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Book SynopsisSuccess is all very well, but failure teaches us what is most important: humility. Costica Bradatan tells the stories of four thinkers who, for all their external success, courted failure throughout their years. From Simone Weil to Seneca and Gandhi, the greatest of us made meaningful lives by grasping the epiphanies of failure.Trade ReviewBradatan, a philosopher, writes with elegance and wit, his every thought and sentence slipping smoothly into the next…I was absorbed by Bradatan’s book even—or especially—when I felt uncomfortable with its implications. -- Jennifer Szalai * New York Times *Bradatan wears his erudition lightly. He is a pleasure to read, and his prose conveys a happy resilience in the face of life’s inevitable contradictions. His lessons in humility remind us that the pursuit of success is often motivated by the dread of failure—and that our attempts to create things are often driven by an avoidance of our mortality. -- Michael S. Roth * Washington Post *Charming and brilliant…Bradatan transcends the pessimistic visions of Cioran and co, for it is clear that he believes in the possibility of spiritual progress once we have been sufficiently humbled by failure. -- Anna Katharina Schaffner * Times Literary Supplement *What [Bradatan] offers is a normative argument for why we should be humbled by failure rather than, like Hitler and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, see failure as a mere ‘stepping-stone to success’…Humans in Bradatan’s eyes are not featherless bipeds or rational animals but the only creatures who can recognize failure. It is this failure-detecting faculty, rather than, say, Aristotle’s nous, that makes us fully human…Thought-provoking. -- Alexander Raubo * Literary Review *Bradatan argues that we should not run from failure, but face it, clear eyed, because facing our failures makes us humble, and, by becoming humble, we can live better lives…This book is about the art of living a good life, and Bradatan’s voice is like a steady and charming guide through a moonless night. -- Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn * Hedgehog Review *[Bradatan] has an encyclopedic knowledge combined with the gift of a master storyteller who knows how to stay out of the weeds. His prose is limpid and calm but spiced with just the right dash of irony. Most chapters move gracefully along, with switchbacks between a tale about one blunderer and a story about another. A rarity, In Praise of Failure is at once a substantial history of ideas and a page-turner. -- Gordon Marino * Christian Century *In Praise of Failure is a book that nearly anyone can read, and yet it will spark reflection in even the most seasoned professor. Both highly readable and thought-provoking, Costica Bradatan challenges readers theoretically, but also, and perhaps more importantly, challenges them on a more practical level…In our times of multiple crises, and especially for us who live in cultures where success is directly analogous to dignity, failure is something we all experience in penetrating ways. * Philosophy Now *The style of [this book] reflects the humility Bradatan advocates at the moral level. His clear thinking and erudition come through in limpid, simple, yet highly articulate sentences. -- Robert Pogue Harrison * New York Review of Books *Each of the four failures in this book—physical, political, social, and ultimate—shows us the importance of philosophy for finding a good life. How shall we live today? We live in a fallen world, and the author inspires us to consider how to weave a life story, around and through our failures, into a better future. -- Karen Altergott Roberts * Englewood Review of Books *‘More than a form of behavior…humility should be seen as a form of knowledge,’ writes Bradatan. Such a knowledge has always been essential, but it is now so more than ever as our creaturely existence is threatened on every side…In Praise of Failure is a helpful orientation into this way of knowing—one that is an invitation toward the ground of our being. -- Ragan Sutterfield * Plough Quarterly *Bradatan makes a persuasive case for failure’s generative ability to knock us out of our self-centeredness…Give[s] us good reason to hope that failure and disappointment are better understood as preludes, not conclusions, to the messy but fascinating narrative of becoming we call ‘life.’ -- Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen * Yale Review *Invites us to lean into failure, to domesticate it and allow it to guide us on the journey from the nothingness before birth to the nothingness after death…Bradatan is precise and captivating. -- Polona Osojnik * Textual Practice *The ideas are boldly counterintuitive, and the illuminating historical examples complicate what it means to succeed. This is, ironically enough, a triumph. * Publishers Weekly *Provocative, stimulating, wise—the book that our success-obsessed age needs to read. -- Tom Holland, author of Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the WorldIn this deeply inspiring book, Costica Bradatan invites us to humble up and embrace the fact that we are all prone to failure. But the real lesson is that this embrace is a first step on a long journey toward self-transformation and growth. We all fail, but only the wise understand that their imperfections are what make them whole. -- Marcelo Gleiser, author of The Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the Search for MeaningI have nothing but praise for this revealing and riveting, probing and provocative book. Bradatan has succeeded in reminding us why failure is not only inevitable, but, if viewed properly, so very vital. A brilliant tour de force. -- Robert Zaretsky, author of The Subversive Simone Weil: A Life in Five IdeasIn Praise of Failure takes a set of corrosively prophetic lives and makes them new again through a compelling, cross-cutting, swift, and entirely original mode of narration. Costica Bradatan writes with the same daring, the same interpretive anger that made his subjects notorious in their own day for choosing failure over what their respective worlds counted as success. A gripping read, start to finish. -- Jack Miles, author of God: A BiographyA belletrist following in the footsteps of Walter Benjamin and Susan Sontag, Costica Bradatan exhibits, yet again, that he is an original thinker of real merit. -- James Miller, author of Examined Lives: From Socrates to NietzscheWith eloquent passion—and compassion—Costica Bradatan puts fear of failure at the heart of human existence, yesterday, now, and forever, from the failures that frustrate our daily existence to the ultimate failure that is death. Weaving together the life and work of such disparate souls as Simone Weil, Seneca, Gandhi, E. M. Cioran, and Yukio Mishima, he reminds us why our fellow humans have always ascribed to the mad, the misfits, and those on the verge of death an uncanny capacity for second sight. A unique, insightful meditation on the essential questions of human existence that aims to heal as well as to provoke. -- Ingrid Rowland, coauthor of The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art

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Book SynopsisThe greatest dilemma our planet faces is the tradeoff between poverty alleviation, inequality reduction, and climate change. In Unsustainable Inequalities, economist Lucas Chancel confronts how to share prosperity without furthering environmental harm, arguing for policies that would direct the benefits of environmental protection to the poor.Trade ReviewRising inequality and global warming are the most pressing issues of our time. Written by one of world's leading experts on global inequality trends and sustainable development, this book demonstrates that they can and should be addressed together, and offers refreshing perspectives on how to do so. A must-read. -- Thomas Piketty, author of Capital and IdeologyIn this concise and precise book Chancel offers an indispensable metric to reveal the class conflicts that cut across the simplistic divide between ecology and social justice, reconciling those afraid of the ‘end of the world’ and those trying to ‘make ends meet.’ -- Bruno Latour, author of Facing Gaia[Chancel] analyses the links between environmental and economic inequality. His conclusion is that we cannot solve one without addressing the other. An original perspective on two of our most significant contemporary challenges. -- Martin Wolf * Financial Times *Well-structured, fluent, and sharp, Unsustainable Inequalities is a work of global relevance and paramount importance, even more so as inequalities as we have them make it impossible to confront the worsening climate crisis. -- Claude Henry, Sciences Po, ParisSobering but essential…[Chancel] identifies social inequality as a core driver of environmental unsustainability that leads to a vicious circle wherein the rich consume more and the poor lose access to environmental resources and become increasingly vulnerable to environmental shocks. -- Gillian Bowser * Science *This book has unpacked the intricate relationship between social injustice and environmental harm and argues for delinking the complex nexus they form with economic inequality…A highly relevant and thought-provoking read during the COVID-19 pandemic when millions are affected socially and economically by lockdowns and restrictions. -- Gayathri D. Naik * LSE Review of Books *Lucas Chancel reflects on the complex articulation of the environmental and the socioeconomic spheres… [The book] opens up avenues toward a more desirable and livable future. * Le Monde *[Chancel] relentlessly sheds light on the failure of liberal policies. * Politis *

