The Preventive Gaze

The Preventive Gaze
Author: Rik Peeters
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Crime prevention
ISBN: 9789490947989

Prevention is better than cure. This adage has become an important guideline for governments in recent years. Prevention of terrorist attacks, of recidivism among habitual offenders, of dropouts among problem adolescents, or of obesity among children: the existing repertoires of the constitutional state and the welfare state are complemented by a preventive intervention repertoire in a broad range of policy domains. But what does this transformation imply for our understanding of the state in late-modern society? This study reconstructs the emergence of 'the preventive gaze' in politics and policymaking, and discusses its consequences for the relation between state and society. Prevention seems to be a logical answer in the face of contemporary social issues such as security, education, welfare, and public health. However, prevention also has an expansive logic and pushes the state towards an ever more detailed, comprehensive, and timely approach to risks. As a consequence, the emergence of the 'prevention state' tends towards a slow and silent politicization of society and usurpation of the state-free domain.

Expanding the Gaze

Expanding the Gaze
Author: Emily van der Meulen
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1442628960

Expanding the Gaze is a collection of important new empirical and theoretical works that demonstrate the significance of the gendered dynamics of surveillance.

BETTER EYESIGHT

BETTER EYESIGHT
Author: Ophthalmologist William H. Bates
Publisher: Dr. William Horatio Bates, M.D., - Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Total Pages: 1364
Release: 2015-01-29
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

BETTER EYESIGHT - A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF IMPERFECT SIGHT WITHOUT GLASSES July, 1919 - June, 1930 - 132 Issues - 2400 Pages. Central Fixation Publishing Co. New York, N. Y. USA Natural Vision Improvement. By Ophthalmologist William Horatio Bates and Emily C. Lierman/A. Bates and other doctors, teachers. Natural Eyesight improvement. Ophthalmologist William Horatio Bates discovered Natural Eyesight Improvement, 'The Bates Method'. He discovered the true function of the eyes (visual system) and applied natural methods, relaxation to return the eyes, eye muscles to normal function-healthy eyes, clear vision. He cured; unclear close and distant vision, astigmatism, crossed, wandering eyes, cataracts, glaucoma & other eye conditions. Natural Eyesight Improvement was practiced years before Dr. Bates discovered it. It is the normal, natural function of the eyes. Dr. Bates book, magazines, method were hidden from the public by Eye Surgeons, Optometrists, Optical businesses for over 100 years because this method works, is easy, anyone can learn, teach it, including children. It produces healthy eyes, clear vision and frees the patient from the need to purchase eyeglasses, drugs, unnecessary eye surgery. Yes, it can and has reversed cataracts, other eye conditions! Ophthalmologist William H. Bates. Author of; 'The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses', 'Perfect Sight Without Glasses' and 'Better Eyesight Magazine' 132 Monthly Issues from his Clinic in New York City. The eye doctor that discovered Natural Eyesight Improvement, The Bates Method. He corrected the eyesight of hundreds of thousands of patients without use of eyeglasses, surgery, drugs during his life and after through his books, magazines. Review EVELYN CUSHING CAMPBELL Better Eyesight Magazine I have acquired perfect vision without glasses, and a relaxed state of once over-strained nerves. A visit to Dr. Bates wrought this seeming miracle. VICTORIA COOLIDGE Better Eyesight HOW I HELPED OTHERS When I had become able to read without glasses, and my headaches had become less and less frequent, and less severe each time, I was so enthusiastic over my experience that I was anxious to help others. My brother was my first patient. He has now done without glasses for about a year, and has made remarkable progress in that time. CHARLOTTE ROBERTSON Better Eyesight How My Eyestrain was Relieved I Have had such wonderful relief by following Dr. Bates' method of treating imperfect sight and eye-strain. I have practiced reading pages from Dr. Bates' book which I have always found encouraging. W. Wallace Fritz, M. D., Journal of the Allied Medical Associations The removal of strain causes a return to normal vision. Marshall, Olive. "Has nature played trick on us?" Syracuse Herald Spectacles may be banished by the revolutionary discovery of Dr. Bates. He claims that all errors of refraction-nearsight, farsight, astigmatism and even old-age sight are due to a mental strain resulting in imperfect functioning of the muscles on the outside of the eyeball. The cure for all these conditions, Dr. Bates finds in relaxation.

