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Prometheanism

Technology, Digital Culture and Human Obsolescence

by Christopher John Müller ...

Series series Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics
Günther Anders’s prolific philosophy of technology is undergoing a major revival but has never been translated into English. Prometheanism mobilises Anders’s pragmatic thought and current trends in critical theory to rethink the constellations of power that are configuring themselves around our increasingly “smart” machines.The book offers a comprehensive introduction to Anders’s philosophy of ... Read more

$38.99 USD

Günther Anders’s prolific philosophy of technology is undergoing a major revival but has never been translated into English. Prometheanism mobilises Anders’s pragmatic thought and current trends in critical theory to rethink the constellations of power that are configuring themselves around our increasingly “smart” machines.The book offers a comprehensive introduction to Anders’s philosophy of
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The Obsolescence of the Human

by Günther Anders ...

Translated by Christopher John Müller ...

Series series Posthumanities
Now available in English—one of the twentieth century’s most important works on the philosophy of technologyWith this first English translation of influential German philosopher Günther Anders’s 1956 masterpiece of critical theory, The Obsolescence of the Human, a new generation of readers can now engage with his prescient and haunting vision of a “world without us” dominated by technology.Looking ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Now available in English—one of the twentieth century’s most important works on the philosophy of technologyWith this first English translation of influential German philosopher Günther Anders’s 1956 masterpiece of critical theory, The Obsolescence of the Human, a new generation of readers can now engage with his prescient and haunting vision of a “world without us” dominated by technology.Looking
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Mermaids

Art, Symbolism and Mythology

by Axel Müller, Christopher Halls, Ben Williamson ...

Women with fish tails are among the oldest and still most popular of mythological creatures, possessing a powerful allure and compelling ambiguity. They dwell right in the uncanniest valley of the sea: so similar to humans, yet profoundly other. Mermaids: Art, Symbolism and Mythology presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and beautifully illustrated study of mermaids and their influence on ... Read more

$54.99 USD

Women with fish tails are among the oldest and still most popular of mythological creatures, possessing a powerful allure and compelling ambiguity. They dwell right in the uncanniest valley of the sea: so similar to humans, yet profoundly other. Mermaids: Art, Symbolism and Mythology presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and beautifully illustrated study of mermaids and their influence on
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The Idea of a Human Rights Museum

by Angela Failler, Adam Muller, Clint Curle, Christopher Powell, Amanda Grzyb, Jodi Giesbrecht, Struan Sinclair, Helen Fallding, Stephen Jaeger, Mary Reid0, Ken Norman1, A. Dirk Moses2, Roger I. Simon3, Ruth B. Phillips4, David Petrasek5, Karen Busby7, Andrew Woolford8, Armando Perla0, Jennifer Carter1, Jorge A. Nállim2, George Jacob3 ...

Series Book 1 - Human Rights and Social Justice Series
The Idea of a Human Rights Museum is the first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Sixteen essays consider the wider political, cultural and architectural contexts within which the museum physically and conceptually evolved drawing comparisons between the CMHR and ... Read more

$17.99 USD

The Idea of a Human Rights Museum is the first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Sixteen essays consider the wider political, cultural and architectural contexts within which the museum physically and conceptually evolved drawing comparisons between the CMHR and
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The Future of Qualitative Research in Healthcare

The Role and Management of Digital Methods

Edited by Paul M.W. Hackett, Christopher M. Hayre, Dave Muller, Marcia Scherer, Ava Gordley-Smith ...

Digital methods in healthcare research have been steadily gaining ground but, until recently, were superseded by conventional face-to-face approaches wherever possible. However, the COVID-19 pandemic rendered in-person forms of data collection largely impossible, propelling digital approaches to the forefront. This book offers a digital lens in the participatory perspective of ethnography, a ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Digital methods in healthcare research have been steadily gaining ground but, until recently, were superseded by conventional face-to-face approaches wherever possible. However, the COVID-19 pandemic rendered in-person forms of data collection largely impossible, propelling digital approaches to the forefront. This book offers a digital lens in the participatory perspective of ethnography, a
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Language Assessment for Remediation (1981)

by David J Muller, Sian M. Munro, Christopher Code ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
Published in 1981, this book describes and critically examines the standardised tests and modes of assessment available and most commonly used by speech therapists, psychologists and educationalists.Tests and other assessment procedures are discussed and therapeutic strategies suggested. Thus, psycholinguistic approaches such as ITPA, the Reynell Developmental Language Scales and the Aston Index; ... Read more

$47.99 USD

Published in 1981, this book describes and critically examines the standardised tests and modes of assessment available and most commonly used by speech therapists, psychologists and educationalists.Tests and other assessment procedures are discussed and therapeutic strategies suggested. Thus, psycholinguistic approaches such as ITPA, the Reynell Developmental Language Scales and the Aston Index;
... Read more
Understanding Atrocities

Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide

by Amarnath Amarasingam, Andrew R. Basso, Kristin Burnett, Lori Chambers, Laura Beth Cohen, Travis Hay, Stephen Leonard Jacobs, Lorraine Markotic, Sarah Minslow, Donia Mounsef, Adam Muller, Christopher Powell, Raffi Sarkissian ...

