Deadly Contradictions

Deadly Contradictions

Author: Stephen P. Reyna

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2016-08-01

Total Pages: 606

ISBN-13: 1785330802

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As US imperialism continues to dictate foreign policy, Deadly Contradictions is a compelling account of the American empire. Stephen P. Reyna argues that contemporary forms of violence exercised by American elites in the colonies, client state, and regions of interest have deferred imperial problems, but not without raising their own set of deadly contradictions. This book can be read many ways: as a polemic against geopolitics, as a classic social anthropological text, or as a seminal analysis of twenty-four US global wars during the Cold War and post-Cold War eras.


Deadly Contradictions

Deadly Contradictions

Author: Stephen P. Reyna

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2023-08-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781800739406

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As US imperialism continues to dictate foreign policy, Deadly Contradictions is a compelling account of the American empire. Stephen P. Reyna argues that contemporary forms of violence exercised by American elites in the colonies, client state, and regions of interest have deferred imperial problems, but not without raising their own set of deadly contradictions. This book can be read many ways: as a polemic against geopolitics, as a classic social anthropological text, or as a seminal analysis of twenty-four US global wars during the Cold War and post-Cold War eras.


Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism

Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism

Author: David Harvey

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 019936026X

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David Harvey examines the foundational contradictions of capital, and reveals the fatal contradictions that are now inexorably leading to its end


Perspectives on Loss

Perspectives on Loss

Author: John H. Harvey

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780876309100

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First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


Learning to Reason

Learning to Reason

Author: Nancy Rodgers

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-09-15

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 1118165705

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Learn how to develop your reasoning skills and how to writewell-reasoned proofs Learning to Reason shows you how to use the basic elements ofmathematical language to develop highly sophisticated, logicalreasoning skills. You'll get clear, concise, easy-to-followinstructions on the process of writing proofs, including thenecessary reasoning techniques and syntax for constructingwell-written arguments. Through in-depth coverage of logic, sets,and relations, Learning to Reason offers a meaningful, integratedview of modern mathematics, cuts through confusing terms and ideas,and provides a much-needed bridge to advanced work in mathematicsas well as computer science. Original, inspiring, and designed formaximum comprehension, this remarkable book: * Clearly explains how to write compound sentences in equivalentforms and use them in valid arguments * Presents simple techniques on how to structure your thinking andwriting to form well-reasoned proofs * Reinforces these techniques through a survey of sets--thebuilding blocks of mathematics * Examines the fundamental types of relations, which is "where theaction is" in mathematics * Provides relevant examples and class-tested exercises designed tomaximize the learning experience * Includes a mind-building game/exercise space atwww.wiley.com/products/subject/mathematics/


Dynamics of Identification and Conflict

Dynamics of Identification and Conflict

Author: Markus Virgil Hoehne

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2022-10-01

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1800736762

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Dealing with the dynamics of identification and conflict, this book uses theoretical orientations ranging from political ecology to rational choice theory, interpretive approaches, Marxism and multiscalar analysis. Case studies set in Africa, Europe and Central Asia are grouped in three sections devoted to pastoralism, identity and migration. What connects all of these anthropological explorations is a close focus on processes of identification and conflict at the level of particular actors in relation to the behaviour of large aggregates of people and to systemic conditions.


Car Troubles

Car Troubles

Author: Jim Conley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-15

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1317169816

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Car Troubles central premise is that the car as the dominant mode of travel needs to be problematized. It examines a wide range of issues that are central to automobility by situating it within social, economic, and political contexts, and by combining social theory, specific case studies and policy-oriented analysis. With an international team of contributors the book provides a coherent and comprehensive analysis of the global phenomenon of automobility from the Anglo world to the cases in China and Chile and all the elements that relate to it.


Oil Beach

Oil Beach

Author: Christina Dunbar-Hester

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2023-01-17

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0226819701

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Can the stories of bananas, whales, sea birds, and otters teach us to reconsider the seaport as a place of ecological violence, tied to oil, capital, and trade? San Pedro Bay, which contains the contiguous Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, is a significant site for petroleum shipping and refining as well as one of the largest container shipping ports in the world—some forty percent of containerized imports to the United States pass through this so-called America’s Port. It is also ecologically rich. Built atop a land- and waterscape of vital importance to wildlife, the heavily industrialized Los Angeles Harbor contains estuarial wetlands, the LA River mouth, and a marine ecology where colder and warmer Pacific Ocean waters meet. In this compelling interdisciplinary investigation, award-winning author Christina Dunbar-Hester explores the complex relationships among commerce, empire, environment, and the nonhuman life forms of San Pedro Bay over the last fifty years—a period coinciding with the era of modern environmental regulation in the United States. The LA port complex is not simply a local site, Dunbar-Hester argues, but a node in a network that enables the continued expansion of capitalism, propelling trade as it drives the extraction of natural resources, labor violations, pollution, and other harms. Focusing specifically on cetaceans, bananas, sea birds, and otters whose lives are intertwined with the vitality of the port complex itself, Oil Beach reveals how logistics infrastructure threatens ecologies as it circulates goods and capital—and helps us to consider a future where the accumulation of life and the accumulation of capital are not in violent tension.


Dickinson and the Strategies of Reticence

Dickinson and the Strategies of Reticence

Author: Joanne Dobson

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1989-09-22

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9780253318091

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Rejecting the view that interprets Emily Dickinson exclusively as a proto-modernist poet, Joanne Dobson finds Dickinson rooted in the expressive assumptions of her contemporary women writers. By looking at Dickinson in the context of these writers, Dobson uncovers the effects of common grounding in a cultural ethos of femininity that mandated personal reticence. Combining literary history and contemporary feminist literary theory, this study posits a complex interaction of personal preferences and editorial policies that resulted in a community of expression with impact on women's writing and literary careers.


Cadence: The Ruins of Belial

Cadence: The Ruins of Belial

Author: E.A. EVERING

Publisher: Valiant Publishers

Published: 2023-01-08

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1777012279

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In the year 2063, Detective Lucas Amasa is thrust into a chilling game of deception when a series of ritualistic murders plague the Red Candle Church community. Guided by the cutting-edge AI Law Enforcement System, Detective Amasa unravels cryptic messages, obscure poems, and a trail of bodies that lead to an enigmatic figure, Daniel Boris Jacob. As the body count rises, Amasa must confront a merciless killer with a twisted sense of justice. “Cadence: The Ruins of Belial” is a riveting religious thriller that combines high-tech crime-solving, psychological suspense, and a relentless pursuit of a godly justice. Can Detective Amasa expose the real truth and stop the killer before becoming a pawn in this deadly game of deception? Prepare for a rollercoaster of twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final, haunting revelation. Step into the world of “Cadence: The Ruins of Belial,” where every move counts, and deception lurks in the most unexpected places. Warning: Please note that this book contains bizarre violence, sexual content, and complex religious themes intended for mature audiences. Reader discretion is advised. 18+