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The Myth of Bureaucratic Neutrality An Examination of Merit and Representation

The Myth of Bureaucratic Neutrality An Examination of Merit and Representation

In a system discredited by political corruption the notion of ‘bureaucratic neutrality’ was presented during the Progressive era as strategy to restore legitimacy in government. However bureaucratic neutrality also served as a barrier to equity in government. This book argues that neutrality is a myth that has been used as a means to oppress marginalized communities largely disconnected from its origins within the field of public administration. A historical perspective of how the field has understood race and gender demonstrates how it has centered whiteness masculinity and heteronormativity in research and administrative practices mistaking them for neutrality in public service. Using a historically grounded positionality approach the authors trace the myth of bureaucratic neutrality back to its origins and highlight how it has institutionalized inequity both legally and culturally. Ultimately the authors demonstrate that the only way to move toward equity is to understand how inequity has become institutionalized and to constantly work to improve our systems and decision making. With constituents across the globe demanding institutional changes in government that will establish new practices and mediate generations of inequality The Myth of Bureaucratic Neutrality is required reading for public administration scholars practitioners and students. | The Myth of Bureaucratic Neutrality An Examination of Merit and Representation

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The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf

The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf

The British became the dominant power in the Arab Gulf in the late eighteenth century. The conventional view has justified British imperial expansion in the Gulf region because of the need to supress Arab piracy. This book first published in 1988 challenges the myth of piracy and argues that its threat was created by the East India Company for commercial reasons. The Company was determined to increase its share of Gulf trade with India at the expense of the native Arab traders especially the Qawasim of the lower Gulf. However the Company did not possess the necessary warships and needed to persuade the British Government to commit the Royal Navy to achieve this dominance. Accordingly the East India Company orchestrated a campaign to misrepresent the Qawasim as pirates who threatened all maritime activity in the northern Indian Ocean and adjacent waters. Any misfortune that happened to any ship in the area was attributed to the ‘Joasmee pirates’. This campaign was to lead eventually to the storming of Ras al-Khaimah and the destruction of the Qawasim. Based on extensive use of the Bombay Archives previously unused by researchers this book provides a thorough reinterpretation of a vital period in Gulf history. It also illuminates the style and method of the East India Company at a critical period in the expansion of the British Empire. | The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf

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Myth and Madness The Psychodynamics of Anti-Semitism

Myth and Madness The Psychodynamics of Anti-Semitism

The persistence of anti-Semitism and its current resurgence after a brief post-Holocaust suppression challenge those who study human behavior to locate the causal bases of anti-Semitism and find approaches to combat it. This is an astonishing report of a nine-year study of the psychodynamics of anti-Semitism. Undertaken by Dr. Mortimer Ostow on behalf of the Psychoanalytic Research and Development Fund it puts flesh and bones on the discussion of antisemitism in Sigmund Freud's 1939 classic theoretical study Moses and Monotheism. Its close adherence to case material and application of psychoanalytic theory to historical data and cultural products yields new insights into bigotry and equity alike. By examining prejudiced patients and their myths Dr. Ostow shows the common threads of anti-Semitism in a variety of national and cultural settings even under supposed optimal conditions when antisemitism is stringently controlled. The work uses the psychiatric approach and can be read as a study of how this area of behavioral science reveals the interplay of the individual and the group cultural background and material opportunities. The book is divided into five major segments: Psychoanalytic interpretation of anti-Semitism in the past; clinical data on anti-Semitic sentiments in a variety of personal and national settings; mythological dimensions of anti-Semitism and apocalyptic doctrines; specific anti-Semitic myths including pre-Christian early and medieval Christian racial and post-modern Muslim anti-Semitism. The final segment focuses on the pogrom mentality including the Nazi phenomenon antisemitic fundamentalism and black anti-Semitism. Myth and Madness is informed by an amazing breadth of learning: from biblical exegesis to modern sociology from close attention to mundane patients to evaluating mythic claims of the loftiest and at times most dangerous sort. This is a landmark effort one that will be the touchstone for theoretical and clinical works to come. | Myth and Madness The Psychodynamics of Anti-Semitism

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The Global Impact of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion A Century-Old Myth

The Global Impact of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion A Century-Old Myth

