Confrontations

Confrontations
Author: Kathryn M. Grossman
Publisher: Rodopi
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2001
Genre: France
ISBN: 9789042013049

The result of interdisciplinary collaboration rarely undertaken in such a systematic manner. Confrontations brings together literary critics, historians, and art historians to reflect on a cluster of themes inspired by the commemoration of the centenary of the Dreyfus Affair. From literary expressions of revolt in all its excess -- and nuance -- to the complexities of political confrontations illuminated by analyses of "J'Accuse...!", this book explores the tensions and dissent kindled throughout the century by rhetorical, artistic, and political audaciousness. These essays invite the reconsideration of diverse forms of opposition, repression, and resistance, from the most blatant to the most subtle, as expressed through a variety of objects: word, act, and image become political gestures, just as politics is inspired by artistic and literary creation. After examining diverse forms of textual negotiation, the book explores acts of defiance and concludes with a discussion of a range of polemics, including but not limited to the Dreyfus Affair. This volume represents a reference source rich in new perspectives on the emblematic controversies of the nineteenth century --, literary, artistic, social, and political.

Confrontation

Confrontation
Author: Vincent M. Azevedo
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2012-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1479737496

Whatever age group you belong to Confrontation will provide the insight you need to prevent conflicts and confrontation in your life. Confrontation will make you laugh, may make you cry, but it will always entertain and inform you. You'll explore the world through the eyes of a newborn and continue until you've seen the world through the eyes of a senior citizen. For those seeking a book on violence or bloodshed, Confrontation is not right for you. If you're looking for a life of peaceful existence, then Confrontation will guide you through life so you can have an understanding of those around you, thus preventing conflict and confrontation!

Strategies for Work With Involuntary Clients

Strategies for Work With Involuntary Clients
Author: Ronald H. Rooney
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2009-01-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780231519519

Involuntary clients are required to see a professional, such as juveniles on probation, or are pressured to seek help, such as alcoholics threatened with the desertion of a spouse. For close to two decades, Strategies for Work with Involuntary Clients has led in its honest analysis of the involuntary transaction, suggesting the kind of effective legal and ethical intervention that can lead to more cooperative encounters, successful contracts, and less burnout on both sides of the treatment relationship. For this second edition, Ronald H. Rooney has invited experts to address recent theories and provide new information on the best practices for specific populations and settings. He also adds practical examples and questions to each chapter to better facilitate the involvement of students and readers, plus a section on motivational interviewing.

The Logic of Internationalism

The Logic of Internationalism
Author: Kjell Goldmann
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2002-11-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134865236

Internationalism is the view that institution-building and peaceful cooperation will make peace and security prevail in a system of independent states. This book examines this controversial topic and discusses whether such a view is realistic or whether international relations are typically characterised by tension and war. Kjell Goldmann seeks to examine the plausibility of internationalism under present-day conditions. A theory of internationalism is outlined and is shown to have two dimensions: one coercive (to enforce the rules and decisions of international institutions) and one accommodative (to avoid confrontation by means of mutual understanding and compromise). Problematic features of the theory are then considered in detail: the assumption that all international cooperation tends to inhibit war, and the tension inherent in the joint pursuit of coercion and accommodation.

The Psychopolitics of Fashion

The Psychopolitics of Fashion
Author: Otto Von Busch
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2020-02-20
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1350102326

What if fashion was a state? What kind of state would it be? Probably not a democracy. Otto von Busch sees fashion as a totalitarian state, with a population all too eager to enact the decrees of its aesthetic superiority. Peers police each other and deploy acts of judgment, peer-regulation, and micro-violence to uphold the aesthetic order of fashion supremacy. Using four design projects as tools for inquiry, Von Busch explores the seductive desires of envy and violence within fashion drawing on political theories. He proposes that the violent conflicts of fashion happen not only in arid cotton fields or collapsing factories, but in the everyday practice of getting dressed, in the judgments, sneers, and rejections of others. Indeed, he suggests that feelings of inclusion and adoration are what make us feel the pleasure of being fashionable-of being seductive, popular, and powerful. Exploring the conflicting emotions associated with fashion, Von Busch argues that while the current state of fashion is bred out of fear, The Psychopolitics of Fashion can offer constructive modes of mitigation and resistance. Through projects that actively work towards disarming the violent practices of dress, Von Busch suggests paths towards a more engaging and meaningful experience of fashion he calls “deep fashion.”

