the contents of experience essays on perception

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 .

Critical Survey of Poetry V06

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jason, Philip K., PUBLISHER: Salem Press, This series contains in-depth analytical reference guides to major writers ong>ofong> world literature. ong>Theong> series has an accessible style and format that allow readers to zero in on precise characteristics ong>ofong> a poet's work. ong>Theong> Critical Survey ong>ofong> Poetry presents 698 poets in 697 ong>essaysong>. Each essay includes full birth and death data and is broken down into principal poetry, oong>theong>r literary forms, achievements, biography, and analysis. ong>Essaysong> also include several sections on discrete poems or poetry collections, oong>theong>r major works, and bibliography.

Per Barclay

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bonnet, Frederick / Barclay, Per, PUBLISHER: Hopeful Monster, Scandinavian artist Per Barclay's work deals in daily tensions, in those anxieties that we ong>experienceong> due to ong>theong> discrepancies and contrasts between beauty and comfort, between ong>theong> great possibilities ong>ofong> our time and ong>theong> extreme precariousness ong>ofong> ong>theong> contemporary political situation. A retrospective monograph, this book features selections ong>ofong> ong>theong> artist's work since alongside critical ong>essaysong> and a bibliography.

Resisting Representation

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Scarry, Elaine, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Renowned scholar Elaine Scarry's book, ong>Theong> Body in Pain, has been called by Susan Sontag "extraordinary...large-spirited, heroically truthful." ong>Theong> Los Angeles Times called it "brilliant, ambitious, and controversial." Now Oxford has collected some ong>ofong> Scarry's most provocative writing. This collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> deals with ong>theong> complicated problems ong>ofong> representation in diverse literary and cultural genres--from her beloved sixth-century philosopher Boethius, through ong>theong> nineteenth-century novel, to twentieth-century advertising. qWe ong>ofong>ten assume that all areas ong>ofong> ong>experienceong> are equally available for representation. On ong>theong> contrary, ong>theong>se ong>essaysong> present discussions ong>ofong> ong>experienceong>s and concepts that challenge, defeat, or block representation. Physical pain, physical labor, ong>theong> hidden reflexes ong>ofong> cognition and its judgments about ong>theong> coherence or incoherence ong>ofong> ong>theong> world are all phenomena that test ong>theong> resources ong>ofong> language. Using primarily literary sources (works by Hardy, Beckett, Boethius, Thackeray, and oong>theong>rs), Scarry also draws on painting, medical advertising, and philosophic dialogue to probe ong>theong> limitations ong>ofong> expression and representation. Resisting Representation celebrates language. It looks at ong>theong> problematic areas ong>ofong> expression not at ong>theong> moment when representation is resisted, but at ong>theong> moment when that resistance is at last overcome, thus suggesting a domain ong>ofong> plenitude and inclusion.

Hermeneutical Apprenticeships: Essays, Epigrams, Verse

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Loewen, G. V., PUBLISHER: University Press ong>ofong> America, Interpretation, dialogue, and understanding animate each aspect ong>ofong> life. Hermeneutics is ong>theong> vehicle for a life-project. One may say that it is our vocation to be interpreters, and that this is a necessary condition for human life. A hermeneutical apprenticeship is one in which ong>theong> ability to reflect with vigilance upon each ong>ofong> our historical situations without ever completely absolving our loyalty to eiong>theong>r ong>theong> transient, sometimes trivial moment, or ong>theong> more enduring and sometimes auong>theong>ntic 'spirit ong>ofong> ong>theong> age, ' pronounces a vocation upon us. This book brings togeong>theong>r ten ong>essaysong> and oong>theong>r writings, which address ong>theong>se general ong>theong>mes in diverse but related ways. ong>Theong> critique ong>ofong> ong>theong> use ong>ofong> interpretation ong>theong>ories in ong>theong> social sciences, ong>theong> analysis ong>ofong> some ong>ofong> ong>theong> figures associated with ong>theong>ir advent, and ong>theong> observation and commentary ong>ofong> ong>theong> culture ong>ofong> ong>theong> thinkers and teachers who participate in this work are all necessary facets in ong>theong> exploration ong>ofong> ong>theong> dynamic ong>ofong> lived ong>experienceong> and reflective consciousness

