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The eminent scholar Lewis R. Gordon offers a probing meditation on freedom, justice, and decolonization. What is there to be understood and done when it is evident that the search for justice, which dominates social and political philosophy of the North, is an insufficient approach for the achievements of dignity, freedom, liberation, and revolution? Gordon takes the reader on a journey as he interrogates a trail from colonized philosophy to re-imagining liberation and revolution to critical challenges raised by Afropessimism, theodicy, and looming catastrophe. He offers not forecast and foreclosure but instead an urgent call for dignifying and urgent acts of political commitment. Such movements take the form of examining what philosophy means in Africana philosophy, liberation in decolonial thought, and the decolonization of justice and normative life. Gordon issues a critique of the obstacles to cultivating emancipatory politics, challenging reductionist forms of thought that proffer harm and suffering as conditions of political appearance and the valorization of nonhuman being. He asserts instead emancipatory considerations for occluded forms of life and the irreplaceability of existence in the face of catastrophe and ruin, and he concludes, through a discussion with the Circassian philosopher and decolonial theorist, Madina Tlostanova, with the project of shifting the geography of reason.

The eminent scholar Lewis R. Gordon offers a probing meditation on freedom, justice, and decolonization. What is there to be understood and done when it is evident that the search for justice, which dominates social and political philosophy of the North, is an insufficient approach for the achievements of dignity, freedom, liberation, and revolution? Gordon takes the reader on a journey as he interrogates a trail from colonized philosophy to re-imagining liberation and revolution to critical challenges raised by Afropessimism, theodicy, and looming catastrophe. He offers not forecast and foreclosure but instead an urgent call for dignifying and urgent acts of political commitment. Such movements take the form of examining what philosophy means in Africana philosophy, liberation in decolonial thought, and the decolonization of justice and normative life. Gordon issues a critique of the obstacles to cultivating emancipatory politics, challenging reductionist forms of thought that proffer harm and suffering as conditions of political appearance and the valorization of nonhuman being. He asserts instead emancipatory considerations for occluded forms of life and the irreplaceability of existence in the face of catastrophe and ruin, and he concludes, through a discussion with the Circassian philosopher and decolonial theorist, Madina Tlostanova, with the project of shifting the geography of reason.

As the first book to analyze the work of Fanon as an existential-phenomenological of human sciences and liberation philosopher, Gordon deploys Fanon's work to illuminate how the "bad faith" of European science and civilization have philosophically stymied the project of liberation. Fanon's body of work serves as a critique of European science and society, and shows the ways in which the project of "truth" is compromised by Eurocentric artificially narrowed scope of humanity--a circumstance to which he refers as the crisis of European Man. In his examination of the roots of this crisis, Gordon explores the problems of historical salvation and the dynamics of oppression, the motivation behind contemporary European obstruction of the advancement of a racially just world, the forms of anonymity that pervade racist theorizing and contribute to "seen invisibility," and the reasons behind the impossibility of a nonviolent transition from colonialism and neocolonialism to postcolonialism.

A Companion to African-American Studies is an exciting and comprehensive re-appraisal of the history and future of African American studies. Contains original essays by expert contributors in the field of African-American Studies Creates a groundbreaking re-appraisal of the history and future of the field Includes a series of reflections from those who established African American Studies as a bona fide academic discipline Captures the dynamic interaction of African American Studies with other fields of inquiry.

The industry-leading book in accounting methods and techniques, ideal for anyone taking a first course in financial accounting at university or college.

"Essential for introductory accounting teaching for both specialist and non-specialist students. It skilfully progresses from the basics, employing insightful examples and questions for effective experiential learning."

Kudz Munongi, Senior Lecturer in Finance and Accounting, University of Sunderland

Frank Wood's Business Accounting, 16th edition, is known for its clear, readable style and is one of the world's best-selling textbooks on financial accounting.

Ideal for those new to the field, as well as the more experienced students and professionals, this textbook will introduce you to essential ideas and methods in financial accounting - from the all-important terminology and techniques to the key financial statements.

