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Conventional wisdom has it that government management of the economy is the means to transform a backward economy into a dynamic, modern one. This book showcases a range of development experiences in order to ascertain the reasons for this quagmire.
By examining how Jews filtered their experience of modernity through their speech and literature, Lederhendler provides an overview of the way in which the self-perceptions of Jews evolved, both in the Old World and among immigrants to America, and reveals how cultural conflicts were reconciled.
A collection that introduces and develops Lacanian thought concerning the relations among language, subjectivity, and society. It offers an account of how language both interacts with and constitutes structures of subjectivity, producing specific attitudes and behaviors as well as significant social effects.
Conventional wisdom has it that government management of the economy is the means to transform a backward economy into a dynamic, modern one. This book showcases a range of development experiences in order to ascertain the reasons for this quagmire.
Is Japan really different? Has America's sun set? How have conflicting views on the role of government affected US-Japan relations? What are the real differences in American and Japanese industrial policies? What is the anatomy of US-Japanese antagonisms? What is Japan's future course? This book deals with these questions.
Argues that men must interrogate their own sexuality in dialogue with women in order to revise phallocentric discourse. Drawing on a range of genres, cultures and theoretical perspectives, this examination questions the assumptions behind the representations of manhood in modern literature.
This account of the development of Atlantic City and its conflict over the Sabbath brings to light an ongoing crisis in American society - the chasm between religion and mass culture. The book features historical photographs depicting the evolution of the resort's architecture and political scene.
Explores the questions and doubts surrounding the revitalisation of Jewish life in Germany since the fall of the Wall. The volume includes topics such as the social and institutional role of Jews; the role of religion in daily life; and gender and culture in post-Wall Jewish writing.
Explores the questions and doubts surrounding the revitalisation of Jewish life in Germany since the fall of the Wall. The volume includes topics such as the social and institutional role of Jews; the role of religion in daily life; and gender and culture in post-Wall Jewish writing.
