Society and culture: general Books

Ethnography and Philology of the Hidatsa Indians is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1877.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and...

The institution of monasticism in the Christian Church is in general decline, at least in so-called “first world” nations. Though there are many reasons for this, monastic leaders are confronted by the reality of fewer communities, monks, and...

This book focuses on seven of the most important formal methods used to interpret the New Testament today. Several of the chapters also touch on Old Testament/Hebrew Bible interpretation. In line with the multiplicity of methods for interpretation of...

The evolution of knowledge management theory and the special emphasis on human and social capital sets new challenges for knowledge-driven and technology-enabled innovation. Emerging technologies including big data and analytics have significant...

For nearly fifty years, Cyprus has attracted considerable international attention. However, while numerous volumes have been written on the causes and consequences of the conflict between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities and the many efforts to...

This volume incorporates Darko Suvin's thinking on utopian horizons in fiction and on eutopian and dystopian readings of historical reality since the 1970s. While the focus is on the United States and the United Kingdom, the essays also draw on French,...

One of the major knowledge challenges in the domain of Resilient and Sustainable Food Systems refers to the integration of perspectives on consumption, patterns that support public health, inclusive value chains, and environmentally sustainable food...

This Special Issue of Philosophies is devoted to dialogue between feminist care ethics and mainstream philosophical figures and concepts. As care ethics has evolved from its origins in the 1980s, it is clear that it does not always fit neatly within...

This book addresses the challenging and old question of theodicy: If God is infinitely good, how can there be so much pain and suffering in this world? The special emphasis of the articles is on an interdisciplinary approach to this question, taking into...

As is known, an objective assessment of scientific activity is one of the most difficult problems, in terms of the relationship within itself as well as with society. However, for many decades, the significance of scientists' contribution to the...

The "Creating Age-friendly Communities: Housing and Technology" publication presents contemporary, innovative, and insightful narratives, debates, and frameworks based on an international collection of papers from scholars spanning the fields of...

The severity of interconnected socio-economic and environmental impacts on landscapes and people across Africa are exacerbated as a result of land degradation, conflict, poor governance, competition for land and inequality, and exacerbated by climate...

The work practice of the social worker constitutes a unit of analysis proposed in this book for the study of this work practice, understood as situated activity. The book points to the important issue of social work as situated activity and it intends to...

At the height of the Second World War, Hitler's Deputy, Rudolf Hess, made a dramatic solo flight to the British Isles. His arrival there was sensational news - and it baffled everyone. Why had he come? Hess claimed he had flown to Britain entirely of his...

Based on archival research, this volume is concerned with the treatment of fallen women and prostitutes at the London Lock Hospital and Asylum throughout the nineteenth century. As venereally-diseased women, they were treated in the hospital for their...

The past few decades have seen a huge increase in global interest in psychology, with more psychologists, psychology programmes and students than ever before. Culture and Cognition: A collection of critical essays is made up of chapters written by...

Im Zeitalter der Globalisierung und nach der kulturwissenschaftlichen Wende verdient eine Auseinandersetzung mit den Bedeutungsdimensionen der Magie und Sprache in der Literatur im Kontext afrikanisch-europäischer Beziehungen erneute Aufmerksamkeit...

This book paints a picture of poor older people's life-worlds in Beijing, China. Instead of viewing them as pitiful recipients of vulnerabilities and deprivations, this book sheds light on how poor older people exert their active agency to live through...

This collection of essays examines the relationship between the media and cosmopolitanism in an increasingly fragmented and globalizing world. This relationship is presented from multiple perspectives and the essays cover, amongst other themes,...

E. Marlitt was a bestselling author of the late nineteenth century whose romance novels dominated the German literary market between 1865 and 1888. Her novels appeared in thirty languages, with as many as five different English translations circulating...

This book examines the themes and narrative features in Ahdaf Soueif's The Map of Love. It deals with unresolved questions regarding asymmetrical intercultural relationships and the historical reasons for the present cultural conflicts. It also looks at...

In the early modern period, there have been a vigorous debate in the public arena on the nature of women and their place in society. For instance, most women had been excluded from inheritance. The author of this work is shedding light on how the notion...

Wie entstehen Bilder? Wie entwickeln sich Bilder in ihrer Frühzeit, in der Onto- wie in der Phylogenese? Sind frühe Bilder durchgängig von einer einzelnen Kultur bestimmt, oder weisen sie kulturübergreifende Eigenheiten auf? Steht die Entwicklung von...

Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866-1936) was undoubtedly the most controversial literary figure of his generation. Whilst his genius was recognised by fellow writers, the reading public was slow to accept his work, and his theatre taxed directors and audiences...

How have media constructions around terrorism changed since 9.11? This book analyses the ways that language is employed in the media to reference discourses around terrorism in different social systems and doctrines, and illustrates the ways in which...

Bücher waren in den Gesellschaften des Nahen Ostens ein Medium der Wissensvermittlung und des intellektuellen Austausches, aber zugleich ein Teil der materiellen Kultur und bisweilen sogar Gegenstand der Verehrung. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes untersuchen...