Series Book 1 - Arts in Action
Understanding Atrocities is a wide-ranging collection of essays bridging scholarly and community-based efforts to understand and respond to the global, transhistorical problem of genocide. The essays in this volume investigate how evolving, contemporary views on mass atrocity frame and complicate the possibilities for the understanding and prevention of genocide. The contributors ask, among other ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Understanding Atrocities is a wide-ranging collection of essays bridging scholarly and community-based efforts to understand and respond to the global, transhistorical problem of genocide. The essays in this volume investigate how evolving, contemporary views on mass atrocity frame and complicate the possibilities for the understanding and prevention of genocide. The contributors ask, among other
... Read more
Cancer Signaling, Enhanced Edition

From Molecular Biology to Targeted Therapy

by Christoph Wagener, Carol Stocking, Oliver Müller ...

Cancer, which has become the second-most prevalent health issue globally, is essentially a malfunction of cell signaling. Understanding how the intricate signaling networks of cells and tissues allow cancer to thrive - and how they can be turned into potent weapons against it - is the key to managing cancer in the clinic and improving the outcome of cancer therapies. In their ground-breaking ... Read more

$70.00 USD

Cancer, which has become the second-most prevalent health issue globally, is essentially a malfunction of cell signaling. Understanding how the intricate signaling networks of cells and tissues allow cancer to thrive - and how they can be turned into potent weapons against it - is the key to managing cancer in the clinic and improving the outcome of cancer therapies. In their ground-breaking
... Read more
War of Words

Culture and the Mass Media in the Making of the Cold War in Europe

Edited by Judith Devlin, Christoph Hendrik Muller ...

War of Words is a volume of essays on the role of propaganda, mass media and culture in the development of the Cold War in Europe. Exploring a dimension of the political and diplomatic rivalry of interest to historians principally in the last decade, these essays explore the cultural dimensions of the early Cold War. The powers felt it necessary to explain and justify to Europeans the division of ... Read more

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War of Words is a volume of essays on the role of propaganda, mass media and culture in the development of the Cold War in Europe. Exploring a dimension of the political and diplomatic rivalry of interest to historians principally in the last decade, these essays explore the cultural dimensions of the early Cold War. The powers felt it necessary to explain and justify to Europeans the division of
... Read more
Swiss Contract Law in International Commercial Arbitration

A Commentary

by Christoph Müller ...

This book provides a systematic presentation of the most important commercial contracts under Swiss law, i.e., the contract of sale, the contract for work and services, the simple mandate contract, and the commercial agency contract, as well as the licence agreement, the exclusive distribution agreement, and the settlement agreement. The book also contains an in-depth introduction of the Swiss law ... Read more

$219.99 USD

This book provides a systematic presentation of the most important commercial contracts under Swiss law, i.e., the contract of sale, the contract for work and services, the simple mandate contract, and the commercial agency contract, as well as the licence agreement, the exclusive distribution agreement, and the settlement agreement. The book also contains an in-depth introduction of the Swiss law
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Dynamics of Democratic Elections

A Mathematical Approach to Political Science

by Johannes Müller, Volker Hösel, Aurélien Tellier, Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach ...

Dynamics of Democratic Elections explores modeling approaches to democratic elections and opinion dynamics at the intersection of mathematics, political science, and computational modeling. The book focuses on relatively simple models, their analysis, and how they perform in real-world applications. In order to make the book easy to navigate, the material is divided into three major parts ... Read more

$88.99 USD

Dynamics of Democratic Elections explores modeling approaches to democratic elections and opinion dynamics at the intersection of mathematics, political science, and computational modeling. The book focuses on relatively simple models, their analysis, and how they perform in real-world applications. In order to make the book easy to navigate, the material is divided into three major parts
... Read more
Cancer Signaling

From Molecular Biology to Targeted Therapy

by Christoph Wagener, Carol Stocking, Oliver Müller ...

Cancer, which has become the second-most prevalent health issue globally, is essentially a malfunction of cell signaling. Understanding how the intricate signaling networks of cells and tissues allow cancer to thrive - and how they can be turned into potent weapons against it - is the key to managing cancer in the clinic and improving the outcome of cancer therapies. In their ground-breaking ... Read more

$70.00 USD

Cancer, which has become the second-most prevalent health issue globally, is essentially a malfunction of cell signaling. Understanding how the intricate signaling networks of cells and tissues allow cancer to thrive - and how they can be turned into potent weapons against it - is the key to managing cancer in the clinic and improving the outcome of cancer therapies. In their ground-breaking
... Read more

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