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Words and images : a study in theological discourse
by E. L. MascallNonsense to debate whether God exists or even whether a sure answer to this is possible: for the questions themselves are literally non-sense, have no meaning whatever - so say a number of influential contemporary thinkers. And it is a new challenge, far more radical than those of plain atheism or agnosticism which for centuries have been met and answered by Christian apologists. This new line of attack has been welcomed by Christian philosophers for the stimulus it has given them to examine more closely than the before the status and nature of their utterances. Himself deeply engaged in the thick of this modern controversy, Dr. Mascall here pursues it further and in addition assesses some of the results stemming from it. He marshals the sometimes complex arguments of each size with such clarity that the non-specialist reader with a taste for philosophical discussion will rejoice in being able to grasp them, just as he will be delighted by the author's flashes of very pointed humour at the expense of his opponents. No one who wishes to keep abreast of these recent philosophical developments will want to miss this most readable contribution to them.
Word and Image In Arthurian Literature (PDF)
by Keith BusbyFirst published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
Women's Fabian Tracts (Women's Source Library)
by Sally AlexanderIntroduction to tracts from the Fabian Women's Group situates their work and writings in the context of both Fabian socialism and the thought and practice of the early twentieth century Women's Movement.;This book should be of interest to students and teachers of feminism, history and politics.
Women, Science and Society: The Crucial Union (Athene Ser.)
by Sue V. RosserThis work calls for women to come together to shape the research agenda for biotechnologies and reproductive technologies to guide their implementation in ways to benefit all.
Women And Social Action In Victorian And Edwardian England
by Jane LewisThis landmark book is certain to provoke debate among feminists and historians and will be essential reading for anyone concerned with women and social problems in late 19th and early 20th century England.
Women And Religion In Medieval England
by Diana WoodPapers based on contributions to a conference held by the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education at Rewley House, 16-18 February 2001.
A Woman's Place (PDF): An Oral History of Working Class Women, 1890-1940
by Elizabeth Roberts'A highly readable picture of the lives of working-class women through childhood, adolescence, work, leisure, marriage (and more work), family and sexual relations...and motherhood. Through them emerges a picture of a wider working-class reality, which is all the more vivid for its sensitivity to the ambiguous and the unexpected.'--New Societ
The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many are Smarter than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations
by James SurowieckiIn this landmark work, NEW YORKER columnist James Surowiecki explores a seemingly counter-intuitive idea that has profound implications: Decisions take by a large group, even if the individuals within the group aren't smart, are always better than decisions made by small numbers of 'experts'. This seemingly simply notion has endless and major ramifications for how businesses operate, how knowledge is advanced, how economies are (or should be) organised and how nation-states fare. With great erudition, Surowiecki ranges across the disciplines of psychology, economics, statistics and history to show just how this principle operates in the real world. Along the way Surowiecki asks a number of intriguing questions about a subject few of us actually understand - economics. What are prices? How does money work? Why do we have corporations? Does advertising work? His answers, rendered in a delightfully clear prose, demystify daunting prospects. As Surowiecki writes: 'The hero of this book is, in a curious sense, an idea, a hero whose story ends up shedding dramatic new light on the landscapes of business, politics and society'.
We Must Love One Another Or Die: Lectures on Love, Sex and Morality given in Great Saint Mary's Church, Cambridge
by Hugh Montefiore Frank Lake Howard Root V. A. DemantWe must love one another or die: lectures on love, sex and morality given in Great Saint Mary's Church, Cambridge, by Frank Lake, Howard Root, V.A. Demant; edited by Hugh Montefiore.
Voces de la tierra : reflexiones sobre movimientos políticos indígenas en Bolivia, Ecuador, México y Perú
by Rodrigo Montoya Rojas Claudia BalarínPapers presented at the Seminario "Culturas y poder", held in 2006 at the Facultad de Ciencias Sociales of the Universidad de San Marcos in Lima, Peru.
