Theory category: 79975 books
Mind and Reality
The Space-Time Window
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014
The relationship between mind and reality is usually perceived as an event that takes place in reality and producing simultaneously an internal image in the mind. So it takes place twice, so to speak, and there is a one-to-one correspondence between the two events. Within this conception, matter is...
by Rose Envy, Mrs Rebecca Walters
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
This is an accessible text for students of degrees and foundation degrees in Early Years and Early Childhood. It examines both the theory behind early years practice, and the practical skills and knowledge needed for effective practice. Covering themes such as child-centered practice, reflective practice,...
International Relations Theory and Philosophy
Interpretive dialogues
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2010
This book discusses the contribution of philosophers and thinkers whose ideas have recently begun to permeate international relations theory. It provides an introduction to the contemporary debates regarding theories and methodologies used to study international relations, particularly the relationships...
Austrian Capital Theory
A Modern Survey of the Essentials
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
This Element presents a new framework for Austrian Capital Theory, starting from the notion that capital is value. Capital is the value attributed by the valuer at any moment in time to the combination of production-goods and labor available for production. Capital is the result obtained by calculating...
by Frederick G. Whelan
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Democracy in Theory and Practice presents an authoritative overview of democratic theory today. Its distinctive approach links theory to practice, emphasizing the wide variety of institutions and procedures through which core democratic principles are implemented and the normative and practical dimensions...
Literature and Liberty
Essays in Libertarian Literary Criticism
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
The economic theories of Karl Marx and his disciples continue to be anthologized in books of literary theory and criticism and taught in humanities classrooms to the exclusion of other, competing economic paradigms. Marxism is collectivist, predictable, monolithic, impersonal, linear, reductive —...
Critical Literacy and Urban Youth
Pedagogies of Access, Dissent, and Liberation
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Critical Literacy and Urban Youth offers an interrogation of critical theory developed from the author’s work with young people in classrooms, neighborhoods, and institutions of power. Through cases, an articulated process, and a theory of literacy education and social change, Morrell extends the...
Understanding Adult Functional Literacy
Connecting Text Features, Task Demands, and Respondent Skills
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
"This is a genuinely scholarly work ... It is based on [analysis of] the most up-to-date quantitative surveys that we have on adult literacy. These surveys are the gold standard in terms of documenting adult literacy in the United States ...The author analyzes these extensive surveys and puts...
by Henryk Arodz, Leszek Hadasz
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2017
This textbook addresses graduate students starting to specialize in theoretical physics. It provides didactic introductions to the main topics in the theory of fields, while taking into account the contemporary view of the subject. The student will find concise explanations of basic notions essential...
Nonlinear Adiabatic Evolution of Quantum Systems
Geometric Phase and Virtual Magnetic Monopole
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
This book systematically introduces the nonlinear adiabatic evolution theory of quantum many-body systems. The nonlinearity stems from a mean-field treatment of the interactions between particles, and the adiabatic dynamics of the system can be accurately described by the nonlinear Schrödinger equation....
Narratology and Ideology
Negotiating Context, Form, and Theory in Postcolonial Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2018
Narratology and Ideology: Negotiating Context, Form, and Theory in Postcolonial Narratives, edited by Divya Dwivedi, Henrik Skov Nielsen, and Richard Walsh, brings together many of the most prominent figures in the interface between narratology and postcolonial criticism. While narrative theory has...
by Jyotsna G. Singh
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
Shakespeare and Postcolonial Theory is an up-to-date guide to contemporary debates in postcolonial studies and how these shape our understanding of Shakespeare's politics and poetics. Taking a historical perspective, it covers early modern discourses of colonialism, 'race', gender and globalization,...
by Lawrence P. Horwitz
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
This book describes a relativistic quantum theory developed by the author starting from the E.C.G. Stueckelberg approach proposed in the early 40s. In this framework a universal invariant evolution parameter (corresponding to the time originally postulated by Newton) is introduced to describe dynamical...
Counseling and Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
Theory and Practice for School and Clinical Settings
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
A comprehensive, theory-based approach to working with young clients in both school and clinical settings
Counseling and Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents, Fifth Edition provides mental health professionals and students with state-of-the-art theory and practical guidance for major...