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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1932 in France, "Les Vases communicants" is an effort to show how the discoveries and techniques of surrealism could lead to recovery from despondency. This translation of "Les Vases communicants" presents the theories upon which the whole edifice of surrealism is based. It lays out the problems of everyday experience.

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Book SynopsisAn ethnography of recent societal transformations in Mongolia and their impact on local belief systems.Trade ReviewNot Quite Shamans is a beautifully written, rich, and detailed ethnographic account of a remote corner of postsocialist Mongolia. Empathetic but never apologetic, Pedersen presents a balanced account of what was certainly a very arduous, evenlife-threatening, fieldwork research.... [N]ot Quite Shamans will certainly become a seminal text, not only for Mongolian and Inner Asian specialists but indeed as a detailed and perceptive analysis of postsocialism and shamanism. -- Franck Billé * Current Anthropology *A fascinating journey through the hitherto little remarked complexities of post-socialist rural Mongolia, where formerly suppressed and semi-destroyed shamanic and Buddhist traditions have resurfaced to compete with one another and also with modernity.... Composed with scholarly erudition, thoughtful reflection, and true storyteller acumen, this engaging account fills a significant void in understanding contemporary Mongolian society. Its wealth of useful ethnographic and linguistic detail offers much to anthropologists and social historians alike. Summing up: Highly recommended. * Choice *In this book, the author claims that the agsan ataman is a typical image of a rural village in postsocialist Mongolia. As the instrument of occult forces whose manifestation is beyond his control, the agsan person is like a shaman, but not quite (p. 4). The author calls his study 'shamanism without shamans', because he studied not proper shamans but half-shamans and shaman-like cases.... [T]his work is an enormous contribution to studies deconstructing shamanism. -- Bumochir Dulam * Nationalities Papers *It is tricky to define anything using a negative, especially in a book title. Yet Morten Pedersen has succeeded in making his theme of perpetual transitional instability in Mongolia one that centers on the concept of not quite shamans. He argues that those Mongolian shamans of the Darhad region conventionally trained to control dark spirit worlds have all but disappeared, given the repressions and pressures of communists, and before them, Buddhists.... Pedersen's work is a fine contribution to the anthropological literature on Mongolia.... -- Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer * Anthropology and Humanism *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Shamanic States 2 The Shamanic Predicament 3 Layered Lands, Layered Minds 4 The Shaman's Two Bodies 5 Mischievous Souls 6 ConclusionBibliography Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisOpens an intriguing perspective on how these works engage the legacy of postmodernism - its subversion, self-reflexivity, and moral contingency.Trade Review"If you love comics, you will want to read this [book] as it will provide you with a new lens from which to read them."—Christopher Lewis, Dad of Divas"This book is valuable for expanding the horizons of both comics studies and cognitive studies."—A. M. Laflen, CHOICE "Contemporary Comics Storytelling is a welcome addition to comics scholarship and a useful study for anyone interested in the ways we engage with visual narrative."—Derek Royal, comicsalternative.comTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. How to Analyze Comics Cognitively 2. Textual Traditions in Comics: Fables, Genre, and Intertextuality 3. Fictionality in Comics: Tom Strong, Storyworlds, and the Imagination 4. Fictional Minds in Comics: 100 Bullets, Characterization, and Ethics Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrancois Villon was the last of the great medieval poets, as important in his own, more limited, sphere as Chaucer or Dante. His fame surpasses that of any other medieval French lyricist in spite of the modest quantity, uneven quality, and often repellent subject-matter of his work. His poems are largely autobiographical, and are rich in their descriptions of thefts, fights, nocturnal prowling, imprisonment, and exile. However, as Barbara Sargent-Baur points outs, when Villon’s work is good, it is very good, indeed unforgettable. His two major works are the Lais, a series of bequests in anticipation of his prudent departure from Paris, and Testament, which is about his primary topic, himself. There have been many translations of Villon’s work into many languages, including English, but this is the first edition of the whole of the corpus utilizing a re-reading of all the manuscript sources and presenting for each poem a single-source text with all emendations ac

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive anthology of the surviving literary texts of women writers from the Greco-Roman world that offers new English translations from the works of more than fifty women.

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Book SynopsisNothing can sap a person''s strength and hope quite like a cancer diagnosis--unless it is the energy-stealing chemotherapy and surgeries faced in the fight against cancer. But one can find hope and strength in the pages of Scripture and in the experience of someone who has been there.Strength Renewed is an encouraging devotional for those living in the valley of cancer. Meditations combine Scripture and stories from the author''s own experience and can be read in sequential order to move the reader through a typical cancer journey from diagnosis through treatment. Each devotion also stands on its own, so readers can go directly to the entry that speaks to their need. Each devotional includes a short prayer and a Scripture verse for encouragement.

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Book SynopsisChallenging the prevailing wisdom, Straus provides substantial new evidence about local patterns of violence, using original research to assess competing theories about about the causes and dynamics of the genocide.Trade ReviewThe Order of Genocide will be an enduring contribution to our understanding of the Rwandan genocide as well as to theories of ethnic violence and genocides more generally. Although his methods and findings will certainly interest scholars of genocides, violent conflicts, and African area studies, Straus does not obscure his work in specialist language. * Nations and Nationalism *Scott Straus ranks among the finest of the scholars writing in genocide studies. The Order of Genocide is fair-minded, important, and rigorous. Drawing on more than two hundred interviews that he conducted with convicted Rwandan killers, and on many other sources, Straus builds a dynamic process model seeking to explain why and how ordinary people could be mobilized to murder their neighbors in the Rwandan genocide. * African Studies Review *Straus examines the 1994 Rwandan genocide through a social science lens... and his approach yields interesting new insights.... Particularly compelling is his comparison of killers in Rwanda with those of the Holocaust. * Foreign Affairs *Straus shows tenacity and courage in explaining the unthinkable—how otherwise ordinary people could imagine, conceive, and carry out genocide. * Genocide Studies and Prevention *Straus's study is comprehensive, thorough, and cogently and carefully argued. It is altogether an impressive work that is compulsory for specialists and invaluable for students. Straus is a former journalist and his writing is a model of clarity and economy. * Perspectives on Politics *Straus's writing is lucid, the structure of the book is well thought out, and jargon is avoided, making The Order of Genocide accessible to anyone interested in the subject. A must-read for those interested in politics and violence. * Journal of Peace Research *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Background to the Genocide 2. Genocide at the National and Regional Levels 3. Local Dynamics 4. The Génocidaires 5. Why Perpetrators Say They Committed Genocide 6. The Logic of Genocide 7. Historical Patterns of Violence 8. Rwanda's Leviathan ConclusionAppendix Index

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Book SynopsisThe twelfth century was characterized by intense spirituality as well as rapid economic development. Drawing on unprecedented research, Constance Brittain Bouchard demonstrates that the Cistercian monks of Burgundy were exemplary in both spheres...Trade ReviewA signal strength of this book is the author's care to show that contemporaries understood and expressed in the charters the different transactions in which a monastery might engage. There was no confusion among pawns, leases, purchases, and gifts. In addition to being an important revisionist study of Burgundian Cistercian economic practices, this clear book is an excellent brief introduction for anyone wishing to understand twelfth-century charters and cartularies. * American Historical Review *

