Notions of the Feminine: Literary Essays from Dostoyevsky to Lacan
Notions of the Feminine: Literary Essays from Dostoyevsky to Lacan

Author: M. Axelrod

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-04

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1137502932

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Approaching the question of how male novelists perceive their female characters, this collection of creative yet analytic literary essays unwinds the complexities of male authorship versus narration. Mark Axelrod looks at a wide range of male authors including Fydor Dostoevsky, D.H. Lawrence, Carlos Fuentes, and the theories of Jacques Lacan.

Eco-Cities and the Transition to Low Carbon Economies
Eco-Cities and the Transition to Low Carbon Economies

Author: Federico Caprotti

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-02

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 1137298766

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The author examines the two most advanced eco-city projects: the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in China, and Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. These are the most notable attempts at building new eco-cities to both face up to the 'crises' of the modern world and to use the city as an engine for transition to a low-carbon economy.

Notions of the Feminine: Literary Essays from Dostoyevsky to Lacan
Notions of the Feminine: Literary Essays from Dostoyevsky to Lacan

Author: M. Axelrod

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-04

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1137502932

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Approaching the question of how male novelists perceive their female characters, this collection of creative yet analytic literary essays unwinds the complexities of male authorship versus narration. Mark Axelrod looks at a wide range of male authors including Fydor Dostoevsky, D.H. Lawrence, Carlos Fuentes, and the theories of Jacques Lacan.

Competing against Multinationals in Emerging Markets
Competing against Multinationals in Emerging Markets

Author: D. Williams

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-10

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1137500328

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Competing against Multinationals in Emerging Markets provides a comprehensive set of lessons which successful small firms have adopted in order to survive and prosper in an increasingly hostile competitive manufacturing sector where large firms are mostly dominant.

Paul Tillich's Philosophical Theology
Paul Tillich's Philosophical Theology

Author: George Pattison

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-19

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1137454474

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Paul Tillich's Philosophical Theology takes up the challenge as to whether his thought remains relevant fifty years after his death. In opposition to those who believe that his writings have little to say to us today, this book argues that his thought is largely exemplary of open theological engagement with the contemporary intellectual situation.

The Politics of Europeanization and Post-Socialist Transformations
The Politics of Europeanization and Post-Socialist Transformations

Author: N. Lindstrom

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-12

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1137352183

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This study examines conflicts arising from the dual processes of Europeanization and post-socialist transformations, from gaining independence in 1991 to facing the current economic crisis. Through an in-depth comparison of Estonia and Slovenia over time, it shows how elite actors within these two very different welfare capitalist states resisted EU pressures to change their cohesive and successful national models.

The Public on the Public
The Public on the Public

Author: C. Westall

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-01-12

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1137351349

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In Britain, the resistance to popular determination allowed by the financial construct of the public has been so successful that this term, public, must be re-read as politically paralyzing. The problem, our problem, is the public - which we are so often told will bring us together and provide for us - and it is this we must move beyond.

Phillis Wheatley's Miltonic Poetics
Phillis Wheatley's Miltonic Poetics

Author: P. Loscocco

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-12

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1137470054

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Phillis Wheatley, the African-born slave poet, is considered by many to be a pioneer of Anglo-American poetics. This study argues how in her 1773 POEMS, Wheatley uses John Milton's poetry to develop an idealistic vision of an emerging Anglo-American republic comprised of Britons, Africans, Native Americans, and women.

The Impact of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
The Impact of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Author: K. Dixon

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-10

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1137405082

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The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics were seen as a success and the hosts were praised for the promotion of equality, tolerance and unity as well as inspiring a legacy to continue these values. This volume contains a collection of sociological case studies which critically assess the diverse impacts of London 2012 and its key controversies.