David Joseph: 175 books
Dark Nature
Anti-Pastoral Essays in American Literature and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
In The Ecological Thought, eco-philosopher Timothy Morton has argued for the inclusion of “dark ecology” in our thinking about nature. Dark ecology, he argues, puts hesitation, uncertainty, irony, and thoughtfulness back into ecological thinking.” The ecological thought, he says, should include...
Drawing a Line in the Sea
The Gaza Flotilla Incident and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
The deadly May 31, 2010 Gaza flotilla incident has been misunderstood. This book explores the incident in more detail than mainstream media coverage has allowed—explaining the background, key players, and the incident itself—enriched by the authors having had unique access to senior Israeli officials...
The Sociology of Katrina
Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
The second edition of The Sociology of Katrina brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to deepen our understanding of the modern catastrophe that is Hurricane Katrina. Five years after the storm, its profound impact continues to be felt.
This new edition explores...
Appalachia in Regional Context
Place Matters
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than in Appalachian studies -- a field which brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around a region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and combat stereotypes of isolation...
Transforming the Quality of Life for People with Dementia through Contact with the Natural World
Fresh Air on My Face
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
This important book simply but persuasively demonstrates why we should provide the opportunities for people with dementia to experience the great outdoors. It also gives a voice to people with dementia who have felt the benefit of getting closer to nature. The contributors explore many different ways...
by David M. Blades, Joseph M. Siracusa, Deputy Dean of Global Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The story of U. S. nuclear testing between 1945 and 1963 is a vivid and exciting one, but also one of profound importance. It is a story of trailblazing scientific progress, weapons of mass destruction, superpower rivalry, accidents, radiological contamination, politics, and diplomacy. The testing...
by Judith S. Trent, Henry C. Kenski, Kate M. Kenski
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
This diverse and unique collection of essays examines a wide range of communication elements and themes in the context of the 2012 election. Topics include the early campaign and Romney’s nomination battle, candidate image, the rhetoric and campaigning of Michelle Obama and Ann Romney, issues of...
William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life
The Cries of the Wounded
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throughout the United States. When the American philosopher William James (1842 – 1910) find...
Corey Village and the Cayuga World
Implications from Archaeology and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
The Cayuga are one of the original five nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy,
a powerful alliance of Native American tribes in the Northeast, inhabiting
much of the land in what is now central New York State. When their
nation was destroyed in the Sullivan–Clinton campaign of 1779, the Cayuga
endured...
Van Gogh among the Philosophers
Painting, Thinking, Being
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
This volume brings Continental philosophical interpretations of Van Gogh into dialogue with one another to explore how for Van Gogh, art places human beings in their world, and yet in other ways displaces them, not allowing them to belong to that world.
Neurology for the Hospitalist
A Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Neurology for the Hospitalist is a concise and eminently practical resource for inpatient neurological care. Internal Medicine Hospitalists frequently face patients with neurological issues and many feel that their training was insufficient in this area. Hospitalists are often the primary inpatient...
Jurisprudence and Theology
In Late Ancient and Medieval Jewish Thought
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
The book provides in depth studies of two epistemological aspects of Jewish Law (Halakhah) as the ‘Word of God’ – the question of legal reasoning and the problem of knowing and remembering.
- How different are the epistemological concerns of religious-law in comparison to other legal...
The Gift of Rest
Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Now in paperback, Senator Joe Lieberman shows how ceasing all activity for a weekly Sabbath observance has profound benefit—including health, relationships, and even career advancement—for people of all religions.
Rediscovering the Beauty of Sabbath Rest
Our bodies and souls were...
Who Donates in Campaigns?
The Importance of Message, Messenger, Medium, and Structure
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2018
While much is known about who votes in American elections, much less is known about who donates. In this book, the authors utilize a unique and historically unprecedented data set of donors from the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections to answer longstanding questions: What is the relationship between...