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Science v. Story - Emma Frances Bloomfield - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Science v. Story - Emma Frances Bloomfield - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Uncovering common threads across types of science skepticism to show why these controversial narratives stick and how we can more effectively counter them through storytelling Science v. Story analyzes four scientific controversies—climate change, evolution, vaccination, and COVID-19—through the lens of storytelling. Instead of viewing stories as adversaries to scientific practices, Emma Frances Bloomfield demonstrates how storytelling is integral to science communication. Drawing from narrative theory and rhetorical studies, Science v. Story examines scientific stories and rival stories, including disingenuous rival stories that undermine scientific conclusions and productive rival stories that work to make science more inclusive. Science v. Story offers two tools to evaluate and build stories: narrative webs and narrative constellations. These visual mapping tools chart the features of a story (i.e., characters, action, sequence, scope, storyteller, and content) to locate opportunities for audience engagement. Bloomfield ultimately argues that we can strengthen science communication by incorporating storytelling in critical ways that are attentive to audience and context.

DKK 723.00
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Science v. Story - Emma Frances Bloomfield - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Science v. Story - Emma Frances Bloomfield - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Uncovering common threads across types of science skepticism to show why these controversial narratives stick and how we can more effectively counter them through storytelling Science v. Story analyzes four scientific controversies—climate change, evolution, vaccination, and COVID-19—through the lens of storytelling. Instead of viewing stories as adversaries to scientific practices, Emma Frances Bloomfield demonstrates how storytelling is integral to science communication. Drawing from narrative theory and rhetorical studies, Science v. Story examines scientific stories and rival stories, including disingenuous rival stories that undermine scientific conclusions and productive rival stories that work to make science more inclusive. Science v. Story offers two tools to evaluate and build stories: narrative webs and narrative constellations. These visual mapping tools chart the features of a story (i.e., characters, action, sequence, scope, storyteller, and content) to locate opportunities for audience engagement. Bloomfield ultimately argues that we can strengthen science communication by incorporating storytelling in critical ways that are attentive to audience and context.

DKK 248.00
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Being Christian in Vandal Africa - Robin Whelan - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Being Christian in Vandal Africa - Robin Whelan - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Being Christian in Vandal Africa investigates conflicts over Christian orthodoxy in the Vandal kingdom, the successor to Roman rule in North Africa, ca. 439 to 533 c.e. Exploiting neglected texts, author Robin Whelan exposes a sophisticated culture of disputation between Nicene (“Catholic”) and Homoian (“Arian”) Christians and explores their rival claims to political and religious legitimacy. These contests—sometimes violent—are key to understanding the wider and much-debated issues of identity and state formation in the post-imperial West.

DKK 296.00
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Being Christian in Vandal Africa - Robin Whelan - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Being Christian in Vandal Africa - Robin Whelan - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Being Christian in Vandal Africa investigates conflicts over Christian orthodoxy in the Vandal kingdom-the successor to Roman rule in North Africa, ca. 439 to 533 CE. Exploiting neglected texts, author Robin Whelan exposes a sophisticated culture of disputation between Nicene ("Catholic") and Homoian ("Arian") Christians and explores their rival claims to political and religious legitimacy. These contests-sometimes violent-are key to understanding the wider and much-debated issues of identity and state formation in the post-imperial West.

DKK 811.00
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Witness to Marvels - Tony K. Stewart - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Witness to Marvels - Tony K. Stewart - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. There is a vast body of imaginal literature in Bengali that introduces fictional Sufi saints into the complex mythological world of Hindu gods and goddesses. Dating to the sixteenth century, the stories—pir katha—are still widely read and performed today. The events that play out rival the fabulations of the Arabian Nights, which has led them to be dismissed as simplistic folktales, yet the work of these stories is profound: they provide fascinating insight into how Islam habituated itself into the cultural life of the Bangla-speaking world. In Witness to Marvels, Tony K. Stewart unearths the dazzling tales of Sufi saints to signal a bold new perspective on the subtle ways Islam assumed its distinctive form in Bengal.

