Hunting parallels, but don's life is stranger than fiction
An article at Times Higher Education Supplement about Professor Arthur Gibson, the author of "What is Literature?"
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Arthur Gibson studied, and for a number of years taught, philosophy at the University of Cambridge and is Professor of Philosophy at Roehampton University. He has been a visiting fellow at the Cambridge University Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law and a guest philosopher at various universities including Columbia, New York University, and at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Professor Gibson is currently preparing for publication a hitherto unknown archive of Wittgenstein's manuscripts at Trinity Colleg
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Find the book "What is Literature?" in our Online-ShopArthur Gibson studied, and for a number of years taught, philosophy at the University of Cambridge and is Professor of Philosophy at Roehampton University. He has been a visiting fellow at the Cambridge University Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law and a guest philosopher at various universities including Columbia, New York University, and at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Professor Gibson is currently preparing for publication a hitherto unknown archive of Wittgenstein's manuscripts at Trinity Colleg
Dr. Joanne Kilgour-Dowdy Storytelling with a conscience
An article at Guardien MEDIA about the new book titled “The Teacher, the Student, and the Muse” by Dr. Joanne Kilgour-Dowdy, one of Trinidads' most prolific writers, with a bibliography that’s several pages long.
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«In a world where intellectual education is important but where the education of the whole person even more so, and where arts education is visibly seen to contribute to the intellectual, emotional, ethical and moral education of the individual, these 'stories' provide important material for our young generation of artists and intellectuals.» (Dr. Henry Daniel, Associate Professor, Dance and Performance Studies, Simon Fraser University)
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Find the book "The Teacher, the Student, and the Muse" in our Online-Shop«In a world where intellectual education is important but where the education of the whole person even more so, and where arts education is visibly seen to contribute to the intellectual, emotional, ethical and moral education of the individual, these 'stories' provide important material for our young generation of artists and intellectuals.» (Dr. Henry Daniel, Associate Professor, Dance and Performance Studies, Simon Fraser University)
Documenting Indian, Pakistani soldiers’ post-war narratives
A bookreview at The News about the new book titled “Warriors after War” co-edited by Pakistani journalist Tahir Malik, Indian academic Trividesh Singh Maini, and British writer and academic Richard Bonney.
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«This is a timely study, which illuminates key episodes in India and Pakistan's enduring rivalry since 1947 [...]. The extensive interviews with twenty-six former Indian and Pakistani officers reveal the centrality and intractability of the Kashmir issue for regional peace. The interviews are enhanced with biographical notes along with a comprehensive introduction and conclusion.» (Professor Ian Talbot, Head of History, University of Southampton)
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Find the book "Warriors after War" in our Online-Shop«This is a timely study, which illuminates key episodes in India and Pakistan's enduring rivalry since 1947 [...]. The extensive interviews with twenty-six former Indian and Pakistani officers reveal the centrality and intractability of the Kashmir issue for regional peace. The interviews are enhanced with biographical notes along with a comprehensive introduction and conclusion.» (Professor Ian Talbot, Head of History, University of Southampton)
Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade speech from the Transformative Education conference in Tucson
Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade spoke at the Transformative Education conference. Please find below a Link to the audio of his talk.
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Find the latest book of Dr. Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade "What a Coach Can Teach a Teacher" in our Online-Shop
This book, written by an experienced urban classroom teacher and coach, aims to document effective practices in urban schools and to provide insight into productive program building and educational practices. The book rejects the up-by-your-bootstraps theory of success, offering in its place a set of concrete strategies for teachers and educational leaders who are committed to fundamentally rethinking the business-as-usual approach which continues to fail urban school children. This book is well-suited for classes working with educational leaders, classroom teachers, sports coaches, and educational researchers.
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Find the latest book of Dr. Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade "What a Coach Can Teach a Teacher" in our Online-ShopThis book, written by an experienced urban classroom teacher and coach, aims to document effective practices in urban schools and to provide insight into productive program building and educational practices. The book rejects the up-by-your-bootstraps theory of success, offering in its place a set of concrete strategies for teachers and educational leaders who are committed to fundamentally rethinking the business-as-usual approach which continues to fail urban school children. This book is well-suited for classes working with educational leaders, classroom teachers, sports coaches, and educational researchers.
