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Quentin Tarantino and philosophy how to philosophize with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch /

Table of Contents: “…Anderson -- Unleashing Nietzsche on the tragic infrastructure of Tarantino's Reservoir dogs / Travis Anderson -- The moral lives of Reservoir dogs / James H. Spence -- Revenge and mercy in Tarantino / David Kyle Johnson -- "I'm a bad person" : Beatrix Kiddo's rampage and virtue / Rachel Robison -- A sword of righteousness : Kill Bill and the ethics of vengeance / Timothy Dean Roth -- Stuck in the middle with you : Mr. …”
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Crisis, politics and critical sociology

Table of Contents: “…Levine -- A left Weberian road to identity politics in the United States / James W. Russell -- It's real! Racism, color blindness, Obama, and the urgent need for social movement politics / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and Victor Ray -- President Obama and political culture in the United States / Marco A. …”
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Generation in waiting the unfulfilled promise of young people in the Middle East /

Table of Contents: “…Anwar Mohammed Gargash and James D. Wolfensohn -- About the Middle East Youth Initiative -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Navtej Dhillon and Tarif Yousef -- Generation in waiting : an overview of school to work and family formation transitions / Navtej Dhillon, Paul Dyer, and Tarik Yousef -- Beyond statism : toward a new social contract for Iranian youth / Djavad Salehi-Isfahani and Daniel Egel -- Rising expectations and diminishing opportunities for Egypt's young / Ragui Assaad and Ghada Barsoum -- In search of a future : the struggle of young Palestinians / Edward Sayre and Samia Al-Botmeh -- The impact of instability and migration on Lebanon's human capital / Jad Chaaban -- The disconnect between education, job growth, and employment in Jordan / Taher Kanaan and May Hanania - Moroccan youth in an era of volatile growth, urbanization, and poverty / Brahim Boudarbat and Aziz Ajbilou -- Tapping into the economic potential of young Syrians during a time of transition / Nader Kabbani and Noura Kamel -- Addressing Yemen's twin deficits : human development and natural resources / Ragui Assaad ... …”
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Eating mud crabs in Kandahar stories of food during wartime by the world's leading correspondents /

Table of Contents: “…The best man I ever knew : Georgia / Wendell Steavenson -- Dinner with a jester : Afghanistan / Jon Lee Anderson -- Sugarland : Haiti / Amy Wilentz -- My life in pagans : Ossetia / James Meek -- The house of bread : Bethlehem / Charles M. …”
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What's law got to do with it? what judges do, why they do it, and what's at stake /

Table of Contents: “…/ David Pozen -- Judging the politics of judging : are politicians in robes inevitably illegitimate? / James L. Gibson -- The rule of law is dead! Long live the rule of law! …”
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Variations on the messianic theme a case study of interfaith dialogue / by Wyse, Marion

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Confronting the impasse -- The impasse -- Entering the Jewish-Christian dialogue -- Introduction: Facing the past : Hoshoah as the great divide -- Present repentance : documents of the church -- Roman Catholic documents -- World Council of Churches documents -- Lutheran documents -- Other North American documents -- Dialogue as meta-framework -- Initial Christian attempts to approach Jesus as Jew -- 1965-1974 -- Faith and fratricide -- Conclusion: The dialogue at an impasse -- Exploring some christological paths -- Introduction: Urgency of the question -- John Pawlikowski : Jesus in the pharisaic context -- Paul van Buren : Christ in the Jewish context -- Rosemary Ruether : humanity as the collective Messiah -- Conclusion: Still at an impasse -- A way forward -- Examining the radical empirical method -- Choosing context as primary -- William James -- Alfred North Whitehead -- Empirical theology -- Bernard Lee's appropriation of empiricism -- Lee's retrieval of the Hebraic context : a critique -- Mapping some variations on the messianic theme -- Introduction: Contextualizing concepts -- The Jewish origin and development of the messianic concept -- The Christian shift and development of the messianic concept -- The messianic concept in context of the Jewish-Christian dialogue -- Among Jews -- Among Christians -- Conclusion: A way forward? …”
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Religion, ethnicity and contested nationhood in the former Ottoman space

