraits in clown makeup to more recent works featuring her father, dolls, Beverly's experiences during COVID-19 and portraits of others, Full Circle illuminates the arc of Beverly McIver's artistic career while also touching on her personal journey. McIver's self-portraits explore expressions of individuality, stereotypes, and ways of masking identity; portraits of family provide glimpses into intimate moments, in good times as well as in illness and death. The show includes McIver's portraits of other artists and notable figures, recent work resulting from a year in Rome with American Academy's Rome Prize, and new work in which McIver expTable of ContentsContents Director’s Foreword Jennifer McCabe Acknowledgments Kim Boganey A Conversation with Beverly McIver Kim Boganey Pigments and Personas Richard J. Powell PLATES Exhibition Checklist Selected Biography and Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAuster''s existential tale of Mr Blank from the author of contemporary classic The New York Trilogy: ''a literary voice for the ages'' (Guardian) An old man sits in a room, with a single door and window, a bed, a desk and a chair. Each day he awakes with no memory, unsure of whether or not he is locked into the room. Attached to the few objects around him are one-word, hand-written, labels and on the desk is a series of vaguely familiar black-and-white photgraphs and four piles of paper. Then a middle-aged woman called Anna enters and talks of pills and treatment, but also of love and promises.Who is this Mr Blank, and what is his fate? What does Anna represent from his past - and will he have enough time to ever make sense of the clues that arise?After the huge success of The Brooklyn Follies, Travels in the Scriptorium sees Auster return to more metaphysical territory. A dark puzzle, and a game that implicates both readeTrade Review"'... as much a novel about the semantics of storytelling; Mr Blank remains a perfect study of confusion and memory that says everything about Auster's brilliance.' Metro"

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Book Synopsis1962: A public school on the South Downs.John Blakemore is a solitary boy who finds it impossible either to understand or adapt to the ways of the school. His adolescent earnestness put off teacher and pupil alike. And now suddenly he seems to be in danger of losing his only friend.David Hare''s emotional new play, written at the invitation of the Rattigan estate as a response to The Browning Version, is a meditation on faith, learning and teenage friendship, played against the backdrop of a Britain still fighting to maintain an established rule.Collected with South Downs is the text of Hare''s lecture Mere Fact, Mere Fiction, delivered to the Royal Society of Literature in 2010. In a famous defence of documentary theatre, the author celebrates the power of metaphor to transform factual quite as much as fictional material.

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Book SynopsisA Guardian, Mojo and Rough Trade Book of the YearFifty years on from the psychedelic summer of love, acclaimed music writer Rob Chapman explores what was really going on during those heady times. In America he traces the multi-media history of the Light shows, Happenings, Be-Ins and Acid tests, and illustrates the thriving avant-garde scene that existed long before the Grateful Dead and the Fillmore Auditorium came into being.In the UK, he shows an entirely different history, never before explored in such breath-taking detail, where the sublime and the silly co-existed side by side in a peculiarly British take on flower power that drew inspiration as readily from fairy tales, fairgrounds and music halls, as it did from LSD. With a fascinating new perspective on the role of the Beatles, Psychedelia and Other Colours documents a cultural phenomenon, in psychedelia's seminal text.

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Book SynopsisONE OF DAVID BOWIE''S TOP 100 MUST READ BOOKSTHE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE 2013 DOCUMENTARY FILM TEENAGEWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM THE AUTHORThe acclaimed history of the century and a half of ferment, folly and angst that resulted in the arrival of the teenager' in 1945, from award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage. ''One of Britain''s most trusted cultural historians.''THE FACERinging with music, from ragtime to swing, Teenage roams London, New York, Paris and Berlin with hooligans and Apaches; explores free love and eternal youth; meets flappers and zootsuiters, the Bright Young People and the Lost Generation. The stories come fast and furious, comic, poignant, painfully moving; Savage fuses popular culture, politics and social history into a stunning chronicle of modern life. ''Compulsive reading . . . a rich, rewarding book that makes an important contribution to cultural histo

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Book SynopsisScreen Deep is a book about the immense potential of screen storytelling to defeat an evil both historic and urgently topical: racism. Everyone watches TV and movies. Everyone has an interest in building a more just and equitable world. Screen Deep goes beyond the many film books and anti-racist manuals by demonstrating the connection between these two aspects of modern life. In Screen Deep Ellen E. Jones combines her personal experience as a mixed-race woman who cares about racism with her professional expertise as a film and TV journalist of twenty years standing, to ask and answer several questions: Is there such a thing as an Indigenous western? Is race comedy cancelled'? Where are all the films for white people? And most importantly: Can you still fight the good fight with a mouthful of popcorn?

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Book Synopsis** With a new introduction by Russell T Davies **A new edition of the award-winning, ground-breaking account of the early AIDS crisis in Britain.'A remarkable journalistic achievement.' Time Out'Powerful . . . Indispensable.' Observer'Superb.' London Review of BooksWinner of the Somerset Maugham PrizeHow does a country control a virus that is killing increasing numbers of people? How does a government contain an epidemic spread by sex, drug use and blood products?And how does a population react when told that everyone is at risk from infection? By 1986, when the British Government woke up to the problem of AIDS, it estimated that 30,000 people had already been infected with HIV. Why was it so slow to act? Would the situation have been different if most of those affected had not been gay men? Award-winning journalist Simon Garfield presents a story of political in

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Book SynopsisTHE PRINCETON REVIEW GETS RESULTS! Tackle the test with confidence with a complete guide to vocabulary skills and strategies for the SAT. Prepping for the SAT may no longer mean memorizing long word lists, but a strong vocabulary is still essential to scoring well on the exam! SAT Power Vocab gives you practical advice for understanding and remembering key vocabulary terms for both the Evidence-Based Reading & Writing and Math sections. Techniques That Actually Work• Tried-and-true tactics to help you learn and remember key vocabulary• Straightforward advice on how to focus your vocabulary prep for the SAT• Handy memory aids for visual learners Practice Your Way to Excellence• Lists of key vocabulary words defined in every chapter, along with example sentences• Practice exercises to help you master word roots, mnemonic devices, relationships between words, and more&bull

