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A high school drop-out who served in the American army and then managed to slip into Oxford on the G.I. bill, Frank Cioffi gained a considerable public reputation in Freudian and Wittgensteinian circles. Frank Cioffi: The Philosopher in Shirt-Sleeves is an account of his conversation written in a Boswellian spirit, capturing the sharp intelligence, boisterous sense of humour and wealth of illustration Cioffi was able to bring to bear on life's biggest problems when he was, as it were, off-duty. Tackling subjects such as the unruly body, the challenge of art, dealing with failure, the lure of

A CENTRAL TENET OF THE LIBERAL CONCEPTION OF THE LAW IS THAT THE MERE IMMORALITY OF ANY ACTIVITY CANNOT, EVEN PRIMA FACIE, JUSTIFY ITS LEGAL PROHIBITION. IT IS OFTEN THOUGHT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS TO HOLD THAT SOME ACTIVITIES MAY BE LEGALLY PROHIBITED BECAUSE THEY ARE OFFENSIVE. IN PARTICULAR, ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE INDECENT OR OBSCENE MAY BE PROHIBITED ON THIS GROUND. THERE ARE (AT LEAST) TWO WAYS IN WHICH THIS CAN BE HELD. THE REJECTION OF LEGAL MORALISM IS OFTEN PRESENTED AS DERIVED FROM WHAT MAY BE CALLED THE HARM CONDITION: NO ACTIVITY MAY BE PROHIBITED UNLESS IT CAUSES HARM. CONSEQUENTLY, IF THERE ARE ANY HARMLESS IMMORALITIES, THE MERE IMMORALITY OF THESE ACTIVITIES MAY NOT COUNT AS A GROUND FOR PROHIBITING THEM. BUT IF THEY ARE ALSO PUBLIC AND OFFENSIVE THEN THEIR OFFENSIVENESS MAY COUNT." A SECOND WAY TO HOLD BOTH VIEWS IS TO HOLD THAT THE HARM CONDITION IS TOO RESTRICTIVE, AND NEEDS TO BE SUPPLEMENTED AT LEAST BY THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE OFFENSIVENESS OF AN ACTIVITY MAY BE A LEGITIMATE GROUND ON WHICH TO PROHIBIT IT; BUT THAT THIS IS STILL CONSISTENT WITH A REJECTION OF LEGAL MORALISM.3 THIS PAPER DEALS WITH THESE POSITIONS IN TURN.

PurposeIf stories can create promising practices, what does talk of "collaboration" mean in the context of what would appear to be market‐based inter‐firm relationships (IFRs)? How do managers trying to cope in industrial sectors make sense of supply chain relationships? This empirically driven paper attempts to shed some light on these issues.Design/methodology/approachThe stories collected here show how a subtle analysis of actors' "network theories" revealed within the language of IFRs can facilitate the study of collaboration. Discourse analysis of interview material is used to illustrate how managers draw upon a series of interpretive repertoires in order to make sense of IFRs within three contrasting "supply chains" or "marketing channels".FindingsManagerial accounts, often in the form of "micro‐stories", illustrate how these participants argue persuasively for a "landscape" of next possible actions. This is a landscape that, despite being moulded in part by ideas of network partnerships and "relationship marketing", is more strongly shaped by notions of chains and marketplaces. The paper argues that the discursively constructed network theories of managers constrain their thoughts and actions as they attempt to manage relationships in supply chain contexts. Ultimately, participants appear to forego the opportunities promised by collaborative partnerships; instead their accounts suggest that they retain a world‐view dominated by a competitive market orientation.Originality/valueStudies that reflect a better understanding of such stories of the marketplace may enable researchers to disseminate findings that help practitioners make more sense of the tensions inherent in inter‐firm collaborations.

Ethnicity and racial relations are almost universally seen as a prime motivating force behind social conflict and change. Often volatile and complex, racial interaction resonates through all aspects of contemporary society. Social issues which appear to have little connection to race often become entagled with ethnic friction to create far more complex problems. Race is often used by individuals and political organizations to further their own objectives.Since the 1994 publication of the third edition of this acclaimed reference book there have been enormous changes in the area of race and e

"This book is a study of the governing class in Great Britain and Ireland based on a complete survey of all families who participated regularly in parliament." "Using the records of the History of Parliament and the results of his own independent research, Ellis Wasson has reconstructed the shape and structure of Britain's small and remarkably stable ruling elite from medieval times to 1945. No other European governing class was so rich or able to survive into the modern era with much of that wealth and privilege intact. Wasson shows how its unique two-tiered structure of a handful of ancient families on top and a much larger second echelon broadly open to 'new men' from business helped Britain become the first modern society and prolonged the elite's supremacy."--BOOK JACKET

"Welcome to the Coral Lounge, a room in Helen Ellis's New York City apartment painted such an exuberant shade of Sherman Williams that a peeping Tom once left a sticky note with the doorman asking for the color. It is in the Coral Lounge that the magic of Helen's marriage unfolds: Shindigs where strangers swap clothing in the powder room, a party game called "What's in the box?" makes its uproarious debut, the Puzzle Posse pounces on a 500-piece jigsaw of a beheaded priest. Then, when the pandemic shuts down the city, the Coral Lounge becomes a place of refuge, where Helen and her husband eat take-out while sitting on the floor like toddlers, dragging French fries through a ketchup swamp, where they sing to the two enormous cats who chew on Helen's hair while she sleeps, and where they while away the hours with Mexican Viagra and the ensuing neck injury. In these surprising, romantic, sexy, and hilariously frank essays Helen Ellis paints a portrait of true romance for our times"--

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Rhodesia at War, July 1964 to December 1979 -- 2 Flying with PRAW -- 3 Aircraft and Arms -- 4 PRAW Service -- Appendix Roll of Honour -- An Outfit they Call PRAW -- Bibliography -- Notes -- About the Author -- Plates.

The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa (1894) is an important work of in-depth research into one of the principal indigenous communities of West Africa. The territory of the Yoruba peoples extends over the southern parts of western Nigeria and eastern Dahomey, and this book examines their religion, customs, laws and language, and contains an extensive appendix comparing the Tshi (Oji), G, Ewe and Yoruba languages.

In This Place Called Prison offers a vivid and unique examination of religion within prison and argues for its key role among some of society's most vulnerable. Although prison is defined by control—from rules and routines to mandatory labor and monitored visits—for many, religion offers a way out. Religion challenges what it means to be punished and affords community and connection in the face of fear and isolation. Rachel Ellis spent twelve months conducting ethnographic research inside the guarded gates of Mapleside Prison, a US state women's correctional facility, talking with hundreds of incarcerated women, staff, and religious volunteers. Through their stories, Ellis sets the scene of mass incarceration today, detailing how contemporary prisons both reflect and worsen the systemic racial, social, and gender inequalities characteristic of the American landscape of profound stratification. She also offers insight into how religion relates to the carceral system, tracing the role of religious institutions throughout the history of prison punishment. Offering a trenchant account of how religion collides and colludes with the state in an enduring tension between freedom and control, In This Place Called Prison speaks to the human quest for dignity and light in even the darkest of places