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A Darkly Radiant Vision: The Black Social Gospel in the Shadow of MLK
by Gary DorrienThe third and final volume in the first comprehensive history of Black social Christianity, by the &“greatest theological ethicist of the twenty-first century&” (Michael Eric Dyson) The Black social gospel is a tradition of unsurpassed and ongoing importance in American life, argues Gary Dorrien in his groundbreaking trilogy on the history of Black social Christianity. This concluding volume, an interpretation of the tradition since the early 1970s, follows Dorrien&’s award-winning The New Abolition: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel and Breaking White Supremacy: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel. Beginning in the shadow of Martin Luther King Jr., Dorrien examines the past fifty years of this intellectual and activist tradition, interpreting its politics, theology, ethics, social criticism, and social justice organizing. He argues that Black social Christianity is today an intersectional tradition of discourse and activist religion that interrelates liberation theology, womanist theology, antiracist politics, LGBTQ+ theory, cultural criticism, progressive religion, broad-based interfaith organizing, and global solidarity politics. A Darkly Radiant Vision features in-depth discussions of Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson, Samuel DeWitt Proctor, Gayraud Wilmore, James Cone, Cornel West, Katie Geneva Cannon, Stacey Floyd-Thomas, Traci Blackmon, William J. Barber II, Raphael G. Warnock, and many others.
Das Natural-Leadership-Prinzip: Mit bewusster Selbstführung zur Führungspersönlichkeit
by Anja NiekerkenWas macht eigentlich gute Führung aus? Stellt man diese Frage verschiedenen Menschen, gibt es darauf oft keine eindeutige Antwort. In den meisten Fällen haben die Befragten ein paar Vorbilder im Kopf. Aber warum gerade diese gute Führungskräfte sind oder waren, kann kaum jemand beantworten. Warum gute, charismatische Führung so schwer zu greifen ist, liegt vor allem daran, dass es dabei nicht um andere geht, sondern um sich selbst. Ein Widerspruch in sich? Im Gegenteil! Denn nur, wer sich selbst kennt, kann sich selbst führen. Und nur, wer sich selbst führen kann, kann andere mitnehmen. Aber sich selbst zu kennen, bedeutet nicht nur die eigenen Vorlieben und ein paar Schwächen zu kennen, sondern auch mit den eigenen Denkfehlern in Einklang zu sein. Das Natural-Leadership-Prinzip geht den Komponenten der Selbstführung auf den Grund und zeigt, wie man mit ehrlicher, konsequenter Selbstführung von der Führungskraft zur Führungspersönlichkeit wird. Ein Weg zur tieferen Selbsterkenntnis, zum selbstverständlichen Führen und zu einem bewussteren Leben.
Das polyseme Fundament der Wirklichkeit: Eine diskursethnologische Analyse nationalistischer Sinnwelten (Theorie und Praxis der Diskursforschung)
by Satu Fischer-KongtsoDieses Open-Access-Buch befasst sich mit der diskursiven Konstruktion von ‚deutscher Nation‘, wie sie sich in öffentlichen Debatten um nationalen Ein- und Ausschluss offenbart. Staatsangehörigkeit und Einbürgerung sind zentrale Instrumente dieser sozialen Schließung. Anhand der widerstreitenden Diskurse um die Hamburger Einbürgerungsinitiative lässt sich exemplarisch ermitteln, welche diskursiven Grundbegriffe das deutsche Selbstverständnis anleiten. Zu diesem Zweck vereint die Autorin unterschiedliche diskursanalytische Traditionen mit Methoden der klassischen Ethnographie zu einem Ansatz der Diskursethnologie. Die Analyse zeigt, dass die öffentliche Debatte zwischen einem staatsnationalen und einem ethnonationalen Pol oszilliert. Beide nehmen ihren Ausgangspunkt in der unterschiedlichen Ausformulierung ihrer gemeinsamen Grundbegriffe. Diese Polysemie führt dazu, dass sich in der öffentlichen Arena antagonistische Wirklichkeitssphären gegenüberstehen, die mit Hilfe emotionalisierter Identitätsangebote Macht auf ihre Adressat*innen ausüben.
