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Butoh as Heard by a Dancer

Butoh as Heard by a Dancer

This book explores the origins of Butoh in post-war Japan through orality and transmission in conjunction with an embodied research approach. The book is a gathering of seminal artistic voices – Yoshito Ohno Natsu Nakajima Yukio Waguri Moe Yamamoto Masaki Iwana Ko Murobushi Yukio Suzuki Takao Kawaguchi Yuko Kaseki and the philosopher Kuniichi Uno. These conversations happened during an extended research trip I made to Japan to understand the context and circumstances that engendered Butoh. Alongside these exchanges are my reflections on Butoh’s complex history. These are primarily informed by my pedagogical and performance encounters with the artists I met during this time rather than a theoretical analysis. Through the words of these dancers I investigate Butoh’s tendency to evade categorization. Butoh’s artistic legacy of bodily rebellion plurality of authorship and fluidity of form seems prescient and feels more relevant in contemporary times than ever before. This book is intended as a practitioner's guide for dancers artists students and scholars with an interest in non-Western dance and dance history postmodern performance and Japanese arts and culture. | Butoh as Heard by a Dancer

GBP 130.00
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The Ethics of Interpretation From Charity as a Principle to Love as a Hermeneutic Imperative

The Ethics of Interpretation From Charity as a Principle to Love as a Hermeneutic Imperative

This book discusses the ethical dimension of the interpretation of texts and events. Its purpose is not to address the neutrality or ideological biases of interpreters but rather to discuss the underlying issue of the intervention of interpreters into the process of interpretation. The author calls this intervention the ethical aspect of interpretation and argues that interpreters are neither neutral nor necessarily activists. He examines three models of interpretation all of which recognize the role that interpreters play in the process of interpretation. In these models the question of the truth or validity of interpretation is dependent upon the attitude of interpreters. These three models are: (1) the principle of charity in interpretation in the two different versions defended by Hans-Georg Gadamer and Donald Davidson; (2) the production of truth as developed by Paul Ricoeur and Michel Foucault; and (3) the regulative principle in interpretation as formal validity claims—as presented by Karl-Otto Apel and Jürgen Habermas—and as benevolence or love as an epistemic virtue—as defended by Friedrich Schlegel and Friedrich Schleiermacher. The critical discussion of these three models which brings to the fore the different manners in which interpreters intervene in the process of interpretation as persons lays the foundations for an ethics of interpretation. The Ethics of Interpretation will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in hermeneutics 19th- and 20th-century philosophy literary theory and cultural theory. | The Ethics of Interpretation From Charity as a Principle to Love as a Hermeneutic Imperative

GBP 120.00
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Anarchism as Political Philosophy

Anarchism as Political Philosophy

Reports of people rejecting political authority assaulting it with words and often violent acts are actions that are part of modern life. Anarchism has been considered a dead movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth century but it assumed a renewed and substantial relevance in the late twentieth century. Robert Hoffman points out in his incisive Introduction that anarchists have always been viewed either as foolish idealists or at the other extreme as serious threats to justice and social tranquility. But the editor argues most anarchists have been ordinary people who have shared a singular passion for what they believe to be a just society. To clarify widespread misconceptions about anarchism this volume offers a lively debate on the subject consisting of works by both advocates of anarchism and people who take it seriously but reject it. Represented here in the writings of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Leo Tolstoy George Bernard Shaw Bertrand Russell and others are different types styles and periods of anarchist writing reflecting a rich variety of thought arising from the anarchist perspective. The essays deal with many of the different strands of anarchists including anarchist attacks on democracy patriotism and military conscription and provide an outline of the movement's tumultuous history. Against these are set pieces that argue anarchism's impossibility and estimate its relevance to social change. The debate format of Anarchism introduces the reader to a fresh perspective and understanding of vital issues of political and social theory and provokes him to examine his own thinking. Looking at both sides of the controversy this volume discourages unquestioning or over-confident opinions. Although the anarchist credo that man can live without government is difficult or impossible for most people to accept as long as we find it difficult to live within the framework of government control the influence and potential appeal of anarchist thought will continue to be felt. | Anarchism as Political Philosophy

GBP 130.00
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The University as an Ethical Academy?

The University as an Ethical Academy?

