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Insights of Genius: Imagery and Creativity in Science and
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miller, Arthur I., PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), How can new knowledge be created from already existing knowledge? "Insights of Genius" shows how seeing is central to the greatest advances of the human intellect. Artists and scientists alike rely on visual representations of worlds both visible and invisible. "Insights of Genius, " first published by Copernicus in , explores the creative leaps that led some of the greatest scientists and artists to dramatically transform how we understand nature. The scope of figures runs from Galileo and da Vinci to Einstein and Picasso. Focusing on the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the age of modern art and modern physics, the book travels through the philosophy of mind and language, cognitive science, neurophysiology, and art history. "Insights of Genius" discusses intuition, aesthetics, realism, representation, metaphors, and visual imagery. Allied to these concepts are causality, relativity, energy conservation, entropy, the correspondence principle, scientific creativity, and Cubism. Running through the book is the idea that science extends our intuition from common sense to an understanding of a world beyond our perception.
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Seligman, Martin E. P., PUBLISHER: Free Press, In this national bestseller -- Martin Seligman's most stimulating, persuasive book to date -- the acclaimed author of "Learned Optimism" introduces yet another revolutionary idea. Drawing on groundbreaking scientific research, Seligman shows how Positive Psychology is shifting the profession's paradigm away from its narrow-minded focus on pathology, victimology, and mental illness to positive emotion and mental health. Happiness, studies show, is not the result of good genes or luck. It can be cultivated by identifying and nurturing traits that we already possess -- including kindness, originality, humor, optimism, and generosity. Seligman provides the tools you need in order to ascertain your most positive traits or strengths. Then he explains how, by frequently calling upon these "signature strengths" in all the crucial realms of life -- health, relationships, career -- you will not only develop natural buffers against misfortune and negative emotion, but also achieve new and sustainable levels of authentic contentment, gratification, and meaning.
Einhell Potatore Elettrico su Asta di Prolunga Telescopica
Il nostro potatore elettrico efficiente GE-EC 720 T montato su asta di prolunga è uno strumenti indispensabile per potare rami alti velocemente e senza sforzo. Una lama di qualità ed una catena OREGON assicurano un taglio di qualità. Grazie all'asta telescopica aggiunta con un dispositivo di chiusura rapida, lo strumento può essere usato insicurezza e facilmente. Il manico telescopico può essere regolato con precisione fino all'altezza di alvoro desiderata. Non sono richiesti strumenti per la tensione della catena, la lama è securizzata magneticamente e la testa del motore ha un angolo fiso di 15°. Il serbatoio d'olio del sistema automatico di lubrificazione della catena ha un dispositivo di chiusura rapido ed un manometro per il livello d'olio che ti permette di controllare facilmente il livello dell'olio. In più, è dotato di una protezione prattica e stabile per il coltello, che permette di riempire facilmente con olio per la catena. Un clip di distensione protegge il cavo d'alimentazione contro l'usura.
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Seligman, Martin E. P., PUBLISHER: Nicholas Brealey Publishing, In this national bestseller -- Martin Seligman's most stimulating, persuasive book to date -- the acclaimed author of "Learned Optimism" introduces yet another revolutionary idea. Drawing on groundbreaking scientific research, Seligman shows how Positive Psychology is shifting the profession's paradigm away from its narrow-minded focus on pathology, victimology, and mental illness to positive emotion and mental health. Happiness, studies show, is not the result of good genes or luck. It can be cultivated by identifying and nurturing traits that we already possess -- including kindness, originality, humor, optimism, and generosity. Seligman provides the tools you need in order to ascertain your most positive traits or strengths. Then he explains how, by frequently calling upon these "signature strengths" in all the crucial realms of life -- health, relationships, career -- you will not only develop natural buffers against misfortune and negative emotion, but also achieve new and sustainable levels of authentic contentment, gratification, and meaning.
Einhell Motosega Cordles GE-LC 18 Li - Solo
Il GE-LC 18Li Kit unisce l'eccezionale qualità del prodotto Einhell con le prestazioni di taglio di una catena OREGON. Questa motosega indispensabile e adatta per la potatura o abbattimento di alberi con piccole e medie dimensioni, legna da ardere e rifilatura o taglio legname da costruzione. La motosega cordless della Einhell è sicura e semplice da usare in giardino. La protezione contraccolpi e il freno meccanico della catena vi protegge durante il lavoro con la motosega. La catena si ferma subito in caso di contraccolpo. Un fermo bullone blocca la catena nel caso in cui salta fuori dalla barra. Il robusto artiglio in metallo mantiene la sega stabile per maggiore sicurezza e comfort di lavoro. L'impugnatura ergonomica consente una presa salda sulla motosega cordless e si adatta facilmente alla vostra mano. Senza bisogno di attrezzi per regolare la tensione o cambiare catena. Una grande apertura di riempimento del sistema automatico di lubrificazione della catena rende facile il riempimento quando e necessario. Questo prodotto arriva senza batterie e caricabatterie.
