Culture And Humanity In The New Millennium

Author : Sin-wai Chan,Siu Tong Kwok
Publisher : Chinese University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Civilization
ISBN : 9629960230

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Culture and Humanity in the New Millennium by Sin-wai Chan,Siu Tong Kwok Pdf

In 2006, a cartoon in a Danish newspaper depicted the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb in his turban. The cartoon created an international incident, with offended Muslims attacking Danish embassies and threatening the life of the cartoonist. Editorial cartoons have been called the most extreme form of criticism society will allow, but not all cartoons are tolerated. Unrestricted by journalistic standards of objectivity, editorial cartoonists wield ire and irony to reveal the naked truths about presidents, celebrities, business leaders, and other public figures. Indeed, since the founding of the republic, cartoonists have made important contributions to and offered critical commentary on our society. Today, however, many syndicated cartoons are relatively generic and gag-related, reflecting a weakening of the newspaper industry's traditional watchdog function. Chris Lamb offers a richly illustrated and engaging history of a still vibrant medium that "forces us to take a look at ourselves for what we are and not what we want to be." The 150 drawings in Drawn to Extremes have left readers howling-sometimes in laughter, but often in protest.

Author : A. Walter Dorn
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0312216351

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World Order for a New Millennium by A. Walter Dorn Pdf

The essays look at the role of the military in the Cold War and after, and review the prospects for war and peace in the next century."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Marcelo Suarez-Orozco,Desirée Qin-Hilliard
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 0520241258

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Globalization by Marcelo Suarez-Orozco,Desirée Qin-Hilliard Pdf

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Author : Yiu-Wai Chu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811036682

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Hong Kong Culture and Society in the New Millennium by Yiu-Wai Chu Pdf

This book discusses the notion of “Hong Kong as Method” as it relates to the rise of China in the context of Asianization. It explores new Hong Kong imaginaries with regard to the complex relationship between the local, the national and the global. The major theoretical thrust of the book is to address the reconfiguration of Hong Kong’s culture and society in an age of global modernity from the standpoints of different disciplines, exploring the possibilities of approaching Hong Kong as a method. Through critical inquiries into different fields related to Hong Kong’s culture and society, including gender, resistance and minorities, various perspectives on the country’s culture and society can be re-assessed. New directions and guidelines related to Hong Kong are also presented, offering a unique resource for researchers and students in the fields of cultural studies, media studies, postcolonial studies, globalization and Asian studies.

Author : Marcelo Suarez-Orozco,Desiree B. Qin-Hilliard
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780520930964

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Globalization by Marcelo Suarez-Orozco,Desiree B. Qin-Hilliard Pdf

Globalization defines our era. While it has created a great deal of debate in economic, policy, and grassroots circles, many aspects of the phenomenon remain virtual terra incognita. Education is at the heart of this continent of the unknown. This pathbreaking book examines how globalization and large-scale immigration are affecting children and youth, both in and out of schools. Taking into consideration broad historical, cultural, technological, and demographic changes, the contributors—all leading social scientists in their fields—suggest that these global transformations will require youth to develop new skills, sensibilities, and habits of mind that are far ahead of what most educational systems can now deliver. Drawing from comparative and interdisciplinary materials, the authors examine the complex psychological, sociocultural, and historical implications of globalization for children and youth growing up today. The book explores why new and broader global visions are needed to educate children and youth to be informed, engaged, and critical citizens in the new millennium. Published in association with the Ross Institute

Author : Daniel W. Powell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781498587457

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Horror Culture in the New Millennium by Daniel W. Powell Pdf

Horror Culture in the New Millienium surveys horror culture in the first two decades of the new millennium through a series of critical essays on the changing character of dark storytelling. It is a journey both into the complexity of the evolution of communication and the stories we tell about what it means to be human.

Author : Daniel Christian Wahl
Publisher : Triarchy Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781909470798

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Designing Regenerative Cultures by Daniel Christian Wahl Pdf

This is a ‘Whole Earth Catalog’ for the 21st century: an impressive and wide-ranging analysis of what’s wrong with our societies, organizations, ideologies, worldviews and cultures – and how to put them right. The book covers the finance system, agriculture, design, ecology, economy, sustainability, organizations and society at large.

