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University Press of America Political Theory and Christian Vision: Essays in Memory of Bernard Zylstra
Political Theory and Christian Vision explores the field of Christian political theoryóa discipline to which Bernard Zylstra devoted his life's work. His particular interests lay in the philosophical and methodological questions that underlie the study of empirical political systems. In his view, the neglect of rigorous critical reflection on the presuppositions of the discipline left many of its current practitioners lacking direction and their output lacking coherence. It was his aim to demonstrate the necessity for and the potential fruitfulness of an integrated, philosophically self-conscious and inter-disciplinary practice of political theory. The essays in this book, all written by former students or colleagues of Zylstra, are illustrative of this concern with issues arising at the foundations of the discipline. Those in the first section address questions immediately related to the normative character of those foundations. Further essays explore the nature of the state, the challenges of pluralism, and the nature of political economy. Co-published with the Institute for Christian Studies.
£109.13
University Press of America Historical Settlement of Liberia and its Environmental Impact
This powerful book argues persistently that the historical settlement of liberated Americans of African descent had a destabilizing impact on the geography, politics, social and economic structure, environment, and culture of Liberia. The author also draws attention to the environmental consciousness of indigenous Liberians and delves into the historical roots of the principle health problems and industrial activities threatening Liberia's environment. Contents: Glossary; Liberia Historical Roots; Geographical Description of Liberia; The Arrival of New Settlers; Historical Review; Environmental Devastation; Introduction; Principle Health Problems Which Have Historical Roots; Building of Monrovia: A Case Study; Impact of Foreign Capital on National Decision; Deforestation and Ecological Impact; The Impact of Iron Ore on Aquatic Biomass; Proposal of a New Environmental Policy in Liberia, Summary and Recommendations; Endnotes; Bibliography.
£95.41
University Press of America Albert Schweitzer: Sketches for a Portrait
This book explores the deeper meanings and implications of Schweitzer's ethical and theological thought in the context of his life and work as a jungle doctor, philosopher, and musician. It provides a careful study of Schweitzer's deceptively simple ethic of Reverence for Life, debating such questions as: Did Albert Schweitzer believe in God? What did he believe about Jesus? Was Albert Schweitzer a racist? Co-published with the Albert Schweitzer Institute for the Humanities.
£68.33
University Press of America Psyche and the Split-Brain
This book begins with the question of the relationship between the unconscious and the two hemispheres of the brain, initially wondering whether the right hemisphere's processing of visual spatial patterns is the way the unconscious mind processes the archetypal images. To study the question in the larger framework of the relation between the way the two hemispheres of the brain process image and language and Jungian ways of understanding the unconscious through archetypal images and the word association test. The author gave split-brain subjects Carl Jung's word association test, finding that emotional complexes facilitate the move of language across hemispheres in spite of physical disconnection, the reverse of Jung's finding that emotion blocks language recall when the hemispheres are intact. She also found that showing archetypal images from art evoked language from the supposedly silent hemisphere of the brain. Contents: PART I: Split-Brain Perception of Images; Introduction: Fish and Geese/Sky and Water; Direct Consciousness and Split-Brain Perception of Images/Symbols; Archetypal Unconscious and Split-Brain Perception of Images/Symbols; Emotion and Split-Brain Perception of Fairy Tale Images; Rorschach and Split-Brain Perception of Emotion; PART II: Split-Brain Perception of Language; Word Associations, Emotions, Split-Brain Patterns: Implications for Psychoanalysis; Psychological Typology in Split-Brain Individuals; Thinking/Feeling/Intuition/Sensation; Conclusion: The Psyche of Split-Brain Individuals.
£46.05
University Press of America The Syntax of Contemporary French: A Pedagogical Handbook and Reference Grammar
This textbook is based on a modified traditional model of structural and functional analysis. Underlying structures and various types of transformations are explained as needed. The analysis deals mainly with phrase and clause structures, including speech registers and questions of usage. Problems raised by discourse syntax are frequently pointed out. Hollerbach describes how the French language operates as a system, cohesive yet evolving. Numerous examples accompany and illustrate each step of explanation and analysis.
