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Desire for Development

Author : Barbara Heron
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554580986
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book Desire for Development written by Barbara Heron and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2007-12-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Desire for Development: Whiteness, Gender, and the Helping Imperative, Barbara Heron draws on poststructuralist notions of subjectivity, critical race and space theory, feminism, colonial and postcolonial studies, and travel writing to trace colonial continuities in the post-development recollections of white Canadian women who have worked in Africa. Following the narrative arc of the development worker story from the decision to go overseas, through the experiences abroad, the return home, and final reflections, the book interweaves theory with the words of the participants to bring theory to life and to generate new understandings of whiteness and development work. Heron reveals how the desire for development is about the making of self in terms that are highly raced, classed, and gendered, and she exposes the moral core of this self and its seemingly paradoxical necessity to the Other. The construction of white female subjectivity is thereby revealed as contingent on notions of goodness and Othering, played out against, and constituted by, the backdrop of the NorthSouth binary, in which Canada’s national narrative situates us as the “good guys” of the world.

Imperatives

Author : Mark Jary
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139952242
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Imperatives written by Mark Jary and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imperative sentences usually occur in speech acts such as orders, requests, and pleas. However, they are also used to give advice, and to grant permission, and are sometimes found in advertisements, good wishes and conditional constructions. Yet, the relationship between the form of imperatives, and the wide range of speech acts in which they occur, remains unclear, as do the ways in which semantic theory should handle imperatives. This book is the first to look systematically at both the data and the theory. The first part discusses data from a large set of languages, including many outside the Indo-European family, and analyses in detail the range of uses to which imperatives are put, paying particular attention to controversial cases. This provides the empirical background for the second part, where the authors offer an accessible, comprehensive and in-depth discussion of the major theoretical accounts of imperative semantics and pragmatics.

A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the English Imperative

Author : Hidemitsu Takahashi
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027223890
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the English Imperative written by Hidemitsu Takahashi and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers the first comprehensive description of English imperatives made from a Cognitive Linguistic perspective. It proposes a new way of explaining the meaning and function of the imperative independently of illocutionary act classifications, which allows for quantifying the strength of imperative force in terms of parameters and numerical values. Furthermore, the book applies the theory of Construction Grammar to account for the felicity of imperatives in complex sentences. The model of description explains explicitly a wide range of phenomena, including frequency of use, prototypical vs. non-prototypical uses of the English imperative and the choice between longer vs. shorter directives including the imperative. A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the English Imperative: With Special Reference to Japanese Imperatives is intended for both researchers and students interested in the English imperative and Directive Speech Acts at large and for the linguists working within the Cognitive Linguistics and/or Construction Grammar approach.

Deleuze and Guattari

Author : Philip Goodchild
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1848609671
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Deleuze and Guattari written by Philip Goodchild and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1996-09-27 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible book examines critically the writings of Deleuze and Guattari, clarifying the ideas of these two notoriously difficult thinkers without over-simplifying them. Divided into three sections - Knowledge, Power, and Liberation of Desire - the book provides a systematic account of the intellectual context as well as an exhaustive analysis of the key themes informing Deleuze and Guattari′s work. It provides the framework for reading the important and influential study Capitalism and Schizophrenia and, with the needs of students in mind, explains the key concepts in Deleuze and Guattari′s discussion of philosophy, art and politics. Definitive and incisive, the book will be invaluable in situating the philosophy of these two major figures within the perspective of the social and human sciences.

The Origin of Language

Author : Eric Lawrence Gans
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520042025
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Origin of Language written by Eric Lawrence Gans and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Religion, Language, and the Human Mind

Author : Paul Chilton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190636661
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Language, and the Human Mind written by Paul Chilton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is religion? How does it work? Many natural abilities of the human mind are involved, and crucial among them is the ability to use language. This volume brings together research from linguistics, cognitive science and neuroscience, as well as from religious studies, to understand the phenomena of religion as a distinctly human enterprise. The book is divided into three parts, each part preceded by a full introductory chapter by the editors that discusses modern scientific approaches to religion and the application of modern linguistics, particularly cognitive linguistics and pragmatics. Part I surveys the development of modern studies of religious language and the diverse disciplinary strands that have emerged. Beginning with descriptive approaches to religious language and the problem of describing religious concepts across languages, chapters introduce the turn to cognition in linguistics and also in theology, and explore the brain's contrasting capacities, in particular its capacity for language and metaphor. Part II continues the discussion of metaphor - the natural ability by which humans draw on basic knowledge of the world in order to explore abstractions and intangibles. Specialists in particular religions apply conceptual metaphor theory in various ways, covering several major religious traditions-Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. Part III seeks to open up new horizons for cognitive-linguistic research on religion, looking beyond written texts to the ways in which language is integrated with other modalities, including ritual, religious art, and religious electronic media. Chapters in Part III introduce readers to a range of technical instruments that have been developed within cognitive linguistics and discourse analysis in recent years. What unfolds ultimately is the idea that the embodied cognition of humans is the basis not only of their languages, but also of their religions.

