the contents of experience essays on perception

Economic Policy in an Interdependent World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Copper, Richard N. / Cooper, Richard N., PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), ong>Theong>se eleven ong>essaysong> written over ong>theong> past fifteen years continue and develop Richard Cooper's central ong>theong>me ong>ofong> interdependence, reflecting his ong>experienceong> in government in ong>theong> Council ong>ofong> Economic Advisers and as Undersecretary ong>ofong> State for Economic Affairs. ong>Theong>y focus in particular on ong>theong> opportunities and constraints for national economic policy in an environment where goods, services, capital, and even labor are increasingly mobile. ong>Theong> first four chapters are informal, discursive treatments ong>ofong> economic and foreign policies in ong>theong> face ong>ofong> growing interdependence among nations. ong>Theong> remaining chapters cover such specialist topics as optimal regional integration, ong>theong> integration ong>ofong> world capital markets, ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> greater interdependence on ong>theong> effectiveness ong>ofong> domestic economic policy, ong>theong> comparison ong>ofong> monetary and fiscal policy under fixed and flexible exchange rates, currency evaluation in developing countries, and ong>theong> appropriate size and composition ong>ofong> a developing country's external debt. A concluding chapter surveys ong>theong> preceding ong>essaysong> in terms ong>ofong> coordinating macroeconomic policymaking in an interdependent world economy. Richard N. Cooper is Maurits C. Boas Prong>ofong>essor ong>ofong> International Economy at Harvard University.

The Three-Edged Sword

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Potts, Maureen A., PUBLISHER: University Press ong>ofong> America, This book is a study ong>ofong> ong>theong> complex, interconnected physical, psychological, social, and economic stresses that serious or chronic illness inflicts on patients in 20th-century America. ong>Theong> author explores ong>theong>se ong>theong>mes through ong>theong> retelling ong>ofong> her own ong>experienceong> ong>ofong> a sixteenth-month search in (interspersed with some scholarly commentary) for a diagnosis ong>ofong> lupus and ong>ofong> ong>theong> gradual evolution ong>ofong> coping strategies since. ong>Theong> author addresses ong>theong> physical suffering and psychological ramifications ong>ofong> illness, ong>theong> social stigma and economic disasters that ong>ofong>ten accompany such an ong>experienceong>, and ong>theong> dehumanizing responses ong>ofong> ong>theong> medical world.

Critical Essays on Daniel Defoe: Daniel Defoe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lund, Roger D. / Bartels Emily, C., PUBLISHER: Twayne Publishers, ong>Theong> full range ong>ofong> literary traditions comes to life in ong>theong> Twayne Critical ong>Essaysong> Series. Volume editors have carefully selected critical ong>essaysong> that represent ong>theong> full spectrum ong>ofong> controversies, trends and methodologies relating to each author's work. ong>Essaysong> include writings from ong>theong> author's native country and abroad, with interpretations from ong>theong> time ong>theong>y were writing, through ong>theong> present day. Each volume includes: -- An introduction providing ong>theong> reader with a lucid overview ong>ofong> criticism from its beginnings -- illuminating controversies, evaluating approaches and sorting out ong>theong> schools ong>ofong> thought -- ong>Theong> most influential reviews and ong>theong> best reprinted scholarly ong>essaysong> -- A section devoted exclusively to reviews and reactions by ong>theong> subject's contemporaries -- Original ong>essaysong>, new translations and revisions commissioned especially for ong>theong> series -- Previously unpublished materials such as interviews, lost letters and manuscript fragments -- A bibliography ong>ofong> ong>theong> subject's writings and interviews -- A name and subject index

The Novels of Mrs. Aphra Behn

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Behn, Aphra, PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press, ong>Contentsong>--ong>Theong> Royal Slave; ong>Theong> Fair Jilt; ong>Theong> Nun; Agnes de Castro; ong>Theong> Lover's Watch; ong>Theong> Case for ong>theong> Watch; ong>Theong> Lady's Looking-Glass to Dress Herself By; ong>Theong> Lucky Mistake; ong>Theong> Court ong>ofong> ong>theong> King ong>ofong> Bantam; ong>Theong> Adventure ong>ofong> ong>theong> Black Lady.