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion has attracted the interest of politicians and academicians and generated extensive research since the tract first appeared in the early twentieth century. Despite having repeatedly been discredited as a historical document and in spite of the fact that it served as an inspiration for Hitler’s antisemitism and the Holocaust it continues even in our time to be influential. Exploring the Protocols’ successful dissemination and impact around the world this volume attempts to understand their continuing popularity one hundred years after their first appearance in so many diverse societies and cultures. With contributions from leading scholars in the field the book covers themes such as: Why have the Protocols survived to the present day and what are the sources from which they draw their strength? What significance do the Protocols have today in mainstream worldviews? Are they gaining in importance? Are they still today a warrant for genocide or merely a reflection of xenophobic nationalism? Can they be fought by logical argumentation? This comprehensive volume which for the first time dwells also on the attraction of the Protocols in Arab and Muslim countries will be of interest to specialists teachers and students working in the fields of antisemitism the far right Jewish studies and modern history. | The Global Impact of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion A Century-Old Myth

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Beyond Utopia Japanese Metabolism Architecture and the Birth of Mythopia

Beyond Utopia Japanese Metabolism Architecture and the Birth of Mythopia

Megastructure proposals by the Japanese Metabolism group are commonly identified with the concept of utopia. Beyond this partial understanding Agnes Nyilas suggests that rather than being merely utopian the Megastructure of Metabolism represents a uniquely amalgam genre: the myth camouflaged as utopia. Although its Megastructure seemingly describes a desirable future condition as utopia does it also comprises certain cultural images rooted in the collective (un)conscious of Japanese people in accordance with the general interpretation of myth. The primary narrative of Beyond Utopia thus follows the gradual unfolding of the myth-like characteristics of its Megastructure. Myth is dealt here as an interdisciplinary subject in line with contemporary myth theories. After expounding the mechanism underlying the growing demand for a new myth in architecture (the origin of the myth) Part I discovers the formal characteristics of the Megastructure of Metabolism to give a hint of the real intention behind it. Based on this Part II is a reexamination of their design methods which aims to clarify the function of the myth and to suggest the meaning behind it. Finally Part III deals with the subject matter of the myth by disclosing the meaning unfolding in the story and suggests a new reading of Metabolism urban theory: as an attempt to reconsider the traditional Japanese space concept. | Beyond Utopia Japanese Metabolism Architecture and the Birth of Mythopia

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The Component A Personal Odyssey towards Another Normal

The Component A Personal Odyssey towards Another Normal

The Component: A Personal Odyssey towards Another Normal is the Oosterhuis' personal account of four decades of architectural and societal thinking designing building and theorizing. It is an orchestrated yet non-linear series of subjects all leading toward the creation of a parallel world called Another Normal. Another Normal is as of now a hypothetical parallel world. Nomadic international citizens are the inhabitants of Another Normal. Urged by the climate crisis the food energy and water nexus and the COVID-19 pandemic Another Normal demonstrates the inevitable data-driven techno-social architecture of the physically built environment and the metaverse. Besides robotic production on demand of almost anything – when where and as needed – Oosterhuis' proposes a dozen strategies that run in parallel to establish Another Normal among others: ubiquitous basic income global birthright to own a generous piece of land distributed production of healthy food clean energy and drinking water ownership of private data and personal avatars in the Web 3. 0 autonomous electronic transportation ubiquitous shared responsibility for clean production and waste treatment techniques ubiquitous home delivery working from anywhere for any period of time and decentralized real-time peer to peer banking. The organic real and the synthetic hyper-real co-evolve naturally in Another Normal where a mix of strong and simple legislative planning and design rules create complexity diversity fairness and equality. | The Component A Personal Odyssey towards Another Normal

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Mircea Eliade Myth Religion and History

