Dominic: 570 books
Four Arts of Photography
An Essay in Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
Four Arts of Photography explores the history of photography through the lens of philosophy and proposes a new scholarly understanding of the art form for the 21st century.
Re-examines the history of art photography through four major photographic movements and with case studies of representative...
Understanding the 'Imago Dei'
The Thought of Barth, von Balthasar and Moltmann
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
As theologians across confessional divides try to say something significant about human dignity in our contemporary society, there is fresh interest in the ancient Christian doctrine that the human being is created in the 'imago Dei'. Theology is grounding responsibility for others and for the world...
Exceptional Technologies
A Continental Philosophy of Technology
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
A discussion of the rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of technology and the humanities, this is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary developments in Continental philosophy and philosophy of technology.
Philosophy of technology regularly...
by Jacques Hamel, Stephane Dufour, Dominic Fortin
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1993
In this introduction to understanding, researching and doing case studies in the social sciences, Hamel outlines several differing traditions of case study research including the Chicago School of Sociology, the anthropological case studies of Malinowski, and the French La Play school tradition. He...
Italians in Chicago
1945-2005
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2010
More than 25,000 Italian immigrants came to Chicago after 1945. The story of their exodus and reestablishment in Chicago touches on war torn Italy, the renewal of family and paesani connections, the bureaucratic challenges of the restrictive quota system, the energy and spirit of the new immigrants,...
Games of Persuasion
: Exercises in Media Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2000
Like rain, the media overload pours over us each day, each hour, each waking moment of our lives. One way to cope is to withdraw from the world to a faraway island unhooked to any satellite.
Another way is to grapple with the media as so to understand the nuts and bolts of the persuasive messages...
Indigeneity: a politics of potential
Australia, Fiji and New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
This original book is the first comprehensive integration of political theory to explain indigenous politics. It assesses the ways in which indigenous and liberal political theories interact to consider the practical policy implications of the indigenous right to self-determination. Providing opportunities...
by Dominic V. Monti
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1994
After introducing the reader to Bonaventure as General Minister of the Franciscan Order, this volume presents twenty documents and helpful introductions to their importance.
by Dominic Pearce
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
At the heart of the English Civil War stands the wife of Charles I, Henrietta Maria. She came to England in 1625 at the age of fifteen, undermined by her greedy French entourage, blocked by the forceful Duke of Buckingham and weighed down by instructions from the Pope to protect the Catholics of England....
Why Was the Partridge in the Pear Tree?
The History of Christmas Carols
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
The hidden stories and fascinating facts behind favorite Christmas carols Who was Good King Wenceslas? What are the pagan origins behind The Holly and the Ivy? Discover the hidden stories behind best-loved Christmas carols, from their earliest incarnations in the Middle Ages and their banning under...
Taking Measure of Charter Schools
Better Assessments, Better Policymaking, Better Schools
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2010
Charter schools offer something that public school systems, parents, and teachers need: a way to experiment with alternative ways of teaching, motivating students, organizing schools, using technology, and employing teachers. While people came down on both sides of support for or against charter schools,...
See-Through Modelling
A technical blueprint for financial modelling using lessons learned from PFI
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
This book is for finance directors who are looking for a deeper understanding of the dynamics of their enterprise. Above all, this book is for finance directors who want to understand the benefits of adopting a see-through modelling strategy within their enterprise: - Greater strategic vision due to...
Why Killer Products Don't Sell
How to Run Your Company to a New Set of Rules
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Coming from conversations with executive teams of technology companies, venture capitalists, and M&A advisers, the insights contained in Why Killer Products Don't Sell are gold dust. First the book lays bare the claim that sales is sales is sales. It exposes the 4 very different 'Buying Cultures'...
by Dominic O'Kane
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
Modelling Single-name and Multi-name Credit Derivatives presents an up-to-date, comprehensive, accessible and practical guide to the pricing and risk-management of credit derivatives. It is both a detailed introduction to credit derivative modelling and a reference for those who are already practitioners.
This...