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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -There is no other place of comparable size where one can experience local and global building cultures side by side the way one can in Basel with its trinational urban space in Switzerland, Germany, and France. The local stars Herzog & de Meuron and Diener & Diener have long been active internationally. And building sponsors like Vitra, Novartis, and Beyeler have commissioned and continue to commission buildings by Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, Sanaa (Kazuyo Sejima/Ryue Nishizawa), Alvaro Siza, Renzo Piano, and others. In its fourth, expanded edition with44 new projects (for a total of 156) the Architectural Guide Basel highlights the immediate present. But it also attempts to trace the development that this vital architecture scene has experienced since 1980. An entire double page is devoted to each project. The classification of the buildings by neighbourhood and zone, organized in thirteen chapters and presented in thirteen clearly laid out maps, is designed to facilitate exploration. All tram connections and addresses have been updated in the course of preparing this new edition.; In its third, expanded edition with 21 new projects (for a total of 117) the 'Architectural Guide Basel' highlights the immediate present. But it also attempts to trace the development that this vital architecture scene has experienced since 1980. An entire double page is devoted to each project. 384 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -There is no other place of comparable size where one can experience local and global building cultures side by side the way one can in Basel with its trinational urban space in Switzerland, Germany, and France. The local stars Herzog & de Meuron and Diener & Diener have long been active internationally. And building sponsors like Vitra, Novartis, and Beyeler have commissioned and continue to commission buildings by Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, Sanaa (Kazuyo Sejima/Ryue Nishizawa), Alvaro Siza, Renzo Piano, and others. In its fourth, expanded edition with44 new projects (for a total of 156) the Architectural Guide Basel highlights the immediate present. But it also attempts to trace the development that this vital architecture scene has experienced since 1980. An entire double page is devoted to each project. The classification of the buildings by neighbourhood and zone, organized in thirteen chapters and presented in thirteen clearly laid out maps, is designed to facilitate exploration. All tram connections and addresses have been updated in the course of preparing this new edition.; In its third, expanded edition with 21 new projects (for a total of 117) the 'Architectural Guide Basel' highlights the immediate present. But it also attempts to trace the development that this vital architecture scene has experienced since 1980. An entire double page is devoted to each project. 384 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Hartmut Böhme's study of fetishism spans all the way from Christian image magic in the Middle Ages to fetishistic practices in fashion, advertising, sport and popular culture today. In it he provides a thorough exploration of religion, magic, idolatry, sexuality and consumption, charting the mental, scientific and artistic processes through which fetishism became a central category in European culture's account of itself.; Von den christlichen Bildmagien des Mittelalters bis hin zu den heutigen fetischistischen Praktiken in Mode, Werbung, Sport und Popkultur reicht H. Böhmes Abhandlung zum Fetischismus. Er behandelt ausführlich Religion, Magie, Idolatrie, Sexualität und Konsum. Rekonstruiert werden die mentalen, wissenschaftshistorischen und künstlerischen Prozesse, durch die der Fetischismus zur zentralen Kategorie der Selbstbeschreibung europäischer Kultur wurde.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - There is no other place of comparable size where one can experience local and global building cultures side by side the way one can in Basel with its trinational urban space in Switzerland, Germany, and France. The local stars Herzog & de Meuron and Diener & Diener have long been active internationally. And building sponsors like Vitra, Novartis, and Beyeler have commissioned and continue to commission buildings by Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, Sanaa (Kazuyo Sejima/Ryue Nishizawa), Alvaro Siza, Renzo Piano, and others. In its fourth, expanded edition with44 new projects (for a total of 156) the Architectural Guide Basel highlights the immediate present. But it also attempts to trace the development that this vital architecture scene has experienced since 1980. An entire double page is devoted to each project. The classification of the buildings by neighbourhood and zone, organized in thirteen chapters and presented in thirteen clearly laid out maps, is designed to facilitate exploration. All tram connections and addresses have been updated in the course of preparing this new edition.; In its third, expanded edition with 21 new projects (for a total of 117) the 'Architectural Guide Basel' highlights the immediate present. But it also attempts to trace the development that this vital architecture scene has experienced since 1980. An entire double page is devoted to each project.