LEXINGTON BOOKS
(P/B) HIP-HOP WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE ACADEMY
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0029
Hip-hop's historical nature as a mouthpiece for marginalized peoples provides a platform for its universal-appeal and contemporary relevancy. Moreover, hip-hop culture's affirmation of a pedagogy of liberation has great potential not only to address many current issues in educational contexts, but also to create more egalitarian ambitions in western public schools. (From the publisher)... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) HIP HOP'S INHERITANCE
FROM THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE TO THE HIP HOP FEMINIST MOVEMENT
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0028
Hip Hop's Inheritance arguably offers the first book-length treatment of what hip hop culture has, literally, 'inherited' from the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts movement, the Feminist Art movement, and 1980s and 1990s postmodern aesthetics. By comparing and contrasting the major motifs of the aforementioned cultural aesthetic traditions with those of hip hop culture, all the while critically exploring the origins and evolution of black popular culture from antebellum America through to "Obama's America," Hip Hop's Inheritance demonstr... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE ECOLOGY OF MONEY
DEBT, GROWTH, AND SUSTAINABILITY
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0025
Modern economies must "grow" because money borrowed for investment can be repaid only by expanding production and consumption to meet the burden of usurious rates of interest. The roots of this dynamic between debt and growth lay in the financial revolution of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in Britain which established a new usurious monetary system. For the first time in history credit was made widely available, but only on condition of an exponentially increasing debt burden. To pay back debts production had to inc... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE MICROSTATES OF EUROPE
DESIGNER NATIONS IN A POST-MODERN WORLD
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0023
The seven microstates of Europe, i.e. Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Malta, San Marino, Sovereign Order of St. John, and Vatican City are remarkable not only for their size, but their persistence. Most have been around for centuries, while much larger empires have come and gone. Despite the great events of the last two millennia, these countries have come into existence and have managed to steer a course away from incorporation within their larger neighbors. Why is this? Rather than being an exercise in triviality, the study in The Micros... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) INSIDE THE COLLEGE GATES
HOW CLASS AND CULTURE MATTER IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0022
To date, scholars in higher education have examined the ways in which students' experiences in the classroom and the human capital they attain impact social class inequalities. In this book, Jenny Stuber argues that the experiential core of college life-the social and extra-curricular worlds of higher education-operates as a setting in which social class inequalities manifest and get reproduced. As college students form friendships and get involved in activities like Greek life, study abroad, and student government, they acquire the social... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE IMMORTAL COMEDY
THE COMIC PHENOMENON IN ART, LITERATURE, AND LIFE
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0020
Immortal Comedy is the first book to 'think' philosophically about the comic phenomenon in general. Although author Agnes Heller had written a book that is both deeply scholarly and meditative on the subject of the comic form in film, literature, and life her writing is eminently approachable. In both its subject and style, Immortal Comedy is a seminal book. In it, Heller takes us on a journey through theories of comedy beginning with classical thought. She then detours through foundational political thinkers who refer to, for instance, la... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE RHETORIC OF SOFT POWER
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN GLOBAL CONTEXTS
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0019
The Rhetoric of Soft Power: Public Diplomacy in Global Contexts provides a comparative assessment of public diplomacy and strategic communication initiatives in order to portray how Joseph Nye's notion of "soft power" has translated into context-specific strategies of international influence. The book examines four cases - Japan, Venezuela, China, and the United States - to illuminate the particular significance of culture, foreign publics, and communication technologies for the foreign policy ambitions of each country. This study explores... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(H/B) THE SOLUTION OF THE FIST
DOSTOEVSKY AND THE ROOTS OF MODERN TERRORISM
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0018
The first novel ever written about terrorism, Dostoevsky's The Demons is also the most instructive, for in it he addresses - better than any writer before or since - the two persistent riddles of terrorism: why are terrorists so new to our civilization, and how is it that they can kill others so easily in the name of a political idea? As a first-generation observer of terrorism, Dostoevsky came to the conclusion that this new political movement was the product ofmodern culture, politics, and psychology. He felt that modernity created a uni... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) A PENELOPEAN POETICS
REWEAVING THE FEMININE IN HOMER'S "ODYSSEY"
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0017
A Penelopean Poetics looks at the relationship between gender ideology and the self-referential poetics of the Odyssey through the figure of Penelope. She is a cunning story-teller; her repeated reweavings of Laertes' shroud a figurative replication of the process of oral poetic composition itself. Penelope's web is thus a discourse and it can be construed specifically as feminine. Her gendered poetics celebrates process, multiplicity, and ambiguity and it resists phallocentric discourse by undermining stable and fixed meanings. Penelope's... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) PAVING THE WAY FOR MADAM PRESIDENT
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0016
When the first woman president moves into the White House, she will not only be indebted to the tireless campaign workers, staff, press, family, friends, and, of course, the voters who got her there, but Madam President will also have her sisters to thank for paving the way. Among these women are Margaret Chase Smith, the stalwart Republican senator from Maine who made a bid for the presidency in 1964; Shirley Chisholm, the fiery New York congresswoman who described herself as 'unbought and unbossed' in 1972; Patricia Schroeder, the silver... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) ALMOST MADAM PRESIDENT
