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The challenge presented by the tendencies to "naturalize" phenomenology, on the basis of the progress in biological and neurological sciences, calls for an investigation of the traditional mind-body problem. This work presents a collection of studies that extends our investigation

Thinking through the body : an introduction to beliefs, bodies, and being / Deborah Orr -- Posthumanist performativity : toward an understanding of how matter comes to matter / Karen Barad -- Monstrous reflections on the mirror of the self-same / Margrit Shildrick -- Ontology and feminism / Käthe Trettin -- Diotima, Wittgenstein, and a language for liberation / Deborah Orr -- Re-situating the feminine in contemporary French philosophy / Louise Burchill -- Being and time, non-being and space-- (introductory notes toward an ontological study of 'woman' and chora) / Jana Evans Braziel -- "To take a chance with meaning under the veil of words" : transpositions, mothers, and learning in Julia Kristeva's theory of language / Bettina Schmitz -- In search of the body in the cave : Luce Irigaray's ethics of embodiment / Tonja van den Ende -- Reconsidering the notion of the body in anti-essentialism, with the help of Luce Irigaray and Judith Butler / Annemie Halsema -- Butler's sophisticated constructionism : a critical assessment / Veronica Vasterling -- A critique of feminist radical constructionism / Saskia Wendel -- Applying time to feminist philosophy of the body / Lanei M. Rodemeyer

This book contains eight chapters discussing the history of fluorine and sources of fluorides in the environments. The uptake, transport and accumulation of inorganic fluorides by plants and animals, as well as their effects on these organisms are discussed. Some case histories in Scotland, Oregon (USA), British Columbia (Canada) and Cubat{circ}o (S{circ}o Paulo, Brazil) involving fluoride contamination are examined. Monitoring and identifying effects of fluoride in the field, and the environmental standards to protect humans, other animals and plants are highlighted. Finally, the important properties of some natural organofluorine compounds (particularly monofluoroacetate) and manufactured organofluorine compounds (e.g. pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals) are described.

This book discusses a proposed bond scheme as part of the Common Agricultural Policy reform in the EU. It presents a major survey of farmers conducted in Germany, Portugal and the UK to determine their likely reactions to the introduction of a bond scheme or similar partially decoupled payments such as the new Single Payment Scheme proposed by the Fischler reforms. Under the bond scheme, compensation payments would be made to farmers for a fixed number of years to help them cope with policy change. The payments would be completely decoupled, i.e., not linked to future farming activity. The book has 10 chapters and a subject index.

"This Paper provides a short, but comprehensive overview of the evolution of political Islam in Southeast Asia and its implications for the future of the region. It analyses the sources of religious radicalism and provides an up-to-date assessment of the regional terrorist and radical networks."--Jacket

"This Paper provides a short, but comprehensive overview of the evolution of political Islam in Southeast Asia and its implications for the future of the region. It analyses the sources of religious radicalism and provides an up-to-date assessment of the regional terrorist and radical networks."--Jacket

The book illustrates in detail the complexity and diversity of women's lives in Maragoli, western Kenya, as they work to sustain their soils and negotiate a plethora of competing demands and constraints in an increasingly stressful economic environment. With use of personal narratives and photographs from the farmers of Maragoli, the author demonstrates that soil degradation is not simply a function of population pressure and ignorance; rather, it is embedded in gender relations and complex struggles at the local level. (DÜI-Sbd)