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Book SynopsisThe Broken Middle offers a startlingly original rethinking of the modern philosophical tradition and fundamentally rejects the anti--philosophy and anti--theory of post--modernity.Trade Review"... This book is one of the most important written by a British philosopher and social theorist in recent times." John MilbankTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: Diremption of Spirit. Part One From the Middle in the Beginning. 1. Personae of the System: Kierkegaard, Hegel and Blanchot. 2. Regina and Felice - In Repetition of Her: Kierkegaard and Kafka. 3. Anxiety of Beginning: Kierkegaard, Freud and Lacan. Part Two From the Beginning in the Middle. 4. Repetition in the Feast: Mann and Girard. 5. Love and the State: Varnhagen, Luxemburg and Arendt. 6. New Political Theology - Out of Holocaust and Liberation: Levinas, Rosenzweig and Fackenheim. Preface: Pathos of the Concept. Select Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisThis new edition incorporates a new introduction which places the material in its contemporary context, whilst still preserving the 1958 text. It examines such concepts as bounded rationality, satisficing, inducement/contribution balances, problem solving and uncertainty absorption.Table of ContentsList of Figures vii Acknowledgments viii Introduction to the Second Edition 1 1 Organizational Behavior 20 1.1 The Significance of Organizations as Social Institutions 21 1.2 The Literature of Organization Theory 23 1.3 Organization of This Book 25 1.4 Some Types of Propositions 26 1.5 Some Psychological Postulates 28 2 "Classical" Organization Theory 31 2.1 Taylor's Scientific Management 31 2.2 Theories of Departmentalization 40 2.3 Operational and Empirical Problems of Classical Administrative Science 49 2.4 Conclusion 52 3 Motivational Constraints: Intraorganizational Decisions 53 3.1 Influence Processes 54 3.2 Theories of Bureaucracy 55 3.3 Satisfaction and Productivity 66 3.4 Motivation to Produce 71 3.5 Conclusion 101 4 Motivational Constraints: The Decision to Participate 103 4.1 The Theory of Organizational Equilibrium 103 4.2 The Participants 108 4.3 Employee Participation: The Participation Criterion 110 4.4 Employee Participation: The General Model 112 4.5 Factors Affecting the Perceived Desirability of Movement from the Organization 113 4.6 Factors Affecting the Perceived Ease of Movement from the Organization 119 4.7 Extension to Other Participants 125 4.8 Opportunism and Organizational Survival 128 4.9 Conclusion 130 5 Conflict in Organizations 132 5.1 Individual Conflict 133 5.2 Organizational Conflict: Individual Conflict Within an Organization 137 5.3 Organizational Conflict: Intergroup Conflict Within an Organization 140 5.4 Organizational Reaction to Conflict 149 5.5 Interorganizational Conflict 152 5.6 Conclusion 155 6 Cognitive Limits on Rationality 157 6.1 The Concept of Rationality 158 6.2 Performance Programs in Organizations 163 6.3 Perception and Identifications 172 6.4 The Division of Work 179 6.5 Communication 182 6.6 Organization Structure and the Boundaries of Rationality 190 7 Planning and Innovation in Organizations 193 7.1 The Concept of Initiation 193 7.2 The Process of Innovation 197 7.3 The Occasions of Innovation 203 7.4 The Elaboration of Programs 207 7.5 Organization Level and Innovation 215 7.6 The Planning Process 221 7.7 Conclusion 232 Postscript 234 Bibliography 236 Numerical Index to Variables 276 Index 281

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Book Synopsis* An exploration of one of the thorniest, and most important, questions of contemporary social and political thought* Written in lively and accessbile style, this will appeal to a wide scholarly and educated audience. .Trade Review"This is an excellent book. It addresses what, in both conceptual and political terms, is arguably the most important source of tension and confusion in current arguments about the environment, namely the concept of nature; and it does so in a way that is both sensitive to, and critical of, the two antithetical ways of understanding this that dominate existing discussions." Russell Keat, University of Edinburgh "Pondering the related issues of environmental crisis and sustainability, readers will benefit greatly from close study of Kate Soper's extended essay on the discourse of nature and 'nature'." W. Lukin, University of LondonTable of ContentsAcknowledgements viii Introduction 1 1 The Discourses of Nature 15 2 Nature, Human, and Inhuman 37 3 Nature, Friend and Foe 71 4 Nature and Sexual Politics 119 5 Nature and ‘Nature’ 149 6 The Space and Time of Nature 180 7 Loving Nature 213 8 Ecology, Nature and Responsibility 249 Index 283

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Book Synopsis* New perspective on the history of geographical exploration (concerned with the relationships between culture, science and empire). * Brings together a wealth of unpublished and published material in an engaging, well--illustrated and accessible book.Trade Review"A valuable contribution to the 'culture of exploration'. Geography militant lives on in advertising, photography, guide books, magazines and- virtually- in our imaginations." Traveller Magazine "Expoliting the divide 'twixt' science and the sensational and pointing to differing geographies of various periods , this well wrought, closely knit book of nine illustrated chapters dwells on the age of exploration, colonization and the concomitant rise of the British Empire and its institutions. A listing of manuscripts consulted, extensive bibliography, and an index complete this rigorous work." Choice "...consistently thoughtful and lively; Felix Driver produces a powerful sense of the complexity and strangeness of his material." Times Literary Supplement. "extremely wide ranging book which raises a multitude of issues", Journal of European Studies. " This book adds effectively to the traditional accounts of exploration known to so many of us" International Journal of Environement Studies "a lot of material, many interesting ideas and observations, some fascinating juxtapositions, tantalizing suggestions, rich references, and polished prose ..." Environment and Planning A "wonderful book [...] with Geography Militant Felix Driver has dined sumptuously at the Ritz-Carlton. To great advantage, he has quite successfully mined many veins of knowledge far bayond those disciplines where geographers normally toil. Each place is revealed as pertinent and fascinating [...] This volume contains so many meaty ideas, it is difficult [...] to give them the attention they properly deserve. Suffice to say, Felix Driver's Militant Geography is a tour de force. The research conducted to write this remarkable book is impeccable" Terrae Incognitae, the journal of the Society for the History of Discoveries "The range of material included in this book, only a portion of which can be covered here, is exceptional. Geography Militant is a welcome contribution and will certainly spark a reconsideration of assumptions in a number of fields, including the history of science, cultural history and the history of imperialism." Susan Schulten, the History of Science Society "this splendid book describes the culture of exploration and the making of he discipline of Britain in the 'militant' epoch. So many themes and substantive descriptions tumble from these pages that summary is difficult" Christopher Lawrence, Medical History [Driver contributes] to the ongoing project of reevaluating the history of Empire, demonstrating that the science of location and its graphic productions were far less stable and effective than postcolonial critics have claimed" Robert D. Aguirre, Victorian StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1. Geographical Knowledge, Exploration and Empire. 2. The Royal Geographical Society and the Empire of Science. 3. Hints to Travellers: Observation in the Field. 4. Missionary of Science: David Livingstone and the Exploration of Africa. 5. Becoming an Explorer: The Martyrdom of Winwood Reade. 6. Exploration by Warfare: Henry Morton Stanley and his Critics. 7. Making Representations: From an African Exhibition to the High Court of Justice. 8. Exploring Darkest England: Mapping the Heart of Empire. 9. Geography Militant and its After-life. Index.

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Book SynopsisWritten by an international assembly of distinguished philosophers and legal theorists, The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory creates a groundbreaking student resource in critical essays on the central themes and issues of the philosophy of law today. .Trade Review“Golding and Edmundson have assembled many of the most luminous figures in legal theory to write deep and totally original essays on a variety of central jurisprudential topics. The authors are the right people writing on the right subjects, and this book is likely to become a standard source for many years to come.” Frederick Schauer, Harvard University “In addition to offering excellent introductions to the central topics of legal philosophy, the articles in this volume are in their own right distinguished scholarly contributions to the field. Students and specialists alike will find the book to be of great interest.” Stephen Perry, New York University School of Law “This is a Guide that actually guides. All the contributors provide excellent routemaps, sometimes across very tricky terrain. At the same time, many of the contributors open up new paths and new vistas. The result is a book that works at more than one level: accessible secondary literature for those just mastering the subject as well as challenging primary literature for those already steeped in it.” John Gardner, University of Oxford "Convincing, lively, coherent, applied, unpretentious, even though within a predominantly western paradigm, this guide is real value for money. It is a guide not just to facts and ideas but also to method; in addition it will serve as a portal for collection managers to a wide range of must-haves for the library." Stuart Hannabuss, Aberdeen Business School, AberdeenTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Introduction: William A. Edmundson (Georgia State University). Part I: Contending Schools of Thought:. 1. Legal Positivism: Brian H. Bix (University of Minnesota). 2. Natural Law Theory: Mark C. Murphy (Georgetown University. 3. American Legal Realism: Brian Leiter (University of Texas at Austin). 4. Economic Rationality in the Analysis of Legal Rules and Institutions: Lewis A. Kornhauser (New York University). 5. Critical Legal Theory: Mark V. Tushnet (Georgetown University). 6. Four Themes in Feminist Legal Theory: Difference, Dominance, Domesticity, and Denial: Patricia Smith (Baruch College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York). Part II: Doctrinal Domains and Their Philosophical Foundations:. 7. Criminal Law Theory: Douglas Husak (Rutgers University). 8. Philosophy of Tort Law: Between the Banal and the Esoteric: Benjamin C. Zipursky (Fordham University). 9. Contract Theory: Eric Posner (University of Chicago). 10. The Commons and the Anticommons in the Law and Theory of Property: Stephen R. Munzer (University of California, Los Angeles). 11. Legal Evidence: Alvin I. Goldman (Rutgers University). Part III: Perennial Topics:. 12. Obligation: Matthew H. Kramer (Cambridge University). 13. Theories of Rights: Alon Harel (University of Jerusalem). 14. A Contractarian Approach to Punishment: Claire Finklestein (University of Pennsylavania). 15. Responsibility: Martin P. Golding (Duke University). 16. Legislation: Jeremy J. Waldron (Columbia University). 17. Constitutionalism: Larry A. Alexander (University of San Diego). 18. Adjudication and Legal Reasoning: Richard Warner (Illinois Institute of Technology). 19. Privacy: William A. Edmundson (Georgia State University). Part IV: Continental Perspectives:. 20. On Legal Positivism and Natural Law Theory: Jes Bjarup (Stockholm University). 21. Some Contemporary Trends in Continental Philosophy of Law: Guy Haarscher (Free University of Brussels). Part V: Methodological Concerns:. 22. Objectivity: Nicos Stavropoulos (Oxford University). 23. Can There Be a Theory of Law?: Joseph Raz (Oxford University). Index