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Book SynopsisModern Japan is not only responding to threats from North Korea and China but is also reevaluating its dependence on the United States, Sheila Smith shows. No longer convinced they can rely on Americans to defend their country, Tokyo's political leaders are now confronting the possibility that they may need to prepare the nation's military for war.Trade ReviewTimely and useful…Japan’s armed forces remain limited in size and in the operations that they can conduct, and have never, since 1945, engaged in combat. Nor has the country seriously debated equipping them with nuclear weapons. Now, however, North Korean and Chinese military initiatives, along with uncertain American attitudes toward the alliance with Japan, threaten to change all this. -- Michael Mandelbaum * American Interest *Washington’s relationship with Tokyo is generally considered the most important of the United States’ 70-odd alliances. In this intimately knowledgeable book, Smith shows how that alliance looks to the Japanese: increasingly unreliable. -- Andrew J. Nathan * Foreign Affairs *The must-read book for anyone who seeks foundational knowledge of what is arguably the most important military alliance in the world…A highly readable and richly detailed account of Japan’s rearmament and the politics surrounding it…Likely to grow even timelier as tensions in East Asia ratchet up. -- Jason Morgan * Journal of American–East Asian Relations *A well-written and comprehensive overview of postwar Japan’s security evolution…Deserves to be read by policy makers interested in Japanese security and to be added to the syllabi of undergraduate and postgraduate programs on East Asian security and Japanese international relations. -- Giulio Pugliese * Monumenta Nipponica *Smith masterfully traces the interplay of Japan’s military heritage, politics, national sentiment, threats, and alliance with the United States in the formation and development of the Self-Defense Force. Even experts will find new information and insights in her account. As she makes clear, the SDF is a work in progress, and this book provides a welcome guide to its possible future path. -- Admiral Dennis Blair, U.S. Navy (Ret.), former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific CommandAt a time when the East Asian security environment is becoming ever more dangerous and unpredictable, Sheila Smith offers a timely guide to the choices facing Japan. This is an insightful and indispensable look at the evolution of Japan’s approach to national security and the consequential decisions it will face in the future. -- James Steinberg, Syracuse UniversityAfter fighting a series of aggressive wars in the early twentieth century, Japan retreated from power politics and has remained reluctant to develop a military capability that matches its economic power. Will this change? The paradoxical transition from militarist aggression to pacifism and isolationism has been discussed before, but never with the clarity Sheila Smith displays in this important book. She shows that Japan will have some critical choices to make to maintain its security in the challenging geopolitics of the twenty-first century. -- Kiichi Fujiwara, University of TokyoWith keen insight and scholarly precision, Smith tells us why the Japanese public’s evolving attitude toward the use of military force is important to American security and the peace of northeast Asia. A must-read for U.S. policymakers responsible for Asia. -- J. Thomas Schieffer, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan

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Book SynopsisRotary International spreads America’s good news. The organization spent the interwar years convincing Main Street and the world at large that America’s promise lay in cooperation and service under capitalism, values that could knit the globe together. In the process, Brendan Goff argues, Rotary became an extension of US power.Trade ReviewThe book is luminous—beautifully written and smartly constructed—showcasing Goff’s thorough research and his skillful analysis of the evolving racial, gender, class, and religious norms that came into play as RI chapters spread throughout, and then out from, the United States. -- Lauren F. Turek * Journal of American History *Goff convincingly shows how Rotary drew on and contributed to imperial networks, even as Rotary’s ethos of apolitical service blinded Rotarians (both in the United States and abroad) to the imperial nature of U.S. power. This book deserves a wide audience. -- Christopher Endy * Diplomatic History *This far-ranging account of transnational networking reveals the Main Street, middle-class making of modern global capitalism. Goff is as attuned to the paradoxes of Rotary internationalism as he is to its place in the American Century. -- Kristin L. Hoganson, author of The Heartland: An American HistoryIn this innovative book, Goff uses the international history of the Rotary Club to chart the origins of the ‘American Century.’ Tracing Rotary’s remarkable, worldwide expansion in the first half of the twentieth century, he offers fresh insights on American global power and transnational civic engagement, cultural diplomacy and corporate capitalism. Filled with fascinating stories of Rotarians and their activities on Main Streets far and wide, this book deserves a broad readership. -- Julia F. Irwin, author of Making the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation’s Humanitarian AwakeningImaginatively conceived and highly readable, this book tells the remarkable story of Rotary International’s campaign to expand from Chicago to the world at large. Goff makes an important contribution both to our understanding of Main Street America’s thinking about international trade and foreign policy, and of the business culture and voluntarism that Rotary promoted around the world. -- David C. Hammack, coauthor of A Versatile American Institution: The Changing Ideals and Realities of Philanthropic FoundationsIn Goff’s hands, we see the Rotarian as an advance agent of US power, a missionary for international capitalism, and an advocate of a business culture that shaped the twentieth-century world. Based on rich, diverse sources and told in a clear, compelling narrative, this remarkable book about how Rotarians crafted a ‘civic internationalism’ will be widely read. -- Christopher Capozzola, author of Bound by War: How the United States and the Philippines Built America’s First Pacific CenturyYou may not think you are interested in the Rotary International. But if you are interested in informal empire, globalism, or the overlap between internationalism and cultural diversity, you need to read this book. It turns out the Rotarians were not the small-minded, parochial Babbitts of Sinclair Lewis’s imagination. They were in fact internationalists whose language of cooperation, nonpartisan business professionalism, and human fellowship helped pave the way for American-style global capitalism…As the world today reembraces nationalism and stokes polarization, and as we face climate catastrophe and a pandemic, the thorny problems discussed in this book are at the heart of any attempt to renew an internationalist ethos of cooperation, service, and nonpartisanship. -- Jennifer Delton * Enterprise & Society *

