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Edited with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this collection of lecture notes and transcriptions reveals acclaimed writer and blogger Mark Fisher in his element - the classroom - outlining a project that Fisher's death left so bittersweetly unfinished. Beginning with that most fundamental of questions - "Do we really want what we say we want?" - Fisher explores the relationship between desire and capitalism, and wonders what new forms of desire we might still excavate from the past, present, and future. From the emergence and failure of the counterculture in the 1970s to the continued development of his left-accelerationist line of thinking, this volume charts a tragically interrupted course for thinking about the raising of a new kind of consciousness, and the cultural and political implications of doing so.For Fisher, this process of consciousness raising was always, fundamentally, psychedelic - just not in the way that we might think

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE Spreading Fear: The Genesis of Transnational Ethnic Conflict -- PART TWO: THE INTERNATIONAL SPREAD OF ETHNIC CONFLICT -- CHAPTER TWO Ethnic Dissimilation and Its International Diffusion -- CHAPTER THREE Tactical Information and the Diffusion of Peaceful Protests -- CHAPTER FOUR Transnational Ethnic Ties and Foreign Policy -- PART THREE: THE LIMITS TO SPREAD -- CHAPTER FIVE Commitment Problems and the Spread of Ethnic Conflict -- CHAPTER SIX Is Pandoras Box Half Empty or Half Full? The Limited Virulence of Secessionism and the Domestic Sources of Disintegration -- CHAPTER SEVEN The Spread of Ethnic Conflict in Europe: Some Comparative- Historical Reflections -- CHAPTER EIGHT Ethnicity, Alliance Building, and the Limited Spread of Ethnic Conflict in the Caucasus -- PART FOUR: THE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSNATIONAL ETHNIC CONFLICT -- CHAPTER NINE Containing Fear: The Management of Transnational Ethnic Conflict -- CHAPTER TEN Minority Rights and the Westphalian Model -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Ethnicity and Sovereignty: Insights from Russian Negotiations with Estonia and Tatarstan -- CHAPTER TWELVE Transnational Ethnic Conflict in Africa -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Preventive Diplomacy and Ethnic Conflict: Possible, Difficult, Necessary -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Putting Humpty-Dumpty Together Again -- PART FIVE: CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Ethnic Fears and Global Engagement -- REFERENCES -- INDEX

"The book focuses on the status and role of social sciences in the current millennium. It critically examines the key debates on the social sciences and focuses on their ir/relevance in our times, especially in background of the changing state-market dialectics. It scrutinises knowledge politics of the global times by exploring how the neoliberal project aligns and fuses steep economic 'conditionalities' with professional cultural parameters of higher academia in order to constrain autonomy and weaken radical expressions in social science pedagogy and research. Asserting that the humanistic core of social sciences has the potential to resist acts of reducing knowledge to a monochromatic form the book argues that social science stream can challenge and resist such hegemonic ambitions. It also identifies and analyses the contradictions, dilemmas, predicaments and false steps of social scientists and avoids a reductive approach based on the 'west versus non-west' binary. The volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers of the social sciences in general, and in the sociology/politics of knowledge, political theory, political sociology, and education in particular"--

"Taking a political economy of media approach, this book examines Amazon as a significant actor in the global media landscape. Amazon is mainly conceived in the popular consciousness and media commentary as a corporate body, selling products and services to individual consumers and organisations, but Brevini and Swiatek show that Amazon has become a communication giant that trades in diversified media (its own and others), and exerts a significant influence on global communication, especially through its online services. Further, the authors provide evidence of Amazon's multiple influences on politics, economics and culture. With its comprehensive and critical overview, this book is ideal for students, scholars and researchers of media and communication studies and political economy"--

Introduction / Gavin Rae and Emma Ingala -- Part I: Historical Traces -- Nietzsche and the Emergence of Poststructuralism / Alan D. Schrift -- Poststructuralism in America: From Epistemological Relativism to Post-Truth? / Kevin Kennedy -- From Choirboy to Funeral Orator: Foucault's Complicated Relationship to Structuralism / Guilel Treiber -- Haunted by Derrida: Reading Benjamin's 'Critique of Violence' and Derrida's 'Force of Law' in Constellation / James R. Martel -- Part II: Future Pathways: Aesthetics -- A Poststructuralism for the Visual Arts / Ashley Woodward -- What Moves Music?: Poststructuralism, Pulsion, and Musical Ontology / Michael David Székely -- Part III: Ethical Openings -- Not Just a Body: Lacan on Corporeality / Emma Ingala -- The Ethics and Politics of Temporality: Judith Butler, Embodiment, and Narrativity / Rosine Kelz -- Part IV: Political Apertures -- Re-thinking Poststructuralism with Deleuze and Luhmann: Autopoiesis, Immanence, Politics / Hannah Richter -- 10. Kristeva's Wager on the Future of Revolt

Enhancing Disaster Preparedness: From Humanitarian Architecture to Community Resilience relates to the fourth priority of the UNDRR's Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. Taking a wide understanding of disaster preparedness, the book deals with resilient responses and building capacities related to hazardous events, bringing some practical experiences and theoretical insights in this regard. Mostly based on field research conducted in the Global South by architects and other built-environment professionals, the book covers both post-disaster interventions (rebuilding and recovery) and development-related processes. Its three parts address the interlinkages between humanitarian design, community resilience, and inclusive governance, which are crucial for fostering effective disaster preparedness. Part I discusses the changing roles of architects and urban designers involved in the humanitarian sphere. Part II concentrates on resilience as a socioecological capacity to enhance preparedness within community-based spatial processes. Focused on global dynamics, Part III covers topics emphasizing the link between the management of crises, whether political or economic, at different levels of governance, and the vulnerability of communities and structures on the national and local scales. As such, the book approaches rising global priorities and brings timely lessons to support building a more equitable, safe, and resilient environment in a rapidly urbanized world

Introduction / James M. Ambury, Tushar Irani, and Kathleen Wallace -- Ancient Greek philosophia in India as a way of life / Christopher Moore -- Philosophy and the good life in the Zhuangzi / Pengbo Liu -- Esoteric Confucianism, moral dilemmas, and filial piety / William Sin -- Renaissance humanism and philosophy as a way of life / John Sellars -- Cartesian philosophy as spiritual practice / Joseph I. Breidenstein Jr. -- Leibniz's philosophy as a way of life? / Paul Lodge -- Philosophy as a feminist spirituality and critical practice for Mary Astell / Simone Webb -- Nietzsche and Unamuno on conatus and the agapeic way of life / Alberto Oya -- Ways of discourse and ways of life : Plato on the conflict between poetry and philosophy / I-Kai Jeng -- Stoicism and its telos : insights from Michel Foucault / Robin Weiss -- Philosophy as a way of life today : history, criticism, and apology / Marta Faustino -- Setting limits to practical reflection : against philosophy as a way of life / Vitor Sommavilla -- What it takes to live philosophically : or, how to progress in the art of living / Caleb Cohoe and Stephen R. Grimm -- Why practice philosophy as a way of life? / Javier Hidalgo -- On the benefits of philosophy as a way of life in a general introductory course / Jake Wright -- Philosophy as empirical exploration of living : an approach to courses in philosophy as a way of life / Steven Horst.

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