Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction: An Invitation to Spatial Theorizing -- Part I: Considering Space in Social Theory -- 2 Understanding Social Change: Refiguration -- 3 Space in the Theory of Reflexive Modernization: The Location of Subjects from a Cosmopolitan Perspective -- 4 Wittgenstein's House: From Philosophy to Architecture to Philosophy -- 5 Mapping Assemblages: Analytical Benefits of Thinking with Space -- 6 The Invention of the Global: Constitutions of Space in Theories of Globalization -- Part II: Considering Space in Global Epistemologies -- 7 Dividing the 'World': Spatial Binaries in Global Perspective -- 8 European Elsewheres: Global Sociologies of Space and Europe -- 9 The Refiguration of the Social and the Re-Configuration of the Communal -- 10 Caste, Class and Space: Inequalities in India -- Part III: Considering Space in Meaning Making -- 11 A Dangerous Liaison? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Section I About Metaphors -- 1 How We Usually Understand Metaphor -- Metaphor as a Figure of Speech -- Metaphor as a Means of Persuasion -- References -- 2 Metaphor as a Way of Thinking -- Metaphor and Our Conceptual System -- Source Domains, Target Domains, and Metaphoric Entailments -- How Conceptual Metaphor Affects Thought and Action -- References -- 3 Structural Metaphor -- Orientational, Ontological, and Structural Metaphor -- Gareth Morgan's Application of Structural Metaphor -- References -- Section II Metaphor as a Tool for Character Analysis -- 4 Character Analysis and the Limitations of Ontological Metaphor -- External and Internal Character Analysis -- Examples of Character Analysis Techniques -- The Limits of Ontological Metaphor and the Promise of Structural Metaphor -- References -- 5 Using Structural Metaphor for Character Analysis -- The Action of the Play as a Machine -- The Action of the Play as an Organism -- The Action of the Play as a Culture -- Going Beyond One -- References -- Section III Applying the Method -- 6 How this Might Have Worked for Angeline in The Zoo Story -- The Action of the Play as a Machine -- The Action of the Play as an Organism -- The Action of the Play as a Culture -- References -- 7 How this Worked for Angeline in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike -- The Action of the Play as a Machine -- The Action of the Play as an Organism -- The Action of the Play as a Culture -- References -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 An Introduction to Swarm Intelligence in Communication -- Chapter 2 Applications of Computational Intelligence in Societal Welfare -- Chapter 3 Computational Intelligence in Cell-Level Healthcare Application -- Chapter 4 Efficient and Robust Digital Notch Filter Implementation Employing Wave Digital Structure -- Chapter 5 Computationally Efficient Fractional-order Filters -- Chapter 6 Applications of Reinforcement Learning in the Physical Layer of Wireless Communication -- Chapter 7 Computational Intelligence in MAC Layer Protocols of mmWave (5G and Beyond) V2X Communication -- Chapter 8 Design of Smart Sensor-based Insole for Analysing Gait Parameters of Patients with Knee Arthroplasty -- Chapter 9 Evaluation of Female Facial Attractiveness and Smile Aesthetics Using Eye-Tracking System: A Photographic Study -- Chapter 10 IoT-Based WBAN: A Survey on Classification and Channel Access Techniques -- Chapter 11 Internet of Things: Classification, Challenges, and Their Solutions -- Chapter 12 Cloud-based Ecosystem of IoMT -- Index…”

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