Alternative visions of our plural pasts are evacuated and erased, while strategies of labor import, discrimination, racialization, internal colonization, uncertain citizenship, border control, surveillance, ghettoization, the cordoning of land and resources for the few, morph and arc across the long twentieth century. The questions Gandhi asked about imperial nations and how free nations should be made remain unfinished questions at the core of casteist, racist, patriarchal and sectarian regimes.This book examines Gandhi's struggle with the burden of received colonial historiography, legal systems, scriptural texts, racialized and patriarchal vocabulary in the attempt to confront colonial oppression and social exclusion. The openings and impasses, thresholds and limits, successes and failures are equally instructive when read as a series of resolved and unresolved contradictions
A Cultural History of Leisure presents historians, and scholars and students of related fields, with the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of leisure from ancient times to modernity. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2,500 years, this is the definitive reference work on the subject, comprising:Volume 1: A Cultural History of Leisure in Antiquity (500BC-500AD)Volume 2: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Medieval Age (500-1450)Volume 3: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Renaissance (1450-1650)Volume 4: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800)Volume 5: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Age of Empire (1800-1920)Volume 6: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Modern Age (1920-2000+)Each volume adopts the same thematic structure, covering: the idea of leisure; the performing arts and their audiences; the cerebral arts and their publics; sports and games; holydays, holidays and tourism; the world of conviviality; the world of goods; the world of nature and representations of leisure, enabling readers to trace one theme throughout history, as well as gaining a thorough overview of each individual period.The complete 6-volume set comprises c.1,632 pages, 240 illustrations.Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £395 / $550 (full price: £440 / $610)The Cultural Histories SeriesA Cultural History of Leisure is part of the Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see bloomsburyculturalhistory.com)
How virility and Jewishness became hallmarks of postwar New York s combative intellectual sceneIn the years following World War II, the New York intellectuals became some of the most renowned critics and writers in the country. Although mostly male and Jewish, this prominent group also included women and non-Jews. Yet all of its members embraced a secular Jewish machismo that became a defining characteristic of the contemporary experience. Write like a Man examines how the New York intellectuals shared a uniquely American conception of Jewish masculinity that prized verbal confrontation, polemical aggression, and an unflinching style of argumentation.Ronnie Grinberg paints illuminating portraits of figures such as Norman Mailer, Hannah Arendt, Lionel and Diana Trilling, Mary McCarthy, Norman Podhoretz, Midge Decter, and Irving Howe. She describes how their construction of Jewish masculinity helped to propel the American Jew from outsider to insider even as they clashed over its meaning in a deeply anxious project of self-definition. Along the way, Grinberg sheds light on their fraught encounters with the most contentious issues and ideas of the day, from student radicalism and the civil rights movement to feminism, Freudianism, and neoconservatism.A spellbinding chronicle of mid-century America, Write like a Man shows how a combative and intellectually grounded vision of Jewish manhood contributed to the masculinization of intellectual life and shaped some of the most important political and cultural debates of the postwar era
A timely groundbreaking book in the vein of Derrick Bell'sFaces at the Bottom of the Well, one of the country's foremost voices on reparations, offers a radical and vital new framework going beyond the current debate over this controversial issue. For over a century, the idea of reparations for the descendants of enslaved Black Americans has divided the United States. However, while the iconic phrase "40 acres and a mule" encapsulates the general notion of reparations, history has proven that the damages of enslavement on the African American community far exceed what a plot of land or a check could repair.While reparations are being widely debated once again, current petitions to redress the lasting and collateral consequences of slavery have not moved past economic solutions, even though we know that monetary redress alone is not enough. Not only would many wounds be left unhealed, but relying solely on economics would continue a legacy of neglect for African Americans. In this thoughtful and sure-to-be controversial book, Marcus Anthony Hunter argues that a radical shift in our outlook is necessary; we need more comprehensive solutions such as those currently sought by today's educators, historians, activists, organizers, Afrofuturists, and socially conscious citizens.InRadical Reparations, this conversation shifter, social justice pioneer, change agent, and inventor of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, which redefined the global conversation on racism and social justice, offers a unifying and unconventional framework for achieving holistic and comprehensive healing of African American communities. Hunter reimagines reparations through a profound new lens as he defines seven types of compensation: political, intellectual, legal, economic, spatial, social, and spiritual, using analysis of historical documents, comparative international cases, and speculative parables.Profound and revolutionary, trenchant and timely,Radical Reparationsprovides a compellingly and provocatively reframing of reparations' past, present, and future, offering a unifying way forward for us all
By turns an eloquent meditation on the power of nature and a terrifying exposé ofâparenting a mentally ill child into adulthood. -New York Times Book Review, Editors Choice A compassionate, heartrending memoir of a mother s quest to accept her son s journey through psychosis
In the twelfth-century, Pisa was a powerhouse of global trade, a city that stood at the centre of Medieval Europe. But Pisa had a problem. It was running out of coins. In the face of a looming financial crisis, the city s rulers and its moneylenders forged a deal that laid the foundations of the modern state and of present-day banking.In Money and Promises, the distinguished banker and scholar Paolo Zannoni examines the extraordinary relationship between states and banks. He draws upon seven case studies: the republic of twelfth-century Pisa, seventeenth-century Venice, the early years of the Bank of England, Imperial Spain, the Kingdom of Naples, the nascent USA during the American Revolution, and Bolshevik Russia in 1917-21. Spanning a multitude of countries, political systems and historical eras, Zannoni shows that at the heart of our institutions lies an intricate exchange of debt and promises that has shaped the modern world.Featuring pioneering research and original insights, this authoritative yet accessible book explores the vital relationship upon which our financial and political systems still depend
Despite covering almost a third of the globe, forests do not enjoy the protection of a singular global legal convention. Instead, International Forest Law is a complex ecosystem in its own right. This book sets out to examine this complexity by analyzing forest-related Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and how the decisions of the various corresponding Conferences of the Parties (COPs) may promote regime interaction in this field of law.