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Book SynopsisThe alternate self is a persistent theme of modern culture. From Robert Frost to Sharon Olds, Virginia Woolf to Ian McEwan, poets and novelists—and readers—are fascinated by paths not taken. In an elegant and provocative rumination, Andrew H. Miller lingers with other selves, listening to what they have to say about our stories and our lives.Trade ReviewAn expertly curated tour of regret and envy in literature…By approaching regret and envy from multiple angles, Miller’s insightful and moving book—both in his own discussion and in the tales he recounts—gently nudges us toward consolation. Yes, we might live only one among countless possible lives, and those we haven’t lived will haunt us. But, as Miller notes in conclusion, at least we have had the chance to live the one life that has been given to us. * Wall Street Journal *Counts the ways in which narratives of unlived lives can examine or come to terms with the present…Miller believes, in short, that stories of unled lives make real life livelier…[A] capacious book. -- Daisy Hildyard * Times Literary Supplement *Miller is charming company, both humanly and intellectually. He is onto something: the theme of unled lives, and the fascinating idea that fiction intensifies the sense of provisionality that attends all lives. An extremely attractive book. -- James WoodOn Not Being Someone Else reminds us just how alluring and confounding our singularity is and how, through literature, we make sense of being ourselves. To be someone—to be anyone—is about being someone and not being someone else. Miller’s amused and inspired book is utterly compelling about this, and about so much else. -- Adam Phillips, author of One Way and Another: New and Selected EssaysA compendium of expressions of wonder over what might have been…We have unled lives for all sorts of reasons: because we make choices; because society constrains us; because events force our hands; most of all, because we are singular individuals, becoming more so with time…Swept up in our real lives, we quickly forget about the unreal ones. Still, there will be moments when, for good or ill, we feel confronted by our unrealized possibilities. -- Joshua Rothman * New Yorker *I wish I had written this book—a wish that is surely the best response to reading it… Cosmic metaphysical speculation is combined with, and conveyed through, meticulous analysis of pictures, poems, novels and films…Examining art’s capacity to transfix, multiply, and compress, this book is itself a work of art. -- Jane O’Grady * Times Higher Education *Excellent…For Miller, imagining who we might have been or once were, or who we might yet become, is anything but frivolous…In spirited and incisive close readings of texts like Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken,’ Carl Dennis’s ‘The God Who Loves You,’ and Ian McEwan’s Atonement (among many, many others), Miller pursues this slippery, elusive meaning and the many questions it leaves unanswered…The idea of unled lives could hardly be more resonant…How many literary scholars today write so engagingly? -- Morten Høi Jensen * Commonweal *Shows that the idea of lives unled is stitched into works of art across genres and across centuries, making clear that the stories we tell are often rooted in considering alternatives to the choices we’ve made. -- Linda Levitt * PopMatters *A book of admirable insight and sensitivity…Throughout this quiet, engrossing book, Miller aptly reveals the uncanny mesmerism of the unlived life, of the untaken road—our very modern preoccupation with who we are not…This is a text fresh and alive with the power and mystery of art, steeped in feeling, and, like life itself, resplendent with possibilities as yet unrealized, with knowledge not yet known. -- Alexandre Leskanich * Philosophy Now *Wonderfully lucid about murky questions of what might have been…Both literature specialists, who will appreciate Miller’s breadth of examples, and general readers, who can enjoy the universal topics he explores, will find much food for thought in this pleasant work. * Publishers Weekly *A strong, pleasing work that is as much about living as about reading and writing. * Kirkus Reviews *Fascinating. -- David Aaronovitch * The Times *What a provocative book! It is interesting and alive on every page, and entertaining the idea of a different life is a profound experience. -- Michael Gorra, author of Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American MasterpieceMiller’s book is a poetics of the unled life, a poetics of ‘what if…’ Through poems, novels, films, philosophy, and psychoanalysis—the texts of our modernity—Miller leads us to profound questions about the imagination, the self and identity, history, marriage, children, regret, atonement, storytelling, and the ethics of choice. Above all, he makes us feel the pressure and immediacy of possibility, the road not taken. -- Isobel Armstrong, author of Novel Politics: Democratic Imaginations in Nineteenth-Century FictionA one-of-a-kind book that is at once literary and personal, drawing us into a world of reflection about lives we have not lived. Why do we return to the past to understand who we are now? This is a profound question, and this book explores possible answers more acutely than anything I have seen on the subject. -- Garry L. Hagberg, author of Describing Ourselves: Wittgenstein and Autobiographical ConsciousnessA thoughtful, generous, amusing, tender, meandering, self-deprecating, wistful, even reverent style of thinking about our lives in relation to the stories we read. -- Matthew Rubery * Public Books *Blend[s] literary criticism and personal essay into a beguiling hybrid…Will remain widely compelling for a long time to come, not only because of [its] many discrete merits, but because of [its] readership’s new intimacy with the ‘unled lives’ of lockdown and quarantine. -- Elizabeth Brogden * Journal of Victorian Culture *Deeply reflective and at the same time uncommonly readable…Although no book of literary criticism can be accused of being a page turner, On Not Being Someone Else comes close. * Choice *[A] marvelous, melancholic, middle-aged meditation on the meaning of lives unled…Miller is a profoundly gifted close reader—someone whose company one would like to keep, and return to again and again. -- David LaRocca * Victorian Studies *

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Book SynopsisBlack, favorite color of priests and penitents, artists and ascetics, fashion designers and fascists, has always stood for powerfully opposed ideas: authority and humility and sin and holiness. This book discusses the social history of the color black in Europe. It is suitable for those interested in the history of fashion, art, media, or design.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2009 Bronze Medal in Fine Art, Independent Publisher Book Awards One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009 "Who would have thought the history of a single color could be so fascinating? Black: The History of a Color, by Michel Pastoureau, (Princeton University Press, $35) proceeds chronologically from cave painting to modern fashion and focuses on mythology, heraldry, religion, science and painting along the way. The author, a historian at the Sorbonne, narrates developments in the material, aesthetic and sociological dimensions of the color black with infectious, wide-ranging curiosity and easy-going erudition. After this you'll want to read his previous book, from the same publisher, Blue: The History of a Color."--Ken Johnson, New York Times Praise for Michel Pastoureau's Blue: "Pastoureau's text moves us through one fascinating area of activity after another... The jacket, cover and end-papers of this luscious book are appropriately blue; its double-columned text breathes easily in the space of its pages; it is so well sewn it opens flat at any place; and fascinating, aptly chosen color plates, not confined to the title color, will please even those eyes denied the good luck of being blue."--William H. Gass, author of Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry, writing in the Los Angeles Times Book Review "This handsome, strikingly designed, richly illustrated book traces the history of the color black in Europe... Like his earlier Blue, this book is well researched, skillfully written, and a pleasure to read."--R. M. Davis, Choice "Michael Pastoureau, in Black: The History of a Color, sees the rise of puritanism and Protestantism as the war of the colours--a war against vivid colour that black usually won... He has a terrific story to tell, and a multitude of gorgeous images to help tell it."--Robert Fulford, The National Post "Black is a penetrating, erudite, thoughtfully illustrated cultural history of a color, by Michel Pastoureau, an author whose earlier work has included--surprise, surprise--Blue."--Nicholas A. Basbanes, The Worcester Telegram & Gazette "French popular art historian Pastoureau here tackles one of the most complex and interesting colours, the favourite of 'priests and penitents, artists and ascetics, fashion designers and fascists.' This social history is lavishly illustrated with paintings, movie stills, photo portraits and fashion shoots."--The Globe & Mail "Until I came upon Michel Pastoureau's 2000 book Blue: The History of a Color it had never occurred to me colors had a history. Turns out they do, and tracking the significance first of blue, now black, provides a satisfyingly fresh angle of approach to the past."--Frtiz Lanham, The Houston Chronicle "What is interesting in sociological histories like Pastoureau's is their revelations about how cultural attitudes change. Black's connection with death began as early as ancient Egypt, when people left black stones on funeral pyres, not in a ghoulish way but as a symbol of rebirth (the Egyptian death divinity, Anubis, was painted black)... But this book will have you seeing black in more shades than you imagined."--Victor Swoboda, The Montreal Gazette "The author of more than a dozen art history books, Pastoureau's work is accessible, generous and witty. What's more, like all good illustrated books, this one is has more than 150 pictures in support of its superb text."--Marc Horton, The Edmonton Journal "Now Princeton University Press has published a social history of this most allusive of hues, Black: The History of a Color, by Michel Pastoureau, a French scholar and author of a similarly titled history of the color blue. Both are lavishly illustrated coffee table books that follow their colors down the time line of European history."--John Zeaman, Design NJ Magazine "This erudite and elegantly written exploration of the history of black charts its changing symbolism and shades of meaning as a colour of death and rebirth, of religious authority and evil, of luxury and poverty."--Fiona Capp, The Age (Australia) "Pastoureau combines a charming, conversational tone with a haughtiness I found entirely endearing. A director of studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes at the Sorbonne in Paris, he writes from a position of professorial confidence. He has conducted extensive research into the history of colour for a quarter century and his aim is to correct misapprehensions and banish ignorance. His style is not to inquire, explore or interrogate, in the fashion of academic studies today. It is to impart knowledge."--Sebastian Smee, The Australian "As the handsomely produced book demonstrates, black is the colour of the pigment used to draw the great bull of Lascaux, of evil, the devil, funerals, the fecundity of the Earth, bears, crows, hell, half the pieces on a chess board, Satan, heretics and priests alike, mysterious cats and, in the 12th century, the mantle of Mary, the mother of Jesus."--Sydney Morning Herald "[T]his book ... reads quite naturally as English ... and it has something worthwhile to say in a style that is informative rather than aimed mostly at enhancing the reputation of the writer among his academic peers... There is much valuable information about the history of dying in different periods and the fashionability of the color black among the nobility and upper classes (later the wealthy merchant class) of Europe."--Colin Blogs Praise for Michel Pastoureau's Blue: "A generous, gorgeous book full of nearly 100 historical and artistic plates, all illustrating the meaning and role of the color blue in Western history... Pastoureau has created something rare: a coffee table book that is also a good read. And not just a good read, but a compelling read."--Brian Bouldrey, Chicago TribuneTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION