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Book SynopsisIt is a commonplace that the modern world cannot be experienced as enchanted - that the very concept of enchantment belongs to past ages of superstition. This title challenges that view. It seeks to rehabilitate enchantment, showing not only how it is possible to experience wonder, but how such experience is crucial to motivating ethical behavior.Trade Review"The very best feature of The Enchantment of Modern Life is the way it performs its own thesis: it is an enchanting, wonderful, and generous book that edifies and elevates the reader."—Moira Gatens, University of Sydney"This book is a delight to read. Bennett has a remarkable talent for both being imaginative and yet not letting the enchantment of this flight lead her to fail in the task of carefully engaging those with whom she disagrees. She is enacting her own ideal of generosity while forging a powerful and original vision of late modern life. The core strength of this book lies in the way it draws the reader to entertain a distinctively different way of experiencing the world. No small achievement."—Stephen K. White, Virginia Tech, and Editor of Political Theory"Bennett can do what others have not yet been able to do because she goes to the heart of the matter, to the foundation of those who claim to be foundationless, namely, to our underlying presumptions about the character of the material universe. She is a wonderful writer; her prose is crisp and clear, full of startling and enchanting formulations. The general effect of her book is to induce in us moments of enchantment, the ethical significance of which Bennett makes clear: she endeavors to attach us to the world, to bring forth our love for life, so that we are inspired to exercise greater care toward humanity and the material universe in which we live."—Melissa Orlie, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"The Enchantment of Modern Life has something very rare in an academic work: a mission. Even rarer, its sense of mission comes at no one's expense. The project is at once scholarly and ethical, seamlessly, integrally. This is not just another treatment of modernity. It is an exemplar, offering a gentle cure—a modernity of wonder—to the critical-cynical detachment that has been the hallmark of the humanities theorist for too long."—Brian Massumi, State University of New York at AlbanyTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*1. The Wonder of Minor Experiences, pg. 1*2. Cross-Species Encounters, pg. 17*3. The Marvelous Worlds of Paracelsus, Kant, and Deleuze, pg. 33*4. Disenchantment Tales, pg. 56*5. Complexity and Enchantment, pg. 91*6. Commodity Fetishism and Commodity Enchantment, pg. 111*7. Ethical Energetics, pg. 131*8. Attachments and Refrains, pg. 159*Notes, pg. 175*Index, pg. 209

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Book SynopsisHave we become beauty-blind? This title not only defends beauty from the political arguments against it but also argues that beauty does indeed press us toward a greater concern for justice. It offers a manifesto for the revival of beauty in our intellectual work as well as our homes, museums, and classrooms.Trade Review"Ms. Scarry's writing is evocative and lively... Her book is a bracing antidote to the glum puritanism of many opponents of beauty, and it makes some insightful observations about how beauty figures in our perceptual, emotional and moral lives."--Colin McGinn, The Wall Street Journal "She begins her defense of aesthetic pleasure with musings on the nature of beauty. Beauty begets, she argues. It constantly provokes copies of itself. That replication is not only in art, for example, but also in perception, as in the desire to continue beholding as long as possible. Beauty's link with truth requires no belief in an immortal realm. 'The beautiful, almost without any effort of our own, acquaints us with the mental event of conviction,' she says. That mental state is so pleasurable 'that ever afterwards one is willing to labor, struggle, wrestle with the world to locate enduring sources of conviction-to locate what is true.' The heightened perception that comes with beauty's life-affirming capacity to awaken us to our world is part of what alerts us to injustice, she writes."--Nina Ayoub, Chronicle of Higher Education Scarry persuades that there is an analogy between the recognition of beautyand the recognition of just or fair social arrangements ... [She]...does not preach and ... her short book [is] light and allusive and gentle and unpolemical [in] style... "--Stuart Hampshire, The New York Review of Books "This short book could change your life... Beauty makes us better, more honest, more judicious, more humble, nicer people. And dare I say, this little book, taken to heart, will do the same."--Tom D'Evelyn, The Providence Sunday Journal "Scarry makes a fascinating case that seeing beauty reminds us of our own marginality, and therefore our equalness to other people. And she very skillfully defies traditional political criticisms of beauty."--Meredith Petrin, Boston Review "Full of striking observations about beauty in and beyond the arts."--Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle "In the tradition of 19th-century aesthetics, On Beauty and Being Just describes, evokes and manifests the loving attention that beautiful objects provoke... [It] is fresh, eccentric and uncompromising."--Alexander Nehamas, London Review of Books "Any sophisticated reader not mummified beneath protective layers of irony will find this book not only pleasant to hold in the hand, but valuable to hold in the mind."--Paul J. Johnson, Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPART ONE On Beauty and Being Wrong 1 PART TWO On Beauty and Being Fair 55 NOTES 125 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 133

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Book SynopsisSince the publication of the first edition in 1966, Eye and Brain has established itself worldwide as an essential introduction to the basic phenomena of visual perception. Richard Gregory offers clear explanations of how we see brightness, movement, color, and objects, and he explores the phenomena of visual illusions to establish principles aboutTrade Review"[A] hugely influential book... It stands as the essential guide to Gregory's framework for perception, but also to a whole range of visual demonstrations, illusions, and puzzles that will have you captivated long after you have finished."--Iain D. Gilchrist, Perception "An excellent introduction to the psychology of vision. It presents what we know, what we don't know, and what we think. Gregory accomplishes this in an astonishingly succinct and successful book."--Steven M. Kastenbaum, Science Books & FilmsTable of ContentsPretext 1 Visions of vision 1 2 Light 14 3 Eye 24 4 Brain 67 5 Seeing brightness 84 6 Seeing movement 98 7 Seeing colours 121 8 Learning how to see 136 9 Realities of art 170 10 Illusions 194 11 Speculations 244 Bibliography and notes 256 Index 269

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Wickham's expert analysis and meticulous academic approach build on previous. Limited examinations and substantial documentation to turn established research on its head, as he presents a fresh look into how communes in the mid-12th century successfully prepared Italian power structures for the cultural significance they would later have." * Publishers Weekly *"Wickham's analysis is meticulous and incisive, and he situates his conclusions clearly in light of the prior historiography." * Choice *"Wickham's passion for medieval Italian urban history comes across on every page."---Corinne Wieben, H-Net Reviews"This book provides a useful foray into the internal debates occurring in those movements and thus lends layers of complexity to the overall argument."---Brooke Sherrard, Nova Religio"Wickham has a deep knowledge of the previous literature in the topic and an awareness of how this is linked to debates with broad ideological implications, such as the origins of Renaissance and of Republican forms of government and values."---Michele Campopiano, Catholic Historical Review

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the North American Society for Social Philosophy Book Award""Open Democracy envisions what true government by mass leadership could look like. Her model is based on the simple idea that, if government by the people is a goal, the people ought to do the governing."---Nathan Heller, New Yorker"A great defence of both sortition and deliberation as complements to representative democracy."---Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Open Magazine"A bold exploration of how we can move beyond a purely electoral conception of democratic representation. Using normative democratic theory and real-world examples of innovations in citizen representation, Hélène Landemore argues for a vision of democracy that is more faithful to popular rule, more likely to tap into democratic reason, and more stable and durable than electoral democracy."---Erica Yu, Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics"Ambitious. . . . A scheme that breaks with two liberal-democratic institutions that are usually taken for granted: elections and political parties."---Jan-Werner Mueller, Project Syndicate"[Landemore] argues that we need a new, more inclusive system of governance that is less elitist and more participatory to cure what ails democracy." * The Nation *"A fascinating, wide-ranging book."---Rachael Walsh, International Journal of Constitutional Law"Important."---Christopher Kutz, Los Angeles Review of Books

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017"

