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Tapa blanda. Condizione: New. GROOM, E., ED.: METHODS FOR TEACHING TRAVEL LITERATURE AND WRITING. EXPLORING THE WORLD AND SELF. PIETERLEN, 2005, vii 182 p. , 270 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (NB-6-2) 270 gr. Libro.

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Tapa blanda. Condizione: New. MATER, E.: GESAMTVERZEICHNIS DEUTSCHER VERBEN DER GEGENWARTSSPRACHE. PIETERLEN, 2007, 182 p., 300 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (LDB-7) 300 gr. Libro.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Possiamo comprendere il lavoro attraverso le rappresentazioni culturali e artistiche? Dipende. Se ci interessano gli aspetti pratici, come l'organizzazione e la gestione del lavoro, la risposta e no. Ma diventa si se esploriamo il significato che l'esperienza del lavoro assume per gli esseri umani in una determinata societa e periodo storico. Le rappresentazioni letterarie, cinematografiche, teatrali, musicali e altre ancora, agiscono sia come specchio che come veicolo di idee e visioni della societa; cristallizzano un sentire comune che puo essere studiato a posteriori, aiutandoci a ricostruire il rapporto culturale che gli esseri umani hanno con la sfera della praxis. Questo libro intende offrire alcune chiavi metodologiche per tale lettura culturale, portando all'attenzione del lettore sia aspetti teorici che analisi testuali. Possiamo comprendere il lavoro attraverso le rappresentazioni culturali e artistiche? Dipende dagli aspetti esaminati: se sono pratici, la risposta e no; se esploriamo il significato che il lavoro ha per le persone in una societa e periodo storico, allora si. Questo libro offre chiavi metodologiche per questa lettura culturale. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 2,000 years ago, Judaism was becoming an attractive product in the market of Mediterraneanreligions. Yet it was Christianity that won the day. Innovation anthropologistDominique Desjeux offers an unexpected solution to this oft-revisited enigma.In the year 70, the Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed. The Jews were in danger ofdisappearing, even though they represented nearly 8% of the empire's population. Tosurvive, the Jews had to make a strategic choice between several controversies: theresurrection of the dead, proselytism, the application of circumcision and dietaryprohibitions.One school of thought proposed refocusing on the purity of rules. This later gave riseto Rabbinical Judaism. Another Jewish current favored globalization. It proposed areligious product that was easier to disseminate. It did away with circumcision andkashrut, included eternal life, which reassured against the uncertainties of the future,and baptism, which simplified the rituals of purification. This current was excludedfrom synagogues. A few centuries later, it gave rise to Christianity. Any resemblanceto todays innovations and crises is not accidental. 2,000 years ago, Judaism was becoming an attractive product in the market of Mediterraneanreligions. Yet it was Christianity that won the day. Innovation anthropologistDominique Desjeux offers an unexpected solution to this oft-revisited enigma.In the year 70, the Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Il 20 giugno 1953, sotto la presidenza del radicalsocialista francese Yvon Delbos, venne fondato il gruppo transnazionale dei Liberaux et apparentes (Lib) comprendente inizialmente 11 membri, per la maggioranza francesi. Linea guida di questa ricerca, basata prevalentemente su fonti archivistiche inedite, risiede nella ricostruzione dei vari modelli di liberalismo attraverso i quali i primi quattro presidenti del gruppo (Delbos, Pleven, Berkhouwer e Durieux) interpretarono la loro avventura europeistica e come tali principi influenzarono la loro attivita e quella dello stesso gruppo in ambito comunitario, alla luce dei mutamenti e delle trasformazioni avvenute in quasi un quarto di secolo. I quattro presidenti cercarono di svolgere un ruolo determinante nella democratizzazione dei meccanismi di funzionamento comunitari come pure si posero l'ambizioso progetto di svolgere un'attivita di primo piano nella trasformazione dell'Europa occidentale in una comunita internazionale unita e democratica, in stretta sinergia con l'Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite. Linea guida di questa ricerca, basata prevalentemente su fonti archivistiche inedite, risiede nella ricostruzione dei vari modelli di liberalismo attraverso i quali i primi quattro presidenti del gruppo (Delbos, Pleven, Berkhouwer e Durieux) interpretarono la loro avventura europeistica e come tali principi influenzarono la loro attivita. