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 Riie Heikkilä, "Understanding Cultural Non-Participation in an Egalitarian Context " English | ISBN: 3031188640 | 2022 | 172 pages | PDF | 3 MB This book uses a rich data set, from individuals whose background profiles statistically predict strong cultural non-participation, to explore the most salient lifestyles and symbolic boundaries drawn in these potentially disengaged groups.The book departs from a theoretical framework in which cultural practices and cultural participation in their most visible and tangible form are seen as manifestations of cultural capital and power, to show empirically that people and groups dubbed passive in many policy documents and scholarly research are actually relatively active, both in terms of traditional cultural participation and different kinds of social and anthropological understandings of participation.  Understanding America Politics By Stephen Brooks, Douglas Koopman, and J. Matthew Wilson 2013 | 512 Pages | ISBN: 1442605995 | EPUB | 38 MB Understanding American Politics provides a unique introduction to the contemporary political landscape of the United States by using as its core organizing feature the idea of "American exceptionalism," a concept that is at least as old as Tocqueville's study of American democracy. The second edition of Understanding American Politics maintains the unique strengths of the first edition while offering improved coverage of political institutions. A single omnibus chapter on institutions has been reorganized and split into three separate chapters on Congress, the presidency, and the courts. A new chapter on public opinion has also been included, and the chapter on religion and politics has been completely rewritten with a deeper appreciation of religion's influential role. The book has been revised throughout, taking into account the dramatic changes that have emerged since the 2010 congressional elections and the 2012 presidential election. The text also pays close attention to what is seen as the irreversible decline in America's global influence. Visit www.utpamericanpolitics.com for additional resources.
 Transfictional Character and Transmedia Storyworlds in the British Nineteenth Century English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031134621 | 314 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 7 MB This book is a study of how transfictional and transmedia storytelling emerges in the nineteenth century and how the period's receptive practices anticipate the receptive practices of fandom and transmedia storytelling franchises in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The central claim is that the serialized, periodical, and dramatic media environment of the late eighteenth century through the nineteenth century in Great Britain trained audiences to perceive the continuous identity of characters and worlds across disparate texts, illustrations, plays, and songs by creators other than the earliest originating author.The book contributes to fan studies, transmedia studies, and nineteenth-century periodical studies while also interrogating the nature of fictional character.  Youngmin Choe, "Tourist Distractions: Traveling and Feeling in Transnational Hallyu Cinema" English | 2016 | ISBN: 0822361302, 0822361116 | PDF | pages: 265 | 28.2 mb In Tourist Distractions Youngmin Choe uses hallyu (Korean-wave) cinema as a lens to examine the relationships among tourism and travel, economics, politics, and history in contemporary East Asia. Focusing on films born of transnational collaboration and its networks, Choe shows how the integration of the tourist imaginary into hallyu cinema points to the region's evolving transnational politics and the ways Korea negotiates its colonial and Cold War past with East Asia's neoliberal present. Hallyu cinema's popularity has inspired scores of international tourists to visit hallyu movie sets, filming sites, and theme parks. This tourism helps ease regional political differences; reimagine South Korea's relationships with North Korea, China, and Japan; and blur the lines between history, memory, affect, and consumerism. It also provides distractions from state-sponsored narratives and forges new emotional and economic bonds that foster community and cooperation throughout East Asia. By attending to the tourist imaginary at work in hallyu cinema, Choe helps us to better understand the complexities, anxieties, and tensions of East Asia's new affective economy as well as Korea's shifting culture industry, its relation to its past, and its role in a rapidly changing region.  Think to Win: the Power of Logic in Everyday Life By S. Cannavo 1998 | 290 Pages | ISBN: 1573922110 | EPUB | 2 MB The ability to think clearly and the power to reason well set leaders apart from the crowd. All of us have these abilities, but some may not be able to use their capabilities to full advantage at home, at work, at school, or in group situations. Think to Win is a clear and inviting guide through the amazing world of logical thinking and reasoning. Designed for all readers, this book explores crucial aspects of effective reasoning - that uniquely human characteristic that catapulted our species from the use of smoke signals to the computer, and from humble cave dwellings to space exploration. Inspired by a student who once pleaded for a layperson's guide to "thinking well," S. Cannavo walks the reader through the various modes of thinking, understanding, and reasoning, making logical thought engaging through real-life examples. He offers essential tips on how anyone can be empowered through continual self-monitoring and self-improvement. Want to feel better about yourself and your abilities? Do you want to explain yourself better, present a more convincing case, and ultimately be more successful? Think to Win will help you cultivate your rational intelligence.  Maureen Eckert, "Theories of Mind: An Introductory Reader" English | 2006 | ISBN: 074255063X | EPUB | pages: 282 | 0.5 mb Intended for introductory classes focusing on philosophy of mind, Theories of Mind includes readings from primary sources, edited to suit the needs of the beginner. Edited selections focus on vivid examples and counter-examples, and meet the needs of instructors concerned with assigning accessible primary source material that can serve as a foundation for more advanced studies in philosophy.  Gerhard Schweppenhäuser, James Rolleston, "Theodor W. Adorno: An Introduction" English | 2009 | ISBN: 0822344718 | PDF | pages: 200 | 0.8 mb Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) was one of the twentieth century's most important thinkers. In light of two pivotal developments-the rise of fascism, which culminated in the Holocaust, and the standardization of popular culture as a commodity indispensable to contemporary capitalism-Adorno sought to evaluate and synthesize the essential insights of Western philosophy by revisiting the ethical and sociological arguments of his predecessors: Kant, Nietzsche, Hegel, and Marx. This book, first published in Germany in 1996, provides a succinct introduction to Adorno's challenging and far-reaching thought. Gerhard Schweppenhäuser, a leading authority on the Frankfurt School of critical theory, explains Adorno's epistemology, social and political philosophy, aesthetics, and theory of culture.  Daniel Foliard, "The violence of colonial photography" English | ISBN: 1526163314 | 2022 | 368 pages | EPUB | 4 MB The late nineteenth century saw a rapid increase in colonial conflicts throughout the French and British empires. It was also the period in which the camera began to be widely available. Colonial authorities were quick to recognise the power of this new technology, which they used to humiliate defeated opponents and to project an image of supremacy across the world.