Das Protokoll (AdminiStudies. Formen und Medien der Verwaltung #2)
by Peter Plener Niels Werber Burkhardt WolfProtokolle stehen im Zentrum unterschiedlichster (interaktiver, papierener oder auch elektronischer) Verwaltungsoperationen: Sie halten ebenso fest, was gesagt und beschlossen wurde, wie sie festlegen, was wie zu tun ist. Sie strukturieren, regulieren und dokumentieren Sprech- und Handlungsabläufe von ministeriellen Zusammenkünften, Gerichtsterminen und anderen komplexen Arbeitsprozessen. Seit Jahrhunderten schreiben Protokolle auf und vor, was zu tun und was zu lassen ist, was als notwendig gilt oder als unwichtig und marginal. Sie filtern aus komplexen Interaktionen das heraus, was jene Vergangenheit gewesen sein wird, auf die man sich künftig bezieht. Dabei arbeiten Protokolle letztlich ein und demselben Zweck zu: dass – auf begründete und regelgeleitete Weise – überhaupt etwas entschieden wird. Vor diesem Hintergrund und mit verwaltungshistorischen und soziologischen ebenso wie medien-, kultur- und literaturwissenschaftlichen Perspektiven greift der zweite Open Access-Band der AdminiStudies drei Hauptformen dieses Verwaltungsmediums auf: Gesprächs- bzw. Verlaufsprotokolle, diplomatische und technische Protokolle.
Das PSM Governance Analysemodell in akteurtheoretischer Perspektive: Die Autonomie von TVP S.A. Governance 1989-2015
by Magdalena PlochMagdalena Ploch widmet sich in ihrem Buch der Regulierung von Telewizja Polska S.A., des staatlichen Rundfunksenders Polens. Dabei betrachtet die Autorin die politischen und ökonomischen Kräfte, die auf den öffentlichen Rundfunk im Zeitraum von 1989 bis 2015 einwirkten. Unter dem Gesichtspunkt der möglichen zivilgesellschaftlichen Einflussnahme wird der Fokus auf die partizipative Governance gelenkt. Eine theoretische Fundierung erfährt die Betrachtung der Public Service Media Governance mit dem Akteur-Struktur-Dynamiken-Modell. Die Anwendung des akteurtheoretischen Ansatzes erlaubt die Analyse der PSM Governance aus gleichzeitig drei verschiedenen Blickwinkeln: den Untersuchungsebenen der Handlungsorientierungen, der institutionellen Ordnung sowie der Akteurskonstellationen.
Das Rotkäppchen-Prinzip: 10 Schritte zu einem unvergesslichen Vortrag, Seminar oder Unterricht
by Vera SpillnerIn diesem Buch zeigt Ihnen Vera Spillner auf unterhaltsame und anschauliche Weise, wie Sie in 10 einfachen Schritten wirkungsvolle Vorträge, Workshops, Seminare oder Vorlesungen gestalten können, die im Gedächtnis bleiben. Was war die letzte Veranstaltung, der letzte Workshop, das letzte Seminar, das Sie besucht haben? Um welches Thema ging es? Und woran liegt es, wenn es Ihnen wie den meisten geht und Sie sich kaum erinnern können? Die Erfahrung zeigt: Schuld sind nicht die Inhalte, und auch eher selten der oder die Vortragende. Schuld ist die Form.Dieses Buch richtet sich an alle, die im beruflichen oder privaten Kontext über Themen sprechen möchten, die ihnen am Herzen liegen und wollen, dass ihr Thema ankommt.Das Geheimnis: machen Sie es zu einem Ereignis und erzählen Sie eine Geschichte. Bauen Sie ein Narrativ ein und erwecken Sie Emotionen. Kompliziert? Kein bisschen. Wie das geht, zeigt Ihnen die Vera Spillner am konkreten Beispiel einer eigenen Veranstaltung – ganz nach dem „Rotkäppchen-Prinzip“, indem Sie Ihren Vortrag in eine spannende Geschichte verwandeln.Aus dem Inhalt Wie Sie mit Storytelling und klugen Narrativen ihre Zuhörer gewinnenWarum Charaktere und Spannungsbögen für einen guten Vortrag so wichtig sindWie Sie Charaktere entwickeln, die im Gedächtnis bleibenWie Sie in 10 Schritten alles für Ihren Vortrag, Workshop oder Seminar vorbereiten
