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This book assesses the impact of writing on human societies, both in the Ancient Near East and in twentieth-century Africa, and highlights some general features of social systems that have been influenced by this major change in the mode of communication. Such features are central to any attempt at the theoretical definition of human society and such constituent phenomena as religious and legal systems, and in this study Professor Goody explores the role of a specific mechanism, the introduction of writing and the development of a written tradition, in the explanation of some important social differences and similarities. Goody argues that a shift of emphasis from productive to certain communicative processes is essential to account adequately for major changes in human societies. Whilst there have been previous descussions of the effect of literacy upon social organisation, no study has hitherto presented the general synthesis developed here

This is an important, critical analysis of Derrida's theory of writing, based upon close readings of key texts ranging from his stringent critique of structuralist criticism to his sympathetic and dialogical analysis of Freud's scriptural models. It reveals a dimension of Derrida's thinking which, although consistently present in his works, has been neglected in favour of those 'deconstructionist' clichés used in much recent literary criticism. Christopher Johnson highlights the special character of Derrida's philosophy that comes from the fertilising contact that Derrida has had with contemporary natural science and with systems theory. In addition, he shows how Derrida's philosophy of system and writing rejoins an atomist and materialist tradition repressed by centuries of idealist metaphysics. This study casts fresh light on an exacting set of intellectual issues facing philosophy and critical theory today

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction: Auguste Comte and Modern Positivism -- PART I: EARLY WRITINGS (1819-1828) -- Preface to the Early Writings (1854) -- Separation of Opinions from Aspirations (1819) -- Plan of the Scientific Operations Necessary for Reorganizing Society (1822) -- PART II: THE FIRST SYSTEM Cours de Philosophic Positive (1830-1842) -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Account of the Aim of this Work -- View of the Nature and Importance of the Positive Philosophy -- Chapter 2: View of the Hierarchy of the Positive Sciences -- Book 1. Mathematics -- Chapter 1: Mathematics, Abstract and Concrete -- Chapter 2: General View of Mathematical Analysis -- Chapter 3: General View of Geometry -- Chapter 4: Rational Mechanics -- Book II. Astronomy -- Chapter 1: General View of Astronomy -- Chapter 6: Sidereal Astronomy and Cosmogony -- Book III. Physics -- Chapter 1: General View of Physics -- Book IV. Chemistry -- Chapter 1: General View of Chemistry -- Book V. Biology -- Chapter 1: General View of Biology -- Chapter 6: Intellectual and Moral, or Cerebral, Functions -- Book VI. Social Physics -- Chapter 1: Necessity and Opportuneness of This New Science -- Chapter 3: Characteristics of the Positive Method in Its Application to Social Phenomena -- Chapter 4: Relation of Sociology to the Other Departments of Positive Philosophy -- Chapter 5: Social Statics, or Theory of the Spontaneous Order of Human Society -- Chapter 6: Social Dynamics, or Theory of the Natural Progress of Human Society -- Chapter 15: Estimate of the Final Action of the Positive Philosophy -- PART III: THE SECOND SYSTEM Systeme de Politique Positive (1851-1854) -- Preface -- Volume I. A General View of Positivism -- Introductory Remarks

Documents and minutes of the General Faculty / James L. Kinneavy -- Lecture notes from economics 327 : comparative economic systems / Edward E. Hale -- Economics 389 : marxian and neo-classical economic theory (development of economic thought from 1848-1900) / Edward Everett Hale -- Metaphysics, science and value theory (1926) / Edward Everett Hale -- The problem of monetary standards (1933) / Edward Everett Hale -- Economic pattern of a durable peace (1942) / Edward Everett Hale -- The economics of Edward Everett Hale : an impressionistic fragment / Hans Jensen -- The new economics : Keynes' influence on theory and public policy / Edward Everett Hale -- Keynes : general theory of employment, interest and money / Edward Everett Hale -- Editors' introduction / Ronnie J. Phillips, Douglas Kinnear

Introduction: The Context of the Theory and Practice of China's Language Policy -- Introduction: The Context of the Theory and Practice of China's Language Policy -- Theory and Practice in the Center -- Fifty Years of Script and Written Language Reform in the P.R.C. -- The Relationship between Putonghua and Chinese Dialects -- The Creation of Writing Systems and Nation Establishment -- Minority Language Policy in China -- The Center Versus The Periphery in Practice -- Language Spread Versus Language Maintenance: Policy Making and Implementation Process -- Good to Hear -- Putonghua Education and Language Policy in Postcolonial Hong Kong -- On the Promotion of Putonghua in China: How a Standard Language Becomes a Vernacular -- Theorizing Personal Experiences from the Practice -- Theorizing Over 40 Years Personal Experiences with the Creation and Development of Minority Writing Systems of China -- The Use and Development of Dai and its Vernacular Writing Systems -- Theory and Practice Viewed from Minority Communities -- The Use and Development of Tibetan in China -- The Introduction and Development of the Zhuang Writing System -- Policies on the Planning and Use of the Yi Language and Writing Systems -- Language Policy for Bai -- The Use and Development of Mongol and its Writing Systems in China -- Language Policy and Standardization of Korean in China -- Foreign Language Education Policy and Modernization -- Foreign Language Education in the PRC -- Postscript -- Language Matters in China: An Anthropological Postscript.

Based on the author's widely used earlier text African Farm Management, this account updates the economic analysis of tropical agriculture and includes examples from all parts of the developing world. Writing in a clear, concise style, Professor Upton explains the essential theories of farm economics without numerous mathematical formulae. This account is completely revised, with increased emphasis on 'farm household economics', in which farms are seen as consumers as well as producers. Containing a new chapter on the economics of irrigated agriculture. This book provides an invaluable economic framework for better understanding the management of farming systems in the tropics, and will be welcomed by students of tropical agriculture worldwide

The achievement of authentic being : God, man and universe, a Māori view -- The natural world and natural resources : Māori value systems and perspectives -- Kaitiakitanga : a definitive introduction to the holistic world view of the Māori -- Matauranga Māori, Matauranga Pakeha -- The quest for social justice : he pepeha mo enei ra -- Mental health : a case for reform -- angatiratanga me te Kawanatanga -- Prognosis for the socio-economic future of Maoridom -- 'Te Ara Hou Formula' : the principle of evolution not devolution for the Department of Māori Affairs -- Hui protocols : Ngā Tikanga Whakahaere -- Fisheries Commission Hui.