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Conclusion: Continuing ConcernsNotes; Chapter 2: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay: Partial Views of Change-Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong; The Old Canteen of the World Trade Centre, Singapore; The Coffee Shop of the Tokyo Edo Museum, Tokyo; The Fast Ferry from Central to Hung Hom; Any Lessons?; Notes; Chapter 3: The Historical Development Experience of East Asia: Growth, Regional Networks and the Developmental State; The Shift to the Modern World in East Asia; Pre-contact Civilizations and the Colonial Era; General Crisis: The Failure of the State-Empire System

National strategies for sustainable development between Rio 1992 and New York 2015 -- From conventional to sustainable project management in development cooperation -- Evaluation of sustainable development -- From governance to good governance -- Challenges for setting-up effective social security systems in developing countries -- Sustainability and education -- Fair trade : an alternative trading concept -- Tourism in developing countries -- Urban sustainability : priorities for international cooperation -- Industrial and commercial zone planning according to the requirements of sustainable development -- Sustainable resources : managing markets, increasing efficiency and establishing partnerships -- Sustainable energy -- Sustainable water supply and sanitation : backbone of civilization -- Sustainable agriculture

The European Union's stalled expansion, the Euro deficit and emerging crises of economic and political sovereignty in Greece, Italy and Spain have significantly altered the image of the EU as a model of progressive civilization. However, despite recent events the EU maintains its international image as the paragon of European politics and global governance. This book unites leading scholars on Europe and Empire to revisit the view of the European Union as an 'imperial' power. It offers a re-appraisal of the EU as empire in response to geopolitical and economic developments since 2007 and asks

Engaging with the idea that the world reveals not one, but many routes to modernity, this volume explores the role of religion in the emergence of multiple forms of modernity, which evolve according to specific cultural conditions and interpretations of the `modern project`. Drawing upon case study material from Africa, The Middle East, Russia and South America, it examines the question of whether modernity, democracy and secularism are universalistic concepts or are, on the contrary, unique to Western civilization, whilst considering the relationship of postsecularism to the varied paths of modern development

The first book to address the classic anthropological theme of property through the ethnography of Amazonia, Ownership and Nurture sets new and challenging terms for anthropological debates about the region and about property in general. Property and ownership have special significance and carry specific meanings in Amazonia, which has been portrayed as the antithesis of Western, property-based, civilization. Through carefully constructed studies of land ownership, slavery, shamanism, spirit mastery, aesthetics, and intellectual property, this volume demonstrates that property relations are of central importance in Amazonia, and that the ownership of persons plays an especially significant role in native cosmology.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Prologue: What Is an Arab? -- I: Origins: Muhammad and the Quran -- II: The Outpouring from the Desert: The Bedouin Conquests -- III: A New State: The Arab Kingdom and the Muslim Empire -- IV: The Flowering of a Civilization: The Islamic World Empire -- V: A Medieval Confrontation: Islam and Christendom -- VI: The Empire Crumbles: The Turks Come In: The Long Stagnation -- VII: Stirrings of Nationalism: The Reshaping of Arab Identity -- VIII: Modern Times -- Epilogue: The Arabs in the Modern World: Arab Unification -- Bibliography -- Index.

The European Union's stalled expansion, the Euro deficit and emerging crises of economic and political sovereignty in Greece, Italy and Spain have significantly altered the image of the EU as a model of progressive civilization. However, despite recent events the EU maintains its international image as the paragon of European politics and global governance. This book unites leading scholars on Europe and Empire to revisit the view of the European Union as an 'imperial' power. It offers a re-appraisal of the EU as empire in response to geopolitical and economic developments since 2007 and asks.

