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On the Nature of War
Author: Carl von Clausewitz
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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. **
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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. **
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A 10th anniversary edition of this field defining workan intellectual inspiration for a generation of LGBTQ scholarsCruising Utopia arrived in 2009 to insist that queerness must be reimagined as a futurity-bound phenomenon, an insistence on the potentiality of another world that would crack open the pragmatic present. Part manifesto, part love-letter to the past and the future, Jose Esteban Munoz argued that the here and now were not enough and issued an urgent call for the revivification of the queer political imagination.On the anniversary of its original publication, this edition includes two essays that extend and expand the project of Cruising Utopia, as well as a new foreword by the current editors of Sexual Cultures, the book series he co-founded with Ann Pellegrini 20 years ago. This 10th anniversary edition celebrates the lasting impact that Cruising Utopia has had on the decade of queer of color critique that followed and introduces a new generation of readers to a future not yet here.
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Author: Kyle Stine
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div contentInfoDiv Summer 2014, No. 56, Pages 34-57 Posted Online September 16, 2014. div (doi10.1162GREY_a_00149) 2014 by Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. div htmlContentp fulltexth1 arttitlediv hlFld-TitleThe Coupling of Cinematics and Kinematicsh1div artAuthorsdiv hlFld-ContribAuthorspan hlFld-ContribAuthor Kyle Stinespanp fulltext nospacebKyle Stineb is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of Iowa. His current book project explores an archeology of machine perception, focusing on the folding of manualkinematic and visualcinematic technologies.
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Author: Yasmine Ergas
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The word mother has traditionally meant a woman who bears and nurtures a child. In recent decades, changes in social norms and public policy as well as advances in reproductive technologies and the development of markets for procreation and care have radically expanded definitions of motherhood. But while maternity has become a choice for more women, the freedom to make reproductive decisions is unevenly distributed. Restrictive policies, socioeconomic disadvantages, cultural mores, and discrimination force some women into motherhood or prevent them from caring for their children. Reassembling Motherhood brings together contributors from across the disciplines to examine the transformation of motherhood as both an identity and a role. It examines how the processes of bearing and rearing a child are being restructured as reproductive labor and care work change around the globe. The authors examine issues such as artificial reproductive technologies, surrogacy, fetal ultrasounds, adoption, nonparental care, and the legal status of kinship, showing how complex chains of procreation and childcare have simultaneously generated greater liberty and new forms of constraint. Emphasizing the tension between the liberalization of procreation and care on the one hand, and the limits to their democratization due to race, class, and global inequality on the other, the book highlights debates that have emerged during these multifaceted changes, working to fragment and then reassemble the concept of motherhood.**ReviewWhat does motherhood mean in the twenty-first century? If you want informed and fascinating answers, read Reassembling Motherhood. A stellar interdisciplinary team of international scholars report on how technological advances, cultural changes, global migration, and variable state policies have transformed mothering. This landmark book will not only shape scholarly research but also instruct policymakers and engage a wide audience. (Viviana A. Zelizer, Lloyd Cotsen 50 Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and author of Economic Lives How Culture Shapes the Economy) This fabulous collection challenges our conventional understanding of motherhood and its connection to bodies, technologies, global migration, and policy, and pushes the debate to the next level. Ergas, Jenson, Michel and their contributing authors masterfully and convincingly trace the dismantling of the traditional notion of motherhood and the expansion of its choices, and how these in turn create different forms of social inequalities, and physical, emotional, and global connections and disconnections. This volume is a must read for anyone interested in the issues of motherhood, care, social inequality, and public policy. (Ito Peng, University of Toronto, coeditor of Gender, Migration, and the Work of Care A Multi-Scalar Approach to the Pacific Rim) Ergas, Jenson, and Michel have edited an important collection that crystallizes the unequal and uneven transformations in the legal, social, economic, and biological relations of motherhood in the twenty-first century. Together, Reassembling Motherhood explores what we know, pushes the boundaries of knowledge, and raises new questions for further research. The collection is provocative in the best sense. (Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara, coauthor of Caring for America Home Health Workers in the Shadow of the Welfare State) Book Description Reassembling Motherhood brings together contributors from across the disciplines to examine the transformation of motherhood as both an identity and a role. It examines how the processes of bearing and rearing a child are being restructured as reproductive labor and care work change around the globe. The authors examine issues such as artificial reproductive technologies, surrogacy, fetal ultrasounds, adoption, nonparental care, and the legal status of kinship, showing how complex chains of procreation and childcare have simultaneously generated greater liberty and new forms of constraint.
