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• Introduction
• Extreme Right, Bolsonarismo, and the multiple bodies of conservatism in Brazil
• Bolsonarismo and the battle against globalism: Neoconservatism as a transnational alliance
• Moral geopolitics: Neo-Pentecostalism, Christian Zionism, and the internationalization of salvation
• Domestic and international pacification: Militarism, peacekeeping operations, and enemy formation in Brazil
• Authoritarian meritocracy: Bolsonarismo, the Establishment of an entrepreneurial nation, and the privatization of the family
• Conclusion: Bolsonarismo after Bolsonaro
• From institutional new leaders to evangelical paramilitary groups.

"Bolsonarismo: The Global Origins and Future of Brazil's Far Right documents the rise of the far-right alliance that emerged in Brazil in 2020 around the figure of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Unlike a cohesive organization with a broad variety of ideologies, Fernando Brancoli delves deeply into how Bolsonarismo has developed a specific political orientation through its partnerships with other groups, practices, and subjectivities within Brazil, as well as internationally. Through interviews, archival research, and newly available public documents, this book presents a comprehensive and compelling portrait of the new evangelical pastors, military personnel, and meritocratic ideologues that are the actors behind the far-right movement. Adding to our understanding of Bolsonarismo's grown in Brazilian politics and the contributing factors behind it, the book also sheds light on the impact of Bolsonarismo on world politics. As a prominent leader of the far-right movement, Jair Bolsonaro's political views and policies have reverberated beyond Brazil's borders, influencing the discourse on issues such as climate change, democracy, and human rights around the world"-- Provided by publisher.

"This collection focuses on metaphorical as well as temporal and physical border-crossing in writing from and about Japan. With a strong consciousness of gender and socio-historic contexts, contributors to the book adopt an intercultural and interdisciplinary approach to examine the writing of authors whose works break free from the confines of hegemonic Japanese literary endeavour. By demonstrating how the texts analysed step outside the space of 'Japan', they accordingly foreground the volatility of textual expression related to that space. Authors discussed include Takahashi Mutsuo and Nagai Kafū, both of whom take literary inspiration from geographical sites outside Japan Several chapters examine the work of exemplar border-crossing poet, novelist and essayist, Itō Hiromi. There are discussions of the work of Tawada Yōko whose ability to publish in German and Japanese marks her also as a representative writer of border-crossing texts. Two chapters address works by Murakami Haruki who, although clearly affiliating with western cultural form, is rarely discussed in specific border-crossing terms. The chapter on Ainu narratives invokes topics such as translation, indigeneity and myth, while an analysis of Japanese prisoner of war narratives notes the language and border-crossing nexus. A vital collection for scholars and students of Japanese literature"-- Provided by publisher.

• Boric and the generational left / Carlos Peña
• Boric and the legal-constitutional path / Javier Couso
• Boric and the populist temptation / Patricio Navia
• Boric and the centre-left : from vilification to a tactical alliance / Patricio Silva
• Boric's triumph and disputes within the Chilean right / Cristóbal Roviera Kaltwasser
• Boric and the dispute for governability in Chile / José Joaquín Brunner
• Social (de)mobilisation in Boric's government / Camila Jara Ibarra
• Boric and the challenges for the Chilean economy / Mauricio G. Villena
• Social policies in Gabriel Boric's government / Rossana Castiglioni
• Public security challenges in Boric's government / Claudio Fuentes
• The challenges of the Boric's government / Carlos Peña and Patricio Silva.

• The lactating woman : breastfeeding and motherhood in antiquity and early Byzantium / Stavroula Constantinou and Aspasia Skouroumouni-Stavrinou
• Breast rules : the body of the wet nurse in ancient and early Byzantine discourses / Stavroula Constantinou and Aspasia Skouroumouni-Stavrinou
• The breast as locus for punishment / Dionysios Stathakopoulos
• Breastmilk as a therapeutic agent in ancient, late antique, and early Byzantine medical literature / Petros Bouras-Vallianatos
• Weaning and lactation cessation in late antiquity and the early Byzantine period : medical advice in context / Laurence Totelin
• "Galaktology" and genre : simple literary forms on milk and breastfeeding in ancient and early Byzantine medical treatises / Stavroula Constantinou and Aspasia Skouroumouni-Stavrinou
• Images of breastfeeding in early Byzantine art : form
• context
• function / Maria Parani
• Empowering breasts : women, widows, and prophetesses-with-child at Dura-Europos / Barbara Crostini
• Roman charity : Nonnos of Panopolis, support for parents, and questions of gender / Tim Parkin
• Children in distress : agonizing mothers as intercessors in early Byzantine miracle collections / Andria Andreou.

