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Action, Art, History

Author : Daniel Alan Herwitz
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231137966
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book Action, Art, History written by Daniel Alan Herwitz and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur C. Danto is unique among philosophers for the breadth of his philosophical mind, his eloquent writing style, and the generous spirit embodied in all his work. Any collection of essays on his philosophy has to engage him on all these levels, because this is how he has always engaged the world, as a philosopher and person. In this volume, renowned philosophers and art historians revisit Danto's theories of art, action, and history, and the depth of his innovation as a philosopher of culture. Essays explore the importance of Danto's philosophy and criticism for the contemporary art world, along with his theories of perception, action, historical knowledge, and, most importantly for Danto himself, the conceptual connections among these topics. Danto himself continues the conversation by adding his own commentary to each essay, extending the debate with characteristic insight, graciousness, and wit. Contributors include Frank Ankersmit, Hans Belting, Stanley Cavell, Donald Davidson, Lydia Goehr, Gregg Horowitz, Philip Kitcher, Daniel Immerwahr, Daniel Herwitz, and Michael Kelly, testifying to the far-reaching effects of Danto's thought. Danto brought to philosophy the artist's unfettered imagination, and his ideas about postmodern culture are virtual road maps of the present art world. This volume pays tribute to both Danto's brilliant capacity to move between philosophy and contemporary culture and his pathbreaking achievements in philosophy, art history, and art criticism.

Katrina

Author : Andy Horowitz
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 067497171X
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Katrina written by Andy Horowitz and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Bancroft Prize Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Book of the Year “The main thrust of Horowitz’s account is to make us understand Katrina—the civic calamity, not the storm itself—as a consequence of decades of bad decisions by humans, not an unanticipated caprice of nature.” —Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans on August 29, 2005, but the decisions that caused the disaster can be traced back nearly a century. After the city weathered a major hurricane in 1915, its Sewerage and Water Board believed that developers could safely build housing near the Mississippi, on lowlands that relied on significant government subsidies to stay dry. When the flawed levee system failed, these were the neighborhoods that were devastated. The flood line tells one important story about Katrina, but it is not the only story that matters. Andy Horowitz investigates the response to the flood, when policymakers made it easier for white New Orleanians to return home than for African Americans. He explores how the profits and liabilities created by Louisiana’s oil industry have been distributed unevenly, prompting dreams of abundance and a catastrophic land loss crisis that continues today. “Masterful...Disasters have the power to reveal who we are, what we value, what we’re willing—and unwilling—to protect.” —New York Review of Books “If you want to read only one book to better understand why people in positions of power in government and industry do so little to address climate change, even with wildfires burning and ice caps melting and extinctions becoming a daily occurrence, this is the one.” —Los Angeles Review of Books

ENIAC in Action

Author : Thomas Haigh
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262033984
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book ENIAC in Action written by Thomas Haigh and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-02-05 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explores the conception, design, construction, use, and afterlife of ENIAC, the first general purpose digital electronic computer.

The Pursuit of Fairness

Author : Terry H. Anderson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198035837
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The Pursuit of Fairness written by Terry H. Anderson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-07 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Affirmative action strikes at the heart of deeply held beliefs about employment and education, about fairness, and about the troubled history of race relations in America. Published on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, this is the only book available that gives readers a balanced, non-polemical, and lucid account of this highly contentious issue. Beginning with the roots of affirmative action, Anderson describes African-American demands for employment in the defense industry--spearheaded by A. Philip Randolph's threatened March on Washington in July 1941--and the desegregation of the armed forces after World War II. He investigates President Kennedy's historic 1961 executive order that introduced the term "affirmative action" during the early years of the civil rights movement and he examines President Johnson's attempts to gain equal opportunities for African Americans. He describes President Nixon's expansion of affirmative action with the Philadelphia Plan--which the Supreme Court upheld--along with President Carter's introduction of "set asides" for minority businesses and the Bakke ruling which allowed the use of race as one factor in college admissions. By the early 1980s many citizens were becoming alarmed by affirmative action, and that feeling was exemplified by the Reagan administration's backlash, which resulted in the demise and revision of affirmative action during the Clinton years. He concludes with a look at the University of Michigan cases of 2003, the current status of the policy, and its impact. Throughout, the author weighs each side of every issue--often finding merit in both arguments--resulting in an eminently fair account of one of America's most heated debates. A colorful history that brings to life the politicians, legal minds, and ordinary people who have fought for or against affirmative action, The Pursuit of Fairness helps clear the air and calm the emotions, as it illuminates a difficult and critically important issue.

Motion History Images for Action Recognition and Understanding

Author : Md. Atiqur Rahman Ahad
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447147308
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Motion History Images for Action Recognition and Understanding written by Md. Atiqur Rahman Ahad and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-28 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human action analysis and recognition is a relatively mature field, yet one which is often not well understood by students and researchers. The large number of possible variations in human motion and appearance, camera viewpoint, and environment, present considerable challenges. Some important and common problems remain unsolved by the computer vision community. However, many valuable approaches have been proposed over the past decade, including the motion history image (MHI) method. This method has received significant attention, as it offers greater robustness and performance than other techniques. This work presents a comprehensive review of these state-of-the-art approaches and their applications, with a particular focus on the MHI method and its variants.

Harry Elmer Barnes, Learned Crusader

Author : Harry Elmer Barnes
Publisher : Colorado Springs : R. Myles
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1070 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Harry Elmer Barnes, Learned Crusader written by Harry Elmer Barnes and published by Colorado Springs : R. Myles. This book was released on 1968 with total page 1070 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Personalia and bibliography": p. 812-858.