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Book SynopsisTucker presents guiding principles for ensuring that central bankers and other unelected policymakers remain stewards of the common good.Trade Review"One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018""One of Marketwatch's Nonfiction Best of 2018 Books"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of New Scientist's best science books to read in 2021""A New Scientist Book of the Year""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""Engrossing and novel. . . . [A] fascinating and fact-filled book."---Marc Bekoff, Psychology Today"An eye-opening and mouth-watering new book."---Bill Thompson, Post and Courier"An engaging trip through time, science, and food."---Amy Halloran, Times Union"Dunn and Sanchez are indeed the perfect hosts, guiding readers, with humor and expertise, through a feast of entertaining anecdotes in fields such as ecology, agriculture, psychology, art and chemistry."---Grace Rajendran, Shelf Awareness"Our hosts at this empirical dinner party envision a new future for the study of flavor, with seats for the curious of every stripe. . . . A persuasive, entertaining argument about how our avid pursuit of deliciousness helped shape our evolutionary path." * Kirkus Reviews *"Fascinating, unusual and truly ‘delicious’ (in more than one sense)"---Vitali Vitaliev, Engineering and Technology"Dunn and Sanchez are scrupulous in the way they present their evidence and arguments. . . . a charming book."---Simon Ings, New Scientist"[Dunn and Sanchez] draw from anthropology, ecology, food science, chemistry, biology, and other fields to create a compelling perspective on how flavor has driven diets and food choices in the past and continues to do so now. . . . An insightful narrative spiced with witty asides and relatable notes."---M. H. Albro, Choice"Written with an entertaining mix of anecdotes from the authors’ culinary travels as well as findings from the latest research, Dunn and Sanchez stir together a rich variety of ingredients to create a highly satisfying and indeed flavoursome narrative."---P.D. Smith, The Guardian

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[These stories] can be appreciated by those interested in social and political history as much as folklorists, anomalists and storytellers – and for all those in need of a little (weird) reenchantment."---Olivia Armstrong, Fortean Times

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2018""One of Forbes' Must-Read Brain Books of 2018"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Forrest Stuart, Winner of a MacArthur fellowship, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation""Winner of the CITAMS Book Award, Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association""Honorable Mention for the Outstanding Book Award, Inequality, Poverty and Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association""Finalist for the PROSE Award in Cultural Anthropology & Sociology, Association of American Publishers""The global cross-pollination of drill music is not a coincidence. Young people suffering from inequality and violence are harnessing social media to be heard and valued. Ballad of the Bullet is a detailed, sensitive toolkit for understanding cultural production in the modern city; essential reading for educators, community workers and music fans alike."---Ciaran Thapar, youth worker and writer, speaking on BBC Radio"Mr Stuart’s recent book, Ballad of the Bullet, is an often gripping account of what he learned from his association with teenage members of an up-and-coming drill group—he dubs them the Corner Boys—desperate to win fame, status and money from rapping. He shows how their musical and lyrical talent is only a minor part of what determines success."---Adam Roberts, The Economist"The book completely reshaped the way I thought about micro-celebrity and youth culture, and it opened my eyes to how discussions of the internet have been largely oblivious to the worlds of those who are not class-privileged, white and female. As people have been sucked ever deeper into their digital worlds in 2020, Stuart shines a light on how social media offer both hope and danger for some of our cities' most disadvantaged young."---Ashley Mears, Times Higher Education"Poignant, written with great clarity in a lively style, Stuart’s book belongs to a tradition of ethnographic studies conducted in Chicago on urban poverty since the 1930s."---Clément Petitjean, Books and Ideas

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction, Oregon Book Awards""Shortlisted for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society""Shortlisted for the MAAH Stone Book Award, Museum of African American History""One of Whoopi Goldberg's Favorite Things, ABC The View""New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice""Chicago Tribune writer John Warner's Book That Will Help You Better Understand the Messed-Up Nature of the World""One of The Undefeated's 25 Can't Miss Books of 2019""One of The Progressive's Favorite Books of 2019""One of LitHub's 50 Favorite Books of the Year""One of Inside Higher Ed's Books to Give the Educator in Your Life for the Holidays"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Greenberg . . . a longtime critic of expanded state power after 9/11, draws a straight line between the early U.S. response to the attacks and the abuses of the Trump administration."---Quinta Jurecic, Washington Post"Subtle Tools strikes a . . . note of guarded hope for the rule of law against populist lawlessness."---Jonathan Stevenson, Survival"This is an expertly researched cri de coeur regarding recapturing the processes and procedures of American democracy, which Greenberg (Fordham Univ. School of Law) argues were lost in the 20 years between the 9/11 attacks and the present." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A characteristically feisty final statement from one of the greatest anthropologists of the past century."---Jonathan Spencer, Science"Sahlins is perhaps one of the last great anthropological time travelers, unashamed of his vocation, and openly committed to immersing himself in ways of being that were not originally his own, or at least trying his hardest to do so. We may not see his like again."---Vincent P. Pecora, European Legacy"Sahlins makes his case forcefully, eloquently, and with passion. Right, wrong, partial, or not, The New Science of the Enchanted Universe is a feisty anthropological contribution that will be good to teach with within the academy and good to think with way beyond the narrow confines of anthropology."---David N. Gellner, Society

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Should be on the summer reading list of people interested in the opportunities and challenges of technology for public stuff."---Mitchell Weiss, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge"Power to the Public is an accessible and quick read aimed primarily at nontechnologists, with a clear-eyed take that technology is not a panacea. The book makes an important contribution to the literature on how government needs to reform its traditional approach to solving problems."---Jim Fruchterman, Stanford Social Innovation Review"Recommended" * Choice *

