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Though the Indian Constitution provides for local self-government, state politics often undermine it. This book, a study of Karnataka, examines the gap between policy and practice in decentralised planning, with lessons for other states and developing countries.
Though the Indian Constitution provides for local self-government, state politics often undermine it. This book, a study of Karnataka, examines the gap between policy and practice in decentralised planning, with lessons for other states and developing countries.
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What Rough Beasts presents an innovative and diverse collection of new research in Irish and Scottish Studies. Showcasing original material by both emergent and established scholars, this book covers issues including poetry and violence, film, history, and more.
What Rough Beasts presents an innovative and diverse collection of new research in Irish and Scottish Studies. Showcasing original material by both emergent and established scholars, this book covers issues including poetry and violence, film, history, and more.
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The essays in this volume discuss philosophical theories of mind from the early-modern period, a time unparalleled for originality. Featuring the best contemporary research, these all-new essays examine Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, and others.
The essays in this volume discuss philosophical theories of mind from the early-modern period, a time unparalleled for originality. Featuring the best contemporary research, these all-new essays examine Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, and others.
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Culture, Trauma, and Conflict
Cultural Studies Perspectives on War
Using Cultural War Studies, this book analyzes the constructions that glorify killing and make us forget its trauma. It explores how media, torture, and memory shape our understanding of war, revealing the cultural durability of conflict.
Using Cultural War Studies, this book analyzes the constructions that glorify killing and make us forget its trauma. It explores how media, torture, and memory shape our understanding of war, revealing the cultural durability of conflict.
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How to Do Things with Tense and Aspect
Performativity before Austin
In Slovene, performative acts like promising use the imperfective verb, which implies the act isn't complete. How, then, is a promise made? This book uncovers a 19th-century debate that laid the foundations of performativity half a century before Austin.
In Slovene, performative acts like promising use the imperfective verb, which implies the act isn’t complete. How, then, is a promise made? This book uncovers a 19th-century debate that laid the foundations of performativity half a century before Austin.
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“Revelations of Character”
Ethos, Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy in Montaigne
In the Essais, Montaigne weighs ancient rhetorical and ethical theories as he develops his own paradoxical and dynamic notion of ethos. This collection of essays explores the ramifications of his quest for more human and humane modes of expression.
In the Essais, Montaigne weighs ancient rhetorical and ethical theories as he develops his own paradoxical and dynamic notion of ethos. This collection of essays explores the ramifications of his quest for more human and humane modes of expression.
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Pope Gregory’s Letter-Bearers
A Study of the Men and Women who carried letters for Pope Gregory the Great
The first-ever study of Pope Gregory’s letter-bearers. From 590-604, in an age of invasions and peril, a surprising number of men and women—clerics, farmers, widows—made dangerous journeys to carry his 850+ surviving letters across the world.
The first-ever study of Pope Gregory’s letter-bearers. From 590-604, in an age of invasions and peril, a surprising number of men and women—clerics, farmers, widows—made dangerous journeys to carry his 850+ surviving letters across the world.
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Sustainable Development in Mechanical Engineering
Case Studies in Applied Mechanics
Engineers have a responsibility to safeguard public health and safety. This book presents fifteen practical mechanical engineering cases that integrate design principles with environment, health, and safety risk management to prepare future engineers.
Engineers have a responsibility to safeguard public health and safety. This book presents fifteen practical mechanical engineering cases that integrate design principles with environment, health, and safety risk management to prepare future engineers.
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This collection of essays explores Neo-Baroque tendencies in contemporary art. Scholars reveal how artists and architects fold past traditions into the present, finding parallels between the Baroque's spectacle and fluidity and our own diverse, pluralistic culture.
This collection of essays explores Neo-Baroque tendencies in contemporary art. Scholars reveal how artists and architects fold past traditions into the present, finding parallels between the Baroque’s spectacle and fluidity and our own diverse, pluralistic culture.
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The public does not desire horror, yet enjoys it in art. In the monstrous marriage of the abject and the sublime, this thrill transforms the spectator into voyeur or victim. Representing horror means rendering it enjoyable—a game of limits that are no longer limits.
The public does not desire horror, yet enjoys it in art. In the monstrous marriage of the abject and the sublime, this thrill transforms the spectator into voyeur or victim. Representing horror means rendering it enjoyable—a game of limits that are no longer limits.
