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This book is not a taste, nor an anti-taste, manual.This is an interrogation of the importance we place on seemingly objective ideas of taste in a culture that is saturated by imagery, and the dangerous impact this has on our identities, communities and...

This book provides a novel analysis of the conceptual sources and ideological contours of the Assad regime. The book documents the Baathists’ fascination with Romanticized and 'muscular' ideas of the nation that emerged in eighteenth- and...

Aesthetics and Video Games introduces current issues and ideas in philosophical aesthetics that help us to better understand why video games are different from cinema, animation and other types of fiction. Addressing two foundational issues, the notion...

Steven Weinberg shares his candid thoughts, in his own words, on theoretical physics and cosmology, along with personal anecdotes and recollections of the people who helped shape his career. These memoirs of his life as a scientist and public figure...

This is the third edition of a now-renowned guide that provides an extensive account of the state of the aviation industry and the law that regulates it. This new edition, revised and updated throughout, focuses on environmental and sustainability...

Discover the rich diversity of non-religious thought today in this inspiring collection of interviews with over thirty different humanists in the public eye, including Stephen Fry, Sandi Toksvig and Alice Roberts. Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew...

The war in Ukraine is fast approaching its second anniversary since its commencement on 24 February 2022 as a blatant aggression by Russia. As we discuss in detail in this book, there are multiple international legal issues that arise and require...

Dieses Open Access Buch vermittelt fundierte Grundlagen und praxisorientierte Anleitungen für die genaue Kartierung von Ackerflächen auf der Grundlage von Bodenparametern wie Textur, pH-Wert und Humusgehalt. Es werden die gegenwärtig bestgeeigneten...

Offering new insights into how they grow, learn and live, this book delves deep into the secretive behaviour of one of our rarest and most elusive mammals. It covers Pine Marten social interactions, courtship, mating, nesting and kit rearing, feeding and...

It is vital that we decolonise community education and development – learning from the past in order to challenge current discrimination and oppression more effectively. In this book, Marjorie Mayo identifies ways of developing more inclusive policies...

Social and emotional skills are a vital part of children's development, and the classroom can be a key space for supporting their emotional growth. Between worry, navigating friendships, self-expression and self-esteem, teachers often need to support...

How did American geneticists go from fearing the dysgenic effects of deaf intermarriage to considering modern biotechnology a threat for Deaf culture? This book provides insight into changing ideas of what deafness is, what science and medicine should...

Das vorliegende Handbuch erschließt das Werk von Hans Blumenberg erstmals in umfassender Form. Renommierte Forscherinnen und Forscher legen werkgenetische und systematische Zugänge zu seinem komplexen Œuvre und erläutern die zentralen Begriffe sowie die...

Discover the transformative power of knowledge mapping with this revolutionary book. You will have access to a rich collection of mapping techniques, technologies, and real-life applications designed for learners of all ages and across disciplines. This...

Theories of Colour from Democritus to Descartes investigates issues of the ontological status and perception of colours, such as: What is the nature of colours? Do they exist independently of the subjects who perceive them? And if so, how are they...

Das Lehrbuch führt in aktuelle Fragen, Debatten und Ansätze der gegenwärtigen, analytischen Sprachphilosophie ein und zeigt, welchen Einfluss die Sprachphilosophie auf andere Gebiete der Philosophie hat. Ein besonderes Augenmerk liegt dabei auf der...

This book considers whether the United States and the People’s Republic of China have irreconcilable visions of world order.The United States, China, and the Competition for Control evaluates the twin claims that China seeks to dismantle the post-World...

In Cities Beyond Crisis, Catalina Iannone studies the rapid evolution of Iberian urban centers in the years following the 2008 financial crisis, identifying how this event catalyzed a protracted period of unraveling and reorganization in the region...

Das Buch ist ein praktischer Leitfaden für alle am Straßenbrückenbau Beteiligten: entwerfende und ausschreibende Verwaltungen, Ingenieurbüros, Prüfingenieure und Baufirmen. Es liefert einen Überblick über das komplexe Regelwerk, das bei Straßenplanung,...

