De gruyter apr 2017 (97 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The publication provides a comprehensive overview of the work produced by the Austrian sculptor Roland Reiter between 2001 and 2016. Reiter's approach to his work is largely based on his personal encounters. The artist uses the experiences made on his journey through life by sublimating, or enlarging and dramatizing the events. His art is not a cool abstraction; instead, one of its characteristics is that it captures the emotional, 'expressive' moment. It combines materials that do not fit together in a traditional sense but nevertheless supplement each other in terms of contemporary art practice. He uses this dichotomy to create a tension that seems to satisfy a particular kind of voyeurism. One could, paradoxically, make these two statements: 'Even though I am intrigued, I turn away', or 'I turn towards it even though I feel put off and alienated'. ; Das Werk bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über das Schaffen des österreichischen Bildhauers Roland Reiter zwischen 2001 und 2016. Reiters Arbeitsweise ist nicht zuletzt im Persönlichen verankert. Der Künstler bearbeitet, sublimiert, vergröbert und dramatisiert aber auch Erfahrungen, die er auf seinem Lebensweg machte. Seine Kunst kalkuliert nicht kühl, vielmehr ist das emotionale, 'ausdrucksvolle' Moment eines ihrer Kennzeichen. Reiter kombiniert Materialien, die klassischerweise nicht zusammenpassen, sich gegenwartskunsttechnisch aber doch wieder ergänzen. Dadurch erzeugt er eine Art von Spannung, die einen eigenen Voyeurismus zu bedienen weiß. Man könnte paradoxerweise sagen: Fasziniert wende ich mich ab. Oder: Befremdet und distanziert wende ich mich zu.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This textbook provides the first foundational introduction to the practice of analysing multimodality, covering the full breadth of media and situations in which multimodality needs to be a concern. Readers learn via use cases how to approach any multimodal situation and to derive their own specifically tailored sets of methods for conducting and evaluating analyses. Extensive references and critical discussion of existing approaches from many disciplines and in each of the multimodal domains addressed are provided. The authors adopt a problem-oriented perspective throughout, showing how an appropriate foundation for understanding multimodality as a phenomenon can be used to derive strong methodological guidance for analysis as well as supporting the adoption and combination of appropriate theoretical tools. Theoretical positions found in the literature are consequently always related back to the purposes of analysis rather than being promoted as valuable in their own right. By these means the book establishes the necessary theoretical foundations to engage productively with today's increasingly complex combinations of multimodal artefacts and performances of all kinds.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Drawing a Hypothesis is a reader on the ontology of forms of visualisation and on the development of the diagrammatic perspective and its use in contemporary art, science, and theory. Based on his artistic practice, Nikolaus Gansterer reveals drawing as a core medium of research, which enables the emergence of new narratives by tracing the speculative and performative potential of diagrams. Due to its ability to mediate between perception and reflection, drawing plays a fundamental role in the production and communication of knowledge. The book is a rich compendium of figures of thought, which moves from scientific representation through artistic interpretation, and vice versa. Available again: Gansterer's bestseller Introduction into the ontology and art of diagrammatic forms and figures Comprises about 50 large-format diagrams and models Includes a fold-out map of figures of thought ; Drawing a Hypothesis ist ein Lesebuch über die Ontologie von Visualisierungsformen und die Entwicklung der diagrammatischen Perspektive und ihrer Anwendung in Kunst und Wissenschaft. Nikolaus Gansterer zeigt an Hand seiner künstlerischen Praxis, dass Zeichnen ein zentrales Medium der Forschung ist, das neue Formen der Narration ermöglicht und spürt gleichzeitig das spekulative und performative Potential von Diagrammen auf. Auf Grund der Möglichkeit zwischen Wahrnehmung und Reflexion zu vermitteln, spielt die Zeichnung in der Produktion und Kommunikation von Wissen eine wesentliche Rolle. Die Publikation ist ein umfassendes Kompendium von Denkfiguren, das sich entlang der Grenze von wissenschaftlicher Darstellbarkeit mit künstlerischen Mitteln und vice versa bewegt. Wieder lieferbar: Gansterers Erfolgstitel Einführung in die Ontologie und Kunst der diagrammatischen Formen und Figuren Über 50 großformatige Diagramme und Modelle Inklusive einer Faltkarte mit Denkfiguren.