WHY HILLARY CLINTON "WON" IN 2008
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0015
All around the world women are presidents and prime ministers, yet in America, we have yet to elect the first woman president. When Barack Obama accepted the nomination as the Democratic candidate for president in 2008, the media were quick to point out that Hillary Clinton lost. Yet Clinton won almost 18 million votes and was the first front- runner woman candidate. Almost Madam President: Why Hillary Clinton 'Won' in 2008 argues that Hillary Clinton gained more than she lost in her bid for the presidency. This book takes the reader on a ... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(H/B) LIGHT AND DARKNESS IN ANCIENT GREEK MYTH AND RELIGION
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0013
Light and darkness played an important role beyond the division of time in ancient Greek myth and religion; the contributors to Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion consider its function on both the individual and social level as manifested in modes of thought and behavior and expressed in language, beliefs, ritual, and iconography. The book is divided into five parts: color semantics, appearance and concealment, eye sight/insight, being and beyond, and cult. Each subdivision contains a wealth of information for the reader... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(H/B) POLITICAL LEADERS AND DEMOCRACY IN TURKEY
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0014
Since the founding of the modern Turkish republic in 1923, Turkey's political leaders have been decisive in shaping the development of their country's democratic patterns and processes. Beginning with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Political Leaders and Democracy in Turkey analyzes the origins, political careers, beliefs, and policies of eleven of modern-day Turkey's most influential leaders. The chapters offer a unique perspective into the complex and fascinating world of Turkish political leadership and the transition to, and consolidation of, d... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(H/B) DISCIPLINING FREUD ON RELIGION
PERSPECTIVES FROM THE HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0012
It is well known that in formulating his general theoretical framework and views on religion Freud drew on multiple disciplines within the natural and social sciences, as well as from the humanities. This edited collection adds to the continued multidisciplinary interest in Freud by focusing on his understanding and interpretation of and relationship to religion. It 'disciplines' Freud by situating his work on religion from the methodological interests and theoretical advances found in diverse disciplinary contexts. Scholars within the fie... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(H/B) RATIONAL RADICALISM AND POLITICAL THEORY
ESSAYS IN HONOR OF STEPHEN ERIC BRONNER
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0009
Paying tribute to one of the more original theorist of the late 20th and early 21st century, Rational Radicalism and Political Theory probes the thought of Stephen Eric Bronner. This collection of essays encompasses themes such as the Enlightenment's radical legacy, the impulse of cosmopolitanism, the rejuvenation of socialist theory and politics, and advances in Critical Theory. These essays make new contributions to many areas of left political theory, while at the same time reflecting on the ways Stephen Bronner's ideas serve to generat... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY MEDIA INDUSTRY
ECONOMIC AND MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS IN THE AGE OF NEW MEDIA
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0011
The Twenty-First-Century Media Industry: Economic and Managerial Implications in the Age of New Media examines the role that new media technologies are having on the traditional media industry from a media management perspective. Consumer behaviors and consumer expectations are being shaped by new media technologies. They now expect information on-demand and on-the-go as well as at their finger-tips via the Internet. In order to stay relevant, traditional media managers and practitioners are adapting to these consumer demands and expectati... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) FROM BAKUNIN TO LACAN
ANTI-AUTHORITARIANISM AND THE DISLOCATION OF POWER
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0007 |
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THE KALAMATA DIARY
GREECE, WAR, AND EMIGRATION (P/B)
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0006
From October 28, 1940 until February of 1947, Sotiria Salivaras provided a unique eye-witness account of life in Kalamata, Greece before, during, and after World War II through her meticulous diary entries. In The Kalamata Diary: Greece, War and Emigration, Eduardo D. Faingold carefully analyzes and contextualizes the major events in modern Greek history about which Salivaras writes in her diary. He examines the expulsion of the Greek minority from Turkey in the aftermath of World War I, as well as the occupation of Greece by the Axis powe... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(H/B) WOMEN, GENDER, AND DIASPORIC LIVES
LABOR, COMMUNITY, AND IDENTITY IN GREEK MIGRATIONS
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0004
Women, Gender, and Diasporic Lives is an interdisciplinary collection on women and gender in Greek diaspora communities. Using a variety of methodologies, including archival research, ethnography, participant observation, and quantitative analysis, the eleven contributors present in-depth and highly nuanced feminist analyses of diverse aspects of Greek diasporic experiences. The volume's geographical scope spans four continents (North America, Europe, Australia, Africa) and seven countries (USA, Canada, Germany, Greece, Australia, Egypt, E... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) STATE CRIMINALITY
THE CRIME OF ALL CRIMES
Εκδότης: LEXINGTON BOOKS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 2656-0003
State crimes are historically and contemporarily ubiquitous and result in more injury and death than traditional street crimes such as robbery, theft, and assault. Consider that genocide during the 20th century in Germany, Rwanda, Darfur, Albania, Turkey, Ukraine, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and other regions claimed the lives of tens of millions and rendered many more homeless, imprisoned, and psychologically and physically damaged. Despite the gravity of crimes committed by states and political leaders, until recently these harms have ... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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