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Vladimir Soloviev and the Spiritualization of Matter
(2010-11-01)
While he is widely acknowledged as the most important Russian thinker of the nineteenth century, Vladimir Soloviev’s place in the landscape of world philosophy nevertheless remains uncertain. Approaching him through a ...
In Praise of Asclepius
(2016-08-24)
In the second century AD Aelius Aristides wrote eight prose hymns to Greek gods. This volume presents a new edition of the Greek text of four of these hymns (focusing on Asclepius), a new English translation with notes, ...
Anthropology Without Informants
(2009-05-31)
"It is my sincere hope that this volume will be much read and reflected upon by new generations of American students of prehistoric archaeologists. Freeman's career is a model for long-term international collaboration, ...
Crossing Central Europe
(2017-04-17)
This volume studies elements of Austro-Hungarian or Central European culture that were common across linguistic, national, and ethnic communities, and shows how some of these commonalities survived or were transformed by ...
Mo(ve)ments of Resistance
(2013-12-15)
In Mo(ve)ments of Resistance, Grinberg summarizes both his own work and that of other political economists, providing a coherent historical narrative covering the time from the beginning of Socialist Zionism (1904) to the ...
Diachrony of differential argument marking
(2018-05-14)
While there are languages that code a particular grammatical role (e.g. subject or direct object) in one and the same way across the board, many more languages code the same grammatical roles differentially. The variables ...
The Marsh of Gold
(2008-09-01)
"Major statements by the celebrated Russian poet Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)
about poetry, inspiration, the creative process, and the significance of artistic/literary creativity in his own life as well as in human life ...
Remixe auf Hostingplattformen
(2017-12-12)
Remixers recombine copyright-protected audiovisual material and distribute it via hosting platforms. To what extent does copyright law allow remixing and what is the impact of platforms' policies and filtering mechanisms ...
Muße und Erzählen: ein poetologischer Zusammenhang
(2016-08-26)
Gibt es einen poetologischen Zusammenhang zwischen Muße und Erzählen? Thomas Klinkert untersucht dies anhand literarischer Texte in italienischer, französischer, spanischer und deutscher Sprache vom Mittelalter bis zur ...
The Social Structure of the First Crusade
(2008-01-01)
This books provides a detailed analysis of the social structure of the First Crusade (1096 – 1099) along with an original assessment of the sociology of its contemporary or near contemporary sources.
Confucianism
(2017-11-01)
In <i>Confucianism: Its Roots and Global Significance,</i> English language readers get a rare opportunity to read the work in a single volume of one of Taiwan’s most distinguished scholars. Although Lee Ming-huei has ...
Soldiers' Stories
(2011-07-21)
From Skirts Ahoy! to M*A*S*H, Private Benjamin, G.I. Jane, and JAG, films and television shows have grappled with the notion that military women are contradictory figures, unable to be both effective soldiers and appropriately ...
When Right Makes Might
(2018-12-15)
Why do great powers accommodate the rise of some challengers, while others are contained and confronted, even at the risk of war? The book proposes that when faced with a new challenger, great powers will attempt to divine ...
Life in Transit
(2011-02-01)
"Life in Transit is the long-awaited sequel to Shimon Redlich’s widely acclaimed
Together and Apart in Brzezany, in which he discussed his childhood during the War and the Holocaust. Life in Transit tells the story of his ...
Gesture and Power
(2018-05-04)
In Gesture and Power Yolanda Covington-Ward examines the everyday embodied practices and performances of the BisiKongo people of the lower Congo to show how their gestures, dances, and spirituality are critical in mobilizing ...
Go East, Young Man
(2011-10-20)
"[Francaviglia's] book is of great value, particularly in its illuminating showcasing of the degree to which the American West was consistently compared to aspects of the Middle East, from desert sands and rock formations ...
In Quest of Tolstoy
(2008-03-01)
Lev Tolstoy has held the attention of mankind for well over a century. A supremely talented artist, whose novels and short stories continue to entrance readers all over the world, he was at the same time a fearless moral ...
The Future of Just War
(2014-01-15)
These essays seek to reorient the Just War tradition around its core concerns of preventing the unjust use of force by states and limiting the harm inflicted on vulnerable populations such as civilian noncombatants. ...
Culture of Class
(2012-04-26)
In an innovative cultural history of Argentine movies and radio in the decades before Peronism, Matthew B. Karush demonstrates that competition with jazz and Hollywood cinema shaped Argentina's domestic cultural production ...
Reconsidering the Emergence of the Gay Novel in English and German
(2016-02-01)
In Reconsidering the Emergence of the Gay Novel in English and German, James P. Wilper examines a key moment in the development of the modern gay novel by analyzing four novels by German, British, and American writers. ...
African Asylum at a Crossroads
(2015-05-15)
This book examines the emerging trend of requests for expert opinions in asylum hearings or refugee status determinations. It is the first to explore the role of court-based expertise in relation to African asylum cases ...
Progress in Commutative Algebra 2
(2012-04-26)
This is the second of two volumes of a state-of-the-art survey article collection which originates from three commutative algebra sessions at the 2009 Fall Southeastern American Mathematical Society Meeting at Florida ...
