“…Proclus was the most important philosopher of late antiquity, a dominant (albeit controversial) voice in Byzantine thought, the second most influential Greek philosopher in the later western Middle Ages (after Aristotle), and a major figure (together with Plotinus) in the revival of Greek philosophy in the Renaissance. …”

“…If progressivism can bend life, family, and sex to its whims, it has established relativism over God as the supreme law and owns the power to destroy Western civilization. With insight, candor, and faith, Walsh shows conservatives how to confront liberal arguments, defeat the progressive agenda for good, and reclaim American culture for truth…”

“…Focusing on the representation of sea journeys in the Western world from the early sixteenth century to the present, Sara Caputo argues that the depiction of these lines is inextricable from European imperialism, the rise of modernity, and processes of globalization. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 9 The Half a Mile of Heaven's GateChapter 10 "Cowtown It Ain't": The Stampede and Calgary's Public Monuments; Chapter 11 "A Wonderful Picture": Western Art and the Calgary Stampede; Chapter 12 The Social Construction of the Canadian Cowboy: Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Posters, 1952-1972; Chapter 13 Renewing the Stampede for the 21st Century: A Conversation with Vern Kimball, Calgary Stampede Chief Executive Officer; Bibliography; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y…”

“…Then it had already been transformed from an “Eastern” into a “Western” problem…”

“…This book explores the tradition, impact, and contemporary relevance of two key ideas from Western Marxism: Georg Lukács's concept of reification, in which social aspects of humanity are viewed in objectified terms, and Guy Debord's concept of the spectacle, where the world is packaged and presented to consumers in uniquely mediated ways. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The case of the West Arsi Woreda in Ethiopia -- Visualize and communicate extreme weather risk to improve urban resilience -- Climate change adaptation and resilience in Mali -- Building resilience to drought in the Sahel by early risk identification and advices -- Risk analysis and evaluation to improve climate adaptation planning in Western Niger -- A simplified hydrological method for flood risk assessment at sub-basin level in Niger -- Socio-technical transitions and resilient infrastructure: analyzing changes in access to water following infrastructure upgrade in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Monitoring and evaluating advocacy and mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in Haiti -- Knowledge for transformational adaptation planning: comparing the potential of forecasting and back casting methods for assessing people vulnerability -- Possible impact of pelletized crop residues use as a fuel for cooking in Niger -- An effective Mainstreaming DRR and Resilience approach in La Paz (Mexico) and San Jose (Costa-Rica) -- Climate vulnerability reduction credits: measuring results of adaptation; potential applicability for sub-Saharan communities -- Review of pilot projects on index-based insurance in Africa: insights and lessons Learned -- A new perspective for integrating climate change in local development plans…”

“…This is followed by a previously unpublished history of early relations among the Western Shoshoni, emigrants, and the government along the California Trail. …”

“…Niebuhr, motivated by his perception of profound political and social crises in „Western“ societies, develops an innovative, pragmatic and „realistic“ type of theological anthropology. …”

“…If religion once seemed to have played out its role in the intellectual and political history of Western secular modernity, it has now returned with a vengeance. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Beyond Individualism: Familism as the Key to Virtuous Social Structure -- Confucian Morality: Why It Is in Tension with Contemporary Western Moral Commitments -- Virtue, Ren, and Familial Roles: Deflating Concerns with Individual Rights and Equality -- A Family-Oriented Civil Society: Treating People as Unequals -- Virtue as a Way of Life: Social Justice Reconsidered -- Virtue as the True Character of Social Obligations: Why Rawlsian Social Justice is Vicious -- Giving Priority to Virtue Over Justice and Rebuilding Chinese Health Care Principles -- Which Care? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Stable, Democratic and Western: China and French Colonialism in the Pacific -- 7. …”