This book is about the possibilities and achievements of children, adolescent and adults who have developmental disorders that make their development of speech difficult or very delayed and who therefor need to develop communication and language with...

The Foundations of European Union Law provides an impressively clear and easily understood account of the constitutional and administrative law of the EU. Tridimas examines the institutions, of the EU (including the workings of the European Courts), the...

This book revaluates Carl Jung’s ideas in the context of contemporary research in the evolutionary sciences.Recent work in developmental biology, as well as experimental and psychedelic neuroscience, have provided empirical evidence that supports some of...

This innovative workbook allows couples and individuals to explore the intersection of ADHD and sexuality and its many manifestations in a couple's sex life and relationship. With useful and practical interventions provided to help identify and address...

Research into the causes and creation of right-wing extremists has been focused on the group level, mainly ignoring individual right-wing extremist behaviors, characteristics, and traits. Although group milieu strongly affects individuals' ideology and...

In August 2020, Donald Trump announced that his administration had brokered a groundbreaking treaty between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, the first normalization agreement between Israel and an Arab state in more than twenty years. Soon afterward,...

Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) is known to many as a leading figure of 1960s counter-culture, and a 'Guru of the New Left'. However, the deeper philosophical background to Marcuse's thought is often forgotten, especially his significant engagement with...

Now in its second edition, this important book examines test validity in the behavioral, social, and educational sciences by exploring three fundamental problems: measurement, causation and meaning. Psychometric and philosophical perspectives and...

The field of risk science is continuously evolving to develop principles and practices that enable individuals, organizations, and societies to understand and manage future risk. These risk events are reminders that risk and uncertainty are prevalent,...

This distinctive volume examines the psychological claims of spirit possession and psychosis as they are linked to child sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, and poor mental health.In the context of both clinical complaints and community-based...

This book is about the possibilities and achievements of children, adolescent and adults who have developmental disorders that make their development of speech difficult or very delayed and who therefor need to develop communication and language with...

Ziel des Handbuches ist es, den wissenschaftlichen Forschungsstand zum Thema ‚Globale Kompetenz‘ praxisorientiert darzustellen. Globale Kompetenz beschreibt die Fähigkeit einer Person, weltweit effektiv und positiv mit seinen Mitmenschen umgehen sowie...

This introductory/intermediate level textbook focuses on mathematical programming and its applications. It introduces basic linear programming — the easiest form of mathematical programming with emphasis on economic interpretation of the model solution...

Democratic backsliding, increased great power competition, hate speech and violence, mass atrocities and genocides, civil wars, revolution and counter-revolution, reactionary movements against women's and minority rights, advancements in surveillance,...

This book problematises and then reshapes critical social work to bring a range of perspectives to what constitutes truly effective and ethical social work practice, moving beyond binary oppositions (where two states or concepts that are defined as...

The first and only comprehensive illustrated history of dynamite in the United States. While everyone can mentally visualize a stick or bundle of dynamite, very few have any real understanding of one of mankind's most important industrial implements...

How politics in America works today, how it got that way, and how it’s likely to change through reform—these are the themes that pervade every chapter of Cal Jillson’s highly lauded American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change...

This book delves into the intricate landscape of respiratory diseases among older people, shedding light on their biosocial encounters while grappling with chronic breathlessness. While respiratory ailments predominantly afflict older people, often...

This distinctive volume examines the psychological claims of spirit possession and psychosis as they are linked to child sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, and poor mental health.In the context of both clinical complaints and community-based...

An estimated 1 in every 40 adults has experienced problematic hoarding, yet there are few resources dedicated to understanding and supporting people with Hoarding Disorder.This book gives practitioners much-needed practical guidance on how to help those...

In 2009, the body of a former president of the Republic of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, was stolen from his grave. The Time of the Cannibals reconsiders this history and the public discourse on it to reconsider how we think about conspiracy theory, and...