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Book SynopsisIngram provides an introduction to Habermas's complex thought as it has evolved from 1953 to the present, spanning philosophy, religion, political science, social science, and law.Trade ReviewDavid Ingram has provided us with what is unquestionably the most comprehensive introduction to one of the most demanding systems of thought, without sacrificing critical distance.... The book not only explains Habermas but places him on the map of modern philosophy. The book is a versatile toolbox, which will make it a must for anyone aiming to teach Habermas or the transformations of Critical Theory in the last decades. Above all, however, it is also a substantive contribution to the tradition to which Habermas belongs, for it is a critique of reason by way of an immanent critique of communicative rationality itself. -- Eduardo Mendieta * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of Contents1: A Public Intellectual Committed to Reason Habermas's Life From the Critique of Ideology to the Dialectic of Enlightenment Outline of Chapters2: Habermas's Defense of Psychoanalytic Social Science The Positivism Debate in German Social Science Modern Nihilism: The Crisis of Science and the Theory/ Practice Problem Knowledge and Human Interests A Critique of Knowledge and Human Interests3: The Linguistic Turn TCA and the Dialectic of Enlightenment Situating Habermas's Philosophy of Language Transcendental Philosophy of Language as Rational Reconstruction Universal Pragmatics and Formal Semantics Formal Pragmatics and Speech Act Theory Discourse Communicative and Strategic Speech Acts A Critique of Universal Pragmatics4: Knowledge and Truth Revisited Subject-Object Paradigms of Knowledge Internal Realism Reference and Meaning Knowledge and Evolution Moral Realism Is Formal Pragmatism a Defensible Alternative to Realism and Contextualism?5: Discourse Ethics Practical Reason: Delimiting the Domain of the Moral The Priority of the Right over the Good Modernity and Moral Development Deontological Moral Theory and Universalizability: Kant and Rawls Moral Cognitivism versus Moral Skepticism Moral Argumentation as Discourse Neo-Aristotelian Objections and the Abortion Controversy Justification and Application Discourse Ethics Applied: Genetic Testing and the Future of Human Nature Problems and Paradoxes Habermas's Ideal of Argumentation: A Final Assessment6: Law and Democracy: Part I: The Foundational Rights Modern Law and Morality: A Paradoxical Wedding of Facts and Norms Situating Habermas's Theory of Law and Democracy: Some Contemporary Debates The Sociological Genesis of Modern Law The System of Rights Negative and Positive Rights (Duties) Constitutional Foundations Human Rights: Subsistence as a Test Case for a Juridical Conception of Rights Final Thoughts on the Procedural Ideal of Deliberative Democracy7: Law and Democracy: Part II: Power and the Clash of Paradigms Democracy and the Powers of Government The Separation of Powers The Transmission of Communicative Power: From Public Sphere to Government Administration Discourse and Adjudication The Proceduralist Paradigm of Law and Democracy A Concluding Assessment8: Law and Democracy: Part III: Applying the Proceduralist Paradigm Separation of Church and State: The Public/ Private Distinction Gender Difference and the Law Multiculturalism Immigration9: Law and Democracy: Part IV: Social Complexity and a Critical Assessment Questioning the Proceduralist Paradigm Substantive Economic Justice and Workplace Democracy The Technological Dimension of Democracy Revolution and Democracy10: Crisis and Pathology: The Future of Democracy in a Global Age Capitalism and the Crisis of Democracy Social Pathologies and the Colonization of the Lifeworld Globalization: The New Challenge Cosmopolitan Democracy and Global Politics as a Response to Global Crisis Politics and the Rule of Law in International Relations The Constitutionalization of International Relations The Limits of Democratization: A Critical Assessment11: Postsecular Postscript: Modernity and Its Discontents Marx on the Evolution of Modern Society Weber on Modernization and the Problem of Meaning Secularization and the Rationalization of the Lifeworld Between Past and Future: Art, Religion, and the Dialectic of Enlightenment RevisitedAppendix A: Explaining Action Appendix B: Understanding Action Appendix C: Habermas and Brandom Appendix D: Developmental Psychology Appendix E: Rational Choice Theory Appendix F: Systems TheoryIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence on regional and even international politics. Qatar is, as Mehran Kamrava explains in this knowledgeable and incisive account of the emirate, a tiny giant: although severely lacking in most measures of state power, it is highly influential in diplomatic, cultural, and economic spheres.Kamrava presents Qatar as an experimental country, building a new society while exerting what he calls subtle power. It is both the headquarters of the global media network Al Jazeera and the site of the U.S. Central Command''s Forward Headquarters and the Combined Air Operations Center. Qatar has been a major player during the European financial crisis, it has become a showplace for renowned architects, several U.S. universitieTrade Review"Mehran Kamrava, a well-known expert on the middle East and the Persian Gulf, continues to contribute immensely to the intellectual life of Doha where he has been working since the establishment of Centre for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University's School of Forgein Service in Qatar. Therefore, his book entitled Qatar: Small State, Big Politics came as no surprise and indeed is very much welcome." -- Erdem Tunçe * Perceptions: Jounral of International Affairs *"Kamrava’s work is one of the first full-scale investigations of the intersections of Qatar’s foreign and domestic policies. This book is an important read for those who want to understand more about a crucial, but relatively understudied, country, as well as for scholars in the fields of rentier theory, state building, and international relations." -- Jocelyn Sage Mitchell, Northwestern University in Qatar * Democratization *"In this impressive book, Mehran Kamrava addresses the remarkable phenomenon of tiny Qatar and whether or not it is likely to become a major regional force. Crucially, he sets Qatar apart from its other resource-rich monarchical neighbors by placing necessary emphasis on its emerging foreign policy." -- Christopher M. Davidson, Durham University, author of After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies"Mehran Kamrava, who is an established authority on the Persian Gulf, has generated the most readable and analytically rich studies of this subregion with great consistency. It is good to see him turn his sharp eye toward the subregion's most interesting state actor today—namely Qatar. In his brilliant new book on this small but economically dynamic Gulf state, Kamrava provides the reader with a comprehensive analysis of this country's power pyramid and the policy imperatives of its modernizing elite alongside a full analysis of the essence of its 'subtle power,’ indeed 'soft power,’ as he maps what he calls Doha’s `hyperactive’ diplomacy and regional conduct. This book will excite even the keenest observer of the Gulf for its ability to delve deep while also painting the most intricate conceptual canvass for Qatar’s `moment in history.’ Honestly, I read it cover to cover and enjoyed learning something new from its every page! Kamrava never fails to deliver." -- Anoush Ehteshami, author of Dynamics of Change in the Persian Gulf: Political Economy, War and Revolution"This very well-written book uses Qatar as a vehicle to discuss big ideas like the nature of power, state autonomy, and high modernism." -- F. Gregory Gause, University of Vermont, author of Oil MonarchiesTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Setting the Stage2. The Subtle Powers of a Small State3. Foreign Policy and Power Projection4. The Stability of Royal Autocracy5. State Capacity and High Modernism6. Qatar's Moment in HistoryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA provocative and wide-ranging entrée into the world of ancient Greek religion.Trade ReviewAlthough one might expect a mere survey from the title, Parker delivers far more than a beginners' summary. Rather, this book is a probing exploration of the methodological and interpretive difficulties associated with Greek religion from the eighth through the second centuries BCE.... This work provides a wealth of insights from one of the leading experts in the field. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *On Greek Religion has all the virtues we have come to appreciate in his writings: a fruitful blend of the factual and theoretical; a simultaneous inclination towards and distrust of categories, schemes, and generalities; scrupulous attention to detail; an awareness of what we do and do not and cannot know about Greek religion; precise and generous but not uncritical discussions of others' views; the integration of literary and epigraphical sources; common sense; and a lively style with touches of whimsy. -- Jon D. Mikalson * The Classical Journal *This book derives from the Townsend Lectures given by Parker at Cornell in 2008, but its style is not noticeably different from that of Parker's two previous books.... Its scope is wider than those two works, both chronologically, dealing with material from the eighth to the second century BC, and geographically, covering the entire Greek world. Its ambition is also greater, in that its seven chapters and five appendices aim to provide an interpretation of Greek religion as a whole.... This is a very important book that everyone working in the field of Greek religion will have to read. -- Hugh Bowden * The Journal of Hellenic Studies *This book is an important step in its author's scholarly journey in the field of ancient Greek religion.... This work is outstandingly well-informed, well-written, clever and also very cautious. -- Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *This work, derived from a series of lectures given by the author at Cornell University in 2008, offers a discussion on a series of central questions in the domain of Greek religion. R. Parker achieves his goal with much maestria in this work, which is proof of an excellent knowledge of Greek religion, both ancient evidence and equal historiography, to which he returns frequently. To enrich his reflections, the author systematically echoes various interpretations of the issues he tackles, thus giving breadth to his analysis. All of these qualities make On Greek Religion an indispensable text for specialists in Ancient Greek religion, who will find in it abundant material for reflection. -- Stéphanie Paul * L'Antiquité Classique *Table of Contents1. Why Believe without Revelation? The Evidences of Greek Religion 2. Religion without a Church: Religious Authority in Greece 3. Analyzing Greek Gods 4. The Power and Nature of Heroes 5. Killing, Dining, Communicating 6. The Experience of Festivals 7. The Varieties of Greek Religious ExperienceAppendices 1. Seeking the Advice of the God on Matters of Cult 2. Accepting New Gods 3. Worshipping Mortals, and the Nature of Gods 4. Types of Chthonian Sacrifice? 5. The Early History of Hero CultBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisProvides an unprecedented examination of the development of Baroque musical thought. Bartel’s clear, detailed analysis of German Baroque musical-rhetorical figures, combined with his careful translations of interpretations of those figures from a wide range of sources, make this book an indispensable introduction and resource for all students of Baroque music.Trade Review"[Musica Poetica] represents a very useful tool, and, indeed, a very useful book."—Vassilis Vavoulis, Eighteenth Century Current Bibliography