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - New methods of artistic research Choreo-graphic Figures: Deviations from the Line stages a beyond-disciplinary, inter-subjective encounter between the lines of choreography, drawing and writing, for exploring those forms of thinking-feeling-knowing produced through collaborative exchange, in the slippage and deviation, as different modes of practice enter into dialogue, overlap, collide. The publication is conceived as a studio-laboratory in itself, drawing together critical reflections and experimental practices that focus on the how-ness - the qualitative-procedural, aesthetic-epistemological and ethical-empathetic dynamics - within shared artistic exploration, directing attention to an affective realm of forces and intensities existing before, between and beneath the more readable gestures of artistic practice. Innovative methods of experimental forms of notation With contributions by Alex Arteaga, Adrian Heathfield, Erin Manning, Dieter Mersch, Catherine de Zegher and others ; Neue Methoden künstlerischer Forschung Choreo-graphic Figures: Deviations from the Line inszeniert einen disziplinübergreifenden und inter-subjektiven Begegnungsraum zwischen Choreographie, Schreiben und Zeichnen, um mit genuin künstlerischen Mitteln jene Formen des Denken-Fühlen-Wissens zu erforschen, die im Spannungsfeld kollaborativer Praxis entstehen. Die Publikation ist als Werkstatt und Laboratorium konzipiert, das kritische Überlegungen und experimentelle Herangehensweisen in Bezug auf die qualitativ-prozessualen, ästhetisch-epistemologischen und ethisch-empathisch Dynamiken des performativen Handelns entwickelt. Die Aufmerksamkeit wird systematisch auf jene affektiven Wirkkräfte und situativen Intensitäten gelenkt, die vor, zwischen und unterhalb klar lesbarer Gesten künstlerischer Praktiken agieren. Innovative Methoden experimenteller Notationsformen Mit Beiträgen u.a. von Alex Arteaga, Adrian Heathfield, Erin Manning, Dieter Mersch, Alva Noë, Catherine de Zegher.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Noch nie hat uns Wirklichkeit so beschäftigt wie heute. Wir leben in einer Zeit, in der uns Medien und Internet jede Sekunde viele Wirklichkeiten liefern, die wir alle mit unseren eigenen Wahrnehmungen konsumieren. Alles ist im Umbruch. Migrationsbewegungen, die Digitalisierung und der Klimawandel werden die Gesellschaft neuerlich nachhaltig verändern. 'Europa wird nie wieder so sein, wie es einmal war', so beschrieb es André Heller in seinem Künstlergespräch bei der vergangenen GLOBART Academy. Der Historiker Philipp Blom, Trendforscher Harry Gatterer, Bildungsexperte Stephan A. Jansen, die Informatikerin Sarah Spiekermann, Philosophin Lisa Herzog, der Internetexperte Aral Balkan u.v.m. sehen der Wirklichkeit ins Auge und setzen sich mit diesen Veränderungen interdisziplinär auseinander. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Aineias legt dar, wie eine kleine Stadt einer Belagerung standhalten kann. Die Schrift ist das älteste militärische Fachbuch, das uns erhalten ist, und erlaubt uns einen Einblick in die Welt des 4. Jh. v. Chr. jenseits großer Mächte wie Athen und Sparta: Im Zentrum steht eine kleine Polis mit ihren Männern und Frauen, Bürgern und Fremden, Freien und Sklaven, Amtsträgern und einfachen Leuten, die sich alle zusammen in einer Krise bewähren müssen.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Der vorliegende Band gibt die Referate und Diskussionen des achten Symposions im Rahmen des Projekts Economy, Criminal Law, Ethics (ECLE) am Institute for Law and Finance an der Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main wieder. Im Wirtschaftsstrafrecht sind besonders viele unbestimmte Tatbestandsmerkmale enthalten. Die klassischen Auslegungsmethoden reichen nicht aus sie zu erklären, und die Gesetze, die sie enthalten, korrekt anzuwenden. Die Beiträge des vorliegenden Bandes gehen der Frage nach, ob hier womöglich gesamtwirtschaftliche Perspektiven manifest oder latent im Spiel sind. Ihre Abgrenzung von der Mikro-Ökonomie war daher ein zentrales Thema des Symposions. Unter dem Eindruck, dass der gegenwärtige Status unseres Wirtschafts- und Finanzsystems eine sinnvolle Verfolgung von Wirtschaftsstraftaten vielleicht nicht mehr möglich macht, stellt sich die Frage, ob es nicht im Wirtschaftsleben auch um politische Straftaten gehen könne, die noch nicht tatbestandlich fixiert sind. Dann werden Schwerpunkte des Wirtschaftsstrafrechts auf den Prüfstand der Ausgangsfrage gestellt. Ein rechtsvergleichender Blick auf die Rolle unbestimmter Tatbestandsmerkmale im Ausland geht dem voraus. Es folgen Fixierungen des Problems im Netzwerk der Verweisungstechniken, deren sich die Gesetzgebung auf dem Gebiet des Wirtschaftsstrafrechts zunehmend bedient. Unter den einschlägigen Kriminalitätsfeldern richtet sich das Interesse dann auf das Kapitalmarktstrafrecht, dessen Entwicklung infolge europarechtlicher Vorgaben besondere Aufmerksamkeit verdient. Es folgen Erörterungen zu Berechnungen des Vermögensschadens, zur Reichweite des Umweltstrafrechts und der Tatbestände der Korruption. Den Abschluss bildet die Durchmusterung des Wirtschaftsstrafrechts daraufhin, ob die Verwendung unbestimmter Merkmale mit Blick auf symbolische Wirkungen bewusst geschieht. 