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -; Der Architekturführer Basel in vierter, aktualisierter Auflage In Basel mit seinem trinationalen Stadtraum in der Schweiz, Deutschland und Frankreich lässt sich wie an keinem Ort vergleichbarer Größe eine globale und eine lokale Baukultur in unmittelbarem Nebeneinander erleben. Die Lokalmatadoren Herzog & de Meuron und Diener & Diener sind längst international tätig. Und Bauherren wie Vitra, Novartis oder Beyeler ließen und lassen sich Häuser von Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid und Tadao Ando, von Sanaa (Kazuyo Sejima/ Ryue Nishizawa), Alvaro Siza, Renzo Piano und anderen errichten. Der Architekturführer Basel wirft in seinervierten und erweiterten Auflage mit44 neuen und nun insgesamt 156 Projekten ein Schlaglicht auf die unmittelbare Gegenwart. Er versucht aber auch die Entwicklung dieser vitalen Architekturszene seit 1980 nachzuzeichnen. Alle Projekte werden auf je einer Doppelseite präsentiert. Die Zuordnung nach Quartieren und Zonen, in 13 Kapiteln zusammengefasst und in 13 übersichtlichen Karten dargestellt, soll die Erkundung erleichtern. Alle Tramverbindungen und Adressen wurden im Zuge dieser Neuauflage aktualisiert. 384 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -; Der Architekturführer Basel in vierter, aktualisierter Auflage In Basel mit seinem trinationalen Stadtraum in der Schweiz, Deutschland und Frankreich lässt sich wie an keinem Ort vergleichbarer Größe eine globale und eine lokale Baukultur in unmittelbarem Nebeneinander erleben. Die Lokalmatadoren Herzog & de Meuron und Diener & Diener sind längst international tätig. Und Bauherren wie Vitra, Novartis oder Beyeler ließen und lassen sich Häuser von Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid und Tadao Ando, von Sanaa (Kazuyo Sejima/ Ryue Nishizawa), Alvaro Siza, Renzo Piano und anderen errichten. Der Architekturführer Basel wirft in seinervierten und erweiterten Auflage mit44 neuen und nun insgesamt 156 Projekten ein Schlaglicht auf die unmittelbare Gegenwart. Er versucht aber auch die Entwicklung dieser vitalen Architekturszene seit 1980 nachzuzeichnen. Alle Projekte werden auf je einer Doppelseite präsentiert. Die Zuordnung nach Quartieren und Zonen, in 13 Kapiteln zusammengefasst und in 13 übersichtlichen Karten dargestellt, soll die Erkundung erleichtern. Alle Tramverbindungen und Adressen wurden im Zuge dieser Neuauflage aktualisiert. 384 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This collection of essays looks at two important manifestations of postclassical narratology, namely transmedial narratology on the one hand, and unnatural narratology on the other. The articles deal with films, graphic novels, computer games, web series, the performing arts, journalism, reality games, music, musicals, and the representation of impossibilities. The essays demonstrate how new media and genres as well as unnatural narratives challenge classical forms of narration in ways that call for the development of analytical tools and modelling systems that move beyond classical structuralist narratology. The articles thus contribute to the further development of both transmedial and unnatural narrative theory, two of the most important manifestations of postclassical narratology.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Der Band behandelt - umfassend und zugleich hochaktuell - die wichtigsten, auch für die rechtswissenschaftliche Ausbildung relevanten, Politikfelder der 'neuen' Europäischen Union, wie sie durch den Vertrag von Lissabon begründet wurde. Die prominente Position der Unionsbürgerschaft - an erster Stelle - unterstreicht, dass sich die Union von einer bloßen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft weit entfernt und zu einer politischen Gemeinschaft entwickelt hat. Gleichwohl bilden die 'klassischen' Politikbereiche des Binnenmarkts (samt der diesen prägenden Wettbewerbsregeln), der Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion, der Kohäsionspolitik und der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik nach wie vor zentrale wirtschaftliche Tätigkeitsfelder der Union, die in dem Band behandelt werden. Weniger 'wirtschaftsnah' erscheinen die Bereiche der Sozial- und der Umweltpolitik sowie die Bereiche Bildung, Kultur, Forschung und technologische Entwicklung, in denen die Unionskompetenzen schwächer ausgeprägt sind. Zwei Abschnitte zur europäischen 'Innenpolitik' (Raum der Freiheit, der Sicherheit und des Rechts) sowie zum auswärtigen Handeln der Union schließen den Band ab, welcher insgesamt einen umfassenden Einblick in die wichtigsten Tätigkeitsbereiche der Union vermittelt. 