Plasticity in the Life Sciences
【I S B N 】9781040416938
【作 者】Antonine Nicoglou (Author)
【出版社】University of Chicago Press
【馆藏地】江湾馆三楼理科借阅区
【索书号】Q342 /N633 /E
【简 介】Analyzes the reasons why biologists have referred to and continue to refer to plasticity.
Plasticity has become an important topic in biology, with some even wondering if it has now acquired the theoretical importance in biology that the concept of the gene enjoyed at the beginning of the last century. In this historical and epistemological study, philosopher Antonine Nicoglou shows how the recurrence of the general idea of plasticity—throughout the history of the life sciences—indicates its essential role in the way we think about life processes. Although plasticity has become a key element in new evolutionary thinking, she argues, its role in contemporary biology is also not insignificant. Rather, as mobilized in contemporary biology, plasticity most often seeks to account for the specific nature of living systems.
The book is divided into two parts. The first takes up the history of plasticity from Aristotle to contemporary biology; the second part offers an original way of distinguishing between different phenomena described by “plasticity.” In the process, the author explores what has led some biologists to speak of plasticity as a way of overcoming genetic determinism.
Money and interculturality : a theory
【I S B N】9781040404614
【作 者】Fred Dervin (Author)
【出版社】Routledge
【馆藏地】理科馆理科书库
【索书号】F82-05 /D438 /E
【简 介】This book challenges the silence surrounding money, revealing its profound influences on personal and social identities and power dynamics in intercultural contexts.
In this inimitable book, Fred Dervin continues to explore the notion of interculturality by offering a novel and critical exploration of the often-overlooked role of money, especially within the broad field of Intercultural Communication Education and Research (ICER). Adopting a robust interdisciplinary lens and drawing on concrete examples, the author combines, for example, financial education, literature, philosophy and sociology to critique the economic and moral dimensions of global interactions in today's confused and confusing world. From examining the commodification of intercultural relations to proposing shared responsibility and ethical reasoning, Money and Interculturality: A Theory provides a fresh perspective on how money shapes and often distorts interculturality. Based on a unique integration of contemporary, historical and literary insights, Dervin questions and deepens our understanding of interculturality while equipping readers with new vocabulary and frameworks to address the harsh realities of global, unpredictable and power-laden communication.
This somewhat provocative book represents an essential reference for educators, practitioners, researchers and students seeking to investigate the connections between money and interculturality.
True crime : key themes and perspectives
【I S B N】1529238196
【作 者】Ian Cummins, Martin King and Louise Wattis.
【出版社】Bristol Univeristy Press
【馆藏地】江湾馆文科借阅区
【索书号】D917-05 /C971 /E
【简 介】True crime is a huge cultural industry yet behind it lies the real-life victims and a disconnect between representations of violent crime and its reality. This book is a go-to guide for students and researchers in understanding the development of this phenomenon and its social and cultural impacts.
Knowledge Exchanges Between Portugal and Europe: Maritime Diplomacy, Espionage, and Nautical Science in the Early Modern World (15th-17th Centuries)
【I S B N】9781040786109
【作 者】Nuno Luís Vila-Santa Braga Campos (Author)
【出版社】Routledges
【馆藏地】理科馆理科书库
【索书号】D855.29 /V697 /E
【简 介】Following recent historiographical appeals on the need to study knowledge exchanges between European maritime rivals and their impact on overseas expansionist processes, this book makes this study for the Portuguese overseas empire between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. As the first European maritime power to systematically launch long-distance voyages, Portugal became a model worth emulation when Spain, France, England and the Dutch Republic started their own overseas enterprises. In different chapters that each adopt a case study relation (Portugal-Spain, Portugal-England, Portugal-France and Portugal-Dutch Republic), this book documents how Portuguese maritime knowledge was outsourced by its maritime rivals. The impact that Portuguese nautical knowledge had is evaluated, resorting particularly to a wide range of diplomatic and espionage documents. Finally, the book discusses the alleged Iberian secrecy policies regarding maritime knowledge, explaining why there is no serious reason to consider their success.
Literature and History in the Shi ji of Sima Qian
【I S B N】9789882373280
【作 者】Ichisada Miyazaki (Author), Joshua Fogel (Translator)
【出版社】The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
【馆藏地】理科馆外教中心（东）
【索书号】K204.2 /S588m /E
【简 介】This volume is a translated and edited collection of studies on the Shi ji (Records of the Historian) by Sima Qian, authored by the prestigious Japanese sinologist Miyazaki Ichisada. Providing a pathbreaking analysis of the structure and formation of the Shi ji, it serves not only as an excellent introduction to Sima Qian’s masterpiece but also offers historiographical and methodological insights that will stimulate further debate and research.
Miyazaki presents fascinating evidence of the role played by narrative fiction and drama in Sima Qian’s recreation of the entire length and breadth of Chinese history right up to his own time. Sima Qian created the mold for writing comprehensive histories in China, making an understanding of his text utterly essential for grasping the subsequent tradition of historical writing. This volume offers readers valuable insights into how Sima Qian constructed his seminal work.
By consent alone : marriage law and German romance, 1186-1210
【I S B N】9781487560164
【作 者】Jonathan Seelye Martin (Author)
【出版社】University of Toronto Press
【馆藏地】理科馆外教中心（东）
【索书号】I516.06 /M381 /E
【简 介】 The twelfth and early thirteenth centuries saw some of the most important changes to marriage laws in European history, the foremost being the decision of the Catholic Church to recognize consent as an overriding requirement for marriage. Though this revolutionary position promised far greater personal freedom and individual autonomy, these promises went largely unfulfilled.
