Harmony And Dissent

Author : R. Bruce Elder
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554580862
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harmony and Dissent written by R. Bruce Elder and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2010-04-22 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. Bruce Elder argues that the authors of many of the manifestoes that announced in such lively ways the appearance of yet another artistic movement shared a common aspiration: they proposed to reformulate the visual, literary, and performing arts so that they might take on attributes of the cinema. The cinema, Elder argues, became, in the early decades of the twentieth century, a pivotal artistic force around which a remarkable variety and number of aesthetic forms took shape. To demonstrate this, Elder begins with a wide-ranging discussion that opens up some broad topics concerning modernity’s cognitive (and perceptual) regime, with a view to establishing that a crisis within that regime engendered some peculiar, and highly questionable, epistemological beliefs and enthusiasms. Through this discussion, Elder advances the startling claim that a crisis of cognition precipitated by modernity engendered, by way of response, a peculiar sort of “pneumatic (spiritual) epistemology.” Elder then shows that early ideas of the cinema were strongly influenced by this pneumatic epistemology and uses this conception of the cinema to explain its pivotal role in shaping two key moments in early-twentieth-century art: the quest to bring forth a pure, “objectless” (non-representational) art and Russian Suprematism, Constructivism, and Productivism.

Author : Richard McCutcheon
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781532658204
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voices of Harmony and Dissent written by Richard McCutcheon and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voices of Harmony and Dissent: How Peacebuilders Are Transforming Their Worlds is an informative and thought-provoking resource from the world-renowned Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP). Each chapter, authored by a different peace leader, explores three keys of peace work: --stories of inspiring peace work --case studies of communities that embody lessons learned --resources that have helped shape the author's views These stories of those who passionately pursue peace dare us to %Û_ envision what kind of peace action may be possible for each one of us.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1260 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research, development, test and evaluation, [Thursday, March 16, 1972 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert W.T. Martin
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814745423
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Government by Dissent written by Robert W.T. Martin and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most thorough examination we have of how early Americans wrestled with what types of political dissent should be permitted, even promoted, in the new republic they were forming. Martin shows the modern relevance of their debates in ways that all will find valuable—even those who dissent from his views!"—Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania Democracy is the rule of the people. But what exactly does it mean for a people to rule? Which practices and behaviors are legitimate, and which are democratically suspect? We generally think of democracy as government by consent; a government of, by, and for the people. This has been true from Locke through Lincoln to the present day. Yet in understandably stressing the importance—indeed, the monumental achievement—of popular consent, we commonly downplay or even denigrate the role of dissent in democratic governments. But in Government by Dissent, Robert W.T. Martin explores the idea that the people most important in a flourishing democracy are those who challenge the status quo. The American political radicals of the 1790s understood, articulated, and defended the crucial necessity of dissent to democracy. By returning to their struggles, successes, and setbacks, and analyzing their imaginative arguments, Martin recovers a more robust approach to popular politics, one centered on the ever-present need to challenge the status quo and the powerful institutions that both support it and profit from it. Dissent has rarely been the mainstream of democratic politics. But the figures explored here—forgotten farmers as well as revered framers—understood that dissent is always the essential undercurrent of democracy and is often the critical crosscurrent. Only by returning to their political insights can we hope to reinvigorate our own popular politics.

Author : Gill Steel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137591935
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power in Contemporary Japan written by Gill Steel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses Japanese conceptions of power and presents a complex, nuanced look at how power operates in society and in politics. It rejects stereotypes that describe Japanese citizens as passive and apolitical, cemented into a vertically structured, group-oriented society and shows how citizens learn about power in the contexts of the family, the workplace, and politics. As Japan grapples with the consequences of having one of the oldest and most rapidly ageing populations in the world, it is important for social scientists and policy makers worldwide to understand the choices it makes. Particularly as policy-makers have once again turned their attention to workers, the roles of women, families, and to immigrants as potential ‘solutions’ to the perceived problem of maintaining or increasing the working population. These studies show the ebb and flow of power over time and also note that power is context-dependent — actors can have power in one context, but not another.

Author : North Carolina. Supreme Court
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 974 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book North Carolina Reports written by North Carolina. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Author : Christopher F. Karpowitz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400852692
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Silent Sex written by Christopher F. Karpowitz and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-24 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do women participate in and influence meetings equally with men? Does gender shape how a meeting is run and whose voices are heard? The Silent Sex shows how the gender composition and rules of a deliberative body dramatically affect who speaks, how the group interacts, the kinds of issues the group takes up, whose voices prevail, and what the group ultimately decides. It argues that efforts to improve the representation of women will fall short unless they address institutional rules that impede women's voices. Using groundbreaking experimental research supplemented with analysis of school boards, Christopher Karpowitz and Tali Mendelberg demonstrate how the effects of rules depend on women’s numbers, so that small numbers are not fatal with a consensus process, but consensus is not always beneficial when there are large numbers of women. Men and women enter deliberative settings facing different expectations about their influence and authority. Karpowitz and Mendelberg reveal how the wrong institutional rules can exacerbate women’s deficit of authority while the right rules can close it, and, in the process, establish more cooperative norms of group behavior and more generous policies for the disadvantaged. Rules and numbers have far-reaching implications for the representation of women and their interests. Bringing clarity and insight to one of today’s most contentious debates, The Silent Sex provides important new findings on ways to bring women’s voices into the conversation on matters of common concern.

Author : Samuel Daniel Schmalhausen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Humanizing Education written by Samuel Daniel Schmalhausen and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Keith Kelsch
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0982731353
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Optimist written by Keith Kelsch and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-02-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A political optimist imposes confidence from an elitist distance. They are outside consultants telling you have to handle an inside crisis. They look and sound close, but in truth, their heart is far from you. They speak of their capital success without any attempt to understand your concerned mind. Written for those who struggle with political people, you will love The Political Optimist. It promotes the safeguards of "being real" as a counter measure to "being political." It teaches how to stand to be corrected while still questioning authority. If you want to know the difference between political people and genuine optimists, this book with help. It teaches that the genuine optimist desires common consent while the political optimist wants central control. Because we use majority rule, political personalities easily destroy individual liberty and the voice of dissent. If you are stuck in a political situation at work or if you are struggling with political people, this book is a must read.

Author : John Angell James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dissent and the Church of England; or, a defence of the principles of Nonconformity, contained in “The Church Member's Guide,” in reply to a pamphlet entitled the “Church of England and Dissent” ... Second edition written by John Angell James and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: