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Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Peering Into the Abyss of the Future written by Noam Chomsky and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the future of international relations of the world.
Author : Susan Harding
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 082238681X
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Histories of the Future written by Susan Harding and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-21 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a world saturated by futures. Our lives are constructed around ideas and images about the future that are as full and as flawed as our understandings of the past. This book is a conceptual toolkit for thinking about the forms and functions that the future takes. Exploring links between panic and nostalgia, waiting and utopia, technology and messianism, prophecy and trauma, it brings together critical meditations on the social, cultural, and intellectual forces that create narratives and practices of the future. The prognosticators, speculators, prophets, and visionaries have their say here, but the emphasis is on small narratives and forgotten conjunctures, on the connections between expectation and experience in everyday life. In tightly linked studies, the contributors excavate forgotten and emergent futures of art, religion, technology, economics, and politics. They trace hidden histories of science fiction, futurism, and millennialism and break down barriers between far-flung cultural spheres. From the boardrooms of Silicon Valley to the forests of Java and from the literary salons of Tokyo to the roadside cafés of the Nevada desert, the authors stitch together the disparate images and stories of futures past and present. Histories of the Future is further punctuated by three interludes: a thought-provoking game that invites players to fashion future narratives of their own, a metafiction by renowned novelist Jonathan Lethem, and a remarkable graphic research tool: a timeline of timelines. Contributors. Sasha Archibald, Susan Harding, Jamer Hunt, Pamela Jackson, Susan Lepselter, Jonathan Lethem, Joseph Masco, Christopher Newfield, Elizabeth Pollman, Vicente Rafael, Daniel Rosenberg, Miryam Sas, Kathleen Stewart, Anna Tsing
Author : John R Hall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134232780
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)
Download or read book Visual Worlds written by John R Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As many observers have noted, the world is becoming increasingly visually mediated, with the rise of computers and the internet being central factors in the emergence of new tools and conventions. Exploring the social structure of visuality, this volume contains a collection of essays by internationally renowned artists and scholars from a variety of fields (including art history, literary theory and criticism, cultural studies, film and television studies, intellectual history and sociology). It was conceived to address a bold query: how is our experience and understanding of vision and visual form changing under pressure from the various social, economic and cultural factors that are linked under the term 'globalization'. The essays overlap in their considerations of the tensions between cultures and worlds, political life, everyday social experience, and war. The resulting conversation that develops between the chapters touches on points from many visual worlds, and provides a unique opportunity for considering the changing character of visual experience today. This book will attract readers from a wide range of academic disciplines and will especially be valuable as a textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses in visual culture and cultural studies.
Author : Judith Norman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441104135
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)
Download or read book The New Schelling written by Judith Norman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Von Schelling (1775-1854) was a colleague of Hegel, Holderlin, Fichte, Goethe, Schlegel, and Schiller. Always a champion of Romanticism, Schelling advocated a philosophy which emphasized intuition over reason, which maintained aesthetics and the creative imagination to be of the highest value. At the same time, Schelling's concerns for the self and the rational make him a major precursor to existentialism and phenomenology. The New Schelling brings together a wide-ranging set of essays which elaborate the connections between Schelling and other thinkers-such as Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Sartre, Deleuze, and Lacan-and argue for the unexpected modernity of Schelling's work. Contributors: Manfred Frank, Jürgen Habermas, Iain Hamilton Grant, Joseph Lawrence, Odo Marquand, Judith Norman, Alberto Toscano, Michael Vater, Alistair Welchman, Slavoj Š ZiŠzek.
Author : Nancy Kang
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822983486
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book The Once and Future Muse written by Nancy Kang and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Once and Future Muse presents the first major study of the life and work of Dominican-born bilingual American poet and translator Rhina P. Espaillat (b. 1932). Beginning with her literary celebrity as the youngest poet ever inducted into the Poetry Society of America, it traces her relative obscurity after 1952 when she married and took on family and employment responsibilities, to her triumphant return to the poetry spotlight decades later when she reclaimed her former prestige with a series of award-winning poetry collections. The authors define Espaillat's place in American letters with attention to her formalist aesthetics, Hispanic Caribbean immigrant background, poetic community building, bilingual ethos, and domestically minded woman-of-color feminism. Addressing the temporality of her oeuvre—her publishing before and after the splitting of American literature into distinct ethnic segments—this work also highlights the demands that the social transformations of the 1960s placed on literary artists, critics, and readers alike.
