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Book Synopsis Useless Activity by : Christopher Webb
Download or read book Useless Activity written by Christopher Webb and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a broad range of archival material from Washington University, St. Louis, the University of Glasgow, and the British Library, Useless Activity: Work, Leisure and British Avant-Garde Fiction, 1960-1975 is the first study to ask why the experimental writing of the 1960s and 1970s appears so fraught with anxiety about its own uselessness, before suggesting that this very anxiety was symptomatic of a unique period in British literary history when traditional notions about literary work – and what 'worked' in terms of literature – were being radically scrutinised and reassessed. The study is divided into five chapters with three of those dedicated to the close analysis of work produced by three writers representative of the 1960s British avant-garde: Eva Figes (1932–2012), B.S. Johnson (1933–1973), and Alexander Trocchi (1925–1984). The book argues that these writers’ preoccupations with concepts related to work, such as leisure, debt, and various forms of neglected labour like housework, allow us to rethink the British avant-garde's relation to realism while posing broader questions about the production and value of post-war literary avant-gardism more generally. Useless Activity proposes that only with an understanding of the British avant-garde’s engagement with the idea of work and its various corollaries can we appreciate these writers' move away from certain forms of literary realism and their contribution to the development of the modern British novel during the mid-twentieth century.
Book Synopsis The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge by : Abraham Flexner
Download or read book The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge written by Abraham Flexner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short, provocative book about why "useless" science often leads to humanity's greatest technological breakthroughs A forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent of creating products of immediate value. In such a scenario, it makes sense to focus on the most identifiable and urgent problems, right? Actually, it doesn't. In his classic essay "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge," Abraham Flexner, the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the man who helped bring Albert Einstein to the United States, describes a great paradox of scientific research. The search for answers to deep questions, motivated solely by curiosity and without concern for applications, often leads not only to the greatest scientific discoveries but also to the most revolutionary technological breakthroughs. In short, no quantum mechanics, no computer chips. This brief book includes Flexner's timeless 1939 essay alongside a new companion essay by Robbert Dijkgraaf, the Institute's current director, in which he shows that Flexner's defense of the value of "the unobstructed pursuit of useless knowledge" may be even more relevant today than it was in the early twentieth century. Dijkgraaf describes how basic research has led to major transformations in the past century and explains why it is an essential precondition of innovation and the first step in social and cultural change. He makes the case that society can achieve deeper understanding and practical progress today and tomorrow only by truly valuing and substantially funding the curiosity-driven "pursuit of useless knowledge" in both the sciences and the humanities.
Book Synopsis War Department Appropriation Bill for 1933, Military Activities by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Download or read book War Department Appropriation Bill for 1933, Military Activities written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 1542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Big Book of EVEN MORE Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Children and Teens by : Lindsey Joiner
Download or read book The Big Book of EVEN MORE Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Children and Teens written by Lindsey Joiner and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2015-11-21 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from The Big Book of Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Children and Teens, this book provides EVEN MORE imaginative and fun activity ideas, lessons, and projects for use with difficult and challenging children and teens aged 5+. From ice breakers and group starters to bibliotherapy and monthly character education activities, there are over 90 ideas designed to unleash the creativity of children and teens, and teach social skills, strategies to control anger and anxiety, conflict resolution, positive thinking skills, and more. They make use of art, scientific experiments, expressive arts and books, and many come with photocopiable handouts. The activities can be used in a variety of settings, and they are adaptable for use with both individuals and groups. This is a practical resource bursting with ideas, and it will be invaluable for anyone working with children and teens, including school counselors, teachers, social workers, youth workers, arts therapists, and psychologists.
Book Synopsis Nietzsche and Music by : Aysegul Durakoglu
Download or read book Nietzsche and Music written by Aysegul Durakoglu and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-24 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was not only a philosopher who loved and wrote about music; he was also a musician, pianist, and composer. In this ground-breaking volume, philosophers, historians, musicians, and musicologists come together to explore Nietzsche’s thought and music in all its complexity. Starting from the role that music played in the formation and articulation of Nietzsche’s thought, as well as the influence that contemporary composers had on him, the essays provide an in-depth analysis of the structural and stylistic aspects of his compositions. The volume highlights the significance of music in Nietzsche’s life and looks deeply at his musical experiments which led to a new and radically different style of composition in relation with his philosophical thought. It also traces the influence that Nietzsche had on many other musicians and musical genres, from Russian composers to current rock music and heavy metal.
Book Synopsis Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction ... Including the Journal of Proceedings ... by : American Institute of Instruction
Download or read book Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction ... Including the Journal of Proceedings ... written by American Institute of Instruction and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members included in each volume, beginning with 1891.