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University Press of America Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites: A Theme Illuminating American Social History
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University Press of America Mitigating Misery: An Inquiry into the Political and Humanitarian Aspects of U.S. and Global Refugee Policy
With over seventeen million refugees inhabiting the globe today, this book addresses this dramatic 20th century phenomenon and several of the issues it raises. Gorman examines how refugee situations arise and the way in which they are addressed by the various global actors: governments, U.N. agencies, and private voluntary organizations. He argues that the entire refugee situationóthe provisions of aid, the search for durable solutions, and the resolution of conflictsóinvolves complex interactions between political and humanitarian causes. Drawing upon his own personal experience in the refugee assistance field, the author explores the various actors, their interactions, refugee emergencies, refugee protection, issues surrounding refugee repatriation, local settlement, and third country resettlement. Gorman pays special attention to refugee policies of the U.S. government, which have dominated the refugee assistance network since World War II. The book, however, is much more than a systematic analysis of contemporary refugee affairs; by referring to great literature, history, and political philosophy, it illustrates how the problem of exile has been a timeless element of the human condition. Combining classical scholarship, international policy analysis, and compelling human interest stories, it offers one of the most comprehensive and unique treatments of the politics of refugee affairs and humanitarian assistance to war-torn regions of the world.
£107.54
University Press of America Internal Desecration: Traumatization and Representations of God
Overwhelming life experiences, such as physical and sexual abuse during childhood, have the potential to obliterate internal representations of a loving God. In this book the author explores the inter-relationship between severity of childhood traumatization and mental representations of God through a comprehensive review of psychodynamic literature and quantitative research methodology. The research findings of a study with forty seven women demonstrate the complexity of this subject and illustrate how the empirical truth of quantitative findings may or may not resonate with the metaphorical truth of psychodynamic models of traumatization. The author discusses the significance of these findings for clinicians and faith communities.
£85.27
University Press of America Democracy's High School: The Comprehensive High School and Educational Reform in the United States
The comprehensive high school model emerged from the early 20th century struggle for a unitary as opposed to a dual system of secondary education and was outlined in the report of the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education, The Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education (1918). In this study, Wraga traces the development of the model in the United States, evaluating (among other things) the influence of sociopolitical forces on the historical interpretations of the model. In the first book-length historical study of the comprehensive high school, he assesses the impact of successive reform movements on the model and offers recommendations for enhancing its effectiveness.
£98.01
University Press of America Theory of Social Involvement: A Case Study in the Anthropology of Religion, State, and Society
Theory of Social Involvement examines the dynamic interplay between church, state, and society. Sunday A. Aigbe considers the Christian factor as it relates to the sociopolitical responsibility and development in Nigeria. The study assesses the role of the church as well as identifies and develops ways in which Christianity can serve as an agent of change and promote unity within Nigeria.
£98.18
University Press of America To Unite Our Strength: Enhancing United Nations Peace and Security
In the 1990s the UN's potential has been reborn. Now the world must find ways to incorporate elements of that success into the UN system. No single reform or even expansion of UN military power can achieve the necessary changes; rather a series of political and military innovations are needed soon to develop a UN peace and security system. The authors make specific recommendations in the areas of the Security Council, the Military Staff Committee, the Secretary General and the Secretariat, operational elements, regional security arrangements, and financial resources. Co-published with the International Economic Studies Institute.
£52.01
University Press of America The Creative Power of Metaphor: A Rhetorical Homiletics
This study analyzes the symbiotic relationship between rhetoric and homiletics. The proposed interface between the two disciplines is metaphor. Contemporary research on metaphor in philosophy, rhetoric, sociology, and theology is employed to produce a rhetorical/metaphorical homiletics. This work attempts to return rhetoric to its traditional position as a conversation partner with homiletics. The author argues that a metaphorical, rhetorical approach to preaching is more faithful to the scriptures than the classical dependence on the canons of formal logic. The use of metaphor allows the preacher to choose the imagination over the rational paradigm as he/she creates new worlds of meaning for congregations.