Author : Henry A. Giroux,Kostas Myrsiades
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 0742510484

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Beyond the Corporate University by Henry A. Giroux,Kostas Myrsiades Pdf

Prominent scholars in this book move boldly beyond critique to show how and why the critical functions of a democratically informed civic education (not merely professional training) must become the core of the university's mission. They show why higher education must address what it means to relate knowledge to public life, and social responsibility to the demands of critical citizenship. Moreover, they show why democratic forms of education and various elements of a critical pedagogy are vital not only to individual students, but also to our economy and our democratic institutions and future leadership. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author : Dr. Vasant Joshi
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Meditation
ISBN : 8171824447

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New Vision For The New Millennium by Dr. Vasant Joshi Pdf

Author : Can Xue
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780300240481

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Love in the New Millennium by Can Xue Pdf

The most ambitious work of fiction by a writer widely considered the most important novelist working in China today In this darkly comic novel, a group of women inhabits a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in the flowerbeds and false reports fly. Conspiracies abound in a community that normalizes paranoia and suspicion. Some try to flee—whether to a mysterious gambling bordello or to ancestral homes that can only be reached underground through muddy caves, sewers, and tunnels. Others seek out the refuge of Nest County, where traditional Chinese herbal medicines can reshape or psychologically transport the self. Each life is circumscribed by buried secrets and transcendent delusions. Can Xue's masterful love stories for the new millennium trace love's many guises—satirical, tragic, transient, lasting, nebulous, and fulfilling—against a kaleidoscopic backdrop drawn from East and West of commerce and industry, fraud and exploitation, sex and romance.

Author : Magdalena Karolak,Nermin Allam
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811515293

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Gulf Cooperation Council Culture and Identities in the New Millennium by Magdalena Karolak,Nermin Allam Pdf

The book analyzes recent changes to the identities and cultures of the GCC countries. These important transformations have gone largely unnoticed due to the fast-paced changes in the region that affect all aspects of society. The volume unpacks these transformations by looking from a holistic perspective at the intersections of language, arts, education, political culture, city, regional alliances and transnational identities. It offers selected case studies based on original research carried out in the region. Chapter 7, ‘Identity Lost & Found: Architecture and Identity Formation in Kuwait and the Gulf’, of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com

Author : Robert Friedel
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262514019

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A Culture of Improvement by Robert Friedel Pdf

How technological change in the West has been driven by the pursuit of improvement: a history of technology, from plows and printing presses to penicillin, the atomic bomb, and the computer. Why does technology change over time, how does it change, and what difference does it make? In this sweeping, ambitious look at a thousand years of Western experience, Robert Friedel argues that technological change comes largely through the pursuit of improvement—the deep-rooted belief that things could be done in a better way. What Friedel calls the "culture of improvement" is manifested every day in the ways people carry out their tasks in life—from tilling fields and raising children to waging war. Improvements can be ephemeral or lasting, and one person's improvement may not always be viewed as such by others. Friedel stresses the social processes by which we define what improvements are and decide which improvements will last and which will not. These processes, he emphasizes, have created both winners and losers in history. Friedel presents a series of narratives of Western technology that begin in the eleventh century and stretch into the twenty-first. Familiar figures from the history of invention are joined by others—the Italian preacher who described the first eyeglasses, the dairywomen displaced from their control over cheesemaking, and the little-known engineer who first suggested a grand tower to Gustav Eiffel. Friedel traces technology from the plow and the printing press to the internal combustion engine, the transistor, and the space shuttle. Friedel also reminds us that faith in improvement can sometimes have horrific consequences, as improved weaponry makes warfare ever more deadly and the drive for improving human beings can lead to eugenics and even genocide. The most comprehensive attempt to tell the story of Western technology in many years, engagingly written and lavishly illustrated, A Culture of Improvement documents the ways in which the drive for improvement has shaped our modern world.

Author : W. Edward Glenny,William H. Smallman
Publisher : Kregel Academic
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0825496799

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Missions in a New Millennium by W. Edward Glenny,William H. Smallman Pdf

What does the changing face of missions look like? What challenges will appear in the years to come? A number of key missionaries, mission agency leaders, seminary professors and pastors present insightful presentations of missions, past and present, seeking to revitalize the future of world evangelism.

Author : James Vadackumchery
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : 8176480622

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Third Millennium Police by James Vadackumchery Pdf

Author : Oliver J. T. Harris,Craig Cipolla
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317497455

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Archaeological Theory in the New Millennium by Oliver J. T. Harris,Craig Cipolla Pdf

Archaeological Theory in the New Millennium provides an account of the changing world of archaeological theory and a challenge to more traditional narratives of archaeological thought. It charts the emergence of the new emphasis on relations as well as engaging with other current theoretical trends and the thinkers archaeologists regularly employ. Bringing together different strands of global archaeological theory and placing them in dialogue, the book explores the similarities and differences between different contemporary trends in theory while also highlighting potential strengths and weaknesses of different approaches. Written in a way to maximise its accessibility, in direct contrast to many of the sources on which it draws, Archaeological Theory in the New Millennium is an essential guide to cutting-edge theory for students and for professionals wishing to reacquaint themselves with this field.