By Consent Alone explores the developing laws of marriage in this period through the lens of the “case” (Kasus), a short narrative form that asks its audience to judge the new laws against the larger ideology of free consent. The book compares literary depictions of romance and marriage in seven canonical German romances with cases in the historical record, focusing on legal questions of consent, coerced consent, impediments to marriage, spousal abuse, and divorce. It argues that medieval German literature advocated for an expansive definition of individual and women’s rights in marriage.
Comparing the fictional depictions of marriage cases with historical law, By Consent Alone provides a unique window into medieval thought and the culture of marriage, often not as it was, but as it was wished to be.
Rethinking the Renaissance and Reformation in Scotland
【I S B N】9781805432227
【作 者】Steven J. Reid (Editor), Steven Boardman (Contributor), Dauvit Broun (Contributor)
【出版社】Boydell Press
【馆藏地】理科馆外教中心（东）
【索书号】K561.9 /R438r /E
【简 介】This collection of essays, in honour of Professor Roger A. Mason,
critically re-assesses what we understand by the terms 'e;Renaissance'e; and
'e;Reformation'e; in Scottish History.Roger Mason's research in the field of
pre-modern Scottish history has proved ground-breaking and iconoclastic. He recast
late-medieval Stewart kingship within the framework of renaissance monarchy and Christian
humanism; led the application of intellectual- and literary-historical approaches to early
modern Scottish studies; and produced novel and highly influential analyses of a wide canon
of key texts, from Mair's History of Greater Britain to the writings of John Knox and George
Buchanan. This volume celebrates his 'e;rethinking'e; of the Renaissance and
Reformation in Scotland by applying the core elements of his historical approach to a
broader temporal period between the fourteenth and early seventeenth centuries and to a new
range of texts. Its essays, by leading scholars of pre-modern Scotland, explore aspects of
the cultural transition from medieval to renaissance, the role of historical memory in
defining and redefining Scottish identity, the interface between literature, politics and
religion in a period of confessional strife and, above all, the importance of ideas in
shaping the political and religious outlook of pre-modern Scots.
The dark side of leadership : a cross-cultural compendium : with lessons for leaders
【I S B N】9781040350652
【作 者】 Adebukola Oyewunmi (Editor), Gill Owens (Editor), Ogechi Adeola (Editor)
【出版社】Productivity Press
【馆藏地】理科馆理科书库
【索书号】C933 /D219 /E
【简 介】The corporate landscape is rife with instances of leaders who have left a trail of sinister outcomes.
In the last three decades, the research in leadership and organisational sciences has expanded in theoretical and typological breadth to include the dark side. These works have aimed at uncovering the complex interplay of personalities, power dynamics, and organisational cultures that can lead to destructive and unethical behaviours in the workplace. While there are volumes of literature on leadership, there is a dearth of research that integrates dark leadership and cross-cultural norms, perspectives, variances, and interventions. The Dark Side of Leadership: A Cross-Cultural Compendium is a collaborative and transdisciplinary venture that draws on the knowledge and experiences of practitioners and scholars across the globe to explore the contentious and evolving subject of dark leadership. The primary consideration of this book is to explore dark side leadership conceptualisations and manifestations across contexts and provide insights into traits, processes, and outcomes, as well as interventionist paradigms. Hofstede’s research demonstrates the fundamental role of national and organisational culture in shaping leadership behaviour. This book comprehensively documents cross-cultural cases, perspectives, and research on the dark side of leadership.
Decolonising the future academy in Africa and beyond : institutional development and collaboration
【I S B N】9783839475966
【作 者】Michaela Pelican (Editor), Karim Zafer (Editor), Michael Bollig (Editor)
【出版社】Transcript
【馆藏地】理科馆理科书库
【索书号】G649.4 /D296 /E
【简 介】What does it mean to decolonise academia in Africa? Is this important project limited to the humanities? Is it a project for the future? Are there forerunners at African universities today? The contributors to this volume show different trajectories for anthropology as a discipline and for decolonising academia across the continent and beyond. They offer a variety of perspectives, especially regarding collaboration between African and German scholars in the areas of research, teaching and institutional development: While some are hopeful and take inspiration from earlier experiences of disciplinary and methodological developments in academic decolonisation and international collaborations, others remain critical and call for more radical attempts at decolonisation.
Elgar encyclopedia of the sociology of education
【I S B N】9781035315666
【作 者】Ravinder K. Sidhu (Editor), Yi’En Cheng (Editor), Johanna L. Waters (Editor)
【出版社】Edward Elgar Publishing
【馆藏地】文科馆特藏书库
【索书号】G40-052 /E41 /E
【简 介】The Elgar Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Education examines the prospects of a global and decolonial sociology of education by drawing on international and interdisciplinary cases and perspectives.
Entries shed new light on the field’s concerns with equity, justice and opportunity by addressing issues such as the impacts of inequality on urban and rural schooling, the effects of digitalization on the worlds of work and climate change, the allure of nationalism and the regimes imposed by the politicization of migration. Expert contributors advocate for breaking away from geographical and disciplinary borders to understand the persistence of coloniality in the global present. Authors re-consider the material, emotional and metaphorical relations with the more-than-human worlds as a foundation for building shared and sustainable educational futures.
Written by established and emerging scholars, this thought-provoking Encyclopedia is an essential reference for graduate and undergraduate students of sociology and sociological theory, as well as education and education theory. It is also of great benefit to academic faculty and education practitioners.