“…Metallurgy, however, is only the most visible part of the story that accounts for the dramatic changes perceptible in south‐western Asia in the course of the 5th millennium BCE. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Solomon Islands 201 -- References 237 -- Appendix 254 -- Index -- 1.1 Main industrial gear types used in Western and Central -- Pacific Ocean tuna fisheries 7 -- 1.2 Domestic longline development by country, 1995-2005 9 -- 1.3 A history of constraints identified for development from tuna resources 13 -- 1.4 A history of recommendations made for development from tuna resources 15 -- 3.1 Cook Islands: market destinations by percentage and product for January-June 2005 68 -- 3.2 Cook Islands: indicators of domestic development, 2001 70 -- 3.3 Cook Islands: value of fresh chilled tuna exports, 1994-2005 70 -- 3.4 Cook Islands: indicators of domestic development, 2004 71 -- 4.1 Fiji: indicators of domestic development, 2001 108 -- 4.2 Fiji: indicators of tuna development, 2004-2005 109 -- 5.1 Kiribati: indicators of domestic development, 2001 119 -- 5.2 Kiribati: distant water fleets (2005) and catches (2004) 120 -- 5.3 Kiribati: indicators of tuna development, 2004-2005 134 -- 6.1 Fishing vessels with access to Marshall Islands' EEZ, 2003 151 -- 6.2 Longline vessels operating in Marshall Islands' EEZ -- by flag country, 1978-2003 152 -- 6.3 Japanese pole-and-line vessels operating in the Marshall Islands' EEZ, 1979-2002 153 -- 6.4 Purse-seine vessels operating in the Marshall Islands' EEZ by flag country, 1980-2003 154 -- 6.5 Marshall Islands: purse-seine catches by year and species, 1980-2003 157 -- 6.6 Marshall Islands: indicators of domestic development, 2001 165 -- 6.7 Marshall Islands: indicators of tuna development, 2004-2005 166 -- 7.1 Papua New Guinea: indicators of domestic development, 2001-2002 174 -- 7.2 Papua New Guinea: export values of marine products, 1996-2002 174 -- 7.3 Papua New Guinea: tuna exports by volume, value and product, 2000-2004 177 -- 7.4 Papua New Guinea: indicators of tuna development, 2004-2005 179 -- 7.5 Purse-seine catches in Papua New Guinea's EEZ, 2000-2004 180 -- 8.1 Solomon Islands: bait-fishery catch, 1973-98 207 -- 8.2 Solomon Islands: indicators of domestic development, 2001 210 -- 8.3 Solomon Islands: indicators of tuna development, 2004-2005 212 -- 8.4 Solomon Islands: bait-fishery catch, 2000-2004 213 -- 8.5 Solomon Islands: distant water access fleet and fees, 1994-2005 214 -- 8.6 Distant water fleet licensed in Solomon Islands, 2005 -- 8.7 Solomon Islands: domestic tuna production, 1997-2004 224 -- 8.8 Solomon Islands: tuna catches from domestic and foreign fleets by gear, 2000-2004 225 -- Appendix tables -- 1.1 Key fisheries indicators by country 254 -- 1.2 Key development indicators by country 255 -- Figures -- 1.1 Distribution of US purse-seine catches in a typical El Niño year (1994) 5 -- 1.2 Distribution of US purse-seine catches in a typical La Niña year (1995) 5 -- 2.1 Western and Central Pacific Ocean fisheries management 25 -- 2.2 Two-way adversarial model of distant water access 25 -- 2.3 Mutual incentives model of distant water access 27 -- Maps -- 1.1 Western and Central Pacific Ocean 3 -- 3.1 Cook Islands 66 -- 4.1 Fiji 91 -- 5.1 Kiribati 118 -- 6.1 Marshall Islands 149 -- 7.1 Papua New Guinea 171 -- 8.1 Solomon Islands 202.…”

“…The Kurdish success against ISIS in both Syria and Iraq quickly won them acclaim from the West and rendered them the key ally in the continued US-led effort against ISIS. In Western media and among Western decision makers, the Kurds as an entity are highly praised for their role in this fight. …”

“…The common idea that binds these groups, both in Western Europe and in Central and Eastern Europe, is a hostile attitude towards the idea of (an ever more integrated) united Europe. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…List of figures -- List of tables -- The contributors -- List of abbreviations 1 -- Embodied culture and the limits of the archive (doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743328675.01) Amanda Harris, Linda Barwick, Jakelin Troy 2 -- "I'll show you that manyardi": Memory and lived experience in the performance of public ceremony in western Arnhem Land (doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743328675.02) Reuben Brown and Solomon Nangamu 3 -- Ruatepupuke II: Maori meeting house in a museum (doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743328675.03) Jack Gray and Jacqueline Shea Murphy 4 -- Animating cultural heritage knowledge through songs: Museums, archives, consultation and Tiwi music (doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743328675.04) Genevieve Campbell, Jacinta Tipungwuti, Amanda Harris and Matt Poll 5 -- The body is an archive: Collective memory, ancestral knowledge, culture and history (doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743328675.05) Rosy Simas 6 -- Music, dance and the archive: Reanimating 1830s Nyungar songs of Miago (doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743328675.06) Clint Bracknell 7 -- Authenticity and illusion: Performing Maori and Pakeha in the early twentieth century (doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743328675.07) Marianne Schultz 8 -- Bodies of representation and resistance: Archiving and performingculture through contemporary Indigenous theatre in Taiwan (doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743328675.08) Chi-Fang Chao 9 -- Mermaids and cockle shells: Innovation and tradition in the "Diyama" song of Arnhem Land (doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743328675.09) Jodie Kell and Cindy Jinmarabynana…”

“…The essays in this collection aim to waken contemporary discussions of ethos(and of rhetoric generally) from their Western, classical-Aristotelian slumbers.Western rhetoric was never univocal in its theory or practice of ethos: the essaysin this collection provide proof of this. …”

“…Winner, The Early American Literature Book Prize Ethnology and Empire tells stories about words and ideas, and ideas about words that developed in concert with shifting conceptions about Native peoples and western spaces in the nineteenth-century United States. …”