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Humanities & Social SciencesNovember 2013Renaissance humanism and ethnicity before race
The Irish and the English in the seventeenth century
by Ian Campbell
The modern ideology of race, so important in twentieth-century Europe, incorporates both a theory of human societies and a theory of human bodies. Ian Campbell's new study examines how the elite in early modern Ireland spoke about human societies and human bodies, and demonstrates that this elite discourse was grounded in a commitment to the languages and sciences of Renaissance Humanism. Emphasising the education of all of early modern Ireland's antagonistic ethnic groups in common European university and grammar school traditions, Campbell explains both the workings of the learned English critique of Irish society, and the no less learned Irish response. Then he turns to Irish debates on nobility, medicine and theology in order to illuminate the problem of human heredity. He concludes by demonstrating how the Enlightenment swept away these humanist theories of body and society, prior to the development of modern racial ideology in the late eighteenth century. ;
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Lifestyle, Sport & LeisureMarch 2025Between the salt and the ash
A journey into the soul of Northumbria
by Jake Morris-Campbell
A poet's quest to understand the deep past and uncertain future of his homeland. After inheriting his great-grandfather's Davy lamp, poet Jake Morris-Campbell sets out on a pilgrimage across his homeland. Travelling from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to Durham Cathedral, he asks what new ways might be made through the old north. This region, a hub of early Christian Britain and later strongly defined by industry and class, now faces an uncertain future. But it remains a unique and starkly beautiful part of the country, with a deep history that is intimately entwined with the idea of Englishness. Jake's journey along the 'Camino of the North' sees him explore the shifting nature of individual and regional identity across thirteen-hundred years of social change. At the same time, it challenges him to reconsider his own trade of writer and how it relates to the lives of the people he meets along the way. Between the salt and the ash asks what stories the North East can tell about itself in the wake of Christianity and coal. Rejecting the damaging trope of 'left behind' communities, Jake uncovers neglected seams of culture and history, while offering a heartfelt celebration of the place he calls hyem.
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Biography & True StoriesFebruary 2024Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic since 1917
by David Featherstone, Christian Høgsbjerg, Alan Rice
Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic brings to light the life histories of a wide range of radical figures whose political activity in relation to the black liberation struggle was profoundly shaped by the global impact and legacy of the Russian Revolution of October 1917. The volume introduces new perspectives on the intellectual trajectories of well-known figures and critical activists including C. L. R. James, Paul Robeson, Walter Rodney and Grace P. Campbell. This biographical approach brings a vivid and distinctive lens to bear on how racialised social and political worlds were negotiated and experienced by these revolutionary figures, and on historic black radical engagements with left political movements, in the wake of the Russian Revolution.
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September 2019Spuk in der Weihnachtswerkstatt
Ein Weihnachtskrimi in 24 Kapiteln
by Pestum, Jo
Der Weihnachtsklassiker für alte und neue Fans: der neue Weihnachtskrimi von Jo Pestum ist da! Kurz vor Weihnachten lernen die beiden Hobbydetektive Leon und Phil die gleichaltrige Sophie und ihren Hund Irina kennen. Sophie lebt mit ihrer Familie in einem alten, umgebauten Schulhaus. Doch irgendwas geht dort nicht mit rechten Dingen zu. Versucht womöglich jemand, Sophie und ihrer Familie Angst zu machen und sie zu vertreiben? Oder spukt es in dem alten Schulhaus wirklich? Die Detektive machen sich sofort daran, den gespenstischen Fall zu lösen. Ihre Ermittlungen führen die beiden Freunde auf den Weihnachtsmarkt, in den verschneiten Wald und schließlich in einen Geheimgang unterhalb der alten Schule. Können sie das Rätsel lösen? Damit vergeht die Zeit bis Weihnachten wie im Flug: Krimispannung zum Miträtseln von Jo Pestum. Ein Weihnachtskrimi in 24 Kapiteln mit perforierten Seiten zum Auftrennen. Ideal zum Selberlesen ab 10 Jahren, aber auch zum Vorlesen für gemütliche Lesestunden im Advent für die ganze Familie. Liebevoll illustriert von Carmen Hochmann. Das ideale Geschenk für den Advent und die Vorweihnachtszeit. Weitere Bände der Reihe: Die große Adventsverschwörung. Ein Weihnachtskrimi in 24 Kapiteln Eine diebische Weihnachtsbescherung. Ein Weihnachtskrimi in 24 Kapiteln Der falsche Rauschgoldengel. Ein Weihnachtskrimi in 24 Kapiteln 50 Jahre Krimis von Jo Pestum bei Arena - und immer noch spannend!
