harvard university press nov 2023 (11 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'An eye-popping study of the history of infectious diseases, how they spread, and especially how they have been thwarted by experimentation on the bodies of soldiers, slaves, and colonial subjects.A timely, brilliant book about some of the brutal ironies in the story of medical progress.' -David W. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass'Brilliant.Jim Downs uncovers the origins of epidemiology in slavery, colonialism, and war. A most original global history, this book is required reading for historians, medical researchers, and really anyone interested in the origins of modern medicine.'-Sven Beckert, author of Empire of Cotton'[Sheds] light on the violent foundations of disease control interventions and public health initiatives [and] implores us to address their inequities in the present.'-Ragav Kishore, The Lancet'Captivating.A game-changing book.' -Deirdre Cooper Owens, author of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American GynecologyMost stories of medical progress come with ready-made heroes. John Snow traced the origins of London's 1854 cholera outbreak to a water pump, leading to the birth of epidemiology. Florence Nightingale's care of soldiers in the Crimean War revolutionized medical hygiene. Yet focusing on individual innovators ignores many of the darker, unacknowledged sources of medical knowledge.Reexamining the foundations of modern medicine, Jim Downs shows that the study of infectious disease depended crucially on the unrecognized contributions of conscripted soldiers, enslaved people, and subjects of empire. From Africa and India to the Americas, plantations, slave ships, and battlefields were the laboratories where physicians came to understand the spread of disease. Boldly argued and urgently relevant, Maladies of Empire gives a long overdue account of the true price of medical progress.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'An eye-popping study of the history of infectious diseases, how they spread, and especially how they have been thwarted by experimentation on the bodies of soldiers, slaves, and colonial subjects.A timely, brilliant book about some of the brutal ironies in the story of medical progress.' -David W. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass'Brilliant.Jim Downs uncovers the origins of epidemiology in slavery, colonialism, and war. A most original global history, this book is required reading for historians, medical researchers, and really anyone interested in the origins of modern medicine.'-Sven Beckert, author of Empire of Cotton'[Sheds] light on the violent foundations of disease control interventions and public health initiatives [and] implores us to address their inequities in the present.'-Ragav Kishore, The Lancet'Captivating.A game-changing book.' -Deirdre Cooper Owens, author of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American GynecologyMost stories of medical progress come with ready-made heroes. John Snow traced the origins of London's 1854 cholera outbreak to a water pump, leading to the birth of epidemiology. Florence Nightingale's care of soldiers in the Crimean War revolutionized medical hygiene. Yet focusing on individual innovators ignores many of the darker, unacknowledged sources of medical knowledge.Reexamining the foundations of modern medicine, Jim Downs shows that the study of infectious disease depended crucially on the unrecognized contributions of conscripted soldiers, enslaved people, and subjects of empire. From Africa and India to the Americas, plantations, slave ships, and battlefields were the laboratories where physicians came to understand the spread of disease. Boldly argued and urgently relevant, Maladies of Empire gives a long overdue account of the true price of medical progress.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 262 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Modern Japan is not only responding to threats from North Korea and China but is also reevaluating its dependence on the United States, Sheila Smith shows. No longer convinced they can rely on Americans to defend their country, Tokyo's political leaders are now confronting the possibility that they may need to prepare the nation's military for war.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'From the bedroom to the classroom to the courtroom, 'consent' is a key term in our contemporary sexual ethics. In this timely reexamination, Manon Garcia deftly reveals the hidden complexities of consent and proposes how to reconceptualize it as a tool of liberation.'-Amia Srinivasan, author of The Right to SexA feminist philosopher argues that consent is not only a highly imperfect legal threshold but also an underappreciated complement of good sex.In the age of #MeToo, consent has become the ultimate answer to problems of sexual harassment and violence: as long as all parties agree to sex, the act is legitimate. Critics argue that consent, and the awkwardness of confirming it, rob sex of its sexiness. But that objection is answered with the charge that opposing the consent regime means defending a masculine erotics of silence and mystery, a pillar of patriarchy.In The Joy of Consent, French philosopher Manon Garcia upends the assumptions that underlie this very American debate, reframing consent as an ally of pleasure rather than a legalistic killjoy. In doing so, she rejects conventional wisdom on all sides. As a legal norm, consent can prove rickety: consent alone doesn't make sex licit-adults engaged in BDSM are morally and legally suspect even when they consent. And nonconsensual sex is not, as many activists insist, always rape. People often agree to sex because it is easier than the alternative, Garcia argues, challenging the simplistic equation between consent and noncoercion.Drawing on sources rarely considered together-from Kantian ethics to kink practices-Garcia offers an alternative framework grounded in commitments to autonomy and dignity. While consent, she argues, should not be a definitive legal test, it is essential to realizing intimate desire, free from patriarchal domination. Cultivating consent makes sex sexy. By appreciating consent as the way toward an ethical sexual flourishing rather than a legal litmus test, Garcia adds a fresh voice to the struggle for freedom, equality, and security from sexist violence.