1424 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - ; Der Architekturführer Basel in vierter, aktualisierter Auflage In Basel mit seinem trinationalen Stadtraum in der Schweiz, Deutschland und Frankreich lässt sich wie an keinem Ort vergleichbarer Größe eine globale und eine lokale Baukultur in unmittelbarem Nebeneinander erleben. Die Lokalmatadoren Herzog & de Meuron und Diener & Diener sind längst international tätig. Und Bauherren wie Vitra, Novartis oder Beyeler ließen und lassen sich Häuser von Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid und Tadao Ando, von Sanaa (Kazuyo Sejima/ Ryue Nishizawa), Alvaro Siza, Renzo Piano und anderen errichten. Der Architekturführer Basel wirft in seinervierten und erweiterten Auflage mit44 neuen und nun insgesamt 156 Projekten ein Schlaglicht auf die unmittelbare Gegenwart. Er versucht aber auch die Entwicklung dieser vitalen Architekturszene seit 1980 nachzuzeichnen. Alle Projekte werden auf je einer Doppelseite präsentiert. Die Zuordnung nach Quartieren und Zonen, in 13 Kapiteln zusammengefasst und in 13 übersichtlichen Karten dargestellt, soll die Erkundung erleichtern. Alle Tramverbindungen und Adressen wurden im Zuge dieser Neuauflage aktualisiert.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die 1582 von Papst Gregor XIII. verkündete Kalenderreform war nur im katholischen Europa durchgeführt worden, die protestantischen Gebiete verblieben in der Regel beim Julianischen Kalender. Von 1582 bis teils ins 18. Jahrhundert hinein war die Kalenderordnung Westeuropas damit zweigeteilt- mit zehn, später elf Tagen Differenz. Im Mittelpunkt der kulturwissenschaftlich orientierten Studie stehen die publizistischen, theologischen, wissenschaftlichen und (konfessions )politischen Auseinandersetzungen um die Kalenderreform im Heiligen Römischen Reich Deutscher Nation. Erstmals wird dabei auch die Genese und Einführung des 'Verbesserten Kalenders' durch das Corpus Evangelicorum im Jahr 1700 untersucht, mit der die Datumsgleichheit im Alten Reich wiederhergestellt wurde. Dies gewährt zugleich einen Einblick in Selbstverständnis und Abläufe am Reichstag um 1700. Die Verknüpfung von alltags-, mentalitäts- und ideengeschichtlichen Aspekten gewährt einen komplexen Einblick in die konfessionspolitischen Verhältnisse vom späten 16. bis ins beginnende 18. Jahrhundert und ermöglicht, Wahrnehmung und Wirkung zeitlicher Pluralisierung in der Frühen Neuzeit zu beleuchten. 604 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Öfter sehen sich internationale Gerichte und Sachverständigengremien mit dem Einwand konfrontiert, sie überschritten die Grenzen zulässiger Rechtsanwendung und betrieben 'judicial activism'. Sind sie nicht dazu da, das Völkerrecht anzuwenden statt es zu kreieren Die vorliegende Untersuchung beantwortet diese Frage mit einem Modell der Entwicklung des Völkerrechts, das den Funktionen unterschiedlicher Spruchorgane gerecht zu werden versucht. 692 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Hartmut Böhme¿s study of fetishism spans all the way from Christian image magic in the Middle Ages to fetishistic practices in fashion, advertising, sport and popular culture today. In it he provides a thorough exploration of religion, magic, idolatry, sexuality and consumption, charting the mental, scientific and artistic processes through which fetishism became a central category in European culture¿s account of itself.De Gruyter Mouton, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin 444 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Polymer Surface Characterization provides a comprehensive approach to the surface analysis of polymers of technological interest by means of modern analytical techniques. Basic principles, operative conditions, applications, performance, and limiting features are supplied, together with current advances in instrumental apparatus. Each chapter is devoted to one technique and is self-consistent; the end-of-chapter references would allow the reader a quick access to more detailed information.After an introductory chapter, techniques that can interrogate the very shallow depth of a polymer surface, spanning from the top few angstroms in secondary ions mass spectrometry to 2-10 nm in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy are discussed, followed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and chapters on characterization by scanning probe microscopy, electron microscopies, wettability and spectroscopic ellipsometry. 308 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Designing adaptive virtual worlds takes the design of places for education, entertainment, online communities, business, and cultural activities in 3D virtual worlds to a new level. The place metaphor provides a rich source of styles and examples for designing in 3D virtual worlds. This book is one of the first design books in the field showing how those styles can be captured in a design grammar so that unique places can be created through computational agents responding to the changing needs of the people in the virtual world. Applying the techniques introduced in this book has immediate implications on the design of games and functional places in existing virtual world platforms such as Second Life, OpenSim and Active Worlds as well as future virtual worlds in which the boundaries between digital and physical environments blur. 144 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -As part of the new Pocket Primer series, this book provides an overview of the major aspects, the source code, and tutorial videos to use Python. This Pocket Primer is primarily for self-directed learners who want to learn Python and serves as a starting point for deeper exploration of Python programming. Features: includes source code and tutorial videos