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Author: James Gleick
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Isaac Newton was born in a stone farmhouse in 1642, fatherless and unwanted by his mother. When he died in London in 1727 he was so renowned he was given a state funeralan unheard-of honor for a subject whose achievements were in the realm of the intellect. During the years he was an irascible presence at Trinity College, Cambridge, Newton imagined properties of nature and gave them namesmass, gravity, velocitythings our science now takes for granted. Inspired by Aristotle, spurred on by Galileos discoveries and the philosophy of Descartes, Newton grasped the intangible and dared to take its measure, a leap of the mind unparalleled in his generation.James Gleick, the author of Chaos and Genius, and one of the most acclaimed science writers of his generation, brings the reader into Newtons reclusive life and provides startlingly clear explanations of the concepts that changed forever our perception of bodies, rest, and motionideas so basic to the twenty-first century, it can truly be said We are all Newtonians.From the Trade Paperback edition.Amazon.com ReviewAs a schoolbook figure, Isaac Newton is most often pictured sitting under an apple tree, about to discover the secrets of gravity. In this short biography, James Gleick reveals the life of a man whose contributions to science and math included far more than the laws of motion for which he is generally famous. Gleicks always-accessible style is hampered somewhat by the need to describe Newtons esoteric thinking processes. After all, the man invented calculus. But readers who stick with the book will discover the amazing story of a scientist obsessively determined to find out how things worked. Working alone, thinking alone, and experimenting alone, Newton often resorted to strange methods, as when he risked his sight to find out how the eye processed images blockquote.... Newton, experimental philosopher, slid a bodkin into his eye socket between eyeball and bone. He pressed with the tip until he saw severall white darke & coloured circles.... Almost as recklessly, he stared with one eye at the sun, reflected in a looking glass, for as long as he could bear.blockquoteFrom poor beginnings, Newton rose to prominence and wealth, and Gleick uses contemporary accounts and notebooks to track the geniuss arc, much as Newton tracked the paths of comets. Without a single padded sentence or useless fact, Gleick portrays a complicated man whose inspirations required no falling apples. --Therese LittletonFrom Publishers WeeklyGleicks most renowned writing falls into one of two categories vivid character studies or broad syntheses of scientific trends. Here, he fuses the two genres with a biography of the man who was emblematic of a new scientific paradigm, but this short study falls a bit short on both counts. The author aims to ground this book as wholly as possible in its time in the texts, and his narrative relies heavily on direct quotations from Newtons papers, extensively documented with more than 60 pages of notes. While his attention to historical detail is impressive, Gleicks narrative aims somewhere between academic and popular history, and his take on Newton feels a bit at arms-length, only matching the vibrancy of his Feynman biography at moments (particularly when describing Newtons disputes with such competitors as Robert Hooke or Leibniz). As might be expected, Gleicks descriptions of Newtons scientific breakthroughs are clear and engaging, and his book is strongest when discussing the shift to a mathematical view of the world that Newton championed. In the end, this is a perfectly serviceable overview of Newtons life and work, and will bring this chapter in the history of science to a broader audience, but it lacks the depth one hopes for from a writer of Gleicks abilities. 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Author: Joshua Gunn
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A broadly interdisciplinary study of the pervasive secrecy in America cultural, political, and religious discourse. The occult has traditionally been understood as the study of secrets of the practice of mysticism or magic. This book broadens our understanding of the occult by treating it as a rhetorical phenomenon tied to language and symbols and more central to American culture than is commonly assumed. Joshua Gunn approaches the occult as an idiom, examining the ways in which acts of textual criticism and interpretation are occultic in nature, as evident in practices as diverse as academic scholarship, Freemasonry, and television production. Gunn probes, for instance, the ways in which jargon employed by various social and professional groups creates barriers and fosters secrecy. From the theory wars of cultural studies to the Satanic Panic that swept the national mass media in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Gunn shows how the paradox of a hidden, buried, or secret meaning that cannot be expressed in language appears time and time again in Western culture. These recurrent patterns, Gunn argues, arise from a generalized, popular anxiety about language and its limitations. Ultimately, Modern Occult Rhetoric demonstrates the indissoluble relationship between language, secrecy, and publicity, and the centrality of suspicion in our daily lives. **Review Gunn has crafted an exceptionally fine book exploring discourse that hides, disguises, and occludes. He shows how central such discourse is in the world we live in. The books linkage of 19th-century occult texts with the impenetrable books of todays fasionable postmodern gurus is especially valuable. Scholars across the academy will find that the book is indispensable.