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Der erste Teil versammelt Beiträge, die unterschiedliche Bezüge zum Thema Reisen und Wissenschaft sowie Afrika herstellen. Vorgestellt werden zunächst der wenig bekannte Afrikaforscher Emil Holub, sowie Erfahrungen von fünf Afrikanern, die Deutschland und Österreich im...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-19
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This volume addresses the themes of language, identity and linguistic politics in Europe. The twelve essays draw on approaches and methodologies from a range of disciplines, from sociolinguistics and contact linguistics to cultural history, psychology and policy...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-19
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Mitten im Zweiten Weltkrieg – 1941bis1942 – während die deutschen Offensiven gegen die Alliierten auf den verschiedenen Schlachtfeldern noch mit Erfolgen gekrönt waren, und während die Kolonialdeutschen auf eine baldige Wiederaufnahme der Kolonialaktivitäten hofften,...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-19
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This book coincides with an increase in the programming of live art elements in many galleries and museums. Traditional art history has, however, been wary of live art’s interdisciplinarity and its tendency to encourage increased formal and conceptual risk taking....
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-19
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According to Max Weber, charisma is opposed to bureaucratic order. This collection reveals the limits of that formula. The contributors show how charisma is a part of cultural frameworks while retaining its ecstatic character among American and Italian Catholics, Syrian...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-12-18
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Since the 1950s, the study of early attachment and separation has been dominated by a school of psychology that is Euro-American in its theoretical assumptions. Based on ethnographic studies in a range of locales, this book goes beyond prior efforts to critique...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-12-18
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Terror was central to the Nazi regime, and the Nazi concentration camps were places of horror where prisoners were dehumanized and robbed of their dignity and where millions were murdered. How did prisoners cope with the brutal and degrading conditions of life within...
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Polity
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2013-12-17
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Natural disasters in Asian countries have brought global attention to the work of local Buddhist communities and groups. Here, the contributors examine local Buddhist communities and international Buddhist organizations engaged in a variety of relief work in countries...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-12-17
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Lipsi forms a modern construction that has disconnected from its past. Recently, the community has formed a collective identity reconstructed from fragments of collective memory. This book is an ethnographic account of the mythology proposed by the community and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-12-17
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This second edition of the widely praised Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology, features a variety of updates, revisions, and new readings in its comprehensive presentation of issues in the history of anthropological theory and epistemology over the past...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-12-16
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Aneji Eko was technically illiterate, but she represents a resource for understanding the complexities of African and Nigerian cultures. This is an account of matriarchy and the complex ties of kinship, their influences in shaping childhood culture, and how they...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-12-11
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«Music is no mere play of sound, no mere tonal texture, but has a significant psychic, spiritual/intellectual and social dimension. In other words: a musical art work is not merely an autonomous artifact but also document humain.» With this thesis – and with a view to...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-12-05
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Regarding the Pain of Others is Susan Sontag's searing analysis of our numbed response to images of horror. From Goya's Disasters of War to news footage and photographs of the conflicts in Vietnam, Rwanda and Bosnia, pictures have been charged with inspiring dissent,...
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Penguin
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2013-12-05
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Can religions help us tackle the ecological crisis we are now facing?Can we redefine our relationship with the Earth, giving spiritual depth to ecological issues? This book attempts to answer these questions by exploring the relationship between ecology and theology....
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-12-05
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How and when did the kiss become a vital sign of romance and love? In this wide-ranging book, pop culture expert Marcel Danesi takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of the kiss, from poetry and painting to movies and popular songs, and argues...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-12-05
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This book examines the intertwined relationship between contemporary Polish politics and national culture by focusing on the phenomenon of discrimination. The object of the analysis is the language of the League of Polish Families, a populist party that recreated the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-12-04
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Dieser Band versammelt historische, kunstgeschichtliche, medien- und literaturwissenschaftliche Analysen zu diversen visuellen und textlichen Repräsentationen armer und fremder Familien von der Frühen Neuzeit bis zur Gegenwart. Indem das traditionsreiche Konzept Familie...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-04
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Als erster Mensch im Weltraum umkreiste der sowjetische Luftwaffenoffizier Jurij Gagarin am 12. April 1961 in seinem Raumschiff Vostok die Erde. Mehr als 50 Jahre nach dem Ereignis und lange nach Ende des Kalten Kriegs genießt Gagarin weiterhin Aktualität. Der Körper...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-12-04
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A call for new methods for anthropology, this book explores the nature of anthropological knowledge and the conditions of integration and communication with people. Starting with an analysis of anthropologists' guilt, Fan addresses issues of reflexivity, reciprocity,...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2013-12-03
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A collection of the writings of Raymond Williams, who many considered to be the most significant post-war intellectual in Britain. He wrote on diverse subjects, and his books included "Culture and Society", "The Long Revolution", "The Country and the City", "Towards...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2013-11-30
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