£94.17
University Press of America The Women of Shakespeare's Plays: Analysis of the Role of the Women in Select Plays with Plot Synopses and Selected One-Act Plays
This book analyzes, through easy-to-follow play synopses, the strengths and weaknesses of the female protagonists as they impact not only the plot of Shakespeare's plays but the male protagonist. Selected, condensed one-act versions of the plays are provided in order to enrich the discussion of the play, to stimulate in reading the play in its entirety, and to provide a springboard for group discussion of the play and the impact of the women. Contents: William Shakespeare: His Art, Life and Times; The Women of Shakespeare's Plays: An Overview; The Comedy of Errors; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Julius Caesar; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Macbeth; Much Ado About Nothing; Othello the Moor of Venice; The Taming of the Shrew; Antony and Cleopatra; Twelfth Night or What You Will; Romeo and Juliet; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Bibliography.
£85.27
University Press of America The Ego Ideal, Ideology and Hallucination: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Political Violence
What does the theory of the ego ideal and its embodiment in ideology reveal about the nature, motives and objectives of political violence? What is the relation between the individual and the group? The author focuses specifically on the Korean student movement and the attitudes of students and their leaders. This book provides some new perspectives on political violence, the socio-psychological phenomena that is increasing throughout the world. Contents: Introduction; Theories of Political Violence; An Alternative Theoretical Framework for Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Political Violence; Deconstructing the Oedipus Complex; The Oedipus Complex and the Ego Ideal in Confucian Society; Understanding of Political Violence in Korea; Conclusion.
£61.31
University Press of America Courage to Change: An Introduction to the Life and Thought of Reinhold Niebuhr
Carefully researched and written with extraordinary vitality, this biography of Reinhold Niebuhr reveals the man in all of his humanity, warmth and charm, as well as his intellectual prowess as a theological giant. The author, who knew Niebuhr well, chronicles his career and contributions to ethics, theology and political thought. This classic is of enduring value to students of ethics, philosophy and theology and political thought and to anyone anxious to grasp the essence of this foremost philosophical theologian of the 20th century. Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1961.
£81.26
University Press of America Reference Works for Theological Research: An Annotated Selective Bibliographical Guide
A classified annotated bibliographical guide to over 700 works useful for theological research. Designed to serve both as a textbook for the study of such tools and as a tool for the rapid location of appropriate reference works when doing theological research. This book contains substantial additions, changes, and revisions from the second edition published in 1981.
£102.95
University Press of America The Myth of the University: Ideal and Reality in Higher Education
The university, in its laudable effort to be a democratic institution, has lost its original sense of mission and become a credential factory rather than a place where learning for its own sake is valued. This book proposes a practical reform of higher education based on the original ideals of the institution. The remedies involve both pragmatic changes and a radical shift in the basic philosophy of many colleges and universities. Teaching and learning at all levels must be re-emphasized, and the criteria for selecting and retaining faculty should be changed. The book examines the subject from a historical perspective and concludes with a vision of what the university can choose to become if it wishes.
£59.86
University Press of America Proceedings of the Sixth International Kant Congress: Current Continental Research
This volume of invited papers includes contributions from Douglas P. Dryer, Gerhard Funke, Stephan Korner, Gerold Prauss, Nicholas Rescher, Manfred Riedel, Alberto Rosales, Nathan Rotenstreich, John R. Silber, Jules Vuillemin, and Josef Simon. There is also a selected Kant bibliography for 1981 to 1985 prepared by Rudolf Malter in cooperation with Achim Koddermann. Co-published with the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology.
£119.68
University Press of America Search for Community in a Withering Tradition
What happens in a conversation between a committed Atheist and a committed Christian? While agreeing to disagree on almost every detail, Kai Nielsen, Chair of the Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary, and Hendrik Hart, Senior Member in Philosophy at the graduate Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, agree that it is not fruitless. They agree that the tradition of reason is withering and that deeply alienated communities do not sufficiently share significant beliefs. Their conversation is of great importance to the continued flourishing of humanity in community. Co-published with the Institute for Christian Studies.