254 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Die fachlichen Anforderungen an die Bildgebung im Rahmen chirurgischer Gutachten haben aus prozessualen Gründen und im Hinblick auf die methodische Vielfalt bildgebender Verfahren deutlich zugenommen. Die Multimodale Bildgebung stellt mit Bilddokument, Befundung und gutachterlicher Stellungnahme Kernstücke der Beweisführung im juristisch relevanten Anerkennungsverfahren posttraumatischer Schadensbilder zur Verfügung. Der vorliegende Leitfaden bietet anhand systematischer Darlegungen und Fallbeispielen konkrete Entscheidungshilfen für typische gutachterliche Fragestellungen: Ausmaß des Schadensbildes; zeitliche und kausale Zuordnung zum Unfall; Abgrenzung bestehender Vorbefunde. Zudem werden Kernaussagen aus Sicht der Bildgebung interdisziplinär durch unfallchirurgische Kommentare eingeordnet. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Acta Periodica Duellatorum (APD) is an independent, international, and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to Historical European Martial Arts studies. This emerging field of research has strong interdisciplinary dimensions with notably History, Anthropology, Historical sciences, Art History, History of Science and Technology, Archaeology, Sport Sciences, etc.APD was founded in 2013 and publishes two issues per year from 2016 on.Table of ContentsSCHOLARLY SECTIONLe Jeu de la Hache: A Critical edition and dating discussion (Olivier Dupuis, Vincent Deluz)An analysis and comparison of two German thrust-fencing manuscripts (Reinier van Noort, Jan Schäfer)East meets West: Mounted Encounters in Early and High Mediaeval Europe (Jürg Gassmann)HANDS ON SECTIONThe plays with the axe in armour of the Anonimo Bolognese (1510-1515) (Daniel Jaquet)Interpretation of Fiore dei Liberi's Plays (Jakub Dobi)RESEARCH NOTESThe collection of Lew the Jew in the lineage of German Fight Books corpus (Daniel Jaquet)How to Defend in Water: The French Sailors' Surprising Method of Self-defence (1921) (Julien Garry)BOOK REVIEWSGevaert, Bert, Te Wapen! Europa's vergeten krijgskunsten (Leuven, Davidsfonds, 2016) (Alwin Goethals)Daniel Jaquet, Karin Verelst and Timothy Dawson (eds.), Late Medieval and Early Modern Fight Books : Transmission and Tradition of Martial Arts in Europe (14th-17th centuries) (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2016), coll. History of Warfare, 112. (Jeff Lord)Matthias Johannes Bauer, 'Der Alten Fechter gründtliche Kunst' - Das Frankfurter oder Egenolffsche Fechtbuch: Untersuchung und Edition (München: Utz, 2016), coll. Geschichtswissenschaften, n37. (Daniel Jaquet)Paul Bowman, Mythologies of Martial Arts (Martial Arts Studies, 2) (Sixt Wetzler) 200 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Global Secularisms addresses the state of and prospects for secularism globally. Drawing from multiple fields, it brings together theoretical discussion and empirical case studies that illustrate 'on-the-ground,' extant secularisms as they interact with various religious, political, social, and economic contexts. Its point of departure is the fact that secularism is plural and that various secularisms have developed in various contexts and from various traditions around the world. Secularism takes on different social meanings and political valences wherever it is expressed. The essays collected here provide numerous points of contact between empirical case studies and theoretical reflection. This multiplicity informs and challenges the conceptual theorization of secularism as a universal doctrine. Analyses of different regions enrich our understanding of the meanings of secularism, providing comparative range to our notions of secularity. Theoretical treatments help to inform our understanding of secularism in context, enabling readers to discern what is at stake in the various regional expressions of secularity globally. While the bulk of the essays are case-based research, the current thinking of leading theorists and scholars is also included. 