Animals and Desire in South African Fiction

Author : Jason D. Price
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319567268
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Animals and Desire in South African Fiction written by Jason D. Price and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the political potential of affective experiences of desire as reflected in contemporary South African literature. Jason Price argues that definitions of desire deployed by capitalist and colonial culture maintain social inequality by managing relations to ensure a steady flow of capital and pleasure for the dominant classes, whereas affective encounters with animals reveal the nonhuman nature of desire, a biopower that, in its unpredictability, can frustrate regimes of management and control. Price wonders how animals’ different desires might enable new modes of thought to positively transform and resist the status quo. This book contends that South African literary works employ nonhuman desire and certain indigenous notions of desire to imagine a South Africa that can be markedly different from the past.

Kant's Theory Of Moral Motivation

Author : Daniel Guevara
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429723938
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Kant's Theory Of Moral Motivation written by Daniel Guevara and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an account of Kant's theory of moral motivation that comprehends the most challenging and controversial aspects of Kant's theory of the will and human moral motivational psychology. It argues for a new approach to the question about the purity of the Kantian moral motive.

Idealism

Author : Jeremy Dunham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317491955
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Idealism written by Jeremy Dunham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Idealism is philosophy on a grand scale, combining micro and macroscopic problems into systematic accounts of everything from the nature of the universe to the particulars of human feeling. In consequence, it offers perspectives on everything from the natural to the social sciences, from ecology to critical theory. Heavily criticised by the dominant philosophies of the 20th Century, Idealism is now being reconsidered as a rich and untapped resource for contemporary philosophical arguments and concepts. This volume provides a comprehensive portrait of the major arguments and philosophers in the Idealist tradition. The book demonstrates how Idealist philosophy provides a fruitful way of understanding contemporary issues in metaphysics, the philosophy of science, political philosophy, scientific theory and critical social theory.

Lessons in Islamic Jurisprudence

Author : Muhammad Baqir As-Sadr
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780746865
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Lessons in Islamic Jurisprudence written by Muhammad Baqir As-Sadr and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an English translation of one of the most famous texts by the influential and charismatic Islamic activist, as-Sadr, who was executed by Saddam Hussein in Iraq in 1980. As-Sadr's books have made him one of the most celebrated Arab Muslim intellectuals of modern times. This text is used throughout the Sunni and Shi'a world by students of Islamic jurisprudence because of its succinctness and intellectual vigour. Mottahedeh's translation is accompanied by a detailed introduction which explains and places in context as-Sadr's views. Representing an attempt to relate a large body of Islamic law to scripture, this translation should be of great interest to students of scripture, hermeneutics and law.

The Sufi Path of Knowledge

Author : William C. Chittick
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780887068850
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (688 download)

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Download or read book The Sufi Path of Knowledge written by William C. Chittick and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-06-01 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ibn al-'Arabi is still known as "the Great Sheik" among the surviving Sufi orders. Born in Muslim Spain, he has become famous in the West as the greatest mystical thinker of Islamic civilization. He was a great philosopher, theologian, and poet. William Chittick takes a major step toward exposing the breadth and depth of Ibn al-'Arabi's vision. The book offers his view of spiritual perfection and explains his theology, ontology, epistemology, hermeneutics, and soteriology. The clear language, unencumbered by methodological jargon, makes it accessible to those familiar with other spiritual traditions, while its scholarly precision will appeal to specialists. Beginning with a survey of Ibn al-'Arabi's major teachings, the book gradually introduces the most important facets of his thought, devoting attention to definitions of his basic terminology. His teachings are illustrated with many translated passages introducing readers to fascinating byways of spiritual life that would not ordinarily be encountered in an account of a thinker's ideas. Ibn al-'Arabi is allowed to describe in detail the visionary world from which his knowledge derives and to express his teachings in his own words. More than 600 passages from his major work, al-Futuhat al-Makkivva, are translated here, practically for the first time. These alone provide twice the text of the Fusus al-hikam. The exhaustive indexes make the work an invaluable reference tool for research in Sufism and Islamic thought in general.

