Brill mai 2019 (76 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Works of Ibn Wa?i? al-Ya?qubi (3 vols.) contains a translation of the writings of Abu al-?Abbas al-Ya?qubi, a Muslim polymath of the third/ninth century. The works include the History (Ta?rikh); the Geography (Kitab al-buldan); a new translation of his essay (Mushakalat al-nas) and a s…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Whilst schools are transforming their physical and virtual environments at a relatively glacial pace in most countries across the globe, universities are under extreme pressure to adapt to the rapid emergence of the virtual campus. Competition for students by online course providers is res…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Arts education research has increased significantly since the beginning of the new millennium. This peer-reviewed book, the first of two volumes, captures some of the exciting developments in Canada. There is geographical diversity represented from across this large country, as well as the…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Core texts addressing creativity in a number of contexts show that creativity as a scientific subject has received principally the attention of Western scholars. Is this due to the fact that Western cultures are more creative or sensitive to creativity than the Eastern cultures The editors…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This volume in honour of Stephen Ellis is a follow-up to the public presentation of his book on the history of organised crime in Nigeria This Present Darkness (Hurst, 2016) at the University of Lagos, Nigeria on 28 October 2016. In addition to four papers, and a book review presented at t…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Although we tend to suggest that clear constructions of identity are granted to religious symbols under the assumption that they distinguish between self and other explicitly, perceptions of alterity in fact play a vital role in sacral forms of representation. Markers of foreignness are us…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Works of Ibn Wa?i? al-Ya?qubi, a three volume set, contains a fully annotated translation of the extant writings of Abu al-?Abbas al-Ya?qubi, a Muslim imperial official and polymath of the third/ninth century, along with an introduction to these works and a biographical sketch of their…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A core position in the knowledge economy policies has been ascribed to higher education. This has enhanced the complexity of the environment in which higher education institutions operate. These deal with a wide range of pressures stemming from the State, the corporate world, the society a…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Intercultural Mirrors: Dynamic Reconstruction of Identity contains (auto)ethnographic chapters and research-based explorations that uncover the ways our intercultural experiences influence our process of self-discovery and self-construction. The idea of intercultural mirrors is applied thr…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The term 'learning analytics' is defined as the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of information about learners and their contexts for the purposes of understanding and optimizing learning. In recent years learning analytics has emerged as a promising area of research that t…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The situation of religious institutional diminishment in many Western countries requires new approaches to the proclamation of Christian faith. As a response to these complexities, Karl Rahner suggested a 'mystagogic' approach as a future pathway for theology. A mystagogical approach seeks…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Worship and Social Engagement in Urban Aboriginal-led Australian Pentecostal Congregations: (Re)imagining Identity in the Spirit provides an ethnographic account of three Australian Pentecostal congregations with Aboriginal senior leadership. Within this Pentecostalism, Dreaming realities…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - There is a critical need to prepare diverse teachers with expertise in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with the skills necessary to work effectively with underrepresented K-12 students. Three major goals of funded STEM programs are to attract and prepare students a…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In Adapting Watercourse Agreements to Developments in International Law: The Case of the Itaipu Treaty Maria A. Gwynn offers an account of the need to align watercourses agreements to the current standards and principles of international law, thereby increasing prospects for achieving sust…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Photography was invented in the mid-nineteenth century, and ever since that moment painters have been asking what they are there for. Everyone has their own strategy. Some say they do not paint what is there, but their impressions. Others paint things that are not seen in the world, and th…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Rome engaged in military and diplomatic expansionistic state behavior, which we now describe as imperialism, since well before the appearance of ancient sources describing this activity. Over the course of at least 800 years, the Romans established and maintained a Mediterranean-wide empir…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Maps in newspapers generated many discussions among cartographers and geographers working from different approaches and theoretical backgrounds. This work examines these maps from a historiographical as well as a historical perspective. It considers three main questions, namely how maps in…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This work provides an inter-disciplinary exploration of the aftermath of trauma arising from social conflict and the wounds dealt through interpersonal relations of loss, abuse and torture. Contributing authors examine how individuals and societies come to terms with traumatic injuries and…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Grotius wrote the Remonstrantie around 1615 at the request of the States of Holland, to define the conditions under which Jews were to be admitted to the Dutch Republic. At that time, he was already an internationally recognized legal expert in civic and canonic law. The position taken by Grotius…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A core position in the knowledge economy policies has been ascribed to higher education. This has enhanced the complexity of the environment in which higher education institutions operate. These deal with a wide range of pressures stemming from the State, the corporate world, the society at large…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In this book, Lars Hermanson discusses how religious beliefs and norms steered attitudes to friendship and love, and how these ways of thinking affected social identity and political behaviour. With examples taken from eleventh- and twelfth-century northern Europe, the author investigates why fri…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Edward Albee as Theatrical and Dramatic Innovator offers eight essays and a major interview by important scholars in the field that explore this three-time Pulitzer prize-winning playwright's innovations as a dramatist and theatrical artist. They consider not only Albee's award-winning plays and…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Grotius wrote the Remonstrantie around 1615 at the request of the States of Holland, to define the conditions under which Jews were to be admitted to the Dutch Republic. At that time, he was already an internationally recognized legal expert in civic and canonic law. The position taken by Grotius…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In Conflict, Identity, and State Formation in East Timor 2000-2017, James Scambary analyses the complex interplay between local and national level conflict and politics in the independence period. Communal conflict, often enacted by a variety of informal groups such as gangs and martial arts grou…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Arts education research has increased significantly since the beginning of the new millennium. This peer-reviewed book, the first of two volumes, captures some of the exciting developments in Canada. There is geographical diversity represented from across this large country, as well as theoretica…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Reflections on Technology for Educational Practitioners analyzes the use of philosophy of technology in technology education and unpacks the concept of 'reflective practitioners' (Donald Schön) in the field. Philosophy of technology develops ideas and concepts that are valuable for technology edu…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Minority Religions under Irish Law focuses the spotlight specifically on the legal protections afforded in Ireland to minority religions, generally, and to the Muslim community, in particular. Although predominantly focused on the Irish context, the book also boasts contributions from leading int…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Trends and Turning Points presents sixteen articles, examining the discursive construction of the late antique and Byzantine world, focusing specifically on the utilisation of trends and turning points to make stuff from the past, whether texts, matter, or action, meaningful. Contributions are di…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Whilst schools are transforming their physical and virtual environments at a relatively glacial pace in most countries across the globe, universities are under extreme pressure to adapt to the rapid emergence of the virtual campus. Competition for students by online course providers is resulting…