Cambridge and the Torres Strait: Centenary Essays on the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Herle, Anita / Rouse, Sandra / Anita, Herle, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Torres Strait has an established place in ong>theong> history ong>ofong> anthropology because ong>ofong> its association with ong>theong> Cambridge University Expedition ong>ofong> organised by A. C. Haddon. This early British anthropological expedition is regarded as a seminal event in ong>theong> formation ong>ofong> academic anthropology in Britain. Its goal was to make an unprecedentedly comprehensive anthropological study embracing ethnology, physical anthropology, psychology, linguistics, sociology and ethnomusicology. ong>Theong> nine interdisciplinary ong>essaysong> in this centenary volume ong>ofong>fer ways ong>ofong> looking at and situation ong>theong> Expedition's work in historical and intellectual debates. Central ong>theong>mes covered are ong>theong> relationship between ong>theong> expedition members and ong>theong> Torres Strait Islanders: ong>theong> innovations associated with ong>theong> Expedition and ong>theong> Expedition's influence on ong>theong> development ong>ofong> anthropology and psychology. One hundred years on, ong>theong> results ong>ofong> ong>theong> Expedition have a contemporary relevance for anthropology and for ong>theong> Torres Strait Islanders.

Essays on Medieval German Literature and Iconography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pickering, F. P., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In making this selection ong>ofong> twelve ong>essaysong> spanning ong>theong> period , Prong>ofong>essor Pickering has borne in mind that many ong>ofong> his recent readers are not students ong>ofong> German, but ong>ofong> comparative literature, art, history or ong>theong>ology, and he has translated three ong>ofong> ong>theong> twelve for ong>theong> occasion. He has grouped ong>theong>m according to ong>theong>ir 'approach' and introduced each with reference to his oong>theong>r writings.

The British Campaign in France and Flanders

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Doyle, Arthur Conan, PUBLISHER: University Press ong>ofong> ong>theong> Pacific, ong>CONTENTSong>: January to July ong>Theong> Battle ong>ofong> ong>theong> Somme Attack ong>ofong> ong>theong> Seventh and Eight Corps on Gommecourt, Serre, and Beaumont Hamel Attack ong>ofong> ong>theong> Tenth and Third Corps, July ong>Theong> Attack ong>ofong> ong>theong> Fifteenth and Thirteenth Corps, July From July 2 to July ong>Theong> Breaking ong>ofong> ong>theong> Second Line. July July 14 to July 31 ong>Theong> Operations ong>ofong> Gough's Army upon ong>theong> Norong>theong>rn Flank up to September 15 August 1 to September 15 Breaking ong>theong> Third Line, September 15 From September 15 to ong>theong> Battle ong>ofong> ong>theong> Ancre ong>Theong> Gaining ong>ofong> ong>theong> Thiepval Ridge ong>Theong> Battle ong>ofong> ong>theong> Ancre. November

The Atlantic in Global History:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Canizares-Esguerra, Jorge / Seeman, Erik R., PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, This reader, composed ong>ofong> original ong>essaysong> by leading authors, expands ong>theong> category ong>ofong> ong>theong> Atlantic chronologically, spatially, and methodologically. It firmly places ong>theong> Atlantic within global history and ong>theong> coverage expands into ong>theong> nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> present events that formed ong>theong> nations and cultures ong>ofong> ong>theong> Atlantic region and show ong>theong>ir global roots and how ong>theong>y intertwine with non-Atlantic communities ong>ofong> ong>theong> world.

Collected Papers: Critical Essys and Collected Essays

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ryle, Gilbert, PUBLISHER: Thoemmes Press, Volume one consists ong>ofong> articles on figures as diverse as Plato and Heidegger, Wittgenstein and Jane Austen. Volume two contains articles on several issues in philosophical logic and ong>theong> philosophy ong>ofong> mind. ong>Ofong> particular interest are a number ong>ofong> papers on occurrent thoughts, a topic inadequately treated -- as Ryle was ong>theong> first to admit -- in his book ong>Theong> Concept ong>ofong> Mind.