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Book SynopsisTranslation of: Rouge: histoire d'une couleur.Trade Review"Love, oh love, oh bloody love! So intense, so beautiful, so treacherous--so red... The new book Red: The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau ... considers red in all its manifold guises. A richly and imaginatively illustrated survey filled with history, lore, religion, science, cosmetics, archaeology, medicine, alchemy, superstition, magic, linguistics, and even recipes for pigments, the book ambitiously traverses the centuries from prehistoric times to the present."--Barbara A. MacAdam, ARTnews "Pastoureau is the world's most distinguished and influential historian of colour, and ... his life's work on the symbolism of the spectrum is one of the great humane projects of our day."--Kevin Jackson, Literary Review "Pastoureau ... deftly weaves a tapestry that takes in not just the history of Western art, but also etymology, fairy tales and even the origins of modern road signage in heraldry. There can be no doubting his passion."--Stephen Patience, World of Interiors "Red is the color of lovers, blood, and anguish, and often signifies intensity. It is no doubt one of the most important colors in our history. Michel Pastoureau examines its significance through a slew of analytical essays and photographs that reveal the complex and, at times, controversial nature of the color and its relation to other hues."--Metropolis "Gorgeous... [A] splendid book, beautiful to look at and fascinating to read."--Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe "Does the warning red of our stop signs burble up from the color's association with medieval morality? Does the emergence of red as an ideological identity in right-wing American politics have some echo of the color's use as a symbol of power, such as the red cloak of Charlemagne and the Phrygian cap of the French Revolution? Michel Pastoureau's Red: The History of a Color, recently released by Princeton University Press, is a concise biography of the complex symbolism and perception of this hue of blood and fire."--Allison Meier, Hyperallergic "Beautifully and imaginatively illustrated ... Red is less a theory than a very readable compendium of fascinating facts... Red contains more than enough engrossing diversions that act like a traffic light and bring you to a stop."--Michael Prodger, The Times "Superb."--Vanity Fair "A wonderful book."--Le Figaro Magazine "A heady story of colors."--Telerama "An exciting cultural journey through the color red."--La vie "A rich and exciting story, a transversal approach, accessible to all."--Le Journal des Arts "A captivating human, sociological and spiritual history."--Connaissance des ArtsTable of ContentsIntroduction 7 The First Color (From Earliest Times To The End Of Antiquity) 12 The First Palettes 16 Fire and Blood 22 With Pliny among the Painters 30 Dyeing in Red 37 Roman Purple 40 Red in Everyday Life 44 Evidence from the Lexicon 50 The Favorite Color (Sixth To Fourteenth Centuries) 54 The Four Reds of the Church Fathers 58 The Blood of Christ 64 The Red of Power 69 The First Color of Heraldry 74 Love, Glory, and Beauty 80 Blue versus Red 86 The Wardrobes of Beautiful Florentine Ladies 90 A Controversial Color(Fourteenth To Seventeenth Centuries) 94 In the Flames of Hell 98 Judas, the Redhead 102 Hatred of Red 108 The Red of Painters 116 A Primary Color 126 Fabric and Clothing 130 Little Red Riding Hood 135 A Dangerous Color? (Eighteenth To Twenty-First Centuries) 140 On the Margins of Red: Pink 144 Makeup and Society Life 152 Red Caps and Flags: In the Midst of the Revolution 163 A Political Color 167 Emblems and Signals 176 Red for the Present Day 181 Notes 195 Bibliography 209 Photography Credits214 Acknowledgments 216

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An absolutely terrific new book."---Fareed Zakaria, CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS"[Slaughter] admirably. . . examine[s] her leadership flaws, biased assumptions and social privilege, inviting the reader into her painful process of discovery and renewal. . . . She is particularly effective in describing her evolution as an outspoken feminist who is forced to face up to the ways in which her advocacy for her own tribe—White, educated women—left her blind to the struggles of many other, less-advantaged women."---Jane Eisner, Washington Post"An illuminating synthesis of reflection, reckoning, and aspiration about what America has been and what it can be, a book that I hope thoughtful people of all political stripes will read and engage with."---Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn"There is a salve for the emotional exhaustion and polarity of the past five years, and it is Anne-Marie Slaughter's new book Renewal. . . . With vulnerability, honesty, and humility, Anne-Marie has written a tour de force of all that makes us human. Beginning with a personal story of crisis and apology, she traces the ripples to show how meaningful change can begin with individual transformation and extend outward to social change."---Dov Seidman, author of How: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything"Provides advice that can be applied to anyone’s career."---Jane Thier, Fortune Magazine"Energetic, erudite, and readable."---Andrew Keen, Keen On podcast"This book is a reminder that you can embrace being you."---Elmira Bayrasli, Foreign Policy's Interrupted

