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Recentering the World

Author : Ryan Martínez Mitchell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108585469
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Recentering the World written by Ryan Martínez Mitchell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recentering the World recovers a richly contextual, detailed history of Western-imposed legal structures in China, as well as engagements with international law by Chinese officials, jurists, and citizens. Beginning in the Late Qing era, it shows how international law functioned as a channel for power relations, techniques of economic domination, as well as novel forms of resistance. The book also radically diversifies traditionally Eurocentric accounts of modern international law's origins, demonstrating how, by the mid-twentieth century, Chinese jurists had made major contributions to international organizations and the UN system, the international judiciary, the laws of armed conflict, and more. Drawing on extensive archival research, this book is a valuable guide to China's often conflicted role in international law, its reception and contention of concepts of sovereignty, property, obligation, and autonomy, and its gradual move from the 'periphery' to a shared spot at the 'center' of global legal order.

The Island at the Center of the World

Author : Russell Shorto
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1400096332
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Island at the Center of the World written by Russell Shorto and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2005-04-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which pre-dated the Pilgrims and established ideals of tolerance and individual rights that shaped American history. "Astonishing . . . A book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past." --The New York Times When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an island purchased for 24 dollars and a cartoonish peg-legged governor. But the story of the Dutch colony of New Netherland was merely lost, not destroyed: 12,000 pages of its records–recently declared a national treasure–are now being translated. Russell Shorto draws on this remarkable archive in The Island at the Center of the World, which has been hailed by The New York Times as “a book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past.” The Dutch colony pre-dated the “original” thirteen colonies, yet it seems strikingly familiar. Its capital was cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic, and its citizens valued free trade, individual rights, and religious freedom. Their champion was a progressive, young lawyer named Adriaen van der Donck, who emerges in these pages as a forgotten American patriot and whose political vision brought him into conflict with Peter Stuyvesant, the autocratic director of the Dutch colony. The struggle between these two strong-willed men laid the foundation for New York City and helped shape American culture. The Island at the Center of the World uncovers a lost world and offers a surprising new perspective on our own.

Recentering the Universe

Author : Ron Miller
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 1467716626
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Recentering the Universe written by Ron Miller and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sixth century B.C.E., the Greek philosopher Anaximander theorized that Earth was at the center of the cosmos. That idea became ingrained in scientific thinking and Christian religious beliefs for more than one thousand years. Defiance of church doctrine could mean death, so no one dared dispute this long-accepted idea. No one except a handful of courageous scientists. In the 1500s and 1600s, men like Nicolaus Copernicus, Johanned Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton began to ask questions. What if Earth actually orbited the sun, instead of the other way around? What if the universe was much bigger than anyone imagined? These scientists risked their reputations—even their lives—to challenge the very heart of Catholic dogma and scientific tradition. Yet, in less than 200 years, their radical thinking overturned theories that had lasted more than a millennium. Join these bold thinkers on the journey of discovery that forever changed our understanding of the cosmos.

Stabilizing and Empowering Women in Higher Education: Realigning, Recentering, and Rebuilding

Author : Schnackenberg, Heidi L.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1668485982
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Stabilizing and Empowering Women in Higher Education: Realigning, Recentering, and Rebuilding written by Schnackenberg, Heidi L. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stabilizing and Empowering Women in Higher Education: Realigning, Recentering, and Rebuilding is a book that addresses the challenges faced by women leaders in higher education during the current pandemic. The book is written by experts in the field and draws on emerging evidence-based practices and personal narratives to provide insights into strategies for emotional balance, self-care, and wellbeing for women leaders. It explores the challenges faced by women leaders in higher education and offers solutions for their wellbeing, including reframing and reinventing oneself during the pandemic. This volume is an essential read for women in leadership, faculty, administrators, professional staff, graduate students, and researchers. It provides valuable information and perspectives on creating access for marginalized groups, using roles as women leaders to create change, and nurturing and empowering women in leadership. Overall, it is a persuasive and powerful book that will help readers to realign, recenter, and rebuild in their personal and professional lives.

Recentering Seth

Author : John Friedlander
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1591434386
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Recentering Seth written by John Friedlander and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Reframes Jane Roberts’s Seth teachings, recentering them in the awareness that all consciousness expands in all directions • Examines how we create our reality through our conscious beliefs but how no one controls spontaneous reality so you cannot simply will your desires into being • Synthesizes Sethian teachings with an eclectic variety of concepts, schools, and influences, from aura reading and interpersonal engagement to Buddhism and Theosophy to nondual awareness, multipersonhood, and communication theory The Seth books, channeled by the late Jane Roberts in the 1970s, galvanized a whole generation of spiritual explorers. The entity known as Seth turned familiar mystical concepts into a radically new framework and introduced a unique understanding of how we create our own reality with our conscious beliefs. After nearly five decades exploring Seth’s ideas, John Friedlander has reframed the groundbreaking Seth teachings, recentering them in the awareness that all consciousness expands in all directions. He synthesizes Sethian teachings with an eclectic variety of concepts and influences, from aura reading, healing, and interpersonal engagement to Buddhism and reincarnation to conscious dying and nondual awareness. He reveals how you do create your own reality, but that no one controls reality, which is spontaneous and surprisingly creative.