Mircea Eliade Myth Religion and History

Mircea Eliade (1907�1986) was one of the twentieth century's foremost students of religion and cultural environments. This book examines the emergence function and value of religion and myth in his work. Nicolae Babuts Robert Ellwood Eric Ziolkowski John Dadosky Robert Segal Mac Linscott Ricketts Douglas Allen and Liviu Borda examine Eliade's views on the interaction between the sacred and the profane. Each explores Eliade's phenomenological approach to the study of religion and myth. They show that modern rites of initiation cultural activities and spectacles like bullfighting film and perhaps surprisingly reading and writing all harken back to the archetypal structures of the mythical imagination. Perhaps the greatest achievement of Eliade's phenomenological approach is that it reveals what we have in common with pre-Socratic man: the mind's structural capacity to endow objects and events with spiritual values and meanings. As a study of Eliade's concept of the mythic imagination the book posits an analogy between the myths of the past and modern imitations. The authors suggest that in spite of their differences and their separate historical sources myths represent basic structures of human consciousness. This book is essential reading for all students of religion philosophy and literature. | Mircea Eliade Myth Religion and History

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Environmental Illness Myth & Reality

Environmental Illness Myth & Reality

Environmental illness: certain health professionals and clinical ecologists claim it impacts and inhibits 15 percent of the population. Its afflicted are led to believe environmental illness (EI) originates with food chemicals and other stimuli in their surroundings -as advocates call for drastic measures to remedy the situation. What if relief proves elusive-and the patient is sent on a course of ongoing costly and ineffective treatment?Several hundred individuals who believed they were suffering from EI have been evaluated or treated by Herman Staudenmayer since the 1970s. Staudenmayer believed the symptoms harming his patients actually had psychophysiological origins-based more in fear of a hostile world than any suspected toxins contained in the environment. Staudenmayer's years of research clinical work-and successful care-are now summarized in Environmental Illness: Myth & Reality. Dismissing much of the information that has attempted to defend EI and its culture of victimization Staudenmayer details the alternative diagnoses and treatments that have helped patients recognize their true conditions-and finally overcome them often after years of prolonged suffering. | Environmental Illness Myth & Reality

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Management of Normal and High-Risk Labour during Childbirth

Management of Normal and High-Risk Labour during Childbirth

This book deals with the management of labour guiding the readers to recognize problems by keen monitoring based on anatomical and physiological understanding of labour. In this era of technology this book revives the fading art of identification of clinical signs and symptoms. The chapters are well-structured covering different aspects from suspicion to identification of the problems by recognizing subtle warning signals by the fetus and the uterus. Operative deliveries and common obstetric emergencies with their appropriate management are also covered. It provides practical points to prevent anticipate recognize and manage problems during labour. Key Features Helps to identify clinical signs and symptoms that infuses the reader with confidence to identify and manage abnormal situations during labour and childbirth through the feel of their fingers and awakened understanding. A must have book for all postgraduate trainees and practitioners of obstetrics eager to learn the fundamentals of labour management. Features illustrated cases helpful in learning management of normal labour and pick abnormal labour at the earliest possible deviation from normalcy. | Management of Normal and High-Risk Labour during Childbirth

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Tena Pants Normal - Large

Tena Pants Normal - Large

This pack of large sized TENA Pants Normal comes supplied as a pack containing 18 pairs of disposable incontinence pants. Fitted with an elasticated waistband ensures these incontinence pants can be pulled up and down with ease and provides the user with exceptional comfort. The Incontinence Pants have been specially designed with the appearance and fit of standard underwear to promote user comfort and increase discretion. Featuring a built-in absorbent pad and Feel Dry Layer, which quickly absorbs liquid and keeps it away from the user's body, and the double cuff legs offer maximum leakage security and dryness. Fitted with a breathable back-sheet that aids in air regulation which helps keep skin healthy and the user comfortable. When the TENA Pants Normal are ready to be thrown away, they can be removed easily thanks to the tear away seams, the adhesive tape at the back allows the pants to be disposed of neatly and discreetly. The TENA Pants Normal also have an Odour Control System to lock away foul odours for up to 12 hours which make the pants ideal for extended use. Features and Benefits: Ideal for men and women Provides the user with discretion and dignity Elasticated waist for heightened comfort Built-in absorbent pad quickly absorbs liquid Breathable back-sheet keeps skin healthy Odour Control System locks away foul odours for up to 12 hours Keeps the user feeling dry Ideal for extended use Tearaway seams ensure pants can be disposed of quickly Offer exceptional levels of user comfort Specifications: Pants per pack: 18 Absorbency: 900ml - 1300ml Minimum waist measurement: 1000mm (40") Maximum waist measurement: 1350mm (50")

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The Linguistic Turn of the English Renaissance A Lacanian Perspective