356 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Der Sturz Napoleons jährt sich 2014 zum zweihundertsten Mal; und ebenso die Restauration der französischen Monarchie unter den Bourbonen. Was bedeutet aber überhaupt 'Restauration' Volker Sellin löst den Begriff aus der Fixierung auf das Epochenjahr 1814 und interpretiert Restauration übergreifend als eine Politik der Konsolidierung der von der Revolution bedrohten Monarchien durch den Erlass von Verfassungen. Europäisch vergleichend von Spanien bis Russland entwirft er auf dieser Grundlage eine überraschende Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts. 152 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Acta Periodica Duellatorum (APD) is an independent, international, and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to Historical European Martial Arts studies. This emerging field of research has strong interdisciplinary dimensions with notably History, Anthropology, Historical sciences, Art History, History of Science and Technology, Archaeology, Sport Sciences, etc.APD was founded in 2013 and publishes two issues per year from 2016 on.Table of ContentsSCHOLARLY SECTIONLe Jeu de la Hache: A Critical edition and dating discussion (Olivier Dupuis, Vincent Deluz)An analysis and comparison of two German thrust-fencing manuscripts (Reinier van Noort, Jan Schäfer)East meets West: Mounted Encounters in Early and High Mediaeval Europe (Jürg Gassmann)HANDS ON SECTIONThe plays with the axe in armour of the Anonimo Bolognese (1510-1515) (Daniel Jaquet)Interpretation of Fiore dei Liberi's Plays (Jakub Dobi)RESEARCH NOTESThe collection of Lew the Jew in the lineage of German Fight Books corpus (Daniel Jaquet)How to Defend in Water: The French Sailors' Surprising Method of Self-defence (1921) (Julien Garry)BOOK REVIEWSGevaert, Bert, Te Wapen! Europa's vergeten krijgskunsten (Leuven, Davidsfonds, 2016) (Alwin Goethals)Daniel Jaquet, Karin Verelst and Timothy Dawson (eds.), Late Medieval and Early Modern Fight Books : Transmission and Tradition of Martial Arts in Europe (14th-17th centuries) (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2016), coll. History of Warfare, 112. (Jeff Lord)Matthias Johannes Bauer, 'Der Alten Fechter gründtliche Kunst' - Das Frankfurter oder Egenolffsche Fechtbuch: Untersuchung und Edition (München: Utz, 2016), coll. Geschichtswissenschaften, n37. (Daniel Jaquet)Paul Bowman, Mythologies of Martial Arts (Martial Arts Studies, 2) (Sixt Wetzler)Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 200 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Global Secularisms addresses the state of and prospects for secularism globally. Drawing from multiple fields, it brings together theoretical discussion and empirical case studies that illustrate 'on-the-ground,' extant secularisms as they interact with various religious, political, social, and economic contexts. Its point of departure is the fact that secularism is plural and that various secularisms have developed in various contexts and from various traditions around the world. Secularism takes on different social meanings and political valences wherever it is expressed. The essays collected here provide numerous points of contact between empirical case studies and theoretical reflection. This multiplicity informs and challenges the conceptual theorization of secularism as a universal doctrine. Analyses of different regions enrich our understanding of the meanings of secularism, providing comparative range to our notions of secularity. Theoretical treatments help to inform our understanding of secularism in context, enabling readers to discern what is at stake in the various regional expressions of secularity globally. While the bulk of the essays are case-based research, the current thinking of leading theorists and scholars is also included.deGruyter Boston, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin 356 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Alexander Kluge s revolutionary storytelling for the 21st-century pivots on the production of anti-realist hope under conditions of real catastrophe. Rather than relying on possibility alone, his experimental miniatures engender counterfactual horizons of futurity that are made incrementally accessible to lived experience through narrative form. Innovative close readings and theoretical reflection alike illuminate the dimensional quality of future time in Kluge s radical prose, where off-worldly orientation and unnatural narrative together yield new sensory perspectives on associative networks, futurity, scale, and perspective itself. This study also affords new perspectives on the importance of Kluge s creative writing for critical studies of German thought (including Kant, Marx, Benjamin, and especially Adorno), Holocaust memory, contemporary globalization, literary miniatures, and narrative studies of futurity as form. Cosmic Miniatures contributes an experiential but non-empirical sense of hope to future studies, a scholarly field of pressing public interest in endangered times. 