A History of the People's Action Party, 1985-2021

Author : Shashi Jayakumar
Publisher : National University of Singapore Press
ISBN 13 : 9789813251281
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book A History of the People's Action Party, 1985-2021 written by Shashi Jayakumar and published by National University of Singapore Press. This book was released on 2022-02-04 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The People's Action Party (PAP) of Singapore is among the longest-ruling democratically-elected political parties in the world, in power continuously since Singapore gained self-rule in 1959. Such longevity is the product of an institution that is itself dynamic and responsive. But remarkably, the story of the party as institution has not received the sustained study it deserves from either historians or political scientists. This narrative history of the PAP follows the story through decisions made by party leaders as they sought to respond to the changing demands and expectations of the Singapore electorate over a thirty-year period that saw Singapore enter the ranks of developed nations. The focus is on change in four dimensions: in the communications methods and styles the party adopted, the mechanisms it developed for managing institutional change, the sometimes vexed question of party renewal, and the evolution of economic and social policy. Drawing on internal party documents and multiple interviews with key leaders over the course of a decade, this book provides a detailed portrait of a robust political institution and establishes a distinctive new narrative of Singapore politics.

Time and Narrative, Volume 1

Author : Paul Ricoeur
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226713328
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Time and Narrative, Volume 1 written by Paul Ricoeur and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1990-09-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first two volumes of this work, Paul Ricoeur examined the relations between time and narrative in historical writing, fiction and theories of literature. This final volume, a comprehensive reexamination and synthesis of the ideas developed in volumes 1 and 2, stands as Ricoeur's most complete and satisfying presentation of his own philosophy.

The Hero in History

Author : Sidney Hook
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473385164
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book The Hero in History written by Sidney Hook and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great look at the role of the hero in society, often as a driving force through history. A must read for any keen amateur historian wishing to see the big picture.

Comic Books and American Cultural History

Author : Matthew Pustz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441197575
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Comic Books and American Cultural History written by Matthew Pustz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comic Books and American Cultural History is an anthology that examines the ways in which comic books can be used to understand the history of the United States. Over the last twenty years, there has been a proliferation of book-length works focusing on the history of comic books, but few have investigated how comics can be used as sources for doing American cultural history. These original essays illustrate ways in which comic books can be used as resources for scholars and teachers. Part 1 of the book examines comics and graphic novels that demonstrate the techniques of cultural history; the essays in Part 2 use comics and graphic novels as cultural artifacts; the third part of the book studies the concept of historical identity through the 20th century; and the final section focuses on different treatments of contemporary American history. Discussing topics that range from romance comics and Superman to American Flagg! and Ex Machina, this is a vivid collection that will be useful to anyone studying comic books or teaching American history.

Joseph Smith III

Author : Roger D. Launius
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252065156
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book Joseph Smith III written by Roger D. Launius and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interesting, well-researched biography of the founder of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints covers the 54 years of his presidency, a tenure marked by Mormon factionalism that he succeeded in controlling. The son of the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith III at first resisted succeeding his father as leader and prophet but, as his biographer underscores, his governance from 1860 until his death in 1914 was fiercely committed to the religious legacy of his parent. Differing in style from the elder Smith's "sometimes disastrous impracticality," his son exemplified rugged individualism with a secular pragmatism that sprang from his legal education. An opponent of polygamy, as proclaimed by Brigham Young, the younger Smith established a viable bureaucracy and a style of leadership that characterizes the Mormon community today, notes the author, a military historian.

Nonlinear Dynamics and Heterogeneous Interacting Agents

Author : Thomas Lux
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540272968
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Nonlinear Dynamics and Heterogeneous Interacting Agents written by Thomas Lux and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-06-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic application of nonlinear dynamics, microscopic agent-based modelling, and the use of artificial intelligence techniques as learning devices of boundedly rational actors are among the most exciting interdisciplinary ventures of economic theory over the past decade. This volume provides us with a most fascinating series of examples on "complexity in action" exemplifying the scope and explanatory power of these innovative approaches.

Theological Science

Author : Thomas F. Torrance
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780567085146
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (851 download)

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Download or read book Theological Science written by Thomas F. Torrance and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic study, which establishes a sound theological base for the future of philosophical science.

Mobile Agents

Author : Niranjan Suri
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540000852
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Mobile Agents written by Niranjan Suri and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-10-14 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Mobile Agents, MA 2002, held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2002. The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. Among the topics addressed are mobile agents, mobile agent systems, mobile software agents, mobile code, mobile objects, interoperability, security, mobile users, middleware, mobile services, ubiquitous computing, pervasive computing, and intrusion detection.

KI 2001: Advances in Artificial Intelligence

Author : Franz Baader
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540426124
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book KI 2001: Advances in Artificial Intelligence written by Franz Baader and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-09-05 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Joint German/Austrian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, KI 2001, held in Vienna, Austria in September 2001. The 29 revised full technical papers presented together with one invited paper and four posters of industrial papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. All current aspects in AI are addressed, ranging from theoretical and foundational issues to industrial applications.

Essays on the Teaching of History

Author : Frederic William Maitland
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essays on the Teaching of History written by Frederic William Maitland and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Principles of History

Author : Robin George Collingwood
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0198237030
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book The Principles of History written by Robin George Collingwood and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original text of this uncompleted work has only recently been discovered and is accompanied here by Collingwood's shorter writings on historical knowledge and inquiry. Besides containing entirely new ideas, these incredible writings discuss many of the issues which Collingwood famously raised in The Idea of History and in his Autobiography. This book also includes a lengthy editorial introduction that puts Collingwood's writings in their context and discusses the philosophical questions they initiate. --from publisher description.