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Hindutva and violence
Examines the place of history in the political thought of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, one of the key architects of modern Hindu nationalism.Hindutva and Violence explores the place of history in the political thought of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883–1966), the most controversial Indian political t...
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College bound
Argues that first- and second-generation Jewish American writers had an ambivalent relationship with educational success.Jewish American immigrants and their children have been stereotyped as exceptional educational achievers, with attendance at prestigious universities leading directly to profes...
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Meanings of work
Examines the fast-changing patterns of work in the global market and the resulting social, cultural, and economic impact on the work force.Meanings of Work examines interconnected cultural, social, and economic dimensions of human work. It provides an innovating interdisciplinary basis for unders...
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Checking the courts
Examines and measures the extent to which statutory language affects judicial behavior.How does the language of legislative statutes affect judicial behavior? Scholars of the judiciary have rarely studied this question despite statutes being, theoretically, the primary opportunity for legislature...
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From eternity to eternity
A vivid, firsthand account of life as a Buddhist nun, by the most respected female Zen master in Korea.From Eternity to Eternity is the story of Bulpil Sunim, arguably the most respected female Seon (Zen) master in Korea. Written with candor and an unpretentious sense of humor, her memoir provide...
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Herbert h. lehman
The definitive biography of New York State's four-term Governor, US Senator, humanitarian, and Jewish liberal political reformer.This new biography of Herbert Lehman-the first in a half century-fills the void left by historians and political scientists who have neglected one of the truly great li...
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The ford pinto case
This book brings together the basic documents needed for reaching an informed judgment on the central ethical question in the Pinto case: did Ford Motor Company act ethically in designing the Pinto fuel system and in deciding not to upgrade the integrity of that system until 1978? The five parts ...
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Silencing the opposition
Examines major challenges to the First Amendment and focuses on the extremely important paradigm shift of freedom of expression in the post-9/11 era.The first edition of Silencing the Opposition examined major challenges to the First Amendment using illustrative case studies of the various forms ...
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A realistic theory of science
This book presents a clear and critical view of the orthodox logical empiricist tradition, pointing the way to significant developments for the understanding of science both as research and as culture. It summarizes the present confused and highly polarized status of the orthodox philosophy of sc...
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The illusion of will, self, and time
Discusses how William James's work suggests a world without will, self, or time and how research supports this perspective.A Seminary Co-op Notable Book of 2016 William James is often considered a scientist compromised by his advocacy of mysticism and parapsychology. Jonathan Bricklin argues Jame...
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Florence nightingale in egypt and greece
A remarkable spiritual testimony, this complete transcription of Florence Nightingale's hitherto-unpublished diary (recorded during visits to Egypt and Greece in 1850) reveals the troubled period during which she finally realized that the answer to her call from God lay in service to humanity.Pri...
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Feminist phenomenology and medicine
Phenomenological insights into health issues relating to bodily self-experience, normality and deviance, self-alienation, and objectification.Situated at the intersection of phenomenology of medicine and feminist phenomenology, this volume provides insights into medical practices such as surgical...
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Communicating for development
This book discusses the place of communication in economic development and social change, not only as it pertains to "developing" societies, but also as it relates to the "developed" societies where socio-economic advancement has created a pressing need for social change or the elimination of the...
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Plato's theory of explanation
Here is the question: what constitutes a good explanation of phenomena? Whereas true being (forms) can be known through dialectic, concrete phenomena can only be explained. An explanation is verisimilar of dialectical knowledge as concrete things are images of eternal ones. Ashbaugh shows how Pla...
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The buddhist world of southeast asia
A wide-ranging, readable account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.An unparalleled portrait, Donald K. Swearer's Buddhist World of Southeast Asia has been a key source for all those intereste...
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In-between
Draws from Latina feminism, existential phenomenology, and race theory to explore the concept of selfhood.This original study intertwining Latina feminism, existential phenomenology, and race theory offers a new philosophical approach to understanding selfhood and identity. Focusing on writings b...