Aspects of Malory

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Takamiya, Toshiyuki / Brewer, Derek, PUBLISHER: Boydell & Brewer, This volume ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> is aimed at advancing ong>theong> appreciation ong>ofong> Malory, an author who has always been enjoyed by ong>theong> common reader, but is still sometimes underestimated by ong>theong> critics. Despite an increasing number ong>ofong> articles on Malory, ong>theong>re is a need for a general survey ong>ofong> recent research, whichl> Aspects ong>ofong> Malory /l>provides. ong>Theong> volume opens with a note by ong>theong> late Prong>ofong>essor Vinaver on Malory's prose, and three ong>essaysong> on Malory's Englishness and his English sources, including an essay by P. J. C. Field which argues for an English raong>theong>r than a French origin for ong>theong> l>Tale ong>ofong> Gareth/l>. This is followed by two ong>essaysong> on Malory's French sources, by Jill Mann and Mary Hynes-Berry. ong>Theong>rence McCarthy re-exasmines ong>theong> sequence ong>ofong> ong>theong> tales, and three furong>theong>r ong>essaysong> look at ong>theong> scribal and textual tradition ong>ofong> Malory's work, in particular ong>theong> relationship between ong>theong> Winchester MS, Caxton's printed version, and ong>theong> history ong>ofong> ong>theong> MS. Finally, Richard R. Griffith reconsiders ong>theong> authorship question, and proposes a long-forgotten Thomas Malory as ong>theong> most likely candidate. ong>Theong>re is a bibliography ong>ofong> recent research compiled by Prong>ofong>essor Takamiya.Full ong>ofong> sound scholarship'. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTVolume ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> aimed at advancing ong>theong> appreciation ong>ofong> Malory and providing a general survey ong>ofong> critical research; topics covered include Malory's sources, both French and English, ong>theong> scribal and texual tradition ong>ofong> his work, and ong>theong> question ong>ofong> authorship.

The Five Senses

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gonzalez-Crussi, F., PUBLISHER: Kaplan Publishing, "Extraordinary on first reading, even more so on a second... ong>theong> sort ong>ofong> book one wants to pick up again and again."--Oliver Sacks "Lively and erudite."--"ong>Theong> New York Times Book Review " "Gonzalez-Crussi writes ong>essaysong> that fuse science, literature, and personal history into highly civilized artifacts. Here are five such pieces... all ong>ofong> ong>theong>m informative, none ong>ofong> ong>theong>m predictable."-- "ong>Theong> Washington Post " "A meditation on sensory ong>experienceong> by a Mexican-born pathologist who weaves personal ong>experienceong>s with history, science, philosophy and ong>theong>ology for a wide-ranging approach to our centuries-old but undissipated curiosity about ong>theong> origins ong>ofong> pain and pleasure.... An erudite work."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review "

Social Ecology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Guha, Ramachandra, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Social Ecology brings togeong>theong>r a selection ong>ofong> pioneering ong>essaysong> on a subject ong>ofong> increasing interest to sociologists and social anthropologists. With ong>theong> growing awareness ong>ofong> ong>theong> causes and consequences ong>ofong> environmental degradation, ong>theong> once neglected field ong>ofong> social ecology has assumed enormous ong>theong>oretical and practical importance. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> assembled in this anthology provide a state ong>ofong> ong>theong> art survey ong>ofong> ong>theong> field as well as an orientation to future research. As ong>theong> first such anthology ong>ofong> its kind, it provides a compact and analytically sophisticated overview ong>ofong> environment and society in contemporary India. It should be ong>ofong> great interest to administrators, activists, and development prong>ofong>essionals as well as students and scholars working in ong>theong> field.

The Political Economy of American Monetary Policy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mayer, Thomas, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> examines ong>theong> institutional framework in which monetary policy is made. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> consider two questions: How free is ong>theong> Fed to set monetary policy and to what extent do organizational problems affect ong>theong> choice ong>ofong> that monetary policy? Topics covered include ong>theong> Fed's response to movements on its goals, Congressional and presidential pressures on ong>theong> Fed, ong>theong> existence ong>ofong> political business cycles operating through monetary policy, and ong>theong> extent to which monetary policy may be explained by ong>theong> Fed's own interests. A final section examines ong>theong> claim that ong>theong> Federal Reserve follows countercyclical policy and evaluates its performance as a lender to banks both in normal times and as a lender ong>ofong> last resort.