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding PTSD among today's veterans and how it is handled by the military and VA system.Trade ReviewErin P. Finley creates a compelling account of how to understand PTSD and how to help treat those who suffer from it.... She mixes historical accounts of PTSD as a medical illness with the current understandings of its causes, signs, and evidence-based treatment.... Finley gives us hope and several well thought-out recommendations for preventing and minimizing combat PTSD. -- Kevin M. Bond * Military Review *Finley offers a well-researched and reasoned contribution that explores how the social environments veterans come from and return to when not deployed shape their PTSD experience. The book weaves together empirical research findings with lengthy case studies that show the experience of PTSD across time. This book's most important aspect is the understanding it conveys that PTSD is not only a psychiatric condition, but a socially mediated one as well, shaped by the ways in which the Veterans Affairs health system interacts with and compensates' veterans. Finley's richly textured ethnography demonstrates the many factors that influence the readjustment struggles of returning veterans. She closes the book with a helpful and practical set of suggestions that give it an edge on other works on the topic, many of which fail to treat the issues with Finley's depth and insight.... Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *Finley studies the process by which veterans of current conflicts define and seek treatment for combat-induced PTSD. Because she also seeks to illuminate military culture, she looks at how families cope with returning relatives who now seem like strangers; delves into the history of the Veterans Administration medical system, whose employees are struggling to treat a flood of new patients with limited resources; and chronicles how mental health professionals have defined the problems of veterans, from soldier's heart through combat fatigue to today’s struggles to define PTSD (and, hence, to decide who gets treatment).... A comprehensive look at the subject from many viewpoints. * Library Journal *This is the first major ethnography of PTSD among veterans of America's most recent wars. In Fields of Combat, Erin P. Finley deftly weaves the experiences of these young men and women who have participated in the invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan into a larger fabric of the U.S. military enterprise, including the clinical responses to a health crisis in treatment and prevention of debilitating traumas of war. How Americans, civilian and military alike, respond to these veterans says as much about the mental health of U.S. society as about them. -- Matthew Gutmann, Brown Universitycoauthor, * Breaking Ranks: Iraq Veterans Speak Out Against the War *Fields of Combat is highly recommended for leaders, persons providing direct care and ancillary services, and administrators involved in the care of active duty or retired service members, as well as for clinicians who work with veterans in community settings. It will be a valuable resource for family members to assist them in understanding and working with loved ones experiencing combat-related PTSD. * JAMA *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Fourth of July: A Tradition of Service in San Antonio 2. War Stories: Case Studies of Combat Deployment 3. Home Again: Early Experiences of Post-Deployment Stress 4. Of Men and Messages: How Everyday Cultural Influences Affect Living with PTSD 5. Clinical Histories: From Soldier's Heart to PTSD 6. Under Pressure: Military Socialization and Stigma 7. Embattled: The Politics of PTSD in VA Mental Health Care 8. Navigation: Identity and Social Relations in Treatment Seeking and Recovery ConclusionNotes References Index