on the companion DVD; provides a solid introduction to Python via complete code samples; contains chapter devoted to Jython; and includes latest Python developments.Walter de Gruyter, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin 276 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The ancient Mysteries have long attracted the interest of scholars, an interest that goes back at least to the time of the Reformation. After a period of interest around the turn of the twentieth century, recent decades have seen an important study of Walter Burkert (1987). Yet his thematic approach makes it hard to see how the actual initiation into the Mysteries took place. To do precisely that is the aim of this book. It gives a 'thick description' of the major Mysteries, not only of the famous Eleusinian Mysteries, but also those located at the interface of Greece and Anatolia: the Mysteries of Samothrace, Imbros and Lemnos as well as those of the Corybants. It then proceeds to look at the Orphic-Bacchic Mysteries, which have become increasingly better understood due to the many discoveries of new texts in the recent times. Having looked at classical Greece we move on to the Roman Empire, where we study not only the lesser Mysteries, which we know especially from Pausanias, but also the new ones of Isis and Mithras. We conclude our book with a discussion of the possible influence of the Mysteries on emerging Christianity. Its detailed references and up-to-date bibliography will make this book indispensable for any scholar interested in the Mysteries and ancient religion, but also for those scholars who work on initiation or esoteric rituals, which were often inspired by the ancient Mysteries. ; Das Münchner Zentrum für Antike Welten ist eine interfakultäre Arbeitsgemeinschaft an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität. Es verfügt über eine ständige Gastprofessur für antike Kulturgeschichte. Auf sie werden im jährlichen Wechsel namhafte Gelehrte aus den Altertumswissenschaften berufen, die in einer Vortragsreihe ein interdisziplinär bedeutsames Thema behandeln. Zudem veranstaltet das MZAW Kolloquien und Fachtagungen. Die Reihe Münchner Vorlesungen zu Antiken Welten legt diese Vorträge einem kultur- und altertumswissenschaftlich interessierten Publikum vor. 274 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Basic Process Engineering Control is based on the extensive experience of theauthors in the field of industry, teaching and writing. The textbook showcasesmethods, problems, and tools used in this well-established fi eld of chemical engineering and goes beyond traditional process engineering by applying the same principles to biomedical processes, energy production, and management of environmental issues. Starting from the behavior of processes, Basic Process Engineering Control explains all determinations in 'chemical systems' or 'process systems', such as the intricate inter dependency of the process stages, analyzing the hardware components of a control system, and the design of an appropriate control system for a process parameter or a whole process. Although mainly aimed at students and graduates, the book is equally interesting to chemical or process engineers in all industries or research and development centers. Readers will notice the similarity in approach from the system and control point of view between different fields, which might otherwise seem far from each other but share the same control philosophy. 372 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book presents the first English edition of 'On Russia in the Reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich' by Grigorii Kotoshikhin. This is the only native source describing the character of the seventeenth-century Russian state and society. It offers a unique and detailed picture of the nature of Russian 'autocracy', the life at the tsar's court, social mores of the nobles and commoners of those times, military affairs, diplomatic relations, etc. The book is a veritable ethnographic encyclopedia of early Russian life.With broad commentaries and supporting materials provided by the translator, Benjamin Uroff, and the editor, Marshall Poe, it provides an invaluable source for understanding XVII-century Muscovite Russia. 190 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 312 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -One of the most impressive computer systems ever was the vacuum tube based behemoth AN/FSQ-7, which was the heart of the ''Semi Automatic Ground Environment''. Machines of this type were children of the Cold War and had a tremendous effect in politics. They also generated a vast amount of spin-offs which still shape our world. This book focuses on the technological achievements and details of this marvelous machine and of its predecessor Whirlwind. The various developments, ranging from magnetic core memory to data transmission via telephone lines, are covered in detail with schematics, circuit descriptions and small programming examples. This book is a treasure trove for those interested in the technology of early digital computers and those interested in the impact these machines had and still have on our current computer systems.; Das Buch widmet sich AN/FSQ-7, einem der