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In the hamptons too
Tales of the sometimes rich, sometimes famous, but always quirky residents of one of America's best-known summer colonies, as told by the editor and publisher of Dan's Papers, the area's free weekly newspaper.As the editor and publisher of Dan's Papers, the area's popular free newspaper, Dan Ratt...
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Congress
An insightful reassessment of the relationship between the U.S. Congress and the states.Reassessing the relationship between the federal government and the states, Congress: Facilitator of State Action examines how the U.S. Congress routinely and necessarily devolves power to the states. A host o...
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The meaning of religious freedom
The most thorough philosophical analysis available of the principle of religious freedom. It draws on the thought of philosophers and political theorists (Rawls, Habermas, Murray, Rorty, Greenawalt, and Mead) rather than on the framers of the Constitution and the Bill of RightsThe endorsement of ...
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Dante and derrida
Discusses Derrida as a religious thinker, reading Dante's Commedia and Derrida's religious writings together.Reading Dante's Commedia alongside Jacques Derrida's later religious writings, Francis J. Ambrosio explores what these works reveal about religion as a fundamental dynamic of human existen...
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México's nobodies
Analyzes cultural materials that grapple with gender and blackness to revise traditional interpretations of Mexicanness.Honorable Mention, 2018 Elli Kongas-Maranda Professional Award presented by the Women's Studies Section of the American Folklore Society Winner of the 2018 Katherine Singer Kova...
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Private authority and international affairs
Explores in detail the degree to which private sector firms are beginning to replace governments in "governing" some areas of international relations.Governments today are too often unwilling to intervene in global commerce, and international organizations are too often unable to govern effective...
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The resilience of christianity in the modern world
This book develops a theoretical framework for understanding the popularity of religion in its particular social contexts. The author provides analyses of examples of "religious renaissance," such as the relation of the Catholic Church to Poland's Solidarity Movement, and the counterculture and P...
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A watch over mortality
An in-depth study of the thought of contemporary Spanish philosopher Julian Marias, in the context of Ortega y Gasset and his times and twentieth-century Spanish culture.In A Watch Over Mortality Harold Raley offers the English-speaking world Julián Marías's compelling alternatives to contemporar...
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Science, technology, and democracy
Examines restrictions and potentialities for public access to science and technology decision making.Activists, scientists, and scholars in the social sciences and humanities explore in productive dialogue what it means to democratize science and technology. The contributors consider what role la...
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The festival of indra
Details the textual and performative history of the South Asian festival of Indra and its role in the development of classical Hinduism.The Festival of Indra details the textual and performative history of an important South Asian festival and its role in the development of classical Hinduism. Dr...
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Plato's craft of justice
Shows that Plato's middle dialogues develop and extend, rather than reject, philosophical positions taken in the early dialogues.This book traces the development of Plato's analogy between craft and virtue from Euthydemus and Gorgias through the central books of the Republic. It shows that Plato'...
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Chinese gleams of sufi light
The first study in English of Islamic thought in China, this book shows that this tradition was informed by both Sufism and Neo-Confucianism; translations of two classic works are included.Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light investigates, for the first time in a Western language, the manner in which the...
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Yemoja
Bridges theory, art, and practice to discuss emerging issues in transnational religious movements in Latina/o and African diasporas.Finalist for the 2014 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for the Best Book in Africana Religions presented by the Journal of Africana Religions This is the first collection of...
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Brokering tareas
Provides concrete examples of homework mentorship and positive academic interventions among immigrant families.Winner of the 2019 Outstanding Book in Community Writing Award presented by the Coalition for Community Writing Brokering Tareas examines a grassroots literacy mentoring program that con...
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The hagiographer and the avatar
Examines the key role of a hagiographer within a charismatic religious movement.In this biographical study, Antonio Rigopoulos explores the fundamental role of a hagiographer within a charismatic religious movement: in this case, the postsectarian, cosmopolitan community of the Indian guru Sathya...
