Download or read book The Logic of Wish and Fear New Perspectives on Genres of Western Fiction written by Ben La Farge and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving effortlessly from Greek to Shakespearean tragedies, to nineteenth and twentieth-century British, American and Russian drama, and fiction and contemporary television, this study sheds new light on the art of comedy.

Download or read book Philosophy and Childhood Critical Perspectives and Affirmative Practices written by W. Kohan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kohan offers a transformative, revolutionary, and more radical alternative theory and practice of philosophy for children. He critiques the current state of philosophy for children and demonstrates alternative ways of thinking and practicing philosophy in childhood education.

Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Literature written by Noël Carroll and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Literature is an in-depth examination of literature through a philosophical lens, written by distinguished figures across the major divisions of philosophy. Its 40 newly-commissioned essays are divided into six sections: historical foundations what is literature? aesthetics & appreciation meaning & interpretation metaphysics & epistemology ethics & political theory The Companion opens with a comprehensive historical overview of the philosophy of literature, including chapters on the study’s ancient origins up to the 18th-20th centuries. The second part defines literature and its different categories. The third part covers the aesthetics of literature. The fourth and fifth sections discuss the meaning and consequences of philosophical interpretation of literature, as well as epistemological and metaphysical issues such as literary cognitivism and imaginative resistance. The sixth section contextualizes the place of philosophy of literature in the "real world" with essays on topics such as morality, politics, race and gender. Fully indexed, with helpful further reading sections at the end of each chapter, this Companion is an ideal starting point for those coming to philosophy of literature for the first time as well as a valuable reference for readers more familiar with the subject.

Download or read book Ivory and the Aesthetics of Modernity in Meiji Japan written by M. Chaiklin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The opening of the ports of Japan in 1859 brought a flood of Japanese craft products to the world marketplace. For ivory it was a golden age. This book examines the role that ivory and ivory carvers played in the expression of nationalism and the development of sculpture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Download or read book Islamic Finance Alternatives for Emerging Economies written by M. Ustaoglu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turkey could be considered the most important and leading Islamic country that has implemented the Western economic model successfully mostly because of the modernization efforts since late Ottoman period. As a result of the secularization efforts in the field of economy in early republican era, Muslim people in the country had to deal with non-Islamic practices that contradict with their religious beliefs. Islamic Finance Alternatives for Emerging Economies analyzes the emergence of the Islamic financial institutions in Turkey, by taking into account their history, their operational model, and their legal regulations in the financial field, to discuss the future of Islamic finance. The contributors also consider the ability of Islamic financial institutions and tools to respond to the financial needs of Muslims.

Download or read book Communicating Politics Online written by Chapman Rackaway and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of political communication is morphing almost constantly into new areas and realities. Online-only news, Web 2.0 user-created content, hyperlocal news, and the rise of the Twittersphere have all contributed to an ever-changing media environment. Communicating Politics Online captures the constant change of new online media.

Download or read book Sex and the Posthuman Condition written by M. Hauskeller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at how sexuality is framed in enhancement scenarios and how descriptions of the resulting posthuman future are informed by mythological, historical and literary paradigms. It examines the glorious sex life we will allegedly enjoy due to greater control of our emotions, improved capacity for pleasure, and availability of sex robots.

Download or read book Network Society and Future Scenarios for a Collaborative Economy written by V. Kostakis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book builds on the idea that peer-to-peer infrastructures are gradually becoming the general conditions of work, economy, and society. Using a four-scenario approach, the authors seek to simplify possible outcomes and to explore relevant trajectories of the current techno-economic paradigm within and beyond capitalism.

Download or read book American Sea Literature Seascapes Beach Narratives and Underwater Explorations written by S. Yamashiro and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Implementing a never-before-seen approach to sea literature, American Sea Literature: Seascapes, Beach Narratives, and Underwater Explorations explores the role of American maritime activities and their cultural representations in literature. Differentiating between the 'terrestrial' and 'oceanic' as concepts, Shin Yamashiro divides sea literature into three categories: literature on the sea, by the sea, and beneath the sea. Discussing both canonical works and new books on scuba diving, deep-sea explorations, and surfing, this fascinating study recognizes sea literature's unique influence on American history.

Download or read book UNDP s Engagement with the Private Sector 1994 2011 written by Z. Razeq and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging explanation and unique analysis of the increased involvement of the private sector in one of the world's most influential development organizations, the United Nations Development Programme.

Download or read book Human Extension An Alternative to Evolutionism Creationism and Intelligent Design written by Gregory Sandstrom and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes a new angle on the controversy over evolution as a biological theory, creation as a theological/worldview doctrine and evolutionism, creationism and Intelligent Design theory as social ideologies. Rather than presenting a polemic that will enrage or delight one camp or another, this book proposes that a cease-fire is possible.

Download or read book Domestic Violence Laws in the United States and India written by S. Goel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Domestic Violence Laws in the United States and India is a comparative study of the domestic violence laws in India and the United States, seeking to illuminate the critical issues of intimate partner violence through the lenses of these two societies.

Download or read book Securing Pension Provision written by C Blair and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By comparing Germany, France, the UK and the USA this study explores how governments have tackled the increased pressure of financing state pensions. Specifically, it looks at the approach of each of these countries to raising the age of entitlement in order to understand the ways in which this policy was introduced in different countries.

Download or read book Drugs on the Dark Net written by J. Martin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the rapidly expanding world of online illicit drug trading. Since the fall of the infamous Silk Road, a new generation of cryptomarkets can be found thriving on the dark net. Martin explores how these websites defy powerful law enforcement agencies and represent the new digital front in the 'war on drugs'.

Download or read book African American Males and the U S Justice System of Marginalization A National Tragedy written by Floyd Weatherspoon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-06 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African-American Males and the US Justice System of Marginalization provides an overview of the economic and social status of African-American males in America, which continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate. Weatherspoon posits that in every American institutional system, from birth to death, the journey of African-American males to achieve racial justice and equity in this country is ignored, marginalized, and exploited. The American justice system, in particular, has permitted and in some cases sanctioned the marginalization of African-American males as full citizens. Weatherspoon examines the idea that African-American males are disproportionately represented in every aspect of the criminal justice system, and that the marginalization of African-American males in America has a long and treacherous history that continues to negatively impact their economic, political, and social status.

Download or read book The European Union s Normative Power in Central Asia written by G. Voloshin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The normative power of the European Union has historically been a key element of its foreign policy. This study considers the EU's Central Asia policy, questioning whether the EU's normative power can work in this remote region.

Download or read book Brain Mind and Internet written by D. Staley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay places the emerging brain-Internet interface within a broad historical context: that the Internet represents merely the next stage in a very long history of human cognition whereby the brain couples with symbolic technologies. Understanding this 'deep history' provides a way to imagine the future of brain-Internet cognition.