aussergewöhnlichsten und einflussreichsten Digitalrechner aller Zeiten, über den erst in den letzten Jahren (aufgrund von Geheimhaltungsvorschriften) detaillierte Informationen zugänglich wurden. Über einen Zeitraum von über 30 Jahren wurden in den USA 23 Rechenzentren auf Basis von jeweils zwei AN/FSQ-7 betrieben, die das Herz von SAGE, dem Semi Automatic Ground Environment bildeten, das für die Luftraumüberwachung der USA und (in Teilen) Kanada zuständig war. 272 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A Historical Geography of Tourism in Victoria, Australia - Case studies is concerned with the emergence of tourism in colonial Victoria, Australia. It explores a fundamental set of questions: how does a tourist site come in to being How does a tourist gaze emerge in a 'settler society' How does an 'era of discovery' segue into 'tourism' And, how was the tourist map of Victoria created by settler colonists Through the application of the classical models of MacCannell, Butler, and Gunn to construct the history of tourism at eight case studies, this work shows that Victoria's tourism landscape is dynamic and constantly changing. There are many other significant natural and cultural attractions in Victoria and much more research needs to be undertaken to understand more fully the evolution of Victoria's tourism landscape. 222 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Dieses Standardwerk liefert eine umfassende und anschauliche Einführung in die Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik.Das aus langjähriger Vorlesungspraxis entstandene Buch wendet sich vorrangig an Studierende von Bachelor- und Masterstudiengängen der Elektrotechnik und Mechatronik. Es eignet sich als Begleitlektüre zu Vorlesungen sowie zum Selbststudium.Im Band 2 werden Wechselstrom, Drehstrom, Ortskurven, nichtsinusförmige Wechselgrößen, Übertragungsfunktionen, Schaltvorgänge, elektromagnetische Felder und der Transformator thematisiert.Besonderer Wert wird dabei auf anschauliche und leicht verständliche Erklärungen gelegt. Der Lehrstoff wird durch zahlreiche praxisnahe Beispiele vertieft und zur Selbstkontrolle des Erlernten dienen Übungsaufgaben mit ausführlicher Musterlösung. 366 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Der Themenkreis dieses Bandes umfaßt die folgenden Bereiche:Darstellung von Systemen2. Ordnung in der ZustandsebeneStabilitätsanalyse und Stabilisierung nichtlinearer Regelkreise in der ZustandsebeneOptimierung von Regelkreisen in der ZustandsebeneBehandlung von Systemen höherer Ordnung in der ZustandsebeneNichtlineare Systeme1. Ordnung in der ZustandsebeneGrundzüge der Direkten Methode von LjapunowZusammenhang zwischen dem Stabilitätsverhalten von nichtlinearen und linearisierten Systemen (Methode der Ersten Näherung)Entwurf strukturumschaltender Systeme mittels Ljapunow-FunktionenStabilitätskriterien im Frequenzbereich 400 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This collection of essays looks at two important manifestations of postclassical narratology, namely transmedial narratology on the one hand, and unnatural narratology on the other. The articles deal with films, graphic novels, computer games, web series, the performing arts, journalism, reality games, music, musicals, and the representation of impossibilities. The essays demonstrate how new media and genres as well as unnatural narratives challenge classical forms of narration in ways that call for the development of analytical tools and modelling systems that move beyond classical structuralist narratology. The articles thus contribute to the further development of both transmedial and unnatural narrative theory, two of the most important manifestations of postclassical narratology. 292 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Designing adaptive virtual worlds takes the design of places for education, entertainment, online communities, business, and cultural activities in 3D virtual worlds to a new level. The place metaphor provides a rich source of styles and examples for designing in 3D virtual worlds. This book is one of the first design books in the field showing how those styles can be captured in a design grammar so that unique places can be created through computational agents responding to the changing needs of the people in the virtual world. Applying the techniques introduced in this book has immediate implications on the design of games and functional places in existing virtual world platforms such as Second Life, OpenSim and Active Worlds as well as future virtual worlds in which the boundaries between digital and physical environments blur.Gruyter, de Open, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin 144 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The ancient Mysteries have long attracted the interest of scholars, an interest that goes back at least to the time of the Reformation. After a period of interest around the turn of the twentieth century, recent decades have seen an important study of Walter Burkert (1987). Yet his thematic approach makes it hard to see how the actual initiation into the Mysteries took place. To do precisely that is the aim of this book.It gives a ¿thick description¿ of the major Mysteries, not only of the famous Eleusinian Mysteries, but also those