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Outside in the Teaching Machine

Author	: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2012-12-06
ISBN 10	: 9781135070571
Pages	: 375 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (75 users)

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Download or read book Outside in the Teaching Machine written by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is one of the most pre-eminent postcolonial theorists writing today and a scholar of genuinely global reputation. This collection, first published in 1993, presents some of Spivak’s most engaging essays on works of literature such as Salman Rushdie's controversial Satanic Verses, and twentieth century thinkers such as Jacques Derrida and Karl Marx. Spivak relentlessly questions and deconstructs power structures where ever they operate. In doing so, she provides a voice for those who can not speak, proving that the true work of resistance takes place in the margins, Outside in the Teaching Machine.

Women, Culture, and International Relations

Author	: Vivienne Jabri
Publisher	: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Release Date	: 1999
ISBN 10	: 155587701X
Pages	: 213 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (1 users)

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Download or read book Women, Culture, and International Relations written by Vivienne Jabri and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text expands the agenda of feminist international relations by considering the heterogeneity of women's voices in the realm of world politics, as well as the challenges that this diversity poses. The authors develop a theoretical discourse that incorporates the combined notion of difference and emancipation in a discussion of the agency of women and their transformative capacity. They use a normative approach to understanding the multiple subjectivities of women and the plurality of their experiences.

Bodies and Voices

Author	: Anna Rutherford
Publisher	: Rodopi
Release Date	: 2008
ISBN 10	: 9789042023345
Pages	: 459 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (233 users)

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Download or read book Bodies and Voices written by Anna Rutherford and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2008 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles investigate representations in literature, both by the colonizers and colonized. Many deal with the effect the dominant culture had on the self image of native inhabitants. They cover areas on all continents that were colonized by European countries.

Poststructuralism and Postcoloniality

Author	: Jane Hiddleston
Publisher	: Liverpool University Press
Release Date	: 2010-01-01
ISBN 10	: 9781846312304
Pages	: 207 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (123 users)

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Download or read book Poststructuralism and Postcoloniality written by Jane Hiddleston and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relation between poststructuralist thought and postcoloniality, and identifies in that interaction the expression of a particular anxiety concerning the form of theoretical writing.Many so-called poststructuralist thinkers, such as Derrida, Cixous, Lyotard, Barthes, Kristeva and Spivak, have turned their attention at some point in their career towards questions either of postcolonialism, or of cultural domination and difference. For all these thinkers, however, a reflection on such questions has generated a sense of unease concerning the assumed neutrality of theoretical discourse, and the inevitable subjective or autobiographical investments of the writing self.The book argues that this anxiety betrays an unprecedented lucidity concerning the particular challenges of writing about ourselves and others at a time of postcolonial upheaval.

Generatives Deep Learning

Author	: David Foster
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2020
ISBN 10	: OCLC:1151051275
Pages	: 310 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (15 users)

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Download or read book Generatives Deep Learning written by David Foster and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generative Modelle haben sich zu einem der spannendsten Themenbereiche der Künstlichen Intelligenz entwickelt: Mit generativem Deep Learning ist es inzwischen möglich, einer Maschine das Malen, Schreiben oder auch das Komponieren von Musik beizubringen - kreative Fähigkeiten, die bisher dem Menschen vorbehalten waren. Mit diesem praxisnahen Buch können Data Scientists einige der eindrucksvollsten generativen Deep-Learning-Modelle nachbilden wie z.B. Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Variational Autoencoder (VAEs), Encoder-Decoder- sowie World-Modelle. David Foster veranschaulicht die Funktionsweise jeder Methode, beginnend mit den Grundlagen des Deep Learning mit Keras, bevor er zu einigen der modernsten Algorithmen auf diesem Gebiet vorstößt. Die zahlreichen praktischen Beispiele und Tipps helfen dem Leser herauszufinden, wie seine Modelle noch effizienter lernen und noch kreativer werden können.

Globalization and Postcolonialism

Author	: Sankaran Krishna
Publisher	: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date	: 2009
ISBN 10	: 0742554686
Pages	: 223 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (86 users)

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Download or read book Globalization and Postcolonialism written by Sankaran Krishna and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization has become a widely used buzzword, yet popular discussions often miss its deeper realities. This book offers the first clear explanation of the impact of colonialist legacies in a globalized world in an era defined by the "War on Terror." Sankaran Krishna explores the history of the relationship between Western dominance and the forms of resistance that have emerged to challenge it. Moving beyond the simple formulation of "They hate us because we are rich, we are free, and they are crazy," he asks, "What have we done that might generate such animosity? What face has the United States presented to the developing world over time? Krishna argues that we live on an interrelated globe, that history matters a great deal in constructing contemporary realities, and that others create stories or narratives about the world based on their experiences just as we do based on ours. He contends that the interactions between the West and the non-West have not been politically innocent, economically egalitarian, or culturally benign in their consequences. Presenting a lucid exploration of the intertwined histories of both globalization and postcolonialism, this book uses compelling real-world examples to make sense of this crucial relationship.

