the contents of experience essays on perception

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.

Water Conservation, Reuse, and Recycling: Proceedings of an

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Committee on U S-Iranian Workshop on Water Conservation Reus / ong>Ofong>fice for Central Europe and Eurasia Development Security a / Nati, PUBLISHER: National Academies Press, In December , a group ong>ofong> specialists on water resources from ong>theong> United States and Iran met in Tunis, Tunisia, for an interacademy workshop on water resources management, conservation, and recycling. This was ong>theong> fourth interacademy workshop on a variety ong>ofong> topics held in , ong>theong> first year ong>ofong> such workshops. Tunis was selected as ong>theong> location for ong>theong> workshop because ong>theong> Tunisian ong>experienceong> in addressing water conservation issues was ong>ofong> interest to ong>theong> participants from both ong>theong> United States and Iran. This report includes ong>theong> agenda for ong>theong> workshop, all ong>ofong> ong>theong> papers that were presented, and ong>theong> list ong>ofong> site visits.

Foucault and Fiction: The Experience Book

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Leary, Timothy, PUBLISHER: Continuum, Foucault and Fiction develops a unique approach to thinking about ong>theong> power ong>ofong> literature by drawing upon ong>theong> ong>ofong>ten neglected concept ong>ofong> ong>experienceong> in Foucault's work. For Foucault, an 'ong>experienceong> book' is a book which transforms our ong>experienceong> by acting on us in a direct and unsettling way. Timothy O'Leary develops and applies this concept to literary texts. Starting from ong>theong> premise that works ong>ofong> literature are capable ong>ofong> having a prong>ofong>ound effect on ong>theong>ir audiences, he suggests a way ong>ofong> understanding how ong>theong>se effects are produced. ong>Ofong>fering extended analyses ong>ofong> Irish writers such as Swift, Joyce, Beckett, Friel and Heaney, O'Leary draws on Foucault's concept ong>ofong> ong>experienceong> as well as ong>theong> work ong>ofong> Dewey, Gadamer, and Deleuze and Guattari. Combining ong>theong>se resources, he proposes a new approach to ong>theong> ethics ong>ofong> literature. ong>Ofong> interest to readers in both philosophy and literary studies, this book ong>ofong>fers new insights into Foucault's mature philosophy and an improved understanding ong>ofong> what it is to read and be affected by a work ong>ofong> fiction.

An Introduction to Wisdom Literature and the Psalms

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tucker, Dennis / Ballard, Wayne / Ballard, Jr. H. Wayne, PUBLISHER: Mercer University Press, Introduction to Wisdom Literature and ong>theong> Psalms ong>ofong>fers a unique approach to studying this material in ong>theong> classroom. This book is a collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> that explore ong>theong>mes and background issues intended for ong>theong> student ong>ofong> ong>theong> Old Testament. Divided into two sections on ong>theong> Psalms and Wisdom Literature, each section ong>ofong>fers an in-depth essay on history ong>ofong> interpretation, forms ong>ofong> poetry, ong>theong> text's relationship to ong>theong> ancient Near East, ong>theong> canonical shape ong>ofong> ong>theong> material, ong>theong> ong>theong>ology ong>ofong> ong>theong> texts, and contemporary issues currently under scholarly investigation.

Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Reid Thomas, PUBLISHER: BiblioLife LLC, NA

Film and the End of Empire

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grieveson, Lee / Maccabe, Colin, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, In ong>theong>se two volumes ong>ofong> original ong>essaysong>, scholars from around ong>theong> world address ong>theong> history ong>ofong> British colonial cinema stretching from ong>theong> emergence ong>ofong> cinema at ong>theong> height ong>ofong> imperalism, to moments ong>ofong> decolonization andong>theong> ending ong>ofong> formal imperialism in ong>theong> post-Second World War.

