Untendentious and highly informative... " -- VirginiaQuarterly Review
..". extremely useful and intellectuallystimulating... " -- Seminar
Zeitgeist in Babel vividlydisplays the confluence of discourse-formations concerning postmodernism as theytake shape in the different disciplines of aesthetic mediums and philosophicaldiscourse. The twenty contributors include Umberto Eco, Jacques Derrida, ClementGreenberg, Martin Jay, Charles Jencks, Susan ...
This anthology makes it abundantly clear that feminist filmcriticism is flourishing and has developed dramatically since its inception in theearly 1970s." -- Journal of Aesthetics and ArtCriticism
Erens brings together a wide variety of writings andmethodologies by U.S. and British feminist film scholars. The twenty-seven essaysrepresent some of the most influential work on Hollywood film, women's cinema, anddocumentary filmmaking to appear du...
..". a welcome and unusual glimpse of the private side of one ofEast European Jewry's most influential public figures." -- AmericanHistorical Review..". an absorbing introduction to one of thetruly original thinkers in modern Jewish history." -- Heritage Southwest JewishPress"For a complete picture of the Polish/Russian world ofthe twentieth century, this book should be required reading." -- AJLNewsletterThis is a memoir and biography by an ex...
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Sleeping and Dreaming
Rosette's Dream
Rosette's First Analysis
The Story of Rosette's Mother
Rosette's Answer
Early Thoughts on Sleep and Dreams
Common Notions About Sleep and Dreams
Research on Dreams
2. Freud and Dreaming
Exploring Dreams
Freud's Notions of Dream Function
3. Sleep and Dream Research
The Discovery of REM Sleep
REM Sleep and Dreaming
The Sleep Cycle
Dream Time and Real Time
4. Ex...
Dieser Roman handelt von der Rettung der Irma Seidenman, einer blauäugigen, schlanken und schönen Polin, und einer Vielfalt von Gestalten und Geschichten, die der Autor in einer großartigen Komposition um sie herum gruppiert. Ein Roman wie ein unvergleichliches Gemälde, voller Poesie und leisen Humors, scharf beobachtet und unsentimental.
Portelli offers a new and challenging approach to oral history, with an interdisciplinary and multicultural perspective. Examining cultural conflict and communication between social groups and classes in industrial societies, he identifies the way individuals strive to create memories in order to make sense of their lives, and evaluates the impact of the fieldwork experience on the consciousness of the researcher. By recovering the value of th...
(A)n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately... itgives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety ofChr tien's originals.... The text is provided by a translator who understands thespirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style.... (T)histranslation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurianenthusiasts." -- Speculum"(A) significant contribution tothe field of medieval...
Retrospectives on Public Finance contains original analyses by internationally recognized public finance scholars, including Carl Sumner Shoup, one of the discipline’s most famous practitioners. Shoup, along with Richard Musgrave and his students, pioneered the “prescriptive” or “political economy school” of public finance known for its hands-on approach and its commitment to applying theory to real world problems.Each contributor provides a r...
Retrospectives on Public Finance contains original analyses by internationally recognized public finance scholars, including Carl Sumner Shoup, one of the discipline’s most famous practitioners. Shoup, along with Richard Musgrave and his students, pioneered the “prescriptive” or “political economy school” of public finance known for its hands-on approach and its commitment to applying theory to real world problems.Each contributor provides a r...
This important collection of essays explores the terrain of possible Soviet-American relations in the next decade. Starting from the premise that glasnost and perestroika will not be reversed, this expert group of contributors provides a wide-ranging and far-reaching analysis of Soviet-U.S. relations crucial to any current discussion of the topic.Moving beyond the boundaries of traditional studies of international relations, the contributors h...
This important collection of essays explores the terrain of possible Soviet-American relations in the next decade. Starting from the premise that glasnost and perestroika will not be reversed, this expert group of contributors provides a wide-ranging and far-reaching analysis of Soviet-U.S. relations crucial to any current discussion of the topic.Moving beyond the boundaries of traditional studies of international relations, the contributors h...
This volume presents the first book-length study in English of the concept of Buddha nature as discussed in the Buddha Nature Treatise (Fo Xing Lun), attributed to Vasubandhu and translated into Chinese by Paramartha in the sixth century. The author provides a detailed discussion of one of the most important concepts in East Asian Buddhism, a topic little addressed in Western studies of Buddhism until now, and places the Buddha nature concept ...
Preface
Introduction
1. Wang Pi: Life and Thought
2. Wang Pi: Non-being, Principle, and the Ideal Sage
3. Ho-shang Kung: Legend and Commentary
4. Ho-shang Kung: Cosmology, Government, and the Ideal Sage
5. Wang Pi and Ho-shang Kung Compared
Notes
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index
Throughout the past two decades, when medical ethics has had arenaissance, Robert Veatch has been a leading contributor to its dialogue andadvance. This collection of his work shows the breadth and the cogency of histhinking.... it is a book worth having." -- Journal of the American MedicalAssociation..". a fascinating dissection of almost everyaspect of the doctor-patient relationship.... strongly recommended reading for allhealth care worker...
Smerk s account, thankfully, is not just another exercise in quantitative analysis. He makes his points with words and sentences, not numbers and charts. The result is a free-flowing narrative in which changes in federal policy over the years are shown to have occurred because people interacted within certain political frames of reference.... I highly recommend this book... " Brian J. Cudahy, Business Horizons..". a solid history of an importa...
This important book by a major international intellectual figure begins with four theoretical essays dealing with various aspects of interpretive theory. In this collection of essays, the author focuses on what he calls the limits of interpretation, or, as once noted in another context, 'the cancer of uncontrolled interpretation.' He states clearly at the outset his belief that many interpreters have gone too far in their domination of texts, ...