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Book SynopsisDRAFT to be approved by sponsor: This book shows how French philosophers in the twentieth century used Spinoza's rationalism to combat the irrationalism of phenomenology and, in the process, developed a mode of philosophical critique that was effective in targeting philosophical efforts to provide an ontological basis for political engagement.Trade Review"It's rare to finish a book in the history of philosophy and say to oneself that it's indispensable for an adequate understanding of the period and the context that it deals with. But for those who have a serious interest in Spinoza's reception or even in the history of French philosophy in the twentieth century, Peden's book certainly belongs in this category." -- Mogens Lærke * Archives de Philosophie *"Knox Peden's Spinoza Contra Phenomenology is now the definitive statement on what it meant for some of French philosophy's most influential 20th century thinkers to begin, in Hegel's words, 'at the standpoint of Spinozism' . . . [I]t is an enviable work of scholarship, both massive in its intellectual scope and nuanced in its attention to detail. For those interested in 20th century French intellectual history, Spinoza Contra Phenomenology is sure to become essential reading." -- Steven Swarbrick * Theory & Event *"[I]t is exhilarating to think along with Peden. In Peden's hands, Spinozism becomes a powerful tool for critique: it is not the Spinoza of substance monism but of an 'essentially critical rationalism' that the author wields with finesse to ferret out unwarranted ontological claims, deflating arguments that would seek to derive a politics from Spinoza's metaphysics." -- Audrey Wasser * Critical Inquiry *"Peden provides a dramatic and compelling retelling of the intellectual history of postwar France. Instead of the familiar succession of existentialism, structuralism, and post-structuralism, Peden sees a set of variations of a fundamental struggle between two radically opposed ways of thinking." -- Edward Baring * Modern Intellectual History *"Peden's work is to be praised for drawing these philosophers to our attention, and for providing what will hopefully be a spur to further research. In addition, he provides interesting readings of more familiar figures which draw our attention to aspects of their work that have not previously received sufficient scholarly attention . . . Knox Peden has written a well-researched and well-argued book, which makes a meaningful contribution to our understanding of twentieth-century French philosophy. It is essential reading for those working in this area, as well as for any English-speaking philosophers whishing to purge themselves of unhelpful preconceptions they may well have inherited concerning philosophy in France in the twentieth century." -- David J. Allen * British Journal for the History of Philosophy *"Not only does [Spinoza Contra Phenomenlogy] contribute excellent biographical sketches of the less well known figures of Jean Cavaillès, Martial Gueroult, Ferdinand Alquié, and Jean-Toussaint Desanti; it effectively reveals the world that shaped them, and their effect on the conceptual universe of continental philosophy today . . . One cannot do justice here to Peden's rich discussion of Cavaillès' work on mathematics and set theory." -- Harrison Fluss * Radical Philosophy *"Peden offers an important book that seeks to challenge the dominant narrative that 20th-century French philosophy was in large part a series of responses to developments in post-Kantian German philosophy . . . [P]hilosophers and intellectual historians will find that this carefully researched book offers much to learn. An important acquisition for academic libraries building collections in 20th-century European philosophy . . . Summing Up: Highly Recommended." -- A. D. Schrift * CHOICE *"In this signal contribution to the study of European thought, Knox Peden shows that the importation of German phenomenology to France in the twentieth century was only part of the story. In appealing to Benedict Spinoza's version of rationalism, neglected figures whom this book restores to their centrality made conceptual moves of lasting importance, setting a context for the careers of Louis Althusser and Gilles Deleuze, with which Peden's absorbing reinterpretation culminates. Thanks to his sure grasp of the theoretical materials and ability to address them in lucid writing, Spinoza Contra Phenomenology redraws the map, not simply for the sake of having a better one, but because debates across the contemporary humanities need its orientation." -- Samuel Moyn * Columbia University *"The conventional understanding of twentieth-century French thought is just beginning to fracture, and we are now coming to appreciate the complexity and significance of intellectual trends that once-dominant schools—such as phenomenology and existentialism, structuralism and post-structuralism—have too long obscured. In this brilliant new study, Knox Peden breaks free of received wisdom to cast a new light on the movement of French philosophical rationalism that borrowed both its energies and its name from the metaphysical writings of a seventeenth-century heretical Jew. Spinozism, as reimagined in France by heterodox intellectuals such as Althusser and Deleuze, was something more than a philosophy: it was a veritable ethos. With verve and sophistication, Peden maps this inheritance and guides us through the formidable debates that have not yet reached their end." -- Peter Eli Gordon * Harvard University *"Spinoza Contra Phenomenologyis a serious and important endeavor, and it is perhaps not for the faint of philosophical heart. But for those interested in either Spinozism or developments in twentieth-century French thought, the book should be necessary reading." -- Tracie Matysik * Journal of Modern History *

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Book SynopsisPeter Kivy mounts a philosophical inquiry into the desirability of using or re-creating historical practices in musical performance.Trade ReviewAuthenticities is an important book, and anyone interested in philosophy of music should read it. Anyone can profit from it as a model of careful and informed conceptual analysis. -- James O. Young, University of Victoria * The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism *The consistent theme running through Kivy's book is the need for interpretation as the personal authenticity and authority of the performer against the ideology both of the composer as genius and of the puritanical devotion to the authority of the text of the early music devotees.... This is a most valuable book, one which constantly surprises and delights through its philosophical insights and informed musical understanding. * British Journal of Aesthetics *In his latest book on the aesthetics of music, Peter Kivy presents an argument not for authenticity but for authenticities of performance, including authenticities of intention, sound, practice, and the authenticity of personal interpretation in performance.... As usual, Kivy's work is beautifully written, well argued, and provocative. * Notes *Kivy has provided a sorely needed framework for all future discussion of the authenticity matter. This is his best book, a major contribution to performance studies and to musical aesthetics; likely it will be studied and cited for generations. * Choice *Kivy's book is written in its author's characteristic engaging manner and is full of valuable insights into the hermeneutics and aesthetics of performing music of the past. * Philosophical Review *Written in lively prose, with a keen sense of reality, this volume ought to be of interest not only to philosophers and musicologists, but to all serious lovers of music. -- Roger Scruton * Times Literary Supplement *

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Book SynopsisA personal odyssey that peers over the cliff of change and into the pit of obsession.Trade Review“A candid, often hilarious account of [Moses’s] experiences on the tracks, in the garages and in the gasoline alleys of the racing world—but especially memorable is the wild variety of characters Moses met along the way. The book might have been written twenty years ago, but racing is still populated by fast guys, rich guys, and idiots.”—Brock Yates, Wall Street JournalTable of ContentsPART IChapter One - Chasing RabbitsChapter Two - In the DarkChapter Three - Fast GuysChapter Four - The Learning CurveChapter Five - More KinksChapter Six - Swept AwayPART IIChapter Seven - Piracy on the High BanksChapter Eight - Rich GuysChapter Nine - Dangerous Darlene Strikes Again or, Climaxing at the Daytona 24-HourChapter 10 - IdiotsChapter 11- Crimes of PassionChapter 12- Heavy Metal RulesChapter 13 - Every Which Way But StraightPART IIIChapter 14 - Can't Let a Slow Car Get You DownChapter 15 - Chickens Is All He's GotChapter 16 - Saved by the KidChapter 17 - Pedal to the MetalChapter 18 - Bandits, But Still BugaboosChapter 19 - There But for Fortune. . . .Chapter 20 - Going out with a BangChapter 21 - Some Hole, Huh?Epilogue

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Book SynopsisFocuses on women and households as significant productive units of global production systems and brings gender and social reproduction into the theoretical center of global commodity and value chain analysis.Trade Review"A collective project between Virginia Tech and SUNY Binghamton, original essays from both novice researchers and senior scholars use ethnographic, archival, and some social survey data to provide alternatives to neoclassical and neoliberal economic analysis . . . Recommended." -- G. M. Massey * CHOICE *"[B]oth the analysis and case studies brought together in this book are based on strong scholarly research. Combined, they provide important insights into key aspects of the gendered dimensions of commodity chains, and rightly establish gender as central to the analysis. For those in accord with a World Systems perspective, the book is a must read that will provide a foundation for future investigation. For those with differing perspectives on gender, development, and global value chains, this is a thought-provoking book that will help to stimulate much needed future debate and research." -- Stephanie Ware Barrientos"Work on gender, while very difficult because of the resistance, is also very urgent. We have, as the saying goes, not a minute to lose, which is why this book constitutes an important contribution not merely to the social sciences but to the larger world political scene." * From the foreword by Immanuel Wallerstein *"This is a genuinely exciting collection that fills a critical need. Gendered Commodity Chains contains interesting empirical case studies, as well as probing conceptual pieces that synopsize larger bodies of recent research—and then push the envelope much further! It will be an invaluable addition to course readings in fields including development studies, comparative sociology, international studies, political economy, and feminist studies, and a must for academic libraries." -- David A. Smith, University of California * Irvine *"Wilma Dunaways's Gendered Commodity Chains: Seeing women's Work and Households in Global Production is a stunning collaboration that will inspire further conceptual work and research in fields as diverse as anthropology, economics, development studios, sociology, and geography. The prose is crystal clear, accessible, and compelling." -- Altha J. Cravey * American Journal of Sociology *"Wilma A. Dunaway's edited volume contributes to the fields of economics, development, and gender studies by drawing attention to fundamental features of the capitalist system that have long exploited women . . . Dunaway superbly describes how women's unpaid labor and home-based production lowers the value of labor power, cheapens wage rates, externalized costs to households, and creates levels of exploitation to the direct benefit of capitalists . . . Dunaway's volume provides a pivotal contribution to the study of commodity chains by exposing how capitalists externalize hidden costs to women's uncompensated and inequitable reproductive and productive labor with direct ramifications on the sustainability of households. Communities, local economies, and ecosystems worldwide." -- Nicole Coffey Kellett"This volume enters uncharted territory. As well as a range of sectors and geographical case studies, it provides a far-reaching theoretical reappraisal of the significance of women's work—both paid and unpaid, hidden and visible—to the accumulation of capital and the social reproduction systems that underlie the accumulation of capital. Unmissable." -- Professor Ruth Pearson * University of Leeds *"From theoretical and methodological analysis to empirical work, this volume fills a vacuum in commodity chain studies to show how 'gender is everywhere.' Gendered Commodity Chains will be of great use for teaching and research, with many policy implications and suggestions for future research." -- Lourdes Benería * Cornell University *