"This volume offers the first comparative, interdisciplinary, and intercultural examination of the lactating woman - biological mother and othermother - in antiquity and early Byzantium. Adopting methodologies and knowledge deriving from a variety of disciplines, the volume's contributors investigate the close interrelationship between a woman and her lactating breasts, as well as the social, ideological, theological, and medical meanings and uses of motherhood, childbirth, and breastfeeding, along with their visual and literary representations. Breastfeeding and the work of mothering are explored through the study of a great variety of sources, mainly works of Greek-speaking cultures, written and visual, anonymous and eponymous, which were mostly produced between the first and the seventh century AD. Due to their multiple interdisciplinary dimensions, ancient and early Byzantine lactating women are approached through three interconnected thematic strands having a twofold focus: society and ideology, medicine and practice, and art and literature. By developing the model of the lactating woman, the volume offers a new analytical framework for understanding a significant part of the still unwritten cultural history of the period. At the same time, the volume significantly contributes to the emerging fields of breast and motherhood studies. The new and significant knowledge generated in the fields of ancient and Byzantine studies may also prove useful for cultural historians in general and other disciplines, such as literary studies, art history, history of medicine, philosophy, theology, sociology, anthropology and gender studies"-- Provided by publisher.

• 1. The Vow That Starts the Story / Andy Rotman
• 2. Creative Tensions in the Past Lives of the Buddha / Naomi Appleton
• 3. The Final Birth / Reiko Ohnuma
• 4. A Timeless Love Story / Vanessa R. Sasson
• 5. A Great Departure / Kristin Scheible
• 6. Around the Tree of Awakening / Todd Lewis & Jinah Kim
• 7. The Buddha's Teachings and Miracles / David Fiordalis
• 8. Sorrow and its Ending in the Buddha's Last Days / Maria Heim
• 9. The Buddha's Story Continues: Afterlives of the Relics / Stephen C. Berkwitz
• 10. Overstory: First There is a Buddha, Then There is No Buddha, Then There is / John S. Strong
• Bibliography
• Index.

• Politics / Joseph Hone
• Religion / Ian Higgins
• Bodies and gender / Liz Bellamy
• Science, empire, and observation / Gregory Lynall
• Popular fiction / J. A. Downie
• Satire / Pat Rogers
• Travel writing / Dirk F. Passmann
• Philosophical tale / Paddy Bullard
• Advertisements and authorship / Brean Hammond
• A voyage to Lilliput / Melinda Alliker Rabb
• A voyage to Brobdingnag / Nicholas Seager
• A voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, &c. / Barbara M. Benedict
• A voyage to the land of the Houyhnhnms / Judith Hawley
• Critical reception / Jack Lynch
• Further voyages / Daniel Cook
• Visual culture / Ruth Menzies
• Screen media / Emrys Jones.

Jonathan Swift's satirical masterpiece, Gulliver's Travels, has shocked and delighted readers worldwide since its publication in 1726. At turns a humorous and harrowing indictment of human behaviour, it has been endlessly reinterpreted by critics and adapted across media by other artists. The Cambridge Companion to Gulliver's Travels comprises 17 original chapters by leading scholars, written in a theoretically-informed but accessible style. As well as providing detailed close readings of each part of the narrative, this Companion relates Gulliver's Travels to the political, religious, scientific, colonial, and intellectual debates in which Swift was engaged, and it assesses the form of the book as a novel, travel book, philosophical treatise, and satire. Finally, it explores the Travels' rich and varied afterlives: the controversies it has fuelled, the films and artworks it has inspired, and the enduring need authors have felt to 'write back' to Swift's original, disturbing, and challenging story.

The first three hundred years of the common era witnessed critical developments that would become foundational for Christianity itself, as well as for the societies and later history that emerged thereafter. The concept of 'ancient Christianity,' however, along with the content that the category represents, has raised much debate. This is, in part, because within this category lie multiple forms of devotion to Jesus Christ, multiple phenomena, and multiple permutations in the formative period of Christian history. Within those multiples lie numerous contests, as varieties of Christian identity laid claim to authority and authenticity in different ways. The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity addresses these contested areas with both nuance and clarity by reviewing, synthesizing, and critically engaging recent scholarly developments. The 27 thematic chapters, specially commissioned for this volume from an international team of scholars, also offer constructive ways forward for future research.

The Cambridge History of Reformation Era Theology explores the key developments in both Protestant and Catholic theology ca. 1475-1650. Exploring the various settings and schools in which theology was formulated and taught, and the social backgrounds of its exponents-including women and non-university-trained men, as well as writers both in and outside Europe-it establishes how the major denominations took their positions and participated in a broader discourse. The volume examines specific theological themes from different denominational perspectives, demonstrating how theology affected the lives of believers via pastoral theology, canon law, and spirituality, and how theological ideas were linked to politics, warfare, science, and the arts. Written by an international team of leading scholars in the field, this History expands the range of theological discourse by introducing new topics and spokespersons, as well as global and ecumenical perspectives. It will remain the definitive place to begin any further study of theology during this period for years to come.

