the contents of experience essays on perception

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

Looking Into Pictures: An Interdisciplinary Approach to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hecht, Heiko / Schwartz, Robert / Aong>theong>rton, Margaret, PUBLISHER: Bradford Book, ong>Theong> last half ong>ofong> ong>theong> twentieth century witnessed dramatic changes in ong>theong> ong>theong>ory ong>ofong> vision. In particular, ong>theong> "eye-as-camera" metaphor that had long dominated ong>theong> field no longer seemed tenable. Somewhat surprisingly, however, ong>theong> metaphor has maintained its appeal in ong>theong> study ong>ofong> pictures. In "Looking into Pictures," philosophers, psychologists, and art historians explore ong>theong> implications ong>ofong> recent ong>theong>ories ong>ofong> vision for our understanding ong>ofong> ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> pictorial representation and picture perception. ong>Theong>y examine ong>theong> dual nature ong>ofong> picture perception, ong>theong> fact that viewers must separate ong>theong> visual properties ong>ofong> ong>theong> picture itself from those ong>ofong> what ong>theong> picture represents. Discussing ong>theong> status ong>ofong> perspective, ong>theong>y ask wheong>theong>r perspective renderings ong>ofong> space are special or more accurate than those found in oong>theong>r types ong>ofong> pictures, and if so why. Finally, ong>theong>y consider ong>theong> possible need to reconceive pictorial space and ong>theong> implications ong>ofong> such a reconception for ong>theong> study ong>ofong> picture perception.

Critical Essays, Volume I: Ancient Orators. Lysias.

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dionysius ong>ofong> Halicarnassus / Dionysius / Dionysius ong>ofong> Halicarnassus, ong>Ofong> Halicarnassus, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, Dionysius ong>ofong> Halicarnassus had migrated to Rome by 30 BCE, where he lived until his death some time after 8 BCE, writing his "Roman Antiquities" and teaching ong>theong> art ong>ofong> rhetoric and literary composition. Dionysius's purpose, both in his own work and in his teaching, was to re-establish ong>theong> classical Attic standards ong>ofong> purity, invention and taste in order to reassert ong>theong> primacy ong>ofong> Greek as ong>theong> literary language ong>ofong> ong>theong> Mediterranean world. He advocated ong>theong> minute study ong>ofong> ong>theong> styles ong>ofong> ong>theong> finest prose authors ong>ofong> ong>theong> fifth and fourth century BCE, especially ong>theong> Attic orators. His critical ong>essaysong> on ong>theong>se and on ong>theong> historian Thucydides represent an important development from ong>theong> somewhat mechanical techniques ong>ofong> rhetorical handbooks to a more sensitive criticism ong>ofong> individual authors. Illustrating his analysis with well-chosen examples, Dionysius preserves a number ong>ofong> important fragments ong>ofong> Lysias and Isaeus. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> on those two orators and on Isocrates, Demosong>theong>nes and Thucydides comprise Volume I ong>ofong> this edition. Volume II contains three letters to his students; a short essay on ong>theong> orator Dinarchus; and his finest work, ong>theong> essay "On Literary Composition, " which combines rhetoric, grammar and criticism in a manner unique in ancient literature. ong>Theong> Loeb Classical Library also publishes a seven volume edition ong>ofong> "Roman Antiquities, " by Dionysius ong>ofong> Halicarnassus, a history from earliest times to 264 BCE.

New Essays on Wise Blood

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kreyling, Michael / Elliot, Emory / Kreyling, Michael, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong>se new critical ong>essaysong> on Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's explosive first novel, not only question our understanding ong>ofong> ong>theong> "Souong>theong>rn Gothic," but launch a new inquiry into ong>theong> nature and history ong>ofong> O'Connor's critical reputation. Perceived as a "classic" American writer despite ong>theong> double setbacks ong>ofong> being a woman and a twentieth-century author, O'Connor continues to speak with striking clarity and disturbing vision to successive generations.

Preaching in Medieval England: An Introduction to Sermon

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Owst, G. R. / G. R., Owst, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, First published in , G. R. Owst's Preaching in Medieval England has remained a seminal work on ong>theong> topic ong>ofong> English sermons ong>ofong> ong>theong> period . In studying a largely neglected but important aspect ong>ofong> ong>theong> medieval religious ong>experienceong>, ong>theong> author adds considerably to our understanding ong>ofong> ong>theong> pre-Reformation church. ong>Theong> book is in three parts - ong>theong> preachers, ong>theong> circumstances ong>ofong> ong>theong> preaching and reception, and ong>theong> sermons ong>theong>mselves. In ong>theong> first section Owst discusses ong>theong> different classes ong>ofong> preacher, ong>theong> secular clergy, monks and particularly ong>theong> wandering friars, famous for ong>theong>ir preaching. In ong>theong> second part he studies ong>theong> ong>experienceong> ong>ofong> sermons, how, where and when ong>theong>y were delivered, and to whom. ong>Theong> examination ong>ofong> ong>theong> sermons covers not only ong>theong>ir content and language, but also ong>theong> surviving manuals on preaching and eloquence, and advice to preachers. This wide ranging and scholarly book remains a crucial work on medieval preaching. Acquista Ora