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Book SynopsisThe Schooled Society shows how mass education interjects itself and its ideologies into culture at large: from the dynamics of social mobility, to how we measure intelligence, to the values we promote.Trade Review"In a little over 100 years, formal education has gone from the privilege of an elite few to a standard life phase. Conventional analyses view this 'massification' as the inevitable response to increasingly complex societies and economies. David Baker explores formal education as a social-cultural force in its own right, pointing to its profound effects on diverse social institutions and world cultural ideologies. The Schooled Society offers a powerful alternative perspective on the global educational revolution."—Maria Charles, University of California, Santa Barbara"The Schooled Society argues that education is more cultural than functional and more authoritative than instrumental. It constitutes the very groundwork of contemporary society as much as it serves particular needs and interests. This path-breaking book offers a rich, encompassing, global perspective on education, even as it articulates an educationally-grounded vision of contemporary society itself."—David John Frank, University of California, Irvine"The Schooled Society is one of the most important books in the sociology of education in quite some time. It provides an original, rigorous, and well-supported application of neo-institutional theory and covers an enormous amount of material. The author takes on some of the most accepted aspects of both conflict and functionalist theory and in doing so provides what is at times a controversial take on mass education, democracy, K-12 and higher education, cognition, and a number of other topics. It will solidify his reputation as one of today's leading sociologists of education and comparative and international education."—Alan R. Sadovnik, Rutgers University

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Book SynopsisThis book is about how U.S. immigration policies and immigrants' gendered experiences stratify the well-being of Salvadoran mothers and fathers in the United States and their children who remain in El Salvador.Trade Review"Leisy Abrego renders in heart-wrenching detail what it means to live as a family separated by thousands of miles. Sacrificing Families is a must read on why families choose to become transnational, how they struggle to overcome distance and time, and the United States immigration policies that force this cultural and emotional divide." -- Leo R. Chavez * University of California, Irvine, author of The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation *"Sacrificing Families is an important new book analyzing what can be described as the psychosocial interior of transnational Salvadoran families and how that familial social life is structured and traumatized by America's current immigration regime . . . The book is an important step in what is developing into a very promising scholarly career." -- Robert C. Smith * American Journal of Sociology *"Sacrificing Families approaches the issue of transnational migration from El Salvador to the United States from a unique perspective. Instead of the public debate in the United States, it's the debate in El Salvador that frames Leisy Abrego's argument. And while the experiences of migrants play a role, her focus is more on the children left behind when parents leave to work in the United States . . . In a debate dominated by rhetoric and statistics, the voices of these children raise extremely important issues . . . [T]his is a book that will stay with me and that I intend to assign to both undergraduate and graduate students." -- Aviva Chomsky * Hispanic American Historical Review *"In this insightful and compassionate book, Leisy Abrego sheds light on the devastating and far-reaching effects of the contemporary immigration regime on immigrant families and their relatives back home. The voices of these immigrant families vividly combine with Abrego's sophisticated analysis to make us rethink what it means to live in transnational spaces today. A must read for anyone interested in families and immigration policy." -- Cecilia Menjívar * Arizona State University *"Leisy Abrego provides an eloquent, empathic view of the agonizing choices made by transnational parents and the consequences for their children. The poignant quotes—from parents and children alike—along Abrego's thoughtful analysis make this an essential read." -- Carola Suárez-Orozco, University of California * Los Angeles *"Abrego examines the causes and consequences of migration of parents from El Salvador to the U.S. She focuses on the structure of trauma of long-term family separation, different experiences based on gender, and the impact on the socioeconomic and emotional lives of children . . . Using in-depth interviews of parents in the U.S. and children in El Salvador, the author reveals the tragedies and triumphs of these families' living arrangements; patterns of inequalities; migrant parents' sacrifices, including monetary remittances to their children; the profound emotional suffering; and children's school performances and aspirations. Furthermore, this research demonstrates how U.S. immigration policy determines the life chances and well-being of children and how gender ideologies influence women's and men's opportunities and behavior. Abrego presents a detailed, careful analysis of the micro-social realities of family separation across nations. She outlines the policy implications of this research and emphasizes the need for comprehensive U.S. immigration reform as a human rights issue. An outstanding contribution to immigration, family, Chicana/o, and policy studies . . . Highly recommended." -- D. A. Chekki * CHOICE *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An outstanding reading text on the history of warfare from its origins to the twenty-first century. More than a description of past key events and turning points, it is a rewriting of this history articulating the concept of change."—Air Power History"These authors follow the trend among some younger military historians . . . by describing not only the raw detail of battle but sprinkling it with some philosophic insight, emotion, and the impact of war on society as a whole."—Library Journal"This book provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive coverage of warfare across time and cultures. Its main strengths are its ability to provide context for each period discussed, comparison between developments in Europe, Asia, and the colonized world, and critical and up-to-date bibliographies that allow the reader to pursue subjects in greater depth."—Jeffrey Grey, author of The Australian Centenary History of Defence"At last general-audience military history has a worthy successor to Theodore Ropp's classic War in the Modern World. This well-written, well-reasoned volume seamlessly blends the expertise of its four authors in a critical analysis of war from its beginning to the present. Well suited for course adoption, it belongs on the bookshelves of anyone interested in the phenomenon of human conflict."—Dennis Showalter, past president, Society of Military History"A captivating account of how ancient empires and modern nations advanced their civilizations through the evolution of warfare. Very well written, this book is an excellent source for the average reader as well as the student of military history."—Tim Boxer, 15 MinutesTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsList of MapsPrefaceIntroduction: The Origins of Warfare1. Warfare of the Ancient Empires2. War and Society in the Classical West3. Migrations and Invasions4. European Chivalry and the Rise of Islam5. Eastern Styles of Warfare6. The Age of Gunpowder and Sail7. New Signs of Total War8. Absolutism and War9. The Revolutionary Era10. The Beginnings of Industrial Warfare11. The West Conquers the World12. Twentieth-Century Militarisms and Technological Warfare13. Third World WarsEpilogue: The Future of War and PeaceIndex