Book Synopsis Lectures, Discussions, and Proceedings ... by : American Institute of Instruction. Meeting
Download or read book Lectures, Discussions, and Proceedings ... written by American Institute of Instruction. Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Rise of Anthropological Theory by : Marvin Harris
Download or read book The Rise of Anthropological Theory written by Marvin Harris and published by AltaMira Press. This book was released on 2001-08-14 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best known, most often cited history of anthropological theory is finally available in paperback! First published in 1968, Harris's book has been cited in over 1,000 works and is one of the key documents explaining cultural materialism, the theory associated with Harris's work. This updated edition included the complete 1968 text plus a new introduction by Maxine Margolis, which discusses the impact of the book and highlights some of the major trends in anthropological theory since its original publication. RAT, as it is affectionately known to three decades of graduate students, comprehensively traces the history of anthropology and anthropological theory, culminating in a strong argument for the use of a scientific, behaviorally-based, etic approach to the understanding of human culture known as cultural materialism. Despite its popularity and influence on anthropological thinking, RAT has never been available in paperback_until now. It is an essential volume for the library of all anthropologists, their graduate students, and other theorists in the social sciences.
Book Synopsis The Principles of Psychology by : Herbert Spencer
Download or read book The Principles of Psychology written by Herbert Spencer and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis A System of Synthetic Philosophy by : Herbert Spencer
Download or read book A System of Synthetic Philosophy written by Herbert Spencer and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Principles of Psychology by Herbert Spencer written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Ravel the Decadent by : Michael J. Puri
Download or read book Ravel the Decadent written by Michael J. Puri and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The music of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), beloved by musicians and audiences since its debut, has been a difficult topic for scholars. The traditional stylistic categories of impressionism, symbolism, and neoclassicism, while relevant, have offered too little purchase on this fascinating but enigmatic work. In Ravel the Decadent, author Michael Puri provides an innovative and productive solution by locating the aesthetic origins of this music in the French Decadence and demonstrating the extension of this influence across the length of his oeuvre. From an array of Decadent topics Puri selects three--memory, sublimation, and desire--and uses them to delineate the content of this music, pinpoint its overlap with contemporary cultural discourse, and link it to its biographical context, as well as to create new methods altogether for the analysis and interpretation of music. Ravel the Decadent opens by defining the main concepts, giving particular attention to memory and decadence. It then stakes out contrasting modes of memory in this music: a nostalgic mode that views the past as forever lost, and a more optimistic one that imagines its resurrection and reanimation. Acknowledging Ravel's lifelong identity as a dandy--a figure that embodies the Decadence and its aspiration toward the sublime--Puri identifies possible moments of musical self-portraiture before stepping back to theorize dandyism in European musical modernism at large. He then addresses the dialectic between desire and its sublimation in the pairing of two genres--the bacchanal and the idyl--and leverages the central trio of concepts to offer provocative readings of Ravel's two waltz sets, the Valses nobles et sentimentales and La valse. Puri concludes by invoking the same terms to identify a topic of "faun music" that promises to create new common ground between Ravel and Debussy. Rife with close readings that will satisfy the musicologist, Ravel the Decadent also suits a more general reader through its broadly humanistic key concepts, immersion in contemporary art and literature, and clarity of language.
Download or read book Truth? written by Dale Primus and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-10-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must read for all!! Can the contents be faulted? Can Truth? really point the way out of the darkness many of us live our lives in? Can the questions really be answered? Will the real secret thoughts of men be truthfully revealed? Or is this just another 'Men are from Mars and Women from Venus' hype.. I THINK NOT!!! Truth? Is not a dating book, a relationship guide or steps to win at the relationship game. This is the one true voice from the male perspective that is never spoken or heard. Until now. It is simply Truth? So why the question mark? Well, some sexes will agree, some will question, some will learn, but all will agree that the knowledge to be gained from reading Truth? Will create debates, clarity but above all, a window out of the darkness.
Book Synopsis Steps to Follow by : Patricia M. Davies
Download or read book Steps to Follow written by Patricia M. Davies and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-05-08 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of a best-selling guide incorporates significant advances in the early and later rehabilitation of neurologically impaired patients. Based on the Bobath concept, Davies' approach to rehabilitation stresses the need to equip the patient for a full life, rather than setting arbitrary goals for functioning in a sheltered environment. Activities are described for correcting abnormal movement patterns and facial difficulties. Ways to regain walking, balance and other normal movement sequences are explained and demonstrated with 750 photographs of patients being treated.
Book Synopsis Science and Football IV by : Aron Murphy
Download or read book Science and Football IV written by Aron Murphy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection brings together the latest research into the range of sports known as football. With contributions by a large number of the leading international researchers in the field, the book aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice in football, and to raise the awareness of the value of a scientific approach to the various football codes. The book contains nearly seventy papers, examining aspects ranging from match analysis and medical aspects of football to metabolism and nutrition, psychology and behaviour, and management and organization. Containing a wealth of research data, and a huge range of examples of how science can be applied; this book represents an invaluable reference for coaches, trainers, managers, medical staff, and all those involved in supporting performers in the many football codes.