The Company They Keep: Friendships in Childhood and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bukowski, William M. / Newcomb, Andrew F. / Hartup, Willard W., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Friendship is one ong>ofong> life's most essential and rewarding forms ong>ofong> interaction--a feature ong>ofong> every culture that most persons ong>experienceong> daily. While most research efforts on friendship have concentrated on such issues as peer acceptance and dyadic properties, ong>theong>re has been little exploration ong>ofong> friendship's role in a child's social and emotional growth. ong>Theong> Company ong>Theong>y Keep provides a forum in which a group ong>ofong> internationally recognized scholars presents ong>theong> major conceptual issues, ong>theong>mes, goals, methodological strategies and findings from ong>theong>ir research on friendship. Contributors explore a variety ong>ofong> topics, including cultural variations in childrens' and adolescents' friendships, ong>theong> association between friendship and cognitive and personality development, ong>theong> effect ong>ofong> friendship on adjustment, and ong>theong> links between ong>experienceong> within ong>theong> family and relationships with friends.

Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carroll, John B. / Whorf, Benjamin L., PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), ong>Theong> pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf () grasped ong>theong>relationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape ourinnermost thoughts. His basic ong>theong>sis is that our perception ong>ofong> ong>theong> world and ourways ong>ofong> thinking about it are deeply influenced by ong>theong> structure ong>ofong> ong>theong> languages wespeak. ong>Theong> writings collected in this volume include important papers on ong>theong> Maya, Hopi, and Shawnee languages as well as more general reflections on language andmeaning.

Vancouver Walking

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Quartermain, Meredith, PUBLISHER: NeWest Press, Journey along Vancouver s city streets past its landmarks through ong>theong> sounds and smells ong>ofong> Chinatown Ramble along ong>theong> seawall on English Bay ride ong>theong> curving streets to Kitsilano on a winter afternoon and ong>experienceong> ong>theong> vibrant sights and sounds ong>ofong> ong>theong> city s history as it jostles for a place in ong>theong> present

Charles Kuralt's American Moments

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kuralt, Charles / Freundlich, Peter, PUBLISHER: Thorndike Press, To generations ong>ofong> Americans, Charles Kuralt was ong>theong> wanderer transfixed by ong>theong> richness he found in every corner ong>ofong> ong>theong> country. ong>Theong> project he was working on before he died was An American Moment with Charles Kuralt, a series ong>ofong> TV ong>essaysong> about ong>theong> people, places and ideas that define ong>theong> national spirit. Kuralt's longtime friend Peter Freundlich has edited and collected ong>theong>se ong>essaysong>. ong>Theong> result is an enchanting and touching book that brings back Charles Kuralt's distinctive voice and celebrates ong>theong> American character and traditions he so loved.

Renaissance Essays

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wiener, Philip P. / Kristeller, Paul Oskar, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Rochester Press, ong>Theong> Journal ong>ofong> ong>theong> History ong>ofong> Ideashas, over ong>theong> years, published many important articles on ong>theong> Renaissance; this selection provides a significant index ong>ofong> American scholarship in ong>theong> field in ong>theong> first twenty-five years ong>ofong> ong>theong> journal's publication. Apart from ong>theong> quality ong>ofong> ong>theong> papers, ong>theong> main criterion ong>ofong> selection has been ong>theong>ir diversity. ong>Theong> editors aimed to present a broad cross-section ong>ofong> ong>theong> intellectual history ong>ofong> ong>theong> Renaissance, and have on ong>theong> whole preferred comprehensive raong>theong>r than monographic studies. ong>Theong> so-called problem ong>ofong> ong>theong> Renaissance is represented by FERGUSON; ong>theong> historical thought ong>ofong> ong>theong> period by WEISINGER, BARON, and REYNOLDS; its social, moral and religious thought by ADAMS, RICE and TRINKAUS; humanism by GRAY; philsophy and science by CASSIRER, RANDALL and BOUWSMA; literature by TUVE; ong>theong> visual arts by SCHAPIRO; and music by LOWINSKY. First published .

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