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 Ghost Tales of the United Kingdom: Historic Hauntings and Supernatural Stories from the UK by Charles River Editors English | December 27, 2018 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07MDL8C4L | 140 pages | EPUB | 4.62 Mb *Includes pictures  William Odom, "German for Singers: A Textbook of Diction and Phonetics, Second Edition Ed 2" English | ISBN: 0028646010 | | 169 pages | PDF | 7 MB First published in 1981, "German for Singers" remains an effective and authoritative guide to German diction for singers of every genre. The second edition is corrected, revised and updated and includes an audio CD demonstrating the sounds of the German language. William Odom is professor of foreign languages at the University of Southern Mississippi. He recently served as a diction consultant for the New Orleans Opera's production of Tannhäuser. He has also traveled extensively in Europe working with professional and amateur singers, improving their German diction.  Molly M. Zahn, "Genres of Rewriting in Second Temple Judaism: Scribal Composition and Transmission" English | ISBN: 1108477585 | 2020 | 275 pages | PDF | 4 MB In this book, Molly Zahn investigates how early Jewish scribes rewrote their authoritative traditions in the course of transmitting them, from minor edits in the course of copying to whole new compositions based on prior works. Scholars have detected evidence for rewriting in a wide variety of textual contexts, but Zahn's is the first book to map manuscripts and translations of biblical books, so-called 'parabiblical' compositions, and the sectarian literature from Qumran in relation to one another. She introduces a new, adaptable set of terms for talking about rewriting, using the idea of genre as a tool to compare and contrast different cases. Although rewriting has generally been understood as a vehicle for biblical interpretation, Zahn moves beyond that framework to demonstrate that rewriting was a pervasive textual strategy in the Second Temple period. Her book contributes to a powerful new model of early Jewish textuality, illuminating the rich and diverse culture out of which both rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity eventually emerged.  Sally Engle Merry, "Gender Violence: A Cultural Perspective" English | ISBN: 0631223592 | 2008 | 224 pages | PDF | 3 MB Taking an anthropological perspective, this comprehensive book offers a highly readable and concise overview of what constitutes gender violence, its social context, and important directions in intervention and reform.  Alberto Spektorowski, "From Multiculturalism to Democratic Discrimination: The Challenge of Islam and the Re-emergence of Europe's Nationalism" English | ISBN: 0472132164 | 2020 | 494 pages | PDF | 5 MB The effect of Islam on Western Europe has been profound. Spektorowski and Elfersy argue that it has transformed European democratic values by inspiring an ultra-liberalism that now faces an ultra-conservative backlash. Questions of what to do about Muslim immigration, how to deal with burqas, how to deal with gender politics, have all been influenced by western democracies' grappling with ideas of inclusion and most recently, exclusion. This book examines those forces and ultimately sees, not an unbridgeable gap, but a future in which Islam and European democracies are compatible, rich, and evolving.  Anouchka Grose, "From Anxiety to Zoolander: Notes on Psychoanalysis" English | ISBN: 0367103907 | 2019 | 228 pages | PDF | 1000 KB From Anxiety to Zoolander is a collection of writings on psychoanalytic themes. Each text was originally delivered as a talk, and the book aims to retain the informality and directness of the spoken word. While many of the chapters focus on clinical questions, they also speak about art, comedy, fashion, fame and fiction. Freudian and Lacanian theories are central, but the book as a whole is far from doctrinaire, with all areas of psychoanalytic thinking being up for discussion. Clinical topics include acting out, narcissism, gender, transference, diagnosis, and the Oedipus complex, tracing ideas through Freud and the post-Freudians, and examining their relevance to the contemporary psychoanalytic clinic. Non-clinical topics include Louise Bourgeois's notes on her analysis, stand-up comedy, Paris Hilton's televised friendship auditions, and Ben Stiller's penetrating stupidity in Zoolander 2. While each essay is self-contained, the book argues overall for the continued relevance of Freudian ideas in the treatment of psychic suffering, as well as in the interpretation of cultural phenomena.  Carolin Kosuch, "Freethinkers in Europe " English | ISBN: 311068716X | 2020 | 370 pages | PDF | 4 MB This volume brings together for the first time case studies on secularists of the 19th and early 20th centuries in national and transnational perspectives including examples from all over Europe. Its focus is on freethinkers taken as secular avant-gardes and early promoters of secularity. The authors of this book deal with multiple historical, religious, social, and cultural backgrounds and, in these contexts, analyze freethinkers' organizations, projects, networks, and contributions to forming a secular worldview, in particular, the promotion of concrete undertakings such as civil baptism or initiatives to leave church. Next to this secularist agenda, the contributions also take into account ambivalences and difficulties freethinkers were faced with, namely, the tensions between a national self-image and the transnational direction the movement has taken; the regional base of many projects and their transregional horizon; freethinkers' cultural programs and their immanent political mission; and the dialogue with respectively the conceptual distinction from other secularist groups. Readers interested in the history of secularity will learn that it was a heterogeneous enterprise already in its beginnings. This set the course for later European and global developments.  Free People, Free Markets: Their Evolutionary Origin by Ralph L. Bayrer English | August 11th, 2021 | ISBN: 0982386745 | 486 pages | True EPUB | 4.31 MB The author of Eternal Vigilance presents "a compelling, new perspective on economic, political and cultural history" (Phillip Scribner, Associate Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, American University).  Fraught Intimacies: Non/Monogamy in the Public Sphere By Nathan Rambukkana 2015 | 244 Pages | ISBN: 077482896X | PDF | 2 MB Adultery scandals involving politicians. Dating websites for married women and men. News reports on raids of polygamous communities. It seems that non-monogamy is everywhere: in popular culture, in the news, and before the courts. In "Fraught Intimacies," Nathan Rambukkana delves into how polygamy, adultery, and polyamory are represented in the public sphere. His intricate analysis reveals how some forms of non-monogamy are tacitly accepted, even glamourized, while others are vilified and reviled. By questioning what this says about intimacy, power, and privilege, this book offers an innovative framework for understanding the status of non-monogamies in Western society.  Lynne Huffer, "Foucault's Strange Eros" English | ISBN: 0231197144 | 2020 | 280 pages | PDF | 13 MB What is the strange eros that haunts Foucault's writing? In this deeply original consideration of Foucault's erotic ethics, Lynne Huffer provocatively rewrites Foucault as a Sapphic poet. She uncovers eros as a mode of thought that erodes the interiority of the thinking subject. Focusing on the ethical implications of this mode of thought, Huffer shows how Foucault's poetic archival method offers a way to counter the disciplining of speech. |
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