Das Vorhaben "Dialoge zum sachgerechten Umgang mit besorgniserregenden Stoffen in der Kreislaufwirtschaft" diente dazu, zwischen Fachexpert*innen aus der Unternehmenspraxis und der Verwaltung aus beiden Regelungsbereichen ein gemeinsames und fundiertes Verständnis über die Herausforderungen zu gewinnen, welche sich an den Schnittstellen des Chemikalien- und des Abfallrechts ergeben. Dazu wurden drei Workshops mit Teilnehmenden aus der Wirtschaft und den Fachbehörden durchgeführt, die jeweils einen ausgewählten Teilaspekt der Schnittstelle in den Fokus genommen haben. Aufbauend auf den Fachdiskussionen wurden von den Autor*innen Handlungsansätze identifiziert und beschrieben, die zu einer Stärkung der Kreislaufführung und der Gewährleistung eines wirksamen Risikomanagements bei der Kreislaufführung von Materialströmen mit gefährlichen Inhaltsstoffen beitragen.
Der vorliegende Bericht widmet sich der Fragestellung, wie sich das Recycling technischer Kunststoffe aus Elektroaltgeräten und Altfahrzeugen nachhaltig stärken lässt. Die Bedeutsamkeit der Thematik spiegelt sich in den Zielen der Europäischen Politik zur Stärkung des Recyclings von Kunststoffabfällen, der komplexer werdenden Produktvielfalt und nicht zuletzt dem erhöhten Aufkommen entsprechender Abfälle und damit verbundenen Umweltauswirkungen wider. Obwohl für das Recycling entsprechender Kunststoffe in Deutschland ein erhebliches Potential besteht, ist der Status als mangelhaft anzusehen und es Bedarf gezielter Maßnahmen, um flächendeckende Kapazitäten zu entwickeln. Der Bericht enthält einen umfassenden Sachstand zu den rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen, Materialanforderungen, eine Beschreibung der relevantesten Kunststofftypen sowie von Stör- und Schadstoffen beim Recycling, eine detaillierte Darstellung des Kunststoffeinsatzes in Elektro- und Elektronikgeräten sowie Fahrzeugen sowie eine detaillierte Beschreibung der existierenden Prozessketten für die Behandlung von Kunststoffen aus den beiden Abfallströmen. Zudem wurden praktische Versuche durchgeführt, in denen bisher wenig beachtete und zugleich vielversprechende Ansätze getestet wurden. Auf dieser Grundlage wurden Separations- und Recyclingstrategien abgeleitet sowie Maßnahmen und Handlungsempfehlungen für politische wie auch wirtschaftliche Akteure entwickelt. Die Strategien und Maßnahmen folgen dem übergeordneten Ziel, ökologisch sinnvolles werkstoffliches Kunststoffrecycling aus Elektroaltgeräten und Altfahrzeugen in Deutschland voranzubringen.
The project "Dialogues on the appropriate management of substances of concern in the circular economy" aimed to create a common and well-founded understanding of the challenges that arise at the interfaces of chemicals and waste legislation between experts from industries and businesses and the national authorities from both regulatory areas. To this end, three workshops were held with participants from business and the specialised authorities, each of which focused on a selected aspect of the interface. Based on the expert discussions, the authors identified and described approaches for action that contribute to strengthening the circular economy and ensuring effective risk management in the circulation of materials containing hazardous chemicals.
Ziel des Vorhabens war es, dass die teilnehmenden Projektpartner das Umweltbundesamt (UBA) bei den Aufgaben zur Umsetzung der Meeresstrategie-Rahmenrichtlinie (MSRL) und der dazu erforderlichen Kooperationen auf nationaler, regionaler und EU-Ebene fachlich unterstützen und begleiten. Dazu wurden nach Bedarf und auf Anforderung verschiedene Themenkomplexe zur Weiterentwicklung von Indikatoren und Bewertungssystemen, zur Entwicklung und Umsetzung von Maßnahmen sowie zur Information der Öffentlichkeit bearbeitet.