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Longlisted for the Airey Neave Book Prize, Airey Neave Trust""Zegart provides not just a sweeping history of the U.S. intelligence community but also nuggets that help place events in a new context. . . . A perfect primer for anyone trying to understand how the intelligence community is meeting the challenges of the digital age."---Dina Temple-Raston, Washington Post"A lucid and sobering account of how digital and other technological breakthroughs are ‘generating new uncertainties and empowering new adversaries’ for the United States at a time when its intelligence agencies are uniquely stressed. . . . Zegart offers no easy solutions but warns that the world of cyberwarfare requires both a ‘paradigm shift’ and ‘mobilization in milliseconds.’ In the new world, national security must take precedence over intelligence gathering, enabling decision makers to respond forcefully and quickly to cyberattacks. The divide between Washington and tech giants must be bridged or a day of reckoning will surely come."---Harvey Klehr, Wall Street Journal"In Spies, Lies, and Algorithms, Amy Zegart of Stanford University looks at how technology is transforming cloak-and-dagger work." * The Economist *"This book cements Zegart's reputation as a leading historian and analyst of American foreign intelligence. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *"Astute. . . . Brilliant. . . . In the wireless 21st-century world, espionage, sabotage, and brainwashing are no longer the province of government agencies; nearly anyone with an internet connection can do it. Disturbing but superbly insightful." * Kirkus Reviews, starred review *"This is a comprehensive and much needed study on the impact of technology on intelligence by a leading scholar in the field. Clear in argument, the book is meticulously researched and highly readable."---Dan Lomas, International Affairs

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Book SynopsisA sharp investigation into the dark path of the Alt-Right.Trade Review'An important guide to one of the most disturbing political developments of our time' -- New York Times'Accessible, enjoyable and informative' -- The Observer'An urgently needed dose of clarity for anyone hoping to understand the twists and turns of far right politics beyond the Khakis and Tiki torches' -- Mark Bray, historian and author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist HandbookTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Is it OK to Punch a Nazi? 1. The Intellectuals 2. The Racialists 3. The Channers 4. The Meninists 5. Language 6. Media 7. Neo-Nazis 8. Ordinary Guys 9. Conspiracy Theorists 10. The Violent Fringe 11. The White House 12. Downfall Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA critical introduction to the sociology and politics of Emile DurkheimTrade Review'An important contribution to a glaring deficit in the sociological literature' -- Steven Loyal, Senior Lecturer, School of Sociology, University College DublinTable of ContentsPreface 1. Durkheim Declassified 2. Durkheim’s French Republicanism 3. The Division of Labour 4. Durkheim’s Method of Scientific Inquiry 5. Suicide 6. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life 7. Educating Republican Citizens 8. Socialism and Saint-Simon 9. The Limits to Durkheim’s Republican Sociology Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA sharp analysis of the widening cracks in Israel's traditional pillars of support.Trade Review'An insightful, meticulously documented study' -- Arab Studies Quarterly'Important, essential reading for all who care about the rule of law and the rights of Palestinians' -- Ken Loach'With his usual incisive gaze, Ben White unfolds for us the Palestine/Israel reality as it is and cuts through the layers of misinformation, deceit and ignorance' -- Illan Pappe, University of Exeter'Smashes through stifling conventional wisdom that there's no prospect for justice and peace in Palestine.' -- Ali Abunimah, author and co-founder, The Electronic Intifada'Provides valuable and profound insights into the present apartheid reality of Israel as a 'Jewish state', and contributed to our understanding of the international dimensions of the Palestinian struggle. This is not just sharp analysis but an urgent call to action' -- Haneen Zoabi, Member of Knesset'Ben is a professional and perceptive journalist with a deep commitment to human rights. His latest book will no doubt prove to be a vital contribution to the Palestine/Israel debate' -- MP Tommy Sheppard'In the midst of a torrent of competing facts, and often dense and bewildering arguments, we are fortunate to have the steady, clear, and utterly principled voice of Ben White' -- Karma Nabulsi, University of Oxford'Ben White’s eagerly awaited book analyses important trends that are no longer moving in Israel’s favour, trends that will shape a more hopeful future for Palestine/Israel, and is a must read for all those who might despair of ever seeing peace, let alone justice, come to this tormented land' -- Nadia Hijab, Co-founder, Al Shabaka'I've long relied on Ben White's books for smart, unflinching insights into the struggle for justice in Palestine. Cracks in the Wall goes even deeper into the ideological history of Zionism and what it has wrought for Palestinians in the 21st century. Anyone seeking a hopeful and humane vision of a future for all the inhabitants of this land would do well to read this book' -- Rabbi Brant Rosen'With a brilliant combination of a bird's eye vision and a forensic examination of the facts, Ben White has shown prominent cracks in Israel's wall of impunity that may augur the end of its apartheid system' -- Omar Barghouti, Co-founder, BDS Movement'Will appeal to those who need a short introduction to these issues, and to those who follow them obsessively. A highly useful resource … engaged writing at its best' -- Charles H. Manekin, Prof. of Philosophy and Jewish Studies, University of MarylandTable of ContentsForeword by Diana Buttu Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Reality Check: Palestine/Israel is Already a Single (Apartheid) State 2. The Impasse in Israel 3. Jewish Communities Divided 4. Progressive Alienation, Far-Right Embrace 5. BDS and the Backlash 6. Palestinian Green Shoots and Signposts 7. Self-Determination, Not Segregation Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAs standards of healthcare decline, so do our bodies; we need a radical vision for healthcareTrade Review'Excellent - a radical vision of how to improve healthcare provision and with it, the health of humanity' -- Professor John Parrington, University of Oxford'As another major 'inequality commission' is set up in Britain, 'Vital Signs' presents a clear historical and theoretical framing for why stark health differences between social and ethnic groups persist or increase across the globe' -- George Davey Smith, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Bristol, editor of 'Health Inequalities: Lifecourse Approaches' (Policy, 2003)Table of ContentsList of Figures 1. Introduction 2. Healthcare in the Age of Neoliberalism 3. Mergers, Monopolies and the ‘Rising Billions’ 4. The Social Determinants of Health 5. The ‘Inequality Thesis’ 6. Ageing Populations? 7. Health, Power and Paradigms 8. Legislating for Better Health? 9. Who’s WHO? 10. The National Health Service: A Revolution Half Made? 11. Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThink your union doesn’t represent you? Then maybe it’s time to change it.Trade Review'An eloquent and accessible blend of history, theory, and practical advice, ‘Make Bosses Pay’ is essential reading for the new working class. I want to hand this book to every young person starting out in work, and to a surprisingly large number of union leaders as well' -- Sarah Jaffe, author of 'Work Won't Love You Back' (Hurst, 2021)'The pandemic has proved once again that unions are indispensable. Eve's book is a brilliant primer for people wanting to find out more about the movement and why they should join. But she is also clear throughout that unions could be doing more and better, particularly for the young workers who need them so badly in today's unfair economy' -- Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC)'A brave manifesto for trade unions at a pivotal moment in our history, expressed through voices from the frontlines of that fight. Eve's bold vision sends a powerful message to any worker who feels disempowered and alone: that you are not alone, that you are a leader and that your time to lead is now' -- Henry Chango Lopez, General Secretary, Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB)‘A call to arms for workers at the whim of apps, bad bosses and zero-hours contracts’ -- ‘i-D’‘As a beginner’s guide to the value of collective campaigning in the workplace, Make Bosses Pay makes a compelling argument that may motivate an otherwise demoralised labour force’ -- Sarah Manavis, ‘New Statesman’‘A hugely optimistic book … part persuasive primer on worker organisation, part galvanising argument for union modernisation’ -- Laura Waddell, ‘The Scotsman’‘Ambitious in scope, sophisticated in argument, and draws from thorough research, all of which Livingston makes lively and accessible through her sharp, lucid prose’ -- ‘Bella Caledonia’‘A manifesto for the power of collective action in the workforce’ -- Katie Goh, 'Huck'‘Searing … a forensic manifesto for unionism that advocates not just for what unions could be, but what they already are’ -- ‘The Skinny’‘Inspiring … an engaging and accessible primer on the necessity of working class power and how a union movement is capable of liberating all workers from capital’s relentless grip’ -- ‘Real Change News’Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Why unions? 2. Your union isn’t rubbish, it’s disempowered 3. Resisting the gig economy 4. Beyond equality and diversity: The case for a liberatory unionism 5. HR are not your friends 6. Transcending the workplace 7. Power up: Organising in the digital age 8. Reimagining union democracy 9. Organising hospitality: A toolkit for the future Conclusion: How unions change our lives Resources