The Linguistic Turn of the English Renaissance A Lacanian Perspective

The Linguistic Turn of the English Renaissance: A Lacanian Perspective examines a selection of cultural phenomena of the English Renaissance all of which include a focus on language from a Lacanian perspective. The book examines four inter-related cultural symptoms of the English Renaissance: the paucity of painting the interest in rhetoric the emergence of a literary style focusing on form and a fascination with the myth of Orpheus. The book argues that the English Renaissance an apex of rhetorical theory can offer psychoanalysis further knowledge concerning the intrication of language and flesh especially where feminine jouissance is at stake. These language-centred phenomena emerge against the backdrop of a peculiar configuration of the visual field which in contrast to other cultures of the European Renaissance is largely barren of painting other than portraiture. The book will be of interest to psychoanalysts scholars of Renaissance culture and those interested in the psychoanalytic study of culture. | The Linguistic Turn of the English Renaissance A Lacanian Perspective

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The Alchemical Mercurius Esoteric symbol of Jung’s life and works

The Alchemical Mercurius Esoteric symbol of Jung’s life and works

The figure of the alchemical Mercurius features ubiquitously and radically in Jung’s later works but despite this there has been little research concerning Mercurius in Jungian studies to date. In this book Mathew Mather explores the figure of the alchemical Mercurius and contextualises and clarifies its significance in Jung’s life and works. Placing the alchemical Mercurius as a central concern reveals a Jungian interpretation in which the grail legend alchemy and precessional astrology as three thematic threads converge. In such a treatment Jung’s belief in the dawning of a new platonic month emerges as a central consideration and an esoteric perspective on Jung’s life and works is brought more fully to light constructing a life-myth interpretation. The book is comprised of three parts: Aurea Catena: locating the figure of the alchemical Mercurius within the Western esoteric tradition Daimonic Encounter: the relevance of this figure in Jung’s personal life Magnum Opus: Jung’s portrayal of this figure in key texts such as Synchronicity Aion Mysterium Coniunctionis; and Emma Jung and von Franz’s The Grail Legend. The Alchemical Mercurius is a unique contribution to analytical psychology substantially revealing ‘esoteric Jung’ and providing valuable perspectives on the theme of his myth for our times. The book will appeal to researchers and academics in the field of analytical psychology as well as postgraduate students. | The Alchemical Mercurius Esoteric symbol of Jung’s life and works

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Lil-Lets Supersoft Sanitary Pads Normal x14 (Pack of 24)

Lil-Lets Supersoft Sanitary Pads Normal x14 (Pack of 24)

Lil-Lets Supersoft normal pads have a super soft cover which feels incredibly comfy on your skin and secure, stay-put wings which offer peace of mind protection. Pads are completely free from fragrances and perfumes and are individually wrapped so you can keep them in your handbag while on the go. Ultra thin and soft for your comfort. Stay put wings for security. With an absorbent core which locks in fluid. Fragrance free, no dyes or colourants. This promotion includes a FREE Lil-Lets Period Product Dispenser. Sanitary pads with wings Super soft cover which is comfy on your skin Stay put wings for security Absorbent core locks-in fluid Fragrance free No dyes or colourants Size: Regular 14 pads per pack Pack of 24

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The Business of Champagne A Delicate Balance

The Business of Champagne A Delicate Balance

The world of champagne offers a fascinating insight into the complexity of modern business management and marketing. Champagne is at the same time a wine a luxury product and a regional brand – it is tied to the place from which it comes and can be made nowhere else. It therefore highlights a range of characteristics which make it interesting to the modern business world. This is the first book to offer a complete overview of the way in which champagne as a product is organized managed and marketed and what its future prospects are. The book covers the entire range of issues surrounding the management of the champagne industry by reviewing the current context of champagne (structural economic and legal) the role of ‘place’ (identity and terroir and tourism) marketing the ‘myth’ of champagne (image and competitive advantage) and the management of the industry (accountability people and the territorial brand). The book brings together leading academics and examines the champagne region from multidisciplinary perspectives. Examining the champagne region provides insight into a range of management production-management branding and consumer-related issues and will be of interest to students researchers and academics interested in Gastronomy Wine Studies Tourism Hospitality Marketing and Business. | The Business of Champagne A Delicate Balance

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