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Book SynopsisA New York Times Bestseller A Wall Street Journal Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year A New Statesman Book to Read From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of howTrade Review"Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Commentary, Axiom Business Book Awards"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of American Institute of Graphic Arts’ Top 50 Books / 50 Covers of 2021"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2021""Honorable Mention for the Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize""Van der Lugt succeeds brilliantly in her aim of setting aside the arid technical disputes in which philosophy often seems (at least to the layman) to be enmeshed, and applying it with compelling urgency to perennial and fundamental moral questions."---Ritchie Robertson, Times Literary Supplement"This is a highly readable, elegantly written and sophisticated study that even non-philosophers will find accessible and illuminating, and perhaps also inspiring."---Steven Nadler, Literary Review"Engaged and engaging."---Julian Young, Society"Reading this book is a rare event and something of an adventure in that it is as solidly argued as it is eloquent and as learned as it is moving. Those who feel philosophers no longer care to address truly vital issues are especially in for a treat."---Wiep van Bunge, British Journal for the History of Philosophy"[Van der Lugt] handles these ‘dark matters’—evil, suffering, suicide—with admirable delicacy. As such her book is an invaluable source for anyone interested in the history of human thinking about evil and suffering, hope and consolation."---Maikki Aakko, Heythrop Journal"Prospective readers of Dark Matters should come to this work first of all for van der Lugt’s masterclass in exegesis of Enlightenment philosophy and cultural criticism. Readers should stay for her personal insights into the problem of suffering and her ingenious insistence on pessimism as a moral source. Don’t be fooled by its somber title; Dark Matters is a treasure-trove of moral argument and inspired philosophical insights that left this reader consoled and hopeful."---David Greder, Reading Religion"A monumental achievement." * The Philosopher *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This fascinating, well-translated selection admirably exemplifies the multi-faceted nature of the cynic way of life and is thoroughly recommended."---Peter Jones, Classics For All Reviews"The Cynics, observes Usher, ‘were not scholars or writers.’ Like Jesus, Socrates or Buddha, they were ‘oralists whose memorable utterances and actions were transmitted to posterity by admirers (and detractors).’ And it’s precisely this that explains their endurance, both during and beyond their lifetime… the vivid anecdotes in which they appear have kept them not just alive, but in excellent philosophical shape."---Costica Bradatan, Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Wall Street Journal Best Politics Book of the Year""A World Magazine Best Book of the Year""Very illuminating. Much recommended."---Jamelle Bouie, New York Times columnist"An astute discussion of the American founders’ suspicions that the republic they had created wouldn’t, in the end, make it. . . . Gracefully written and fair in its judgments. . . . Timely."---Barton Swaim, Wall Street Journal"Written in simultaneously accessible and brilliant prose, Rasmussen crafts a flowing narrative built on the writings of the founders themselves. This narrative is further illuminated by his commentary and mastery of the secondary literature. This book can (and should) be enjoyed by nonspecialists, but this does not diminish the originality of the work."---Kenly Stewart, Los Angeles Review of Books"Fascinating."---Steve Donoghue, Christian Science Monitor"An illuminating account of how the founding fathers worried about the future of America. . . . This standout history provides useful context for understanding the roots of contemporary political turmoils and may comfort those who fear that American democracy is in dire peril." * Publishers Weekly, starred review *"Making the striking argument that all but one of the major founders of the U.S. died disillusioned with their creation, Rasmussen nevertheless offers hope for our current predicaments . . . an authoritative and convincing argument in disarmingly artful prose." * Kirkus Reviews *"Rasmussen has produced a well-researched study that is a salutary read. He writes accessibly, explaining what motivated and worried each of [the founders]. Concern for future generations and the fate of the republic is a recurring theme, and will also resonate with many readers today." * Library Journal *"Magisterial . . . creative and thought-provoking at every turn . . . a delightful book. . . . Rasmussen has superbly placed the story of the Founders’ growing ideological concerns about their creation in the context of their own often eccentric personalities."---John O. McGinnis, Law & Liberty"On my history book of the year short list."---Marvin Olasky, World"Drawing on reams of personal correspondence between the Founders, Rasmussen persuasively argues that the vast majority of America’s Founders—including the likes of Washington, Adams, Hamilton, and Jefferson—went to their death beds disillusioned with the political order they had created."---Thomas Koenig, The Dispatch"Very timely . . . a fascinating and completely new perspective on the Founders and their view of the country they helped create . . . highly engaging and thought-provoking, showing the very human side of politics in early America."---Jerry D. Lenaburg, New York Journal of Books"Compelling and compulsively readable. . . . In putting leading founders’ disillusionment with the Constitution at the center of his thoughtful scholarly analysis, Rasmussen vividly brings to light the fact that the founders themselves were often the Constitution’s most perceptive and powerful critics."---George Thomas, American Political Thought"Rasmussen’s book also offered me some new insights and interesting facts. . . . Fears of a Setting Sun helps in understanding some of the roots of our contemporary political struggle and the fear of the decay of American democracy."---Pia Herzan, H-Soz-Kult"Fears of a Setting Sun is an engaging, indeed fun, read, nicely written and deftly argued. More than that, it is a useful reminder at this political moment that while things ain’t what they used to be, they never were in the first place."---Steven Conn, Origins

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The single most significant event in the publication history of the scholarship on Wahhābism—period. There’s no book that rivals it . . . in scope, erudition, and breadth. . . . It's one of these books that will set the agenda for future scholarship."---Omar Anchassi, Islamicate Book Review"The amount of primary sources and manuscripts referenced in Cole Bunzel's new book is dizzying in the best way possible. The new standard for literature on Wahhabism! . . . A must read book."---Aaron Y. Zelin, Brandeis University"Groundbreaking. . . . It is essential that [Wahhābism] reaches as wide an audience as possible."---John McHugo, History Today"Remarkably detailed, robust, and cohesive. . . . this is a worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in either Islamic history and/or the lasting impact of Wahhābism."---Troy E. Spier, Reading Religion

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry] contains a wealth of concrete perception on the most varied aesthetic problems. It is impossible to do more than mention M. Maritain’s beautifully balanced chapter on abstract art, his discussion of the difference between classical and modern poetic imagery, and the gentle irony with which he chides the over-zealousness of modern critics who use Dante to denigrate modern poetry. . . . It is a rare pleasure to read a work characterized by this habit of mind and this sensibility . . . the best attempt yet made to write a poetics of modern art."---Joseph Frank, New Republic