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September 2020Drei Weihnachts-Lamas in Gefahr
by Pestum, Jo
Der neue Weihnachtskrimi von Jo Pestum: In 24 spannenden Kapiteln durch den Advent Die Freunde Danny, Paul, Jana und Fatma trauen ihren Augen nicht. Mitten im Dezember entdecken sie drei Lamas in freier Wildbahn! Sofort gehen die Hobbydetektive der Sache auf den Grund und finden heraus: In den Stall der Tiere wurde eingebrochen! Hat das etwas mit den rätselhaften Diebstählen zu tun, die in der Stadt für Aufregung sorgen? Gina, die Besitzerin der Lamas verhält sich verdächtig. Die vier Detektive wollen aufdecken, ob Gina mit der Diebesbande unter einer Decke steckt, und nehmen die Ermittlungen auf. Warum trägt Ginas Bruder als Paketbote Weihnachtspäckchen aus, obwohl die Familie doch das kleine Café am Waldrand betreibt? Um den Fall zu lösen, müssen die Freunde den drei Lamas in den geheimnisvollen Winterwald folgen … Damit vergeht die Zeit bis Weihnachten wie im Flug: Krimispannung zum Miträtseln von Jo Pestum. Ein Weihnachtskrimi in 24 Kapiteln mit perforierten Seiten zum Auftrennen. Ideal zum Selberlesen ab 10 Jahren, aber auch zum Vorlesen für gemütliche Lesestunden im Advent für die ganze Familie. Liebevoll illustriert von Carmen Hochmann. Das ideale Geschenk für den Advent und die Vorweihnachtszeit. Weitere Bände der Reihe: Spuk in der Weihnachtswerkstatt. Ein Weihnachtskrimi in 24 Kapiteln Eine diebische Weihnachtsbescherung. Ein Weihnachtskrimi in 24 Kapiteln Die Christbaumräuber. Ein Weihnachtskrimi in 24 Kapiteln
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MedicineMarch 2017The metamorphosis of autism
A history of child development in Britain
by Keir Waddington, Bonnie Evans
This book is available as an open access ebook under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. What is autism and where has it come from? Increased diagnostic rates, the rise of the 'neurodiversity' movement, and growing autism journalism, have recently fuelled autism's fame and controversy. The metamorphosis of autism is the first book to explain our current fascination with autism by linking it to a longer history of childhood development. Drawing from a staggering array of primary sources, Bonnie Evans traces autism back to its origins in the early twentieth century and explains why the idea of autism has always been controversial and why it experienced a 'metamorphosis' in the 1960s and 1970s. Evans takes the reader on a journey of discovery from the ill-managed wards of 'mental deficiency' hospitals, to high-powered debates in the houses of parliament, and beyond. The book will appeal to a wide market of scholars and others interested in autism.
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The ArtsFebruary 1996Analysing performance
A critical reader
by Patrick Campbell
Each chapter in this important critical reader tackles the theory and practice of modern performance work, and enables students and teachers to see what is at stake in analysing dance, drama, music and videos using contemporary critical theories. Including Elizabeth Wright on psychoanalysis, Baz Kershaw on the politics of performance, Jatinder Verma on multiculturalism, E. Ann Kaplan on MTV and video, Lizabeth Goodman on feminism and AIDS, Stephen Connor on postmodernism and many others. ;
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July 2000Süsse Qual des Verlangens
Er verdankt ihr sein Leben, doch ein Pirat kann nicht treu sein
by Campbell, Catriona
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History of medicineFebruary 2017The metamorphosis of autism
'A history of child development in Britain
by Series edited by Professor Keir Waddington, Bonnie Evans
What is autism and where has it come from? Increased diagnostic rates, the rise of the 'neurodiversity' movement, and growing autism journalism, have recently fuelled autism's fame and controversy. The metamorphosis of autism is the first book to explain our current fascination with autism by linking it to a longer history of childhood development. Drawing from a staggering array of primary sources, Bonnie Evans traces autism back to its origins in the early twentieth century and explains why the idea of autism has always been controversial and why it experienced a 'metamorphosis' in the 1960s and 1970s. Evans takes the reader on a journey of discovery from the ill-managed wards of 'mental deficiency' hospitals, to high-powered debates in the houses of parliament, and beyond. The book will appeal to a wide market of scholars and others interested in autism, neurodiversity and how this relates to wider theories of children's psychological development.
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Social & cultural historyJanuary 2014Renaissance humanism and ethnicity before race
by Ian Campbell
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