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Challenging the imperialism of desire in contemporary academic discourse Goodheart confronts a crucial strain of utopianism in modern thought and literature. This utopianism is the position of desire in modern culture. Goodheart argues that the classic moderns (Proust, Durkheim, Mann, and Lawrence) appreciated desire for its potential to liberate the imagination, but also understood its tendencies toward destructiveness. Since the "cultural re...

The thousands of ritual bronze vessels discovered by China's archaeologists serve as the major documentary source for the Western Zhou dynasty (1045-771 B.C.). These vessels contain long inscriptions full of detail on subjects as diverse as the military history of the period, the bureaucratic structure of the royal court, and lawsuits among the gentry. Moreover, being cast in bronze, the inscriptions preserve exactly the contemporary script an...

Ausgehend von der Tatsache, da~ die Lebenszyklen der Produkte marktbedingt inzwischen um ein Vielfaches k}rzer sind als die technisch m|gliche Nutzungsdauer von Fertigungseinrichtungen, wird ein Verfahren vorgestellt, das es erlaubt, die Bearbeitungsaufgaben eines in seiner Zusammensetzungver{nderlichen Produktionsprogramms nach Zeit- oder Kostenkriterien einem vorhandenen Maschinenpark optimal zuzuordnen. Unter besonderer Ber}cksichti...

In this concise but ambitious historiographical essay, Wilson argues for an approach to the Meiji Restoration that emphasizes multiple lines of motive and action. "By bringing some very interesting critical theory to his reading, Wilson has produced a book that will shift the terms of discussion on this event."--Harry D. Harootunian

Challenging the view of Hawaii as a mythical "racial paradise, " this work presents the history of a systematic anti-Japanese movement in the islands from the time migrant workers were brought to the sugar cane fields until the end of World War II.

Since its conception nearly 20 years ago, Logic Programming - the idea of using logic as a programming language - has been developed to the point where it now plays an important role in areas such as database theory, artificial intelligence and software engineering. However, there are still many challenging research issues to be addressed and the UK branch of the Association for Logic Programming was set up to provide a forum where the flouris...

Royal Highness" is the delightfully ironic tale of a small, decadent German duchy and its invigoration by the intellect and values of an independent-minded American woman. Peopled with a range of characters from aristocrat to artisan, "Royal Highness" provides a microcosmic view of Europe before the Great War.

Eine faszinierende Mischung aus mittelalterlicher Musik und Poesie und moderner Elektronik. Qntal (sprich: "Kan-tall") sind Sigrid Hausen (Estampie), Ernst Horn (Deine Lakaien) und Michael Popp (Estampie und Deine Lakaien). Mit dem Renner eines jeden Wave-Clubs: "Ad mortem festinamus"! Eine phantastisches Album, mitterweile ein echter Klassiker!

A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal depression. Styron is perhaps the first writer to convey the full terror of depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery.

As a novelist, art critic, and cultural historian, Booker Prize-winning author John Berger is a writer of dazzling eloquence and arresting insight whose work amounts to a subtle, powerful critique of the canons of our civilization. In About Looking he explores our role as observers to reveal new layers of meaning in what we see. How do the animals we look at in zoos remind us of a relationship between man and beast all but lost in the twentiet...

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Volume 2 of the series. With 32 pages of illustrations, and 7 maps.

Booker Prize-winning author John Berger reveals the ties between love and absence, the ways poetry endows language with the assurance of prayer, and the tensions between the forward movement of sexuality and the steady backward tug of time. He recreates the mysterious forces at work in a Rembrandt painting, transcribes the sensorial experience of viewing lilacs at dusk, and explores the meaning of home to early man and to the hundreds of thous...

The fundamental problem in control engineering is to provide robust performance to uncertain plants. H -control theory began in the early eighties as an attempt to lay down rigorous foundations on the classical robust control requirements. It now turns out that H -control theory is at the crossroads of several important directions of research space or polynomial approach to control and classical interpolation theory, harmonic analysis a...

Is your boss a "Perfectionist, " demanding flawless results? Do you have "Can-Do" employees who can't deliver? Does a "Drain" siphon away your time? You can win cooperation from these people before the

Whether you have never owned a rabbit or you are experienced with rabbits and would like to learn how to breed or show them, Nancy Searle's friendly advice will help you to do the very best job possible. You will learn the answers to such questions as:* What kind of rabbit should I get?* How should I pick up and hold my rabbit?* What kind of shelter should I prepare for my rabbit?* What will my rabbit want to eat?* How can I help my rabbit sta...

In this luminous novel -- winner of Britain's prestigious Booker Prize -- John Berger relates the story of "G., " a young man forging an energetic sexual career in Europe during the early years of this century. With profound compassion, Berger explores the hearts and minds of both men and women, and what happens during sex, to reveal the conditions of the Don Juan's success: his essential loneliness, the quiet cumulation in each of his sexual ...