Critical Theory for Library and Information Science

Author	: Gloria J. Leckie
Publisher	: ABC-CLIO
Release Date	: 2010
ISBN 10	: 9781591589389
Pages	: 326 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (893 users)

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Download or read book Critical Theory for Library and Information Science written by Gloria J. Leckie and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2010 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides an overview of major critical theorists from across disciplines—including the humanities, social sciences, and education—that discusses the importance of these critical perspectives for the advancement of LIS research and scholarship. * A basic bibliography of the theorist's work follows each topic presentation; some chapters also include works of critical commentary on the theorist's writings * Indexes of key terms and concepts are provided throughout the chapters

Thinking with Theory in Qualitative Research

Author	: Alecia Youngblood Jackson
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2011-12-02
ISBN 10	: 9781136511998
Pages	: 168 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (119 users)

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Download or read book Thinking with Theory in Qualitative Research written by Alecia Youngblood Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-12-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2013 American Educational Studies Association's Critics Choice Award! Thinking With Theory In Qualitative Research shows how to use various philosophical concepts in practices of inquiry; effectively opening up the process of data analysis in qualitative research. It uses a common data set and utilizes various theoretical perspectives through which to view the data. It challenges qualitative researchers to use theory to accomplish a rigorous, analytic reading of qualitative data. "Plugging in" the theory and the data produces a variety of readings applying various theorists and their concepts, including: Derrida - Deconstruction Spivak – Postcolonial Marginality Foucault - Power/Knowledge Butler - Performativity Deleuze – Desire Barad – Material Intra-activity Thinking With Theory In Qualitative Research pushes against traditional qualitative data analysis such as mechanistic coding, reducing data to themes, and writing up transparent narratives. These do little to critique the complexities of social life; such simplistic approaches preclude dense and multi-layered treatment of data. It shows that "thinking with theory" pushes research and data and theory to its exhaustion in order to produce knowledge differently. By refusing a closed system for fixed meaning, a new analytic is engaged to keep meaning on the move. The result is an extension of thought beyond an easy sense. Special features of the book include schematic cues to help guide the reader through what might be new theoretical terrain, interludes that explain the possibilities of thinking with a particular concept and theorist and detailed chapters that plug the same data set into a specific concept. This vital tool will help researchers understand and fully utilize their powers of data analysis and will prove invaluable to both students and experienced researchers across all of the social sciences.

Toward a Politics of The (Im)Possible

Author	: Anirban Das
Publisher	: Anthem Press
Release Date	: 2012-10-01
ISBN 10	: 9780857285690
Pages	: 234 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (856 users)

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Download or read book Toward a Politics of The (Im)Possible written by Anirban Das and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book works at the intersection of two related yet different fields. One is the heterogeneous feminist effort to question universal forms of knowing. The second field follows from this conundrum: how does one think of the body when s/he speaks of embodiment? ‘Toward a Politics of the (Im)Possible’ engages the forefront of contemporary thought on the body, while remaining mindful of the requirements of a feminist approach.

Politics of Parousia

Author	: Tat-siong Liew
Publisher	: BRILL
Release Date	: 2021-08-30
ISBN 10	: 9789004493773
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (937 users)

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Download or read book Politics of Parousia written by Tat-siong Liew and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informed by postmodern theory, postcolonial inquiry, and Asian American studies, this volume probes the relationship between Mark's apocalyptic and colonial politics, and calls attention to both the anti-colonial and neo-colonial elements within Mark's representations of authority, agency, and gender.

The Politics of Heaven

Author	: Joseph A. Marchal
Publisher	: Fortress Press
Release Date	: 2008
ISBN 10	: 9781451411744
Pages	: 213 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (117 users)

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Download or read book The Politics of Heaven written by Joseph A. Marchal and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was Paul an opponent of imperialism or a participant in the patriarchal social codes of his day? Joseph A. Marchal moves beyond this too-simple dichotomy to examine the language of power and obedience, ethnicity, and gender in Paul's letters.

Thinking with Theory in Qualitative Research

Author	: Alecia Y. Jackson
Publisher	: Taylor & Francis
Release Date	: 2022-07-29
ISBN 10	: 9781317359081
Pages	: 170 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (59 users)

