Postmodernism has become the buzzword of contemporary society over the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this highly readable introduction the mysteries of this most elusive of concepts are unraveled, casting a critical light upon the way we live now, from the politicizing of museum culture to the cult of the politically correct. The key postmodernist ideas are explored and challenged,…
Until recently the least-known nation in Southeast Asia, Myanmar is finally getting the attention it deserves.
Energy poverty refers to issues that span access to energy, energy depri-vation, and its under-use within daily life. Broadly, the central concern ofresearch and policy in this space is with the negative outcomes that a lackof energy use has for wellbeing. Within the UK and many other globalcontexts, the focus has often been on those that cannot afford to heattheir homes, with solutions posed a…
Plastic and reconstructive surgery is a branch of surgery that specialises in restoring form and function to damaged or missing tissues and skin. The causes of such defects are usually related to surgery, injury, illness or congenital abnormality. This rapidly evolving specialty is based upon the exploitation of key principles of anatomy, physiology, pathology and surgery. Mastery of these prin…
Being the end result, performance is one of the most used variables in sport psychology research. Several examples include the relationship between performance and anxiety(e.g., Craft et al., 2003), motivation (e.g., Gershgoren et al., 2011), self-efficacy (e.g., Moritz et al., 2000), and emotions (e.g., Lazarus, 2000). In team sports, the relationship between team performance and cohesion as w…
We immediately started towards the corral; but, before reaching it, I saw the herd coming over the plain towards us, their heads high in air, as though sniffing the morning breeze, their necks proudly arched, and long manes and tails gracefully flowing to the wind, as they pranced and gambolled along the high swell of land that marked the gentle descent to the valley where we stood. As so…
The party system is an essential instrument of Democracy. Wherever government rests upon the popular will, there the party is the organ of expression and the agency of the ultimate power. The party is, moreover, a forerunner of Democracy, for parties have everywhere preceded free government. Long before Democracy as now understood was anywhere established, long before the American colonie…
It may be readily understood that when once Europeans set foot upon this territory they were not slow to take advantage of its capabilities. Sheep and cattle were introduced, and bred with extreme rapidity; men took up their 50,000 or 100,000 acres of country, going inland one behind the other, till in a few years there was not an acre between the sea and the front ranges which was not taken up…
This translation is intended to supplement a work entitled ‘The Authoress of the Odyssey’, which I published in 1897. I could not give the whole ‘Odyssey’ in that book without making it unwieldy, I therefore epitomised my translation, which was already completed and which I now publish in full.
Kepemimpinan Yin-Yang Penuh Kearifan dan Cinta Buku ini merupakan gambaran pergulatan kepemimpinan dua perempuan kakak-beradik dalam melahirkan dan membesarkan perusahaan yang telah menjadi �baby� mereka yaitu Martha Tilaar Group (MTG). Sebagai sosok perempuan, kepemimpinan mereka pekat diwarnai kearifan, intuisi, spiritualitas, dan cinta yang tulus-ikhlas. Dengan spirit keibuan, mereka …