 The post-colonial state in the era of capitalist globalization: historical, political and theoretical approaches to state formation By Tariq Amin-Khan 2014 | 262 Pages | ISBN: 0415891590 | PDF | 3 MB State formation in post-colonial societies differed greatly from the formation of the Western capitalist state. The latter has been extensively studied, while a coherent grasp of the post-colonial state has remained elusive. Amin-Khan provides a critical historical and contemporary understanding of post-colonial state formations in Asia and Africa, and suggests how this process differed from the formation of states in Latin America. In distinguishing between the post-colonial state and the Western capitalist state, the author argues that the unitary colonial state left a strong legacy on the decolonized states of Asia and Africa, reinscribing their subordination vis-a-vis Western states, transnational corporations and multilateral institutions. The indigenous elites' decision at the time of decolonization to retain colonial state structures meant the readaptation of capitalism-imperialism nexus to suit new post-colonial realities, which enabled the formation of clientelist relationships. This post-colonial reality and exploration of the contemporary context provides the basis of analyzing two post-colonial state forms, the capitalist and proto-capitalist varieties, which are examined using the case studies of India and Pakistan.
 Oslo Davis, "The World According to Trump: Humble Words from the Man who would be King, President, Ruler of the World" English | 2016 | ISBN: 1743792107 | EPUB | pages: 112 | 3.6 mb "I don't put on any airs," Donald J Trump once told a journalist, from behind his "100% mahogany" desk. Half the size of a squash court, and brightened up with a stuffed bald eagle, his desk sits amid shelves full of golf trophies and dozens of "important awards" with framed magazine covers all over the walls (no prizes for guessing who's on them). Ever since he burst onto the scene, after all, in a blaze of blondes, boasts and stunningly bad hair, the real estate mogul has also given us the Trump World Tower and the Trump Castle. Plus Trump Palace, and a few Trump Hotels. Then there's the Trump Regency and the various Trump Taj Mahals, together with Trump Park Avenue and several Trump Plazas. Americans can also dress like Donald, courtesy of the Donald J Trump Signature Collection, or smell like him, thanks to Donald Trump: The Fragrance. And for just a few more dollars, they can think like him too. On the shelves at the Trump Store, there sit no less than 17 "personally written" books by Donald Trump on the subject of Trump. And then there is Donald's latest volume, Crippled America, boasting a 16-page "About the Author" section, which is all about what he plans to do once he lives in the White House...Whether "President Trump" ever becomes a reality is not really the question, but just how he got so far is. Perhaps the answer is in this modest tome, The World According to Trump which contains the decidedly immodest words of Donald Trump wisdom and will reveal all you ever wanted to know about the man, and probably a great deal more. Contains quotes from Donald Trump on: The Life of Trump "I was always very much accepted by my father. He adored Donald Trump." "When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I'm basically the same. The temperament is not that different." * This has a ring of truth. "Donald was the child who would throw the cake at the birthday parties," his brother Robert once said. Trump on Trump "I win, I win, I always win. In the end, I always win. Whether it's in golf, whether it's in tennis, whether it's in life, I just always win." Trump on Women "I think the only difference between me and the other candidates is that I'm more honest and my women are more beautiful." "All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected." Trump on Race "The US has become a dumping ground for everybody else's problems ...When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems ...they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." * On the need for a 3200km wall between the US and Mexico. Trump on Family "She does have a very nice figure. I've said if Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her." "I want five children, like in my own family, because with five, then I will know that one will be guaranteed to turn out like me." Trump on Life "Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser." "If somebody hits you, hit back 10 times harder" Trump on Losers "If Hilary Clinton can't satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America?" * A tweet Donald quickly deleted - but not quite quickly enough |
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