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  • Latin American Philosophy for the 21st Century

    The Human Condition, Values, and the Search for Identity

    This excellent collection is the most complete anthology of Latin American philosophers in English available today. Leading philosophers from several different Latin American countries and from various periods in the history of Latin American thought are included. Though the main focus is upon the rich contemporary period, several key texts from the colonial and independent period are included to ... Read more

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  • Cuba before Castro

    A Century of Family Memoirs

    Although much has been written about Cuba after Castro, relatively little has been written about Cuba before Castro. The political reality of Castro’s Revolution has created a historical void about this period, paying insufficient attention to an important century before 1959. Cuba has become a political punching bag, between supporters and critics of Castro and the Revolution, making it difficult ... Read more

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  • Uses and Abuses of the Classics

    Western Interpretations of Greek Philosophy

    Edited by Jorge J. E. Gracia, Jiyuan Yu ...
    From very early on, Western philosophers have been obsessed with the understanding of a relatively few works of philosophy which have played a disproportionately large and fundamental role in developing the Western philosophical canon, dominating the curriculum in the past and in the present; there is no indication that they will not do so in the future. Uses and Abuses of the Classics examines ... Read more

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  • Hispanics/Latinos in the United States

    Ethnicity, Race, and Rights

    The presence and impact of Hispanics/Latinos in the United States cannot be ignored. Already the largest minority group, by 2050 their numbers will exceed all the other minority groups in the United States combined. The diversity of this population is often understated, but the people differ in terms of their origin, race. language, custom, religion, political affiliation, education and economic ... Read more

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  • Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality

    A Challenge for the 21st Century

    Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality is the first book to explore philosophically the concepts of race, ethnicity, and nationality, and offer a systematic and unified theory emphasizing metaphysical and epistemological issues. Gracia argues for a familial, historical view of ethnicity and race in the tradition of Du Bois, and for a political view of nationality the roots of which can be ... Read more

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  • Philosophy and the Interpretation of Pop Culture

    Aristotle analyzed the popular art of his time: the tragedies and epics. Why should philosophers today not do likewise? Perhaps we can learn something from children's stories by subverting the dominant paradigm of adult authority and admitting with Socrates that we don't know all the answers. Perhaps Batman has ethical lessons to teach that generalize beyond the pages of comic books. Is it better ... Read more

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  • With a Diamond in My Shoe

    A Philosopher's Search for Identity in America

    Series series SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
    The intellectual autobiography of a leading figure in the field of Latin American philosophy.In 1961, at the age of nineteen, Jorge J. E. Gracia escaped from the island of Cuba by passing himself off as a Catholic seminarian. He arrived in the United States with just a few spare belongings and his mother's diamond ring secured in a hole in one of his shoes. With a Diamond in My Shoe tells the ... Read more

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  • Mel Gibson's Passion and Philosophy

    The Cross, the Questions, the Controverssy

    Series Book 10 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ has become one of the most controversial films ever made, and it is already a blockbuster of cinematography. Its defenders passionately regard it as one of the most moving and influential pieces of religious art ever created. But its detractors argue with comparable vehemence that the violence and gore it contains, its alleged anti-Semitism, a particular take ... Read more

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  • Painting Borges

    Philosophy Interpreting Art Interpreting Literature

    Series series SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
    A provocative examination of the artistic interpretation of twelve of Borges's most famous stories.In this groundbreaking book, Jorge J. E. Gracia explores the artistic interpretation of fiction from a philosophical perspective. Focusing on the work of Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most celebrated literary figures of Latin America, Gracia offers original interpretations of twelve of Borges's most ... Read more

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  • Knowledge Graphs and Language Technology

    ISWC 2016 International Workshops: KEKI and NLP&DBpedia, Kobe, Japan, October 17-21, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the combined refereed proceedings of ISWC Satellite Wor shops KEKIand NLP&DBpedia 2016 which were held in conjunction with ISWC 2016 in Kobe, Japan, inOctober 2016. The 9 papers presented were carefully selected and reviewed from 20submissions. They focus on the use of linguistic linked open data, the linguistic aspectsof DBpedia, the improvement of of DBpedia through NLP ... Read more

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  • Language, Data, and Knowledge

    First International Conference, LDK 2017, Galway, Ireland, June 19-20, 2017, Proceedings

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Language, Data and Knowledge, LDK 2017, held in Galway, Ireland, in June 2017. The 14 full papers and 19 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 initial submissions. They deal with language data; knowledge graphs; applications in NLP; and use cases in digital humanities, social ... Read more

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  • Revisiting the 'Ideal Victim'

    Developments in Critical Victimology

    Nils Christie’s (1986) seminal work on the ‘Ideal Victim’ is reproduced in full in this edited collection of vibrant and provocative essays that respond to and update the concept from a range of thematic positions.Each chapter celebrates and commemorates his work by analysing, evaluating and critiquing the current nature and impact of victim identity, experience, policy and practice. The ... Read more

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