The first book to address the classic anthropological theme of property through the ethnography of Amazonia, Ownership and Nurture sets new and challenging terms for anthropological debates about the region and about property in general. Property and ownership have special significance and carry specific meanings in Amazonia, which has been portrayed as the antithesis of Western, property-based, civilization. Through carefully constructed studies of land ownership, slavery, shamanism, spirit mastery, aesthetics, and intellectual property, this volume demonstrates that property relations are of central importance in Amazonia, and that the ownership of persons plays an especially significant role in native cosmology.

This revolutionary work from the eighteenth century is one of the first tracts of feminist philosophy Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in opposition to the gender norms of the eighteenth century. In this seminal text, Wollstonecraft argues that women should receive a comprehensive education in order to benefit society. Women and men, she argues, are moral equals in the eyes of God, and women, at the time that Wollstonecraft was writing, occupied an inferior station because they were trained to serve only men rather than civilization as a whole. Written in respons

Appetites for Thought offers up a delectable intellectual challenge: can we better understand the concepts of philosophers from their culinary choices? Guiding us around the philosopher's banquet table with erudition, wit, and irreverence, Michel Onfray offers surprising insights on foods ranging from fillet of cod to barley soup, from sausage to wine and coffee.Tracing the edible obsessions of philosophers from Diogenes to Sartre, Onfray considers how their ideas relate to their diets. Would Diogenes have been an opponent of civilization without his taste for raw octopus? Would Rousseau have

1. 'Why we bomb you' : liberal war-making and moral relativism in the RAF bomber offensive, 1940-45 / Richard Overy -- 2. The liberal and non-liberal justification of violence against civilians / Jonathan Leader Maynard -- 3. Can there be a liberal military strategy? / Lawrence Freedman -- 4. Enhancing American strategic competency / Frank G. Hoffman -- 5. War, sovereignty, and civilization from Bodin to Rawls / Alan Cromartie -- 6. The Iraq Inquiries : publicity, secrecy, and liberal war / Owen D. Thomas -- 7. Maps of the mind : distance and modern war / Patrick Porter -- 8. Not peace, not war : America since 1945 / Allan Silver.

The control of man's violence against man presents to modern society its greatest problem. A capacity to deal with the most devastating type of conflict -- international war -- is crucial to human welfare and even to the survival of civilization. Nations have become interdependent in technology and economy, but world political organization is based on a system of sovereign states now divided into hostile camps armed with absolute weapons.This book is a study of the development of collective security, or international cooperative action for the maintenance of peace. The approach is based upon t

Lévi-Strauss is one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century yet he is a very private and isolated figure, who has been reticent about himself. This book, first published in 1983,provides a fascinating insight into his character through a careful reading of the more speculative passages of his books and interviews. His personal existential and psychological orientation is explored through a structural analysis of Tristes Tropiques, his most personal book, and his writings on art, nature and civilization and through a consideration of his debt to Rousseau. Dr Pace examines in depth L

Aristotle -- Art and the artist -- Being -- The Christian life -- Christian philosophy -- The Church -- Culture and civilization -- Democracy and democratic society -- Descartes and Cartesian philosophy -- Philosophy of education -- Evil -- Ethics -- Faith -- Freedom -- God -- History -- Humanism -- Intellect and intelligence -- Knowing and knowledge -- Man -- Marx and Marxism -- Metaphysics and metaphysicians -- Moral philosophy -- Mystery and mysticism -- Natural law and human rights -- The person -- The person and the individual -- Personality -- Philosophers -- Philosophy -- Poetry and the poet -- Politics, society, and the state -- Prayer and contemplation -- Reason and reasoning -- Science -- Theology and the theologian -- St. Thomas and Thomism -- Truth -- Varia -- Wisdom.

This book is devoted to the subject of justice systems in the principal legal families of the world. Principal attention is given to: how the courts are organized, court procedure, the judiciary, procedural guarantees, and rights of the individual. The evolution of justice is analyzed against the background of various historical civilizations and epochs, making it possible to more fully examine the tasks and functions of courts in the modern world. The basic national and international models of justice are described, with special reference to the Russian model of justice, its principles, its i