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1. Beyond Enlightenment

   Buddhism, Religion, Modernity

   By Richard Cohen

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

   The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying...

   Published April 20th 2009 by Routledge
2. Culture and Social Behavior

   The Ontario Symposium, Volume 10

   Edited by Richard M. Sorrentino, Dov Cohen, James M. Olson, Mark P. Zanna

   Series: Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology Series

   Cross-cultural differences have many important implications for social identity, social cognition, and interpersonal behavior. The 10th volume of the Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology focuses on East-West cultural differences and similarities and how this research can be applied...

   Published January 2nd 2005 by Psychology Press
3. Cities Transformed

   Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World

   By Mark R. Montgomery, Richard Stren, Barney Cohen, Holly E. Reed

   Over the next 20 years, most low-income countries will, for the first time, become more urban than rural. Understanding demographic trends in the cities of the developing world is critical to those countries - their societies, economies, and environments. The benefits from urbanization cannot be...

   Published February 28th 2004 by Routledge
4. Geometric Modeling with Splines

   An Introduction

   By Elaine Cohen, Richard F. Riesenfeld, Gershon Elber

   Written by researchers who have helped found and shape the field, this book is a definitive introduction to geometric modeling. The authors present all of the necessary techniques for curve and surface representations in computer-aided modeling with a focus on how the techniques are used in design....

   Published July 17th 2001 by A K Peters/CRC Press
5. Beauty Queens on the Global Stage

   Gender, Contests, and Power

   Edited by Colleen Ballerino Cohen, Richard Wilk, Beverly Stoeltje

   Modern beauty contests were invented by P.T. Barnum in the United States, but in the 20th century pageants and contests have spread across the entire world from Nepal to Tierra Del Fuego. Why are women (and sometimes men in drag) parading on stage such a universally appealing spectacle, attracting...

   Published November 12th 1995 by Routledge