The Beauty Of Convention
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Author |
: Marija Knežević |
Publisher |
: Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 270 |
Release |
: 2014-06-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781443861120 |
ISBN-13 |
: 144386112X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Beauty of Convention by : Marija Knežević
This volume addresses the beauty of convention not in an attempt to recapitulate established values (as, luckily, in literature and culture, there are not absolute beauties that serve everyone and always), but as an aesthetic appreciation of form as a keeper of meaning and as an ethical post-cynical metadiscourse on human dependence on symbolic interaction and generic conventions. Looking into the artificial, invented, side of this concept, the book addresses such questions as: What is beauty by virtue of convention? How does convention generate beauty? How does it happen that a convention acquires a normative force? What is the nature and the “logic of situation” that leads to the arbitrary conventions? How are alternative conventions made? What is inertia, and what real joy or belief ensures the stability of convention? Is there a natural correctness that enables the stability of convention? How does convention determine linguistic meanings? Can interpretation avoid convention? Without imposing one definition onto the reader, this volume presents an understanding of the stability of convention and how it generates beauty by employing numerous contemporary reading strategies and diverse cultural, ethnic, gender, psychological, and textual perspectives. Primary focus is given to various literary texts ranging from early classics to modernism and contemporary writing, though there are also discussions on other forms of human expressions, such as music, dance and sculpture. This book will contribute to the on-going discussion about the ambiguities inherent in the concept of convention, and, thus, stimulate intellectual confrontation and circulation of ideas within the fields of literature and culture.
Author |
: David Lewis |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 2013-05-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781118695777 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1118695771 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Convention by : David Lewis
Convention was immediately recognized as a major contribution to the subject and its significance has remained undiminished since its first publication in 1969. Lewis analyzes social conventions as regularities in the resolution of recurring coordination problems-situations characterized by interdependent decision processes in which common interests are at stake. Conventions are contrasted with other kinds of regularity, and conventions governing systems of communication are given special attention.
Author |
: Will D. Campbell |
Publisher |
: Mercer University Press |
Total Pages |
: 420 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0881460842 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780881460841 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Convention by : Will D. Campbell
The time is 1994, and the place is the national convention of the Federal Baptist Church in Chicago. Campbell pits the fundamentalist faction versus the moderates with all the malfeasance and intrigue that a wedding of church and state suggests.
Author |
: Heywood T. Sanders |
Publisher |
: University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages |
: 528 |
Release |
: 2014-06-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780812245776 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0812245776 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Convention Center Follies by : Heywood T. Sanders
American cities have experienced a remarkable surge in convention center development over the last two decades, with exhibit hall space growing from 40 million square feet in 1990 to 70 million in 2011—an increase of almost 75 percent. Proponents of these projects promised new jobs, new private development, and new tax revenues. Yet even as cities from Boston and Orlando to Phoenix and Seattle have invested in more convention center space, the return on that investment has proven limited and elusive. Why, then, do cities keep building them? Written by one of the nation's foremost urban development experts, Convention Center Follies exposes the forces behind convention center development and the revolution in local government finance that has privileged convention centers over alternative public investments. Through wide-ranging examples from cities across the country as well as in-depth case studies of Chicago, Atlanta, and St. Louis, Heywood T. Sanders examines the genesis of center projects, the dealmaking, and the circular logic of convention center development. Using a robust set of archival resources—including internal minutes of business consultants and the personal papers of big city mayors—Sanders offers a systematic analysis of the consultant forecasts and promises that have sustained center development and the ways those forecasts have been manipulated and proven false. This record reveals that business leaders sought not community-wide economic benefit or growth but, rather, to reshape land values and development opportunities in the downtown core. A probing look at a so-called economic panacea, Convention Center Follies dissects the inner workings of America's convention center boom and provides valuable lessons in urban government, local business growth, and civic redevelopment.
Author |
: Gro Nystuen |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 866 |
Release |
: 2010-10-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199599004 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199599009 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Convention on Cluster Munitions by : Gro Nystuen
This is a commentary on the legislation around the use of cluster munitions in warfare.--
Author |
: Pip Jones |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 35 |
Release |
: 2019-10-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781471145254 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1471145255 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Izzy Gizmo and the Invention Convention by : Pip Jones
WH SMITH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019! Izzy and Fixer are back for more machine mayhem . . . While their fellow contestants at the Invention Convention are intent on making shiny new things using old power, can Izzy and Fixer build a recycling machine fuelled by nature... AND win the coveted Genius Guild badge along the way? A joyful celebration of the magic of make-do-and-mend from the creators of the much-loved Izzy Gizmo. PRAISE FOR IZZY GIZMO: ‘Jones’s loping, engaging rhymes and Ogilvie’s vivacious images evoke both inspiration and frustration’ The Guardian
Author |
: Katia Fach Gomez |
Publisher |
: Kluwer Law International B.V. |
Total Pages |
: 512 |
Release |
: 2019-03-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789403501352 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9403501359 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis 60 Years of the New York Convention by : Katia Fach Gomez
Worldwide interest in the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards has never been higher, and the New York Convention of 1958, currently adhered to by 159 States including the major trading nations, remains the most successful treaty in this area of commercial law. This incomparable book, marking the Convention’s 60th anniversary, provides a fully updated analysis of the Convention’s application from international, comparative, and national perspectives. Drawing on a global conference held in Seville in April 2018 that was actively supported by UNCITRAL, the book’s 27 chapters, by highly qualified international practitioners and academics from different jurisdictions, address the subject with critical eyes, well aware of current developments and future challenges in the field of arbitration. Among the issues and topics covered are the following: Multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses. Applicability of the UN Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts. Complexities of enforcing orders determined by software. Enforcement of annulled awards. European Union law and the New York Convention. Enforcing awards against States and State entities. Sovereign immunity as a ground to refuse compliance with investor-State awards; Enforcement against non-signatories. Public policy exception. Arbitrating and enforcing foreign awards in specific countries and regions, including China, sub-Saharan Africa, and the ASEAN countries. Ample reference is made throughout to leading cases and practice. Familiarity with the intricacies of the New York Convention, as the most universally acknowledged framework in which cross-border economic exchanges can flourish, is essential for judges, practitioners, legal staff, business people, and scholars working with or applying international commercial arbitration anywhere in the world. This book’s combination of highly thought-provoking topics and the depth with which they are addressed will prove invaluable to all interested parties
Author |
: American Bankers Association |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 776 |
Release |
: 1894 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:32044105543383 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Proceedings of the ... annual convention of the American bankers' association ... by : American Bankers Association
Author |
: Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf. Meeting |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 1879 |
ISBN-10 |
: OSU:32435029820685 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Report of the Proceedings of the ... Meeting of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf by : Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf. Meeting
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 486 |
Release |
: 1836 |
ISBN-10 |
: NYPL:33433070787589 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Journal of the ... Annual Convention, Diocese of New York by :