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Book SynopsisJean-Pierre Vernant's concise, brilliant essay on the origins of Greek thought relates the cultural achievement of the ancient Greeks to their physical and social environment and shows that what they believed in was inseparable from the way they...Trade Review"One of the most stimulating and thoughtful accounts of the invention of Greek philosophy by the Greeks. . . . A masterpiece of popular exposition, rich in information and insight."—Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisA manual on household management, the "Domostroi" is one of the few sources on the social history and secular life of Russia in the time of Ivan the Terrible.Trade ReviewThe Domostroi is a wonderful resource for the social history of the Muscovite period that is, sadly, little seen by any but the most serious specialist.... This translation goes a long way toward opening the Domostroi to a wider audience.... The translation itself reads well—a difficult feat, considering the abstruse style of the original. Throughout, Pouncy uses footnotes to educate readers with fuller information about the history and society of Muscovy, controversies among modern historians, choices she made for the translation and bibliographic citations for her work. * Russian Review *The Domostroi, which literally means 'household order,' is a 16th-century Russian guide to life for noblemen, an exhaustive inventory of homilies, rules and recipes ranging from how to instill obedience in a wife to instructions for making mead and storing cabbage. Students of Russian history have long valued the Domostroi for its insights into how society was ordered in the early days of czarist rule. But even the merely curious can revel in the domestic preoccupations and atavistic advice in this ably translated and annotated edition.. Much of the Domostroi reads like a kind of 'Hints from Heloise'—and Abelard. -- Alessandra Stanley * New York Times Book Review *Table of ContentsIntroductionThe DomostroiAppendix: Contents of Manuscripts Glossary Suggestions for Future Reading Printed Editions of the Domostroi Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book presents the basic information necessary to help beginner and intermediate Bromeliad growers produce a wide array of excellent flowering plants in an easy-to-read style." —Thomas J. Sheehan, author of Orchids to Know and Grow"An excellent introduction, as well as a complete reference, to a fascinating group of colorful plants that should appeal to all gardeners." —Paul Martin Brown, editor of the North American Native Orchid Journal

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Book SynopsisIntegrating the experiences of one American teacher on a year-long internship in the preschools of Reggio, with a four-year adaptation effort in one American school, this text includes many ""mini-stories"" of journeys of learning.

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Book SynopsisEvery year millions of Americans visit national parks and monuments, state and municipal parks, battlefield areas, historic houses, and museums. For anyone interested in our natural and manmade heritage, this book offers guidance for exploring educational and recreational resources.

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Book SynopsisThis English edition provides a valuable introduction to understanding the classical art of rhetoric and its place in ancient society and politics. It offers a description of ancient rhetoric in the Greco-Roman period, explaining the evolutions, the main themes, and the key moments and figures.Trade ReviewA comprehensive, concise, yet never simplistic overview of ancient rhetorical practice and theory....An exemplary introduction that gives a vivid and clear picture of the field. - Classical Review; ""Pernot offers many new interpretations of the history of rhetoric, adds nuance and discrimination to many previous understandings, and overturns or takes us past a series of understandings that prevailed earlier; in each case he does so on the basis of the most respectable and current scholarship."" - Lawrence D. Green, University of Southern California

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Book SynopsisThis work explores the unrepeatability of persons, drawing out the worth and dignity of each individual person. It also explores interpersonal relation, giving an account of how persons can achieve empathic understanding of others, and where the limit of empathy is reached.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWe all watched in shock and disbelief when Challenger was lost. Probably no one felt more disappointment and regret than Allan McDonald, who had warned us not to launch that day. His story tells of loss, grief, and the eventual rebuilding and recovery.""- Robert ""Hoot"" Gibson, former Space Shuttle pilot and commander;""A major contribution to a difficult episode in the history of human spaceflight.""- Roger D. Launius, Division of Space History, Smithsonian Institution;""McDonald tells the heartbreaking tale of how he saw his words of warning ignored, and the fateful consequences of that decision.""- Donald C. Elder III, Eastern New Mexico University

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this engaging read, Costas and Grey lift the veil on the topic of secrecy to reveal the vital role that it plays in our organizing efforts. In an era where calls for transparency and openness dominate the organizational landscape, this book provides an alternative discourse to help readers understand and appreciate secret processes at work."—Craig R. Scott, Professor of Organizational Communication, Rutgers University and author of Anonymous Agencies, Backstreet Businesses, and Covert Collectives"In their brilliant analysis, Costas and Grey break open a seam of organizing that we really haven't noticed till now. Of course organizations are structured around secrets, who is in the know and who isn't. Often fascinating, sometimes scary, this book reveals the ubiquity and potency of secrecy."—Amanda Sinclair, Amanda Sinclair, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Business School"Secrecy exists everywhere. It is essential to everyday interactions and to the functioning of organizations. Costas and Grey's book draws on classical theories, contemporary research, and a wide range of telling present-day examples. They have written a pioneering, highly readable study; full of insights about how secrecy works, their book will help to focus future research on this wonderful topic."—Steven Lukes, New York University"This book sheds brilliant light on an area of organizational life that has not just languished in the dark, but has been systematically excluded from organizational theory. In doing so, it compels us to reconsider what we mean by 'organization' and how we study it. Essential reading for all organizational scholars, regardless of their theoretical, political or ideological positions."—Yiannis Gabriel, University of Bath"We think of secrets as nouns, gems hidden by organizations. This compelling book challenges that idea, revealing secrecy as a verb—a ubiquitous mode of communication that constitutes organizational life. More than something that organizations have or do, Costas and Grey expose secrecy as a process that makes organizations what they are."—Karen Lee Ashcraft, University of Colorado Boulder"This book provides a very engaging travelogue through the dynamic complexities of secrecy in organizations, brimming with insight and liberally spiced with always-interesting illustrations. If secrecy does indeed become more of a mainstream organizational topic, as Costas and Grey fervently hope, we will have them to thank for blowing the whistle."—Blake E. Ashforth , Administrative Science Quarterly"There are nice echoes of post-war US interactionist sociology in the tone of this book, particularly in its refusal to engage in any particular grand or contemporary theorising...The idea of transparency in organizing, laudable in many ways, belies the fact that the control of information, and hence the production of secrecy, is constitutive of formal organization. Of course secrecy can exist outside formal organizations, as in the example of the lying lawyer who is also a lying father and husband, but formal organizations cannot exist without secrecy. The completely transparent organization would not be visible as an organization. In an age of conspiracies, when most people assume that organizations always lie, this book adds a great deal of nuance to that piece of cultural common sense."—Martin Parker, Cultural SociologyTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Plan 1. Laying the Theoretical Foundations 2. Bricks and Mortar: From Organizing Secrecy to Secrecy as Organizing 3. Walls and Corridors: Organizing Formal Secrecy 4. Open and Closed Doors: Organizing Informal and Public Secrecy 5. The Hidden Architecture of Organizational Life Conclusion: Conclusion: Finishing Touches