Das schulische Raceregime: (De-)Privilegierung und Widerstand an US-amerikanischen Highschools (Schule und Gesellschaft #69)
by Saskia TerstegenFür US-amerikanische Schulen wurden seit der Bürgerrechtsbewegung Antidiskriminierungsgesetze und -strategien entwickelt bzw. erkämpft, doch bleibt Rassismus für sie weiterhin ein wirkmächtiges Phänomen. In einer ethnographischen Diskursanalyse untersucht Saskia Terstegen, welche Bedeutsamkeit der Differenzdimension Race in der Schule für die (De-)Privilegierung von Schüler:innen, Lehrer:innen und Adminstrator:innen zukommt. Hierfür werden subjektivierungs-, diskurs- und rassismustheoretische Perspektiven auf Race, whitenessund Widerstand entwickelt. Auf Basis von Daten, die an zwei Highschools zur Zeit der Wahl Donald Trumps zum Präsidenten der USA entstanden sind, wird herausgearbeitet, wie whiteness als schulische Norm anerkannt und herausgefordert wird. Mit dem Konzept des schulischen Raceregimes unterbreitet die Studie einen machttheoretischen Vorschlag, um das Verhältnis der Stabilisierung und Irritation von Rassismus in der Schule vor dem Hintergrund pädagogischer Verhältnisse zu fassen.
Das sichtbare Publikum?: Publikumsbeziehungen der Massenmedien im digitalen Wandel
by Florian Muhle Tilmann Sutter Josef WehnerWährend sich Massenkommunikation lange an ein anonymes und disperses Publikum richtete, scheint sich dies mit der zunehmenden Digitalisierung der Massenkommunikation grundlegend zu verändern. Denn die Möglichkeiten der Verdatung und Analyse digitaler Kommunikation – ob auf den Plattformen der massenmedialen Anbieter oder in den sozialen Medien – ermöglichen die Echtzeit-Beobachtung von Publikumsaktivitäten, die somit zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte der Massenmedien für diese direkt sichtbar werden. Was dies für Struktur und Form der Massenkommunikation bedeutet, ist Gegenstand der Beiträge des Bandes. Diese wenden sich sowohl aus theoretischer Perspektive als auch im Rahmen empirischer Fallstudien der Frage zu, wie sich im digitalen Wandel auch die Publikumsbeziehungen der Massenmedien verändern – und welche Konsequenzen dies für unser Verständnis der Massenkommunikation hat.
Das Traditionsdenken im 20. Jahrhundert (Studien zur Philosophie des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts)
by Steffen KluckDas Buch liefert eine Analyse des Phänomens Tradition, wie es in der Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts vor allem betrachtet wurde. Dabei werden auch die relevanten vorhergehenden Ansätze des Mittelalters und der Aufklärung erläutert. Es kommen alle namhaften Vertreter des Traditionsdenkens - u.a. Habermas, Gadamer, Assmann oder Hobsbawm - zu Wort, so dass sich ein intellektuelles Gegenwartspanorama ergibt.
