Lexington Books: 3858 books
Foucault and Family Relations
Governing from a Distance in Australia
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
Foucault and Family Relations: Governing from a Distance in Australia analyzes how notions of property ownership were instrumental in maintaining family stability and continuity in rural Australia, outlining how inheritance and divorce laws functioned to govern the internal relationships of families...
Frames and Connections in the Governance of Global Communications
A Network Study of the Internet Governance Forum
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
The governance of global communications is consolidating as a field where innovative political practices of multi-actor collaboration are being experimented. Within this broad political landscape, the Internet governance domain is emerging as one of the most relevant areas where institutional and...
Technofeminist Storiographies
Women, Information Technology, and Cultural Representation
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2018
Technofeminist Storiographies: Women, Information Technology, and Cultural Representation analyzes both historical and contemporary accounts of women’s lived experiences of technology, from Ada Lovelace and Hedy Lamarr to women working across the tech industry today, and juxtaposes them with larger...
Populating No Man’s Land
Economic Concepts of Ownership under Communism
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
This edited volume opening the new series Revisiting Communism: Collectivist Economic Thought in Historical Perspective focuses on the concepts of ownership, the cornerstone of political economy in Soviet-type societies. The authors’ main objective is to contribute to the still unwritten chapter...
by Chaim M. Rosenberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot Lowell was one of the principal investors in building the India Wharf and the shops and warehouses close to Boston harbor. His work was instrumental...
by Agnes Heller
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2010
A Short History of My Philosophy is an autobiographic account of Agnes Heller's intellectual and academic career. While the narration mainly traces the development of ideas, we also learn how they occurred in the context of challenging life circumstances. Agnes Heller presents the life of her ideas...
Idealism, Pragmatism, and Feminism
the Philosophy of Ella Lyman Cabot
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Idealism, Pragmatism, and Feminism provides an account of the life and writings of Ella Lyman Cabot (1866-1934), a woman who received formal training, but not formal recognition, in the field of classical American philosophy. It highlights the themes of idealism, pragmatism and feminism as they emerged...
The Marquis d’Argens
A Philosophical Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
In The Marquis d’Argens: A Philosophical Life Julia Gasper analyzes the life and works of an influential Enlightenment writer and philosopher. The facts of d’Argens’ life as well as his works have been a source of controversy due to the many rumors and anonymous publications erroneously linked...
CLR James's Notes on Dialectics
Left Hegelianism or Marxism-Leninism?
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2004
John H. McClendon III's CLR James's Notes on Dialectics: Left Hegelianism or Marxism-Leninism? is the first-ever book devoted exclusively to James's 'magnum opus,' Notes on Dialectics: Hegel-Marx-Lenin. The seed for this study was planted over thirty years ago when James handed the author his personal...
Contemplating Dis/Ability in Schools and Society
A Life in Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2018
This book chronicles the professional life of a career-long, inclusive educator in New York City through eight different stages in special and general education. Developing a new approach to research as part of qualitative methodology, David J. Connor merges the academic genre of autoethnography with...
Analyzing Strategic Behavior in Business and Economics
A Game Theory Primer
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
This textbook is an introduction to game theory, which is the systematic analysis of decision-making in interactive settings. Game theory can be of great value to business managers. The ability to correctly anticipate countermove by rival firms in competitive and cooperative settings enables managers...
The Algerian War in French-Language Comics
Postcolonial Memory, History, and Subjectivity
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
The decolonization of Algeria represents a turning point in world history, marking the end of France’s colonial empire, the birth of the Algerian republic, and the appearance of the Third World and pan-Arabism. Algeria emerged from colonial domination to negotiate the release of American hostages...
Rakugo
Performing Comedy and Cultural Heritage in Contemporary Tokyo
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2008
An introduction to the theatrical art of comic storytelling that originated in the Edo period, Rakugo sheds light on Japanese culture as a whole: its aesthetics, social relations, and learning styles. Enriched with personal anecdotes, Rakugo explicates the art's contemporary performance culture: the...
Theatre of the Borderlands
Conflict, Violence, and Healing
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
Theatre of the Borderlands: Conflict, Violence, and Healing is an enlightening and encompassing study that focuses on how dramatists from the Northern Mexico border territories utilize theater as a means to present the US-Mexico Borderlands in a sociohistorical and political context. By dealing with...