China has lived with the Internet for nearly two decades. Will increased Internet use, with new possibilities to share information and discuss news and politics, lead to democracy, or will it to the contrary sustain a nationalist supported...

Der von Edward Said angeregte Orientalismus-Diskurs über den westlichen Blick auf den Orient weist auf die überwiegend durch Stereotype und Vorurteile geprägte Betrachtungsweise des Okzidents hin. Dabei geht Said stillschweigend von einem männlichen...

Als Enkel eines einflußreichen Rabbiners in Lemberg geboren, Opernkomponist in Leipzig, Filmkomponist in Berlin und schließlich Exilant in Ascona - alle Lebensstationen von Max Ettinger (1874-1951) tragen den Stempel historischer Ereignisse...

Im allgemeinen Sprachgebrauch sind Stereotype vereinfachte, schablonenhafte Vorstellungen von Menschen, die weniger auf der eigenen Erfahrung gründen. Sie transportieren eher ein mit Wertungen durchsetztes, geronnenes Erfahrungswissen innerhalb der...

Karl Barth never paid particular attention to the religions of the world. In fact he has often been stereotyped as the prime exponent of an exclusivist attitude toward other religions because of his belief that salvation comes through Christ alone...

Die Familie versuchte die während der Schulpflicht bestehende Normalität auch für die Zeit danach aufrecht zu erhalten, indem sie für ihren Sohn Till-Philipp, er ist Träger einer Trisomie 21, einen Ausbildungs- bzw. Anlernplatz für einen...

Este ensayo reflexiona sobre si las adaptaciones de obras literarias contemporáneas del mundo hispánico a formatos audiovisuales en el presente siglo reactualizan algunos roles de la mujer en la sociedad actual e integran puntos de vista que refuerzan la...

The book explores Covid-19's profound impact on Ibero-America, revealing social inequalities and diverse responses. It draws parallels with past epidemics and analyzes media's evolving role in crisis management, emphasizing global resonance and lasting...

Sexual violence (SV) is a pervasive and prevalent issue in public health and is the predominant kind of violence encountered by students in higher education. Around 20% of college women encounter sexual violence, despite several attempts to prevent it...

Les religions sont fascinantes autant par leur diversité que par la place qu'elles occupent dans le monde d'aujourd'hui.

Das Märchen, Le Conte, traduit communément par Le Conte du Serpent Vert, ou simplement Le Serpent Vert, est un récit paru originellement en 1795 dans la revue Die Horen de Friedrich Schiller. Sa traduction en français par Oswald Wirth, fut initialement...

Le dernier thriller d'Alexandre de Bothuri nous entraîne dans une saga, véritable labyrinthe et voyage dans le temps, où les lignées mérovingiennes parmi nous s'enchevêtrent et se dévoilent sous un éclairage nouveau, où la réalité dépasse la fiction, ne...

L'auteurJacques-Antoine Dulaure, né le 3 décembre 1755 à Clermont-Ferrand et mort le 18 août 1835 à Paris, est un archéologue et historien français.L'œuvreL'ouvrage que je publie manquait à notre littérature. Les mythologues, les scrutateurs de...

Le Cours oral de franc-maçonnerie symbolique n'était pas destiné à la publicité. Il a eu lieu de vive voix, comme l'indique son titre, pendant douze séances des trois années 1859, 1860 et 1861, dans la R.·. Cha.·. et Aréo.·. des Coeurs-Unis, .·. de...

"True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice. "Jane Addams, a pioneer in the realms of social reform and peace activism, presents a compelling vision for a world free from the shackles of war and strife. Published in 1907,...

Adolphe Orain était de Bain-de-Bretagne, Paul Sébillot de Matignon. Tous les deux ont sillonné la région de Chartres et de Bruz à pieds, Orain en quête de contes et Sébillot à la recherche de paysages qu'il pouvait peindre. Tous les deux étaient à...

A la fin du XIXe siècle, l'engouement pour les traditions populaires qui sont en train de disparaître rapidement est à son comble. L'ancien avocat américain, établi à Menton, collecte, auprès de divers informateurs de Menton, Roquebrune et Sospel, un...

The 'counter-revolution' in Development Economics in the 1980s fundamentally altered the way the state 'thinks', which is evident in the state's retrenchment and reconstitution of the state's relationship to its citizens. The combination of deflationary...

"one of the most popular books ever published in the United States and the standard work on classical mythology for nearly a century"-Edith Hamilton.Most of the mythology books are boring. Bulfinch's Mythology is an attempt to solve this problem, by...

Au travers d'une centaine de biographies de personnalités présentes ou passées, ce livre explore les ressources humaines surprenantes de personnes âgées, qui ont accédé à une certaine forme de notoriété ou de célébrité nationale ou internationale, par...

il faut améliorer les conditions de vie en prison. on entend(ait) ça partout. je croyais que c'était ça être du côté des droits humains. et puis j'ai travaillé en prison durant quelques années. je suis devenue abolitionniste pénale en sortant : je veux...