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Chinese Ancestor Worship
A Practice and Ritual Oriented Approach to Understanding Chinese Culture
This book is a new approach to understanding China. It challenges the master narrative of Confucianism and shows that ancestor worship has underpinned Chinese culture, providing a more efficacious paradigm through which Chinese culture may be viewed.
This book is a new approach to understanding China. It challenges the master narrative of Confucianism and shows that ancestor worship has underpinned Chinese culture, providing a more efficacious paradigm through which Chinese culture may be viewed.
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This book examines the complex interrelationships between religion, politics, and war. Combining Western and Asian analyses, it addresses critical issues like the separation of church and state, tolerance, and the causes of religious strife.
This book examines the complex interrelationships between religion, politics, and war. Combining Western and Asian analyses, it addresses critical issues like the separation of church and state, tolerance, and the causes of religious strife.
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How can aesthetic enquiry contribute to the study of visual culture? The essays in this volume show a variety of points of intersection between aesthetics and visual studies, considering the future of art, aesthetic experience, and representation versus reality.
How can aesthetic enquiry contribute to the study of visual culture? The essays in this volume show a variety of points of intersection between aesthetics and visual studies, considering the future of art, aesthetic experience, and representation versus reality.
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Wilkie Collins
Interdisciplinary Essays
This collection of critical essays explores the life and works of Wilkie Collins. It reveals his connections to key figures in art, theatre, medicine, and law, offering new perspectives on his most canonical works and readings of neglected material.
This collection of critical essays explores the life and works of Wilkie Collins. It reveals his connections to key figures in art, theatre, medicine, and law, offering new perspectives on his most canonical works and readings of neglected material.
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Resolving Classroom Management and School Leadership Issues in ELT
Action Research Reports from the United Arab Emirates
Experienced teachers use action research to examine problems in leadership and management. This volume features work by UAE researchers on classroom issues and broader leadership matters, concluding with a rare retrospective on their empowering investigations.
Experienced teachers use action research to examine problems in leadership and management. This volume features work by UAE researchers on classroom issues and broader leadership matters, concluding with a rare retrospective on their empowering investigations.
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Who were the early recording artists of American Folk and Country? Where did their songs originate? A specialist in early rural recordings gives answers, drawing on years of first-hand research, field trips to Appalachia, and a substantial private collection.
Who were the early recording artists of American Folk and Country? Where did their songs originate? A specialist in early rural recordings gives answers, drawing on years of first-hand research, field trips to Appalachia, and a substantial private collection.
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The Italians on the Land
Changing Perspectives on Republican Italy Then and Now
Amid renewed interest in Roman Italy, historians and archaeologists apply new techniques to old questions. These papers contribute to the debate, looking at Italy from both an Italian and a Roman perspective. Topics include villas, agriculture, and politics.
Amid renewed interest in Roman Italy, historians and archaeologists apply new techniques to old questions. These papers contribute to the debate, looking at Italy from both an Italian and a Roman perspective. Topics include villas, agriculture, and politics.
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Maurice Magnus
A Biography
D. H. Lawrence called him a scoundrel, but Maurice Magnus was a fascinating and tragic figure. This first full-length biography uses unpublished letters to reveal the expatriate American writer's life, from his youth in New York to his final days in Malta.
D. H. Lawrence called him a scoundrel, but Maurice Magnus was a fascinating and tragic figure. This first full-length biography uses unpublished letters to reveal the expatriate American writer’s life, from his youth in New York to his final days in Malta.
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The Dialectics of Late Capital and Power
James, Balzac and Critical Theory
This essay offers a provocative new theory on the dialectics of capital, cruelty, and power under late capitalism, as seen in the novels of Henry James and Honoré de Balzac. It introduces concepts like true power as ‘un-power’ and capital as ‘un-capital’.
This essay offers a provocative new theory on the dialectics of capital, cruelty, and power under late capitalism, as seen in the novels of Henry James and Honoré de Balzac. It introduces concepts like true power as ‘un-power’ and capital as ‘un-capital’.
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Women, Pain and Death
Rituals and Everyday Life on the Margins of Europe and Beyond
This cross-cultural collection explores women and death from the margins of Europe and beyond. Presenting original material from little-known areas, these studies offer new perspectives on cultural change and reveal surprising parallels between diverse societies.
This cross-cultural collection explores women and death from the margins of Europe and beyond. Presenting original material from little-known areas, these studies offer new perspectives on cultural change and reveal surprising parallels between diverse societies.
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