Data Analysis for Social Science: A Friendly and Practical Introduction
by Elena Llaudet Kosuke ImaiAn ideal textbook for an introductory course on quantitative methods for social scientists—assumes no prior knowledge of statistics or coding <p><p>Data Analysis for Social Science provides a friendly introduction to the statistical concepts and programming skills needed to conduct and evaluate social scientific studies. Using plain language and assuming no prior knowledge of statistics and coding, the book provides a step-by-step guide to analyzing real-world data with the statistical program R for the purpose of answering a wide range of substantive social science questions. It teaches not only how to perform the analyses but also how to interpret results and identify strengths and limitations. This one-of-a-kind textbook includes supplemental materials to accommodate students with minimal knowledge of math and clearly identifies sections with more advanced material so that readers can skip them if they so choose. <p><p>Analyzes real-world data using the powerful, open-sourced statistical program R, which is free for everyone to use <p><p>Teaches how to measure, predict, and explain quantities of interest based on data <p><p>Shows how to infer population characteristics using survey research, predict outcomes using linear models, and estimate causal effects with and without randomized experiments <p><p>Assumes no prior knowledge of statistics or coding <p><p>Specifically designed to accommodate students with a variety of math backgrounds <p><p>Provides cheatsheets of statistical concepts and R code <p><p>Supporting materials available online, including real-world datasets and the code to analyze them, plus—for instructor use—sample syllabi, sample lecture slides, additional datasets, and additional exercises with solutions <p><p>Looking for a more advanced introduction? Consider Quantitative Social Science by Kosuke Imai. In addition to covering the material in Data Analysis for Social Science, it teaches diffs-in-diffs models, heterogeneous effects, text analysis, and regression discontinuity designs, among other things.
Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment
by Susannah BreslinA Belletrist Book Pick for December 2023Lab Girl meets Brain on Fire in this provocative and poignant memoir delving into a woman's formative experiences as a veritable "lab rat" in a lifelong psychological study, and her pursuit to reclaim autonomy and her identity as a adult. What if your parents turn you into a human lab rat when you&’re a child? Will that change the story of your life? Will that change who you are? When Susannah Breslin is a toddler, her parents enroll her in an exclusive laboratory preschool at the University of California, Berkeley, where she becomes one of over a hundred children who are research subjects in an unprecedented thirty-year study of personality development that predicts who she and her cohort will grow up to be. Decades later, trapped in what she feels is an abusive marriage and battling breast cancer, she starts to wonder how growing up under a microscope shaped her identity and life choices. Already a successful journalist, she makes her own curious history the subject of her next investigation. From experiment rooms with one-way mirrors, to children&’s puzzles with no solutions, to condemned basement laboratories, her life-changing journey uncovers the long-buried secrets hidden behind the renowned study. The question at the gnarled heart of her quest: Did the study know her better than she knew herself? At once bravely honest and sharply witty, Data Baby is a compelling and provocative account of a woman&’s quest to find her true self, and an unblinking exploration of why we turn out as we do. Few people in all of history have been studied from such a young age and for as long as this author, but the message of her book is universal. In an era when so many of us are looking to technology to tell us who to be, it&’s up to us to discover who we actually are.
Data Borders: How Silicon Valley Is Building an Industry around Immigrants
by Melissa Villa-NicholasData Borders investigates entrenched and emerging borderland technology that ensnares all people in an intimate web of surveillance where data resides and defines citizenship. Detailing the new trend of biologically mapping undocumented people through biotechnologies, Melissa Villa-Nicholas shows how surreptitious monitoring of Latinx immigrants is the focus of and driving force behind Silicon Valley's growing industry within defense technology manufacturing. Villa-Nicholas reveals a murky network that gathers data on marginalized communities for purposes of exploitation and control that implicates law enforcement, border patrol, and ICE, but that also pulls in public workers and the general public, often without their knowledge or consent. Enriched by interviews of Latinx immigrants living in the borderlands who describe their daily use of technology and their caution around surveillance, this book argues that in order to move beyond a heavily surveilled state that dehumanizes both immigrants and citizens, we must first understand how our data is being collected, aggregated, correlated, and weaponized with artificial intelligence and then push for immigrant and citizen information privacy rights along the border and throughout the United States.
Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance
by Karen LevyA behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of lifeLong-haul truckers are the backbone of the American economy, transporting goods under grueling conditions and immense economic pressure. Truckers have long valued the day-to-day independence of their work, sharing a strong occupational identity rooted in a tradition of autonomy. Yet these workers increasingly find themselves under many watchful eyes. Data Driven examines how digital surveillance is upending life and work on the open road, and raises crucial questions about the role of data collection in broader systems of social control.Karen Levy takes readers inside a world few ever see, painting a bracing portrait of one of the last great American frontiers. Federal regulations now require truckers to buy and install digital monitors that capture data about their locations and behaviors. Intended to address the pervasive problem of trucker fatigue by regulating the number of hours driven each day, these devices support additional surveillance by trucking firms and other companies. Traveling from industry trade shows to law offices and truck-stop bars, Levy reveals how these invasive technologies are reconfiguring industry relationships and providing new tools for managerial and legal control—and how truckers are challenging and resisting them.Data Driven contributes to an emerging conversation about how technology affects our work, institutions, and personal lives, and helps to guide our thinking about how to protect public interests and safeguard human dignity in the digital age.
Data Enclaves
by Kean BirchThis book focuses on our increasing dependence upon Big Tech to live, manage, and enjoy our lives. The author examines how we freely exchange our personal data for access to online platforms, services, and devices without proper consideration of the implications of this trade. Our personal data is the defining resource of the emerging digital economy, and it is increasingly concentrated in a few data enclaves controlled by Big Tech firms, cementing an increasingly parasitic form of technoscientific innovation. Big Tech controls access to these data, dictates the terms of our use of their services and products, and controls the future development of key technologies like artificial intelligence. The contention of this book is that we need to rethink our political and policy approach to data governance and to do so requires unpacking the peculiarities of personal data and how personal data are transformed into a valuable asset.
Data for Social Good: Non-Profit Sector Data Projects
by Jane Farmer Anthony McCosker Kath Albury Amir AryaniThis open access book provides practical guidance for non-profits and community sector organisations about how to get started with data analytics projects using their own organisations’ datasets and open public data. The book shares best practices on collaborative social data projects and methodology. For researchers, the work offers a playbook for partnering with community organisations in data projects for public good and gives worked examples of projects of various sizes and complexity.
Data Management for Social Scientists: From Files to Databases (Methodological Tools in the Social Sciences)
by Nils B. WeidmannThe 'data revolution' offers many new opportunities for research in the social sciences. Increasingly, social and political interactions can be recorded digitally, leading to vast amounts of new data available for research. This poses new challenges for organizing and processing research data. This comprehensive introduction covers the entire range of data management techniques, from flat files to database management systems. It demonstrates how established techniques and technologies from computer science can be applied in social science projects, drawing on a wide range of different applied examples. This book covers simple tools such as spreadsheets and file-based data storage and processing, as well as more powerful data management software like relational databases. It goes on to address advanced topics such as spatial data, text as data, and network data. This book is one of the first to discuss questions of practical data management specifically for social science projects.
Database Computing for Scholarly Research: Case Studies Using the Online Cultural and Historical Research Environment (Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
by Sandra R. Schloen Miller C. ProsserThis book discusses in detail a series of examples drawn from scholarly projects that use the OCHRE database platform (Online Cultural and Historical Research Environment). These case studies illustrate the wide range of data that can be managed with this platform and the wide variety of problems solved by OCHRE’s item-based graph data model. The unique features and design principles of the OCHRE platform are explained and justified, helping readers to imagine how the system could be used for their own data.Data generated by studies in the humanities and social sciences is often semi-structured, fragmented, highly variable, and subject to many interpretations, making it difficult to represent adequately in a conventional database. The authors examine commonly used methods of data management in the humanities and offer a compelling argument for a different approach that takes advantage of powerful computational techniques for organizing scholarly information.This book is a challenge to scholars in the humanities and social sciences, asking them to expect more from technology as they pursue their research goals. Written jointly by a software engineer and a research scholar, each with many years of experience in applying database methods to diverse kinds of scholarly data, it shows how scholars can make the most of their existing data while going beyond the limitations of commonly used software tools to represent their objects of study in a more accurate, nuanced, and flexible way.