Table of Contents: “…History, language politics and the celebration of the Language Festival in Karaman, Turkey, 1961-2008 / Sara Nur Yildiz -- Ottoman Saida and problems of a Lebanese 'national' narrative / James A. Reilly -- Conversion to Islam in Bulgarian historiography: an overview / Rossitsa Gradeva -- The short history of Bulgaria for export / Evelina Kelbecheva -- Recent developments in the historiography of Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to the Ottoman Empire and their Impact on history textbooks / Vera Katz.…”
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The end of journalism news in the twenty-first century /

Table of Contents: “…/ Marcus Leaning -- From Cuba with blogs / Clive McGoun -- The war in Chiapas: the fall and rise of independent journalism / Roy Kravel -- "I can't belive a war started and Wikipedia sleeps": making news with an online Encyclopaedia / Gavin Stewart -- Attack of the killer squirrels: a study of the fantastical symbolism of BBC News Online / Alec Charles -- Spin, smoke-filled rooms and the decline of Council reporting by British local newspapers: the slow demise of town hall transparency / James Morrison -- The end or the genesis of journalism? …”
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Dylan at play

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Nick Smart and Nina Goss -- And the language that he used: effective linguistic tools in Dylan's lyrics / Ditlev Larsen -- She might be in Tangier: Bob Dylan and the literary / Nick Smart -- No martyr is among ye now: Bob Dylan and religion / Stephen Hazan Arnoff -- Bob Dylan and the religious sense / Kim Luisi -- May your hands always be busy / Michael Spreitzhofer a.k.a Mike Hobo -- Dylan acts his age / James Brancato -- But where are your tonight? / Cynthia Kraman a.k.a Cynthia Genser a.k.a Chinas Comidas -- Transnational Dylan: Bob Dylan and some thoughts about homes and homelessness, nations and borders, the whole wide world, and what's real forever / David Gaines -- Look out your window and I'll be gone: Dylan's art of abandonment / Deann Armstrong -- Twenty musings on Bob Dylan and the future of sound / Stephen Webb -- Plant waves: not too far off / John Hinchey -- Hispanicised Dylan: reflections on the translation of Bob Dylan's Chronicles, volume I into Spanish / Christopher Rollason -- Which people say is round / Nina Goss -- Bob Dylan discography.…”
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Political economies of the Aegean Bronze Age papers from the Langford Conference, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 22-24 February 2007 /

Table of Contents: “…Galaty -- Political economies in the Aegean Bronze Age: a response / James C. Wright.…”
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Cannon Mills and Kannapolis : persistent paternalism in a textile town / by Vanderburg, Timothy W.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The founding of Cannon Mills and Kannapolis : paternalism established -- James William Cannon : early influences and the emergence of a new South industrialist -- The founding of Kannapolis : expansion and paternalism -- Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, and Blacks : a reflection of racial attitudes in the South -- The growth and maturity of Cannon Mills and Kannapolis : paternalism solidifies amid challenges -- A time of upheaval : progressivism and World War I -- Postwar downturn, labor unrest, and new management -- New leadership, market decline, and consolidation -- Paternalism expanded : Charles Cannon and welfare work -- The Great Depression, the new deal, and Cannon Mills -- Cannon Mills in World War II -- Cannon Mills and postwar America : market maturity and the loss of brand loyalty -- Cannon Mills and operation Dixie -- The danger of larger forces : war, imports, and government policies -- The decline of Cannon Mills and paternalism -- Cannon Mills in the 1960s : the paternalistic firm in a modern world -- The civil rights movement, federal interference, and the weakening of paternalism -- Cannon Mills after Charles Cannon : new leadership, union vote, and the continuation of paternalism -- David Murdock, modern management, and the demise of paternalism -- Fieldcrest Cannon, pillowtex, bankruptcy, and the return of David Murdock -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Spinal trauma : imaging, diagnosis, and management /

Table of Contents: “…Marino -- Surgical treatment of spinal injury / Daniel R. Fassett and James S. Harrop -- Controversies in clearing the spine / C. …”
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Multilingual aspects of signed language communication and disorder /

Table of Contents: “…Baker and Beppie Van den Bogaerde -- Language development in ASL-English bimodal bilinguals / Deborah Chen Pichler, James Lee and Diane Lillo-Martin.…”
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Looking for Lincoln in Illinois : Lincoln and Mormon country / by Andreasen, Bryon C.