The Church in Colonial Latin America

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schwaller, John F. / Schwaller, John Frederick, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ong>Theong> Church in Colonial Latin America is a collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> that include classic articles and pieces based on more modern research. Containing ong>essaysong> that explore ong>theong> Catholic Church's active social and political influence, this volume provides ong>theong> background necessary for students to grasp ong>theong> importance ong>ofong> ong>theong> Catholic Church in Latin America. This text also presents a comprehensive, analytic, and descriptive history ong>ofong> ong>theong> Church and its development during ong>theong> colonial period. From ong>theong> evangelization ong>ofong> ong>theong> New World by Spanish missionaries to ong>theong> active influence ong>ofong> ong>theong> Catholic Church on Latin American culture, this book ong>ofong>fers a complete picture ong>ofong> ong>theong> Church in colonial Latin America. ong>Theong> Church in Colonial Latin America is ideal for courses in ong>theong> colonial period in Latin American history, as well as courses in religion, church history, and missionary history.

The Century of Bach and Mozart: Perspectives on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gallagher, Sean / Kelly, Thomas Forrest, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Department ong>ofong> Music, For many today Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stand as towering representatives ong>ofong> European music ong>ofong> ong>theong> eighteenth century, composers whose works reflect intellectual, religious, and aesong>theong>tic trends ong>ofong> ong>theong> period. Research on ong>theong>ir compositions continues in many ways to shape our broader understanding ong>ofong> eighteenth-century musical thought and its contexts. This collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> by leading authorities in ong>theong> field ong>ofong>fers a variety ong>ofong> new perspectives on ong>theong> two composers, as well as some ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir important contemporaries, Haydn in particular. Addressing topics as diverse as ong>theong> historiography ong>ofong> eighteenth-century music, concepts ong>ofong> time and musical form, ong>theong> idea ong>ofong> ong>theong> musical work and its relation to publishing practices, compositional process, and performance practice, ong>theong>se ong>essaysong> togeong>theong>r constitute a major contribution to eighteenth-century studies. This book had its origin in a conference that took place at ong>theong> Music Department ong>ofong> Harvard University on September , to honor Prong>ofong>essor Christoph Wolff, Adams University Prong>ofong>essor at Harvard University.

Gateway to Hope: An Exploration of Failure

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Boulding, Maria, PUBLISHER: St. Bebe's Publications, Failure is an essential part ong>ofong> life. ong>Theong> author draws on human ong>experienceong> and on ong>theong> Bible to show that in our very failure lies our success. Our weaknesses have all been overcome in ong>theong> Cross ong>ofong> Christ.

Dreaming Arrival

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Welch, John, PUBLISHER: Shearsman Books, Circumventing conventional narratives ong>ofong> trauma and recovery, 'Dreaming Arrival' presents a series ong>ofong> very personal reflections on ong>theong> writing life set in ong>theong> context ong>ofong> John Welch's ong>experienceong> ong>ofong> psychoanalysis. Intensely felt, but always retaining a significant degree ong>ofong> scepticism, ong>theong> book's starting-point was in a journal ong>theong> writer kept when in analysis and it refers back to an ong>experienceong> ong>ofong> breakdown and hospitalisation thirty years previously. Calling easy notions ong>ofong> creativity into question 'Dreaming Arrival' looks not only at ong>theong> way 'ong>theong>rapy' affects writing, but also at how ong>theong> writing may affect ong>theong> process ong>ofong> ong>theong> ong>theong>rapy itself.

World System Structure: Continuity and Change

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hollist, W. Ladd, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume highlight ong>theong> different views taken ong>ofong> ong>theong> world economic system. ong>Theong> first two ong>essaysong> are firmly grounded in ong>theong> world system ong>ofong> Immanuel Wallerstein. Oong>theong>r ong>essaysong> ong>ofong>fer alternative concepts and discuss ong>theong>m in ong>theong> light ong>ofong> contemporary events -- newly industrializing nations and Third World coalitions. In ong>theong> final section, Hollist and Rosenau reach conflicting conclusions as to where ong>theong> world system, and ong>theong> study ong>ofong> it, are proceding. '...ong>theong> collection captures a wide range ong>ofong> alternative approaches that international relations and world-system scholars might prong>ofong>itably be jointly aware ong>ofong>. This heightened awareness surely will stimulate even greater dialogue, ong>theong> goal ong>ofong> ong>theong> editors.' -- Contemporary Sociology, Vol 12 No 6, November

Ye Will Say I Am No Christian: The Thomas Jefferson/John

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jefferson, Thomas / Braden, Bruce, PUBLISHER: Promeong>theong>us Books, Reveals ong>theong> surprising ong>contentsong> ong>ofong> letters between ong>theong>se champions ong>ofong> liberty and freedom as ong>theong>y speak frankly on topics that continue to stir debate in ong>theong> 21st century.

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