Daughter of History: Traces of an Immigrant Girlhood (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture)
by Susan SuleimanA photograph with faint writing on the back. A traveling chess set. A silver pin. In her new memoir, noted scholar and author Susan Rubin Suleiman uses such everyday objects and the memories they evoke to tell the story of her early life as a Holocaust refugee and American immigrant. In this coming-of-age story that probes the intergenerational complexities of immigrant families and the inevitability of loss, Susan looks to her own life as an example of how historical events shape our private lives. After the Nazis marched into Hungary in 1944, five-year old Susan learned to call herself by a Christian name, hiding with false papers in Budapest with her parents. While her relatives in the provinces would be among the 450,000 Hungarian Jews deported to Auschwitz, Susan's close family survived and even thrived in the years following the war. But when the Communist Party took over Hungary, Susan and her parents emigrated to Chicago by way of Vienna, Paris, Haiti, and New York. In her adult life as a prominent feminist professor, she rarely allowed herself to think about these chapters of her past—but eventually, when she had children of her own, she found herself called back to Budapest, unlocking memories that would change the direction of her scholarship and career. At the center of this richly textured memoir is a little girl who grows up happy despite the traumas of her early years, surrounded by a loving family. As a teenager in the 1950s, she is determined to become "100% American," until a post-college year in Paris leads her to realize that her European roots and Americanness can coexist. At once an intellectual autobiography and a reflection on the nature of memory, identity, and home, Daughter of History invites us to consider how the objects that underpin our lives become gateways to our past.
Daughters Healing from Family Mobbing: Stories and Approaches to Recover from Shunning, Aggression, and Family Violence
by STEPHANIE A. SELLERS, PHDA galvanizing call to end family-based anti-female violence, shaming, and shunning--stories and practices for healing from Family Mobbing.&“Family Mobbing&” is a strategic process of power and control. When daughters are mobbed, they&’re not just shunned, attacked, or slandered: they&’re also subjugated by a system of family rules that reinforces patriarchal oppression. What makes mobbing so insidious--and so under-reported--is that here, family itself is the site of violence, trauma, and shame.Family violence against girls and women is still legal--even in America, and even now. Across cultures, girls and women may be shunned or shamed, emotionally mistreated, or physically attacked by their families to maintain status, social conventions, and the family&’s own standing within their community. Family Mobbing tactics can include slander, gossip, rejection, beatings, anti-Queer violence, and even honor killings, child marriages, and forced abortion.Author Stephanie Sellers--herself a survivor--explores the global phenomenon of Family Mobbing, revealing the secrets and patterns that play out behind closed doors and remain unseen, unacknowledged, and unaddressed. She discusses:Why families and communities alienate members of their groupsWhy women, girls, and LGBTQIA2S+ people are at higher risk of mobbingThe ramifications of raising daughters to be submissiveHow (and why) mothers and grandmothers perpetuate cycles of Family Mobbing against their daughtersHow to move on after being mobbed, shunned, or shamedFirsthand accounts from people all over the world who were mobbed by their familiesHow different religious worldviews inform the practice and perpetuation of Family MobbingSellers offers stories, definitions, and solutions to help women, girls, and people of all genders who have been mobbed by their families. She remembers and honors vast, ancient traditions that recognize female sanctity and personhood as paths forward to healing, with a focus on the practices and worldviews of Mother-first cultures that can illuminate the path toward honoring, valuing, and respecting daughters.
