brill aug 2006 (13 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the closing years of the 19th century, the Japanese decided they should modernize economically without culturally westernizing, and they succeeded. Following de-colonization, Africans also pursued the goal of achieving economic modernization without cultural westernization. To some extent, however, Africa became westernized culturally, but failed to attain economic modernization. How can we explain Africa's failure and Japan's success The book addresses these issues from a variety of perspectives also in relation to economic interactions between Africa and Japan and Africa's place in Japan's diplomacy and academic discourse.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The book is a critique of dominant views of language (Chomsky's research programme in linguistics, Habermas's philosophy of ). It rehearses the fragmentary Marxist tradition about language and proposes a series of concepts for a coherent philosophy of language within Marxism.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This collection of papers by leading researchers in vision science deals with the role of color in spatial vision and the emergent spatio-chromatic properties within visual scenes. Several fascinating phenomena are studied through psychophysical experiments and explained in terms of neural and computational models. Topics include: prior adaptation to blurry images, chromatic induction, the influence of color contrast on shape perception, Fechner-Benham subjective color, a novel filling-in effect - dynamic texture spreading, the watercolor illusion, and new illusions based on chromatic variations of the luminance profile across the boundaries.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Values are a hot topic in Europe, both in the public and political debate as well as in the social sciences. Is Europe a community of values What are the cultural borders of the European Union How united are Europeans with respect to their fundamental values How does globalization affect European values Do national values vanish There is also a clear moral overtone in the debate: basic values are believed to erode, community values are waning, values become fragmented, and civic engagement is rapidly declining while hedonism and consumerism are prevailing. But are these far-reaching assumptions true Answers are provided in this book.The three core issues that guide the various chapters in this book are the following: do basic values in European countries converge or diverge Do we observe a marked decline in traditional values in European societies Is it the youngest generation in Europe that embraces new values.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This book contains over 300 offered papers in addition to 4 papers from invited speakers presented at the 52nd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, held in Dublin, Ireland, from 13-18 August 2006. Under the theme of harnessing and exploiting global opportunities, areas covered in the congress included meat quality encompassing genomics and biotechnology, animal production and production systems, muscle biology and biochemistry; meat safety, meat processing and packaging technology, consumer topics and meat and health. A new approach this year was to address specific hot topics important to the industry and meat scientists, in particular, electrical stimulation and new instrumental methods for evaluation of meat quality characteristics. These proceedings reflect the truly global nature of meat research and give an insight into the current research issues for the industry.'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Archive for the Psychology of Religion/Archiv für Religionspsychologie is the oldest medium in the psychology of religion. It is the official organ of the Internationale Gesellschaft für Religionspsychologie (International Association for the Psychology of Religion [IAPR]) founded in 1914. Following a reorganization of the IAPR in 2001, the Archiv is now published as an international, peer-reviewed journal.The current editorship is shared by Jacob A. Belzen, Leslie J. Francis and Ralph W. Hood, Jr. The Archive for the Psychology of Religion/Archiv für Religionspsychologie is open to all scientific methodologies, quantitative and qualitative as well as to established and innovative conceptual and theoretical perspectives in the psychology of religion.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The five versions of the comprehensive settlement plan for Cyprus, which UN Secretary-General Annan tabled between 2002 and 2004, raised a variety of international law and European law questions. This book contains the first systematic analysis of the Annan plan, thereby providing an overview of the legal aspects of the Cyprus problem. It also discusses how the plan was intended to be accommodated in the European legal order. Did it comply with the fundamental principle of democracy, rule of law and human rights Would a united Cyprus have been able to speak with one voice and to implement EU law properly The Author, who has worked both for the European Commission and for the UN Special Advisor on Cyprus, presents a precise account of facts and thorough legal assessments. He also tackles current legal problems arising out of Cyprus' membership in the EU and the suspension of the acquis communautaire in the northern part of Cyprus. He finally analyses how the question of recognition affects the relations between Cyprus and Turkey.The book is an ideal choice for practitioners and researchers because it combines first hand information on the most recent developments on Cyprus with legal evaluations from an international official trained in international and European law.