This book examines the importance possibilities and complexities of the university as an ethical academy. Universities may be seen as an evolving network of ethical systems that govern teaching research service and administration. However the university system is changing: adding new rules new ways of working and new ideas to its repertoire of operations. The theories that we have traditionally employed may be now put up for questioning and examination. Universities now comprise a spectacularly large body of regulations and policies both internal and external that cover issues from cheating human subject research academic integrity research on animals environmental ethics and the ethics of sexual harassment. These interconnected ecological systems of ethics have not emerged in one rational process but rather reflect the ongoing historical and dynamic development of law and ethics in relation to the creation of new values. This has played out in a particular political and ideological environment which has produced the university as a set of practices and beliefs and a particular set of rationalities. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Educational Philosophy and Theory. | The University as an Ethical Academy?

GBP 120.00
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Globalization and Institutional Adjustment Federalism as an Obstacle?

Globalization and Institutional Adjustment Federalism as an Obstacle?

Combining the disciplines of international political economy public sector economics and comparative politics this stimulating book debates whether federalism obstructs institutional adjustment under conditions of a globalized economy or whether this depends upon the extent to which a given political system is centralized. Axel Hülsemeyer analyzes the ratification of the Single European Act and the Maastricht Treaty and contrasts these with the implementation of the bilateral free trade agreement between the United States and Canada as well as the NAFTA. Preferential trade agreements themselves are conceptualized as the state response to economic globalization. | Globalization and Institutional Adjustment Federalism as an Obstacle?

GBP 130.00
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Inter-Asia in Motion Dance as Method

Inter-Asia in Motion Dance as Method

This book explores dance and choreography as sites for the articulation of new theoretical and historical paradigms in inter-Asia cultural studies. The chapters in this volume cover a wide range of dance works artists genres and media from Kathak to K-pop flash mob dance from Cold War diplomacy to avant-garde dance collaborations and from festival dance to dance on screen. Working against the Western-centric category of “Asian dance” and Western-centric theorizations of intercultural performance that foreground “East-West” relationships each contribution shows how dances in Asia make one another as their key aesthetic references beyond Eurocentric influences as well as how inter-Asia relations emerge from cultural geographical and aesthetic diversity within the region. This book is the first of its kind in both cultural studies and dance studies. It will contribute greatly to readers’ understanding of how performance shapes and transforms the cultural and political dynamics of inter-Asia with a focus on dance circulations in and across East South and Southeast Asia. Inter-Asia in Motion: Dance as Method will be a key resource for academics researchers and advanced students of Dance Studies Performance Studies Cultural Studies Asian Studies International Relations and Politics History and Sociology. The chapters included in this book were originally published in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. | Inter-Asia in Motion Dance as Method

GBP 130.00
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Curating as Feminist Organizing

Curating as Feminist Organizing

What makes curating feminist organizing? How do curators relate to contemporary feminist concerns in their local conditions and the globalized artworld? The book brings together twenty curatorial case studies from diverse regions of the globe. Reflecting their own curatorial projects or analyzing feminist-inspired exhibitions the authors in this book elaborate feminist curating as that which is inspired to challenge gender politics not only within but also beyond the doors of the museum and gallery. Connecting their wider feminist politics to their curatorial practices the book provides case studies of curatorial practice that address the legacies of racialized and ethnic violence including colonialism; which seek to challenges the state's regulation of citizenship and sexuality; and which realize the drive for economic justice in the organizations and roles in which curators work. The settings in which this work is done range from university art galleries to artist-run spaces and educational or activist programmes. This collection will be enjoyed by those studying and researching curating exhibitions socially and ecologically engaged contemporary art practices and feminist transnational movements in diverse geographic contexts. The essays are of relevance to practicing curators critical cultural practitioners and artists. | Curating as Feminist Organizing

GBP 120.00
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Success as an Online Student Strategies for Effective Learning

Success as an Online Student Strategies for Effective Learning

This book is a practical guide for any student considering enrollment in currently enrolled in or recently graduated from an online course. The authors both with substantial online teaching and learning experience as well as seasoned professionals deliver concise guidance to make the online learning journey enjoyable productive and most of all worthwhile. Major topics include how to identify the best online program; comparing online with traditional education programs; finding an ideal work-life balance; managing time and staying organized; how to form good habits to maximize your chances for success; getting the most out of an online learning environment; and using your online education to succeed in your career. As the singular guide to success as an online learner this practical book serves as the essential desk reference for every online student. | Success as an Online Student Strategies for Effective Learning

GBP 160.00
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Syria As It Is

Syria As It Is

First published in 1939 Syria As It Is provides a comprehensive overview of the political history of Syria. It covers themes like the great Lebanon; the oldest city of the world; Druzes of Lebanon; stronghold of Islam; means of salvation; government of the Djebel Druze; Easter at Hama and Homs; disunited Syria; Republic of Syria till 1922; government of Latakia; and cedars of Lebanon. Rich in archival sources maps and images this book is an essential read for students and scholars of Middle East history Syrian history and history in general.