How Things Work
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Graham, Ian S., PUBLISHER: Facts on File, Providing definitive answers for inquisitive minds, 101 Questions & Answers is the perfect resource to help satisfy young readers' questions about vehicles, weather, dinosaurs, their own bodies, and hundreds of other topics -- questions, in fact, that often leave adults stumped Imaginative Illustrations Explain Topics in the Physical and Natural Sciences Filled with incredibly clear, colorful drawings and diagrams, each volume uses a fun question-and-answer format to explain 101 popular topics in the physical and natural sciences. The imaginative illustrations and simple text let readers investigate the world like a scientist would, probing and peering into places normally unseen: inside elaborate machines, beneath the Earth's crust, into the inner workings of their own bodies, even back 100 million years ago to the age of the dinosaurs. By showing clearly and creatively how the world around them works, 101 Questions & Answers sends young students on the exciting road of scientific inquiry and discovery. How is pulp made into paper? How do computers work? How can water light up a city?
Advances in Botanical Research
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Callow, J. A., PUBLISHER: Academic Press, Advances in Botanical Research is a multi-volume publication that brings together reviews by recognized experts on subjects of importance to those involved in botanical research. First published in , Advances in Botanical Research has earned a reputation for excellence in the field for more than thirty years. In , Advances in Botanical Research was merged with Advances in Plant Pathology to provide one comprehensive resource for the plant science community, with equal coverage of plant pathology and botany in both thematic and mixed volumes. Now edited by J.A. Callow (University of Birmingham, UK), supported by an international Editorial Board, Advances in Botanical Research publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics which will appeal to post-graduates and researchers in plant sciences including botany, plant biochemistry, plant pathology and plant physiology. Eclectic volumes in the serial are supplemented by thematic volumes on such topics as "Plant Protein Kinases," and "Plant Trichomes." In , the Institute for Scientific Information released figures showing that Advances in Botanical Research has an Impact Factor of , placing it 8th in the highly competitive category of Plant Sciences. Acquista Ora
Einhell Motosega GH-EC
La motosega GH-EC è uno strumento comodo ed efficiente ee un aiutante affidabile per tagliare legna per il fuoco, per assotigliare legna e per taglaire alberi piccoli. Con una rotaia di qualità ed una catena OREGON, lo strumento asssicura un taglio performante. La catena può essere messa in tensione o cambiata senza strumenti. La funzione di protezione contraccolpo, con un freno istante della catena meccanica fermerà immediatamente la catena se la rotaia si impenna improvvisamente. La ruota dentata robusta in metallo di alta qualità assicura una buona trasmissione della corrente e resistenza in tempo. Un fiestrino largo aiuta a controllare facilmente la quantità di olio nel serbatoio del sistema di lubrificazione della catena automatica. Il filtro grande con chiusura rapida aiuta a riempire facilemtne di olio. Una penna di arresto robusta in metalo assicura la manipolazione sicura e serve anche come punto di rotazione durante il taglio dei tronchi orizzontali. Un morsetto per impedire al pressione protegge il cavo di alimentazione. Per la tua sicurezza, esiste anche un bulone che ferma la catena nel caso in cui la catena esce dalla rotaia.