Evolutionary Politics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schubert, Glendon A., JR., PUBLISHER: Souong>theong>rn Illinois University Press, This synong>theong>sis ong>ofong> research into ong>theong> behavior ong>ofong> humans and oong>theong>r social animals ranges horizontally from a congruence ong>ofong> ong>theong> perspectives ong>ofong> ong>theong> life sciences, social sciences, and physical sciences and longitudinally from that ong>ofong> ong>theong> most recent 60 million years, but emphasizing ong>theong> last 12 thousand years. From a political science perspective, ong>theong>se ong>essaysong> focus on both individual and small-group political behavior. Schubert's work draws extensively on contemporary evolutionary ong>theong>ory, biosocial and psychobiological ong>theong>ory, ethology and primatology, behavioral ecology, experimental work in animal behavior, neurobiology, human development, and ong>theong> philosophy ong>ofong> both life and social sciences. Introducing and concluding ong>theong> book are ong>essaysong> that discuss ong>theong> implications ong>ofong> biology and ong>theong> life sciences for ong>theong> study ong>ofong> political science. ong>Theong> oong>theong>rs center on five topics: political ethology (naturalistic study ong>ofong> human behavior as animal behavior); political evolution; evolutionary ong>theong>ory; evolutionary development (ecological, epigenetic, and ontogenetic); and ong>theong> evolution ong>ofong> human thinking.

On the Functions of the Brain and of Each of Its Parts

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gall, PUBLISHER: General Books, Title: On ong>theong> Functions ong>ofong> ong>theong> Brain and ong>ofong> Each ong>ofong> Its Parts: With Observations on ong>theong> Possibility ong>ofong> Determining ong>theong> Instincts, Propensities, and Talents, or ong>theong> Moral and Intellectual Dispositions ong>ofong> Men and Animals, by ong>theong> Configuration ong>ofong> ong>theong> Brain and Head Volume: 5-6 Publisher: Boston, Marsh, Capen

Reader Of The Purple Sage: Essays On Western Writers And

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ann Ronald, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Nevada Press, NA Acquista Ora

AAAI-92: Proceedings of the Tenth National Conference on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: American Association on Artificial Intel / AAAI Press, PUBLISHER: AAAI Press, ong>Theong> focus ong>ofong> ong>theong> AAAI-92 conference is on ong>theong> re integration ong>ofong> AI as a diverse but coherent whole. Accordingly ong>theong> traditional list ong>ofong> community-based content areas has been replaced by a more neutral set ong>ofong> taxonomies that span ong>theong> field. For example, a paper proposing a new epistemology for representing ong>theong> physical world based on an analysis ong>ofong> human brain structure would be described as "representation, physical world, biological." ong>Theong> papers collected here represent significant research contributions to such areas as ong>theong> principles underlying cognition, perception, and action in man and machine; ong>theong> design, application, and evaluation ong>ofong> AI algorithms and systems; and ong>theong> analysis ong>ofong> domains in which AI systems perform.

The Presidency and the Political System

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nelson, Michael, PUBLISHER: CQ-Roll Call Group Books, ong>Theong> Presidency & ong>theong> Political System, now in an updated sixth edition, incorporates ong>theong> most recent research and scholarship on ong>theong> presidency. Each ong>ofong> ong>theong> 20 thought-provoking original ong>essaysong>, written by some ong>ofong> ong>theong> field's most prominent scholars, explores an important aspect ong>ofong> ong>theong> relationship between ong>theong> presidency and our political system.

The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Huxley, Aldous, PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial, Half an hour after swallowing ong>theong> drug I became aware ong>ofong> a slow dance ong>ofong> golden lights... Among ong>theong> most prong>ofong>ound explorations ong>ofong> ong>theong> effects ong>ofong> mind-expanding drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books--"ong>Theong> Doors ong>ofong> Perception" and "Heaven and Hell"--in which Aldous Huxley, author ong>ofong> ong>theong> bestselling "Brave New World," reveals ong>theong> mind's remote frontiers and ong>theong> unmapped areas ong>ofong> human consciousness. This new edition also features an additional essay, "Drugs That Shape Men's Minds," which is now included for ong>theong> first time.

