Current Controversies in Philosophy of Religion - Bok av Paul Draper - Häftad

While orthodox religion by its very nature is conservative, philosophy at its best is inherently radical. It challenges authority, tradition, and the whole idea of \dogma.\ For this reason, philosophy of religion can be explosively controversial. It is bound to disturb those who peddle incontrovertible truth and fascinate those who seek spiritual truth and are willing to follow the argument wherever it leads. This volume is designed for such seekers. It brings together an international team of..

Data Analytics in Football - Positional Data Collection, Modelling and Analysis - Bok av Daniel Memmert - Häftad

Data Analytics in Football provides students, researchers and coaches with a firm grounding in the principles of modern performance analysis. It offers an insight into the use of positional data, exploring how it can be collected, modelled, analysed and interpreted.

Questioning Punishment - Bok av Henrique Carvalho - Häftad

This book questions punishment as concept, social phenomenon and contemporary practice. It unpacks punishment's nature and the assumptions that underpin it, examines its targets, objectives and implications, and aims to unsettle the idea that there is something common-sensical, necessary and unavoidable about punitive justice.

Climate-Just Behavior - Foundations and Transformational Approaches - Bok av Susanne Stoll-Kleemann - Inbunden

This book highlights the obstacles to and potential for a just transformation as a way out of the current climate crisis.This volume examines the barriers, opportunities and incentives around the pursuit of climate-just behavior, based on a comprehensive interdisciplinary and integrative analysis. It investigates how the gap between expressing concern about the climate crisis and giving it a high priority within the context of everyday behaviour can be overcome. At the same time, it looks at the..

The Sociology of Women - An Introduction - Bok av Sara Delamont - Häftad

Originally published in 1980 The Sociology of Women: An Introduction aimed to provide a sociological, biographically organised portrait of women written from a feminist perspective. It was the first self-contained analytical textbook treatment to present an account of the situation of women in modern Britain that was informed by sociological research. At the same time, it remained a straightforward and elementary text in the sense that it assumed no previous knowledge and is written throughout with..

Community Studies - An Introduction to the Sociology of the Local Community - Bok av Colin Bell - Häftad

Originally published in 1971, this was the first text on community studies which analysed the major empirical work in this field in a comparative perspective. It is concerned both with the sociology of community and the sociology of community studies. It takes both the findings of individual studies and the research process itself as significant sociological data in their own right, and it asks continually: how do we know what we know about communities?Community Studies is, then, not only a contribution..

The Psychology of Infancy and Childhood - Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural Perspectives - Bok av Harold D Fishbein - Häftad

Originally published in 1984, this book is a developmental psychology text with substantial evolutionary and cross-cultural work. It presents cognitive developmental issues, as well as personality, social and socialization issues, with an emphasis on culture. It also includes education-related research, such as material on schools, reading, mathematics, and IQ.

Pseudology - The Science of Lying - Bok av Marcel Danesi - Häftad

In an age where fake news, conspiracy theories, and outright lies by political and cultural leaders are commonplace, we may be becoming accustomed to lying, or worse, even immune to it. Pseudology unravels the reasons for this by describing a \science of lying\ that looks at various aspects of this trait, from how it affects the brain to how it distorts perception.Interest in lying goes back to antiquity and writing and debate only increased in our present day, but what is missing is a treatment..

Witnessing and Psychoanalysis - As If It Never Happened - Bok av Philippe Réfabert - Häftad

Mastering Project Uncertainty - A Systems Thinking Approach - Bok av Paul Cuypers - Häftad

Uncertainty permeates every thinkable aspect of project work, so mastering it is the key to controlling benefits, budgets, and timelines.

The Rise of Build to Rent in the UK - Bok av Brendan Kilpatrick - Häftad

Build to Rent (BTR) is a form of residential tenure which first emerged in the United States, where it is known as Multifamily Housing. While it has been a mature asset in the United States for over a decade, it is relatively new to the UK and Ireland. The Rise of Build to Rent in the UK examines how this type of housing can play a key role in streamlining design and construction activity in a forward-facing manner which embraces climate change resilience and digital methods for delivery and management..

Decolonizing Design in Africa - Towards New Theories, Methods, and Practices - Bok av Yaw Ofosu-Asare - Häftad

Decolonising Design in Africa offers a groundbreaking exploration of design education in Africa through a decolonial lens. By examining the colonial legacies that have shaped design education in Africa, it foregrounds the problematic ways that current pedagogical approaches primarily reflect western values and priorities. This book advocates for integrating indigenous knowledge, cultural practices, and philosophies into contemporary African design education. It spans a wide geographical and temporal..

Tourism and the Experience Economy in the Digital Era - Behaviours and Platforms - Bok av Xiang Ying Mei - Häftad

This book brings together diverse theoretical perspectives and practical examples of the experience economy in developing and developed economies in tourism-related industries. It provides insights on 'new' experience development attributed to new technology and changes in consumer behaviour.It explores how digitalisation and new digital tools, smart solutions, smart applications, and social media platforms to frame and create unique and memorable experiences. It also focuses on the role of technology..

Revelation and Reason in Islam - Bok av A J Arberry - Häftad

The \Scholastic Problem\ was the focus of much debate in Islam for some centuries before it became the chief crux of learned discussion in medieval Christianity. When originally published in 1957 this volume was the first survey of the subject to appear in English. It reviews the conflict within Islam between Revelation and Reason and examines the attempts made by theology, philosophy, mysticism and authoritarianism to resolve the dilemma.