316 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -No detailed description available for 'The Family in Central Asia'. 416 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Die zunehmende Internationalisierung des Geschäftsverkehrs führt zu einer Vielzahl unterschiedlicher, grenzübergreifender Leistungs- und Austauschbeziehungen im täglichen Geschäft. Teilnehmer und Nutznießer dieser Internationalisierung sind nicht nur große Konzerne, sondern auch kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen, für die sich auf den internationalen Märkten erhebliche Chancen bieten. Mit der wachsenden Internationalisierung geht die Zunahme internationaler Mitarbeitereinsätze einher. In der betrieblichen Praxis wächst daher die Anzahl von Fragen ausländischer Firmen, Firmeninhaber, Personal-, Steuer- und Rechtsleiter, Investoren und ausländischer Arbeitnehmern etc. Um sicher zu gehen, dass der Entsendeprozess von Mitarbeitern sowohl nach Deutschland als auch das Empfangen aus Deutschland reibungslos und effizient verläuft, beantwortet das Werk dem ausländischen Anwender (Firma oder Arbeitnehmer) die am häufigsten gestellten Fragen. Der Fokus des Werks liegt auf der Beantwortung jener Fragestellungen, die sich bei der täglichen Personalarbeit stellen. Es ist ein Nachschlagewerk mit dem Blickwinkel des ausländischen Rechtsanwenders. 220 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Dieses Buch enthält eine Sammlung von Klausuraufgaben sowie zwei vollständige Klausuren mit den dazugehörigen Lösungen, die der Prüfungsvorbereitung und dem Selbststudium dienen. 162 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Speech: A dynamic process takes readers on a rigorous exploratory journey to expose them to the inherently dynamic nature of speech. The book addresses an intriguing question: Based only on physical principles alone, can the exploitation of a simple acoustic tube evolve into an optimal speech production system comparable to the one we possess In the work presented, the tube is deformed step by step with the sole criterion of expending minimum effort to obtain maximum acoustic variations. At the end of this process, the tube is found divided into distinctive regions and an acoustic space emerges capable of generating speech sounds. Attaching this tube to a model, an inherently dynamic and efficient system is created. In the resulting system, optimal primitive trajectories are seen to naturally exist in the acoustic space and the regions defined in the tube correspond to the main places of articulation for oral vowels and plosive consonants. All this implies that these speech sounds are inherent properties of not only the modeled acoustic tube but also of the human speech production system. This book stands as a valuable resource for accomplished and aspiring speech scientists as well as for other interested persons in search for an introduction to speech acoustics that takes an unconventional path. 242 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Der Sturz Napoleons jährt sich 2014 zum zweihundertsten Mal; und ebenso die Restauration der französischen Monarchie unter den Bourbonen. Was bedeutet aber überhaupt 'Restauration' Volker Sellin löst den Begriff aus der Fixierung auf das Epochenjahr 1814 und interpretiert Restauration übergreifend als eine Politik der Konsolidierung der von der Revolution bedrohten Monarchien durch den Erlass von Verfassungen. Europäisch vergleichend von Spanien bis Russland entwirft er auf dieser Grundlage eine überraschende Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts.De Gruyter Oldenbourg, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin 152 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This graduate textbook introduces the com-putational techniques to study ultra-fast quantum dynamics of matter exposed to strong laser fields. Coverage includes methods to propagate wavefunctions according to the time dependent Schrödinger, Klein-Gordon or Dirac equation, the calculation of typical observables, time-dependent density functional theory, multi configurational time-dependent Hartree-Fock, time-dependent configuration interaction singles, the strong-field approximation, and the microscopic particle-in-cell approach. Contents How to propagate a wavefunction Calculation of typical strong-field observables Time-dependent relativistic wave equations: Numerics of the Dirac and the Klein-Gordon equation Time-dependent density functional theory The multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree-Fock method Time-dependent configuration interaction singles Strong-field approximation and quantum orbits