Tag: Interdisciplinary

Free Download Paul Gordon, "Absolute Freedom: An Interdisciplinary Study"
English | ISBN: 1839985178 | 2022 | 150 pages | PDF | 3 MB
At a time when the term "freedom" is loosely―and dangerously―bandied about, this work makes the important distinction between positive and negative freedom, and examines the various "zones" of positive freedom (art, religion, academia, politics, speech, etc.)

Free Download R. Mary Hayden Lemmons, "Woman as Prophet in the Home and the World: Interdisciplinary Investigations"
English | ISBN: 1498542085 | 2016 | 298 pages | EPUB | 1127 KB
This first-ever interdisciplinary study of woman as prophet shows that, in these troubling times, ordinary women-especially Christian women-need to function as prophets by proclaiming, in word and deed, the indispensability of lovingly seeking the welfare of others. More specifically, social science shows that the person-centered love prophesied by women prophets is able to meet interpersonal challenges within the home and world, while philosophy and theology establish that women are able to excel as prophets due to the virtuous dispositions inculcated by femininity, the choice to be caring, a God-centered spirituality, and a pro-life humanitarian/personalist feminism that welcomes male collaborators. Facilitating the ability of Christian women to prophesy love are Baptismal graces, Thomistic virtues, and a much needed prophetic Marian ecclesiology based on what John Paul II calls the "prophetism of femininity."

Free Download Scott D. Calhoun, "U2 Above, Across, and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Assessments"
English | ISBN: 1498501311 | 2015 | 164 pages | EPUB | 1461 KB
U2’s success and significance are due, in large part, to finding inventive, creative solutions for overcoming obstacles and moving past conventional boundaries. As it has embraced change and transformation over and over again, its fans and critics have come to value and expect this element of U2. These new essays from the disciplines of organizational communication, music theory, literary studies, religion, and cultural studies offer perspectives on several ways U2’s dynamic of change has been a constant theme throughout its career. The eight essays here come from the U2 Conference 2013, which explores the music, work, and influence of U2, furthering the scholarship on U2.

Free Download Melissa Brotton, "Ecotheology in the Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Divine and Nature "
English | ISBN: 1498527930 | 2016 | 272 pages | EPUB | 8 MB
This book is a collection of essays about the interaction between God, humans, and nature in the context of the environmental challenges and Biblical studies. Chapters include topics on creation care and Sabbath, sacramental approaches to earth care, classical and medieval cosmologies, ecotheodicy (how we understand the problem of nonhuman suffering in a world controlled by a good God), ecojustice (how humans help to alleviate nonhuman suffering). The book seeks to provide a way to understand Judeo-Christian perspectives on human-to-nonhuman interaction through Biblical, literary, cultural, film, and music studies, and as such, offers an interdisciplinary approach with emphasis on the humanities, which provides a broader platform for ecotheology.

Free Download Nassim W. Balestrini, "Aging Studies and Ecocriticism: Interdisciplinary Encounters "
English | ISBN: 1666914746 | 2023 | 242 pages | EPUB, PDF | 461 KB + 2 MB
Aging Studies and Ecocriticism: Interdisciplinary Encounters argues that both aging studies and ecocriticism address the complex dynamics of individual and collective agency, oppression and dependency, care and conviviality, vulnerability and resistance as well as intergenerationality and responsibility. Yet, even though both fields employ overlapping methodologies and theoretical frameworks and scrutinize "boundary texts" in different literary genres, which have been analyzed from ecocritical perspectives as well as from the vantage point of critical aging studies, there has been little scholarly interaction between ecocritical literary studies and aging studies to date. The contributors in this volume demonstrate the potential of specific genres to narrate relationality and age, and the aesthetic and ethical challenges of imagining changes, endings, and survival in the Anthropocene. As the first step towards putting both fields in conversation, this collection offers new pathways into understanding human and nonhuman ecological relations.

Free Download Advances in Interdisciplinary Engineering: Select Proceedings of FLAME 2020 by Niraj Kumar
English | EPUB | 2021 | 835 Pages | ISBN : 9811599556 | 112 MB
This book comprises the select proceedings of the International Conference on Future Learning Aspects of Mechanical Engineering (FLAME) 2020. This volume focuses on several emerging interdisciplinary areas involving mechanical engineering.

Free Download Interdisciplinary Design Thinking in Architecture Education
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032283378 | 305 Pages | PDF (True) | 28 MB
Annotated case studies, both from academic institutions and from professional practices, provide examples of interdisciplinary engagement in creative design work, highlighting the challenges and opportunities of this approach. Cases are from a diverse selection of international collaborators, featuring projects from the United States, Australia, Mexico, Germany, and Italy, and cover a range of project types and scales. Chapters by invited experts offer speculations on current and future models, situating examples within the broader context, and encouraging dialogue between practice and pedagogy. The collection of voices in this book offers critical and provocative lenses, learning from history while forging inventive and creative roles for the architect as practitioner, entrepreneur, strategist, choreographer, activist, facilitator, leader, and teacher.

Free Download An Interdisciplinary Approach to Aging, Biohacking and Technology
by Carver, L. F.;
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032602260 | 120 pages | True PDF EPUB | 9.76 MB

Free Download Organ Transplantation and Native Peoples: An Interdisciplinary Approach by Estevão Rafael Fernandes , Ana Karoline Nobrega Cavalcanti
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 65 Pages | ISBN : 3031406656 | 1.4 MB
This book presents important concepts from medical and socio-cultural anthropology to health professionals working with organ transplantation involving indigenous populations. Written by an anthropologist and a nephrologist working at the Brazilian Amazon region, it presents an interdisciplinary approach merging perspectives from medical and socio-cultural anthropology, social epidemiology and clinical medicine to blend philosophical concerns around tissue and organ exchange with transplant-related initiatives in order to help health professionals develop care protocols that take into account the specific cultures of indigenous populations.

Free Download Interdisciplinary Reflections on South Asian Transitions: Exploring the Rise of Far Right Ideology by Bhabani Shankar Nayak, Debadrita Chakraborty
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 218 Pages | ISBN : 3031366859 | 4.2 MB
This book presents an interdisciplinary understanding of the social, and economic drivers of far-right politics in South Asia. In response to the growth of xenophobia, reactionary nationalism, authoritarianism, and aggressive leadership in the region, it examines both the religious and economic conditions that have encouraged far-right populism and the profit-driven capitalist systems it produces. The book also delves into the unique histories of South Asia, along with the region’s religious and cultural traditions, to provide context for broader economic and political trends and shed light on the consolidation of wealth and growing inequality.