Book by NDSU Professor Examines Role of Children in War and Propaganda
A bookreview at newswise about the new book titled “Children, War and Propaganda” by Ross Collins, Ph.D., communication professor at North Dakota State University, Fargo.
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As World Wars I and II consumed the attention of the United States, the nation's leaders consciously fashioned a presentation of the war for America's children. Duties of the young troops, cast as small soldiers on the home front, ranged from collecting scrap metal to preparing for future service overseas. A barrage of words and images, in print and broadcast, in classes, in posters, in plays and in prayer, infused the child's world with the values of war. Through historical research, this book examines how the group of children acculturated to war during World War I became the generation of leaders during World War II, and discusses the enormous shift that occurred in American society during the twentieth century, from a strong belief in the power of pacifism to pride in becoming the world's most powerful military force.
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Find the book of Ross Collins "Children, War and Propaganda" in our Online-ShopAs World Wars I and II consumed the attention of the United States, the nation's leaders consciously fashioned a presentation of the war for America's children. Duties of the young troops, cast as small soldiers on the home front, ranged from collecting scrap metal to preparing for future service overseas. A barrage of words and images, in print and broadcast, in classes, in posters, in plays and in prayer, infused the child's world with the values of war. Through historical research, this book examines how the group of children acculturated to war during World War I became the generation of leaders during World War II, and discusses the enormous shift that occurred in American society during the twentieth century, from a strong belief in the power of pacifism to pride in becoming the world's most powerful military force.
The advantages of being 'local' in regional Australia
A report by Keiren McLeonard & Greg Muller in the "Bush Telegraph" about the advantages of being 'local' in regional Australia
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Australians all know what it is to be a 'local' but have different ideas about how an outsider or newcomer gets accepted into the fold. Dr Rob Garbutt from Southern Cross University has undertaken a study on what makes a person a local in Australia.
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Find the book of Dr Rob Garbutt "The Locals" in our Online-ShopAustralians all know what it is to be a 'local' but have different ideas about how an outsider or newcomer gets accepted into the fold. Dr Rob Garbutt from Southern Cross University has undertaken a study on what makes a person a local in Australia.
The latest book of Claudia von Werlhof
A preview of a chapter by Claudia von Werlhof in the latest book by Global Research, "The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century."
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Western civilization is the Utopia of a better and higher life on Earth. The globalization of neo-liberalism proves that this project has failed. The paradigm of «Critical Theory of Patriarchy» explains this failure and discusses alternatives. By confronting the central civilizations in history, the egalitarian, life-oriented matriarchal one, and the hierarchical, nature and life dominating, hostile patriarchal one, we see that 5000 years of patriarchy have «replaced» matriarchies and nature itself by a «progressive» counter-world of «capital».
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Find an antecedent book of Claudia von Werlhof "The Failure of Modern Civilization and the Struggle for a «Deep» Alternative" in our Online-ShopWestern civilization is the Utopia of a better and higher life on Earth. The globalization of neo-liberalism proves that this project has failed. The paradigm of «Critical Theory of Patriarchy» explains this failure and discusses alternatives. By confronting the central civilizations in history, the egalitarian, life-oriented matriarchal one, and the hierarchical, nature and life dominating, hostile patriarchal one, we see that 5000 years of patriarchy have «replaced» matriarchies and nature itself by a «progressive» counter-world of «capital».
Mugabe held back land reform to aid apartheid deal: new book
In the first of a series of forthcoming major highlights from Blessing-Miles Tendi’s book Making History in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe: Politics, Intellectuals and the Media, New Zimbabwe.com reveals a little-known but important historical fact that Robert Mugabe deferred land redistribution from whites to blacks in the early 1990s following appeals from the former Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku.
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«This book penetrates beneath the rhetoric of Zimbabwe's ZANU PF party and its critics to analyze the historical narrative called Patriotic History, which underlies the rhetoric and fundamental differences between Robert Mugabe and his opponents. Intellectuals and politicians on both sides are held to account in this important book.» (Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations (Washington, DC))
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Find the book "Making History in Mugabe's Zimbabwe" in our Online-Shop«This book penetrates beneath the rhetoric of Zimbabwe's ZANU PF party and its critics to analyze the historical narrative called Patriotic History, which underlies the rhetoric and fundamental differences between Robert Mugabe and his opponents. Intellectuals and politicians on both sides are held to account in this important book.» (Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations (Washington, DC))