Microscopic particle-in-cell approach 290 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Song of Songs, a lyric cycle of love scenes without a narrative plot, has often been considered as the Bible's most beautiful and enigmatic book. The present study questions the still dominant exegetical convention that merges all of the Song's voices into the dialogue of a single couple, its composite heroine Shulamit being a projection screen for norms of womanhood. An alternative socio-spatial reading, starting with the Hebrew text's strophic patterns and its references to historical realia, explores the poem's artful alternation between courtly, urban, rural, and pastoral scenes with their distinct characters. The literary construction of social difference juxtaposes class-specific patterns of consumption, mobility, emotion, power structures, and gender relations. This new image of the cycle as a detailed poetic frieze of ancient society eventually leads to a precise hypothesis concerning its literary and religious context in the Hellenistic age, as well as its geographical origins in the multiethnic borderland east of the Jordan. In a Jewish echo of anthropological skepticism, the poem emphasizes the plurality and relativity of the human condition while praising the communicative powers of pleasure, fantasy, and multifarious Eros. 180 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book presents the most recent scholarship on the sixteenth-century convert Johannes Pfefferkorn and his context. Pfefferkorn is the most (in)famous of the converts from Judaism who wrote descriptions of Jewish ceremonial life and shaped both Christian ideas about Judaism and the course of anti-Jewish polemics in the early modern period. Rather than just rehearsing the better-known aspects of Pfefferkorn's life and the controversy with Johannes Reuchlin, this volume re-evaluates the motives behind his activities and writings as well as his role and success in the context of Dominican anti-Jewish polemics and Imperial German politics. Furthermore, it discusses other converts, who similarly 'revealed the secrets of the Jews', and contains detailed studies of the campaigns against the Talmud and other Jewish books as well as the diffusion of Pfefferkorn's books and other anti-Jewish writings throughout early modern Europe. Revealing the Secrets of the Jews thus presents new perspectives on Jewish-Christian relations, the study of religion and Christian Hebraism, and the history of anthropology and ethnography. 344 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Despite the increasing concern for the issue of respect for persons displayed over the last decades by political philosophers, human-right thinkers, social and ethical theorists, a comprehensive treatment of the problem at stake from a historical-philosophical perspective is conspicuously absent. The present collection of essays aims to contribute to the fulfillment of this gap by offering a reconstruction of the seminal passages in the history of philosophy which testify to the evolution of the idea of respect for persons and the rich array of conceptual specifications that such an idea acquires across the centuries.By analysis of pivotal texts of ancient and modern contemporary philosophy, the volume will try to offer an articulated account of respect which, starting from its primeval connection with the search for esteem and the pursuit of human excellence, gradually evolves towards the recognition of the political status of each citizen and culminates into a true politics of human rights.Bringing together the expertise of classicists and scholars specialized in modern and contemporary philosophy, the volume is especially intended for scholars working in the fields of the history of philosophy, ethical and political theory. 242 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country's political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the 'Nordic Model', it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):- Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas' theory of the public sphere- Can the public sphere be considered an institution - The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway- Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere- Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations- Legitimation work in the public sphere- freedom of expression and warning in the workplace- 'Return of religion' to the public sphere, and its effects 282 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Written for mathematicians working with the theory of graph spectra, this (primarily theoretical) book presents relevant results considering the spectral properties of regular graphs. The book begins with a short introduction including necessary