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Who speaks for Islam To whom do Muslims turn when they look for guidance To what extent do individual scholars and preachers exert religious authority, and how can it be assessed The upsurge of Islamism has lent new urgency to these questions, but they have deeper roots and a much longer history, and they certainly should not be considered in the light of present concerns only. The present volume - grown out of an international symposium at the Free University, Berlin in 2002 - is not so much concerned with religious authority, but with religious authorities, men and women claiming, projecting and exerting religious authority within a given context. It addresses issues such as the relationship of knowledge, conduct and charisma, the social functions of the schools of law and theology, and the efforts on the part of governments and rulers to organize religious scholars and to implement state-centred hierarchies. The volume focuses on Middle Eastern Muslim majority societies in the period from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, and the individual papers offer case studies elucidating important aspects of the wider phenomenon. Individually and collectively, they highlight the scope and variety of religious authorities in past and present Muslim societies.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume contains the apologetical writings of Abu Ra'i?ah al-Takriti (+ c. 835) devoted to the defense of the Christian doctrines of the Trinity and Incarnation, and the proof of the Christian religion in response to Muslim critics of his time.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Provides a detailed overview of pressure-sensitive design and formulation, combining the science of macromolecular chemistry and the industrial adhesive manufacture- and converting technology.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume deals with the complex question of time and aspect in ancient Egyptian. The first part presents an original theoretical model which challenges some well-established facts in general linguistics. The functioning of aspect is explained as a dialectic process between the grammatical tenses, the actionality of events, the semantic roles of the participants, and diverse lexical means. The second part examines the expression of aspect in ancient Egyptian, with a diachronic presentation from the beginning down to Late Egyptian. The third and last part is devoted to the study of the temporal relation. The argumentation is illustrated by more than 800 examples and numerous figures.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Das II. Vat. Konzil hat den Dienst der Bischöfe als 'Hirtendienst' charakterisiert. Das verweist auf das biblische Bild von Jesus, dem Guten Hirten, der durch die Bischöfe in besonderer Weise repräsentiert werden soll. Zudem wird in dieser Bezeichnung die komplexe und vielfältige Aufgabe der Bischöfe gebündelt: Sie müssen in umfassendem Sinn die Aufgabenbereiche der Verkündigung, Heiligung und Leitung für alle Gläubigen verwirklichen, die ihrer Sorge anvertraut sind. Die 10. Ordentliche Vollversammlung der Bischofssynode 2001 hat sich mit dem Dienst der Bischöfe befasst. Johannes Paul II. hat in dem Nachsynodalen Apostolischen Schreiben 'Pastores Gregis' von 2003 wesentliche Ergebnisse dieser Bischofssynode zusammengefasst. Das Direktorium für den Hirtendienst der Bischöfe versucht, der praktischen Seite des bischöflichen Dienstes gerecht zu werden, und fasst die geltenden kirchlichen Normen und Vorgaben für diesen Dienst izusammen. Das Direktorium ist 2004 in italienischer Sprache erschienen. Die vorliegende deutsche Übersetzung wurde von der Bischofskongregation autorisiert und macht das Dokument für den deutschen Sprachbereich leichter zugänglich. Neben dem Text enthält das Buch einen in Fußnoten gesetzten weiterführenden Kommentar, der einzelne Anweisungen vor dem Hintergrund des geltenden Kirchenrechts erläutert. Das ausführliche Sachregister hilft, den umfangreichen Text zu erschließen.Brill I Schoeningh, Wollmarktstraße 115, 33098 Paderborn 357 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Das II. Vat. Konzil hat den Dienst der Bischöfe als 'Hirtendienst' charakterisiert. Das verweist auf das biblische Bild von Jesus, dem Guten Hirten, der durch die Bischöfe in besonderer Weise repräsentiert werden soll. Zudem wird in dieser Bezeichnung die komplexe und vielfältige Aufgabe der Bischöfe gebündelt: Sie müssen in umfassendem Sinn die Aufgabenbereiche der Verkündigung, Heiligung und Leitung für alle Gläubigen verwirklichen, die ihrer Sorge anvertraut sind. Die 10. Ordentliche Vollversammlung der Bischofssynode 2001 hat sich mit dem Dienst der Bischöfe befasst. Johannes Paul II. hat in dem Nachsynodalen Apostolischen Schreiben 'Pastores Gregis' von 2003 wesentliche Ergebnisse dieser Bischofssynode zusammengefasst. Das Direktorium für den Hirtendienst der Bischöfe versucht, der praktischen Seite des bischöflichen Dienstes gerecht zu werden, und fasst die geltenden kirchlichen Normen und Vorgaben für diesen Dienst izusammen. Das Direktorium ist 2004 in italienischer Sprache erschienen. Die vorliegende deutsche Übersetzung wurde von der Bischofskongregation autorisiert und macht das Dokument für den deutschen Sprachbereich leichter zugänglich. Neben dem Text enthält das Buch einen in Fußnoten gesetzten weiterführenden Kommentar, der einzelne Anweisungen vor dem Hintergrund des geltenden Kirchenrechts erläutert. Das ausführliche Sachregister hilft, den umfangreichen Text zu erschließen.