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"This book examines political nationalism in Japan through an in-depth analysis of the organisation, ideology and influence of Nippon Kaigi, the most significant nationalist pressure group in contemporary Japan. Starting with a review of political nationalism in Japan since 1945, the book then analyses the ideological corpus of Nippon Kaigi, highlighting its unity and coherence as a pressure group and assessing the real influence it exerts on Japanese political life. It goes on to examine the relationship between religion and nationalism and the key role played by various religious organisations within this pressure group, explaining why religious movements that should be in competition with each other manage to collaborate within Nippon Kaigi. Finally, the book turns to the characteristics of Japanese nationalist circles and an assessment of the rise of nationalism in contemporary Japan. Featuring extensive firsthand interviews with individuals and organisations close to Japanese nationalist circles, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese politics, nationalism and the sociology of religion"--

"This book demonstrates how the political economy of mercantilism was not simply a Western invention by various cities and kingdoms during the Renaissance, but was the natural by-product of perpetually limited growth rates and rulers' relentless pursuits of bullion. It contributes to discussions of the economic history surrounding the so-called "Great Divergence" between East and West, which would consequently lend context and credence to differences of economic thought in the world today. Additionally, it seeks to explain present economic thought as tacitly derived from implicit antique paradigms. This book advances fields of research from numismatics and sigillography to historical materialism and historical political economy. Divided into three parts, Orthodox Mercantilism firstly examines the political theology (the sovereignty) of the œcumene from the early 11th century. Secondly, it analyzes its peripheral legislation from the customary laws of newly Christianized dynasties up to the Kormchaja Kniga's adoption (the Nomokanon) by 13th-c. Orthodox dynasties across Eastern Europe. Thirdly, it explores how these dynasties (and their own satellite dynasties) hoarded finite bullion to pay for defense, resulting in the 11-14th-c. coinless period across Eastern Europe and Western Eurasia. Appealing to students and scholars alike, this book will be of interest to those studying and researching economic and mercantile history, particularly in the context of Byzantine and Eastern European societies"--

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence -- How Innovators Throughout History Paved the Way for Modern AI: From Babbage to Turing -- Charles Babbage -- Ada Lovelace -- John von Neumann -- Alan Turing -- The Emergence of Modern AI -- The Dartmouth Conference: A Turning Point -- From Optimism to Pessimism: The Story of the AI Winter -- The Rise of Expert Systems -- AI Revival: A Fitful Resurgence -- The Birth of Modern AI -- AI Today -- Driver of the 21st Century Economy -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 2 AI Explained: A Non-Technical Guide -- Definition of AI -- Machine Learning -- How Machines Learn -- Supervised Learning -- Unsupervised Learning -- Reinforcement Learning -- Neural Networks -- Structure of a Neuron -- Layers in a Neural Network -- Training a Neural Network -- Backpropagation: Learning from Mistakes -- Beyond Backpropagation -- Common Deep Learning Models -- Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) -- Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) -- Transformers -- Foundational Models -- Handle with Caution -- Vision and Sound -- Explainable AI -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 3 AI for Good -- Responding to Natural Disasters -- Floods -- SEEDS -- Earthquake in Syria and Turkey -- Role of AI in Disaster Resiliency -- Data for Environment Monitoring -- Food and Water Security -- Emerging Uses of AI to Combat Food and Water Insecurity -- Medicine -- Medical Imaging -- Pathology -- Education -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 4 AI for Good: Pursuit of Scientific Knowledge -- Biodiversity -- Beluga Whales -- Rainforests -- Satellites -- Bioacoustics -- Camera Traps -- Proteomics -- Astronomy -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 5 When Good AI Goes Bad -- The Surveillance Society.

"Many of us have particular things in our lives--photographs, paintings, old letters, books, furniture, jewellery, or clothing--that hold special meaning for us. Often, they correspond to pivotal memories and can be central to our sense of self and our life narratives, all the more so as we age. Things that Matter sheds important light on the intricate intertwining of mementos with stories--and vice versa --in most people's lives. The book explores the significance of cherished objects within the life stories of nine participants in a qualitative study of the links between reminiscence and resilience in later life. The researchers who conducted the study represent a variety of fields, from gerontology to social work to ministry, and from nursing to literature to education. The book details how these stories can be fraught with a wide range of insights and questions from the memories that get stirred up as people embark on the process of "life review" prompted by the challenges and changes of aging. Shedding light on the complex emotional, psychological, and spiritual findings of the study, Things that Matter ultimately reveals the intricacy of personal narrative and the incredible ways in which things and stories are interwoven in our lives over time."--