DKK 336.00
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Empire of Labor - Titas Chakraborty - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Empire of Labor - Titas Chakraborty - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Empire of Labor tells the story of how hired workers experienced and responded to the rise to power over the long eighteenth century of the English East India Company (EIC), which perennially hired thousands of people in and around its settlements in Bengal. Focusing on boatmen and silk reelers as well as sailors and soldiers—a remarkable look at both indigenous and European workers—the story begins with the earliest accounts of the EIC's dealings with hired labor in the region, from 1651. Prior to EIC dominance, hired workers drove hard bargains with their employers, making demands that drew upon their own notions of wages, work rhythms, and time. When their demands were not met, they ran away, often to rival indigenous or European employers. Empire of Labor explores these demands and how they conflicted with the EIC's notions of discipline. Analyzing Bengali literary sources and Dutch and English archival materials, the book rethinks the ascendancy of the company state as a violent process involving removing competing employers, imposing army and police power, introducing new production technologies, and instituting draconian regulations which eliminated indigenous cultures of work. Most importantly, it depicts the lifeworlds of these recalcitrant workers, showing how they lived and resisted. A major intervention in histories of colonialism, labor, migration, and law, Empire of Labor ultimately recasts colonial rule as a novel form of state-labor relationship.

DKK 248.00
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Empire of Labor - Titas Chakraborty - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Empire of Labor - Titas Chakraborty - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Empire of Labor tells the story of how hired workers experienced and responded to the rise to power over the long eighteenth century of the English East India Company (EIC), which perennially hired thousands of people in and around its settlements in Bengal. Focusing on boatmen and silk reelers as well as sailors and soldiers—a remarkable look at both indigenous and European workers—the story begins with the earliest accounts of the EIC's dealings with hired labor in the region, from 1651. Prior to EIC dominance, hired workers drove hard bargains with their employers, making demands that drew upon their own notions of wages, work rhythms, and time. When their demands were not met, they ran away, often to rival indigenous or European employers. Empire of Labor explores these demands and how they conflicted with the EIC's notions of discipline. Analyzing Bengali literary sources and Dutch and English archival materials, the book rethinks the ascendancy of the company state as a violent process involving removing competing employers, imposing army and police power, introducing new production technologies, and instituting draconian regulations which eliminated indigenous cultures of work. Most importantly, it depicts the lifeworlds of these recalcitrant workers, showing how they lived and resisted. A major intervention in histories of colonialism, labor, migration, and law, Empire of Labor ultimately recasts colonial rule as a novel form of state-labor relationship.

DKK 811.00
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Controlling Contested Places - Christine Shepardson - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Controlling Contested Places - Christine Shepardson - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

From constructing new buildings to describing rival-controlled areas as morally and physically dangerous, leaders in late antiquity fundamentally shaped their physical environment and thus the events that unfolded within it. Controlling Contested Places maps the city of Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) through the topographically sensitive vocabulary of cultural geography, demonstrating the critical role played by physical and rhetorical spatial contests during the tumultuous fourth century. Paying close attention to the manipulation of physical places, Christine Shepardson exposes some of the powerful forces that structured the development of religious orthodoxy and orthopraxy in the late Roman Empire. Theological claims and political support were not the only significant factors in determining which Christian communities gained authority around the Empire. Rather, Antioch’s urban and rural places, far from being an inert backdrop against which events transpired, were ever-shifting sites of, and tools for, the negotiation of power, authority, and religious identity. This book traces the ways in which leaders like John Chrysostom, Theodoret, and Libanius encouraged their audiences to modify their daily behaviors and transform their interpretation of the world (and landscape) around them. Shepardson argues that examples from Antioch were echoed around the Mediterranean world, and similar types of physical and rhetorical manipulations continue to shape the politics of identity and perceptions of religious orthodoxy to this day.