Author : Melanie Wilmshurst
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462016243
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Yesterday’S Future written by Melanie Wilmshurst and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-06-17 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herpetologist Elaina Westrick and her husband, Brayden, attempt to put devastating medical news behind them by flying away to exotic Oahu, Hawaii. She is intrigued by tour guide Isobel, who is fresh out of school for regression therapy. Unable to ignore her souls beckoning history, Elaina dives into four past lives. She uncovers memories she would rather forget and rediscovers forgotten knowledge she needs in order to achieve her aspirations for the future. She must recognize and accept her yin-and-yang past composite as part of her evolution into the person she hopes to become. This historically accurate novel carries you to the United States, England, Ireland, ancient Athens, ancient Egypt, and Japan, on a journey through time from thousands of years ago to present day, from childhood to the golden years. Regardless of the time or place, Elaina encounters recurring souls who are still essential in her life of todayincluding her soul mate, Brayden.
Author : Catherine Y. Read
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801887887
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future written by Catherine Y. Read and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008-06-16 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging, multidisciplinary collection examines how advances in medicine and technology are affecting the aging process and the lives of elderly persons. In analyzing the state of biotechnology, these essays applaud the positive—extended longevity and the potential for greater quality of life—while probing such ethical quandaries as presymptomatic genetic testing, therapeutic cloning, antiaging technologies, and the transhumanist movement. The volume includes discussions about the respective roles of health care professionals, government, and individuals in shaping a workable regulatory framework and unifying multiple perspectives to make the biotechnology revolution beneficial to all. Featuring contributions from renowned scholars of religion, ethics, philosophy, psychology, law, medicine and nursing, and gerontology, Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future illuminates the promises and perils of growing old in the biomedical age. Contributors: George J. Annas, Jessica Brommelhoff, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Margaret Gatz, Pamela J. Grace, Robert C. Green, Fernando A. Guerra, Rose M. Harvey, Kathy J. Horvath, Ann C. Hurley, Robert Lanza, Karen Lebacqz, Erin Linnenbringer, Maxwell J. Mehlman, Toni P. Miles, Sarah Moses, Thomas T. Perls, Leonard W. Poon, Catherine Y. Read, J. Scott Roberts, Diane Scott-Jones, Thomas A. Shannon, Richard L. Sprott, Rosemarie Tong, Laurie Zoloth
Author : Luke Winslow
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003859216
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Children as Rhetorical Advocates in Social Movements written by Luke Winslow and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines “Rhetorical Children” as visible and vocal communicators, shaping public discourse on contentious social issues related to organized labor, civil rights, gun violence, and climate change. This book explores four key social movement case studies: the 1903 Mother Jones-led March of the Mill Children to reform child labor laws, the 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,-led Children’s Crusade to end segregation, the 2018 Parkland student-led March for Our Lives movement to end gun violence, and the ongoing struggle for climate change mitigation led by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. Through these case studies, the book outlines three rhetorical strategies, namely children’s ability to activate adults’ moral obligation; to invoke threats to natality and lost childhood; and to disrupt social order. It enables readers to better understand rhetorical children and the rhetorical tools required for social movements. Assessing the powerful role children play in shaping public discourse, this book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of Communication Studies, Rhetoric, Public Address, Social Movements, and Cultural Studies.
Author : Robert Andrew Young
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773515307
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (153 download)
Download or read book The Secession of Quebec and the Future of Canada written by Robert Andrew Young and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1998 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the premises that Quebecers vote for independence in a referendum and Canada accepts this result, The Secession of Quebec and the Future of Canada is a timely examination of the implications of separation for Quebec and the rest of Canada.
Author : Laurie Bowler
Publisher : Laurie Bowler
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Chronicles of the Valenko Empire written by Laurie Bowler and published by Laurie Bowler. This book was released on 2024-08-20 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhya Sinclair is caught in a dangerous web of power, secrets, and rebellion. As a young orphan with an extraordinary, forbidden gift in the mystical land of Valenko, Rhya must tread carefully amidst the anarchy and chaos spreading throughout the empire. Trusting only her loyal friends, Olga and Adil, she conceals her powers from outsiders while they flee the confines of their orphanage. But fate turns sinister when Rhya stumbles upon a brutal magical assault. Acting selflessly, she aids a wounded man, Robert, unaware of the darkness that lurks within him. As death and destruction surround them, Rhya and her friends become determined to fight back against the oppressive rulers who have plunged Valenko into turmoil. United in their revolt, Rhya and her allies embark on a treacherous journey, their hopes set on liberating Valenko from its tyrannical overlords and saving as many people as they can. Will they succeed in overthrowing the empire and rescuing their land from the clutches of darkness? Or will they succumb to the abyss of an empire at war?
