My Paradigm or Yours? Alternative Development‚ Post-Development‚ Re¯exive Development Jan Nederveen Pieterse ABSTRACT Alternative development has been concerned with alternative practices of development Ð participatory and people-centred Ð and with rede®ning the goals of development. Mainstream development has gradually been moving away from the preoccupation with economic growth toward a people-centred de®nition of development‚ for instance in human development. This raises the question in what
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Abolitionist favors the abolition of a practice or institution‚ esp. capital punishment or (formerly) slavery Abstract art Generally representational‚ but greatly simplified and or geometrified. In common usage as it is applied to modern twentieth-century art‚ an abstract work implies considerable simplification‚ distortion‚ and often a geometrification of forms. Nevertheless‚ most twentieth-century art is still representational‚ in that one can recognize figures derived from the natural world
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This page intentionally left blank A HISTORY OF FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM Feminism has transformed the academic study of literature‚ fundamentally altering the canon of what is taught and setting new agendas for literary analysis. In this authoritative history of feminist literary criticism‚ leading scholars chart the development of the practice from the Middle Ages to the present. The first section of the book explores protofeminist thought from the Middle Ages onwards‚ and analyses the
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Islam‚ Postmodernism and Other Futures A Ziauddin Sardar Reader Edited by Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell Pluto LONDON • STERLING‚ VIRGINIA P Press First published 2003 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road‚ London N6 5AA and 22883 Quicksilver Drive‚ Sterling‚ VA 20166–2012‚ USA www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Ziauddin Sardar 2003 © Introduction and selection Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell 2003 The right of Ziauddin Sardar‚ Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell to be identified
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Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature MARY ELLEN SNODGRASS Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature Copyright © 2005 by Mary Ellen Snodgrass All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ or by any information storage or retrieval systems‚ without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File‚ Inc. 132 West
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York‚ NY: Sterling Publishing Co Inc. Motherwell‚ A Nazri‚ M. (2012). Cultural Capital: Allusions‚ Gaps and Glissandos in Recent Theory developments‚ Sociological Theory 6(2)‚ pp. 153-168. Hanmond‚ D Goode‚ H.‚ and Broody‚ M.‚ (2010). Beyond Orientalism. How to understand the culture of and art of Muslim Schools‚ Journal of Educational and Religion III‚ 3‚ pp. 12-102. Wickramasinghe‚ G BAS. (n.d.). The Bahrain Arts Society . Retrieved September 10‚ 2014 from the World Wide Web: http://www.bahartsociety
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The Economic and Social Impact of Colonial Rule in India Chapter 3 of Class Structure and Economic Growth: India & Pakistan since the Moghuls Maddison (1971) British imperialism was more pragmatic than that of other colonial powers. Its motivation was economic‚ not evangelical. There was none of the dedicated Christian fanaticism which the Portuguese and Spanish demonstrated in Latin America and less enthusiasm for cultural diffusion than the French (or the Americans) showed in their colonies. For
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Inr. J. Ink-rculfural Rel. Vol 21‚ No. 3‚ pp. 345-378‚ 1997 I$) 1997 Elsevier Science I.!d All rights reserved. Printed in Great Britain 0147-1767/97 $17.00+0.00 Pergamon PII: SO147-1767(97)00005-9 ARAB CULTURAL COMMUNICATION ELLEN PATTERNS FEGHALI Beirut‚ Lebanon ABSTRACT. In response to Shuter’s (Shuter‚ 1990) call.for the examination of communicative phenomena in particular societies worldwide‚ this article critically reviews the existing and‚ in some cases‚ contradictory
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Key Themes in Interpersonal Communication What are the main influences on the formation of self-identity? What role do language and non-verbal communication play in the construction and display of identity? The rapid growth of cultural diversity within Western societies not only presents new possibilities and dilemmas for the construction of self and social-identity‚ but also highlights the need for individuals to be aware of the factors which impact upon co-cultural and intercultural communication
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Becoming Interculturally Competent through Education and Training LANGUAGES FOR INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION Series Editors: Michael Byram‚ University of Durham‚ UK and Alison Phipps‚ University of Glasgow‚ UK The overall aim of this series is to publish books which will ultimately inform learning and teaching‚ but whose primary focus is on the analysis of intercultural relationships‚ whether in textual form or in people’s experience. There will also be books which deal directly
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