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Breached Horizons Breached Horizons

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The Metacolonial State. Pakistan, Critical Ontology, and the Biopolitical Horizons of Political Islam The Metacolonial State. Pakistan, Critical Ontology, and the Biopolitical Horizons of Political Islam

Автор: Najeeb Jan A.

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'An urgent and extraordinary book. Weaving a philosophical analysis of Heidegger, Agamben and Foucault, Jan draws out the implications of their thought for a radical analysis of the ontological politics of Islam and Pakistan. Whether writing about the 'Ulama and Deoband schools, blasphemy laws, the military, beards, or the Bamiyan Buddhas, Jan provokes and challenges our thinking while unearthing the ground on which Pakistan—and our world—are built.' —Joel Wainwright, Department of Geography, Ohio State University, USA 'In this exceptionally inventive and important book, Jan shows us that the problems besetting political life in Pakistan are part of a more troubling crisis in modern forms of power. Challenging accounts that cordon off «political Islam» from «the West,» Jan discloses their fundamental indistinction and thus, through his practice of critical ontology, reorients our understanding of how power and violence are at work in the world.' —Joshua Barkan, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, USA The Metacolonial State presents a novel rethinking of the relationship between Islam and the Political. Key to the text is an original argument regarding the «biopoliticization of Islam» and the imperative need for understanding sovereign power and the state of exception in resolutely ontological terms. Through the formulation of a critical ontology of political violence, The Metacolonial State endeavors to shed new light on the signatures of power undergirding postcolonial life, while situating Pakistan as a paradigmatic site for reflection on the nature of modernity's precarious present. The cross-disciplinary approach of Dr. Jan's work is certain to have broad appeal among geographers, historians, anthropologists, postcolonial theorists, and political scientists, among others. At the same time, his explication of critical ontology – with its radical reading of the interlacement of history, power and the event – promises to add a bold new dimension to social science research on Islamism and biopolitics.

Vertical Horizons Vertical Horizons

Автор: Douglas M. Grant

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"Looking back over thirty years of flying for Okanagan, I see the experience has given me an interesting life. I have never really considered flying as work. It is more a way of life, a way of life that nourishes a free spirit, something that not many jobs can give you. I just cannot imagine anything I would… rather have done or any company I would have rather worked for."
–Jim Reid, pilot
In 1945, following years as an instructor, Carl Agar was honourably discharged from the British and Commonwealth Air Training Plan and moved to Penticton where he began looking for flying opportunities. A first attempt to start a flying club never took off but Agar and his partners Barney Bent and Alf Stringer were determined to get off the ground. They began looking at commercial ventures and in 1947 Okanagan Air Services (OAS) was formed to provide instruction and contract work. After a rough start–while demonstrating fruit spraying, Agar crashed a helicopter into power lines–the company got a break in May 1948 when the Fraser floods swamped the valley and OAS received a mosquito-spraying contract. From there the company flourished, going on to fly the first unaccompanied commercial helicopter ferry flight from Canada to the UK, monitor polar bears in the High Arctic, provide offshore oil rig support during monsoons, and, at the company's high point, operate in over 33 countries with 600 employees and 126 helicopters. Back home, Agar opened the Mountain Flying School in Penticton, which is still in operation today and has trained thousands of civilian and military pilots from all over the world.
Vertical Horizons is also the story of the employees who were pivotal to the success of the company. Individuals' experiences range from tragic to humorous and include a UFO sighting in the Arctic, witnessing the Jonestown massacre and a rescue of Vietnamese refugees off the coast of Thailand.
Featuring first-hand accounts, extensive research and a multitude of photographs, Vertical Horizons is the first-ever history of the company that pioneered flying high-mountain terrain–making it a must-read for any aviation buff.

Converging Horizons Converging Horizons

Автор: Allan Hugh Cole Jr.

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This collection of essays considers topics in pastoral theology, pastoral care and counseling, pastoral leadership, and social work, and attends to challenges and opportunities pertaining to the support and care of persons in need. Of interest to ministers, chaplains, pastoral counselors, and social workers, these essays focus particularly on human experiences, needs, or concerns that relate to matters of mental health and religious faith or spirituality. Converging Horizons demonstrates approaches to integrative work that draws on multiple fields of theory and practice in service to the goal of providing a range of caregivers with ways to both conceptualize and engage their important work.

The Northern Horizons of Guy Blanchet The Northern Horizons of Guy Blanchet

Автор: Gwyneth Hoyle

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The working life of the distinguished surveyor Guy Blanchet reflects the story of northern Canada in the first half of the twentieth century. Beginning his career in the boreal forests of Alberta and Saskatchewan, using pack horses and dog teams, Blanchet went north to map large areas of the Barrens by canoe, and soon became caught up in pioneer northern aviation. His story encompasses the Great Depression and the Second World War, which in turn led to his work finding the routes for oil pipelines. His life was rich in contacts with First Nations people, and his friendships included most of the well-known northern travellers of the time. While Blanchet did not seek adventure, adventure often found him and he had many narrow escapes. While Blanchet published a number of articles about his experiences, this is the first time his fascinating life story has been told in book form.

Animal Crossing New Horizons Animal Crossing New Horizons

Автор: Adam Zechenter

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Przegladasz wlasnie poradnik do Animal Crossing New Horizons – gry, ktora 20 marca 2020 roku ukazala sie na konsoli Nintendo Switch. To nowa odslona serii towarzyszacej kolejnym konsolom japonskiej korporacji juz niemal dwadziescia lat. W ACNH tworzymy swojego bohatera lub bohaterke, a nastepnie wyruszamy na opuszczona wyspe. Naszym zadaniem bedzie jej rozbudowa, udzial w zyciu spolecznym mieszkancow, meblowanie naszego domu, a takze lapanie nowych gatunkow ryb czy owadow. A to wszystko w uroczej stylistyce – ostrej i dopracowanej w najmniejszym detalu. Jak nigdy do tej pory w historii serii. W poradniku znajdziesz rady dotyczace rozgrywki, a takze omowienie najwazniejszych zagadnien zwiazanych z gra. Tlumaczymy jak najlepiej rozpoczac przygode z rozbudowa wyspy, skad brac surowce, jak lapac rzadkie ryby czy najskuteczniej zarabiac pieniadze. Omowilismy rowniez niuanse sterowania. Choc do Animal Crossing nie da sie stworzyc typowej solucji, bo fabula jest w niej pretekstowa, to przygotowalismy mase odpowiedzi na najwazniejsze pytania, ktore przychodzily nam do glowy w czasie grania.