Svettatoio Potatrice Decespugliatore Tagliabordi Tagliasiepi
Utensile con motore a scoppio multifunzione 4 in 1: svettatoio, decespugliatore, tagliabordi, tagliasiepi.SPECIFICHE TECNICHE- Barra e catena di qualità OREGON- Serbatoio olio per lubrificazione automatica- Struttura portante in alluminio anti affaticamento- Corpo divisibile per un facile trasporto e un minore ingombro- Doppia impugnatura- Impugnatura con tutti i comandi di funzione- Protezione per coltelli- Coltello a 4 lame- Rocchetto a doppio filo con avanzamento a pressione- Inserto tagliasiepi- Sistema di avviamento rapido: pompetta facilmente raggiungibile (pompa carburante manuale) per un facile e veloce avvio- Motore a 2 tempi con sistema anti-vibrazioni- Tracolla regolabile- Potenza motore: 0,8 kW (1,1 HP)- Cilindrata motore: 25,4 ccCARATTERISTICHE TECNICHE SVEZZATOIO A SCOPPIO- Lunghezza barra: 200 mm- Lunghezza taglio: 180 mm- Velocità di taglio: 18 m/s- Quantità olio ca.: 120 mlCARATTERISTICHE TECNICHE DECESPUGLIATORE A SCOPPIO- Larghezza taglio a filo: 41 cm- Lunghezza filo: 8 m- Ø filo: 2 mm- Larghezza taglio coltello: 23 cmCARATTERISTICHE TECNICHE TAGLIASIEPI- Larghezza lama: 40 cm- Lunghezza taglio: 37,5 cm- Tagli al minuto: ......
Collezione Targhe Americane Stati Usa Fabbri Metallo Nuove
Cedesi parte della mia Collezione di Targhe Americane (Licensed plated) Nuove ancora incellophanate. Fedeli Riproduzioni da Collezione in Metallo con Numeri stampati in rilievo. Ottime per arredare Bar, Pub ed Ambienti in Tema. Misure targhe: 31 Cm x 16 Cm Lista targhe stati disponibili: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Deleware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachussets Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Puerto Rico Isola Gnaum Riserve Tribù Indiane (Navajo, APACHE, ARAPAHO, CHEROKEE,CHEYENNE,CHIPPEWA,COMANCHE, I KIOWA, PAWNEE, SEMINOLE, SIOUX, anche Commemorative. Possibilità acquisto ANCHE SINGOLA Targa, Ritiro a mano GRATUITO in Lazio e Campania 4 euro al pezzo e Spedizione scontata per acquisti multipli. Valuto anche la possibilità di scambio con altri Modellini di altre collezioni. Per ulteriori foto o informazioni: Whatsapp risposta immediata 327
Life on Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User: For the
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Karp, Gary, PUBLISHER: O'Reilly Media, Over 1.5 million Americans use wheelchairs for a variety of causes: a congenital condition, traumatic injury, or disease. People who depend upon wheelchairs for mobility are in varied situations. They might live independently or need attendant care; live alone or with family; be employed full-time or no longer working. Despite differences, people dependent on wheelchairs face some similar medical issues and a need to cope with changed circumstances. "Life on Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User is for people who want to take charge of their own life experience while using a wheelchair. Author Gary Karp, ergonomics consultant and long-time chair user, describes: Medical issues (paralysis, circulation, rehab experience, choosing the optimal wheelchair, scientific progress toward a cure) Day-to-day living (keeping fit, skin care, bowel and bladder care, sexuality, home access, maintaining a wheelchair, wheeling technique, insurance) Psychological and social issues (grieving loss, self-image, adjustment to life change, friends, family, asking for and being helped, cultural attitudes, history of disability, and activism)
The Field Guide to Prehistoric Life
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lambert, David / Diagram Group, PUBLISHER: Facts on File, Providing definitive answers for inquisitive minds, 101 Questions & Answers is the perfect resource to help satisfy young readers' questions about vehicles, weather, dinosaurs, their own bodies, and hundreds of other topics -- questions, in fact, that often leave adults stumped Imaginative Illustrations Explain Topics in the Physical and Natural Sciences Filled with incredibly clear, colorful drawings and diagrams, each volume uses a fun question-and-answer format to explain 101 popular topics in the physical and natural sciences. The imaginative illustrations and simple text let readers investigate the world like a scientist would, probing and peering into places normally unseen: inside elaborate machines, beneath the Earth's crust, into the inner workings of their own bodies, even back 100 million years ago to the age of the dinosaurs. By showing clearly and creatively how the world around them works, 101 Questions & Answers sends young students on the exciting road of scientific inquiry and discovery. This volume allows readers to follow the evolution and development of organic life as it progressed from the depths of the sea to the continents to the skies.