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Download or read book Thinking with Theory in Qualitative Research written by Alecia Y. Jackson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking with Theory in Qualitative Research: Second Edition demonstrates how to enact various philosophical concepts in practices of inquiry, effectively opening up the process of thought in qualitative studies. Thinking with Theory in Qualitative Research functions as a refusal of pregiven method, intensifying creativity, experimentation, and newness. Readers are invited into the threshold of theory to traverse philosophers and their concepts, reorienting conventional approaches to inquiry. Each chapter presents a thinking with process as a way of reading intensively through plugging in performative accounts of two first-generation academic women to philosophical concepts from Derrida, Spivak, Foucault, Butler, Barad, and Deleuze and Guattari. This book is a deliberate attempt to unsettle what is expected to be represented or recognized in terms of both meaning and method in traditional practices of qualitative research, which become unproductive and untenable in this different image of thought. New to this edition Fully revised and rewritten Chapter 1 that introduces the technique of plugging in as contingent, strategic movements of thought. Also new to Chapter 1 is a shift in language away from traditional practices in qualitative research (data and analysis) to performative accounts and becoming-questions Fully revised "Thinking with intra-action" chapter, which focuses on Karen Barad’s ontoepistemological framework of agential realism, and the concepts of posthumanist performativity and entangled agencies Fully revised and rewritten Chapter 8 that presents plugging in and thinking with as ontological Further development of and new material on the "plugging in" technique Schematic cues updated and extended for all of the Interludes In the ten years since the first edition was published, Thinking with Theory in Qualitative Research has become a vanguard text in the field of postfoundational inquiry for its accessible but thorough introductions to philosophically informed inquiry. This book is for experienced and novice researchers, and students in introductory, general, and advanced qualitative inquiry courses, who may also be first-time readers of philosophy. This text will function as an entry into techniques of thinking with a new theoretical vocabulary.

Methods for the Study of Literature as Cultural Memory

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Publisher	: BRILL
Release Date	: 2022-06-08
ISBN 10	: 9789004488595
Pages	: 472 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (885 users)

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Download or read book Methods for the Study of Literature as Cultural Memory written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume collaborators from different universities all over the world explore a wide variety of methods for the study of literature as cultural memory.In literature, the past may be (re)constructed in various ways and in very diverse forms. This immediately raises the question as to how one can describe and inventory the various discourses and metadiscourses of historical representation. In what sense can the rhetoric of literary historiography itself contribute to literature's function as cultural memory? Which methods of analysis are most appropriate for describing specific text types or genres as cultural memory? What have been the pragmatic uses and the ethical merits of the stability and continuity that literature has often provided for European, American, Asian and African cultures? What are the dilemmas they create for our teaching at the end of the twentieth century?To all these questions, a wide range of scholars here tries to find answers. In thorough and highly original contributions, they not only address theoretical problems, but also engage themselves in practical analyses of specific works.

Democracy Beyond the Nation State

Author	: Joe Parker
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2017-06-26
ISBN 10	: 9781315303772
Pages	: 274 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (37 users)

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Download or read book Democracy Beyond the Nation State written by Joe Parker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy promises rule by all, not by the few. Yet, electoral democracies limit decision-making to representatives and have always had a weakness for inequality. How might democracy serve all rather than the few? Democracy Beyond the Nation State: Practicing Equality examines communities that govern their own lives without elites or centralized structures through assemblies and consensus. Rather than claiming equality by abstract rights or citizenship, these groups put equality into practice by reducing wealth and health divides, or landlessness or homelessness, and equalizing workloads. These practices are found in rural India and Brazil, in Buenos Aires, London, and New York, and among the Iroquois, the Zapatistas, and the global networks of La Via Campesina farmers and the World Social Forum. Readable accounts of these horizontal democracies document multiple political frames that prevent democracy from being frozen into entrenched electoral systems producing modern inequalities. Using practice to rewrite political theory, Parker draws on collective politics in Spivak and Derrida and embodied relations from Povinelli and Foucault to show that equal relations are not a utopian dream, not nostalgia, and not impossible. This book provides many practical solutions to inequality. It will be useful to students and scholars of political theory and social movements and to those who are willing to work together for equality.

Death Of A Discipline:

Author	: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2004-01-01
ISBN 10	: 8170462592
Pages	: 140 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (92 users)

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Download or read book Death Of A Discipline: written by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost three decades, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, has been ignoring the standardized rules of the academy and trespassing across disciplinary boundaries. Today she remains one of the foremost figures in the study of world literature and its cultural consequences. In this new book she declares the death of comparative literature as we know it and sounds an urgent call for a new comparative literature , in which the discipline is given new life one that is not appropriated and determined by the market. In the era of globalization, when mammoth projects of world literature in translation are being undertaken in the United States, how can we protect the multiplicity of languages and literatures at the university? Spivak demonstrates how critics interested in social justice should pay close attention to literary form and offers new interpretations of classics such as Joseph Conrad s Heart of Darkness and Virginia Woolf s A Room of One s Own. Through close readings of texts not only in English, French and German but also in Arabic and Bengali, Spivak practises what she preaches. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. She is the author of Myself I Must Remake; In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics; The Post-Colonial Critic: Interviews, Strategies, Dialogues; Outside in the Teaching Machine and A Critique of Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing Present. She is the translator of Jacques Derrida s Of Grammatology and Mahasweta Devi s Imaginary Maps, Breast Stories, Old Women and Chotti Munda and His Arrow.

GULLIVER 37

Author	: Christiane Harzig
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1995
ISBN 10	: 3886197158
Pages	: 176 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (58 users)

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Download or read book GULLIVER 37 written by Christiane Harzig and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Migration, Mobilität, Geschlecht

Author	: Meike Penkwitt
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2011
ISBN 10	: WISC:89115268518
Pages	: 380 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (152 users)

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Download or read book Migration, Mobilität, Geschlecht written by Meike Penkwitt and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: