This book gives students of architecture an understanding of the fundamental theories and practice behind the creation of architectural structures, helping them to develop an intuitive understanding of structural engineering. As well as providing a valuable reference and sourceb…
This textbook is designed to introduce advanced undergraduates and graduate students to the research process. It explains how the research process works, from the initial research question to formulating an overall research design in line with contemporary disciplinary and inter…
This textbook is designed to introduce advanced undergraduates and graduate students to the research process. It explains how the research process works, from the initial research question to formulating an overall research design in line with contemporary disciplinary and inter…
Social theory: twenty introductory lectures
by Skinner, Alex, Joas, Hans, Knöbl, Wolfgang
In I Love to You, Luce Irigaray moves from the critique of patriarchy to an exploration of the ground for a possible inter-subjectivity between the two sexes. Continuing her rejection of demands for equality, Irigaray poses the question: how can we move to a new era of sexual di…
"In her new book, Amy Allen argues that the capacity for autonomy is rooted in the very power relations that constitute the self." "Allen's theoretical framework illuminates both aspects of what she calls, following Foucault, the "politics of our selves." It analyzes power in al…
"In her new book, Amy Allen argues that the capacity for autonomy is rooted in the very power relations that constitute the self." "Allen's theoretical framework illuminates both aspects of what she calls, following Foucault, the "politics of our selves." It analyzes power in al…
Some critical theorists understand the self as constituted by power relations, while others insist upon the self's autonomous capacities for critical reflection and deliberate self-transformation. Up to now, it has all too often been assumed that these two understandings of the …
Relevance: communication and cognition
One of the true classics in Marketing is now thoroughly revised and updated. "Marketing Theory" is both evolutionary and revolutionary. As in earlier editions, Shelby Hunt focuses on the marketing discipline's multiple stakeholders. He articulates a philosophy of science-based '…