Administration of Desert and Drought-Prone Arid Areas
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hooja, Rakesh / Choubisa, R. K., PUBLISHER: Rawat Publications, The development of desert areas, administration of drought-prone regions, arid zone agriculture, watershed development and 'watershed plus, ' water use in arid and semi-arid areas, coping with drought - these are all of the vital importance for both the rainfed and dry farming areas in India. Their administration provides a special challenge, as well as an exciting opportunity, for innovative sustainable development. This book - which contains 24 articles by experts and practitioners, divided into four sections - will be of special relevance to those interested in the development of desert and drought-prone arid areas in India. The book examines: scientific and planned approaches to arresting or combating desert areas * monitoring desertification to social aspects of desert development * the development delivery system in desert districts * integrative machinery for desert development administration * grassland management and health problems in deserts * area development programs and area development authorities *various aspects of watershed development, including the role of the government watershed departments, community-based organizations, and panchayats in watershed and 'watershed plus' * the undertaking of water harvesting projects * water as a tool in desert development * agriculture and land water management in arid areas * optimizing crop production * agriculture marketing * forestry * predicting and facing drought.
The Bodily Nature of Consciousness: Sartre and Contemporary
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wider, Kathleen V., PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press, In this work, Kathleen V. Wider discusses Jean-Paul Sartre's analysis of consciousness in Being and Nothingness in light of recent work by analytic philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists. She brings together phenomenological and scientific understandings of the nature of consciousness and argues that the two approaches can strengthen and suppport each other. Work on consciousness from two very different philosophical traditions -- the continental and analytic -- contributes to her explanation of the deep-seated intuition that all consciousness is self-consciousness. Belief in the reflexivity of consciousness, which reaches back at least as far as Rene Descartes, has come under increasing attack. Those who would undermine it cite recent and ongoing findings of experimental psychologists and neuroscientists. Wider argues that the philosophical debate tends to proceed with little awareness of the extensive study of consciousness undertaken by continental philosophers during the first half of this century. With her clear explanations of both the Sartrean and contemporary Anglo-American contributions, Wider provides an invaluable map for scholars on both sides, and demonstrates how phenomenology and science both enhance current understanding and explanation of the nature of consciousness.
Philosophy: 100 Essential Thinkers
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stokes, Philip, PUBLISHER: Enchanted Lion Books, Who am I? What is justice? What does it mean to live a good life? Many of the fundamental questions of philosophy are questions that we begin to ask ourselves as young adults when we look at the world around us, at ourselves, and try to make sense of things. This engaging and accessible book invites the reader to explore the questions and arguments of philosophy through the work of one hundred of the greatest thinkers within the Western intellectual tradition. Covering philosophical, scientific, political and religious thought over a period of years, Philosophy will serve as an excellent guide for those interested in knowing about individual thinkers--such as Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau and Nietzsche, to name just a few--and the questions and observations that inspired them to write. By presenting individual thinkers, details of their lives and the concerns and circumstances that motivated them, this book makes philosophy come to life as a relevant and meaningful approach to thinking about the contemporary world. A lucid and engaging book full of thought-provoking quotations, as well as clear explanations and definitions, "Philosophy "is sure to encourage students and laymen alike to investigate further.
The Ghost of the Revelator
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Modesitt, L. E., Jr., PUBLISHER: Tor Books, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., has gained a legion of devoted fans for his science fiction as well as his epic fantasy novels. The Ghost of the Revelator is one of the best displays yet of his ability to blend dramatic, imaginative stories with rigorous social and scientific extrapolation.Doktor Johan Eschbach (the central character of Modesitt's popular alternate history SF novel, Of Tangible Ghosts) had hoped for a quiet life in retirement from the intelligence service, teaching environmental science at the University of New Bruges and living with his new wife, the vocalist Llysette du Boise. Llysette, a refugee from the burning remains of France, would herself like little more than to resume her singing career and forget her time in the prison camps of the Hapsburg Empire.But an unusual invitation from the Mormon nation of Deseret inexorably drags Johan back into the spy business, though he isn't quite sure why or for whom. It quickly becomes apparent that he is being used as a pawn in a deadly game of international maneuverings that are leading the world closer to war.
Everyday Thoughts about Nature: A Worldview Investigation of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cobern, William W. / Cobern, W. W., PUBLISHER: Springer, The primary goal of Everday Thoughts about Nature is to understand how typical ninth-grade students and their science teachers think about Nature or the natural world, and how their thoughts are related to science. In pursuing this goal, the book raises a basic question about the purpose of science education for the public. Should science education seek to educate scientific thinkers' in the pattern of science teachers? Or, should science education seek to foster sound science learning within the matrices of various cultural perspectives? By carefully examining the ideas about Nature held by a group of students and their science teachers, Cobern argues that the purpose of science education for the public is to foster sound science learning within the matrices of various cultural perspectives'. Cobern's two books, World View Theory and Science Education Research and now Everyday Thoughts about Nature, provide complementary accounts of theoretical and empirical foundations for worldview theory in science education. While many graduate students and researchers have benefited from his earlier work, many more will continue to benefit from this book.