The Daughters of Madurai: The heart-wrenching, thought-provoking book club debut of 2023
by Rajasree Variyar''Oh my goodness. If I could give this book 6 stars out of 5 I would' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'One of those books that will stay with me for years and decades to come...' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Grabbed my heart and wouldn't let go!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A joy to read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐_____________________________________________________________'A girl is a burden. A girl is a curse.' Madurai, 1992. A young mother in a poor family, Janani is told she is useless if she can't produce a son - or worse, bears daughters they can't afford. They let her keep her first baby girl but the rest are taken away as soon as they are born. The fate of her children has never been in her hands. But Janani can't forget the daughters who weren't allowed to live.Sydney, 2019. Nila has a secret, one she's been keeping from her parents for far too long. Before she can say anything, her grandfather in India falls ill and she agrees to join her parents on a trip to Madurai - the first in over ten years. Growing up in Australia, Nila knows very little about where she or her family came from, or who they left behind. What she's about to learn will change her forever...Perfect for fans of Christy Lefteri and Delia Owens._____________________________________________________________FEATURED IN COSMOPOLITAN AND GLAMOUR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023'Haunting, moving, completely compelling - an incredible debut' JENNIFER SAINT'A captivating and riveting debut from an unforgettable new voice' LOUISE O'NEILL'Heartrending but ultimately hopeful, this richly evocative and spellbinding book will touch your soul' VERONICA HENRY'A beautiful story, hauntingly written' JULIE COHEN'Heartbreaking, emotional and thought-provoking... I will think about this story for a long time' ALIYA ALI-AFZAL'Full of grace and tenderness' JYOTI PATEL'A haunting, powerful novel' THRITY UMRIGAR'Powerful and important' KAREN ANGELICO'A truly powerful story that remains with you long after the final word has been read' GLAMOUR'This raw and moving debut packs a punch' ADELE PARKS FOR PLATINUM'Utterly devastating and quietly hopeful' WOMAN'S OWN'Powerful and moving novel ... once read it is not easily forgotten' DAILY MAIL
David B. Zilberman: Selected Essays
by David B. ZilbermanThis book is a selection of articles by David Zilberman, a prolific author, whose tragic untimely death did not allow to finish many of his undertakings. Zilberman’s work represents a fresh word in the way of philosophizing or philosophy-building and the technique of modal methodology. This book comprises of thirteen independent articles that are not related by content. The point of thematic convergence of these articles is the way they reflect the new way of methodological thinking through the application and benefits of modalization or modal methodology that unfolds unbound possibilities of philosophic elaborations. By shifting constantly from one position to another, Zilberman disclosed the antinomicity of all types of thought. Such an approach led him to outline for the first time his major attempt to start creating not "systems" but "sums" of philosophies so that the philosophical activity would be able to re-emerge on the slopes of such "sums." The book can be used as a starting point of a discussion, especially in study of philosophy. We imagine it can be used in undergraduate classes on World Philosophies or Intercultural Philosophy courses. With that, it can serve as a useful resource for adding intercultural elements into Western-centered courses.
David Harvey: A Critical Introduction to His Thought
by Noel Castree Greig Charnock Brett ChristophersDavid Harvey is among the most influential Marxist thinkers of the last half century. This book offers a lucid and authoritative introduction to his work, with a structure designed to reflect the enduring topics and insights that serve to unify Harvey’s writings over a long period of time. Harvey’s writings have exerted huge influence within the social sciences and the humanities. In addition, his work now commands a global readership among Left political activists and those interested in current world affairs. Harvey’s central preoccupation is capitalism and the impacts of its growth-obsessed, contradictory dynamics. His name is synonymous with key analytical concepts like ‘the spatial fix’ and ‘accumulation by dispossession’. This critical introduction to his thought is an essential companion for both new and more experienced readers. The critique of capitalism is one of the most important undertakings of our time, and Harvey’s work offers powerful tools to help us see why a ‘softer’ capitalism is insufficient and a post-capitalist future is necessary. This book is an important resource for scholars and graduate students in geography, politics and many other disciplines across the social sciences and humanities.