located at the interface of Greece and Anatolia: the Mysteries of Samothrace, Imbros and Lemnos as well as those of the Corybants. It then proceeds to look at the Orphic-Bacchic Mysteries, which have become increasingly better understood due to the many discoveries of new texts in the recent times. Having looked at classical Greece we move on to the Roman Empire, where we study not only the lesser Mysteries, which we know especially from Pausanias, but also the new ones of Isis and Mithras. We conclude our book with a discussion of the possible influence of the Mysteries on emerging Christianity.Its detailed references and up-to-date bibliography will make this book indispensable for any scholar interested in the Mysteries and ancient religion, but also for those scholars who work on initiation or esoteric rituals, which were often inspired by the ancient Mysteries.Walter de Gruyter, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin 274 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The volume consists of six essays by S.-Y. Kuroda on narrative theory, with a substantial introduction, notes, a bibliography and an index of proper names.This is the English version of a French critical edition published by Editions Armand Colin in their 'Recherches' series in October 2012, translated from English by Cassian Braconnier, Tiên Fauconnier and Sylvie Patron, edition with an introduction and notes by Sylvie Patron. 176 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The interest in a better understanding of what is constitutive for being a person is a concern philosophy shares with some of the sciences. The views currently discussed in evolutionary biology and in the neurosciences are very much influenced by traditional philosophical views about the self and self-knowledge, while contemporary philosophical accounts are not considered at all. Such an account will be given by an analysis of three focal elements of the use of the first-person pronoun. These elements have something to do with the faculty of taking a first-person point of view. The conceptual structure of this point of view is explained by comparing it with a second- and third-person point of view. There is an extensive discussion of various views about self-knowledge (Davidson, Bilgrami, Burge), and a new conception of authoritative self-knowledge is established. The first-person point of view is a reflexive attitude which includes various attitudes to one's past and future. These attitudes are necessarily or contingently de se. By bringing into focus the concern for one's future intentions will be discussed as an activity-based attitude, while there are other attitudes, like hope or fear, which are shaped by the acceptance of one's future situations which are not, or not completely under one's control. This view gives rise to a criticism of Frankfurt's notion of Caring. 200 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Mouth actions in sign languages have been controversially discussed but the sociolinguistic factors determining their form and functions remain uncertain. This first empirical analysis of mouth actions in Irish Sign Language focuses on correlations with gender, age, and word class. It contributes to the linguistic description of ISL, research into non-manuals in sign languages, and is relevant for the cross-modal study of word classes. 250 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Recent developments in cognitive narrative theory have called attention to readers' active participation in making sense of narrative. However, while most psychologically inspired models address interpreters' subpersonal (i.e., unconscious) responses, the experiential level of their engagement with narrative remains relatively undertheorized. Building on theories of experience and embodiment within today's 'second-generation' cognitive science, and opening a dialogue with so-called 'enactivist' philosophy, this book sets out to explore how narrative experiences arise from the interaction between textual cues and readers' past experiences. Caracciolo's study offers a phenomenologically inspired account of narrative, spanning a wide gamut of responses such as the embodied dynamic of imagining a fictional world, empathetic perspective-taking in relating to characters, and 'higher-order' evaluations and interpretations. Only by placing a premium on how such modes of engagement are intertwined in experience, Caracciolo argues, can we do justice to narrative's psychological and existential impact on our lives. These insights are illustrated through close readings of literary texts ranging from Émile Zola's Germinal to José Saramago's Blindness.; Die Reihe Narratologia publiziert innovative Monographien und Sammelbände zur modernen Erzähltheorie und zu ihrer fachgeschichtlichen Rekonstruktion aus allen philologischen Disziplinen. Sie stellt das erste narratologische Forum dieser Art in Deutschland dar. Neben literarischen Texten stehen u. a. auch das Alltagserzählen, Wort-Bild-Texte, Erzählen im Film und in den neuen Medien sowie das Erzählen in Historiographie, Ethnologie, Medizin und Rechtswissenschaft im Fokus der Reihe. Die Publikationssprachen der Reihe sind Deutsch und Englisch. Alle Bände werden zweifach begutachtet. 246 pp. Englisch.