Alice Munro (Critical Insights)

Alice Munro (Critical Insights) by Charles E. May


2013 | ISBN: 1429837225 | English | 312 pages | PDF | 2.5 MB

Over more than forty years, Alice Munro’s reputation has slowly grown to a point where she is today recognized as one of the finest living short story writers. Often compared to Chekhov for her fastidiously structured plots and psychological complexity, she has won the admiration of writers and readers around the world. From her early success with Dance of the Happy Shades to her most recent collections, Munro has steadily proven that short stories can be just as intricate, moving, and formidable as the best novels.




Edited by Charles May, Emeritus Professor of English at California State University, Long Beach, this volume in the Critical Insights series presents a variety of new essays on the Canadian writer. For readers who are studying Munro for the first time, a biographical sketch relates the details of her life and four essays survey the critical reception of Munro’s work, explore its cultural and historical contexts, situate Munro among her contemporaries, and review key themes in her work. Readers seeking a deeper understanding of the writer can then move on to other essays that explore topics like Munro’s Canadian identity; her aesthetics and narrative devices; the psychology of her characters; and recurrent themes in her work, like secrets, acting, and memory. Works discussed include The Beggar Maid, Friend of My Youth, Runaway, Too Much Happiness, Lives of Girls and Women, The Progress of Love, and The Love of a Good Woman. Among the contributors are Philip Coleman, David Crouse, Robert Thacker, and Alisa Cox.




Rounding out the volume are a chronology of Munro’s life and a list of her principle publications as well as a bibliography for readers seeking to study this iconic author in greater depth.

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Kant and Colonialism: Historical and Critical Perspectives [Repost]

Kant and Colonialism: Historical and Critical Perspectives by Katrin Flikschuh


English | Jan. 20, 2015 | ISBN: 0199669627 | 256 Pages | PDF | 1.94 MB

This is the first book dedicated to a systematic exploration of Kant"s position on colonialism. Bringing together a team of leading scholars in both the history of political thought and normative theory, the chapters in the volume seek to place Kant"s thoughts on colonialism in historical context, examine the tensions that the assessment of colonialism produces in Kant"s work, and evaluate the relevance of these reflections for current debates on global justice and the relation of Western political thinking to other parts of the world.

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Pseudoscience: A Critical Encyclopedia

Pseudoscience: A Critical Encyclopedia by Brian Regal


2009 | ISBN: 031335507X | English | 191 pages | PDF | 3 MB

What makes science science? How do we tell which assertions, beliefs, and methods are scientifically sound, and which are not? Brian Regal"s authoritative, entertaining new reference, Pseudoscience: A Critical Encyclopedia gets at the heart of these questions by helping readers understand how the scientific method works, how to critically analyze all kinds of "evidence," and how to sort through long-running myths and current pseudoscience controversies.




Ranging from the dawn of history to the present and across world cultures, Pseudoscience uses a field of endless fascination as a means of driving home the importance of solid scientific reasoning. The encyclopedia spans the full spectrum of scientific and nonscientific pursuits, from chemistry, biology, psychology, and medicine to eugenics, religion, cryptozoology, the occult, and paranormal activities. Specific entries focus on general concepts of science, the lives of individuals, and claims of abilities. Throughout, these entries go beyond simply stating facts by constantly engaging readers in a discussion about the very nature of true scientific discovery.

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Critical Thinking in Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis (repost)

Barbara Probst, "Critical Thinking in Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis"


English | 2015 | ISBN-10: 3319177737 | 304 pages | pdf | 3 MB

"This much-needed volume brings to the clinician or student some of the best critical-minded analysis by some of the most insightful thinkers about psychiatric diagnosis today. The thought-provoking questions these essays raise, and the multifaceted and provocative answers they provide, cultivate sensitivity to the nuances of diagnostic assessment that often makes the difference between clinical success and failure." – Jerome C. Wakefield, PhD, DSW, New York University Silver School of Social Work, New York




This transformative resource challenges social workers and mental health professionals to rethink their approaches to assessment and diagnosis from the ground up. Among the book’s unique features are its use of diverse lenses to examine a common case and its illustration of how multiple perspectives can be integrated for a richly textured portrait of the individual in context. Equally crucial is the book’s commitment to professional development, from exercises to improve case conceptualization to strategies for teaching and learning.

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The Politics of Partnerships: A Critical Examination of Nonprofit-Business Partnerships [Repost]

The Politics of Partnerships: A Critical Examination of Nonprofit-Business Partnerships by Maria May Seitanidi


English | Apr. 7, 2010 | ISBN: 9048185467 | 187 Pages | PDF | 1.71 MB

In the late 1990s the idea of cross-sector collaborations was relatively new in Europe. The term ‘partnership’ was employed primarily to refer to partnerships between government and businesses, usually termed PPP (Public Private Partnerships). On the other hand ‘strategic alliances’ was the term employed for business-to-business partnerships. Until then ‘sponsorship’ was the most practised associational form between nonprofit organisations (NPOs) and businesses (BUSs), which was included within the broad area of corporate community involvement. The relations between NPOs and BUSs witnessed a gradual intensification over the last 200 years (Gray 1989; Young 1999; Austin 2000; Googins and Rochlin 2000) resulting in increased interactions within both the philanthropic and trans- tional types of relationships (Seitanidi and Ryan 2007). However, the more recent gradual prominence of the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) within all sectors of society elicited an intensification of the debate with regard to the responsibilities of each sector in addressing environmental and social issues. In effect, CSR contributed to the increase of the interactions across the sectors and propelled NPO-BUS Partnerships (a type of social partnership) as a key mechanism for corporations to delve into a process of engaging with NPOs in order to improve their business practices by contributing their resources to address social issues (Heap 1998; Mohiddin 1998; Fowler 2000; Googins and Rochlin 2000; Mancuso Brehm 2001; Drew 2003; Hemphill and Vonortas 2003).

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Anti-racism in Social Work Practice (Critical Approaches to Social Work)

Anti-racism in Social Work Practice (Critical Approaches to Social Work) by Prospera Tedam


English | Apr. 9, 2013 | ISBN: 1909330132 | 192 Pages | PDF | 6.88 MB

This book re-visits anti-racism within social work practice and education from a student focused and informed perspective based on lived experience and conversations, offering practical model and tools for students and lecturers that are tried and tested.

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