Navigating Contemporary Iran: Challenging Economic, Social and Political Perceptions By Eric Hooglund (editor), Leif Stenberg (editor)
2012 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0415678668 | PDF | 5 MB
This detailed examination of contemporary Iran addresses the most important current social, political, and economic issues facing the nation and the way it is perceived by the outside world. The volume brings together some of the most important scholars and researchers in the field, working in such diverse disciplines as anthropology, economics, history, international relations, philosophy, political science, and sociology, to offer a broad range of perspectives on the significance of three decades of changes for Iran's current and near-term-future domestic and international politics. Drawing upon a wealth of original field research, the authors challenge conventional wisdom and simplistic media stereotypes about the Islamic Republic. The chapters reach beyond traditional images of the country to show that, as a consequence of thirty years of economic and social changes, the reality, or 'essence', of contemporary Iran is more complex and nuanced than is often portrayed in the international media. Offering valuable insights into Iran's economic and social policies, as well as its politics, since the Islamic Revolution, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of political science, sociology, and Iranian studies.
Martin Bulmer, John Solomos, "Nationalism and National Identities"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0415686334 | PDF | pages: 168 | 1.3 mb
Nationalism and nationalist ideas are a major force in the contemporary world. This volume brings together original papers from a number of countries dealing both with theories and case studies of particular national contexts. Taken together, these papers shed light on the processes through which nationalist sentiments and ideas are articulated and given social and political meaning in specific situations. They cover a broad range of different kinds of nationalist movements and ideologies, using a variety of theoretical perspectives and based on varying empirical methodologies.
Gerd Bayer, Ebbe Klitgard, "Narrative Developments from Chaucer to Defoe"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1138849944, 0415879485 | EPUB | pages: 270 | 2.9 mb
This collection analyzes how narrative technique developed from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the 18th century. Taking Chaucer's influential Middle English works as the starting point, the original essays in this volume explore diverse aspects of the formation of early modern prose narratives. Essays focus on how a sense of selfness or subjectivity begins to establish itself in various narratives, thus providing a necessary requirement for the individuality that dominates later novels. Other contributors investigate how forms of intertextuality inscribe early modern prose within previous traditions of literary writing. A group of chapters presents the process of genre-making as taking place both within the confines of the texts proper, but also within paratextual features and through the rationale behind cataloguing systems.
Narrating Race: Asia, (Trans)Nationalism, Social Change By Robbie B. H. Goh (editor)
2011 | 292 Pages | ISBN: 9042034246 | PDF | 8 MB
The essays in this volume deal with the complexities of race in the Asia-Pacific context. Social tensions concerning race and ethnicity continue to pose profound challenges to Asia-Pacific countries in various stages of development and modernisation. Issues such as social justice, identity-formation, marginalisation and alienation, gender and related issues, are inevitably implicated in the racial cultures of Asia, and where Asian diasporic communities develop. The essays in this volume explore the ways in which race-culture is reflected in literature and cultural texts (drama and performance, visual arts, film and television). Included in this volume are essays on Amitav Ghosh, Vivan Sundaram, Li-Young Lee, R. K. Narayan, Ayu Utami, Dewi Lestari, Rex Shelley, Xu Xi, Pico Iyer and others.
Charles Wheelan, "Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data"
English | ISBN: 039334777X | 2014 | 304 pages | PDF | 2 MB
A New York Times bestseller
David L. Henderson, "My Teenage Zombie: Resurrecting the Undead Adolescent in Your Home"
English | ISBN: 0718031245 | 2016 | 256 pages | EPUB | 595 KB
A must-read guide for parents and grandparents who want to practically and successfully help their teenager navigate the ever-lengthening stage of adolescence launching, them into society with confidence, vision, and success.
Allen C. Guelzo, "Mr. Lincoln: The Life of Abraham Lincoln"
English | 2005 | pages: 42 | ISBN: 1598030108 | PDF | 0,5 mb
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Moving Organizations
by Frank Boos;Barbara Buzanich-Pltl;
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1739809203 | 322 pages | True EPUB | 5.47 MB
Motivation Science
by Bong, Mimi;Reeve, Johnmarshall;Kim, Sung-Il;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0197662358 | 562 pages | True EPUB | 7.95 MB
Chris Rice, "More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel "
English | ISBN: 0830848649 | 2021 | 296 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
"The first step in the reconciliation process," Spencer Perkins writes, "is admitting that the race problem exists and that our inability to deal with race has weakened the credibility of our gospel." When longtime ministry partners and friends Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice began writing More Than Equals in the early 1990s, their goal was to offer an example of how racial reconciliation is possible―and also critical to Christian discipleship. This landmark book tells the stories of two men from very different backgrounds embarking on the complex, costly journey of healing across racial divides. Perkins, who witnessed repeated hypocrisy from white Christians and witnessed his bloodied pastor-activist father after a brutal police beating, wondered how it was possible to love white people. Rice, who grew up as a white missionary kid and thought of himself as progressive, was surprised by the tensions he encountered as a volunteer at a majority-black church―and by his own blind spots. As they served together in an intentionally multiracial ministry, both gained insight into why this work is so challenging and how Christians can do it well, in dependence on God. With biblical grounding, hopeful realism, and practical detail,