terminology and notation. The author then proceeds with basic properties, specific subclasses of regular graphs (like distance-regular graphs, strongly regular graphs, various designs or expanders) and determining particular regular graphs. Each chapter contains detailed proofs, discussions, comparisons, examples, exercises and also indicates possible applications. Finally, the author also includes some conjectures and open problems to promote further research. ContentsSpectral propertiesParticular types of regular graphDeterminations of regular graphsExpandersDistance matrix of regular graphs 250 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware - Studien zur Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur der Turkvölker was founded in 1980 by the Hungarian Turkologist György Hazai. The series deals with all aspects of Turkic language, culture and history, and has a broad temporal and regional scope. It welcomes manuscripts on Central, Northern, Western and Eastern Asia as well as parts of Europe, and allows for a wide time span from the first mention in the 6th century to modernity and present. 406 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The ethnographic approach to Indian history and genealogy; the making of dynastic history in the kingdom of Jhalavad; the history of Gujarat. 'Genealogy, Archive, Image' addresses the ways in which history and tradition are 'reinvented' through text, memory and painting. It examines the making of dynastic history in the kingdom of Jhalavad, situated in Gujarat, western India, over the longue durée, from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries. The essays critique a collection of contemporary miniature paintings, which chart the dynastic history of Jhalavad's rulers and the textual and ethnographic archive upon which they are based. A multidisciplinary work, it crosses the boundaries of history, anthropology, folklore and mythology, gender, musicology, literary studies, and visual, film and digital media. The essays draw upon a variety of voices, spanning various religious and ethnic communities, including Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Parsees and Siddhi Africans, and caste identities, such as that of the bard, ballad singer, king, priest, court chronicler, soldier, mason and drummer. 294 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Die Reihe Islamkundliche Untersuchungen wurde 1969 im Klaus Schwarz Verlag begründet und hat sich zu einem der wichtigsten Publikationsorgane der Islamwissenschaft in Deutschland entwickelt. Die über 330 Bände widmen sich der Geschichte, Kultur und den Gesellschaften Nordafrikas, des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens sowie Zentral-, Süd- und Südost-Asiens.Walter de Gruyter, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin 416 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Anglia Book Series (ANGB) offers a selection of high quality work on all areas and aspects of English philology. It publishes book-length studies and essay collections on English language and linguistics, on English and American literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, on the new English literatures, as well as on general and comparative literary studies, including aspects of cultural and literary theory. 290 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This text challenges existing writing on 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri which divides his life into two juxtaposed phases separated by narratives of conversion: from Francophobia to Francophilia, from militarism to pacifism, from activism to quietism, from Islamism to pluralism, from politics to religion. This work's interdisciplinary approach demonstrates that these narratives cannot be sustained in light of the evidence. Rather, they can be shown to originate in specific historical, cultural, and methodological tendencies within western societies and academies. Drawing on primary materials including archival documents and selections from his own writing, it constructively critiques his reception in the literature while advancing a continuous and contextualised account of his life and ideas. These include the relating of his ethico-religious and jurisprudential concerns to his political decision-making, and a resituating of his mystical writings within a definite moral, epistemological, and political context. By problematising these interpretive issues, this thesis aims at opening new avenues for understanding even as it offers its own solutions. In so doing, this study contributes to discussions on Sufism, political Islam, and east-west relations. This monograph has been awarded the annual BRAIS - De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World. 268 pp. Englisch.…