£59.85
University Press of America The Hermeneutics of Election: The Significance of the Doctrine in Barth's Church Dogmatics
This study demonstrates that election constitutes the structural and hermeneutical key to the Church Dogmatics. The method, themes and construction in Barth's doctrine of election are shown to be determining factors in the C.D. The study begins with an inquiry into Barth's dogmatic methodology and the location of the doctrine within the doctrine of God. This is followed by an analysis of election itself with attention to the correlation of election, revelation and christology; the polemical reconstruction of the traditional elements of the doctrine; and the accusation of universalism. Includes an examination of the biblical exegesis in the doctrine of election. Contents: Part 1: The Dogmatic Context-The Location of the Doctrine; Part 2: The Noetic Structure of Election-The Epistemology of Election, The Extension of Election, The Dogmatic Implications of Election; Part 3: The Biblical Hermeneutics of Election-The Core of the ction Hermeneutic, The Perimeter Election Hermeneutic; Part 4: The Pervasiveness of Election-The Significance of Election for C.D. III-IV.
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University Press of America The Discovery of Discovery by Charles Tenney
This anthology on creativity represents a lifetime of reading and study by the late Charles Dewey Tenney, a philosopher who had been a student of Alfred North Whitehead at Harvard. In a series of fourteen essays Tenney considers the various factors that can be identified in creativity, followed by the recorded testimony of philosophers, artists, historians, explorers, scientists and others, both theorists and practitioners. The contributors extend in time from Aristotle and Sophocles to Buckminster Fuller and May Sarton. They include such diverse thinkers as Martin Luther, Karl Marx, Lewis Carroll, Julian Huxley, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, Gertrude Stein, Henry Nelson Wieman and Alfred North Whitehead. In all, more than 300 of the world's most creative individuals are included. Contents: Discovery, Invention and Creation; Roots of Discovery; Environs of Discovery; Agents of Discovery; Hinderances to Discovery; Observation and Discovery; Reason in Discovery; Reverie Discovery; Imagination in Discovery; Sensibility and Discovery; Method in Discovery; Artistry in Discovery; Diffusion; and Foresight and Discovery.
£170.43
University Press of America Polity and Praxis: A Program for American Practical Theology
The authors, though sympathetic to the schema proposed by the Liberation Theologists and sensitive to the demands of tradition, set themselves the task of outlining and defining a practical theology. They situate this theology squarely within the pluralistic tradition of North American reflection, rejecting Latin American and European models. They argue that practical theology is a distinct and limited genre grounded in the dialectic of theory and praxis, placing it in the arena of public discourse where religious and secular ideologies are debated, presenting their alternative visions of the future. Originally published in 1985 by Winston Press.
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University Press of America The Road to Lonergan's Method in Theology: The Ordering of Theological Ideas
This text is an exposition of the theological method practiced by Bernard Lonergan from 1940-1984. The author traces the course of what surely was the most significant series of questions in Lonergan's methodological developments between Insight and Method in Theology. Includes the contents of unpublished and/or Latin works that would not be studied by many otherwise, and offers the only extensive study of this series of important developments. The topic is of enormous importance for understanding one of the major theologians of our century. Contents: The Preliminary Context for Lonergan's Ordering of Ideas; Recovering the Mind of Aquinas; A Thematic Statement of the Via Inventionis and the Via Doctrinae; Three Processes in Speculative Theology: Analysis, Synthesis, and the Historical Evolution of Understanding; Problems Deriving From the Evolution of Theological Understanding; The Concern for the Place of History in Theological Development and the Turn to Subject in "De Methodo Theologiae"; The 1964 Revision of the De Deo Trino: Pars Analytica That Becomes the De Deo Trino I: Pars Dogmatica; The 1964 Revision of the Introduction to the 1957 Divinarum Personarum Conceptio Analogica; A Critical Review of The Evolution of the Twofold Process.
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University Press of America The Defense of NATO's Northern Front and U.S. Military Policy
This thought provoking strategic analysis of NATO's Northern Front and U.S. military policy questions a number of the assumptions currently held in Norway, Denmark and the United States. Concrete and specific measures are proposed to strengthen conventional defense of this vital northern NATO front and deterrence of conflict in Europe as a whole. Contents: include: Northern Europe-Arena of Decision; Key Dilemmas in Norwegian and U.S. Military Policy; The Emerging Soviet Military Challenge; Norway-Linchpin of the North; The Defense of Denmark and the Baltic Approaches; What is to be Done?; and a selected bibliography.
