yale university press jul 2005 (13 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In commemoration of its fiftieth anniversary, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Council has created a beautiful cookbook.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'The Ethics of Fetal Research' distinguishes between the legal and ethical questions raised by experimentation on still-living human fetuses. Paul Ramsey first outlines the various types of fetal research now being done and grants their potential benefits. He then describes the development of proposed American guidelines up to the National Research Act, passed by Congress in 1974, and compares these guidelines with England's recent 'Peel Report.' In considering the moral and ethical problems involved in fetal research, Ramsey deals with ways in which medical policy is formulated in the United States.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In this book, one of the world's leading scholars on the history of religion in Africa shows how Christianity has been transformed as it has been adopted by black Africans, from the introduction of Christianity in the seventeenth century to the present. Richard Gray finds that Africans have not meekly accepted monolithic Western practices and interpretations but have appropriated Christian faith for specific needs and added to it insights of their own. 'Gray's theological conclusions are fascinating, and the book forms a useful contribution to the study of missions in Africa.'-Eugeniah Adoyo, Theological Book Review 'Gray's most significant contribution is his essay that compares differing concepts of evil in the cosmologies of Christianity and traditional African religions. This compact, well-written volume has extensive footnotes. It is recommended for specialists, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates.'-Choice 'A thoughtful and informative book, well worth reading.'-Joseph C. McKenna, Theological Studies 'Concrete and detailed cases support Gray's lucid account of this transformation in Africa.'-Wyatt MacGaffey, American Historical Review 'The work of a master historian and demonstrates archival detective work and scholarly analysis at its finest. Anyone interested in the introduction and development of Christianity in Africa will find this book particularly valuable.'-Roger B. Beck, History: Reviews of New Books 'Christianity in Africa has too often been written about by those who recognize only its sociological consequences. Gray .writes .with insights that are not found often enough in studies of black Christians and white (and black) missionaries in Africa, and this is welcome.'-M. Louise Pirouet, International Journal of the African Historical Society.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The clarity of style for which Mr. Brooks has long been noted is displayed to advantage in this newest book of his criticism. Originally delivered as lectures at a faculty conference of people interested in theology, the critical studies have special importance for all readers who would like a fresh perspective on five distinguished literary figures whose Christian commitment has been regarded as nonexistent or nebulous. Mr. Brooks believes that whatever a writer has to say about mankind, Christianity, or culture in general is most significantly explained through his achievements as an artist, and for that reason the critic here deals with the characteristic literary work of each author, rather than with his theology or philosophy.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A distinguished psychologist presents a lively and accessible exploration of how the human mind works. Discussing such intriguing topics as memory, learning, reasoning, and problem solving, Anthony J. Sanford describes the most important and recent theories and experiments relevant to these mental processes. 'This book is an excellent introduction to the structure of knowledge. It is very readable, clear, and illuminating without being highly technical.'-R.L. Gregory, University of Bristol 'The book is impressively clear and written at an appropriate level for the intelligent layman.'-Andrew Ortony, University of Illinois.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Judge Cardozo develops further in this book the theory of law expressed in 'The Nature of Judicial Process. 'Having dealt with the question, 'How do I decide a case ' he now asks, 'How 'should 'I decide it ''The present work glows with the same passionate sincerity that marks his judicial utterances . . . facility of expression, breadth of imagination, and lucidity of thought.'--'Columbia'' Law Review'.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It has long been acknowledged that Richard Wagner was a virulent anti-Semite, yet the composer has also been characterized as an idealistic revolutionary. In this fascinating book, Paul Lawrence Rose argues that for Wagner, as for many other Germans, the idea of revolution always contained a racial and antisemitic core. He offers fresh and stimulating interpretations of Wagner's music based on an analysis of their revolutionary and anti-Semitic elements. 'An epoch-making study of Wagner's antisemitism-the most important work on the subject now available.'-Barry Millington, New Statesman 'A pioneering and realistic study.'-Conor Cruise O'Brien, Sunday Telegraph.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'A fascinating attempt to understand the relationship between the social environment, stress, and violent and maladaptive behaviors. The innovative use of large-scale national statistics to examine social behaviors is timely, interesting, and provocative.'--Paul Root Wolpe, University of Pennsylvania.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Not as well known today as 'Volpne 'and 'The Alchemist,' this comedy of London's lower classes was a great favorite of Ben Jonson's contemporaries. The richness of its comic invention and the complexity of its plot and satirical view have returned it to its former high repute, and Professor Waith's skillful and illuminating critical Introduction vividly demonstrates its artistic excellence. The high standards for textual accuracy and critical apparatus set for 'Volpone,' the first volume of the Yale edition of Ben Jonson, are maintained here, and the format is identical. In addition, the editor has supplied an appendix and the original staging of the play that assists the reader greatly and is in itself a valuable contribution to studies of Elizabethan and Jacobean stagecraft. Eugene M. Waith is professor of English at Yale University. The Yale Ben Jonson, 2.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - With this innovative analysis of the music of Charles Ives, Philip Lambert fills a significant gap in the literature on one of America's most important composers. Lambert portrays Ives as a composer of great diversity and complexity who nevertheless held to a single artistic vision. 'Philip Lambert's book is a fine study, well organized, meticulously executed, comprehensive, fascinating, and engagingly written.'-Richard Parks 'An excellent book for theoreticians and serious students of musical structure and analysis.'-Choice.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Between 1979 and 1989, rural life in China was transformed; the communes were dismantled, tiny family farms were created, government domination of commerce and enterprise was eased, and many entrepreneurial ventures were brought to life.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Ten lectures covering Kant, Schelling, Hegel, and the dialectical method by leading American philosopher. Focuses on the importance for modern philosophy of the nature of the human self.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This absorbing book chronicles the exploitation of Beethoven's life and work by German political parties from the founding of the modern nation in 1870 to the peaceful East German Revolution of 1989. David Dennis taps a wealth of new archival resources to examine for the first time how propagandists of every persuasion have transformed Beethoven and his art into powerful, and varied, national symbols. 'In fascinating detail, Dennis introduces many 'Beethovens, ' each fashioned as part of a process that transformed the composer into the most protean, and widely abused, cultural-political symbol in modern German history.'-David Large, Montana State University 'ÝThis book' should fascinate not only Beethoven devotees but also anyone interested in the elusiveness and malleability of historical evidence.'-James R. Oestreich, New York Times.