A Bell in the Storm begins with the experience of persistent pain in an attempt to prove his pain is real to his doctor, the author engages the theory of pain from Descartes to the most recent revelations of our neuroplastic brain. Rather than pain being referenced from a predictable machine-like body that is haunted by the mystery of the mind, it is engendered through the staggering complexity and self-referential unpredictability of the neuroplastic brain. This begs questions of medicine, theory and philosophy to ask better questions of our experiences of pain and the affirmation of what...
A Bell in the Storm begins with the experience of persistent pain in an attempt to prove his pain is real to his doctor, the author engages the theory...
The consumer reference guide The War on Terror: Taking Aim at the Anxiety Disorders: A Primer for Sufferers and Loved Ones is written for a general readership (e.g., sufferers of anxiety disorders and those near and dear to them, and others interested in the topic) and no prior knowledge of the topic is necessary to fully appreciate this book. This book could be used as a text for a psychology or psychiatry course, for instance. In addition, it is the author's hope that medical and psychological clinicians and researchers will gain a fresh perspective on their fields of expertise after...
The consumer reference guide The War on Terror: Taking Aim at the Anxiety Disorders: A Primer for Sufferers and Loved Ones is written for a general re...
Since 9/11, war literature has become a key element in American popular culture, spurring critical debate about depictions of combat--Who can write war literature? When can they do it? This book presents a new way to closely read war narratives, questioning the idea of "combat gnosticism"--the belief that the experience of war is impossible to communicate to those who have not seen it--that has dominated the discussion.
Adapting Kenneth Burke's scapegoat mechanism to the criticism of literature and film, the author examines three novels from 2012--Ben Fountain's Billy Lynn's Long...
Since 9/11, war literature has become a key element in American popular culture, spurring critical debate about depictions of combat--Who can write wa...
Pig meat is the most widely-consumed meat in the world. Previous growth in production has relied, in part, on more intensive systems. In meeting rising demand, these systems face challenges such as the ongoing threat of zoonotic diseases, the need to improve feed efficiency in the face of rising costs, the need to reduce the environmental impact of pig production and increasing concerns about animal welfare. This volume looks at pig breeding and nutrition. Part 1 starts by reviewing advances in mapping and exploiting the pig genome and its implications for molecular breeding techniques,...
Pig meat is the most widely-consumed meat in the world. Previous growth in production has relied, in part, on more intensive systems. In meeting risin...