Things That Talk: Object Lessons From Art And Science
by Lorraine DastonImagine a world without things. There would be nothing to describe, explain, remark on, interpret, or complain about. Without things, we would, in short, stop speaking; we would become as mute as objects are alleged to be. In nine original essays, internationally renowned historians of art and of science seek to understand how objects become charged with significance without losing their gritty materiality. Things That Talk aims to escape the opposition between positivist facts and cultural readings that bifurcates the current historiography of both art and science. Confronting this impasse from an interdisciplinary perspective, each author singles out one object for close attention: a Bosch drawing, the freestanding column, a Prussian island, soap bubbles, early photographs, glass flowers, Rorschach blots, newspaper clippings, paintings by Jackson Pollock. Each object is revealed to be a node around which meanings accrete thickly. But not just any meanings: what these things are made of and how they are made shape what they can mean. Neither the pure texts of semiotics nor the brute objects of positivism, these things are saturated with cultural significance. Things become talkative when they fuse matter and meaning; they lapse into speechlessness when their matter and meanings no longer mesh. Each of the nine evocative objects examined in this book had its historical moment, when the match of this thing to that thought seemed irresistible. At such junctures, certain things become objects of fascination, association, and endless consideration. Things That Talk fleetingly realizes the dream of a perfect language, in which words and world merge. Essays by Lorraine Daston, Peter Galison, Anke te Heesen, Caroline A. Jones, Joseph Leo Koerner, Antoine Picon, Simon Schaffer, Joel Snyder, and M. Norton and Elaine M. Wise.
Teaching Technology From A Feminist Perspective (PDF): A Practical Guide
by Joan RothschildTeaching Technology from a Feminist Perspective A Practical Guide - The Athene Series
Teaching Science And Health From A Feminist Perspective: A Practical Guide (Athene Ser.)
by Sue V. RosserTeaching Science and Health from a Feminist Perspective A Practical Guide - Athene Series
Sugar: A Bittersweet History
by Elizabeth AbbottMuch like oil today, sugar was once the most powerful commodity on earth. It shaped world affairs, influencing the economic policies of nations, driving international trade and wreaking environmental havoc. The Western world's addiction to sugar came at a terrible human cost: the near extinction of the New World indigenous peoples gave rise to a new form of slavery, as millions of captured Africans were crammed into ships to make the dangerous voyage to Caribbean cane plantations.
Sociology As Applied To Medicine (PDF)
by Graham ScamblerThe 4th edition of this firmly established text gives a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of health, illness and health policy. Presents the principles of medical sociology and emphasizes practical issues. The text is concise, and designed in two colors with highlight boxes for easy use.
The Sexual Politics Of Disability: Untold Desires (Sexual Politics Ser.)
by Tom Shakespeare Kath Gillespie-Sells Dominic Davies
Scenes Of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, And Self-making In Nineteenth-century America (PDF) (Race And American Culture Ser.)
by Saidiya V. HartmanIn this provocative and original exploration of racial subjugation during slavery and its aftermath, Saidiya Hartman illumines the forms of terror and resistance that shaped black identity. Scenes of Subjection examines the forms of domination that usually go undetected; in particular, the encroachments of power that take place through notions of humanity, enjoyment, protection, rights, and consent. By looking at slave narratives, plantation diaries, popular theater, slave performance, freedmen's primers, and legal cases, Hartman investigates a wide variety of "scenes" ranging from the auction block and minstrel show to the staging of the self-possessed and rights-bearing individual of freedom. While attentive to the performance of power―the terrible spectacles of slaveholders' dominion and the innocent amusements designed to abase and pacify the enslaved―and the entanglements of pleasure and terror in these displays of mastery, Hartman also examines the possibilities for resistance, redress and transformation embodied in black performance and everyday practice. This important study contends that despite the legal abolition of slavery, emergent notions of individual will and responsibility revealed the tragic continuities between slavery and freedom. Bold and persuasively argued, Scenes of Subjection will engage readers in a broad range of historical, literary, and cultural studies.