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Harry Redner's Aesthetic Life examines the arts - all the arts from the earliest Paleolithic painting to the latest post-Modern music. Its aim is to account for the nature of art in its historical totality and to assess the role it has played in human life throughout the ages.

Examines minority and ethnic politics in rural America and other democratic societies and how the majority versus minority political competition is played out in society. This work focuses on the theory and actors, particularly their perceptions and sometimes, satisfaction with the governance processes at the grassroots level in American politics.

Based on a detailed analysis of 21,000 pages of primary works as well as numerous biographies, the book presents that author's formulations of the objectives, strategies, and tactics of eight African-American and African activists_Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Thomas Reid's philosophy of psychology is remarkably up to date. Surprisingly, Reid's account of instincts doesn't diverge greatly from Tinbergen's more contemporary account. Reid's claims with regard to appetites and desires can be made relevant to current insights.

"Human Remolding in North Korea" offers a comprehensive overview of the historical development of education in North Korea from 1945 through 2004.

Main Concepts of Russian Politics addresses key concepts of political life in Russia. Specific attention is given to how Russian terms relate to their English-language equivalents.

Presents a cultural history of science and engineering (SandE) policymaking in the United States, from World War II to the post 9/11 era.

Argues that belief in individual rights as the main basis for morality is not an adequate response to the moral challenges.

This book represents a unique attempt to restore a 'new-classical' aspiration towards a philosophical system able to provide some certainties. Using the distinctive feature of presenting an original and complete philosophical system, author Francesco Belfiore diverges from the philosophical literature of the last decades, which has been ever more focused upon specific fields.

One of the most mind-boggling topics in philosophical theology is the relationship between divine foreknowledge and human freedom. If God has a complete knowledge of the future due to his epistemic perfection, how can a human being be free with respect to his future action?

Kim Ku was highly involved in the struggle for Korea's independence from Japan, and now the autobiography of this celebrated national figure, before only available in Korean, Chinese, or Japanese, has been translated into English. Kim's writings detail the rise of Korea, from inception to the modern 'Two Koreas.'

This collection of new studies in ethnomethodology addresses sociology's classical questions by developing that strand of ethnomethodological inquiry dealing with membership categorization. This book provides detailed studies of members' use of membership categories across various settings from the O.J. Simpson trial, via TV commercials and news headlines, to school staff and referral meetings.

The Limits of Influence is a detailed examination and defense of the evidence for largescale-psychokinesis (PK). It examines the reasons why experimental evidence has not, and perhaps cannot, convince most skeptics that PK is genuine, and it considers why traditional experimental procedures are important to reveal interesting facts about the phenomena.

This book helps teachers of English to provide speakers of other languages the basic information and tools they need to help their students master the phonological system of English. The elements emphasized are those that contribute to more effective classroom practices.

Dealing with the impact of revolution, nationalism, and secret services in modern European history from the Enlightenment to World War I, this book devotes special attention to the French Revolution, nationalism and unification in Italy, Germany and Serbia, and the role of certain secret societies.

This work examines the patterns, strategies and systems of organisation that determine the shape of a Shakespeare play and are the expression of the deliberate nature of Shakespeare's art. Considering his plays as human documents, the book makes clear how and why Shakespeare composed as he did.

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Focusing on the business press - one of the most articulate elements of the American media - this work examines how the US and the Japanese worked out the parameters of their post-war relationship.