Volume I examines the history of the European Union from an outside-in perspective, asking the following questions: how does the European Union look from the outside, and which outside forces shaped and guided the process of European integration? Split into three parts, the first addresses the main external events that have steered the European integration process, with emphasis placed on critical junctures following the Second World War, such as the division and reunification of Germany and the Eastern enlargement. Part II considers the various international trends that have shaped European integration, with particular focus on globalisation and geopolitics. While the first two parts pay special attention to institutions, countries, international organisations and the main actors, Part III focuses on the role of ideas, networks, public opinion and memory that influenced the development of the European Union.

Volume II examines the history of the European Union from an inside-out perspective, focusing on the internal developments that shaped the European integration process. Split into three parts, Part I covers the principles that have defined European integration, exploring the treaties and their changes through time, with Brexit being a core milestone. Part II considers the different instruments within the architecture of European integration, with special focus on the development of policies, the euro and enlargement. Part III concentrates on the various narratives surrounding European integration, in particular the concepts, goals and ideas that both spoke and failed to speak to the hearts and minds of Europeans. This includes the 'longue durée' concept, peace, European culture, (the absence of) religion, prosperity and (a lack of) solidarity and democracy.

• Part I: the history of the intact mind
• Introduction
• Valuing the disabled child: the emergence of disability parent memoirs
• Whose fault is it? Psychoanalysis and the first autism parent memoirs
• Is there a "key"? Biomedical discourse and second-generation autism memoirs
• Part II: the case studies
• The fight to eliminate 14(c)
• The erosion of guardianship
• The resurgence of facilitated communication.

• Introduction
• Domestic and International Resources
• Pre-Event Topics
• Event Response Topics
• Mechanical Operations in Disasters
• Post-Event Topics
• Topics Unique to Terrorist Events and High-Threat Disaster Response
• Operational Medicine
• Natural Disasters
• Nuclear and Radiation Events
• Chemical Events
• Biologic Events: Bacterial
• Biologic Events: Viral
• Biologic Events: Toxins
• Biologic Events: Other Biologic Events
• Events Resulting in Blast Injuries
• Events Resulting in Burn Injuries
• Events Resulting in Ballistic Injuries
• Events Associated With Structural Collapse/Crashing/Crushing
• Other Events/CombinationEvents.

While medical specialists in disaster mitigation, preparedness, and response are needed worldwide, the initial phase of disaster response is almost entirely dependent upon local resources—making it essential that all healthcare personnel have a working knowledge of the field and stand ready to integrate into the response system. Ciottone's Disaster Medicine, 3rd Edition, is the most comprehensive reference available to help accomplish these goals in every community. It thoroughly covers isolated domestic events as well as global disasters and humanitarian crises. Dr. Gregory Ciottone and more than 200 worldwide authorities share their knowledge and expertise on the preparation, assessment, and management of both natural and man-made disasters, including lessons learned by the responders to contemporary disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian and western U.S. wildfires, European heatwaves, the Beirut explosion, recent hurricanes and typhoons, and the global refugee crisis.

• Introduction
• Definitions and Basic Properties
• Minimization of Variables: Exact Method
• Minimization of Variables: Heuristic Method
• Two-Class Functions
• Linear Decomposition
• Data Mining and Machine Learning
• Functions with Multi-Valued Inputs
• Easily Reconstructable Functions
• Functions with Continuous Variables
• References
• Conclusions

This book introduces a novel perspective on machine learning, offering distinct advantages over neural network-based techniques. This approach boasts a reduced hardware requirement, lower power consumption, and enhanced interpretability. The applications of this approach encompass high-speed classifications, including packet classification, network intrusion detection, and exotic particle detection in high-energy physics. Moreover, it finds utility in medical diagnosis scenarios characterized by small training sets and imbalanced data. The resulting rule generated by this method can be implemented either in software or hardware. In the case of hardware implementation, circuit design can employ look-up tables (memory), rather than threshold gates. The methodology described in this book involves extracting a set of rules from a training set, composed of categorical variable vectors and their corresponding classes. Unnecessary variables are eliminated, and the rules are simplified before being transformed into a sum-of-products (SOP) form. The resulting SOP exhibits the ability to generalize and predict outputs for new inputs. The effectiveness of this approach is demonstrated through numerous examples and experimental results using the University of California-Irvine (UCI) dataset. This book is primarily intended for graduate students and researchers in the fields of logic synthesis, machine learning, and data mining. It assumes a foundational understanding of logic synthesis, while familiarity with linear algebra and statistics would be beneficial for readers