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Book SynopsisAnalyses the myths -- religious and cultural -- that are used to justify the aggressive expansionist policies of Israel.Trade Review'An impressive work of deconstruction with many crucial new insights and written in such an accessible way, despite the very complicated issues with which the author deals' -- Ilan PappeTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. ‘The Bible is our Mandate’ 2. ‘The Distinguishing Characteristic of the Jews has been their Exile’ 3. ‘…Eighteen Centuries of Jewish Suffering’ 4. ‘Us’ Jews ‘Them’ Arabs: A Message from a Cairo synagogue, a thousand years ago 5. ‘A land without people ... 6. …for a people without land’ 7. Plucky Little Israel or Great Power Protégé?: Britain & the Zionist colony in Palestine 8. ‘The Nazi Holocaust proved the urgency for a Jewish State’ 9. Plucky Little Israel or Great Power Protégé?: How Israel Became a Strategic Asset for the United States 10. ‘Us Jews Them Arabs’: The Lost Jewish Arab symbiosis - in search of the ‘spark of hope in the past’ Conclusion ‘Out of the Ashes’ Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding and transforming the universities' colonial foundations.Trade Review'A very well-researched and highly readable book that I feel compelled to highly recommend' -- Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching'A fine collection of knowledgeable yet readable essays which address a host of vital issues for our times: Eurocentrism, whiteness, power, free speech, inclusion and exclusion, and public higher education... A must-read for anyone interested in enhancing a historical understanding of our present through a consideration of what it means to decolonise' -- Priyamvada Gopal, Reader in Anglophone and Related Literatures, University of Cambridge'As Robbie Shilliam notes astutely in this timely volume, criticism of decolonising the university often overshadows the project itself. These collected reflections provide a much-needed analysis of the global movement to unsettle the Eurocentric white academy' -- Alana Lentin, Western Sydney UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: Decolonising the University? - Gurminder K. Bhambra, Dalia Gebrial and Kerem Nişancıoğlu PART I - CONTEXTS: HISTORICAL AND DISCIPLINARY 2. Rhodes Must Fall: Oxford and Movements for Change - Dalia Gebrial 3. Race and the Neoliberal University: Lessons from the Public University - John Holmwood 4. Black/Academia - Robbie Shilliam 5. Decolonising Philosophy - Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Rafael Vizcaíno, Jasmine Wallace and Jeong Eun Annabel We PART II - INSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVES 6. Asylum University: Re-situating Knowledge-exchange along Cross-border Positionalities - Kolar Aparna and Olivier Kramsch 7. Diversity or Decolonisation? Researching Diversity at the University of Amsterdam - Rosalba Icaza and Rolando Vázquez 8. The Challenge for Black Studies in the Neoliberal University - Kehinde Andrews 9. Open Initiatives for Decolonising the Curriculum - Pat Lockley PART III - DECOLONIAL REFLECTIONS 10. Meschachakanis, a Coyote Narrative: Decolonising Higher Education - Shauneen Pete 11. Decolonising Education: A Pedagogic Intervention - Carol Azumah Dennis 12. Internationalisation and Interdisciplinarity: Sharing acrossBoundaries? - Angela Last 13. Understanding Eurocentrism as a Structural Problem of Undone Science - William Jamal Richardson Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe second instalment of the iconic memoirs of one of the first female fighters of the PKKTrade Review'This memoir advances our knowledge of human endurance and allows the reader a closer look into the world of state violence. This is a compelling story of fear, hope, tensions, despair, joy, but mostly a dream of liberation' -- Shahrzad Mojab, co-author of 'Revolutionary Learning: Marxism, Feminism and Knowledge''Diyarbakir Military Prison was the main site of Kurdish resistance during the early 1980s and as a senior member of the PKK, Sakine Cansiz played a leading role in it. This book is an excellent resource for understanding this historic period in Kurdish politics' -- Cengiz Gunes, author of 'The Kurdish National Movement in Turkey: From Protest to Resistance' (Routledge, 2012).'This second volume of memoirs covers the 11 years Sakine Cansiz spent in Turkish prisons from 1979 until 1990. With tremendous lucidity and power Cansiz tells a story of struggle against dehumanisation and an unshakeable belief in freedom. This is a deeply moving documentation of the origins of the Kurdish women's movement. A most important book - beautifully written and urgent' -- Estella Schmid, Peace in Kurdistan Campaign'Sakine shows not only Kurdish women, but all women that the most beautiful way to live is to embrace life with more strength. Sakine never gave up her love for freedom, despite the heavy sacrifices she had to bear. In a country where it is forbidden to live in freedom as human beings, she knew that the only way to survive was to fight. Every woman who longs for freedom will find a voice in Sakine's struggle' -- Gönül Tepe, Kurdish Women's Liberation MovementTable of ContentsTranslator-editor's Preface Sara Notes List of People List of Political Names and Acronyms Timeline Index

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Book SynopsisBritain is a land shaped by oil. How does that impact its past, present and future? Trade Review'Tells you all you need to know about oil's part in the industrialisation and deindustrialisation of Britain - how lives were built, how they were destroyed and how we now need to urgently build a green, just and sustainable economy' -- Rebecca Long-Bailey MP‘Vivid and detailed’ -- Financial Times'A vivid, compelling and very human account of how big oil has infiltrated our lives, the people it's enriched and those it's abandoned' -- Caroline Lucas MP'Dripping with delicious detail' -- Aditya Chakrabortty, 'Guardian' journalist'Superbly illustrates how the UK's toxic relationship with oil has defined our politics, our lives and our culture. An engrossing read' -- Jon King, Gang of Four'Compelling. [...] Marriott and Macalister take on the roles of sleuth, archaeologist, and witness to tell a story of oil, money and politics which changed millions of people's lives' -- Madeleine Bunting, author of 'Love of Country: A Hebridean Journey' (Granta, 2017)'As a former oil geologist who worked offshore during the heyday of the North Sea oil boom, I was transported back to those times. This book beautifully captures the mood and spirit of the time, and with a forensic approach it unravels the various political and financial events that took place between the UK government and the oil companies' -- Tim Fairs, former Oil Geologist for Chevron'Truly remarkable. [...] a unique insight into Britain's role and experiences in an oil addicted world' -- Herbert Girardet, Executive Committee Member, Club of Rome'A marvellously rich account of how the oil industry has come to shape contemporary Britain' -- David Beetham, Emeritus Professor of Politics at Leeds'Told with passion and wit, this is a brilliantly original account of oil's lasting national imprint' -- Gavin Bridge, Professor of Geography, Durham University‘A poignant and wonderfully crafted journey that connects the oil industries and global capitalism with local stories. The authors are thoughtful storytellers guiding us through this journey’ -- Farzana Khan, writer and Executive Director of Healing Justice London'A harrowing read ... Marriott and Macalister interweave history and psychogeography. This is refreshing if not seamless: as the narrative style shifts from reportage to the rhythms of speech and prayer you would find in a David Peace novel' -- Guardian‘A stimulating firework display of a book … Crude Britannia demonstrates that, even in the midst of the pressures of practical struggle against the threat of extinction, historical understanding matters’ -- ‘The Ecologist’Table of ContentsList of Maps and Table List of Tracks Prologue: The Last Living Rose PART I: 1940–1979 1. The Whole World Was Aflame روشنايي آسمانها .2 : The Brightness of the Heavens 3. Baby, You Can Drive My Car 4. Dirt Behind the Daydream 5. Only One Road to Paradise PART II: 1979–2008 6. And If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next 7. Tuireadh: Lament 8. Suude ne gbo gima de: The Eye of the Blind 9. Local Hero 10. Stanlow PART III: 2008–2020 11. This Bitter Earth 12. Rough Trade 13. Nexus of Outrage 14. Heading for Extinction Epilogue: The Commonwealth of Wind Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisLessons learned from the powerful climate justice campaign in Aotearoa New ZealandTrade Review'This clearly written political geography documents an important period of climate activism in Aotearoa New Zealand, with wider relevance for democratic activism abroad. It connects direct action environmental activism with a feminist ethics and politics of care, with theoretical relevance for students, researchers and activists far beyond these shores' -- Kelly Dombroski, an editor of ‘New Zealand Geographer’'Follows the entanglement of racial capitalism, colonialism and western modernity that situates resource extraction in Aotearoa New Zealand. Drawing on the authors’ own experiences of direct action and resistance, it also outlines a hopeful ethics of care through which meaningful changes can be achieved' -- Jo Sharp, Professor of Geography, University of St Andrews, ScotlandTable of ContentsGlossary of Te Reo Māori Terms 1. Security for Whom? 2. Securing Oil 3. Contesting Oil 4. Taming the Narrative 5. Securing Business-as-Usual 6. Policing and Dehumanising Activists 7. Enacting Care and Responsibility 8. Democracy and Hope References

