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Corruption as an Empty Signifier
(2013-01-05)
Corruption as an Empty Signifier critically explores the ways in which corruption in Africa has been equated with African politics and political order, and offers a novel approach to understanding corruption as a potentially ...
Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions
(2015-11-13)
Given the recent interest in the emotions presupposed in early religious literature, it has been thought useful to examine in this volume how the Jews and early Christians expressed their feelings within the prayers recorded ...
Public Health Humanitarian Responses to Natural Disasters
(2017)
The pressure of climate change, environmental degradation, and urbanisation, as well as the widening of socio- economic disparities have rendered the global population increasingly vulnerable to the impact of natural ...
Mo Yan in Context
(2014-09-15)
This is the first English-language study of the Chinese writer’s work and influence, featuring essays from scholars in a range of disciplines, from both China and the United States. Its introduction, twelve articles, and ...
Holisms of communication
(2021)
A central pillar of contemporary communication research is the analysis of filmed interactions between people. The techniques employed in such analysis first took on a recognizably modern form in the 1970s, but their roots ...
The Philosophical Structure of Historical Explanation
(2019)
Roth develops an argument that resolves disputes persisting since the 19th century about the scientific status of history. He does this by showing why historical explanations must take the form of a narrative, making their ...
Rechtsformneuschöpfungen im in- und ausländischen Gesellschaftsrecht
(2024)
Gesellschaftsformen bilden die Essenz des Gesellschaftsrechts. Der vorliegende Band untersucht, welche Bereicherungen das Rechtsformentableau in jüngerer Zeit erfahren hat. Als Untersuchungsgegenstand dienen ihm rund 20 ...
Europe and Palestine 1799–1948
(2006)
The encounter of Occident and Orient is one of the major topics of our time. This encounter is the theme of the present volume in regards to the Palestinian realm from 1799 to 1948. The contributions of twelve authors from ...
Rechtssprachliche Kommunikation
(2023)
Sprache fungiert als Sonderhorizont der Konversierenden, Rechtssprache als Sonderhorizont rechtssprachlich Konversierender. Bei unterschiedlichem Sonderhorizont scheitert Kommunikation. Das Gelingen von Kommunikation ist ...
Hip Sublime
(2017-11-01)
In their continual attempt to transcend what they perceived as the superficiality, commercialism, and precariousness of life in post-World War II America, the Beat writers turned to the classical authors who provided, on ...