"Trust is important - it influences new technologies adoption and learning, enhances using social media, new technologies, IoT, and blockchain, and it contributes to the practical implementations of cybersecurity policy in organizations. This edited research volume examines the main issues and challenges associated with privacy and trust on social media in a manner relevant to both practitioners and scholars. Readers will gain knowledge across disciplines on trust and related concepts, theoretical underpinnings of privacy issues and trust on social media, and empirically-validated trust-building practice on social media. Privacy, Trust and Social Media aims to bring together the theory and practice of social media, privacy issues, and trust. It offers a look at the current state of trust and privacy, including a comprehensive overview of both research and practical applications. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of interest to researchers, students at an advanced level, and academics, in the fields of business ethics, entrepreneurship, management of technology and innovation, marketing, and information management. Practitioners can also use the book as a toolbox to improve their understanding and promote opportunities related to building social media trust while taking into consideration of privacy issues"--

This volume provides an innovative and engaging way of assessing the development of international law scholarship and practice to date and its potential future development by focusing upon the 'leading works' of the discipline. International law has established itself as an important area of academic study and legal practice. Given its academic, legal and everyday significance and its prolific role within law school teaching and research, it is important to question and analyse the development of international law, exploring the complex and shifting interplay between law, policy, theory and culture and the role of international and national actors within a diverse and dynamic community of nations. This collection presents contributions from leading scholars of public international law across the globe and the works chosen by the editor represent a diverse range of subjects within the broader discipline. Each chapter analyses the importance and legacy of a specific work, with a view to reflecting upon how that publication has contributed to shaping the broader literature in the field of international law and how it may continue to have an influence on both scholarship and practice in the future. Taken as a whole, the chapters included in this collection provide an original exploration of a variety of important themes about how the discipline has evolved over time. The Prologue and Epilogue critically assess the development of international law in light of the reflections by contributors. The book will be a valuable resource for lawyers, international law practitioners, students, and academics alike.

"The Natural Border tells the recent history of Mediterranean rural capitalism from the perspective of marginalized Black African farmworkers. In the context of global supply chains and repressive border regimes, the book foregrounds the fundamental racial hierarchies upon which agrarian production and reproduction are based"--

Introduction to Section 1 : the feminist relational ontology of Christine Battersby and Adriana Cavarero -- Elizabethan 'spinning' and Penelope's weaving : the political, the common law and stately bodies -- Untimely voices : rethinking the political with Adriana Cavarero and Christine Battersby -- Relational ontologies : Adriana Cavarero and Christine Battersby explored via Spinoza -- Introduction to Section 2 : feminist perspectives on the social contract -- On not making ourselves the prey of others : Jean Hampton's feminist contractarianism -- Hobbes' frontispiece : authorship, subordination and contract -- Carole Pateman, the sexual contract, and freedom -- Introduction to Section 3 : law and intersections -- The concept of harm in actions for wrongful birth : nature and pre-modern views of women -- Spinoza, feminism and privacy : exploring an immanent ethics of privacy -- Readings of warren and Brandeis' "the right to privacy" : gendered and raced bodies.

"This book explores how tools of the Digital Age might be mobilized to solve our most pressing environmental challenges, from climate change to biodiversity loss. It argues that digital technology might accelerate environmental sustainability and that engaging with environmental issues may transform Big Tech for the better, if the sector successfully addresses spiraling energy use, pollution, privacy and surveillance issues"--

"Arthur Spiethoff (1873-1957), an economist of the German Historical School of Economics, is best known for his theory of the business cycle. Despite Spiethoff calling for a unified reading of his work, his epistemological thinking has received less attention. This book addresses that gap by analysing Spiethoff's theory of the business cycle in the light of his epistemological views. Putting Spiethoff's work in context, the book also investigates the most significant features of the evolution of the "research programme" of the German Historical School of Economics, with particular reference to the relationships between Schmoller, Sombart, Weber and Spiethoff. In addition, Spiethoff's work is compared with some of the scientific orientations of the current debates: on the epistemological side, the book examines the relationship between Spiethoff's views and some contemporary thinking on scientific realism, as well as methodological pluralism in social sciences. And, more broadly, it emphasises the analytical relevance of the historical approach in explaining the economic imbalances of contemporary capitalism, questioning the idea, widespread in the neoclassical approach, that taking historical specificities into account makes it hard to achieve a theoretically effective attitude. This book is a significant addition to the literature on the German Historical School of Economics and the history of economic thought, business cycle theory and macroeconomics more broadly"--