A Confucian Rethinking of the Foundations of Morality, Politics, Famil
This book is both a critique of the concept of the rights-holding, free, autonomous individual and attendant ideology dominant in the contemporary West, and an account of an alternative view, that of the role-bearing, interrelated responsible person of classical Confucianism, suitably modified for addressing the manifold problems of today.
This work argues that in the age of (neoliberal) globalization, black people around the world are slowly becoming "African-Americanized". This is due to the influence of two social class language games of the black American community, the black underclass and black American liberal/conservative bourgeois, spreading throughout the African Diaspora.
Trawling through public discourse and debates in Jamaica, this book distils and presents major issues that captured public attention at the onset of the 21st century. It is designed not only to aid memory but also to help us see the progress we have made and avoid reinvention of the wheel.
Prof. Jona Rosenfeld is one of Israel's pioneering social workers. This book is a vivid testimony to his long life dedicated to social work, sociology, psychotherapy and social action. He clarifies the domain and expertise of social work in order to enable social workers to be more effective.
This updated textbook describes the history of Latin America and sets a mood that allows the reader to get a genuine sense of the languages, cultures, and civilizations of this complex and colorful land. Each chapter offers lists of general concepts, important terms, questions, and topics for classroom debates.
British journalist Henry Scott-Stokes describes the transformation of his understanding of the Greater East Asian War (the so-called Pacific War) from uncritical acceptance of the western colonialist's version to realization of its absolute vacuousness.
Empowerment and the Process of Exhumations in the Context of Cyprus
This study explores an effect of violent conflict in Cyprus-Missing Persons-and the process of exhumations. By interviewing experts on the Cypriot conflict about the exhumations process, Fics has revealed the challenges and successes that may arise for sustainable peace and healing in Cyprus and beyond.
The Inside Story: Biblical Personalities contains themes of feminism, wholeness, and wellness. The book analyzes nineteen popular Biblical stories. It explores Judaism's feministic roots while stating that all life contains a duality of physical and spiritual existence.
This book is a practice in military civics. This collection of international perspectives challenge commonly held assumptions and outmoded paradigms of engagement. The authors share the view that the over-reliance on kinetic approaches over influence operations account for some of the failures of nations against extremists.
