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History of Particle Theory fills an important gap existing in the literature by discussing the impressive progress in understanding the elementary particles out of which all everyday objects are made. Most of this progress has happened in the last seventy years after the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED) was perfected as an extremely accurate description of electromagnetic interactions. This astonishing sequence of discoveries was made hand in hand between theory and experiment. This book...
| Автор | Paul H Frampton |
This book presents a brief compilation of results from nearly a century of research on the globular star clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). It explores the techniques and limitations of the observations, the successes and challenges of the models, and the paradigm for the formation of M31 that has gradually emerged. These results will eventually be superseded by new data, better analysis techniques, and more complex models. However, the emphasis of this book is on the techniques, thought...
| Автор | Charli M Sakari |
Valentinus, an Egyptian Christian who traveled to Rome to teach his unique brand of theology, and his followers, the Valentinians, formed one of the largest and most influential sects of Christianity in the second and third centuries. But by the fourth century, their writings had all but disappeared suddenly and mysteriously from the historical record, as the newly consolidated imperial Christian Church condemned as heretical all forms of what has come to be known as Gnosticism. Only in 1945...
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<P>In the Sex and Race series, first published in the 1940s, historian Joel Augustus Rogers questioned the concept of race, the origins of racial differentiation, and the root of the «color problem.» Rogers surmised that a large percentage of ethnic differences are the result of sociological factors and in these volumes he gathered what he called «the bran of history»—the uncollected, unexamined history of black people—in the hope that these neglected parts of history would become...
| Автор | J. A. Rogers |
<P>Poised at the intersection of Asian American studies and dance studies, Choreographing Asian America is the first book-length examination of the role of Orientalist discourse in shaping Asian Americanist entanglements with U.S. modern dance history. Moving beyond the acknowledgement that modern dance has its roots in Orientalist appropriation, Yutian Wong considers the effect that invisible Orientalism has on the reception of work by Asian American choreographers and the...
| Автор | Yutian Wong |
<P>In the Sex and Race series, first published in the 1940s, historian Joel Augustus Rogers questioned the concept of race, the origins of racial differentiation, and the root of the «color problem.» Rogers surmised that a large percentage of ethnic differences are the result of sociological factors and in these volumes he gathered what he called «the bran of history»—the uncollected, unexamined history of black people—in the hope that these neglected parts of history would become...
| Автор | J. A. Rogers |
<P>Originally published in 1959 and revised and expanded in 1989, this book asserts that Africans had contributed more to the world than was previously acknowledged. Historian Joel Augustus Rogers devoted a significant amount of his professional life to unearthing facts about people of African ancestry. He intended these findings to be a refutation of contemporary racist beliefs about the inferiority of blacks. Rogers asserted that the color of skin did not determine intellectual...
| Автор | J. A. Rogers |
<P>In Nature Knows No Color-Line, originally published in 1952, historian Joel Augustus Rogers examines the origins of racial hierarchy and the color problem. Rogers was a humanist who believed that there were no scientifically evident racial divisions—all humans belong to one «race.» He believed that color prejudice generally evolved from issues of domination and power between two physiologically different groups. According to Rogers, color prejudice was then used a rationale for...
| Автор | J. A. Rogers |
<P>In the Sex and Race series, first published in the 1940s, historian Joel Augustus Rogers questioned the concept of race, the origins of racial differentiation, and the root of the «color problem.» Rogers surmised that a large percentage of ethnic differences are the result of sociological factors and in these volumes he gathered what he called «the bran of history»—the uncollected, unexamined history of black people—in the hope that these neglected parts of history would become...
| Автор | J. A. Rogers |
<P>Fela: Kalakuta Notes is an evocative account of Fela Kuti—the Afrobeat superstar who took African music into the arena of direct action. With his antiestablishment songs, he dedicated himself to Pan-Africanism and the down-trodden Nigerian masses, or «sufferheads.» In the 1970s, the British/Ghanaian musician and author John Collins met and worked with Fela in Ghana and Nigeria. Kalakuta Notes includes a diary that Collins kept in 1977 when he acted in Fela's...
| Автор | John Collins |
DISCOVER THE ENDURING LEGACY OF ANCIENT STOICISM Since Roman antiquity, Lucius Annaeus Seneca’s Letters have been one of the greatest expressions of Stoic philosophy. In a highly accessible and timeless way, Seneca reveals the importance of cultivating virtue and the fleeting nature of time, and how being clear sighted about death allows us to live a life of meaning and contentment. Letters from a Stoic continues to fascinate and inspire new generations of readers, including those interested...
| Автор | Donald Robertson |
This popular book provides a compelling introduction to thinking about childhood in rigorous and critical ways. Karen Wells offers a unique global perspective on children’s lives, showing how the notion of childhood varies widely and is continuously being radically re-shaped.<br /> <br /> Taking children seriously as active participants in society, the book explores key social issues such as how children are constituted as raced, classed and gendered subjects; how school and work...
| Автор | Karen Wells |
A foundational collection of essays that demonstrate how to study race and media From graphic footage of migrant children in cages to #BlackLivesMatter and #OscarsSoWhite, portrayals and discussions of race dominate the media landscape. Race and Media adopts a wide range of methods to make sense of specific occurrences, from the corporate portrayal of mixed-race identity by 23andMe to the cosmopolitan fetishization of Marie Kondo. As a whole, this collection demonstrates that all forms of...
