#163 - Mark T. Conard - The Philosophy of Film Noir

Author or Editor: Mark T. Conard
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2006
Pages: 248
Size: 2.89MB

The Postman Always Rings Twice (Tay Garnett, 1946) was adapted from a novel by the writer of hard-boiled fiction James M. Cain. Interspersed throughout the movie is voice-over narration by the protagonist, Frank Chambers (John Garfield), indicating that he is recalling events in the past. Frank is a drifter who takes a job at a remote diner owned by an older man, Nick (Cecil Kellaway), after getting a look at Nick’s stunning young wife, Cora (Lana Turner).

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#162 - Piyel Haldar - Law, Orientalism and Postcolonialism

Author or Editor: Piyel Haldar
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Pages: 184
Size: 1.20MB

What happens when legal civilization happens upon a very different way of thinking about subjectivity? What happens to the notion of subjectivity when a culture, emerging towards secular modernity and already sent neurotic by its own capacity for wealth and pleasure, meets a culture that far exceeds the norms of mercantile greed? The impact of colonialism and Empire has had its obvious impact on the status of those directly subjected to its laws.

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#161 - Nolan McCarty and Adam Meirowitz - Political Game Theory

Author or Editor: Nolan McCarty and Adam Meirowitz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Pages: 431
Size: 2.30MB

Political Game Theory is a self-contained introduction to game theory and its applications to political science. The book presents choice theory, social choice theory, static and dynamic games of complete information, static and dynamic games of incomplete information, repeated games, bargaining theory, mechanism design, and a mathematical appendix covering logic, real analysis, calculus, and probability theory. The methods employed have many applications in various subdisciplines including comparative politics, international relations, and American politics. Political Game Theory is tailored to students without extensive backgrounds in mathematics and
traditional economics; however, many special sections present technical material appropriate for more advanced students. A large number of exercises are also provided for practice with the skills and techniques discussed.

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#160 - P.H. Collin - Dictionary of Law

Author or Editor: P.H. Collin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2004
Pages: 320
Size: 6.69MB

This dictionary provides the user with the main vocabulary currently being used in British and American law. The areas covered include criminal, civil, commercial and international law, as well as interactions with the police and legal advisers, and the procedures of the courts and prisons. Common words used in reading or writing reports, articles or guidelines are also included.

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#159 - Kevin MacDonald - THE CULTURE OF CRITIQUE

Author or Editor: Kevin MacDonald
Publisher: Praeger Publishing
Published: 2002
Pages: 531
Size: 1.89MB

The Culture of Critique (hereafter, CofC) was originally published in 1998 by Praeger Publishers, an imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. The thesis of the book is a difficult one indeed—difficult not only because it is difficult to establish, but also because it challenges many fundamental assumptions about our contemporary intellectual and political existence.

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#158 - Tim McNeese - Salvador Dali

Author or Editor: Tim McNeese
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2006
Pages: 122
Size: 1.2MB

The year was 1931, and calamitous change was blowing in on a strong wind across the political landscape of Spain. Seven years of harsh, autocratic rule at the hands of a Spanish general, Miguel Primo de Rivera, had finally come to an end in January 1930, and the fallout from the collapse of Rivera’s dictatorial leadership was still taking place. After Rivera went into exile in Paris, a series of short-lived, “caretaker” governments had tried to restore order and direction to the lives of the Spanish people, but they all failed miserably.

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#157 - Anton Chekhov - How to Write Like Chekhov

Author or Editor: Anton Chekhov
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2008
Pages: 210
Size: 0.73MB

This volume presents Anton Chekhov’s advice on how to write. Its purpose is to transmit Chekhov’s guidelines on becoming a good writer, and it is presented with the hope that these guidelines will be useful, in various ways, to novices and to experienced professional writers alike. Chekhov’s detailed suggestions draw heavily on his own experience, both as a writer of short stories, plays, novellas, and nonfiction and as a discerning reader of literary texts. He knew the burden of solitude that comes with writing, the compulsive need to write, and the dispiriting sting of an indifferent reception.

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