Social Reproduction Theory

Author : Tithi Bhattacharya
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9780745399881
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Social Reproduction Theory written by Tithi Bhattacharya and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crystallizing the essential principles of social reproductive theory, this anthology provides long-overdue analysis of everyday life under capitalism. It focuses on issues such as childcare, healthcare, education, family life, and the roles of gender, race, and sexuality--all of which are central to understanding the relationship between exploitation and social oppression. Tithi Bhattacharya brings together some of the leading writers and theorists, including Lise Vogel, Nancy Fraser, and Susan Ferguson, in order for us to better understand social relations and how to improve them in the fight against structural oppression.

Point of View in Plays

Author : Dan McIntyre
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027233357
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Point of View in Plays written by Dan McIntyre and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length study of how point of view is manifested linguistically in dramatic texts. It examines such issues as how readers process the shifts in viewpoint that can occur within such texts. Using insights from cognitive linguistics, the book aims to explain how the analysis of point of view in drama can be undertaken, and how this is fruitful for understanding textual and discoursal effects in this genre. Following on from a consideration of existing frameworks for the analysis of point of view, a cognitive approach to deixis is suggested as being particularly profitable for explaining the viewpoint effects that can arise in dramatic texts. To expand on the large number of examples discussed throughout the book, the penultimate chapter consists of an extended analysis of a single play. This book is relevant to scholars in a range of areas, including linguistics, literary studies and cognitive science.

World Class Worldwide

Author : Philip G. Altbach
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801896223
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book World Class Worldwide written by Philip G. Altbach and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nations with strong research universities are better able to compete in the international marketplace of ideas and innovation. Any country—especially in the developing world—striving to participate in the global knowledge economy must recognize the power of such institutions to transform society. In World Class Worldwide, analysts from developing and middle-income countries in Asia and Latin America explore their countries’ specific challenges in providing “world class” higher education. Philip G. Altbach, Jorge Balán, and their contributors combine current scholarship and practical experience in presenting a comprehensive discussion of the significant issues facing research universities in Mexico, China, India, and elsewhere. They address the special challenges of establishing and maintaining these institutions; the role of information technology; how research universities train leaders and foster scientific innovation; and the extent to which the private sector can and should be involved in funding and development.

The World Trade Center

Author : Laurel Corona
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781590182147
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The World Trade Center written by Laurel Corona and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Trade Center remained the tallest skyscraper in the "city of skyscrapers" until it was destroyed in a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. An important symbol of American achievement and confidence in the future when it transformed the Manhattan skyline in the 1970's, it remains a symbol today, although a transformed one whose meaning, like the nation's future, has yet to be completely redefined.

World Trade Center

Author : Tamara L. Britton
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 161613951X
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book World Trade Center written by Tamara L. Britton and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history, design, construction, and original controversial nature of the World Trade Center, as well as the terrorist attack that destroyed it on September 11, 2001.

Recentering Globalization

Author : Koichi Iwabuchi
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822384086
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Recentering Globalization written by Koichi Iwabuchi and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-08 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization is usually thought of as the worldwide spread of Western—particularly American—popular culture. Yet if one nation stands out in the dissemination of pop culture in East and Southeast Asia, it is Japan. Pokémon, anime, pop music, television dramas such as Tokyo Love Story and Long Vacation—the export of Japanese media and culture is big business. In Recentering Globalization, Koichi Iwabuchi explores how Japanese popular culture circulates in Asia. He situates the rise of Japan’s cultural power in light of decentering globalization processes and demonstrates how Japan’s extensive cultural interactions with the other parts of Asia complicate its sense of being "in but above" or "similar but superior to" the region. Iwabuchi has conducted extensive interviews with producers, promoters, and consumers of popular culture in Japan and East Asia. Drawing upon this research, he analyzes Japan’s "localizing" strategy of repackaging Western pop culture for Asian consumption and the ways Japanese popular culture arouses regional cultural resonances. He considers how transnational cultural flows are experienced differently in various geographic areas by looking at bilateral cultural flows in East Asia. He shows how Japanese popular music and television dramas are promoted and understood in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and how "Asian" popular culture (especially Hong Kong’s) is received in Japan. Rich in empirical detail and theoretical insight, Recentering Globalization is a significant contribution to thinking about cultural globalization and transnationalism, particularly in the context of East Asian cultural studies.

Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics

Author : Ryan Pierson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190949759
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics written by Ryan Pierson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How can we describe movements in animated films? In Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics, Ryan Pierson introduces a powerful new method for the study of animation. By looking for figures--arrangements that seem to intuitively hold together--and forces--underlying units of attraction, repulsion, and direction--Pierson reveals startling new possibilities for animation criticism, history, and theory. Drawing on concepts from Gestalt psychology, Pierson offers a wide-ranging comparative study of four animation techniques--soft-edged forms, walk cycles, camera movement, and rotoscoping--as they appear in commercial, artisanal, and avant-garde works. In the process, through close readings of little-analyzed films, Pierson demonstrates that figures and forces make fertile resources for theoretical speculation, unearthing affinities between animation practice and such topics as the philosophy of mathematics, scientific and political revolution, and love. Beginning and ending with the imperative to "look closely," Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics is a performance in seeing the world of motion anew. Keywords: animation, film theory, Gestalt psychology, phenomenology, film-philosophy, modernism"--

The Divine Pause

Author : Ally Rose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781701871526
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book The Divine Pause written by Ally Rose and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-27 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cut through the noise and find your way back home... There is so much noise, so many voices. It's easy to lose yourself in the midst of it all. Out of habit, you fill the rare moments of silence with something--anything--without even realizing. And yet, God, your inner wisdom and your body are always speaking to you, giving you guidance. The question is: are you listening? As a mental health counselor and coach, Ally Rose was familiar with helping her clients navigate their way out of overwhelm and feeling stuck. When she realized that she had lost her own way in the sea of noise and other people's expectations--living a life that appeared perfectly fine from the outside, but was slowly killing her inside--Ally knew her only option was to take herself through the healing process she had been guiding others through for years. And so The Divine Pause was born. If you feel that you've gone astray from your authentic self and want to find your way back to her, to Divine Love, and to yourself, this book is for you. The Divine Pause is an invitation to take a moment, reflect, recenter and reconnect with your Inner Wisdom in the midst of our noisy world, one affirmation at a time.

Thirsty Cities

Author : Selina Ho
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108427820
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Thirsty Cities written by Selina Ho and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the answer to the enduring puzzle why India lags behind China in offering public goods to its people.

China in the Tokugawa World

Author : Marius B. Jansen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674117532
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book China in the Tokugawa World written by Marius B. Jansen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging book challenges the traditional notion that Japan was an isolated nation cut off from the outside world in the early modern era. This familiar story of seclusion, argues master historian Marius B. Jansen, results from viewing the period solely in terms of Japan's ties with the West, at the expense of its relationship with closer Asian neighbors. Taking as his focus the port of Nagasaki and its thriving trade with China in the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries, Jansen not only corrects this misperception but offers an important analysis of the impact of the China trade on Japan's cultural, economic, and political life. Creating a vivid portrait of a city that lived on and for foreign trade, the author details Nagasaki's pivotal role in importing luxury goods for a growing Japanese market whose elite wanted more of everything that ships from China could bring. Silk, sugar, and ginseng were among the cargoes brought to Nagasaki as well as books that, by the late Tokugawa period, signaled the dangers of Western expansionism. The junks from China brought people as well as goods, and the author provides clear evidence of the influence of Chinese expatriates and visitors on Japanese religion, law, and art. Japan's intellectuals prided themselves on their full participation in the cultural milieu of the continental mainland, and for them China represented an ideal land of sages and tranquility. But gradually China came to represent, instead, a metaphor for the "other", as Japan's quest for a national identity intensified. Among the Japanese, a new image of their nation was beginning to emerge: a Japan superior to Asia in general and to China in particular.

Corpus Stylistics in Principles and Practice

Author : Yufang Ho
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441197214
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Corpus Stylistics in Principles and Practice written by Yufang Ho and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Yufang Ho compares the text style difference between the two versions of John Fowles' The Magus, exemplifying the methodological principles and analytic practices of the corpus stylistic approach. The Magus was first published in 1966 and was revised and republished by Fowles in 1977. Fowles' own comment on the second edition was that it was 'rather more than a stylistic revision.' The book explores how the revised version is linguistically different from the original, especially in terms of point of view (re) representation. The corpus stylistic approach adopted combines qualitative and quantitative comparison to confirm the overall text style difference. The analysis demonstrates that computer assisted methods can identify significant linguistic features which literary critics have not noticed and provide a more detailed descriptive basis for literary interpretation of (either edition) of the novel. This analysis of The Magus serves as a case study and exemplar of how corpus techniques may be used generally in the study of linguistics.

Where Great Powers Meet

Author : David Shambaugh
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190914971
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Where Great Powers Meet written by David Shambaugh and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where Great Powers Meet explores the global competition for power between the United States and China. Focusing on Southeast Asia, David Shambaugh looks at how ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and the countries within it maneuver between the US and China and the degree to which they align with one or the other power. Not simply an analysis of the region's place within an evolving international system, Where Great Powers Meetprovides us with a comprehensive strategy that advances the American position while exploiting Chinese weaknesses.