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Sacred words often provide succor, summoned to comfort individual victims and entire communities ravaged by acts of violence. History also demonstrates, however, that religious discourse, like rhetoric itself, functions as a pharmakonboth a remedy and a poison. Religious discourse evoked to incite or justify violence functions as a kind of rancor or intense partisan anger that distorts reality, exacerbates harm, and eschews the accountability of its perpetrators. Moreover, a third function of religious rhetoric synthesizes sacred succor and rancor to express the productive tension of righteous indignation employed by speakers to decry violence and demand social justice.This compendium of both historic and contemporary speeches on the intersecting themes of religion, rhetoric, and violence endeavors to complicate the rhetoric/violence binary by interpolating religion (another foundational and cultural belief inextricably entangled with both rhetoric and violence) into the dialectic. Rhetorical artifacts, including religious speeches by Sojourner Truth, Joseph Biden, Harvey Milk, Tony Kushner, Pope Francis, Barak Obama, Julius Streicher, Josef Schuster, and Jefferson Sessions are analyzed, from rhetorical approaches, as responses to policies, laws and historic events with their basis in sacred and rancorous religion rhetoric. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. For the student: This is what you should demand.For the institution: This is what you should provide.Disability and the University: A Disabled Students Manifesto, 2nd edition is a guide to what students with disabilities need to know about attending university, as well as to the essential supports and rights universities should provide. Each chapter represents a benchmark for students to follow as they travel through the institution, and lays clear what they should expect in the post Covid world.Written by those who have traversed the terrain of higher education, this book is not about disabled students, but instead is a manifesto, a call for change, a call to action. It is guide book, blueprint, and tool for both students and universities. A manual and indispensable guide for students with disabilities, the updated second edition of Disability and the University explores how to navigate university life and details essential supports and rights today's universities should provide. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Douglas Kellners Re-Visioning Education: Cultural Studies, Critical Media and Digital Literacies, and Democracy provides a comprehensive account of his critical theory of education that combines his work in philosophy of education, cultural studies, and media and digital literacies aimed at a critical theory of education and radical pedagogy for the 21st Century. Kellner also engages the battle for Higher Education in the contemporary moment, taking on rightwing attacks on education, and defending progressive concepts of education and democracy advocated by John Dewey and his pragmatist cohort, Paulo Freire and his movement of critical pedagogy, and Herbert Marcuse who calls for a radical critique and transformation of education in the contemporary era. Clearly written and documented for teachers, students, and citizens Kellner provides discussion of key issues challenging education today and calls for transformation of education to provide more democratic, inclusive, equalitarian, and culturally relevant education for the future. This volume provides a comprehensive account of Kellners work in philosophy of education, cultural studies, and media and digital literacies aimed at exploring critical theory of education and radical pedagogy for the 21st Century. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Metis Coming Together invites readers to witness the knowledge exchanges that occur in community. Diverse perspectives from Metis across the homeland help us convene a dynamic and generous thinking space to broaden our individual and collective understandings of Metis-ness. Topics addressed from a Metis lens include relationality, kinship, history, storytelling, language revitalization, poetry, futurities, sexuality, feminisms, geographies, religion and spirituality, self-determination, and sovereignty. The collection provides opportunities to learn contemporary Metis ways of knowing and being. This edited collection includes work by Metis thinkers both inside and outside academia, to help us convene a dynamic and generous thinking space to broaden our individual and collective understandings. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This book explores the margins of journalism: the peripheral journalists and media organisations who have been overlooked in our efforts to understand a changing journalistic field. Seeing local journalists as unmapped agents of the journalistic field, this book provides a comprehensive study of local journalism in the post-socialist, post-transitional Czech media system, and conceptualises these actors as unique agents within the journalistic field. Informed by Pierre Bourdieus field theory, it adopts an inductive approach, presenting the stories of specific journalists derived from interviews and participant observation in the places where they work, alongside surveys of local newspapers. From these studies, this book systematically maps these peripheral, journalistic actors and their positions in the journalistic field, accounting for their relationships and the trends shaping Czech journalism to give voice to those who are not usually heard journalists on the margins. " a fine-grained examination into the struggles and successes of local newspaper journalists adjusting to a digital era. It demonstrates how shining a light on their unique - often underexplored - practices can provide broader learnings for the future of journalism." Professor Kristy Hess, Deakin University, Australia. "This rich and insightful contribution directs our attention to the important but often under researched margins of journalism, and as such it contributes to a wider understanding of what it means to be a journalist." Professor Agnes Gulyas, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. This book explores local journalists in the Czech Republic as unmapped agents of the journalistic field. It is a case study of a local journalists and local newspapers in the post-socialist Czech media system. It uses Bourdieus field theory, interviews, participant observation, and survey data to map the journalistic field for journalism studies. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Sigmund Freuds theories and clinical practices focused primarily on individuals. As such, they are rarely considered when critiquing collective behavior or symbolic re-presentations. However, as the founder of depth psychology a field of study that considers how unconscious components of the human experience influence psychological conditions Freud understood the collective nature of thought and behavior. While his ideas are not typically a perspective applied to the study of media and popular culture, of audiences, or of content creation, once unpacked through a psychoanalytic lens, Freuds theories shine a bright light on human motivation and expression.This book is the first presentation of his ideas within this context. It is primarily an introduction to Freud and his theories intended for a communication studies audience. In addition to summarizing Freuds major concepts, how/when/if they are taught in psychology programs, and the resultant "Freud Wars," this book offers examples of application of his ideas to cinema, advertising, public relations, and other forms of expression and recommendations for future research.There are implications and applications to the everyday world as well for anyone interested in how theories of human development, beginning with childhood personality construction through adult sexuality, repression, and expression, can be understood through a contemporary lens."Of all of the contentious and oft-misconstrued figures in the history of ideas, few provide such a thorny and frustrating subject as Sigmund Freud. In this short-butsubstantial book, Deb Merskin gives us a considerate and approachable understanding of Freuds work. She begins with a biographical sketch of Freud, builds on this foundation to outline the full spectrum of Freuds theoretical interventions. With the basic rhythms and motifs established, Merskin then combines all of these elements to develop a symphonic sense of what Freuds ideas can contribute to communication and media studies, with emphases on social theory, film theory, advertising, political communication, media psychology, and cultural studies. Here is a true introduction to Freuds ideas as they relate to communication and media studies."David W. Park, Lake Forest College Provides an overview of Freuds psychoanalytic theories and uses them as a lens through which to view media and popular culture. The book reviews how Freuds theories have been applied to the study of film, advertising, news, and public relations, and discusses how scholars can use Freuds ideas as tools to understand contemporary experiences. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This compelling book delves deep into the intricate tapestry of Euro-Mediterranean politics and diplomacy, shedding light on the motivations that guided the actions of key political players from the 1980s to the Arab Spring. The author, on a challenging quest, identifies and interviews the very politicians and diplomats who shaped these relationships, uncovering a stark realism that superseded idealistic notions when crucial decisions were at stake. The author's focus turns to Spain, and to a lesser extent, France, as they navigate the intricate web of Euro-Mediterranean politics to gain greater diplomatic influence, regional power, and strategic leadership within the European Union and the southern Mediterranean rim.They are portrayed as political brokers and entrepreneurs in the Mediterranean marketplace. In this thought-provoking work, the Mediterranean is portrayed as a transactional good, skillfully traded in all directions to achieve political, economic, and diplomatic goals. This book is a meticulously researched and compelling exploration of the complex relationships, interests, and maneuverings that shape the geopolitics of the Euro-Mediterranean region. It offers readers a new perspective on the evolution of the Euro-Mediterranean politics focusing on Critical Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics. This compelling book delves deep into the intricate tapestry of Euro-Mediterranean politics and diplomacy, shedding light on the motivations that guided the actions of key political players from the 1980s to the Arab Spring. The author portrays the Mediterranean as a transactional good, traded to achieve political, economic, and diplomatic goals. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. How is the work of social workers shaped in terms of individuals and the internal organization of the structure? And how does the relationship between knowledge and practical knowledge affect professional vision, performance and choices of action? This book helps to explore how the working practice of social workers is expressed on that path where knowledge and practical knowledge, learnt in situations, becomes knowing how to work together, weaving together relationships among people, professions, objects, languages, technologies and institutions.The book therefore proposes new ways of combining these two aspects: how social workers construct their knowledge through everyday practices and what it means to empirically study the practical knowledge of social workers. The work practice of the social worker constitutes a unit of analysis proposed in this book for the study of this work practice, understood as situated activity. The book points to the important issue of social work as situated activity and it intends to explore the way in which the work practice of social workers is expressed. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. E possibile affermare che la rappresentazione auerbachianamente "seria" delle coscienze individuali - della psicologia, della soggettivita - di uomini e donne del popolo fu una prerogative della narrativa realista del XIX secolo? In che modo - e con quali forme - gli scrittori attribuirono un'"anima" ai loro umili? Si tratta di domande fondamentali, da tempo evocate dalla critica, a cui il libro tenta di rispondere con una prospettiva narratologica aggiornata, adoperata su un corpus vasto ed eterogeneo della narrative italiana e francese tra Otto e Novecento: da Manzoni a Verga, da Balzac a Zola, passando per la letteratura campagnola; stagione letteraria spesso misconosciuta e controversa, che tuttavia fu artefice di una rivoluzione epistemologica della mimesi del popolo. This volume addresses a classic, important theme, but one that has never been studied diachronically or systematically. Indeed, access to the word-and thought-of humble characters is one of the novel features of the nineteenth-century novel; and it has been studied in relation to individual authors. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. White supremacy and American-style individual autonomy are mutually supportive and co-dependent. Attacking white racism will not dislodge white supremacy, which the author contends is the greatest danger facing America. That can only be accomplished by making concurrent and significant modifications in American individualism. Yet, white supremacist thinking, feeling, and acting and American individualism are protected by what the author describes as The White Supremacist Collective Unconscious, a culturally determined mental construct that Americans assimilate as they grow into adulthood, which endows all Americans, regardless of race, with a white supremacist mental orientation to one degree or another. Drawing on his personal experiences as an African American growing up in the United States, and on his research, the author details the development and workings of that unconscious, and the impact of white supremacy on the national character.In this provocative, personal, and engaging volume, so timely in its intervention, Ronald Richardson gives us a new way of looking at ourselves, how we came to be, and the inescapable role white supremacy has played in the unfolding.Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard UniversityThis is a brave and candid book centered on the psychology and vexed history of race and the white ascendency in the United States. The gaze is unblinking, the analysis rigorous, and the conclusions judicious. Professor Richardson has composed a most impressive study, drawing on the provocative ideas of varied thinkersamong whom Fanon, Jung, Kierkegaard, Kakuzo Okakuraand his own experience, stretching from childhood to youth to distinguished scholar.David Mayers is Professor, History Department, Political Science Department, Boston University This book describes the devastating impact of white supremacy and its co-dependent style of individual autonomy on African Americans and on American culture and society. It reveals the hidden workings of white supremacy in the American psyche, its destructive effects in the family, and its profoundly dangerous threat to American democracy. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. AI is one of the most disruptive technologies of our era, significantly transforming nearly every aspect of human life. This book examines the impact of AI on international affairs from interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral, and interregional perspectives, focusing on both the European Union and Latin America.It explores philosophical debates on concepts such as consciousness, ethics, and human uniqueness, offering a framework for assessing the risks and benefits of AI for humanity. The evolving landscape is also giving rise to new rights, including NeuroRights, which expand upon existing human rights. Additionally, the book analyses the EU AI Act and its implications for human rights in the digital age.This publication is a collaborative effort between university scholars and international experts, developed within the research group "EU & Ethics Governance of the Artificial Intelligence" led by the Institute of European Studies and Human Rights at the Pontifical University of Salamanca. This book examines the impact of AI on international affairs through interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral, and interregional perspectives, focusing on the European Union and Latin America. It also analyses the EU AI Act and its implications for human rights in the digital age. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This volume brings together studies which represent current perspectives on second language learning and teaching in relation to language and culture in intercultural contexts. The authors reflect on and analyse a variety of topics such as the significance of recognizing and valuing heritage speakers in intercultural contexts, the role of multimodal mediation strategies in language teaching materials, and the impact of intercultural variation on language assessment. Their contributions provide a unique lens through which we can view the intricate relationship between language and culture in second language settings where learners of different cultural backgrounds are involved. Overall, the chapters contribute to the ongoing scholarly discourse in the field of applied linguistics and language education in intercultural contexts. This volume brings together studies which represent current perspectives on second language learning and teaching in relation to language and culture in intercultural contexts. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. For decades now, the Asian region has been in the process of transforming from a manufacturing center of the global economy to an innovation booster for the knowledge and digital economy. Asia has emerged as an innovation powerhouse. Among Asian economies, the East Asia region has made great efforts to stimulate investment in innovation through numerous support policies aimed at fostering R&D investment, developing innovation ecosystems (in particular to support startups), training a highperformance workforce, and strengthening academy-industry-government collaboration. These efforts have resulted in economic miracles, transforming the East Asian region into home to some of the worlds largest economies.This book provides a detailed overview of the determinants of innovation systems in East Asia, including efforts from academia, industry, and government, as well as the evolution of innovation models towards sustainable development. For decades now, the Asian region has been in the process of transforming from a manufacturing center of the global economy to an innovation booster for the knowledge and digital economy. Asia has emerged as an innovation powerhouse. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This volume examines the potentially deleterious impact of place branding on the social fabric, ecosystems and local economies of the places concerned. As the different essays show, place branding is a fundamentally political practice, often driven by hidden agendas that marginalize certain groups within society. Contributors explore place branding from a wide variety of angles, including: the role played by the visual arts in city branding; the applied arts, and speci cally the fashion industrys potential for shaping perceptions of a particular place; the different ways in which sport has been exploited by the political elites; the role of design in place branding, including the architectural design of sports stadia; and the potentially insidious economic and societal consequences of excessive consumption of branded places. By exploring the often hidden ideological agenda(s) of place branding, and analyzing the ways in which practitioners often marginalize, or ignore, local stakeholders on the ground, this volume of essays offers a fresh and topical perspective on an extremely important subject. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This study explores Kondakarnoie Pienie, a musical phenomenon that flourished in Kievan Rus from the 11th-13th centuries and is preserved in only five manuscripts. Stimulated by the global digitization initiatives undertaken by the major holdings East and West, previously inaccessible primary source material has come available. As a result the current investigation is a reassessment of earlier work accomplished. It addresses aspects of musical palaeography, liturgical context and function, and performance practice. The music examined is the chant cycles for the Forefeast, Christmas and Epiphany celebrations, a substantial body of comparable musical material that furnishes explicit evidence of the appropriation of Byzantine cathedral chanting practices by the medieval Slavs. The results of this exercise in comparative palaeography are limited and inconclusive. At the same time, the study has succeeded in placing the select repertory in its proper liturgical and historical context, posing convincing answers to some long standing questions. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Social responsibility in healthcare is currently the subject of increasing attention around the world and is often presented as one of the necessary responses to improving health systems in developed countries. The absence of African data on this subject motivated a survey that aimed to assess social responsibility of African public hospitals in terms of management of kidney disease, and explore the factors that influence it. based on patient and physician perceptions. This work has highlighted the crucial role of hospital governance and management, (involving the various stakeholders) in improving hospital social responsibility, and consequently the provision of care. This work has highlighted the crucial role of hospital governance and management, (involving the various stakeholders) in improving hospital social responsibility, and consequently the provision of care. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Shockwaves of Possibility explores the deep utopianism of one of the most significant modern cultural practices: science fiction. The author contends that utopianism is not simply a motif in SF, but rather is fundamental to its narrative dynamics. Drawing upon a rich array of theory and criticism in SF and utopian studies, the book opens with a global periodizing history that shows the inseparability of SF from developments in other cultural fields. It goes on to examine literature, film, television, comics, and animation in order to demonstrate SFs unique effectiveness for grappling with the upheavals brought about by globalization. Shockwaves of Possibility proves SFs vitality in the brave new world of the twenty-first century, as it illuminates the contours of the present and educates our desire for a radically other future. This book explores the deep utopianism of one of the most significant modern cultural practices: science fiction. It contends that utopianism is not simply a motif in science fiction alongside technology, time travel, alien encounters, conspiracies, alternate histories or the post-apocalypse but is fundamental to the genre's narrative dynamics. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Confronting Toxic Rhetoric contributes to the extant scholarship on toxic rhetoric, specifically the negative and extreme political discourse surrounding the Trump years of campaigning, rallying, tweeting, holding office, and the ongoing culture war in the US (Duffy, 2020). Toxic rhetoric challenged the foundational purposes of teaching writing and rhetoric, such as ethical argumentation and critical thinking. Teachers narratives, case studies, and reflections bring to light the ruptures, resistance, and resilience of teaching amid the extreme polarization of partisan politics, distrust of science, and increased hate speech, among other issues associated with toxic rhetoric. Readers will learn from teachers who were challenged to cope with toxic rhetoric, using both rhetorical and extra-disciplinary lenses. Their experiences present a vulnerable yet resolved expression of coping, activism, and belief in the future of rhetoric and democracy."Toxic rhetoric is the proverbial fly in the soup of our political and public discourse, poisoning our politics, and by extension, our classrooms. Confronting Toxic Rhetoric takes up the arduous task of treating the contamination in our classrooms while encouraging us to advance the work of decontamination in our broader rhetorical ecosystems."Ryan Skinnell, Editor of Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump Confronting Toxic Rhetoric shares the experiences of writing & rhetoric teachers challenged to cope with toxic rhetoric, the negative and extreme political discourse giving way to polarization, distrust of science, increased hate speech, among other ills in the US. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Covid-19 pandemic has ushered in an era of unprecedented change, fundamentally reshaping the fabric of our global society. This book, drawing from an international congress of scholars in Medical Humanities and Media Studies, explores the profound impact of the pandemic on Ibero-America, shedding light on the intricate web of historical antecedents, societal structures, and contemporary consequences. It delves into the pandemics role as a crucible for social inequalities, revealing the unique challenges faced in Ibero-America, such as informal labor markets and healthcare access disparities. From politics to culture, this collection of essays examines the multifaceted responses to the pandemic, probing the intricate dance between state control, economic dynamics, and cultural creativity. It also offers a comparative lens on past health crises and their resonance in literature and media. The book explores Covid-19's profound impact on Ibero-America, revealing social inequalities and diverse responses. It draws parallels with past epidemics and analyzes media's evolving role in crisis management, emphasizing global resonance and lasting relevance Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. This book explores the evolution of sentiment in economic terms in the press during financial crises applying a combination of sentiment analysis techniques and usage fluctuation analysis on a diachronic corpus derived from editorials in quality newspapers during the Great Recession. The book uncovers two key findings: first, certain economic terms become event words during times of crisis due to their increased use in the press and the general public, revealing rapid semantic changes