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Philosophers working within the pragmatist tradition have pictured their relation to Kant and Kantianism in very diverse terms: some have presented their work as an appropriation and development of Kantian ideas, some have argued that pragmatism is an approach in complete opposition to Kant. This collection investigates the relationship between pragmatism, Kant, and current Kantian approaches to transcendental arguments in a detailed and origi...

This book examines the territorial disputes souring relations between Japan and its neighbours: Russia, South Korea and China. It combines an empirical study with advancements in comparative research to understand the Cold War and post-Cold War border issues, particularly the Northern Territories/South Kurils dispute with Russia, Takeshima/Dokto with Korea, and Senkaku/Diaoyu with China and Taiwan. It offers practical suggestions to enable the...

Teaching Literature and the Future of Global English addresses the shape of English studies beyond the 'center' by analyzing how the discipline has developed and considers how lessons from this analysis relate to the discipline as a whole. The book aims to open a cross-disciplinary conversation that will help literature faculty recalibrate, and provoke Anglosphere universities into rethinking the meaning of the English major. It also reasserts...

Matthew Streb provides an analysis of the major debates that rage among scholars and reformers on subjects as diverse as the number of elections we hold, the use of nonpartisan elections, and the presidential primary process.

As one of the world¿s largest and most bio-diverse countries, Indiäs approach to environmental policy will be very significant in tackling global environmental challenges. This book explores the transformations that have taken place in the making of environmental policy in India since the economic liberalization of the 1990s. It investigates if there has been a slow shift from top-down planning to increasingly bottom up and participatory polic...

The space of informal economic activity is rising across the globe, particularly in the least developed and developing countries. There has been a shift in academic thinking on informal sector, with attempts being made to understand the contribution of informal sector in generating employment and economic growth rather than focusing solely on exploitative labour conditions in these economic activities. This volume addresses a specific concern:...

Includes selected papers from the Symposium on Urban Informatics as well as accepted submissions that are thematically relevant to this collection. The Symposium on Urban Informatics was held at Drexel University in June 2013"--Page 1.

Desolation Cape May offers an often unseen look at the Southern Jersey Shore area. J. Bean Martins' collection of print ready photographs of an empty and barren resort town leave much to the imagination. Inside are some very creative photographs along with commentary and a few historical facts. A must have for the Jersey Shore enthusiast.

The Colorado River, running through Austin, Texas, and the area now referred to as Lake Travis, has always been a beautiful place to live. The early settlers found it suitable for farming and ranching--until it rained. The rain soaked up soil, and water upstream often engorged the land and washed out everything in its path. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal created agencies that constructed hydroelectric dams for the Tennessee Valley Auth...

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Accused by his schoolmates of killing Jesus, by 1938 ten-year-old Markus Orbach had already endured years of bullying and beating by his anti-Semitic schoolmates in the tiny town of Zolynia, Poland, where he lived. In 1939 life got much worse. The Nazis invaded. Over the next five years, ninety percent of Poland's three and a half million Jews were exterminated by the Nazis, including most of Markus' greater family. He managed to escape to Rus...

This coloring book includes a variety of inspirational images and quotes.Images range in complexity and style.Spiral binding allows pages to lie flat while coloring.8 x10 inch perforated, one-sided pages allows easy tear out to frame or share.Thicker paper helps prevent marker or pen from bleeding through to the next page.This coloring book is made for grown-ups but all ages can enjoy!

Introduces basic flamenco studies, concert selections, and a brief history of the flamenco tradition. Includes the four basic song forms (siguiriyas, soleares, tangos, and fandangos) that influence all flamenco music. Includes access to online audio.

Blues music is a sturdy, adaptable music that reflects many shades of emotions and lends itself to numerous stylistic interpretations. This 5 1/2" by 8" QWIKGUIDE is designed to help the bassist become more versatile. Each blues bass pattern in this book is played over four bars of C7. By practicing all 50 licksover the same chord progression, students can learn the basic concept of improvisation: how to play a variety of musical phrases over ...

These tunes were inspired by the great "first generation" acoustic blues guitarists: Huddie Ledbetter, Mance Lipscomb, Gary Davis, Jesse Fuller, Blind Blake, and others. Author Fred Sokolow's tunes convey some of the same feelings as these early blues artists and are fun to play. Several of the tunes are in alternate tunings. Fred describes his inspiration for each piece in the book, and also performs it on the audio. In notation and tablature...

This book is for all beginning and early intermediate mandolin players. No priorplaying experience or note reading ability is required. The solos are written in bothstandard notation and tablature. While writing the arrangements, the authorconsidered the small hands of children. Each tune is in the first position and there are no stretches that present inordinate technical difficulties. Includes access to online audio containing every song in ...

Selfless Self: Talks with Shri Ramakant Maharaj is a tangibly powerful life-transforming book that addresses the ultimate questions of "Who am I? Why am I here? What is the purpose of existence"? Never before has Truth been revealed in such a simple and devastatingly piercing and direct way. Herein is a roadmap for Self-discovery that will, if followed, take the reader on a route to infinity, eternity and majesty, as yet unknown to the seeker....

Little Jimmy doesn't like to brush his teeth. Even when his mother gives him a brand new orange toothbrush, his favorite color, he doesn't use it like he is supposed to. But when strange and magical things start happening to Little Jimmy, he begins to realize how important brushing his teeth can be. Le petit Jimmy n'aime pas se brosser les dents. Il ne se sert même pas de la brosse à dent orange toute neuve que sa mère lui a offerte. Mais quan...

The volume moves away from the more dominating and traditionally cast understandings of distributive justice and explores the long shadow of practices of trusteeship, stewardship and concepts of social and individual rights, and egalitarian practices and post-colonial African political thought.

This book brings together political thought of Gandhi and Tagore to examine the relationship between politics, truth and conscience. It examines in nuanced detail Tagore¿s opposition to political violence in colonial Bengal and the scope of Gandhi¿s nonviolence and satyagraha to offer an exploration of the first principles of ethical politics as conceived by these two and in the process discusses truth and conscience as viable public virtues.