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Book SynopsisThe sexual revolution: an evocative term, but what meaning can be given to it today? How does ''sexuality'' come into being and what connections does it have with the changes that have affected personal life on a more general plane? In answering these questions, Anthony Giddens disputes many of the dominant interpretations of the role of sexuality in modern culture. The emergence of what the author calls plastic sexuality - sexuality freed from its intrinsic relation to reproduction - is analysed in terms of the long-term development of the modern social order and social influences of the last few decades. Giddens argues that the transformation of intimacy, in which women have played the major part, holds out the possibility of a radical democratization of the personal sphere. This book will appeal to a large general audience as well as being essential reading for students and professionals.Trade Review'It is difficult to imagine social-scientific thought and practice in Britain and much of Continental Europe without the distinctive contribution of Anthony Giddens. His prolific work has the unique merit of tying together the rich tradition of modern social thought with the challenges of whatever is new and unprecedented in what he has called the 'late modern' or 'post-traditional' world.' Times Literary Supplement 'The major achievement of Professor Giddens is to have written a book which is both politically correct and interesting ... an immensely enjoyable book.' Political Studies 'Interesting and informative, thoughtful and thought provoking, concise and to the point.' Contemporary Sociology 'A powerful, and often brilliantly provocative, theory of how sexuality and gender are reproduced and transformed ... a model of theoretically informed, empirically based sociological analysis that will be of great interest to all those concerned with the trajectory of sexuality, gender, and identity in modern social processes.' The Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. 1. Everyday Experiments, Relationships, Sexuality. 2. Foucault on Sexuality. 3. Romantic Love and Other Attachments. 4. Love, Commitment and the Pure Relationship. 5. Love, Sex and Other Addictions. 6. The Sociological Meaning of Codependence. 7. Personal Turbulence, Sexual Troubles. 8. Contradictions of the Pure Relationship. 9. Sexuality, Repression, Civilisation. 10. Intimacy as Democracy. Index.

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Book Synopsis1. This is an important new book by Pierre Bourdieu -- one of the leading social thinkers in the world today 2. It is the first book in which he has addressed questions of gender explicitly -- hence it will be of great interest 3.Table of ContentsPreface to the English edition: Eternalizing the arbitrary. Prelude. 1 A magnified image. 2 Anamnesis of the hidden constants. 3 Permanence and change. 4 Conclusion. 5 Postscript on domination and love. Appendix: Some questions on the gay and lesbian movement