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Affectual erasure
Comprehensive examination of how Indigenous peoples have been represented in Argentine film.Affectual Erasure examines how Argentine cinema has represented Indigenous peoples throughout a period spanning roughly a century. Cynthia Margarita Tompkins interrelates her discussion of films with the e...
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Visionary worlds
Considers the role and significance of imagination and the myth-making processes that engage human beings in constructing a viable, living world of meaningful relations, beliefs and social interactions.Visionary Worlds examines the role and significance of imagination and the myth-making processe...
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Kāma's flowers
Explores the transformation of Hindi poetry as it reflects a changing society during the period from 1885 to 1925.Kama's Flowers documents the transformation of Hindi poetry during the crucial period of 1885-1925. As Hindi was becoming a national language and Indian nationalism was emerging, Hind...
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Islamic theology and philosophy
Some of the foremost living scholars in Islamic thought have come together to create a standard and definitive work on the subject of Islamic thought. Noted scholars from North America, Europe, and the Middle East offer new and generative interpretations of major themes in the field. They address...
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Hybridity
Critical reevaluation of the concept of hybridity within postcolonial studies.This critical engagement with some of the most prominent contemporary theorists of postcolonial studies reevaluates recent theories of hybridity and agency. Challenging the claim that hybridity provides a site of resist...
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Contemporary italian political philosophy
Highlights and critically assesses the work of contemporary Italian political philosophers.Italy has a rich philosophical legacy, and recent developments and movements in its political philosophy have produced a significant body of thought by internationally renowned philosophers working on quest...
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Religious conscience, the state, and the law
Examines claims to freedom of religion by minority, unorthodox faith groups and how these challenges to the state and the law have contributed to the development of civil rights discourse and practice.This book examines the history and significance of religious freedom claims by minority, unortho...
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Diasporic blackness
Examines the life of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg through the lens of both Blackness and latinidad.A Black Puerto Rican–born scholar, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874–1938) was a well-known collector and archivist whose personal library was the basis of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Cultur...
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Making the case
Analyzes the value of using case-based methodologies to address contemporary social justice issues in philosophy.Making the Case brings together established and emerging philosophers who use case studies to address a variety of contemporary social justice causes. The contributors show both the de...
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Ecologies of knowledge
This collection of articles provides a comprehensive overview of personal and public issues related to social change and how they shape scientific and technical knowledge.Ecologies of Knowledge provides a comprehensive overview of issues relating to work, politics, and the latest perspectives on ...
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Integral education
Leading researchers and practitioners explore the frontiers of education from an integral perspective.The educational challenges being faced today are driving us toward a new step in the evolution of educational theory and practice. Educators are called to go beyond simply presenting alternatives...
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Deweyan inquiry
Presents John Dewey's theory of inquiry and applies it to various areas of the primary, middle, and secondary school curricula.Deweyan Inquiry brings John Dewey's theory of inquiry together with educational theory and practice. James Scott Johnston uses Dewey's late masterpiece Logic: The Theory ...
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Voice-overs
Writers, translators, and critics explore the cultural politics and transnational impact of Latin American literature.In Voice-Overs, an impressive collection of writers, translators, and critics of Latin American literature address the challenges and triumphs of translation in the publishing ind...
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The unity of wittgenstein's philosophy
Explores the stable core of Wittgenstein's philosophy as developed from the Tractatus to the Philosophical Investigations.Exposing the myth of "the two Wittgensteins," this book provides a detailed account of the unity in Wittgenstein's thought from the Tractatus to the Philosophical Investigatio...
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Lord śiva's song
A translation of the Īśvara Gītā, a parallel text to the Bhagavad Gītā that promotes religious inclusion.While the Bhagavad Gītā is an acknowledged treasure of world spiritual literature, few people know a parallel text, theĪśvara Gītā. This lesser-known work is also dedicated to a god, but in th...
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