in economic terms caused by major socio-economic events. Second, sentiment-laden collocations are found to be influenced by culture, highlighting languages adaptability to financial upheavals. This work proposes an innovative methodology that combines lexicon-based Sentiment Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, and qualitative Discourse Analysis to shed light on how language shapes economic discourse, making it a valuable resource for scholars exploring the relationship between language and historic events. By using a unique combination of methods and tools, including sentiment analysis and usage fluctuation analysis, this book sheds light on the interplay between language and socio-economic dynamics, showing how the sentiment of specialized terms in the economic/financial domain fluctuates diachronically following major economic events. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the Bretton Woods conference, where the foundations of a new international economic and monetary order were laid down. After the end of the fixed exchange-rates regime between 1971 and 1973, the US dollar hegemony was strengthened while the international system was dominated by increasing global imbalances and greater vulnerability of the world economy.This was mainly due to the built-in destabilizer that characterizes each international monetary system relying on a national currency to provide global liquidity: the essence of the Triffin dilemma.Since the Great Financial Crisis an attempt was made towards a more equitable, multilateral economic governance system. But the last few years have also brought more fragmentation, shortening of global value chains and attempts to fence off negative transnational externalities deriving from various sources of interdependence (even with autarchic and neocolonial responses). Worse yet the pandemic and military conflicts reinforced the logic of blocks while the need for increased supranational public goods or reduced negative public bads is becoming pressing.This book suggests that a way to recover a path towards multilateralism is strengthened regional integration. This may help return on a path of trans-national confidence and cooperation and implement a new multilayered architecture of the international monetary system. "This book is an indispensable reading at a time when one of the essential tasks of the international community is to move towards a new monetary order and a reform of the International monetary fund (IMF) associating the new regional monetary unions to the management of a common currency: the Special Drawing Right (SDR)."Michel Camdessus, Former Managing Director, IMF; Honorary Governor, Bank of France This book tries to gather some research and policy questions regarding the future of the regional and international economic and monetary systems. It is a tentative research to sum up some questions and topics about cooperation between the European Union, Africa, Latin America and Asia in the fields of financial, monetary and economic development. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This volume focuses on queer aspects of literary lives, which result from or cause various in/securities. By focusing on moments of irritation, or queer instances, the subjects of investigation challenge established norms, hierarchies, and ideologies. At stake are one-dimensional fixations of meaning, procedures of heteronormative standardization as well as the intellectual foundations of their legitimacy. In nine chapters, the contributors investigate materials from the 17th century and the Thirty Years War (e.g. Grimmelshausen, Lohenstein) as well as the 21st (Kehlmann, Steidele), in which techniques of self-assertion and safeguarding are devised. The literary texts unhinge established societal and epistemological orders, on the one hand by pointing at the inflexibility and limitations of traditional orientation markers of the self, and on the other by the exposing abusive, discriminative, and unacceptable power structures of the day. The volumes focus on queer life narratives strives for an enriching multiplicity instead of a unidimensional fixation. It invites readers to question traditionally set ideologies, norms, and boundaries of the self. By the same token it encourages the unlearning of hasty discrimination and attendant condemnation of what is apparently different. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Next Generation tells the story of a unique group: the American-born granddaughters of early twentieth-century Jewish immigrants to the United States who were also children of Holocaust survivors, particularly those who later moved to Israel. Through an examination of her own life and experiences, the author presents it as a case study of this group, and sheds light on how the combination of being both the Next-generation and the Second Generation children of Holocaust survivors and moving to Israel, affected their lives. "The Next Generation" tells the story of the American-born granddaughters of early 20th century Jewish immigrants to the United States, who were also children of Holocaust survivors, and later moved to Israel, through an examination of her own experiences as a case study. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.