Alien invasion owners' resistance manual -
Vendo libro " Alien invasion owners' resistance manual " di Sean T. Page - edito da Haynes Pubblishing - anno . Illustrato da Ian Moores. Isbn: . Pagine 125 - illustrazioni a colori. Copertina rigida cartonata illustrata. Libro come nuovo. Sp. spediz. ordinaria eur 2,00 - raccomandata eur 4,50. With many of the world's top scientists now predicting that the Earth will be invaded by aliens within the next few decades, the battle to defend our planet from fiendish extra-terrestrials is no longer the realm of science fiction. UFO sightings and abduction cases continue to increase, with millions around the world now reporting that they have been held by aliens - everything is pointing to a day when we will be invaded by forces from beyond our Solar System. But don't panic, this manual has been designed to provide you with the very latest scientific insight and intelligence available on aliens and their plans to take over our gleaming blue planet. It shows how with the right knowledge, training and a substantial reel of aluminium foil, the concerned citizen can really hit ET where it hurts.
URANIA, VOCI DAL NULLA, Patricia A. McKillip, N. del
URANIA Serie speciale argento N. VOCI DAL NULLA (Fool's Run) Patricia A. McKillip I ROMANZI Arnoldo Mondatori Editore Traduzione di Gaetano Staffilano Copertina di Karel Thole Aprile Brossurato Pagine 176 Formato cm. 13X19 Condizioni: ottimo come da foto Patricia Anne McKillip (Salem, 29 febbraio ) è una scrittrice statunitense, conosciuta soprattutto per le sue opere di genere fantasy. Ha vissuto gran parte della sua vita negli U.S.A e un breve periodo in Inghilterra. Attualmente è tornata a vivere nell'Oregon dopo un periodo a San Francisco e continua a scrivere racconti e romanzi fantasy. È sposata con lo scrittore e poeta David Lunde. Ha ottenuto il Master di lingua e letteratura inglese e si è sempre dedicata alla letteratura, alternandola allo studio della musica. Ancora poche le sue opere tradotte in italiano. Ha vinto il premio World Fantasy Award nel per il romanzo La Maga di Eld (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld), il Locus Award nel per il romanzo Arpista nel vento (Harpist in the Wind), e il Balrog Award nel per il racconto breve A Troll and Two Roses.
Anxiety Disorders in Adults: An Evidence-Based Approach to
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McLean, Peter D. / Woody, Sheila R., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Recently developed psychosocial treatments for anxiety disorders reflect the systematic influence of scientifically generated knowledge, and these new treatments yield strong results. Research in such areas as information processing, cognition, behavioral avoidance, and the physiological components of anxious arousal has increased our knowledge of mediators that cause and maintain anxiety disorders. The development of these new clinical tools is timely, as epidemiological studies now show that up to 25% of people will experience at least one anxiety disorder in their lifetime. Meanwhile, mental health care providers are increasingly pressured to limit the number of sessions and use demonstrably effective treatments. In this book, the authors review psychosocial treatments for anxiety disorders, focusing on the scientific basis and demonstrated outcomes of the treatments. Cognitive behavioral therapies are highlighted, as they have been the most frequently investigated approaches to treating anxiety disorders. Individual chapters feature specific phobias: social phobia, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. The book is rich in clinical material and integrates science and clinical practice in an effort to help practitioners to improve the effectiveness of their work with anxious clients.