--Barry Brummett, author of Rhetorical Dimensions of Popular Culture Gunns work is a comprehensive examination of societys hierarchies of mystery and elitism--a subject that has been largely ignored by rhetorical scholars--and Gunn tackles it with erudition, insight, and most importantly, humor. Modern Occult Rhetoric is original, provocative, extremely well written, and throughtfully argued.--Mark McPhail, author of Zen in the Art of Rhetoric Gunns case studies show how modern occult rhetoric matters, because it illustrates how difficult language is used to divide and unite readers, and how we cannot help but play the game of secrecy, even in our contemporary age of abject publicity. [The] book deserves to be read and reread as a pathbreaking work not only within the specialized research of esotericoccult studies, but in rhetorical theory and media studies also.Quarterly Journal of Speech About the Author Joshua Gunn is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently writing a book on the haunting of human speech in contemporary mass media technologies.
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Author: Jeremy Black
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Military strategy takes place as much on broad national and international stages as on battlefields. In a brilliant reimagining of the impetus and scope of eighteenth-century warfare, historian Jeremy Black takes us far and wide, from the battlefields and global maneuvers in North America and Europe to the military machinations and plotting of such Asian powers as China, Japan, Burma, Vietnam, and Siam. Europeans coined the term strategy only two centuries ago, but strategy as a concept has been practiced globally throughout history. Taking issue with traditional military historians, Black argues persuasively that strategy was as much political as battlefield tactics and that plotting power did not always involve outright warfare but also global considerations of alliance building, trade agreements, and intimidation. **Review Strategy as Jeremy Black conceives it is a much more general term than is suggested by many military definitions it cannot be confined to operations on the battlefield, but must be extended to include political and diplomatic maneuvers and the impact of public opinion. This, he believes, is essential to understanding the nature of warfare, since armies cannot be treated in isolation from the rest of public life...This is both an overview of eighteenth-century warfare and an interpretation of how war was made a polemical contribution to a debate on the nature of strategy and a contribution to global history. I am sure that it will not elicit universal agreement but, equally, it cannot be ignored. Alan Forrest, author of Napoleon Life, Legacy, and Image A Biography This is both an overview of eighteenth-century warfare and an interpretation of how war was made a polemical contribution to a debate on the nature of strategy and a contribution to global history. --Alan Forrest, author of Napoleon Life, Legacy, and Image A Biography Over the last fifty years, strategy and strategic culture have become embedded in the discourse of political scientists and historians of diplomacy and warfare. While the debate goes on, surprisingly little attention has been paid to how contemporaries in previous centuries carried out the functions that are now incorporated in these two powerful terms. Now Jeremy Black has provided a refreshing new look at how meanings behind these terms were understood and employed in the eighteenth century. With his vast knowledge and insights of the period, he is able to take us on a wide-ranging exploration that provides stimulating food for thought for historians of all periods. --Richard Harding, author of The Emergence of Britains Global Naval Supremacy The War of 1739-1748 Review Over the last fifty years, strategy and strategic culture have become embedded in the discourse of political scientists and historians of diplomacy and warfare. While the debate goes on, surprisingly little attention has been paid to how contemporaries in previous centuries carried out the functions that are now incorporated in these two powerful terms. Now Jeremy Black has provided a refreshing new look at how meanings behind these terms were understood and employed in the eighteenth century. With his vast knowledge and insights of the period, he is able to take us on a wide-ranging exploration that provides stimulating food for thought for historians of all periods. (Richard Harding author of The Emergence of Britains Global Naval Supremacy The War of 1739-1748) This is both an overview of eighteenth-century warfare and an interpretation of how war was made a polemical contribution to a debate on the nature of strategy and a contribution to global history. (Alan Forrest author of Napoleon Life, Legacy, and Image A Biography)
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Author: Kirk Heilbrun