Fashion and Anti-fashion

Fashion and Anti-fashion
Author: Ted Polhemus
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2011
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1447739361

Exploring adornment and dress from an anthropological perspective - a classic text from 1978 revised with a new introduction and postscript for the 21 century.

It's All of Our Business

It's All of Our Business
Author: J. Dan Rothwell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2022-10
Genre: Business communication
ISBN: 0190078189

It's All of Our Business: Communicating Competently in the Workplace is a brief, inexpensive, conversational and comprehensive text that balances practical skills and competence with scholarly insight. The text will address several topics often ignored or given only glancing coverage in competing texts including connecting bids, dialectics and conflict, anger management, difficult group members, virtual groups, cognitive dissonance, persuasion, power, and culture. Instructors may find course preparation tools and more details on our robust digital offerings at www.oup.com/he/rothwell-waters.

War with Iran

War with Iran
Author: Geoffrey Kemp
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442221992

War With Iran: Political, Military and Economic Consequences provides readers both a history of Iran's relationship with the West and an expert's estimation of what the political, human and financial costs of full-scale war with Iran might be. Authors Geoffrey Kemp and John Allen Gay of the Center for the National Interest utilize their years studying and informing America's foreign policy in the Middle East to bring to life the possible outcomes of an American military intervention in Iran. Such a decision would not only have catastrophic consequences on the Persian Gulf, but would also endanger the whole world's delicate economy by heightening instability in a fragile but resource-rich region. Written for anyone with an interest in the future of American foreign policy, War With Iran explores what every player has at stake in the current crisis by analyzing every tension adjacent to it; from America's staunch support of Israel to Iran's own dogged pursuit of advanced nuclear capabilities. Controversial, timely and thoroughly researched, this story stands as a preliminary caution against what would be a devastating meltdown of diplomacy, for which--if peace be the goal--there is always time.

It's Not About The Turtles

It's Not About The Turtles
Author: Hallett German
Publisher: XinXii
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2020-12-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3969312329

On social media, there are a lot of stories about the work experience both good and bad. These have inspired the author's largest collection of short stories to date. This unique work is part experimental and contains business scenarios, spiritual, horror, and science fiction in a business setting. A truly original and creative work.

Empowering Youth to Confront the Climate Crisis in English Language Arts

Empowering Youth to Confront the Climate Crisis in English Language Arts
Author: Allen Webb
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2024-12-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 080776986X

Discover how English teachers and their students confront the climate crisis using critical inquiry, focusing on justice, and taking action. Working in today's politically polarized environment, these teachers know first-hand about teaching and learning in communities that support and resist climate education. This much-needed book describes outstanding English instruction that includes creative and analytical writing; critical place-based learning; contemporary "cli-fi"; young adult, Indigenous, and youth-authored literature; Afrofuturism; critical media analysis; digital media production; and many other ways in which students can explore the crisis and have their voices heard and respected. While the focus is on high school and middle school English Language Arts, there are also relevant and inspiring elementary and college examples. This resource provides everything teachers need to help young people understand and address the climate emergency through supportive and empowering transformational learning. Book Features: Emphasizes addressing the climate crisis as an important dimension of English language arts. Illustrates relevant and effective ways to use writing, critical inquiry, literature, media, speaking, the arts, and publishing. Provides examples of students connecting local climate impacts with national and global events; critically analyzing climate denial, delay, and inaction; considering questions of justice; imagining different futures; and developing their voices and activism. Shares teaching methods, classroom stories, and student work from cities, suburbs, and rural classrooms. Examines questions of climate justice: Who causes the crisis? Who suffers? Why do governments fail to act? What is the experience of climate refugees? What type of world will young people inherit? Explains how students can take action, join with others, and become involved in solutions. Additional resources are available for each chapter at http: //climatecrisisela.pbworks.com