Table of Contents: “…Springfield -- Globe Tavern -- James Adams residence -- Federal Court Room (Tinsley Building) -- Old State Capitol -- The American House -- Part VI. …”
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Researching the archaeological past through imagined narratives : a necessary fiction /

Table of Contents: “…Historical fiction and archaeological interpretation : introduction / Daniël van Helden & Robert Witcher -- The cornflakes of prehistory : fact, fiction and imagination in archaeology / Caroline Wickham-Jones -- Voices from the silence / Margaret Elphinstone -- Beyond archaeological narrative : imagined worlds of Neolithic Europe / Mark Patton -- Imagined realities in academic and fictional accounts of the British Mesolithic / Donald Henson -- Walking in someone else's shoes : archaeology, empathy and fiction / Daniël van Helden & Robert Witcher -- The multiverse of fiction : exploring interpretation through community archaeology / Francesco Ripanti & Giulia Osti -- Entering undocumented pasts through playwriting / James G. Gibb -- Encountering the past through slag and storytelling / Michael Given -- Writing wonders : poetry as archaeological method? …”
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After discourse : things, affects, ethics /

Table of Contents: “…Francisco -- Towards a post-Anthropocentric ethic / Timothy James LeCain.…”
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Cartographic expeditions and visual culture in the nineteenth-century Americas /

Table of Contents: “…Morrissey -- "Visual Expeditions" supporting geopolitical vindications: Maps, photographs and other visual devices in the diplomatic dispute over the Andes as a natural border (1900) / Carla Lois -- Female eyes on South America: Maria Graham in Brazil / Katherine Manthorne -- Science, wonder, and tourism in the early mapping of Yellowstone National Park / James R. Akerman -- Section 3. Art and the Expeditionary Impulse. …”
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European futures : challenges and crossroads for the European Union of 2050 /

Table of Contents: “…/ Charlotte Burns -- Normative, protective, transformative Europe : digital and climate meta-policies / Heather Grabbe -- Migration and the future of Europe / James Dennison and Andrew Geddes -- The future of EU trade policy in turbulent times / Maria Garcia -- EU foreign affairs and the future : multi-level opportunities vs. multi-layered risks / Amelia Hadfield -- Member state constellations and the 'future of Europe' debate / Simon Bulmer -- Towards a win-win package deal and more effective decision-making in a union faced with disruptive change / Johannes Greubel and Fabian Zuleeg -- The future of Europe : alternative scenarios / Brigid Laffan -- Conclusion : the future of European integration to 2050 across scenarios and policy areas / Elke Heins and Chad Damro.…”
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Immigrant Protest : Politics, Aesthetics, and Everyday Dissent / by Tyler, Imogen, Marciniak, Katarzyna, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…: immigrant protest as cross-cultural pedagogy / Azra Akamija -- The political aesthetics of immigrant protest / Rozalinda Borcila with Katarzyna Marciniak and Imogen Tyler -- Becoming British : exploring citizenship through arts practice / Lena Simic with Imogen Tyler -- Border disorder / Alex Rivera with Katarzyna Marciniak -- Loving the alien : indigenous protest and neo-colonial violence in James Cameron's Avatar / Bruce Bennett -- Pedagogy of rage / Katarzyna Marciniak -- On Israel/Palestine and the politics of visibility / Simon Faulkner -- Everyday acts of resistance : the precarious lives of asylum seekers in Glasgow / Teresa Piacentini -- Pushing the boundaries : everyday resistance in Swedish clandestinity / Maja Sager -- Subjects that matter? …”
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Ethnic diversity in Eastern Africa : opportunities and challenges /