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Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) continues to develop and expand as a specialization. Since the publication of the First Edition of Forensic Mental Health Assessment A Casebook over a decade ago, there have been a number of significant changes in the applicable law, ethics, science, and practice that have shaped the conceptual and empirical underpinnings of FMHA. The Second Edition of Forensic Mental Health Assessment is thoroughly updated in light of the developments and changes in the field, while still keeping the unique structure of presenting cases, detailed reports, and specific teaching points on a wide range of topics. Unlike anything else in the literature, it provides genuine (although disguised) case material, so trainees as well as legal and mental health professionals can review how high-quality forensic evaluation reports are written it features contributions from leading experts in forensic psychology and psychiatry, providing samples of work in their particular areas of specialization and it discusses case material in the larger context of broad foundational principles and specific teaching points, making it a valuable resource for teaching, training, and continuing education. Now featuring 50 real-world cases, this new edition covers topics including criminal responsibility, sexual offending risk evaluation, federal sentencing, capital sentencing, capacity to consent to treatment, personal injury, harassment and discrimination, guardianship, juvenile commitment, transfer and decertification, response style, expert testimony, evaluations in a military context, and many more. It will be invaluable for anyone involved in assessments for the courts, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and attorneys, as well as for FMHA courses. **Review The encore edition of Forensic Mental Health Assessment A Casebook outshines even its illustrious predecessor. An A-list of leaders in the field has crafted broad state-of-the-science principles of forensic mental health assessment and deftly applied these principles to actual civil, criminal, and juvenile cases in all of their real-world richness and complexity. The result is a fascinating and authoritative volume that forensic clinicians will find of indispensable value. -John Monahan, PhD, Shannon Distinguished Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry, University of Virginia Like the first edition, this casebook builds on Heilbruns now-classic work on principles of forensic mental health assessment. Like architecture, each case rises from that foundation to express the principles in real form and substance, showing us their potential and testing their value. -Thomas Grisso, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Psychology, and Director of the Law-Psychiatry Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School This is the book you need if you want to hone your forensic evaluation skills. By working through its chapters, all written by well-known forensic specialists, mental health professionals helping to answer legally relevant questions can rest assured that they understand the theory and practice of the discipline. -Christopher Slobogin, Milton Underwood Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School With its excellent case studies demonstrating the components of each evaluation, this is a practical and easy to read book. The second edition is certainly justified because of the many changes in the field over the intervening 12 years. This book should be in the libraries of both novice and seasoned forensic evaluators. -Gary B Kaniuk, Doodys Health Sciences Book Review About the Author Kirk Heilbrun, PhD, is Professor, Department of Psychology, Drexel University. His current research focuses on juvenile and adult offenders, legal decision-making, forensic evaluation associated with such decision-making, and diversion. He is the author of a number of articles and books in the area of forensic assessment. David DeMatteo, JD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Law at Drexel University, where he is also Director of the JDPhD Program in Law and Psychology. His research interests include psychopathy, forensic mental health assessments, drug policy, and diversion. He has authored several books and numerous articles on forensic mental health assessment and related topics. Stephanie Brooks Holliday, PhD, a graduate of Drexel University, is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) at the Washington DC VA Medical Center. Her current research interests include adult offenders, risk assessment, interventions for risk reduction, justice-involved veterans, and neuropsychological functioning in veteran populations. Casey LaDuke, MS, is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology at Drexel University, with concentrations in forensic psychology and clinical neuropsychology. His current interests include forensic mental health assessment, psychopathy, diversion, and the application of clinical neuropsychology in the forensic context.
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For more than a thousand years before the arrival of the Slavs in the sixth century AD, the lands between the Adriatic and the river Danube, now Yugoslavia and Albania, were the home of the peoples known to the ancient world as Illyrians. This book, now available in paperback, draws upon the considerable archaeological evidence that has become available since the Second World War to provide an account of the origins, culture, history and legacy of the Illyrians. John Wilkes describes the geography of Illyria and surveys the region in the prehistoric, Greek, Roman and medieval periods. He discusses Illyrian art, material, culture, religion and customs. A chapter examines the Illyrian language, of which little trace survives, and its connection with other Indo-European languages. Professor Wilkes also scrutinizes the linguistic evidence for the Illyrians relatedness to other peoples - Thracian, Italic, Greek and Celtic. He concludes with a discussion of a possible survival of an Illyrian native culture in the Roman and Byzantine periods. **
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