GBP 90.00
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Nietzsche as Metaphysician

Nietzsche as Metaphysician

This book defends the controversial view that Nietzsche is a metaphysician against a long-standing tendency to sever Nietzsche from metaphysical philosophy. Remhof presents a metametaphysical treatment of Nietzsche’s writings to show that for Nietzsche the questions answers methods and subject matters of metaphysical philosophy are not only perfectly legitimate but also crucial for understanding the world and our place within it. The book examines aspects of Nietzsche’s thought that have received little attention in the literature including his view of what makes metaphysics possible; his metaphysics of science; his naturalized metaphysics; how he appeals to the intuitions of readers; how he employs a priori reasoning; how he uses metaphysical grounding explanations; and how metaphysics is intertwined with topics central to his philosophical thinking including his understanding of becoming ethics nihilism life perspective amor fati and eternal recurrence. Nietzsche as Metaphysician will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on Nietzsche and the history of metaphysics.

GBP 120.00
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Mugging as a Social Problem

Mugging as a Social Problem

First published in 1980 Mugging as a Social Problem sets out to remedy the deficiency of serious research on mugging. The work is based on a random sample of over 1000 muggings which occurred within the Metropolitan Police District in the mid-1970s and the author analyses the results not only in absolute and comparative terms but also against a background of social determinants such as ecology deprivation and race. Dr. Pratt’s long-term solution is not novel: an all-round improvement in housing employment and social conditions will eventually remove the circumstances which create muggers; but there are steps he suggests which can be taken in the short term to stop mugging by reducing opportunity. However before any effective measures can be introduced more facts are needed about the background motives and methods of the typical mugger: it is just such facts that this study sets out to provide. This book will be of interest to students of sociology law urban studies and criminology.

GBP 90.00
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Social Networking as a Criminal Enterprise

Social Networking as a Criminal Enterprise

As social networking continues to evolve and expand the opportunities for deviant and criminal behavior have multiplied. Social Networking as a Criminal Enterprise explores how new avenues for social networking criminality have affected our criminal justice system. With insight from field experts this book examines: The history of social networking and the process of developing an online identity Schools of criminological theory and how they relate to criminality on social networking websites Forms of criminal behavior that can be performed utilizing social networking websites Criminality via texting identity theft and hacking Adolescents as offenders and victims in cyberbullying and digital piracy Online sexual victimization including child pornography and sexual solicitation of youth The book concludes by discussing law enforcement‘s response including new techniques and training type of evidence and use of experts. It also discusses how the corrections system has been affected by these types of offenders. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter encourage critical thinking and case studies help place the material in context. Ideal for students and scholars the book offers a comprehensive examination of how the emergence of social networking has affected criminality online and how it has impacted the criminal justice system.

GBP 175.00
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Stabilization as the New Normal in International Interventions Low Expectations?

Stabilization as the New Normal in International Interventions Low Expectations?

Stabilization as the New Normal in International Interventions provides the first comprehensive analysis of stabilization which constitutes the new reference point for international intervention in unruly parts of the Global South. The notion of ‘stabilization’ and the practice of ‘stability operations’ experienced a revival over the last decade. The United Nations the European Union NATO as well as most member states of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development have embraced these terms in their foreign policy bureaucracies. The general disillusionment with the achievements of large-scale peacebuilding operations in countries like Afghanistan and Iraq as well as the failures of the so-called Arab Springs contributed to the success of this new discourse. Yet while widely mentioned and endorsed stabilization is rarely defined. This volume identifies common elements to stabilization doctrines and examines how they are applied in practice. It dissects how stabilization emerged and unfolds how different actors adopt it and for what purposes and how it is linked to the broader security and development discourses. Stabilization as the New Normal in International Interventions will be of great interest to scholars of Peacebuilding International Intervention and International Relations more generally. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics. | Stabilization as the New Normal in International Interventions Low Expectations?

GBP 130.00
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Crime as Destiny A Study of Criminal Twins

Crime as Destiny A Study of Criminal Twins

First published in 1931 Crime as Destiny throws a beam of light across the darkness which enshrouds the study of the deeper causes of crime and the eternal debate between nature versus nurture. The author’s investigations led him to conclusions of the first importance to the sociologist and the psychologist. But the subject is wilder than it seems and by its direct bearing on the question of determinism will arouse the interest of the theologian and the student of philosophy as well. For the student of history this research work will help trace the beginning of the logic of eugenics that will eventually take its nightmarish form under Hitler. | Crime as Destiny A Study of Criminal Twins

GBP 99.99
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Young People as Agents of Sustainable Society Reclaiming the Future

Young People as Agents of Sustainable Society Reclaiming the Future

This book analyses young people’s societal participation as a central dimension of their well-being and as vitally important to secure the sustainable future of humankind and the whole eco-social system. It develops a theoretical framework for analysing youth participation holistically embedded in its everyday context and as a relational phenomenon underpinned by universal human needs. It introduces innovative methodological approaches to study youth engagements in society. This book will appeal to scholars and students of youth studies sociology sustainable development youth participation and education. It also offers new knowledge and theoretical readings for policy experts on youth and sustainable development as well as for NGOs working with youth. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | Young People as Agents of Sustainable Society Reclaiming the Future

GBP 130.00
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Students as Real People Interpersonal Communication and Education

Students as Real People Interpersonal Communication and Education

A teacher of communication expresses his concern for thousands of students who are cheating themselves out of a worthwhile education by falling into the accepted role of nonperson uninvolved in the education process. In this book the author fosters a belief that success or failure in college depends on communication - interdependent efforts of people in a relationship to generate common meaning. He proposes to get students to realize that their education is something other students can help them develop as much as teachers. The author uses a personal style of writing to talk with the students. He uses examples from the students' immediate campus environment in challenging them to question their roles in the educational process. Written for and tested in interpersonal communication courses the book is also appropriate for teacher education courses orientation to college life courses and for college counseling centers. | Students as Real People Interpersonal Communication and Education

GBP 110.00
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Russian as a Transnational Language Resonance Remembrance Renewal

Russian as a Transnational Language Resonance Remembrance Renewal

This collection contributes to emerging work in critical sociolinguistics using a multidisciplinary and multiscalar approach to understanding the diasporic experience in the Russian-speaking world. The volume expands on research in the sociolinguistics of mobility multilingualism and diaspora studies. It critically examines the ways in which transnational Russian identities are perceived and discursively enacted in online and offline spaces and how this interplay contributes to diasporic identification across the globe. In highlighting a range of critical methodologies at multiple scalar levels − across family national and global lines − the book raises key questions about what binds and distinguishes individuals belonging to diverse communities of Russian speakers. It likewise interrogates established notions of memory nostalgia authenticity and belonging as well as perceptions of futurity and change. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in sociolinguistics multilingualism language and education and linguistic anthropology. | Russian as a Transnational Language Resonance Remembrance Renewal

GBP 130.00
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Children as Climate Citizens A Sociolegal Approach to Public Participation

Children as Climate Citizens A Sociolegal Approach to Public Participation

This book provides a socio-legal analysis of the public participation of children in climate change matters whilst developing a range of tools through which their participation can be increased. Climate change affects young people in many ways: causing severe threats to child survival health and wellbeing food security and nutrition and access to education. But this book maintains that children and youth are not to be identified solely with their vulnerability to climate change. They are also key stakeholders in the sustainable implementation of long-term climate change policies and their inclusion in decision-making processes is a measure of intergenerational equity. Children’s rights law is vague about the right to public participation or the environmental rights of children as such. In response this book examines the often-informal network of pathways through which the public participation of children takes place: from high level conferences and governance structures to grassroots youth movements and climate change litigation. Exploring the difficulties but also the opportunities and aspirations of children as citizens challenging the current climate change regime the book proposes legal and policy tools for children’s participation in global climate change governance as it outlines a concept of children’s climate citizenship. This book will appeal to scholars in the areas of sociolegal studies environmental and climate change law children’s rights and social movements as well as policy makers and young people with interests in climate activism. | Children as Climate Citizens A Sociolegal Approach to Public Participation

GBP 130.00
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Adam Smith’s Theory of Value and Distribution Economics as a Moral Science Once Again

Adam Smith’s Theory of Value and Distribution Economics as a Moral Science Once Again