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Book SynopsisBring out your inner anarchist!Trade Review'A joyful rethinking of anarchism. Branson draws on a wealth of cutting-edge theory and the messiness of activism to illuminate new ways to transform society. The result is a practical guide to everyday revolutions. A real treasure' -- Alex Prichard, author of 'Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction''Clever and inspiring! Branson's brilliant method of weaving together our collective and individual lives alongside our most complex relationships with the systems that we are part of is truly refreshing and ground-breaking. I feel that I and many other radicals have walked the edges of so many of these conversations that Branson has skilfully and necessarily busted open' -- carla joy bergman, editor of 'Trust Kids' and co-author of 'Joyful Militancy''Steeped in knowledge of Black and queer feminisms and decolonial struggles against the state, 'Practical Anarchism' is a powerful guide to the collective manufacture of utopia now' -- Sophie Lewis, author of 'Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation''Presents clear, astute critiques of work, school and the destruction of community in capitalism and serves as a handbook for liberation, both optimistic and intensely motivating' -- Ruth Kinna, author of 'The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism''Time and time again, anarchists have been involved in improving social relationships, empowering dispossessed and marginalised communities, and supporting struggles on the right side of history. In this highly readable and passionate book, Scott Branson sheds a light on many examples of everyday anarchist engagement' -- Gabriel Kuhn, author of 'Soccer vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics''This brilliant book is an antidote to giving up. Weaving practical advice alongside women of colour, queer activists, abolitionists and more, Branson offers us a beautiful reminder that we do anarchism everyday - through care, through imagining, through loving - against and in spite of the state' -- Raechel Anne Jolie, author of 'Rust Belt Femme''An anarchist kaleidoscope, inviting us to shake up this world and see the endless array of beautiful possibilities that are already present in the here and now. This book - tender, dreamy, actionable - inspires us to pick up all the sparkly, even if sometimes jagged, edges of daily life that too often go unnoticed and toss them, time and again, into utopian play' -- Cindy Barukh Milstein, author of 'Try Anarchism for Life: The Beauty of Our Circle''Deftly and joyfully shows us that lives lived with compassion and collective autonomy in the engagements we call anarchy have practical applications in our everyday living' -- scott crow, insurgent, author of 'Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective'Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Am I Already Doing Anarchy?: Anarchy On and Off the Streets 2. Are Relationships Even Possible?: Anarchy at Home 3. You Call this Living?: Anarchy on the Job 4. Can I Relearn That?: Anarchy in School 5. How Do We Pay for It?: Anarchy in your Wallet and in the Market 6. Can We Still Enjoy Ourselves?: Anarchy and Art 7. Who Will Fix the Roads and Collect the Trash?: Anarchy in your Neighbourhood 8. When Will It End?: Anarchy, Time, and the World Coda: No Place, or Living a World Without a State Further Reading Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisCan science, steeped in Western, masculine, bourgeois endeavors, nevertheless be used for emancipatory ends? In this major contribution to the debate over the role gender plays in the scientific enterprise, Sandra Harding pursues that question...Trade Review"Provocative and often persuasive, this examination of trends in feminine critiques of science presents a useful, comprehensive account of a subject claiming increasing attention among philosophers, historians of science, and feminine theorists."—E.C. Patterson, Albertus Magnus College, Choice, 1986"Offers a plentiful feast of sticky problems, embarrassing questions, and nagging doubts about current practices in both history and philosophy of science that will not go away by themselves."—Elisabeth A. Lloyd, Isis, Vol. 79, 1988"This is the book many scholars in feminist theory and the philosophical and historical studies of science have been waiting for. It is ambitious, sophisticated, and subtle: the best book yet written in feminist approaches to philosophy and the theories of knowledge."—Donna J. Harraway, Department of the History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Book SynopsisThis book explores Hegel's response to the French Revolutionary Terror in relation to contemporary theories of trauma.Trade Review"Comay's grasp of a broad range of the literature of the time is impressive. . . Her index is thorough and well organized. Recommended."—J. A. Gauthier, CHOICE"Rebecca Comay has written a stunning and powerful book. By making Hegel's account of the 'Terror' of the French Revolution the pivot of her reading, Comay offers a Hegel who is more radically modern and intransigently difficult than anything either his supporters or critics have imagined. Comay's work makes philosophy a more capacious, riven, and historically reflective place than before—or maybe just catching up to what Hegel demanded it must be. Mourning Sickness will become as important to reading the second half of Phenomenology of Spirit as Robert Pippin's work is to reading the first half."—J. M. Bernstein, New School for Social Research"Masterful in its analysis of Hegel's arguments and unparalleled in its sensitivity to the subtleties of Hegel's texts,Mourning Sicknessoffers a new and compelling reading of Hegel, in which the French Revolution emerges as the "burning center" of his work. But this is also a penetrating study of the intractably historical dimensions of philosophical invention. From its treatment of the opposition between Reformation and Revolution to its reading of Kant's theory of regicide, from its account of Hegel's analysis of the Terror to its interpretation of Absolute Knowing, this book brilliantly demonstrates how ambiguous—and yet how crucial—the relations between thought and historical experience can be."—Daniel Heller-Roazen, Princeton University

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Feast of Flowers is a fascinating exploration of the inner workings of agro-industrial spaces, providing a compelling case study for how to approach the hidden histories behind everyday commodities. The importance of Krupa’s timely ethnographic approach lies in its careful dissection of boom-time capitalism and the complex links between race relations, regional history, and subjectivity. This book will supplement conversations across anthropology, geography, economics, and Latin American studies, as it poses important questions for those interested in industrial-labor conditions and transnational commodity networks and, for that matter, anyone who has ever purchased or received cut flowers." * Exertions *"This brilliant, powerful study is a pioneering ethnography of capitalist production and its long history of degrading lives through racializing structures of inequity. Krupa’s genius is to focus on the chain of intertwining relations, spanning continents and industries, organizational forms and systemic structures, politics and world views that are involved in the production of delicacies prized in North America and made through the labor of Ecuadorian peasants. Because of his innovative work, we come to understand the weight and trajectory of these transformations making Indigenous, subsistence farmers into ‘modern’ workers for a burgeoning, North American flower industry. Krupa’s insights, compelling prose, personal commentaries—and wit—make us take account of our roles in these histories and realize how we are also accomplices in producing chains of inequity. After reading this book, we will never look at roses the same way." * Irene Silverblatt, Duke University *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Aberrations in Black is a significant contribution to ‘queer of color critique’ and to black cultural studies more generally."—Black Cultural Studies"Intelligent and cogent critiques. Wonderfully intoxicating readings of canonical sociology. Those interested in engaging how fictions of heterosexuality are transformed into pragmatic policy or in how crucial an understanding of racial discourses is to an understanding of queerness in American life will find Ferguson’s study indispensable."—American Literature"A thought provoking experience. Ferguson offers insight into the idea of ‘normal’ and provides deeper study into queer theory, Marxism, feminist theory, and African American criticism and how they all intersect."—Altar magazine"Unapologetically interdisciplinary, thoroughly historicized, and effortlessly theoretical, Aberrations is a refreshing polemic that disrupts some of our comfortably held scholarly grand narratives."—Journal of the History of Sexuality"Aberrations in Black represents an impressive scholarly debut by one of the leading young minds in the profession."—Journal of the History of Sexuality