Author : David J. Bosch
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608331466
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission written by David J. Bosch and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "David Bosch's Transforming Mission, now available in over a dozen languages, is widely recognized as an historic and magisterial contribution to the study of mission. Examining the entire sweep of Christian tradition, he shows how five paradigms have historically encapsulated the Christian understanding of mission and then outlines the characteristics of an emerging postmodern paradigm dialectically linking the transcendent and imminent dimensions of salvation. In this new anniversary edition, Darrel Guder and Martin Reppenhagen explore the impact of Bosch s work and the unfolding application of his seminal vision." --
Author : Peter J. Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134414994
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book World City Network written by Peter J. Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the advent of multinational corporations, the traditional urban service function has 'gone global'. In order to provide services to globalizing corporate clients, the offices of major financial and business service firms across the world have formed a network. It is the myriad of flows between office towers in different metropolitan centres that has produced a world city network. Through an analysis of the intra-company flows of 100 leading global service firms across 315 cities, this book assesses cities in terms of their overall network connectivity, their connectivity by service sector, and their connectivity by world region. Peter Taylor's unique and illuminating book provides the first comprehensive and systematic description and analysis of the world city network as the 'skeleton' upon which contemporary globalization has been built. His analyses challenge the traditional view of the world as a 'mosaic map' of political boundaries. Written by one of the foremost authorities on the subject, this book provides a much needed mapping of the connecting relationships between world cities, and will be an enlightening book for students of urban studies, geography, sociology and planning.
Author : Sir Norman Lockyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Nature written by Sir Norman Lockyer and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 5820 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Future of Darkness: 30+ Dystopias in One Edition written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 5820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Ayn Rand: Anthem Jack London: Iron Heel H. G. Wells: The Time Machine The First Men in the Moon When The Sleeper Wakes Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Coming Race Hugh Benson: Lord of the World Edward Bellamy: Looking Backward: 2000–1887 Equality Mary Shelley: The Last Man Edgar Allan Poe: The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion Owen Gregory: Meccania the Super-State Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels William Hope Hodgson: The Night Land Fred M. White: The Doom of London Series The Four White Days The Four Days' Night The Dust of Death A Bubble Burst The Invisible Force The River of Death Ignatius Donnelly: Caesar's Column Ernest Bramah: The Secret of the League (aka What Might Have Been) Milo Hastings: City of Endless Night Arthur Dudley Vinton: Looking Further Backward Gertrude Barrows Bennett (aka Francis Stevens): The Heads of Cerberus E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard Jefferies: After London Samuel Butler: Erewhon Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland Anthony Trollope: The Fixed Period Fritz Leiber: The Night of the Long Knives Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E. Cox: The Guardians Cleveland Moffett: The Conquest of America Richard Jefferies: After London William Dean Howells: A Traveler from Altruria Through the Eye of the Needle Philip Francis Nowlan: Armageddon–2419 A.D. The Airlords of Han (Sequel) Anonymous: The Great Romance Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain: Sultana's Dream George Griffith: The Angel of the Revolution The Syren of the Skies (Sequel)
Author : Otto Scharmer
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1626568006
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (265 download)
Download or read book Theory U written by Otto Scharmer and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access the deepest source of inspiration and vision We live in a time of massive institutional failure that manifests in the form of three major divides: the ecological, the social, and the spiritual. Addressing these challenges requires a new consciousness and collective leadership capacity. In this groundbreaking book, Otto Scharmer invites us to see the world in new ways and in so doing discover a revolutionary approach to learning and leadership. In most large systems today, we collectively create results that no one wants. What keeps us stuck in such patterns of the past? It's our blind spot, that is, our lack of awareness of the inner place from which our attention and intention originate. By moving through Scharmer's U process, we consciously access the blind spot and learn to connect to our authentic Self—the deepest source of knowledge and inspiration. Theory U offers a rich diversity of compelling stories, examples, exercises, and practices that allow leaders, organizations, and larger systems to cosense and coshape the future that is wanting to emerge. This second edition features a new preface in which Scharmer identifies five transformational trends and describes U process case stories around the world. There are also eight color drawings by Kelvy Bird that capture U journey applications and illustrate the concepts in the book, as well as new resources for applying the principles and practices.
Author : Arnold Aronson
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472068883
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (688 download)
Download or read book Looking Into the Abyss written by Arnold Aronson and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging essays by an internationally prominent historian and theorist of theater set design
Author : Mark F. Cancian
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538170442
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022 written by Mark F. Cancian and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-05-27 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CSIS's Mark Cancian annually produces a series of white papers on U.S. military forces, including their composition, new initiatives, long-term trends, and challenges. This report is a compilation of these papers. It takes a deep look at each military service, as well as special operations forces, DOD civilians, and contractors in the FY 2022 budget. The report also discusses the debate about legacy equipment, the interaction of the budget and force size, and the decline in force size that the services face with retiring older systems without adequate replacements.