£41.66
University Press of America Leap of Action: Ideas in the Theology of Abraham Joshua Heschel
This book elaborates on Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel's contribution to religion in general and Judaism in particular. Examines his concern with "leap of action" vs "leap of faith". The central thoughts of this text revolve around fifteen areas, including such concepts as Heschel's approach to freedom, peace, racism, justice, prayer, brotherhood, faith, education, man, Israel, the sabbath, the prophets, Mitzvah, philosophy and the Bible. Prime sources for these ideas are found in Heschel's major works: God in Search of Man, Man is Not Alone, and The Prophets, as well as in his other publications. Includes photographs.
£97.92
University Press of America Bolingbroke and France
This text is essentially a monograph, since a definitive work on the subject must await publication (already in hand) of Bolingbroke's complete correspondence. First, the reader is taken briefly through the different periods of Bolingbroke's life where his francophilic interests and activities are stressed. For example, attention is paid to his early training, his various visits to France, his involvement in European philosophical, historical and political movements, his relationships with French personalities including Voltaire, and his exile and death in France. Second, there is a detailed analysis of his philosophical, historical and political ideas with an attempt to assess his debt to France and his impact on French writers. The monograph concludes with a sample of critical opinion on both sides of the Channel from Bolingbroke's death to the present day, supporting the theory that he continues to have a substantial impact on European thought. Full notes, a detailed bibliography and an index of persons complete the study.
£83.29
University Press of America The Nixon Presidency: Twenty-Two Intimate Perspectives of Richard M. Nixon
This Nixon portrait provides a comprehensive view of the Nixon presidency based on extensive oral histories with some twenty-two intimates of the former President. Co-published with the Miller Center of Public Affairs.
£68.37
University Press of America Capitalism and Equality in America
This comprehensive work, along with its companion volume (see listing below), provides a thorough review of modern capitalism by some of today's most knowledgeable scholars. Contributors include: Peter L. Berger, Boston University; Samuel McCracken, Boston University; Jeffrey G. Williamson, Harvard University; Edgar K. Browning, Texas A & M University; Walter D. Connor, Boston University; Alan M. Kantrow, Harvard Business Review; Laura L. Nash, Harvard University's Center for Business and Government; Richard John Neuhaus, Rockford Institute's Center on Religion and Society; Stephen Miller, author of Special Interest Groups in American Politics; Marc F. Plattner, author of Rousseau's State of Nature; Delba Winthrop, Harvard University. Co-published with the Institute for Educational Affairs.
£15.69
University Press of America Winston S. Churchill: Philosopher and Statesman
Winston S. Churchill is preeminent among Western leaders and a fitting subject for discussion in an inquiry into leadership. This lively and original work offers a clear perspective on a leader whose multi-faceted qualities as statesman and philosopher tend to confound those who seek to analyze his leadership.
£70.31
University Press of America The Comedy of Errors
A reliable edition of this classic work.
£38.01
University Press of America The Contemporary Shakespeare: Hamlet, Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and The Tempest
A reliable edition of these classic works.
£141.05
University Press of America Crossing Stars
A family saga moving from 1930’s Wyoming, through 1950’s Spain and Kenya to end of the century Texas and Tanzania, Crossing Stars tells the story of three generations of the Creightons. Phillip Creighton faces his diagnosis of cancer alone, except for his long-time friend, Pedro. As he looks back on his life—his humble beginning in Wyoming, the Cambridge education his father struggled so hard to give him, his painful love affairs—he realizes the life he has missed with his daughter and son. Phillip is consumed with guilt for having abandoned his children and now he faces a choice—one which will affect their lives as well as his own. As their lives come together, will Phillip be given the second chance to heal his wounded heart and become the father he had wanted to be?
