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Acts of Religion, compiled in close association with Jacques Derrida, brings together for the first time a number of Derrida's writings on religion and questions of faith and their relation to philosophy and political culture. The essays discuss religious texts from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions, as well as religious thinkers such as Kant, Levinas, and Gershom Scholem, and comprise pieces spanning Derrida's career. The collection in...

Operas are about the meaning of love and life, and also very much about the meaning of death. Opera as a form, however, might even be dead itself. The last great operas are said to be those written around 1900.But, the psychoanalytic critic and philosopher Slavoj Zizek is quick to point out, 1900 is also the year in which Freud 'invents' psychoanalysis. Can this be a coincidence? "Opera's Second Death" is a passionate exploration of opera---th...

The former senior chaplain of Mt Sinai Medical Center in New York relates anecdotes from his nearly legendary career of providing compassionate and effective care to innumerable patients. This book of 'case histories' can be read by anyone interested in the human dynamics of hospital patients, and provides a blueprint for clergy involved in hospital visitations. A native of France, Rabbi Charles Spirn escaped the German invasion as a teenager....

This book offers readers a well-rounded and accurate account of the amazing and unpredictable sequence of inter-related events experienced by the field of scholarly publishing in the 20th century. Examining the related worlds of book, journal, and electronic publishing, information technology, and library advances, this is the first work to record the trends of the modern history of the information/knowledge transfer process. Using an analysis...

Reincarnation and an unconscious drive to right a tragic wrong from the past are the driving forces behind this romantic adventure. A modern couple's dreams of 19th Century Victorian New York City come alive as the story interweaves between the forbidden love, betrayal and blackmail of a past incarnation and the present.

This book is the most up-to-date and comprehensive critical analysis available of one of Shakespeare's best-known and most engaging plays.

Canada's Anti-Terrorism Bill (Bill C-36) proposes legislative changes to combat potential threats to Canada's security from terrorism at home and abroad. The papers in this collection address concerns about the scope and ramifications of these changes.

Examining Chinese domestic as well as international circumstances surrounding the emergence of an independent women's movement in Beijing in the 1990s, this book seeks to explain how such a movement could have arisen after the repression of student activists in Tiananmen Square in 1989. It also places this emergence in the context of theories of social movements, civil society and globalization.

Analyses discourses pertinent to democratic politics in Malaysia, including the political elite's interpretation of 'Asian values' and 'Asian democracy', contending Islamic views on democracy, the impact of developmentalism on political culture, and the recovery of women's voice in everyday politics.

Analyses discourses pertinent to democratic politics in Malaysia, including the political elite's interpretation of 'Asian values' and 'Asian democracy', contending Islamic views on democracy, the impact of developmentalism on political culture, and the recovery of women's voice in everyday politics.

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

From the grisly end of Sharon Tate at the hands of the Manson family to the peaceful passings of Lucille Ball and George Burns, "The Hollywood Book of Death" is a captivating and appealingly packaged volume of more than 125 television and movie stars' final curtain calls. 100+ photos and a special "necrology" index of more than 6, 000 stars and directors.

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Simply put, quantum calculus is ordinary calculus without taking limits. This undergraduate text develops two types of quantum calculi, the q-calculus and the h-calculus. As this book develops quantum calculus along the lines of traditional calculus, the reader discovers, with a remarkable inevitability, many important notions and results of classical mathematics.This book is written at the level of a first course in calculus and linear algebr...

Aimed at students taking a course on visual perception, this textbook considers what it means for a man, a monkey and a computer to perceive the world. After an introduction and a discussion of methods, the book deals with how the environment produces a physical effect, how the resulting "image" is processed by the brain or by computer algorithms in order to produce a perception of "something out there". It also discusses color, form, motion, ...

The First Six Sigma Primer Written Especially for EmployeesSix Sigma has gained an avid following among executives and managers for its ability to reduce cycle time, eliminate product defects, and dramatically increase customer involvement and satisfaction. But Six Sigma can't work without widespread employee involvement and commitment. "What Is Six Sigma? "explains, for "employees, "the core ideas behind Six Sigma, the crucial roles and respo...

Use the New Tax Law to Retire on Your Terms Are you planning your retirement with the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 in mind?If not, you could be missing out on important changes that could help you build a larger nest egg or even retire early.Drawing on the experience of the nation’ s premier tax and financial planners, Ernst & Young’ s Retirement Planning Guide, Special Tax Edition shows you how to use the new tax ...

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A wise and deeply moving new novel by the bestselling author of "Jephte's Daughter." An elderly Manhattan matron with only a short time to live--who despairs at the thought of her only legacy being her apathetic granddaughters--is visited by a ghost who offers her a partnership.