The Ways Things Are

The Ways Things AreThis book is a collection of essays in systematic ontology. The parts of its title Things and Ways They Are are indicative of two broadly and intensively discussed issues in current ontology, namely, what categories of entities there are and in what ways they are relevant for our discourses. The three sections of the volume correspond to focuses of ontological research: Before Ontology is dedicated to conceptual, methodological, and meta ontological

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Constructions of Terrorism collects works from the leading scholars on terrorism from an array of disciplines—including communication

Relying on oral histories

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underscoring the importance of roots in understanding folk music

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a play possibly coauthored by Shakespeare

examining the trajectories of several progressive Latin American governments as they work to develop alternative models to capitalism

the troubles in their country have reached a critical impasse