Joshua B : 36 books

Book cover of Understanding Turkey's Kurdish Question
by Djene Rhys Bajalan, Oral Çalislar, Fuat Keyman
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013

This edited volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and experts, aims to clarify the complexity of Turkey’s Kurdish question. The Kurdish question is a long-standing, protracted issue, which gained regional and international significance largely in the last thirty years. The Kurdish people...
Book cover of Empathy

Empathy

From Bench to Bedside

by Dan Zahavi, Søren Overgaard, Allan Young
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2011

Recent work on empathy theory, research, and applications, by scholars from disciplines ranging from neuroscience to psychoanalysis. There are many reasons for scholars to investigate empathy. Empathy plays a crucial role in human social interaction at all stages of life; it is thought to help...
Book cover of The Philosophy of War Films
by David LaRocca, Fredric Jameson, Garrett Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014

Wars have played a momentous role in shaping the course of human history. The ever-present specter of conflict has made it an enduring topic of interest in popular culture, and many movies, from Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, have sought to show the complexities and horrors of war on-screen. In...
Book cover of Ancient Borinquen

Ancient Borinquen

Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico

by Peter G. Roe, Peter E. Siegel, Joshua M. Torres
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009

Native American cultures of Puerto Rico prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1493. A book on the prehistory of a modern geopolitical entity is artificial. It is unlikely that prehistoric occupants recognized the same boundaries and responded to the same political forces that operated in...
Book cover of Tibes

Tibes

People, Power, and Ritual at the Center of the Cosmos

by Edwin Crespo-Torres, Lisa M. Stringer, L. Antonio Curet
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2009

The first comprehensive analysis of a strategically located ceremonial center on the island of Puerto Rico. The prehistoric civic-ceremonial center of Tibes is located on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, just north of the modern coastal city of Ponce. Protected on two sides by a river, and...
Book cover of AIDS Drugs For All

AIDS Drugs For All

Social Movements and Market Transformations

by Professor Ethan B. Kapstein, Professor Joshua W. Busby
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013

Drawing on a rich set of interviews and surveys, this book shows how the global AIDS treatment advocacy movement helped millions in the developing world gain access to life-saving medication. The movement achieved this by transforming the market for AIDS drugs from one which was 'low volume, high...
Book cover of Managing Instability on China's Periphery
by Paul B. Stares, Scott A. Snyder, Joshua Kurlantzick
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

In this Center for Preventive Action study, CFR scholars provide policy options for preventing a major crisis and mitigating the consequences in the territories immediately adjacent to China: North Korea, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Central Asia.
Book cover of The Human–Animal Boundary

The Human–Animal Boundary

Exploring the Line in Philosophy and Fiction

by Joshua A. Bergamin, Kristian Bjørkdahl, Gary Comstock
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018

Throughout the centuries philosophers and poets alike have defended an essential difference—rather than a porous transition—between the human and animal. Attempts to assign essential properties to humans (e.g., language, reason, or morality) often reflected ulterior aims to defend a privileged...
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