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Cut of the Real High quality books Cut of the Real By:Katerina Kolozova Published on 2014-01-07 by Columbia University Press Following François Laruelle's nonstandard philosophy and the work of Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell, Luce Irigaray, and Rosi Braidotti, Katerina Kolozova reclaims the relevance of categories traditionally rendered |unthinkable| by postmodern feminist philosophies, such as |the real,| |the one,| |the limit,| and |finality,| thus critically repositioning poststructuralist feminist philosophy and gender/queer studies. Poststructuralist (feminist) theory sees the subject as a purely linguistic category, as always already multiple, as always already nonfixed and fluctuating, as limitless discursivity, and as constitutively detached from the instance of the real. This reconceptualization is based on the exclusion of and dichotomous opposition to notions of the real, the one (unity and continuity), and the stable. The non-philosophical reading of postructuralist ph...

The Self Possessed High quality books The Self Possessed By:Frederick M. Smith Published on 2006-12-05 by Columbia University Press The Self Possessed is a multifaceted, diachronic study reconsidering the very nature of religion in South Asia, the culmination of years of intensive research. Frederick M. Smith proposes that positive oracular or ecstatic possession is the most common form of spiritual expression in India, and that it has been linguistically distinguished from negative, disease-producing possession for thousands of years. In South Asia possession has always been broader and more diverse than in the West, where it has been almost entirely characterized as |demonic.| At best, spirit possession has been regarded as a medically treatable psychological ailment and at worst, as a condition that requires exorcism or punishment. In South (and East) Asia, ecstatic or oracular possession has been widely practiced throughout history, occupying a position of respect in early and rece...

Criminology High quality books Criminology By:Stephen E. Brown,Finn-Aage Esbensen,Gilbert Geis Published on 2015-07-03 by Routledge Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context, Ninth Edition, is a highly acclaimed textbook offering a broad perspective on criminological theory. It provides students of criminology and sociology with a thorough exposure to a range of theories, contrasting their logic and assumptions, but also highlighting efforts to integrate and blend these frameworks. In this ninth edition, the authors have incorporated new directions that have gained traction in the field, while remaining faithful to their criminological heritage. Among the themes in this work are the relativity of crime (its changing definition) with abundant examples, historical roots of criminology and the lessons they have provided, and the strength and challenges of applying the scientific method. This revision offers enhanced coverage of biosocial theories of crime, more global examples, and a ...

What's Wrong with the World High quality books What's Wrong with the World By:G. K. Chesterton Published on 2011-02-01 by The Floating Press During his lifetime, British author and thinker G.K. Chesterton gained a reputation as a top-rate intellectual and social critic. In this volume, Chesterton turns his attention to a series of major problems facing the world at the turn of the twentieth century, offering his one-of-a-kind take on each topic. This Book was ranked at 2 by Google Books for keyword Coincidence of wants. Book ID of What's Wrong with the World's Books is ISoqqNkuUCYC, Book which was written byG. K. Chestertonhave ETAG "PDyUxl/j8e8" Book which was published by The Floating Press since 2011-02-01 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9781775451655 and ISBN 10 Code is 1775451658 Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is false Book which have "257 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategorySocial Science This Book was ra...

Crime and Control in Comparative Perspectives High quality books Crime and Control in Comparative Perspectives By:Hans-Günther Heiland,Louise I. Shelly,Hisao Katoh Published on 1992-01-01 by Walter de Gruyter This Book was ranked at 35 by Google Books for keyword Coincidence of wants. Book ID of Crime and Control in Comparative Perspectives's Books is w0qgDtwI958C, Book which was written byHans-Günther Heiland,Louise I. Shelly,Hisao Katohhave ETAG "c3gdSxr1/ko" Book which was published by Walter de Gruyter since 1992-01-01 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9783110875850 and ISBN 10 Code is 3110875853 Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is true Book which have "305 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategorySocial Science This Book was rated by Raters and have average rate at "" This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is true and in ePub is false ...

Transmedia Archaeology High quality books Transmedia Archaeology By:C. Scolari,P. Bertetti,M. Freeman Published on 2014-11-04 by Springer In this book, the authors examine manifestations of transmedia storytelling in different historical periods and countries, spanning the UK, the US and Argentina. It takes us into the worlds of Conan the Barbarian, Superman and El Eternauta, introduces us to the archaeology of transmedia, and reinstates the fact that it's not a new phenomenon. This Book was ranked at 29 by Google Books for keyword Classical dichotomy. Book ID of Transmedia Archaeology's Books is CxonBQAAQBAJ, Book which was written byC. Scolari,P. Bertetti,M. Freemanhave ETAG "sRwJdIGzJ7M" Book which was published by Springer since 2014-11-04 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9781137434371 and ISBN 10 Code is 1137434376 Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is true Book which have "95 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategorySocial...

