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The Face of Truth examines in depth the Vedantic theology of R¿m¿nuja, the most important and well-known of the classical Hindu theologians. Julius Lipner clearly analyzes R¿m¿nuja's theory of sacred language and divine predication, his views on the nature of the self, God, and the relationship between infinite and finite being. In addition to offering new insights into and analyses of religious matters, The Face of Truth exposes the theology...

Der Essayist E.M.Cioran (1911 bis 1995) ist hierzulande bekannt geworden als ein Seismograph des Verfalls, Philosoph des Scheiterns, als unbedingter Skeptiker, der jede Art von Sicherheit untergräbt, als Moralist ohne den sicheren Boden der Moral.Die dreizehn Essays dieses Bandes zeigen einen anderen Cioran: Cioran als Porträtisten, der in Bewunderung und Ablehnung zu verstehen sucht. Ob es sich um seine Freunde Beckett oder Michaux handelt, u...

?. . . [Rothstein's] informative and interesting book will be very useful for industrial relationists and industrial sociologists.?-Choice

A superb book ...useful reading not only for those concerned about health in Nicaragua but also for anyone concerned about the transformation of health care programs througout the world. Social Science and Medicine Raises significant issues ...for courses in medical and political anthropology, international health, and health education, as well as for health professionals in the international arena. Medical Anthropology Quarterly

The first cross-national study of unions during the troubled past decade in labor relations. The editors have selected six nations as representative of the different ways unions in western industrialized countries participate in politics and the economy. They examine and compare how each system has been affected by and has responded to similar political, social, and economic changes and trends.

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Using data and examples from all over the world, this book explores how the symbiotic relationships between the aircraft industry and national governments have arisen, how they influence all facets of aircraft manufacture, and what implications they have for the future. The authors outline the production patterns and markets for both civil and military aircraft, as well as government's role as agent in both these areas. They also show how the ...

This is the first book in anthropology to provide strategies for the collection of qualitative and comparative data about aging, representing state-of-the-art techniques including cross-cultural and life-cycle studies of aging. Covering ethnic communities in the United States as well as other countries, this book is an indispensable resource and critical guide to research methods for professionals and students of gerontology, anthropology, and...

This is the first book in anthropology to provide strategies for the collection of qualitative and comparative data about aging, representing state-of-the-art techniques including cross-cultural and life-cycle studies of aging.

A book to provoke and unsettle, a book of enormous intellectual and moral ambition." Contemporary Sociology "Highly recommended. . . . Presented here is a critique of the major ways in which social movements have been conceptualized and interpreted." Choice

?Lichten's book provides a framework within which current strategies for dealing with third world debt become sensible. Its originality lies in the provision of this schema . . . effectively demonstrates the utility of understanding crisis as a process which is both produced and managed.?-Socialism and Democracy

The athor views the fiscal crisis as both a product and the process of class struggle. . . . Interview data and documents are combined to present a useful and interesting counter-perspective sensitive to the contingencies of struggle. "Choice