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Drawing on personal journals and letters, underground newsletters, and alternative publications, this first history of polyamory reconstructs its intellectual foundations over a century and demonstrates its unique blend of conservative political thought and countercultural spiritualism.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 INTRODUCTION: Politics Out of History -- 2 SYMPTOMS: Moralism as Anti-Politics -- 3 DESIRE: The Desire to Be Punished: Freud's "'A Child Is Being Beaten'" -- 4 POWER: Power without Logic without Marx -- 5 POLITICS: Politics without Banisters: Genealogical Politics in Nietzsche and Foucault -- 6 DEMOCRACY: Democracy against Itself: Nietzsche's Challenge -- 7 FUTURES: Specters and Angels: Benjamin and Derrida -- Notes -- Index

"Combining contemporary articles with historical documents, this engaging reader examines the rich history of Canada's Aboriginal peoples through a thematic lens. The 31 articles--of which more than half are original to this volume--explore a diverse range of topics, including identity, treaties, spirituality, federal policy, residential schools, labour, and women's rights. Primary documents accompany each reading to provide students with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the long and complex history of Canada's First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples."--

This volume, as the outcome of the sixth international congress on Current Debates in Social Sciences (CUDES), covers a wide range of topics related to the main theme of the conference, titled "Current Debates in Social Sciences", and basically focuses on politics and history. The articles in the volume evaluate different aspects of the mentioned areas such as the transition period from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic, theoretical discussions in politics, history and arts, and the issues regarding neo-liberalism, migration, citizenship and communication.

This paper, grounded in a critical reading of Alain Corbin's recent History of Silence, proposes a twofold development. The first part is methodological, arguing for the necessity of studying the acoustic phenomena of the past in a way that is distinct from emotion and does not focus solely on conveying experience. The historiography of the notion of "soundscapes," invented by musicologist Raymond Murray Schafer, is used to assess the contribution of "sound studies," "sensory history," and the anthropology of the senses. The heuristic capacities of this notion are emphasized, as is the need to locate it within a coherent topographical and chronological framework. The second section of the article develops a case study based on these methodological prescriptions, focusing on silence in the religious rites of ancient Rome. The acoustic frame of ritual perfection, silentium was also a category of Roman religious law and very far from the quest for interiority and spiritual life that Corbin considers a natural part of silence. An analysis of the nature and function of silence in two different rites, taking the auspices and sacrifice, confirms the need for a thorough and contextualized historical approach to acoustic phenomena: behind a unified terminology lie two radically different acoustic realities.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Part One Muli: An Indian Untouchable -- 1 Introducing Muli -- 2 Collecting Muli's Life History -- 3 The Setting of Muli's Life History -- Part Two Youth and Hopes -- 4 Muli's Childhood, 1932-44 -- 5 Bauris "Lift Up Their Faces," 1947-48 -- 6 A Guru for the Bauris, 1948 -- 7 Koki's Abortion, 1948 -- 8 "I Like You Sixteen Annas' Worth," 1948 -- 9 Grandmother Dungi's Death, 1948 -- 10 Koki's Marriage, 1948-49 -- 11 Doctor Babu, 1949 -- 12 Dash Babu's "Hot Disease," 1949 -- Part Three The Reluctant Householder -- 13 Muli's Inauspicious Marriage, 1950-52 -- 14 Traveling with Lakhi the Prostitute, 1953 -- 15 Kia Possessed, 1953-56 -- 16 Grandfather Dharma, 1956-57 -- 17 The White Bullocks, 1957 -- 18 Starvation and Family Quarrels, 1957-58 -- 19 Brother Anadi, 1959-60 -- 20 Kia's Illness, 1960 -- 21 Marrying and Divorcing a Tree Trunk, 1961 -- Part Four Bad Times -- 22 A Successful Business Venture, 1962 -- 23 Muli's Other Wife, 1962 -- 24 Living with Two Wives, 1962-63 -- 25 "We Sit Under People's Feet," 1965-69 -- 26 Transvestites and Prostitutes, 1969-72 -- 27 Kia's Attempted Suicide, 1971-72 -- 28 "The Taker of Discarded Rinds," 1970-71 -- 29 Harvest Tragedy, 1971-72 -- Part Five Interpretations -- 30 Analysis of Muli's Life History -- 31 Conclusions -- Appendix A: Bauri Rituals -- Appendix B: Bauri Marriage Rites -- Bibliography -- Glossary-Index

Cover -- ADVISORY BOARD -- THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Timeline of Historical Events -- Abbreviations -- Part I The Contemporary Nation: An Overview -- 1 Geography -- LANGUAGE -- LAND SURFACE AREA -- Climate -- The Battle to Keep Their Heads above Water -- Natural Resources -- Fauna/Flora -- Transportation -- Communications -- MAJOR CITIES -- The Randstad Conurbation -- Amsterdam -- Rotterdam -- The Hague -- Utrecht -- THE TWELVE PROVINCES -- Drenthe -- Flevoland -- Friesland -- Gelderland -- Groningen -- Limburg -- Overijssel -- Noord-Brabant (North Brabant) -- Noord/Zuid-Holland (North/South Holland) -- Utrecht -- Zeeland -- 2 The Economy -- THE EXCHANGE RATE -- THE BIG MAC EXCHANGE RATE -- MINIMUM WAGE -- PLASTIC MONEY -- GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT -- PERSONAL WEALTH -- THE STOCK EXCHANGE -- INFLATION -- THE PUBLIC DEBT -- TAXES -- HOUSING -- INDUSTRY -- TOURISM -- AGRICULTURE -- CHIEF EXPORTS -- LABOR FORCE -- UNEMPLOYMENT -- TRADE UNIONS -- 3 The Political System -- POLITICAL PARTIES -- PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT -- MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT -- THE JUDICIARY -- MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS -- FOREIGN AID -- 4 Society -- THE POPULATION -- Age Differentials -- Ethnic/Racial Makeup -- Immigration -- Socioeconomic Classes -- CULTURAL LIFE -- Tolerance -- Religion -- Education -- Universities -- THE ARTS -- Visual Arts -- Music -- Dance -- Theater -- Festivals -- Motion Pictures -- Books -- Television -- The Press -- The Internet -- Sports -- Part II The History of the Nation -- 5 From the Ice Age to the Middle Ages -- PRELUDE TO HISTORY -- THE ROMAN NETHERLANDS -- FROM THE DARK TO THE MIDDLE AGES -- THE HOUSE OF BURGUNDY -- PRELUDE TO REVOLUTION -- NOTE -- 6 Reformation, Rebellion, and the Republic -- WILLIAM AND MARY -- NOTES -- 7 The Union and the Golden Age -- THE RISE OF THE DUTCH STATE -- PROSPERITY.

Ranging from prehistory to the present and encompassing the whole of South Asia, this new volume offers the first chronological history of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka from the perspective of the crucial reciprocal relationship between humankind and the environment. South Asia: An Environmental History shows how the civilizations of this geographically diverse region were formed (physically, ethically, and culturally) by their interactions with the environment--a relationship with particularly strong social and spiritual dimensions because of the interdependence of the predominantly agrarian population and the land. Specific topics range from ancient irrigation techniques and peasant adaptation to the environment, to the impact of imperialism on nature, the effect of post-colonial technology on contemporary life, and the enduring influence of religion on the way South Asian societies address ecological issues