Bodycheck

Bodycheck
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2016-08-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004334270

In ice hockey, the term body check refers to a specific move to gain control. It is a blow from body to body, a dynamic clash of physical strength, which will determine the course of the game. In this book, too, the body is checked and there is physical confrontation. Not in the hockey ring, but on stage. This book deals with the body in contemporary (performing) arts. The focus is on exploring theoretical avenues and developing new concepts to grasp corporeal images more accurately. This theoretical research is confronted with the voice of artists whose work explicitly deals with the body. In-depth interviews with a.o. Meg Stuart, Wim Vandekeybus, Romeo Castellucci, Jerôme Bel reveal a very broad range of views on the (re)presentation of the body in today’s performing arts. The combination of these two voices –the theoretician’s and the artist’s -shows that research by artists and cultural scientists is perfectly complementary.

Community Safety

Community Safety
Author: Peter Squires
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2006-07-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1861347294

Community safety emerged as an approach to tackling and preventing local crime and disorder in the late 1980s and was adopted into mainstream policy by New Labour in the late '90s. This book provides theoretically informed analysis by leading authoritiesin the field.

Freedom and Confinement in Modernity

Freedom and Confinement in Modernity
Author: A. Kordela
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2011-05-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 023011895X

Kafka's literary universe is organized around constellations of imprisonment. Freedom and Confinement in Modernity proposes that imprisonment does not signify a tortured state of the individual in modernity. Rather, it provides a new reading of imprisonment suggesting it allows Kafka to perform a critique of a modernity instead.

The Transparency Paradox

The Transparency Paradox
Author: Ida Koivisto
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2022-07-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0192855468

"The book provides a compact theoretical account of the hidden functioning logic of the ideal of transparency. Transparency as a concept has become hugely popular in legal discourse and beyond. The book argues that there are underlying optical, conceptual, and social reasons why transparency makes sense to us: it promises immediate seeing and understanding. That is why it can form a powerful metaphor of controllability: in the state, for example, the governed are able to monitor the inner workings of the governor through transparency practices. The modern push for transparency is premised on the notion that the truth about governance is key to its legitimacy, and transparency can provide legitimacy through access to truth. The book argues that this premise is false. Instead of accessing legitimacy by providing truth, transparency is labelled by either-or logic, which is referred to as 'the truth-legitimacy trade-off' in the book: transparency can provide either truth or legitimacy. Through this argument, the book questions the neutrality promise vested in transparency and claims that transparency is primarily a tool for creating appearances. The book consists of nine chapters divided into three parts: The Opacity of Transparency, The Promise of Transparency, and The Reality of Transparency. It combines legal and policy themes and research with interdisciplinary inputs, such as social philosophy and cultural and media studies, contributing to the growing literature on critical transparency studies"--

Advances in Usability, User Experience and Assistive Technology

Advances in Usability, User Experience and Assistive Technology
Author: Tareq Z. Ahram
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1026
Release: 2018-06-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319949470

This book focuses on emerging issues in usability, interface design, human–computer interaction, user experience and assistive technology. It highlights research aimed at understanding human interaction with products, services and systems, and focuses on finding effective approaches for improving user experience. It also discusses key issues in designing and providing assistive devices and services to individuals with disabilities or impairment, to assist mobility, communication, positioning, environmental control and daily living. The book covers modelling as well as innovative design concepts, with a special emphasis on user-centered design, and design for specific populations, particularly the elderly. Virtual reality, digital environments, heuristic evaluation and forms of device interface feedback of (e.g. visual and haptic) are also among the topics covered. Based on the AHFE 2018 Conference on Usability & User Experience and the AHFE 2018 Conference on Human Factors and Assistive Technology, held on July 21–25, 2018, in Orlando, Florida, USA, this book reports on cutting-edge findings, research methods and user-centred evaluation approaches.