The Psychology of Creative Performance and Expertise - Bok av Kathryn Friedlander - Häftad

This much-needed book introduces readers to the related fields of expertise, creativity, and performance, exploring our understanding of the factors contributing to greatness in creative domains.Bringing together research from the fields of creativity and expertise, it provides fresh insights for newcomers and seasoned scholars alike with its approachable guide to the multidimensional complexities of expertise development. It transcends traditionally studied fields such as chess, sports, and music,..

Managing People in Changing Organizations - Bok av Graeme Martin - Häftad

Managing People in Changing Organizations addresses the contemporary problems faced by managers in dealing with people, organizations and change in a theoretically-informed and practical way. It does so by drawing on classic studies in management, up-to-date research (including the author's own), case studies, and reflective exercises. This textbook approaches people management and organizational development from the perspective of practising and aspiring managers, making it a valuable alternative..

Essentials of Microeconomics - Bok av Bonnie Nguyen - Häftad

Essentials of Microeconomics is an excellent introduction to microeconomics. It presents the basic tools of microeconomics clearly and concisely. It presents a vigorous treatment of all relevant introductory microeconomic concepts, and emphasises on modern economics - game theory and imperfect markets. Each chapter is self-contained and includes the required key mathematical skills at the start.Now in its second edition, this updated textbook includes: Expanded lecturer resources, including detailed..

Assessing L2 Digital Multimodal Composing Competence - Bok av Emily Di Zhang - Inbunden

This book focuses on assessing L2 student digital multimodal composing (DMC) competence. It explores key themes, including the conceptualization of the L2 student DMC competence, and the development, validation, and utilization of the L2 student DMC competence at the tertiary context.Through a thorough review of the DMC literature, the book furnishes readers with a theoretical framework to comprehensively grasp the underlying constructs of the L2 student DMC competence. It also provides a delineation..

Exploring Political Ecology - Issues, Problems, and Solutions to the Climate Change Crisis - Bok av Alexander Ervin - Häftad

This book explores some of the conditions and underlying causes of the multiple environmental crises facing humanity. Rooted in anthropology, but multidisciplinary in scope, it surveys the many socio-cultural and socio-economic errors, foibles, and follies that brought us to these circumstances. Crucially and uniquely, it outlines an array of viable and practical solutions, some of which are radically different from the current status quo and cultural expectations. The first chapter canvasses the..

Mathematical Programming Methods for Geographers and Planners - Bok av James Killen - Häftad

Originally published in 1983, this was the first text to offer an in-depth treatment of mathematical programming methods explained from first principles. It considers all the major programming techniques and fully explains key terms, illustrates theories with detailed examples and shows how the various skills are applied in practice. It will be invaluable in both the academic world and to policy formulators and planners, who make extensive use of the methods described.

Extreme Philosophy - Bold Ideas and a Spirit of Progress - Bok av Stephen Hetherington - Häftad

Philosophy's value and power are greatly diminished when it operates within a too closely confined professional space. Extreme Philosophy: Bold Ideas and a Spirit of Progress serves as an antidote to the increasing narrowness of the field. It offers readers-including students and general readers-twenty internationally acclaimed philosophers who highlight and defend odd, extreme, or 'mad' ideas. The resulting conjectures are often provocative and bold, but always clear and accessible.Ideas discussed..

Teaching and Confronting Racial Neoliberalism in Higher Education - Autoethnographic Explorations of the Race Studies Classroom - Bok av Michelle D By

This book examines the way in which professors must confront the social implications of racial neoliberalism. Drawing on autoethnographic research from the authors' combined 100 years of teaching experience, it recognizes the need for faculty to negotiate their own experiences with race, as well as those of their students. It focuses on the experiential nature of teaching, supplementing the fields' focus on pedagogy, and recognizes that professors must, in fact, highlight, rather than downplay, the..

Race, Gender, and Deviance in Xbox Live - Theoretical Perspectives from the Virtual Margins--10th Anniversary Edition - Bok av Kishonna L Gray - Häfta

By focusing on the experiences of users, gamers, and audiences inside one of the world's largest gaming communities (Xbox Live), this book provides an overview of the landscape, architecture, and socio-technical structure of console gaming. Building on previous research regarding race, gender, and technology, it provides a much-needed intersectional approach to virtual gaming communities. It draws from a wide breadth of disciplines and interviews with minoritized and marginalized users to offer an..

Fundamentals of Cultural Psychology - Bok av Luca Tateo - Häftad

This innovative textbook is the ideal introduction to cultural psychology. It focuses on a holistic approach to cultural psychology, which emphasises that culture is created and shared by people and society.Organised around short core concept chapters, the book encourages students to think critically about culture and the theories around it. Chapters explore what cultural psychology is, forms of knowing, how cultural psychology can be used to understand higher psychological functions and the human..

Living with Digital Surveillance in China - Citizens' Narratives on Technology, Privacy, and Governance - Bok av Ariane Ollier-Malaterre - Häftad

Digital surveillance is a daily and all-encompassing reality of life in China. This book explores how Chinese citizens make sense of digital surveillance and live with it. It investigates their imaginaries about surveillance and privacy from within the Chinese socio-political system.Based on in-depth qualitative research interviews, detailed diary notes, and extensive documentation, Ariane Ollier-Malaterre attempts to 'de-Westernise' the internet and surveillance literature. She shows how the research..