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"These is so much of interest in Staged Seduction, which will appeal on a number of levels. Takeyama argues that host clubs are emblematic of a neoliberal, post-industrial Tokyo: see what you think. Her study certainly offers a fascinating insight into a recently greatly expanded part of its nightlife." -- Joy Hendry * Times Higher Education *"An exquisite ethnography of host clubs in Tokyo, Staged Seduction describes the daily trials of commodified romance for buyers and sellers. It provides a cultural kaleidoscope into the lives of youth confronting a precarious labor market, women and their aging insecurities, and consumption in late capitalism." -- Rhacel Salazar Parreñas * University of Southern California, author of Illicit Flirtations: Labor, Migration and Sex Trafficking in Tokyo *"Seductions performed by male hosts, purchased by female customers, and entwined around money and desire: this is the terrain of Akiko Takeyama's fascinating book. Set in neoliberal Japan when the future is fraught, Staged Seduction captures the anxieties of the times in an affective ethnography at once unsettling and bold." -- Anne Allison * Duke University *"Staged Seduction is a compelling ethnographic study of commodified romance, aspiration, and desire in neoliberal Japan. With riveting stories of male hosts and their female clients, Takeyama elegantly renders the complex dance of sentiments, interests and affects within an atmosphere of inequality and veiled transactions. This influential work will define future research in affect theory, gender studies and the anthropology of East Asia." -- Martin F. Manalansan IV, University of Illinois * Urbana-Champaign *"Staged Seductions is a highly enjoyable and, at times, troubling read, resulting in a wonderful example of an affective ethnography. Takeyama provides deep insights into the complex ways that affects are implicated in, and constitutive of, the production of neoliberal subjectivities."––Emma E. Cook, Royal Anthropological Institute"Akiko Takeyama's Staged Seduction is a remarkable entry in the surprisingly crowded field of ethnographic portraits of the sex/companion industries in Asia...[A]s a work that sheds light on negotiations between commercial pressure, sexual desire, and fantasy, Staged Seduction focuses unusually on male hosts and their female clients in Tokyo. Although the book draws, as might be expected, from scholarship on gender relations in contemporary Japan, Takeyama's real goal is to contribute to pressing debates in anthropology and social theory regarding temporality, affective labour, and the cultural consequences of neoliberalism." -- David Leheny * Pacific Affairs *"[O]ne becomes all too easily engaged with the lives of the individuals [Takeyama] introduces. This is not because they are 'fascinating' subjects whose outlandish lifestyles and fantastically salacious pursuits entertain, but instead it has much to do with the affective ethnographic method Takeyama actively sought to employThis non-moralistic, but uncondescendingly emphatic, rendition of her fieldwork and interviews further invites discussion on how anthropologists can try to reproduce what they come to know in, of, and via themselves while avoiding the pitfalls of vanity, the need for unquestioned surface level political correctness and moral high-horsery"––Mira Malick, Social Science Japan Journal

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Book SynopsisRediscovering Aesthetics brings together prominent international voices from art history, philosophy and artistic practice who reflect on current notions, functions, and applications of aesthetics in their distinctive fields.Trade Review"Rediscovering Aesthetics is an impressive collection that lives up to the mission outlined in its subtitle...this book is to be highly recommended to both experts and merely curious readers."—Vladimir D. Thomas, Philosophy in Review"Rediscovering Aesthetics collects the essays of a number of the most distinguished and articulate intellectuals and artists of our day, all of whom have original and challenging things to say about important issues. This powerful book, which focuses mostly on the visual arts, has ramifications for the reconsideration of the aesthetic in many different areas of artistic practice."—Martin Jay, University of California, Berkeley"Rediscovering Aesthetics is a valuable contribution that begins with the premise that recent developments in art history and practice have engendered a recovery of the place and role of aesthetics. It refreshingly dispenses with questions of aesthetics' origins and instead inserts itself in the midst of modern histories of art."—Tom Huhn, School of Visual ArtsTable of Contents@fmh1: Contents @toc4: List of Contributors @toc4: (Re)Discovering Aesthetics: An Introduction @toc1: I. Aesthetics in Art History and Art Theory @toc2: 1. Kunstwissenschaft versus Asthetik: The Historians' Revolt Against Aesthetics @tocca: Richard Woodfield @toc2: 2. Aesthetics and the Two Cultures: Why Art and Science Should Be Allowed to Go Their Separate Ways @tocca: James Elkins @toc2: 3. Stones of Solace @tocca: Michael Ann Holly @toc2: 4. The Dogma of Conviction @tocca: David Raskin @toc2: 5. Sensation in the Wild: On Not Naming Newman, Judd, Riley, and Serra @tocca: Richard Shiff @toc2: 6. Kant's "Free-Play" in the Light of Minimal Art @tocca: Thierry de Duve @toc1: II. Aesthetics in Philosophy @toc2: 7. The Future of Aesthetics @tocca: Arthur C. Danto @toc2: 8. Retrieving Kant's Aesthetics for Art Theory After Greenberg @tocca: Diarmuid Costello @toc2: 9. Artistic Creativity: Illusions, Realities, Futures @tocca: Paul Crowther @toc2: 10. Gadamer and the Ambiguity of Appearance @tocca: Nicholas Davey @toc2: 11. Modernisms and Mediations @tocca: Peter Osborne @toc2: 12. Aesthetics Beyond Aesthetics @tocca: Wolfgang Welsch @toc2: 13. Intuition and Concrete Particularity in Kant's Transcendental Aesthetic @tocca: Adrian Piper @toc1: III. Aesthetics in Artistic and Curatorial Practice @toc2: 14. Seasonal Fractional Political Idiosyncratic Aesthetics @tocca: Carolee Schneemann @toc2: 15. Toward an Ophthalmology of the Aesthetic and an Orthopedics of Seeing @tocca: Robert Morris @toc2: 16. The Social Turn: Collaboration and Its Discontents @tocca: Claire Bishop @toc2: 17. The Richter Effect on the Regeneration of Aesthetics @tocca: Michael Kelly @toc4: Notes @toc4: Index

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Book SynopsisThis is the classic account of one of the most dramatic episodes in Mexican history—the revolt of the Maya Indians of Yucatán against their white and mestizo oppressors that began in 1847.Trade Review"Exciting history as compelling and dramatic as the best of historical fiction. . . . Don't miss this book." -- Los Angeles Times"One of the most remarkable books about Latin America to appear in years." -- Hispanic American Report"In this beautifully written history of a little-known struggle between several contending forces in Yucatán, Reed has added an important dimension to anthropological studies in this area." -- American Anthropologist"All academic and many public libraries have copies of Reed's 1964 classic in Latin American History, a masterfully narrated study of one of the longest and most successful of Indian rebellions. . . . Now, he has revised his book, and in over 100 additional pages incorporated the most important of the new research. . . . This updated edition of Reed's history will remain an essential and widely read overview of a fascinating chapter in New World history. All levels and collections." -- ChoiceReviews of the First Edition"Reed has not only written a fine account of the caste war, he has also given us the first penetrating analysis of the social and economic systems of Yucatan in the 19th and 20th centuries." -- American Historical Review

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Book SynopsisThis work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism.Trade Review"A significant contribution to Japanese literary studies, Tokyo in Transit offers such a readable, compelling cultural history that anyone who has ever taken a train or waited at a bus stop will find a story here that strikes a chord." -- Jan Bardsley * University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *"This is not a conventional history of Tokyo's trains, but rather, a broad and ambitious exploration of the complexity and dynamism of early twentieth century Japan's modernity through depictions of Tokyo's mass transportation network. Impressive and insightful." -- Elise K. Tipton * University of Sydney *"Based on a large amount of historical material, literary works, journalistic and popular cultural depictions, it examines the development of the Tokyo mass transportation system, and more importantly, the social and cultural transformation of Japanese society during the first half of the 20th century. The book not only provides a new methodology and fresh thinking for social science research, but also provides a new perspective on the modernization of Japan with its rapid development of mass transportation, and introduces us to new and vast materials for the study of Japanese history and culture." -- Kuniko Fujita * Urban Studies *"Freedman has produced an engaging literary ethnography, using the vast writings of the times centered on transportation and its effects on social mores during Tokyo's dizzying jazz age. Commuter rail, department stores, cafes, and dance halls bustle with people on the move, and Freedman captures the excitement of modern life through writers who celebrated (or deplored) the new city." -- Theodore C. Bestor * Harvard University *"Freedman weaves into her study a history of Tokyo's mass transit system and descriptions of material culture that provide readers a heightened sense of the everyday experience of urban modernity." -- David R. Ambaras * American Historical Review *"Tokyo in Transit deserves praise for proposing an innovative approach to the history it relates, the writing it illuminates, and the conceptual disciplinary questions about literature and history it raises. The wide range of critical theorists, Japanese scholars, and films brought to bear on the investigation are evidence enough of Freedman's thorough engagement with the subject." -- Robert Goree * Social Science Japan Journal *