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Book Synopsis* The fourth edition of Kingdom and Fairclough s best selling Government & Politics in Britain is easily the most entertaining and thought-provoking textbook on contemporary UK politics.Trade Review"This must-have book for any student of British politics could be subtitled ‘Everything You Wanted to Know About Power In Britain But Were Afraid to Ask’ as it is a veritable cornucopia of information, analysis and provocative criticism aimed at a thorough understanding of this country’s government structures, how they work in principle, and how they operate in practice. No dry rehearsal of facts but written to engage the reader." LSE Review of Books "Like its predecessors, this revised and updated edition is comprehensive and engaging, offering readers a continuous invitation to think critically about the subject. It will be a key resource for all serious students of UK politics." Mark Garnett, Lancaster University "Kingdom and Fairclough have produced an excellent textbook. It manages to weave together detailed information, historical context and conceptual understanding to provide a sophisticated introduction to British politics today." Martin Smith, University of York "Kingdom and Fairclough have produced a detailed, thought-provoking and dissenting analysis of British politics. This book will be an invaluable resource for A-level and undergraduate students of government and politics." Matt Beech, University of Hull "This thorough, detailed and authoritative text should be required reading for politics students and tutors wishing to acquire a broad historical understanding allied with an excellent range of contemporary examples. Engagingly written with numerous opportunities for debate and analysis, it is an excellent text for sixth-form students." Paul Brennan, Runshaw CollegeTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgements1 Introduction: Studying PoliticsPART I POLITICS IN CONTEXT2 Ideology: The Western Tradition3 Ideology: Beyond the Western Tradition4 The Constitution: the Unwritten and the Unknowable5 The Global Context: This Sceptred Isle6 Britain and Europe: Awkward Partners?7 The European Union: Anatomy of a Superstate?PART II MOBILIZING THE DEMOS8 The Social Context: Our Divided Society9 Mind Politics: What We Think10 The Machinery of Democracy: the Electoral System11 The Vox Populi: How People Vote12 The Political Parties: Masses, Leaders and Powers behind Thrones13 Party Politics: From Elites to Mass ParticipationPART III GOVERNMENT AT THE CENTRE14 Pomp and Circumstance: Monarchy, Lords and Commoners15 Parliament at Work: Not to Reason Why16 The Heart of Government: of Cabinets and Kings17 The Village of Whitehall: of Ministers and Mandarins18 Getting and Spending: the Politics of Public Expenditure19 The Politics of Influence: Who Gets What, When, How?PART IV THE OUTER REACHES OF THE STATE: WORLDS BEYOND WHITEHALL20 Territorial Politics: A Disunited Kingdom? 21 The Grass Roots of Democracy: Local Government22 Trials and Errors: Justice and Politics23 The Coercive State: the Politics of Law and Order24 Thinking HolisticallyChronology of eventsGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn Southern Theory Raewyn Connell presents the case for a new 'world social science' - one that is inclusive of many voices - by arguing for a more democratic global recognition of social theory from societies outside the dominant European and North American metropole.Trade ReviewAwarded the Stephen Crook Memorial Prize for Best Authored Book in Australian Sociology 2005-2008 "Profoundly generative ... an original book, elegantly written and covering a vast gamut of topics." British Journal of Sociology of Education "It weaves an awe-inspiring command of knowledge into a devastating critique of metropolitan social thought ... no ordinary academic text ... widely accessible to an intelligent readership spanning an array of disciplines." Journal of Sociology "A multifaceted argument. It narrates an alternative 'origin story' for sociology and, by implication, anthropology." Australian Humanities Review"I highly recommend Southern Theory for every social scientist."Transnational Social Review "Raewyn Connell makes a strong claim to 'propose a new path for social theory that will help social science to serve democratic purposes on a world scale' ... This book offers unequivocal points of engagement: what is the text(ure) and mess(age) of the intellectual traditions that inform what is taught in universities in anglo/european/northamerican centres of learning? It stimulated me to recognize the elisions and gaps in the knowledge that I take for granted, and to think differently about the global constructions of sociological knowledge." New Zealand GeographerTable of ContentsIntroduction. Acknowledgments. Part I: Northern Theory. Empire and the creation of a social science. Modern general theory and its hidden assumptions. Imagining globalisation. Part II: Looking South. The discovery of Australia. Part III: Southern Theory. Indigenous knowledge and African Renaissance. Islam and Western dominance. Dependency, autonomy and culture. Power, violence and the pain of colonialism. Part IV: Antipodean Reflections. The silence of the land. Social science on a world scale. References. Index

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Book Synopsis* First single authored introduction to an emergent area of media studies. * Media Archaeology is a hot topic which is principally concerned with providing more of a historical view of new media and technology. * This book lays out the key ideas, thinkers and examples to give readers an entry point to this complex area.Trade Review"Provides the urgently needed map into this new field's extensive domain, but also for those already familiar the book is an excellent read." New Formations "Essential reading for anyone interested in the interdisciplinary ties between art, technology and media … Dr Parikka's cutting-edge text contextualizes media archaeology in relation to other key media studies debates while also presenting an engaging and accessible overview for students of media, film and cultural studies." Creative Boom "An exciting and excitable contribution to cultural theory." Reviews in History "A lively introduction to its subject that illuminates exciting avenues for both scholarship and aesthetic practice, and the book should be of interest to Parikka’s fellow travelers as well as anyone wanting a critical overview of this challenging approach to modern media culture." New Media and Society "What Is Media Archaeology? offers important methodological drives that direct our attention to the artistic, mathematical, and non-written ways in which this truly interdisciplinary field is developing." Literary & Linguistic Computing "Jussi Parikka offers a lucid, concise, and highly readable account of a new and exciting field - media archaeology. He demonstrates that contemporary media forms are rooted to the past by multiple threads - untangling them helps us understand the media frenzy that currently surrounds us." Erkki Huhtamo, University of California Los Angeles "A fabulous map of media archaeology that, as its subject compels, produces its territory anew." Matthew Fuller, Goldsmiths "Parrika's adroit combination of depth and brevity takes readers rapidly on wide ranging journeys into exploring contemporary media." Journal of American Studies of Turkey "A welcome fresh perspective on methodologies to carry out research on contemporary media cultures – a real antidote to the hype of new technologies that is characteristic not only of technology journalism but also of so much media studies work. A worthy read." Media, Culture & Society "The most comprehensive coverage to date of this fascinating area of study. Parikka's book offers an excellent overview of connections between the material and social aspects of media technology. He provides a thorough review of the diverse and sometimes contrasting theoretical foundations and provides a host of concrete examples of media-archaeological practice that serve to bridge the gap between heady theoretical trajectories and the concerns of practicing artists, users and other readers who take their technology seriously." Paul DeMarinis, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsList of Images page vi Acknowledgements vii 1 Introduction: Cartographies of the Old and the New 1 2 Media Archaeology of the Senses: Audiovisual, Affective, Algorithmic 19 3 Imaginary Media: Mapping Weird Objects 41 4 Media Theory and New Materialism 63 5 Mapping Noise and Accidents 90 6 Archive Dynamics: Software Culture and Digital Heritage 113 7 Practising Media Archaeology: Creative Methodologies for Remediation 136 Conclusions: Media Archaeology in Digital Culture 159 Notes 168 Bibliography 181 Index 197

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