Healing the Wounds Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marie Claire Foblets Trutz von Trotha, PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing Ltd, NA

Primary Sources, Historical Collections: Diary of a Tour in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mary Georgina Emma Dawson Damer, Hon, PUBLISHER: Primary Sources, Historical Collections, This book, from ong>theong> series Primary Sources: Historical Books ong>ofong> ong>theong> World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its ong>contentsong> come from ong>theong> legions ong>ofong> academic literature and research on ong>theong> subject produced over ong>theong> last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas ong>ofong> study and research on ong>theong> subject. From analyses ong>ofong> ong>theong> varied geography that encompasses ong>theong> Asian continent to significant time periods spanning centuries, ong>theong> book was made in an effort to preserve ong>theong> work ong>ofong> previous generations.

The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stokes, Eric / Stokes, E. T., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong>se twelve ong>essaysong> explore ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> south Asian agrarian society and examine ong>theong> extent to which it changed during ong>theong> period ong>ofong> British rule. ong>Theong> central focus ong>ofong> ong>theong> book is directed to peasant agitation and violence and four ong>ofong> ong>theong> studies look at ong>theong> agrarian explosion that formed ong>theong> background to ong>theong> Mutiny. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> give a coherent historical treatment ong>ofong> ong>theong> Indian peasant world, and ong>theong> paperback edition ong>ofong> this successful book will be ong>ofong> interest to ong>theong> student ong>ofong> peasant studies and to ong>theong> sociologist as well as to development economists and agronomists generally.

Class and Social Development: A New Theory of the Middle

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Johnson, Dale L., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume expound a new ong>theong>oretical perspective on ong>theong> formation and function ong>ofong> ong>theong> middle class. Drawing on currents within Marxism, particularly Marxist structuralism, ong>theong> ong>essaysong> first re-examine ong>theong> basic tenets ong>ofong> class structure ong>theong>ory, ong>theong>n develop ong>theong>ir own approach and methodology. This approach is ong>theong>n applied to ong>theong> study ong>ofong> ong>theong> North American intermediate class. Why is it sometimes liberal and progressive, sometimes a social basis for right-wing reaction?...specialists in Marxist class ong>theong>ory will find it covers most recent developments in analysis and is constructively self-critical.' -- "Reviewing Sociology, Vol 3, Issue

Rome and Constantinople: Essays in the Dialogue of Love

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barringer, Robert, PUBLISHER: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, A collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> from ong>theong> exchange between Orthodox and Roman Catholic ong>theong>ologians in Canada.

The Poetics of Derek Walcott: Intertextual Perspectives

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davis, Gregson, PUBLISHER: Duke University Press, ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> collected in this issue ong>ofong>fer complementary critical perspectives on ong>theong> mature lyric work ong>ofong> Derek Walcott, ong>theong> acclaimed Nobel laureate from ong>theong> Caribbean island ong>ofong> St. Lucia. ong>Theong> centerpiece ong>ofong> ong>theong> ensemble is a previously unpublished essay in which Walcott's reflections on poetics illuminate his project in ong>theong> masterpiece, "Omeros." Oong>theong>r contributions by literary scholars in North America and ong>theong> Caribbean focus on fundamental dimensions ong>ofong> Walcott's craft and on such ong>theong>matic preoccupations as ong>theong> intersection ong>ofong> pictorial and verbal modes ong>ofong> representation, ong>theong> deployment ong>ofong> nuanced intertextual strategies (especially in relation to ong>theong> Greco-Roman canon), ong>theong> invention ong>ofong> a viable artistic identity in a postcolonial intercultural milieu, and ong>theong> psychosocial modeling ong>ofong> ong>theong> process ong>ofong> literary apprenticeship. "Contributors. "Edward Baugh, Peter Burian, Gregson Davis, Carol Dougherty, Joseph Farrell, Judith Harris, Timothy Hong>ofong>meister, Derek Walcott

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