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Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive biography of Russia's leading statesman in the period following the Revolution of 1905. It is a balanced portrait of Stolypin that encompasses the complex, even divergent, impulses that motivated him.Trade Review"In a major speech last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin referred to Stolypin in laudatory terms, . . . presumably a signal of Mr. Putin's own intended balancing act between reformer and authoritarian tough-guy. With Mr. Ascher's highly readable biography, we're all better placed to understand the legacy that Mr. Putin inherits. . . . A book well worth waiting for. . . . P. A. Stolypin is carefully researched, well argued, and highly readable."—Wall Street Journal"The first major biography of Petr Arkadevich Stolypin, prime minister and minister of internal affairs of the Russian Empire from 1906 unitl his assassination in 1911. This is a major contribution to our understanding of these important years following the 1905 revolution and will be welcomed by all students of the period."—History"This book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Stolypin . . . more than any previous work, it examines thoroughly and in detail the major episodes of Stolypin's political career. Ascher's treatment of these controversial issues is invariably careful, judicious, and illuminating. . . . Ascher has plumbed archives not just in Russia, but in Helsinkin, Bonn, and Vienna and in a wealth of documentation goes far beyond previous studies. . . . There will always be a place for thoroughly researched, carefully thought-through, and well written narrative history. Abraham Ascher's Stolypin is a fine example of this genre and is required reading for any serious study of Russian history."—Theodore R. Weeks, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale"[A] definitive account of Stolypin's achievements and shortcomings."—European History"His work may well set off a new trend in the scholarly investigation of prerevolutionary Russia."—American Historical Review"Ascher's masterful account gives the prime minister the credit that he deserves, but it also creates the sad image of a well-intentioned reformer who was the victim of his devotion to the monarchy (so inadequately embodied in Nicholas II), of his own uncompromising nature, and of his readiness to use illegal means to implement reforms."—The Journal of Interdisciplinary History"...this elegantly argued and well-written book throws new light on a controversial figure...and deserves the wider audience that a paperback edition would make possible."—David A.J. Macey, Middlebury College

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Book SynopsisThis book depicts the revival of Protestant Christianity among diverse groups of people in the commercially prosperous coastal city of Wenzhou, and shows how resurgent and innovated Christian beliefs and practices in the reform era reveal emerging patterns of power formation, place making and morality building in the context of a market-oriented, modernizing China..Trade Review"Because of the political difficulties of studying this burgeoning population, we have had almost no in-depth ethnographic studies of Chinese Christian communities. Now in Nanlai Cao's book we have an excellent one . . . Cao's ethnography is deep and vivid. He had the advantage of originally coming from Wenzhou and thus his familiarity with the local dialect and culture. Though not a Christian himself he writes with sympathy about the Christians and is familiar with nuances of Christian theology. His analysis owes as much to the sociology as to the anthropology of religion and it is full of insights." -- Richard Madsen * The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology *"This richly documented and well-written book will be of interest to scholars of contemporary China, and also could be adopted for undergraduate and graduate courses in religion and/or Chinese society and culture." -- Jean DeBernardi * Journal of Chinese Relgions *"In Constructing China's Jerusalem, Nanlai Cao provides one of the best thickly descriptive studies of Christianity's emerging role in contemporary Chinese society . . . Cao makes an important contribution to the study of Christianity in China specifically and religion in China more broadly. Additionally, his discussion of Christian identity as a symbolic resource would seem to have interesting implications for similar studies on either religion in emerging economies or the symbolic uses of religion in modern society." -- Cole Carnesecca * Sociology of Religion *"An anthropologist, Cao shows how the Christian faith works in one population center of China: Wenzhou, the huge commercial metropolis that has been called China's Jerusalem . . . [A] beautifully textured study." -- Christian Century"Cao excels in describing the structural features of local church and economic life: its interlacing networks, the financial support flowing from patrons to local clergy, and the business-style operations of evangelism in the city. . . . This is an excellent, informative case study, with many insights not seen elsewhere and rich with possibilities for future research." -- Chloë Starr * The China Quarterly *"As yet, [Constructing China's Jerusalem] is the most comprehensive account of the complex dynamics characterising everyday life in Chinese Protestant house churches." -- Marie-Eve Reny * China Perspectives *"[Cao's] book happily is not another narrative of Christian revival in China, but research by a social-scientist. It is a research too rare, yet stimulating enough for an understanding of the process of new "makings" in Chinese society." -- Thaddée Henry * Chinese Cross Currents *"[Cao's] book provides a great ethnography of a sect of Christianity which does not fit many people's prototypes of religion in China. This book is recommended to scholars of religion, religion and state issues, Asian studies, culture, and stratification." -- Contemporary Sociology"[Constructing China's Jerusalem] is a fascinating glimpse into the "business" of indigenous Chinese religion with significant implications for anthropological and socioeconomic studies of Christianity in the late modern world." -- Amos Yong * Religious Studies Review *"Cao makes a valuable contribution in revealing how Wenzhou boss Christianity is aligned with the principles and mechanisms of capitalism, and how faith is intermeshed with business." -- Mayfair Yang * The China Journal *"Cao's concise volume is a discerning contribution to scholarship on the evolving relationship between State and Church in the People's Republic of China . . . This is an original and thoroughly commendable study. Anyone interested in the practical elements of urban Christianity or Church-State relations in contemporary China should read it." -- John Jenner * Journal of Ecclesiastical History *"Cao has judiciously selected his material and has presented an outstanding account of Chinese Christianity as China's new, urban-based rich experience it. For the scholar or layman interested in Christianity in contemporary China, Cao's account is absolutely indispensable." -- Jeff Kyong-McClain * Journal of Church History *"This book is about the city of Wenzhou, the so-called 'China's Jerusalem' or the 'Jerusalem of the East', and the resurgence of Protestant Christianity there. Written by a scholar who was brought up in Wenzhou and did extensive ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth life histories, in seven brief chapters, the work provides a fascinating portrait of a Wenzhou church model that enlightens out thinking about Christian mission in China today." -- Peter Tze Ming Ng * Social Sciences and Missions *"Cao's work effectively shatters the 'foreign' face of Christianity and presents a religion that is highly indigenized, depoliticized and highly interpenetrated with capitalist economic behavior. . . Cao's work is extremely well-written and clearly presented. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in contemporary religions in China, China studies, and the anthropology of Christianity in General." -- Wu Keping * Asian Anthropology *"Cao gives us the best picture I have seen of the complex pattern of relationships among the different components of contemporary urban Christianity in China today. There is nothing to compare with this stimulating read." -- Daniel H. Bays * Calvin College *

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