DKK 304.00
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Controlling Contested Places - Christine Shepardson - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Controlling Contested Places - Christine Shepardson - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

From constructing new buildings to describing rival-controlled areas as morally and physically dangerous, leaders in late antiquity fundamentally shaped their physical environment and thus the events that unfolded within it. Controlling Contested Places maps the city of Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) through the topographically sensitive vocabulary of cultural geography, demonstrating the critical role played by physical and rhetorical spatial contests during the tumultuous fourth century. Paying close attention to the manipulation of physical places, Christine Shepardson exposes some of the powerful forces that structured the development of religious orthodoxy and orthopraxy in the late Roman Empire. Theological claims and political support were not the only significant factors in determining which Christian communities gained authority around the Empire. Rather, Antioch's urban and rural places, far from being an inert backdrop against which events transpired, were ever-shifting sites of, and tools for, the negotiation of power, authority, and religious identity. This book traces the ways in which leaders like John Chrysostom, Theodoret, and Libanius encouraged their audiences to modify their daily behaviors and transform their interpretation of the world (and landscape) around them. Shepardson argues that examples from Antioch were echoed around the Mediterranean world, and similar types of physical and rhetorical manipulations continue to shape the politics of identity and perceptions of religious orthodoxy to this day.

DKK 820.00
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Greek Skepticism - Charlotte L. Stough - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Greek Skepticism - Charlotte L. Stough - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Greek Skepticism examines the evolution of skeptical philosophy in ancient Greece, focusing on epistemological concerns such as knowledge, belief, and perception, while framing these inquiries within the Hellenistic era's broader philosophical challenges. The study views skepticism not as a static doctrine but as a dynamic response to recurring questions about human understanding. Divided into four sections—early Pyrrhonists, Academic Skeptics, Aenesidemus, and Sextus Empiricus—it traces skepticism's progression over six centuries. Early Pyrrhonists like Pyrrho emphasized achieving mental tranquility (ataraxia) through the suspension of judgment, seeing philosophy as a practical guide to life. Academic Skeptics, led by figures such as Arcesilaus and Carneades, advanced skepticism by engaging in dialectical arguments to challenge certainty, particularly targeting Stoic doctrines. Their critiques expanded the skeptical framework, linking it to practical ethics and intellectual rigor. Later developments by figures like Aenesidemus and Sextus Empiricus further refined skepticism's scope. Aenesidemus, while enigmatic and associated with Heraclitean ideas, contributed critical arguments that revived Pyrrhonism during his era. Sextus Empiricus, the last significant skeptic, integrated skepticism with empirical medicine, positioning skepticism as a remedy for philosophical dogmatism. His detailed critiques of rival philosophies provide a rich source for understanding Greek skepticism's epistemological depth. Through Sextus’ pragmatic approach, skepticism emerged as both a philosophical method and a practical way of life, influencing subsequent thought and offering enduring insights into the complexities of knowledge and belief. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.

DKK 707.00
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Greek Skepticism - Charlotte L. Stough - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Greek Skepticism - Charlotte L. Stough - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Greek Skepticism examines the evolution of skeptical philosophy in ancient Greece, focusing on epistemological concerns such as knowledge, belief, and perception, while framing these inquiries within the Hellenistic era's broader philosophical challenges. The study views skepticism not as a static doctrine but as a dynamic response to recurring questions about human understanding. Divided into four sections—early Pyrrhonists, Academic Skeptics, Aenesidemus, and Sextus Empiricus—it traces skepticism's progression over six centuries. Early Pyrrhonists like Pyrrho emphasized achieving mental tranquility (ataraxia) through the suspension of judgment, seeing philosophy as a practical guide to life. Academic Skeptics, led by figures such as Arcesilaus and Carneades, advanced skepticism by engaging in dialectical arguments to challenge certainty, particularly targeting Stoic doctrines. Their critiques expanded the skeptical framework, linking it to practical ethics and intellectual rigor. Later developments by figures like Aenesidemus and Sextus Empiricus further refined skepticism's scope. Aenesidemus, while enigmatic and associated with Heraclitean ideas, contributed critical arguments that revived Pyrrhonism during his era. Sextus Empiricus, the last significant skeptic, integrated skepticism with empirical medicine, positioning skepticism as a remedy for philosophical dogmatism. His detailed critiques of rival philosophies provide a rich source for understanding Greek skepticism's epistemological depth. Through Sextus’ pragmatic approach, skepticism emerged as both a philosophical method and a practical way of life, influencing subsequent thought and offering enduring insights into the complexities of knowledge and belief. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.

DKK 346.00
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