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Adam Smith (1723?90) studied under Francis Hutcheson at the University of Glasgow, befriended David Hume while lecturing on rhetoric and jurisprudence in Edinburgh, was elected Professor of Logic, Professor of Moral Philosophy, Vice-rector, and eventually Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, and, along with Hutcheson, Hume, and a few others, went on to become one of the chief figures of the astonishing period of learning known as the Scottish Enlightenment.He is the author of two books

In Ethics and Human Reproduction, Christine Overall blends feminist theory and philosophical expertise to provide a coherent analysis of a range of moral questions and social policy issues pertaining to human reproduction and the new reproductive technologies. Topics covered include: sex preselection, artificial insemination, prenatal diagnosis, abortion, in vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer, surrogate motherhood, and childbirth. Throughout the book, the author examines the values and assumptions underlying common perceptions of sexuality and fertility, the status of the foetus, the valu

Legal issues pertaining to groups of companies time after time appear on the regulatory agenda of the European Union in the field of company law. The author has taken the opportunity provided by the introduction of new Italian regulations for groups of companies in 2004, and suggested actions, especially the ones included in the Action Plan of the European Commission, to compare fundamental issues of company law regarding groups both in Italian and German law with European perspectives. Alexandra Mohn, Berlin.

Music intrudes to our most intimate subjectivity, thus making it a privileged field to which so-called 'existential semiotics', a new theory and philosophy developed by the author himself, may be applied. Using new semiotic methods and analyses as the fulcrum of its approaches, the volume aims to clarify why great classical composers from Mozart and Beethoven to Brahms and Wagner fascinate music listeners and lovers from all cultures of the world. Eero Tarasti, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreward -- Series Editor's Preface -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Starting Points -- Definitions and Contexts -- A World of Empires, 1500-1750 -- Connections and Colonies since 1750 -- 1 The Raj: British Empire in India and South Asia, 1757-1947 -- Conquest and Profit: British Power Through the East India Company (1757-1857) -- Rebellion and Repression Under the Raj: British Empire in India (1857-1947) -- Sources -- Remaking an Empire: Culture, Reform, and the East India Company (1829-1835)

In this informative and highly readable book, first published in 1988, Charles Andrain explores the ways in which public policies and socio-political beliefs and structures cause political change in the Third World. The author examines 3 types of political change: (1) transitions in political leaders and their policies, (2) fundamental transformations in political structures, policy priorities, and political strategies for dealing with policy issues; and (3) the impact of economic, education, and health care policies on the society itself (including changes in unemployment, inflation, economic

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Beyond Well-being: Development of Nursing as a Modern Profession in Kerala -- Chapter 2 Status of Nursing: The Sword of Damocles? -- Chapter 3 Choice of Nursing: A Life Strategy -- Chapter 4 Migration: Delhi as a Transit Residence -- Chapter 5 Reconstructing Identities: Diasporic Politics and Gender in Delhi -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- About the Author -- Introduction -- A Timeline of F. A. Hayek's Life and Work -- Chapter 1: Hayek and HIs Influence -- Chapter 2: Understanding Society -- Chapter 3: Freedom and the Law -- Chapter 4: The Market Process -- Chapter 5: Money, Inflation, Booms and Busts -- Chapter 6: Psychology, Science and Sorcery -- Chapter 7: Why Socialism Was a Mistake -- Chapter 8: The Social Justice Myth -- Chapter 9: The Foundations of a Free Society -- Chapter 10: The Continuing Evolution -- Further Reading -- Index.

In this book, the author examines East Asian pop culture as an integrated regional cultural economy that combines Japanese and Korean pop culture with the distribution and reception networks of Chinese language pop culture. The book provides detailed analysis of the fragmented reception process of transcultural audiences and the processes of audiences' formation and exercise of consumer power and engagement with national politics. It will appeal to scholars and students as well as general readers who are interested in media and cultural studies.

Provocative insights into the nature of dancing as inseparable from human vitality and distinctiveness emerge from this spiraling study of specific cultural dance traditions brought into conversation with various philosophical/theoretical perspectives centering on the topics: movement, gesture, play, masking, ritual, seduction, performance, religion; each the subject of engaging innovative analysis. The author draws on experience as dancer and academic to address contemporary issues such as gender identity development and plasticity and acuity throughout the lifespan

This work explores the increasingly popular phenomenon of volunteer tourism in the Global South, paying particular attention to the governmental rationalities and socio-economic conditions that valorise it as a noble and necessary cultural practice.Combining theoretical research with primary data gathered during volunteering programs in Guatemala and Ghana, the author argues that although volunteer tourism may not trigger social change, provide meaningful encounters with difference, or offer professional expertise, as the brochure discourse and the scholarly literature on tour

This study provides a general outline of Palestinian population growth between 1948 and 1987 and then focuses on the town of Nablus for a detailed analysis of the main aspects of Palestinian migration and high rates of natural increase. The author shows how the recession that struck the Arab oil economies in the early 1980s, by slowing down the migratory movement, shut off the valve that had afforded the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza relief from economic pressures

"Disciplinary Identities uses findings from corpus research to present fascinating insights into the relationship between author identity and disciplinarity in academic writing. Ken Hyland draws on a number of sources to explore how authors convey aspects of their identities within the constraints placed upon them by their disciplines' rhetorical conventions. He promotes corpus methods as important tools in identity research, demonstrating the effectiveness of keyword and collocation analysis in highlighting both the norms of a particular genre and an author's idiosyncratic choices"--

First published in 1931, this is an attempt by the great economist J. A. Hobson to analyse the relations between economics and religion. After considering the origins of the conflicts and compromises between God and Mammon in the life of primitive man, the author concerns himself primarily with medieval and modern Christianity and the business climate and ethos corresponding with these periods. In particular he focuses upon Catholicism and Protestantism, before considering the attitude of the church towards modern economic movements

Urban Warfare, Past and Future -- An Operational Debacle - Stalingrad, 1942 -- American Urban Warfare - Aachen, 1944 -- Urban Warfare from the Sea - Inchon and Seoul, 1950 -- Complex Urban Warfare - The Battle for Algiers, 1956-57 -- The Long Urban War - Operation Banner, 1969-2007 -- Urban Death Trap - The Russian Army in Grozny, 1995 -- Invading the Urban Sanctuary - Operation Defensive Shield and the Battle for Jenin, 2002 -- Systematic Urban Warfare - "Ready First" in Ramadi, 2006-07 -- Urban Combat in the 21st Century -- Index -- About the Author