Key features include:

Short, manageable chapters, allowing you to build up your knowledge step by step A wide range of in-chapter activities and end-of-chapter questions, many of which are new for this edition, enabling you to continually test your understanding Substantial updates to more than half of the 35 chapters, ensuring continued alignment with modern accounting techniques as well as incorporating an increased number of in-chapter worked examples Integrated, up-to-date coverage of relevant International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Answers at the end of the bookr so you can learn as your you practice, and solidify your knowledge.

Used by generations of students across the world, this hugely popular text provides a thorough and up-to-date introduction to the subject, including all the financial accounting fundamentals required by major accountancy exam bodies.

"Frank Wood's Business Accounting is an easy-to-read introductory financial accounting textbook that provides numerous worked examples and end-of-chapter questions of increasing complexity, which allows the reader to build up their accounting knowledge in a logical manner."

Associate Lecturer, The Open University

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The industry-leading book in accounting methods and techniques, ideal for anyone taking a first course in financial accounting at university or college.

"Essential for introductory accounting teaching for both specialist and non-specialist students. It skilfully progresses from the basics, employing insightful examples and questions for effective experiential learning."

Kudz Munongi, Senior Lecturer in Finance and Accounting, University of Sunderland

Frank Wood's Business Accounting, 16th edition, is known for its clear, readable style and is one of the world's best-selling textbooks on financial accounting.

Ideal for those new to the field, as well as the more experienced students and professionals, this textbook will introduce you to essential ideas and methods in financial accounting - from the all-important terminology and techniques to the key financial statements.

Key features include:

Short, manageable chapters, allowing you to build up your knowledge step by step A wide range of in-chapter activities and end-of-chapter questions, many of which are new for this edition, enabling you to continually test your understanding Substantial updates to more than half of the 35 chapters, ensuring continued alignment with modern accounting techniques as well as incorporating an increased number of in-chapter worked examples Integrated, up-to-date coverage of relevant International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Answers at the end of the bookr so you can learn as your you practice, and solidify your knowledge.

Used by generations of students across the world, this hugely popular text provides a thorough and up-to-date introduction to the subject, including all the financial accounting fundamentals required by major accountancy exam bodies.

"Frank Wood's Business Accounting is an easy-to-read introductory financial accounting textbook that provides numerous worked examples and end-of-chapter questions of increasing complexity, which allows the reader to build up their accounting knowledge in a logical manner."

Associate Lecturer, The Open University

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9781292459578 Frank Wood's Business Accounting, 16th edition 'MyLab via Bundle', which consists of: 

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The wide range of disciplines represented here enables the volume to stand as a contextualizing work in Fanon studies. It contains new original essays on Africana philosophy, the human sciences, dialectical humanism, women of color studies, neocolonial and postcolonial studies, violence, and tragedy.

The wide range of disciplines represented here enables the volume to stand as a contextualizing work in Fanon studies. It contains new original essays on Africana philosophy, the human sciences, dialectical humanism, women of color studies, neocolonial and postcolonial studies, violence, and tragedy.

Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) var en av de centrala förgrundsgestalterna inom avkolonialiseringsrörelsen. Genom sitt deltagande i det väpnade motståndet mot kolonialmakterna och sina teoretiska bidrag till förståelsen av kolonialismens mekanismer har han förtjänat platsen som en av 1900-talets viktigaste antirasistiska figurer. I Vad Fanon sa inbjuder oss Lewis Gordon till en närläsning av Fanons skrifter för att visa på bredden och rikedomen i Fanons tänkande samt klargöra dess relevans för vår tids samhällskritik. Genom att återvända till Fanons faktiska ord tar sig Gordon an hela vidden av Fanons produktion – som spänner över områden som etik och existentialism, via psykiatri och psykoanalys till politisk teori – och återupptäcker en tänkare och aktivist som alltjämt har mycket att säga om dagens rasistiska strukturer.

Her Majesty's Children reveals not only a deeply personal account of the experience of racism but is also a revolutionary work that asks us to reconsider our ordinary practices and lives to recognize and resist the traces of a colonial age of racism that so many claim is only part of our past.