Living in Ordinary Time: The Letters of Agatha Rosetti

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Brein, Maryellen, PUBLISHER: ACTA Publications, Most spiritual memoirs are written by religious prong>ofong>essionals. ong>Theong> American Catholic ong>Experienceong> series is an innovative new collection ong>ofong> books exploring ong>theong> stories ong>ofong> individual Catholics in ong>theong> United States as ong>theong>y reflect on what it has meant as Catholic laity to live out ong>theong>ir faith amidst ong>theong> joys and challenges ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir daily lives?on ong>theong>ir jobs, with ong>theong>ir families and friends, and in ong>theong>ir communities and churches. In Living in Ordinary Time, a historically significant reflection on ong>theong> letters ong>ofong> Agatha Rosetti Hessley, an ordinary Catholic laywoman who wrote about her ong>experienceong>s with ong>theong> post-Vatican II church faithfully each week, MaryEllen O?Brien uncovers ong>theong> lived ong>experienceong> ong>ofong> laypeople in ong>theong> U.S. from to and its relevance to our lives today.

The New Sappho on Old Age: Textual and Philosophical Issues

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Greene, Ellen / Skinner, Marilyn, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studie, ong>Theong> world has long wished for more ong>ofong> Sappho's poetry, which exists mostly in tantalizing fragments. So ong>theong> apparent recovery in ong>ofong> a virtually intact poem by Sappho, only ong>theong> fourth to have survived almost complete, has generated unprecedented excitement and discussion among scholarly and lay audiences alike. This volume is ong>theong> first collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> in English devoted to discussion ong>ofong> ong>theong> newly recovered Sappho poem and two oong>theong>r incomplete texts on ong>theong> same papyri. Containing eleven new ong>essaysong> by leading scholars, it addresses a wide range ong>ofong> textual and philological issues connected with ong>theong> find. Using different approaches, ong>theong> contributions demonstrate how ong>theong> "New Sappho" can be appreciated as a complete, gracefully spare poetic statement regarding ong>theong> painful inevitability ong>ofong> death and aging. Acquista Ora

Wanda Koop On the Edge of Experience

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Josee Drouin Brisbois Mary Reid Robin Laurence, PUBLISHER: National Gallery ong>ofong> Canada, NA

Kim Jong Il on the Juche Philosophy Pyongyang, Korea

Kim Jong Il on ong>theong> Juche Philosophy; Binding: Song>ofong>tcover; Pages:190; Dimensions: 21x15cm Weight:140 grams; Brand: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Korea . Collection ong>ofong> 6 Works ong>ofong> Kim Jong Il On ong>Theong> Juche Philosophy. Includes: - On Some Questions In Understanding ong>Theong> Juche Philosophy - On Correctly Understanding ong>Theong> Originality ong>Ofong> Kimilsungism - On ong>Theong> Juche Idea - On Some Problems On ong>Theong> Ideological Foundations ong>Ofong> Socialism - On Having A Correct Viewpoint And Understanding ong>Ofong> ong>Theong> Juche Philosophy - ong>Theong> Juche Philosophy Is An Original Revolutionary Philosophy. Le tariffe postali sono: - Raccomandata.........€. 5,10 - Piego libri ordinario.........€. 2,10

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Other Stories

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, - Critical ong>essaysong> reflecting a variety ong>ofong> schools ong>ofong> criticism - Notes on ong>theong> contributing critics, a chronology ong>ofong> ong>theong> author's life, and an index - An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.

Philadelphia Campaign

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Martin, David G. / Martin, Jay, PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, This all new study presents ong>theong> strategy, engagements, and personalities ong>ofong> ong>theong> Philadelphia Campaign (which included Brandywine and Germantown), along with ong>essaysong> on equip-ment, tactics, and uniforms ong>ofong> ong>theong> period.

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