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This book proposes a groundbreaking approach to the study of personal creativity, linking this to the analysis of the chakras, or centers of energy, of the subtle system suggested by the Eastern philosophy called Sahaja Yoga. It argues that creativity is to be...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-03-29
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This book analyzes the hermeneutics of place, raising questions about central issues such as textuality, dialogue, and play. It discusses the central figures in the development of hermeneutics and place, and surveys disciplines and areas in which a hermeneutic approach...
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Springer
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2017-03-29
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Tobias Philipp kombiniert die Theorien Bruno Latours und Harrison Whites, um mit ihrer Hilfe das interdisziplinäre Feld der Netzwerkforschung in den soziologischen Blick zu nehmen. An einem typischen Artikel arbeitet er beispielhaft dortige Argumentationsstrukturen...
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Springer VS
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2017-03-28
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Daniela Wühr analysiert Dynamiken der Innovationspraxis in der Investitionsgüterindustrie. Dabei beleuchtet sie das nicht immer reibungslose Verhältnis von Innovationsarbeit und Innovationsprozess sowie die Herausforderung für die Branche, ihre Innovationsprozesse zu...
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Springer VS
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2017-03-27
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Der Band fokussiert das Erleben, das Erfahren und den Umgang mit Alter(n) und der Vergänglichkeit des Körpers in der Gegenwart. Diese Fragestellung geht nicht nur aus dem hervor, was als ‚demographischer Wandel‘ vielfach öffentlich diskutiert wird und bislang etwa in...
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Springer VS
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2017-03-27
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Andrea Hamp untersucht die wissenschaftliche Diskussion von Soziologinnen und Soziologen in einer Theoriendebatte. Die Autorin wendet sich auf der Grundlage der Konzepte neuerer Praxistheorien den Diskussionspraktiken zu und führt eine Toposanalyse von Begründungsweisen...
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Springer VS
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2017-03-24
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This volume offers a novel philosophical thesis on the ontology of religion, and proposes a new conceptual repertoire to deal with supernatural religion. Jibu Mathew George offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the source and dynamics of religious ideation...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-03-23
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This book presents key conceptualizations of violence as developed by Norbert Elias. The authors explain and exemplify these concepts by analyzing Elias’s late texts, comparing his views to those of Sigmund Freud, and by analyzing the work of filmmaker Michael Haneke....
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-03-20
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Written by a leading sociologist of Scotland, this ground-breaking new introduction is a comprehensive account of the social, political, economic and cultural processes at work in contemporary Scottish society.
At a time of major uncertainty and transformation The New...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-03-20
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The book focuses on the history of Elias' most famous and important work "Process of Civilization" in close relation to the historical and biographical context. It starts with Elias' childhood and intellectual background and paints a detailed picture of the development...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2017-03-17
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Bernhard Schäfers erläutert in diesem essential die Entstehung der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft aus dem Geist von Aufklärung und den bürgerlichen Revolutionen, zumal der französischen 1789 und ihrer Folgen. Vorwärts treibende Elemente waren neben den Parolen von Freiheit...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2017-03-16
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Secularization in the Long 1960s: Numerating Religion in Britain provides a major empirical contribution to the literature of secularization. It moves beyond the now largely sterile and theoretical debates about the validity of the secularization thesis or paradigm....
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OUP Oxford
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2017-03-16
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In what ways are cities central to the evolution of contemporary global capitalism? And in what ways is global capitalism forged by the urban experience? This book provides a response to these questions, exploring the multifaceted dimensions of the city-capitalism...
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Polity
Parution :
2017-03-16
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The majority of immigrants settle in cities when they arrive, and few can deny the dynamic influence migration has on cities. However, a "one-size-fits-all" approach cannot describe the activities and settlement patterns of immigrants in contemporary cities.The...
Editeur :
Polity
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2017-03-16
Collection :
Immigration and Society
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In diesem Band wird das gesellschaftspolitisch bedeutsame Themenfeld Diskriminierung umfassend dargestellt. Dabei wird von einem interdisziplinär tragfähigen Begriffsverständnis ausgegangen. Dargestellt werden der Stand der Forschung der relevanten wissenschaftlichen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2017-03-15
Collection :
Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften
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This book is novel not only in its theoretical framework, which places racialisation in post-communist societies and their modernist political projects at the centre of processes of global racism, but also in being the first account to examine both these new national...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-03-14
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This book gathers five papers presented to the ECAS’ 2013 proceedings. Following the theme of the Congress “African dynamics in a multipolar world”, the challenge was to select among the 118 papers presented those which focused in the subjects of informality and space...
Editeur :
Centro de Estudos Internacionais
Parution :
2017-03-09
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ebook'IS
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Secularization in the Long 1960s: Numerating Religion in Britain provides a major empirical contribution to the literature of secularization. It moves beyond the now largely sterile and theoretical debates about the validity of the secularization thesis or paradigm....
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-03-09
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This collection presents a comparative study of the impact of slavery on the literary and cultural imagination of the Americas, and also on the impact of writing on slavery on the social legacies of slavery's history. The chapters examine the relationship of slavery and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-03-06
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This volume is a collection of empirical and theoretical research papers in the social sciences regarding the Balkans and the Near East written by researchers from several different universities and institutions. The studies include a wide range of topics from economic,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2017-03-03
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