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Wastelanding is simply a brilliant book. It is at once a beautifully written, rigorously researched and hauntingly moving account of U.S. settler colonialism’s violent making of racialized bodies and degraded landscapes in the U.S. Southwest. Traci Brynne Voyles draws together a rich set of critical approaches and weaves them into what will be the new bar for environmental politics."—Jake Kosek, University of California, Berkeley"This groundbreaking book examines how race, gender, and nature coproduce one another through ‘wastelanding.’ Voyles’ masterful account explains how colonization, racialization, and resource extraction work together to produce sacrifice zones. She connects history, geography, Native American Studies, ethnic studies, and women and gender studies in a truly unique contribution to the literature of environmental studies and environmental justice."—Julie Sze, University of California, Davis"Wastelanding is meticulously researched, covers extremely complex events that continue to have dire consequences for Native peoples on the Colorado Plateau in a well-organized discourse, and draws on the work of dozens of other historians and professionals as well as a multitude of source documents."—Indian Country Today"There is a gap in geography in and around meaningfully engagements with Indigenous feminism. There is also a failure amongst radical scholars to place themselves within the landscapes they inhabit. This context of erasure makes Traci Brynne Voyles’ contribution all the more valuable and worthy of a thorough read."—Antipode"Thought-provoking and challenging."—Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education"Wastelanding is an often thought-provoking examination of settler colonialism’s impact on the Navajo people and their lands and should appeal to students of Native American history, geography, mining, gender studies, and the environment."—Western Historical Quarterly"Sophisticated and insightful."—Journal of American History"A timely and innovative work that applies a multitude of theoretical perspectives with remarkable elasticity to illuminate a critical instance of environmental injustice that is far from isolated."—The American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsContentsPreface: In Search of TreasureIntroduction: Sacrificial Land1. Empty Except for Indians: Early Impressions of Navajo Rangeland2. Prospecting for Magic Ore in America’s New Frontier3. Cowboys and Indians in Navajo Country4. Hot Spots: Justice, Power, and Gender in the Radioactive Present5. Monsters and Mountains: Competing Geographies of Uranium6. The Big Hurt: Boom and Bust on Contested GroundConclusion. Zombie Mines: The Future of Uranium and Native SovereigntyAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisOver the course of several personal essays, genderqueer activist/writer Eli Clare weaves together memoir, history, and political thinking to explore meanings and experiences of home, all the while providing an intersectional framework for understanding how we actually experience the daily hydraulics of oppression, power, and resistance.Trade Review"Eli Clare's Exile and Pride . . . challenge[s] us to think beyond identity politics. This set of nine interconnected essays defies categorization in its exploration not only of queerness and disability but also of class, race, urban-rural divides, gender identity, sexual abuse, environmental destruction, and the meaning of home. . . . Clare gives us a vision of a broad-based and intersectional politics that can move us beyond the current divisions of single-issue movements." -- Rachel Rosenbloom * Women's Review of Books *Table of ContentsForeword to the 2015 Edition / Aurora Levins Morales xi Preface tot he 2009 Edition. A Challenge to Single-Issue Politics: Reflections from a Decade Later xxi A Note About Gender, or Why is this White Guy Writing about Being a Lesbian? xxvii The Mountain 1 Part I: Place Clearcut: Explaining the Distance 17 Losing Home 31 Clearcut: Brutes and Bumper Stickers 51 Clear Cut: End of the Line 61 Casino: An Epilogue 71 Part II. Bodies Freaks and Queers 81 Reading Across the Grain 119 Stones in My Pickets, Stones in My Heart 143 Acknowledgments to the 1999 Edition 161 Afterword to the 2009 Edition / Dean Spade 165 Notes 173 Index 179

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Book SynopsisAverroes (1126-1198) was the first and last great Aristotelian of the classical Islamic world; his commentaries influenced Christian thinkers and earned him a mention in Dante's "Divina Commedia". This text, his most important work, acts as a defence of the role of reason in a community of faith.

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Book SynopsisA mentor, advisor, or even a friend? Making connections in college makes all the difference. What single factor makes for an excellent college education? As it turns out, it's pretty simple: human relationships. Decades of research demonstrate the transformative potential and the lasting legacies of a relationship-rich college experience. Critics suggest that to build connections with peers, faculty, staff, and other mentors is expensive and only an option at elite institutions where instructors have the luxury of time with students. But in this revelatory book brimming with the voices of students, faculty, and staff from across the country, Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert argue that relationship-rich environments can and should exist for all students at all types of institutions. In Relationship-Rich Education, Felten and Lambert demonstrate that for relationships to be central in undergraduate education, colleges and universities do not require immense resources, privileged studentTable of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Visions of the Possible Chapter 2. Why Is This So Hard? Chapter 3. Making Relationships a Cultural Priority Chapter 4. Creating Relationship-Rich Classrooms Chapter 5. Rich Relationships Everywhere Chapter 6. Mentoring Conversations Conclusion. The Future Is Relationship Rich PostscriptNotes Index

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Book SynopsisThe story of how we treat refugees is a story about our own moral failings, and the barriers that refugees face in accessing health care can be as difficult to overcome as any other adversity in their path to stability. Around the world, millions are forcibly displaced by conflict, climate change, and persecution. Some cross international borders, while others are displaced within their own countries. In We Wait for a Miracle, Muhammad H. Zaman shares poignant stories across continents to highlight the health care experiences of refugees and forced migrants. For many of these people, health risks unfortunately become part of the fabric of everyday life as they navigate new countries that treat them with varying degrees of care and indifference. Across widely varied local systems, countries of origin, health concerns, and other contexts, Zaman finds that barriers to health care share these key factors: trust, social network, efficiency of the health system, and the regulatory frameworTable of ContentsList of Characters and LocationsPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Current Situations of Forcibly Displaced PersonsChapter 2. The History of Forcibly Displaced Persons and Refugee CampsChapter 3. Models of Health Care SystemsChapter 4. Trusted Social Networks Help Navigate the SystemChapter 5. Unregulated Medical Practices and ProvidersChapter 6. Accessing Health Care via Digital TechnologiesChapter 7. Racism and Discrimination Impede Access to Health CareConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisAddressing diversity in sexual and intimate experience later in life (50+), this collection explores how being older intersects with ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class. This original text extends knowledge concerning intimacies, practices and pleasures for those thought to represent normative forms of sexual identification and expression.Table of ContentsSeries Editor Introduction ~ Paul Reynolds, Paul Simpson and Trish Hafford-Letchfield Foreword ~ Diana K. Kwok Sex and intimacy in later life: a survey of the terrain ~ Paul Reynolds, Paul Simpson and Trish Hafford-Letchfield Sexual expression and pleasure among black minority ethnic older women ~ Debra Harley Sexual desires and intimacy needs in older persons and towards the end of life ~ Karen Rennie Heterosexual sex, love and intimacy in later life: what have older women got to say? ~ Trish Hafford-Letchfield Sex and Ageing in Older Heterosexual Men ~ Josie Tetley and David Lee Sex and Older Gay Men: An International Perspective ~ Peter Robinson Thinking the Unthinkable: Older Lesbians, Sex and Violence ~ Megan Todd Splitting hairs: Michel Foucault’s ‘heterotopia’ and bisexuality in later life ~ Christopher Wells The age of rediscovery: what is it like to gender transition when you are 50 plus? ~ Laura Scarrone Bonhomme Aging Asexually: Exploring Desexualization and Aging Asexual Intimacies ~ Ela Pryzbylo Older people, sex and social class: unusual bedfellows? ~ Paul Simpson Final reflections: themes on sex and intimacy in later life ~ Paul Reynolds, Paul Simpson and Trish Hafford-Letchfield

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