The Day after Yesterday: Resilience in the Face of Dementia
by Joe WallaceA deft combination of narrative and portraiture that breaks the taboo around dementia, replacing the fear and futility with empathy and nuance.A graphic designer, a writer, a public servant, a retired PhD, a 29-year-old with early-onset Alzheimer&’s. These are just some of the 50 million people living with dementia who share their deeply personal stories with Joe Wallace in The Day after Yesterday, a powerful collection of portraits and personal stories that humanizes the millions of people living with the disease. Each story in this poignant volume offers a unique and powerful lesson—not just about how to live with a terminal illness, but how to do so with resilience and dignity.Dementia is often a taboo subject with limited public awareness or discourse. A diagnosis can become a mechanism for segregating those affected from society, making it easier to see only the label and not the individual, which, in turn, makes it easier to ignore the burgeoning health crisis and the individuals themselves. But as one man told Wallace, &“Don&’t believe the narrative that life is over. I want my voice to help get people to treat us the same as they did before we got the diagnosis. We may change some, but we are the same people!&” More than a visual representation, The Day after Yesterday&’s compassionate portraits capture the dignity and richness of each individual, destigmatizing dementia and enabling a loving, respectful, and much-needed conversation.
Dead Funny: The Humor of American Horror
by David GillotaHorror films strive to make audiences scream, but they also garner plenty of laughs. In fact, there is a long tradition of horror directors who are fluent in humor, from James Whale to John Landis to Jordan Peele. So how might horror and humor overlap more than we would expect? Dead Funny locates humor as a key element in the American horror film, one that is not merely used for extraneous “comic relief” moments but often serves to underscore major themes, intensify suspense, and disorient viewers. Each chapter focuses on a different comic style or device, from the use of funny monsters and scary clowns in movies like A Nightmare on Elm Street to the physical humor and slapstick in movies ranging from The Evil Dead to Final Destination. Along the way, humor scholar David Gillota explores how horror films employ parody, satire, and camp to comment on gender, sexuality, and racial politics. Covering everything from the grotesque body in Freaks to the comedy of awkwardness in Midsommar, this book shows how integral humor has been to the development of the American horror film over the past century.
Dead Man's Chest: Exploring the Archaeology of Piracy
by Russell K. Skowronek Charles R. EwenA global approach to better understanding piracy through archaeology Featuring discussions of newly discovered evidence from South America, England, New England, Haiti, the Virgin Islands, the Caribbean Sea, and the Indian Ocean, Dead Man’s Chest presents diverse approaches to better understanding piracy through archaeological investigations, landscape studies, material culture analyses, and documentary and cartographic evidence. The case studies in this volume include medieval and postmedieval piracy in the Bristol Channel, illicit trade in seventeenth-century fishing stations in Maine, and the guerrilla tactics of nineteenth-century privateers and coastal bandits off the Gulf of Mexico Coast. Contributors reveal the story of a Dutch privateer who saved a ship from a storm only to take control of it, partnerships between pirates and Indigenous inhabitants along the Miskito coast, and new findings on the Speaker—one of the first pirate ships to be archaeologically investigated—in Madagascar. As well as covering shipwrecks and other topics traditionally associated with piracy, several chapters look at pirate facilities on land and cultural interactions with nearby communities as reflected through archival documentation. As a whole, the volume highlights various ways to identify piracy and smuggling in the archaeological record, while encouraging readers to question what they think they know about pirates.Contributors: Dr. Charles R. Ewen | Russell K. Skowronek | Yann von Arnim | Martijn van den Bel | Patrick J. Boyle | John de Bry | Alexandre Coulaud | Jessie Cragg | Lynn B. Harris | Geraldo J. S. Hostin | Coy Jacob Idol | Kimberly P. Kenyon | Patrick Lizé | Laurent Pavlidis| Jason T. Raupp | Bradley Rodgers | Nathalie Sellier-Ségard | Jean Soulat | Katherine D. Thomas | Michael Thomin | Megan Rhodes Victor | Kenneth S. Wild