Renunciation and Non-Renunciation in Indian Films
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Description: This article reviews the renunciation and non-renunciation in Indian films. Renunciation is one of the most widely studied subjects among Indic traditions. The image of a half-naked ascetic with a stick in one hand and a begging bowl in other has captured the attention of scholars more often than the mundane householder. Whereas the ascetic captured the imagination with his (and sometimes her) individualistic spirit rebelling against the maligned caste hierarchy, the householder has been seen as a poor creature living a routine life according to the rules dictated by the caste (varna) and the stage in life (ashrama). The author reviews several films to analyze the portrayal of ascetics and householders, but cannot claim that the review is encyclopedic because there are so many films with variations on this theme. All of the films introduced here were made by Indian filmmakers except for two Hollywood films, the Householder (1963) and Siddhartha (1972), that were filmed in India with an Indian cast and story.
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[Review] A Grammar of Mongsen Ao
Date: 2010
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana L.
Description: This book review discusses 'A Grammar of Mongsen Ao' by Alec R. Coupe. Ao is one of the approximately 20 indigenous languages of Nagaland spoken in around fifty villages in northwestern area of the state. This book reviews discusses each of the eleven chapters in the book.
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[Review] Biodivinity and Biodiversity: The Limits to Religious Environmentalism
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Description: This book review discusses 'Biodivinity and Biodiversity: The Limits to Religious Environmentalism' by Emma Tomalin, a book about religion and ecology.
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[Review] Chemistry of Advanced Materials: An Overview
Date: December 29, 1998
Creator: Cundari, Thomas R., 1964-
Description: This book review discusses 'Chemistry of Advanced Materials: An Overview', edited by Leonard V. Interrante from Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, and Mark J. Hampden-Smith from the University of New Mexico.
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[Review] Communications and Management at Work
Date: 2008
Creator: Friess, Erin
Description: This book review discusses 'Communication and Management at Work' by Thomas Klikauer. The book, intended primarily for scholars of management, business, and organizational communication, invokes the theories of Kant, Habermas, Orwell, and Marx to assess at a macro level the historical and contemporary relationships between communication and control in the workplace.
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[Review] Computational Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry
Date: April 28, 2010
Creator: Cundari, Thomas R., 1964-
Description: This book review discusses 'Computational Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry', edited by Edward I. Solomon from Stanford University, Robert A. Scott from the University of Georgia Athens, and R. Bruce King from the University of Georgia Athens.
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[Review] Deciphering the Chemical Code: Bonding Across the Periodic Table
Date: August 20, 1997
Creator: Cundari, Thomas R., 1964-
Description: This book review discusses 'Deciphering the Chemical Code: Bonding Across the Periodic Table' by Nicolaos D. Epiotis from the University of Washington. The reviewer describes the work as a new theoretical framework for describing chemical bonding and gives specific information on what's covered in the book, the themes, and ideal audiences.
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[Review] Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: A Definitive Course from Concept to Comic in 15 Lessons
Date: 2009
Creator: Hoffman, Starr
Description: This book review discusses 'Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: A Definitive Course from Concept to Comic in 15 Lessons' by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden. The book divides the work of creating comics into fifteen concrete lessons and in this review, the author discusses the book and the authors.
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[Review] Higher Ground: Ethics and Leadership in the Modern University
Date: 2007
Creator: Bush, V. Barbara
Description: This book review discusses 'Higher Ground: Ethics and Leadership in the Modern University' by Nannerl O. Keohane in 2006. The book is a collection of essays, speeches, and thoughts representing twenty years of writing by this former president of Wellesley College and Duke University.
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[Review] Infinite Nature
Date: March 2007
Creator: Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-
Description: This book review discusses 'Infinite Nature', by R. Bruce Hull. Hull's book dissolves dichotomous positions by portraying a plurality of views about nature and relations between human communities and their environments.
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