£35.12
University Press of America Life's Bulldozer Moments: How Adversity Leads to Success in Life and Business
Donato Tramuto felt bulldozed by life as a child when he lost most of his hearing to an ear infection that left him isolated and treated as a failure. A succession of tragedies rocked his world, including a last minute decision to change his plans to fly out of Logan Airport on 9/11 on the same LA-bound flight that claimed the lives of his close friends. In this poignant and penetrating book, Tramuto, a successful health care entrepreneur and global philanthropist, recounts the business and life lessons he learned and shows that adversity can lead to success. He shows anyone bulldozed by life how to pull themselves out of the rubble, dust themselves off and find meaning and purpose.
£39.66
University Press of America The Fall and the Ascent of Man: How Genesis Supports Darwin
In this groundbreaking work, Joseph Fitzpatrick challenges the traditional interpretation of chapter three of Genesis: the story of Adam and Eve in Eden. This narrative was imposed on the Christian West, but not the East, through the genius of Augustine of Hippo and came to dominate Catholic and Protestant theology. Fitzpatrick points to weaknesses in Augustine’s interpretation of the Genesis story before providing a revolutionary interpretation of his own. Fitzpatrick claims that this story is about nothing less than hominisation. Far from being an account of the original sin against God, it is in fact a symbolic tale about the ascent of a hominid couple to full human consciousness. Aided by modern anthropology, Fitzpatrick is able to enter into the mentality of the ancient Hebrews and adopt a literary approach to the biblical text by comparing it with the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. In The Fall and the Ascent of Man, he clears away the clutter of centuries and lets us see the famous tale for what it is: the story of the emergence of humankind on the face of the earth, first in nature, then in history. This book provides the key for a new interpretation of the early chapters of Genesis within a new understanding of Judaeo-Christian salvation history. By offering a biblical account of human sinfulness, Fitzpatrick hopes to draw Western theology closer to that of the Orthodox East and point the way forward for Christian theology in the twenty-first century.
£100.01
University Press of America Talcott Parsons: An Introduction
Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) is one of the most influential and best-known sociologists of the past century. This introduction dwells on Parsons' conceptual apparatus and offers a compendium of his research. His works are subdivided into three distinct periods, each characterized by specific concepts and theoretical developments. Parsons utilized his conceptual and theoretical frameworks to conduct several studies, which are presented here in detail. These studies focus on major sociological themes, such as power and influence, social stratification, ethnic groups, and the American educational system. Segre also closely evaluates the numerous receptions of Parsons' writings. Particular attention is devoted to the controversies and divergent interpretations his works have inspired. Throughout Talcott Parsons: An Introduction, Segre skillfully examines Parsons' life work and critical reception-both before and after his death-with a straightforward and precise approach.
£76.59
University Press of America Winchell and Runyon: The True Untold Story
Winchell and Runyon is about the bittersweet bonding of two legendary journalists who started out as adversaries but ended up as everlasting friends. Walter Winchell and Damon Runyon lived in an unforgettable era during World War II and the years following. Walter Winchell was one of the most popular radio personalities of his time and Damon Runyon was one of the most popular Broadway personalities, best known for having written the show "Guys and Dolls." The book celebrates the life and friendship of Winchell and Runyon, and allows the reader to relive this interesting time in American history. Please visit the following link to see Winchell and Runyon discussed on Live! with Regis and Kelly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIupNH4SgHQ
£30.00
University Press of America The Chronicle of Catherine Eddy Beveridge: An American Girl Travels into the Twentieth Century
Anyone with a love of history and Americana will find this book to be so much more than just a biography. Catherine Eddy Beveridge's life was a window to some of the most important historical events and personalities of her time. Through her Chronicle, the reader receives a highly insightful and unmatched perspective of social and political life in early twentieth-century America. Detailing her life and travels from the period spanning 1902 through 1908, and her marriage to Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana, Catherine's world spanned Chicago, Indiana, Washington, D.C., and Europe. Her social standing and friendships offer a unique look at some of the most prominent and important personalities of the time, including Theodore Roosevelt, Henry James, the Marshall Field family, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Russian Emperor Nicholas II. The book is engagingly written in the biographic style and concludes with a "Dramatis Personae," in which the authors provide a complete list of the notable figures mentioned in the text—more than 350 personalities. Catherine's personal comments for each entry combine to make the "Dramatis Personae" a unique and very valuable historical account that cannot be found in any other resource. The Chronicle of Catherine Eddy Beveridge will be of special interest to historians and libraries in Illinois and Indiana, as well as a valuable resource for professors, students, and devotees of early twentieth-century American history.