T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Alvarez, Walter, PUBLISHER: San Val, "A high drama of discovery and a wonderful adventure in science....It will become a classic". -- Los Angeles Times Book Review How was Tyrannosaurus rex toppled from the apex of creation? Sixty-five million years ago, there was an apocalyptic collision between the earth and a gigantic comet or asteroid. Increasingly, evidence suggests that the impact, which itself took less time than it takes to read this paragraph, triggered the dinosaurs rapid demise. Now Walter Alvarez, a geologist closely associated with the catastrophic theory of dinosaur extinction, makes his case in a gripping work that is both a scientific detective story and a convincing account of "one terrible day in the history of the Earth". Alvarez painstakingly assembles clues from the Italian Apennines to the Yucatan Peninsula and presents them with clarity and suspense. The result is a book of irresistible appeal and undeniable importance by a major figure in contemporary science. "An estimable account by the world's leading authority on death from above". -- The New York Times Book Review "First-rate...Alvarez provides the up-close tale of the comet or asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs". -- San Francisco Chronicle
For Social Peace in Brazil: Industrialists and the Remaking
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Weinstein, Barbara, PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina Press, This book is the first major study of industrialists and social policy in Latin America. Barbara Weinstein examines the vast array of programs sponsored by a new generation of Brazilian industrialists who sought to impose on the nation their vision of a rational, hierarchical, and efficient society. She explores in detail two national agencies founded in the s (SENAI and SESI) that placed vocational training and social welfare programs directly in the hands of industrialist associations. Assessing the industrialists' motives, Weinstein also discusses how both men and women in Brazil's working class received the agencies' activities. Inspired by the concepts of scientific management, rational organization, and applied psychology, Sao Paulo's industrialists initiated wide-ranging programs to raise the standard of living, increase productivity, and at the same time secure lasting social peace. According to Weinstein, workers initially embraced many of their efforts but were nonetheless suspicious of employers' motives and questioned their commitment to progressivism. By the s, industrial leaders' notion of the working class as morally defective and their insistence on stemming civil unrest at all costs increasingly diverged from populist politics and led to the industrialists' active support of the military coup. Acquista Ora
Max Ernst and Alchemy: A Magician in Search of Myth
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Warlick, M. E. / Rosemont, Franklin, PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press, Surrealist artist Max Ernst defined collage as the "alchemy of the visual image." Students of his work have often dismissed this comment as simply a metaphor for the transformative power of using found images in a new context. Taking a wholly different perspective on Ernst and alchemy, however, M. E. Warlick persuasively demonstrates that the artist had a profound and abiding interest in alchemical philosophy and often used alchemical symbolism in works created throughout his career. A revival of interest in alchemy swept the artistic, psychoanalytic, historical, and scientific circles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Warlick sets Ernst's work squarely within this movement. Looking at both his art (many of the works she discusses are reproduced in the book) and his writings, she reveals how thoroughly alchemical philosophy and symbolism pervade his early Dadaist experiments, his foundational work in surrealism, and his many collages and paintings of women and landscapes, whose images exemplify the alchemical fusing of opposites. This pioneering research adds an essential key to understanding the multilayered complexity of Ernst's works, as it affirms his standing as one of Germany's most significant artists of the twentieth century.
A Short History of Distributive Justice
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fleischacker, Samuel, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, Distributive justice in its modern sense calls on the state to guarantee that everyone is supplied with a certain level of material means. Samuel Fleischacker argues that guaranteeing aid to the poor is a modern idea, developed only in the last two centuries. Earlier notions of justice, including Aristotle's, were concerned with the distribution of political office, not of property. It was only in the eighteenth century, in the work of philosophers such as Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant, that justice began to be applied to the problem of poverty. To attribute a longer pedigree to distributive justice is to fail to distinguish between justice and charity. Fleischacker explains how confusing these principles has created misconceptions about the historical development of the welfare state. Socialists, for instance, often claim that modern economics obliterated ancient ideals of equality and social justice. Free-market promoters agree but applaud the apparent triumph of skepticism and social-scientific rigor. Both interpretations overlook the gradual changes in thinking that yielded our current assumption that justice calls for everyone, if possible, to be lifted out of poverty. By examining major writings in ancient, medieval, and modern political philosophy, Fleischacker shows how we arrived at the contemporary meaning of distributive justice.
China's Rise - Threat or Opportunity?
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yee, Herbert S., PUBLISHER: Routledge, The phenomenal growth of Chinese economic and military power in the first decade of the 21st century has drawn world-wide attention. Perceptions of China's rise have shifted from seeing China as a threat to a more mixed view, where China is seen as playing a key role in economic recovery, taking an increasingly responsible role in world affairs, and contributing significantly to scientific and technological advances. This book argues that China will only become a truly global power when its rising power status is accepted, or at least tolerated, by other major powers and Chinaa (TM)s neighbours. Filling a major gap in the existing literature, it presents a comprehensive overview of how China's rise is perceived in a wide range of countries and regions a " these include China's neighbours, other world powers, the parts of China not part of mainland China - Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau - and regions of the world where China is having an unexpected impact, such as the Middle East. It also examines changing perceptions of China in the western media. Overall, the book demonstrates that whilst many countries and regions are much more positive about China's rise than they were before, considerable nervousness and concern persists.