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A timely exploration of how odor seeps into structural inequality Our sense of smell is a uniquely visceral—and personal—form of experience. As Hsuan L. Hsu points out, smell has long been spurned by Western aesthetics as a lesser sense for its qualities of subjectivity, volatility, and materiality. But it is these very qualities that make olfaction a vital tool for sensing and staging environmental risk and inequality. Unlike the other senses, smell extends across space and reaches into our...
| Автор | Hsuan L. Hsu |
"Serpell’s vital treatise is one readers will find themselves returning to again and again."— Publishers Weekly, Starred Review If evolutionary biologists, ethical philosophers, and social media gurus are to be believed, the face is the basis for what we call «humanity.» The face is considered the source of identity, truth, beauty, authenticity, and empathy. It underlies our ideas about what constitutes a human, how we relate emotionally, what is pleasing to the eye, and how we...
| Автор | Namwali Serpell |
Reveals the role of Black Fundamentalists during the early part of the twentieth century As the modernist-fundamentalist controversy came to a head in the early twentieth century, an image of the “fighting fundamentalist” was imprinted on the American cultural consciousness. To this day, the word “fundamentalist” often conjures the image of a fire-breathing preacher—strident, unyielding in conviction . . . and almost always white. But did this major religious perspective really stop cold in...
| Автор | Daniel R. Bare |
The struggles African American women and their adolescent daughters face in living healthy, active lives From heart disease and diabetes to HIV and obesity, Black women and girls face serious health risks, lagging behind their white counterparts by every measure of health, well-being, and fitness. In Black Women’s Health , Michele Tracy Berger shows us why this is the case, exploring how the health needs of Black women and girls are uniquely rooted in their experiences with racism, sexism, and...
| Автор | Michele Tracy Berger |
Where racism and sexism meet—an understanding of anti-Black misogyny When Moya Bailey first coined the term misogynoir , she defined it as the ways anti-Black and misogynistic representation shape broader ideas about Black women, particularly in visual culture and digital spaces. She had no idea that the term would go viral, touching a cultural nerve and quickly entering into the lexicon. Misogynoir now has its own Wikipedia page and hashtag, and has been featured on Comedy Central’s The Daily...
| Автор | Moya Bailey |
A wide-ranging Black feminist interrogation, reaching from the #MeToo movement to the legacy of gender-based violence against Black women From Michelle Obama to Condoleezza Rice, Black women are uniquely scrutinized in the public eye. In Re-Imagining Black Women , Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd explores how Black women—and Blackness more broadly—are understood in our political imagination and often become the subjects of public controversy. Drawing on politics, popular culture, psychoanalysis, and...
| Автор | Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd |
*This is Tim Wise’s first book in years , and he will promote it in every way possible. When he’s not out giving book talks, Tim invests extensively in keeping in touch with his hundreds of thousands of followers via Twitter, Facebook and Medium.com. Tim's audience is excited for a book! *Tim Wise's dedicated Twitter following is up to 127.6K followers and he is active on a daily basis. *Race continues to be a defining flashpoint in America. Tim is a much...
| Автор | Tim Wise |
Fremmed og moderne soger at Aendre vores syn pa den antikke kulturs efterliv i europAeisk civilisation. I dag betragter vi antikken som stivnet tradition, en forbigangen fortid. Men antikken har ikke primAert fungeret som udtryk for det etablerede. Derimod har antikken inspireret generationer af europAeere, fordi den reprAesenterede noget fremmedartet og genstridigt i deres univers. Den antikke erfaring har modsagt mange efterfolgende tidsaldres forestillinger. Pa den made kom den til at virke...
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Sortehavet var i antikken modested for flere forskellige kulturer. I steppelandet nord for Sortehavet boede skythiske nomade-stammer, langs hele kyststrAekningen anlagde grAekerne kolonier, og i sydost gjorde Persien sin indflydelse gAeldende. I dette klude-tAeppe af kulturpavirkninger tog vante religiose forestillinger nye former, nar de skulle tilpasses lokale forhold. Fem antikforskere behandler i denne bog forskellige aspekter af det religiose liv, som udspillede sig ved Sortehavets kyster.
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Vikingeskjaldenes lovprisninger af fyrster, flader og tapre mAend er mere og andet end ren hofpropaganda – fyrstedigtningen vidner om forhold og forandringer i de oldnordiske samfunds militAere og civile organisation. Det er udgangspunktet for oldtidhistoriker Rikke Malmros' forstaelse af vikingetidens og den tidlige middelalders hofpoesi – og omdrejningspunktet for denne bog.I en rAekke forskelligartede artikler betragtes vikingetidens samfund gennem fyrstedigtningens rige kildemateriale,...
| Автор | Rikke Malmros |
Det danske rige var i perioder af renAessancen prAeget af en dyb by- og samfundskrise, og invasioner, belejringer, sygdom og okonomisk nedgang var hverdagskost. KobstAederne var underlagt statsmagten og matte stille med soldater, penge, skibe og proviant til landets forsvar. Samtidig matte forarmede byer selv udbygge deres befAestninger og forsvare sig over for fjendtlige hAere og en ny tids ildvaben.RenAessancens befAestede byer handler om militariseringen af det danske samfund i perioden...
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