Oberwalliser Orts- und Flurnamenbuch (VSNB)
(2024)
Das Besondere an den Oberwalliser Orts- und Flurnamen ist ihr relativ spätes Auftreten. Während die deutsche Schweiz im Wesentlichen seit dem 5. Jahrhundert langsam alemannisiert wurde, war das Oberwallis noch eine ...
Co-kreatives Lernen und Lehren
(2024)
Der Sammelband befasst sich mit der Konzeption und der Umsetzung co-kreativer Lernanstze als Antwort auf die vielschichtigen und disruptiven Entwicklungen in der Hochschulbildung, die durch den raschen technologischen und ...
Perspektivenübernahme im Physikunterricht
(2022)
Perspektivenübernahme gilt als unerlässlich für die gemeinsame Verständigungin Interaktionen. Dabei setzt eine Person gezielt ihre eigene Sichtweise zu der ihrer Interaktionspartnerin bzw. ihres Interaktionspartners in ...
Wer ist der Andere?
(2022)
Was bedeutet es, naher Angehöriger eines Menschen im Wachkoma zu sein? An- und Zugehörige werden mit weitaus mehr Aufgaben und Herausforderungen als denen der Pflegebedürftigkeit des zumeist schwerst körperlich und geistig ...
Positive Psychology and Biodiversity Conservation
(2025)
This book reveals how pro‑environmental actions can boost individuals’ and communities’ psychological, social, and emotional wellbeing, resulting in positive environmental changes. Pro‑environmental actions are often viewed ...
Motivation und Verbindlichkeit bei gering literalisierten Erwachsenen
(2025)
Das Forschungsprojekt MOVE untersucht, wie Erwachsene mit Alphabetisierungs- und Grundbildungsbedarf motiviert und zu einer verbindlichen Teilnahme an Lernangeboten bewegt werden k&#246;nnen. Es beleuchtet die Mechanismen ...
Religiöse Geheimniskommunikation in der Mittleren und Späten Römischen Republik
(2024)
Die kulturelle Selbstfindung der Bürgerschaft und ihre institutionelle Regularisierung vollzogen sich in der Mittleren Republik auf markante Weise im Feld der Religion. Senat und Bürgerschaft bestimmten, welche Kulte ...
Zeitschrift für Regionalgeschichte
(2025)
Der Aufruf „Dekolonisiert Euch!“ lenkt die Aufmerksamkeit auf die koloniale und postkoloniale Geschichte, die Europa mit außereuropäischen Entwicklungen verbindet. In diesem Zusammenhang entbrannte die Diskussion, inwieweit ...
Benedykt Wiszowaty’s „Medulla historiae ecclesiasticae“
(2024)
An elusive figure of late Socinianism, Benedykt Wiszowaty (ca. 1660–after 1704) was the great grandson of Fausto Sozzini. He was educated in Amsterdam, where he was responsible for several publications that ensured the ...
Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung in Liechtenstein
(2025)
Das L&#228;nderportr&#228;t bietet einen umfassenden &#220;berblick &#252;ber die gegenw&#228;rtige Situation der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung in Liechtenstein. Es deckt wesentliche As&#173;pekte ...
Teens, Sex, and Media Effects
(2025)
With teens having more control and choice over their media consumption than ever before, this book highlights how the current media landscape impacts adolescent sexuality in the areas of identity development, romantic and ...
Motherdom
(2025)
When Alex Bollen had her first baby, the fear of being a bad mother made her guilty and anxious. A researcher with twenty years; experience, she went looking for answers. To her surprise the studies she looked at were ...
Hochschullehre gemeinsam voranbringen
(2025)
Das Buch besch&#228;ftigt sich mit der Weiterentwicklung der Hochschullehre durch kollegialen Austausch zwischen Lehrenden und stellt das Konzept der Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) in den Mittelpunkt. Das Konzept ...
Autism is Not a Disease
(2024)
Neurodiversity is one of the most urgent political issues of our time. As the number of diagnoses of autism, ADHD, and other types of neurodivergence rises, we are starting to understand that there is no such thing as a ...
Chancen für Alle durch (berufliche) Bildung
(2024)
Die Förderung gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe von Menschen mit gesundheitlichen Einschränkungen gewinnt in Deutschland zunehmend an Bedeutung. Dieses Ziel wird durch verschiedene sozial- und bildungspolitische Maßnahmen verfolgt, ...
Everything to Play For
(2024)
Everything To Play For asks if videogames can achieve egalitarian goals instead of fuelling hyper-materialist, reactionary agendas. Combining cultural theory and materialist critiques with accessible language and personal ...
The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict and War Crimes
(2025)
This book offers a multidisciplinary examination of the international crimes committed in the Russia-Ukraine War, and the challenges of their prosecution and documentation. As the largest international armed conflict in ...
Media and Propaganda in an Age of Disinformation
(2025)
A critical and timely collection that argues for the centrality of propaganda in discussions about the contemporary media landscape and its informational ecosystems. This book explores how “propaganda,” a foundational ...