£68.52
University Press of America Double Takes: Thinking and Rethinking Issues of Modern Judaism in Ancient Contexts
This book comprises a series of ten essays written by the authors both individually and collaboratively. While the subjects of these essays are wide ranging, they share a common recognition that issues at the forefront of contemporary Jewish thought must be measured against the background of ancient traditions, which revisit rabbinic and biblical times and beyond. The intent of these essays is to illustrate how shadows of longstanding traditions continue to shade current perceptions. Double Takes challenges the reader's assumptions about modern Jewish thought by demonstrating how the past can be an unpredictable lens for the present-day. An examination of contemporary themes in a historical perspective reveals unanticipated, even disconcerting, refractions. The book appears in the Studies in the Shoah series as volume 26.
£68.01
University Press of America Messiah: My Testimony to Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Messiah: My Testimony to Rev. Sun Myung Moon is an autobiographical account of Dr. Bo Hi Pak's forty-year association with the founder of the Unification Movement. Dr. Pak is a former South Korean diplomat who is the principal assistant and translator to Rev. Moon. This personal testimony thoughtfully describes the motivations, behind-the-scenes activities, and inner workings of the Unification Movement. Volume II covers the years 1978-2002.
£133.88
University Press of America Migration of Hmong to the Midwestern United States
Migration of Hmong to the Midwestern United States emphasizes the value of qualitative research into the trans-cultural practice of the newest refugee group to the Midwestern United States, the Hmong refugees from Laos, China, Vietnam, and Thailand. The author examines how multigenerational Hmong families are adjusting and adapting to life in Rochester, Minnesota. Qualitative interviewing through in-depth individual interviews and participant observation was the method of data collection. In Migration of Hmong the reader will find that the Hmong subjects interviewed for this study show a high degree of discrepancy between the acculturation levels based on age and country of origin.
£80.26
University Press of America Teaching at the Crossroads of Faith and School: The Teacher as Prophetic Pragmatist
Drawing on Cornel West's prophetic revision of American pragmatism and fictional cases of teaching from Toni Morrison's Beloved, Teaching at the Crossroads of Faith and School develops an alternative conception of the role of the teacher for a contemporary educational milieu marked by increasing religious diversity and marred by controversy over the appropriate relationship between religion and education. Jeffrey Ayala Milligan offers a critical analysis of traditional conceptions of the teacher's role as 'centers that cannot hold' in the midst of ongoing cultural debates between religious critics of public education and secular suspicions of religious ideas in the public school.
£66.37
University Press of America The Concept of Freedom: The Platonic-Augustinian-Lutheran-Kierkegaardian Tradition
The Concept of Freedom identifies a tradition in western understanding of freedom and calls it the Platonic-Augustinian-Lutheran-Kierkegaardian tradition. Wenyu Xie examines the two principles in this tradition, the Platonic principle and the concept of redemption. These two principles are incompatible as concepts, as they refer to different resources of good. Yet, they co-exist in human existence as Augustine experienced. This co-existence created a tension in human existence and a dynamic in conceiving freedom. Xie analyzes the interactions between these two principles and their impact on freedom language in the history of western philosophy and theology.
£100.97
University Press of America New Perspectives on the Vietnam War: Our Allies' Views
In New Perspectives of the Vietnam War, editor William Schoenl has focused on the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) allies of the United States to get beyond the ethnocentrism of "US views" and the amorphousness of "international perspectives." With the exception of South Korea, only SEATO allies- Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand- sent troops to support the US in the Vietnam War. Great Britain, a SEATO ally, adopted a middle-ground position that supported the US diplomatically but refused to send troops. France and Pakistan, the remaining SEATO allies, opposed the War. Edited in a way to present a continuous story of the Vietnam War, from the escalation of the Johnson years to the gradual withdrawal of the Nixon-Ford years, Schoenl provides a provocative work, based on multiple perspectives, to get people thinking about the war.