Ever since the time of his early interpreters beginning with David Hume Adam Smith’s theory of value has been the subject of confusion and misunderstanding—including a controversy which still rages over whether Smith held a labour theory of value and if so whether he held to it throughout Wealth of Nations or if it was confined to the “Early and Rude State”? This book provides a close reading of Smith’s key text and also incorporates material from the other parts of Smith’s oeuvre especially from The Theory of Moral Sentiments to yield original and important insights into Smith’s theory of value. The book operates on the assumption that Smith is proposing relatively simple ideas about price and takes a conventional view that simple Supply and Demand models can illuminate clearly and consistently with his text his theory of price. Combining these elements the book argues that contra Marx Smith does not have a labour theory of value at all understood as a theory of the determination of the relative price structure. Instead Smith is placed squarely in the supply and demand general equilibrium framework and the claim that he is part of a “surplus tradition” which receives its highest treatment in the work of Piero Sraffa is refuted. This book will be of particular interest to Adam Smith specialists historians of economic thought and research economists who have an interest in Smith. | Adam Smith’s Theory of Value and Distribution Economics as a Moral Science Once Again

GBP 130.00
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The Media as a Tool of International Intervention House of Cards

The Media as a Tool of International Intervention House of Cards

This book explores the role of external powers and international organisations in media assistance in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Through analysis of key documents media reports and interviews with key participants it examines the main actors their roles and the way in which they influenced the media and society. Bosnia and Herzegovina remains one of the biggest experiments in international intervention in modern history. Media assistance as well as international intervention was an enormous project which involved many donors and recipient organisations and large amounts of money but it is just one of many countries where democratisation and state-building took place with little to no input from the local community. Since the mid-1980s media assistance has been an integral part of international intervention used as a tool of democratisation in post-conflict countries and societies. The process is often led and created outside these countries and implemented by various international organisations led by technocrats and dictated by the will of donors. The author uses the case study of Bosnia and Herzegovina to assess this in a broader context. This volume will be of interest to scholars and students of Southeast Europe international organisations peace-building and rebuilding society in post-war countries as well as journalists and policy-makers. | The Media as a Tool of International Intervention House of Cards

GBP 130.00
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Migrant Narratives Storytelling as Agency Belonging and Community

Migrant Narratives Storytelling as Agency Belonging and Community

With a focus on migrant narratives or the storytelling about migration this volume considers the ways in which migration is and has been shaped by individual and collective experiences of agency belonging and community. Driven by an agenda of deep listening each chapter presents a narrative directly derived from qualitative research an outline of the methodological framing as well as narrative analysis. Through close attention to the narrative its performative aspects and its ruptures and silences authors identify patterns and material in the fabric of such telling and retelling of stories that open up new perspectives on the migrant experience. This book develops a methodology of dwelling with stories that allows for sustained and slow interrogation of the migrant experience and the accompanying decisions that shape narratives around mobility across borders. Its structure is innovative by emphasising the migrant voice and reflecting on the scholars’ positionality while also offering new theoretical contributions that will advance the field of narrative analysis. The book will appeal to academics students and practitioners in a wide range of subject areas within the humanities and social sciences including anthropology sociology human geography migration/refugee/diaspora studies and oral history. | Migrant Narratives Storytelling as Agency Belonging and Community

GBP 130.00
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Natural Hazards Earth's Processes as Hazards Disasters and Catastrophes

Natural Hazards Earth's Processes as Hazards Disasters and Catastrophes

The new revised fifth edition of Natural Hazards remains the go-to introductory-level survey intended for university and college courses that are concerned with earth processes that have direct and often sudden and violent impacts on human society. The text integrates principles of geology hydrology meteorology climatology oceanography soil science ecology and solar system astronomy. The textbook explains the earth processes that drive hazardous events in an understandable way illustrates how these processes interact with our civilization and describes how we can better adjust to their effects. Written by leading scholars in the area the new edition of this book takes advantage of the greatly expanding amount of information regarding natural hazards disasters and catastrophes. The text is designed for learning with chapters broken into small consumable chunks of content for students. Each chapter opens with a list of learning objectives and ends with revision as well as high-level critical thinking questions. A Concepts in Review feature provides an innovative end-of-chapter section that breaks down the chapter content by parts: reviewing the learning objectives summary points important visuals and key terms. New case studies of hazardous events have been integrated into the text and students are invited to actively apply their understanding of the five fundamental concepts that serve as a conceptual framework for the text. Figures illustrations and photos have been updated throughout. The book is designed for a course in natural hazards for nonscience majors and a primary goal of the text is to assist instructors in guiding students who may have little background in science to understand physical earth processes as natural hazards and their consequences to society. | Natural Hazards Earth's Processes as Hazards Disasters and Catastrophes

GBP 115.00
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