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'An assured guide' (New Scientist) to the relationship between the language we speak and our perception of such fundamentals of experience as time, space, color, and smells. We tend to assume that all languages categorize ideas and objects similarly, reflecting our common human experience. But this isn't the case. When we look closely, we find that many basic concepts are not universal, and that speakers of different languages literally see and think about the world differently.Caleb Everett takes readers around the globe, explaining what linguistic diversity tells us about human culture, overturning conventional wisdom along the way. For instance, though it may seem that everybody refers to time in spatial terms-in English, for example, we speak of time 'passing us by'-speakers of the Amazonian language Tupi Kawahib never do. In fact, Tupi Kawahib has no word for 'time' at all. And while it has long been understood that languages categorize colors based on those that speakers regularly encounter, evidence suggests that the color words we have at our disposal affect how we discriminate colors themselves: a rose may not appear as rosy by any other name. What's more, the terms available to us even determine the range of smells we can identify. European languages tend to have just a few abstract odor words, like 'floral' or 'stinky,' whereas Indigenous languages often have well over a dozen.Why do some cultures talk anthropocentrically about things being to one's 'left' or 'right,' while others use geocentric words like 'east' and 'west' What is the connection between what we eat and the sounds we make A Myriad of Tongues answers these and other questions, yielding profound insights into the fundamentals of human communication and experience.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In the #MeToo age, US debate over licit sex has split into two camps: one insists that consent solves the problem of sexual coercion, while the other equates sexual pleasure with the patriarchal erotics of silence and mystery. Manon Garcia rejects both positions, arguing that consent is a faulty legal threshold but essential to the joy of good sex.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 262 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'An assured guide' (New Scientist) to the relationship between the language we speak and our perception of such fundamentals of experience as time, space, color, and smells. We tend to assume that all languages categorize ideas and objects similarly, reflecting our common human experience. But this isn't the case. When we look closely, we find that many basic concepts are not universal, and that speakers of different languages literally see and think about the world differently.Caleb Everett takes readers around the globe, explaining what linguistic diversity tells us about human culture, overturning conventional wisdom along the way. For instance, though it may seem that everybody refers to time in spatial terms-in English, for example, we speak of time 'passing us by'-speakers of the Amazonian language Tupi Kawahib never do. In fact, Tupi Kawahib has no word for 'time' at all. And while it has long been understood that languages categorize colors based on those that speakers regularly encounter, evidence suggests that the color words we have at our disposal affect how we discriminate colors themselves: a rose may not appear as rosy by any other name. What's more, the terms available to us even determine the range of smells we can identify. European languages tend to have just a few abstract odor words, like 'floral' or 'stinky,' whereas Indigenous languages often have well over a dozen.Why do some cultures talk anthropocentrically about things being to one's 'left' or 'right,' while others use geocentric words like 'east' and 'west' What is the connection between what we eat and the sounds we make A Myriad of Tongues answers these and other questions, yielding profound insights into the fundamentals of human communication and experience.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 275 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Joseph LeDoux argues that ideas like the self are increasingly barriers to discovery and understanding. He offers a new framework, theorizing four realms of existence-bodily, neural, cognitive, and conscious. Together, these four realms operate continuously as an 'ensemble of being' to make humans who and what we are.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Modern states have ever looked to antiquity for lessons, coveting Rome's power and fearing its decline. So why did Rome collapse Scientific study is providing novel answers. Placing texts and artifacts alongside evidence from ice cores and ancient DNA, Paul Stephenson shows the key roles of environmental disaster and pandemics in the fall of Rome.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ernst Kris¿s The Rustic Style is a pioneering inquiry into the relationship between art and nature in early modern decorative arts and garden design that attempts to define the character of late sixteenth-century naturalism. In this lavishly illustrated edition, the work is made available in English for the first time.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Drawing on a range of hard evidence, Neil Van Leeuwen shows that the psychological mechanisms underlying religious belief are the same as those enabling imaginative play. He argues that we should therefore understand religious belief as a form of make-believe that people use to define their group identity and express the values sacred to them.