Migration and Religion in Europe High quality books Migration and Religion in Europe By:Asst Prof Ester Gallo Published on 2014-02-28 by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. Religious practices and their transformation are crucial elements of migrants' identities and are increasingly politicized by national governments in the light of perceived threats to national identity. As new immigrant flows shape religious pluralism in Europe, longstanding relations between the State and Church are challenged, together with majority-faith traditions and societies’ ways of representing and perceiving themselves. With attention to variations according to national setting, this volume explores the process of reformulating religious identities and practices amongst South Asian 'communities' in European contexts, Presenting a wide range of ethnographies, including studies of Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Islam amongst migrant communities in contexts as diverse as Norway, Italy, the UK, France and Por...

Talking to Strangers High quality books Talking to Strangers By:Malcolm Gladwell Published on 2019-09-10 by Hachette UK Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong. How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true? Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland---throwing our understanding ...

Semblance and Event High quality books Semblance and Event By:Brian Massumi Published on 2011-09-30 by MIT Press Events are always passing; to experience an event is to experience the passing. But how do we perceive an experience that encompasses the just-was and the is-about-to-be as much as what is actually present? In Semblance and Event, Brian Massumi, drawing on the work of William James, Alfred North Whitehead, Gilles Deleuze, and others, develops the concept of |semblance| as a way to approach this question. It is, he argues, a question of abstraction, not as the opposite of the concrete but as a dimension of it: |lived abstraction.| A semblance is a lived abstraction. Massumi uses the category of the semblance to investigate practices of art that are relational and event-oriented -- variously known as interactive art, ephemeral art, performance art, art intervention -- which he refers to collectively as the |occurrent arts.| Each art practice invents its own kinds of relational...

Essays on and in the Chicago Tradition High quality books Essays on and in the Chicago Tradition By:Don Patinkin Published on 1981-01-01 by Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press This Book was ranked at 19 by Google Books for keyword Classical dichotomy. Book ID of Essays on and in the Chicago Tradition's Books is OjjTAAAAIAAJ, Book which was written byDon Patinkinhave ETAG "Rr1XBoXP7gs" Book which was published by Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press since 1981-01-01 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is and ISBN 10 Code is Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is false Book which have "315 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategorySocial Science This Book was rated by Raters and have average rate at "" This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is falseand in ePub is false Book Preview

How to Think Like an Anthropologist High quality books How to Think Like an Anthropologist By:Matthew Engelke Published on 2019-06-18 by Princeton University Press From an award-winning anthropologist, a lively, accessible, and irreverent introduction to the field What is anthropology? What can it tell us about the world? Why, in short, does it matter? For well over a century, cultural anthropologists have circled the globe, from Papua New Guinea to California, uncovering surprising insights about how humans organize their lives and articulate their values. In the process, anthropology has done more than any other discipline to reveal what culture means and why it matters. By weaving together examples and theories from around the world, Matthew Engelke provides a lively, accessible, and at times irreverent introduction to anthropology, covering a wide range of classic and contemporary approaches, subjects, and anthropologists. Presenting memorable cases, he encourages readers to think ...

Knowledge and Social Structure (RLE Social Theory) High quality books Knowledge and Social Structure (RLE Social Theory) By:Peter Hamilton Published on 2014-08-13 by Routledge The primary concern of this study is to present, elucidate and analyse the developments which have characterized the sociology of knowledge, and which have set for it the outlines of its major problematics. Peter Hamilton examines the most distinctive approaches to the determinate relationship between knowledge and social structure. He considers the three main ‘pre-paradigms’ of the sociology of knowledge based on the work of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, and looks at the contribution of Scheler, Mannheim and phenomenological studies to this complex field. He explores the intellectual context, particularly that of Enlightenment philosophy, in which the problems involved in producing a sociology of knowledge first came to light. In conclusion, the author suggests an inclusive perspective for approaching the difficulti...

Elder Mistreatment High quality books Elder Mistreatment By:National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on National Statistics,Panel to Review Risk and Prevalence of Elder Abuse and Neglect Published on 2003-02-06 by National Academies Press Since the late 1970s when Congressman Claude Pepper held widely publicized hearings on the mistreatment of the elderly, policy makers and practitioners have sought ways to protect older Americans from physical, psychological, and financial abuse. Yet, during the last 20 years fewer than 50 articles have addressed the shameful problem that abusersâ€|and sometimes the abused themselvesâ€|want to conceal. Elder Mistreatment in an Aging America takes a giant step toward broadening our understanding of the mistreatment of the elderly and recommends specific research and funding strategies that can be used to deepen it. The book includes a discussion of the conceptual, methodol...