£56.76
University Press of America Islamic Fundamentalism, Feminism, and Gender Inequality in Iran Under Khomeini
The rise of Islamic fundamentalist movements in the Islamic world and their obsession with women's roles has given rise to the question of the relationship between Islam and women's inferior position. There is little doubt that Iranian women have been one of the major losers of the 1979 Iranian revolution. Islamic fundamentalists in Iran created an extremely violent misogynist oppressive regime. Islamic fundamentalists in Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt and elsewhere have promoted misogynist ethos and policies. Is Islam, as a religion, against the equality of men and women? Is Islamism, that is, Islam as a political ideology, against the equality of women? In this book, utilizing the case of Iran under Khomeini, the author analyzes the relationship between Islam, Islamic fundamentalism and gender inequality.
£67.18
University Press of America Dar Days: The Early Years in Tanzania
Dar Days is a narrative account of Charles R. Swift's experiences in Tanzania during his eight year employment by the Tanzanian government, serving as Consultant Psychiatrist to the Ministry of Health and Professor of Psychiatry in the new Faculty of Medicine. This book proceeds chronologically from Swift's arrival in Dar es Salaam in September 1966 to his departure in July 1974. Dar Days is unique in its description of life in a newly independent African nation. It helps the reader understand why Tanzania has remained politically stable throughout its forty years, a paradigm of what can occur when people work together for a common good.
£70.52
University Press of America The Writer in Her Writing: Selected Short Stories of Adelheid Duvanel
This collection of stories translated from the original German of the Swiss writer Adelheid Duvanel (1936-1996) is preceded by an introductory biographical essay that should help the reader to understand the connections between Duvanel's life and her subjects. The apparent lack of love in the lives of all her subjects can be traced back to Duvanel's extremely complex and chaotic life. The subjects of Duvanel's stories, which were mostly women or children, included single mothers without financial or emotional support from the biological father; elderly, lonely women; illegitimate children; men and women afraid of relationships. These short stories deal with one situation, presented with (sometimes surreal) imagery that seems to reside in the unconscious: yet an undercurrent of wry Neo-Expressionism. Instead of dialogue we read the thoughts and dreams of a subject, thanks to imagery reminiscent of the art of Max Ernst. In fact, several stories are nothing but the retelling of a dream.
£60.91
University Press of America Three Generations of Jewish Women: Holocaust Survivors, Their Daughters, and Granddaughters
Three Generations of Jewish Women examines the connections between three generations of Jewish women, beginning with the generation of female holocaust survivors. This exploration spans a century, and creates a thorough discussion of the changing nature of Jewish culture and the role of women within it. What compelled the women of the first generation to leave their homes and come to the United States? In what ways did immigration alter their lives? Did the United States fulfill their expectations? What connections do these women have with the youngest bi-cultural generation? The study of these three generations sheds new light on relationships between women, and reveals a shared history and legacy, which binds them together and distinguishes them from other women.
£82.32
University Press of America Beyond Metaphysics Revisited: Krishnamurti and Western Philosophy
A careful and intense look at the writings of J. Krishnamurti results in the understanding of the important differences there are between conscious awareness and awareness which is not consciousness, perception with a perceiver and perceiverless perception, abstract truth and living truth, and most importantly between a partially functioning and a totally functioning, that is, a truly silent, meditative mind. The truly silent, meditative mind is mind that is completely silent, but not merely made silent by partial mind functioning. In Beyond Metaphysics Revisited, J. Richard Wingerter examines past philosophy, specifically metaphysics, to show that though metaphysicians asked important and highly significant questions, the answers they provided to these questions were meaningless or nonsensical because they unduly limited the mind to conscious awareness and to its partial functioning. These same limitations are present in contemporary philosophy and thus there is need not only to go beyond past metaphysical aspects of philosophy but also beyond the restrictions that are there in contemporary philosophy.
£113.40