Philosophy for A2

Author : Michael Lacewing
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317562151
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy for A2 written by Michael Lacewing and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy for A2 is an engaging textbook for the new AQA A2 Philosophy syllabus. Structured closely around the AQA specification this textbook covers the two units, Ethics and Philosophy of Mind, in a comprehensive and student-friendly way. All of the anthology texts are explained and commented on and woven into the discussion of the syllabus. With chapters on ‘How to Do Philosophy’ and exam preparation this textbook provides students with the philosophical skills they need to succeed. Each chapter includes: explanation and commentary of the AQA anthology texts comprehension questions to test understanding discussion questions to generate evaluative argument 'going further' sections for advanced study cross-references to help students make connections bullet-point summaries of each topic. The companion website hosts a wealth of further resources, including PowerPoint slides, flashcards, further reading, weblinks and handouts, all structured to accompany the textbook. It can be found at www.routledge.com/cw/alevelphilosophy.

Containment Culture

Author : Alan Nadel
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822381974
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Containment Culture written by Alan Nadel and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1995-11-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Nadel provides a unique analysis of the rise of American postmodernism by viewing it as a breakdown in Cold War cultural narratives of containment. These narratives, which embodied an American postwar foreign policy charged with checking the spread of Communism, also operated, Nadel argues, within a wide spectrum of cultural life in the United States to contain atomic secrets, sexual license, gender roles, nuclear energy, and artistic expression. Because these narratives were deployed in films, books, and magazines at a time when American culture was for the first time able to dominate global entertainment and capitalize on global production, containment became one of the most widely disseminated and highly privileged national narratives in history. Examining a broad sweep of American culture, from the work of George Kennan to Playboy Magazine, from the movies of Doris Day and Walt Disney to those of Cecil B. DeMille and Alfred Hitchcock, from James Bond to Holden Caulfield, Nadel discloses the remarkable pervasiveness of the containment narrative. Drawing subtly on insights provided by contemporary theorists, including Baudrillard, Foucault, Jameson, Sedgwick, Certeau, and Hayden White, he situates the rhetoric of the Cold War within a gendered narrative powered by the unspoken potency of the atom. He then traces the breakdown of this discourse of containment through such events as the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley, and ties its collapse to the onset of American postmodernism, typified by works such as Catch–22 and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. An important work of cultural criticism, Containment Culture links atomic power with postmodernism and postwar politics, and shows how a multifarious national policy can become part of a nation’s cultural agenda and a source of meaning for its citizenry.

Art before the Law

Author : Ruth Ronen
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442647884
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Art before the Law written by Ruth Ronen and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Plato expelled the poets from his ideal state, the ethics of art has had to confront philosophys denial of arts morality. In Art before the Law, Ruth Ronen proposes a new outlook on the ethics of art by arguing that art insists on this tradition of denial, affirming its singular ethics through negativity. Ronen treats the mechanism of negation as the basis for the relationship between art and ethics. She shows how, through moves of denial, resistance, and denouncement, art exploits its negative relation to morality. While deception, fiction, and transgression allegedly locate art outside morality and ethics, Ronen argues they enable art to reveal the significance of the moral law, its origins, and the idea of the good. By employing the thought of Freud and Lacan, Ronen reconsiders the aesthetic tradition from Plato through Kant and later philosophers of art in order to establish an ethics of art. An interdisciplinary study, Art before the Law is sure to be of interest both to academic philosophers and to those interested in psychoanalytic theory and practice.

Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters

Author : Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters written by Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1870/72-1926 include: Proceedings, and: List of members of the academy.

Christian and Hindu Ethics

Author : Shivesh Chandra Thakur
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429631766
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Christian and Hindu Ethics written by Shivesh Chandra Thakur and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hinduism and Christianity are different in structure and approach – but have a great deal in common in matters relating to ethics. This book, first published in 1969, is the first systematic and detailed work which attempts to bring out both the differences and similarities. The author selects some of the fundamental problems of philosophical ethics, such as the moral law – its authority and sources, moral effort and human freedom, moral failure and responsibility – and explores the respective answers of Hinduism and Christianity.

Religion, Language, and the Human Mind

Author : Paul Anthony Chilton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190636645
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Language, and the Human Mind written by Paul Anthony Chilton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion is a multi-faceted and complex human phenomenon, combining many different mental and social characteristics. Among these, language plays a crucial though often neglected role. This volume brings together groundbreaking work from linguistics, cognitive science and neuroscience, as well as from religious studies, in order to illuminate the origins and centrality of religion in human life.