Brill okt 2008 (46 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Die soziale Arbeit der Kirche muss sich Klarheit verschaffen über ihre gesellschaftlichen Grundlagen, ihre Prinzipien, Ziele und professionellen Einstellungen. Das Handbuch gibt diese Orientierung. Die darin formulierten Grundlagen werden anhand des theologischen Leitbegriffs der Diakonie entwickelt. Studierenden, aber auch Praktikern, die in den verschiedenen Feldern der kirchlichen Sozialarbeit tätig sind, wird dieses Buch ein wertvoller Begleiter sein.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Nawab Faizunnesa (1834-1903) challenged established notions regarding women's position in a Muslim society in colonial Bengal. Her RupJalal was the first literary text written by a Bengali Muslim woman. The translated text is placed in the historical context of colonialism and the nationalist movement of colonial Bengal. An analysis of the text is also included in order to invite readers to explore the woman question in context of Islam and/in imperial society. With the translated text, along with a critical overview and textual analysis, this book traces in Faizunnesa's life and works the emergence of a self-conscious female voice by addressing the issues of social, political, and economic marginality of women in an Islamic, nationalist, and imperialist culture of colonial Bengal.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - International trade agreements and reforms of the European Common Agricultural Policy increase the importance of agricultural risk management as a means to stabilise farm incomes. 'Income stabilisation in European agriculture' addresses farm income and risk management issues from various perspectives. A cohesive work is brought together on historic income data, quantitative analyses of future policy scenarios, actual farmers' perceptions and an updated view on various risk management instruments. In-depth analyses focus on Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain. Overall findings are synthesised in policy recommendations for agricultural risk management in European agriculture. For academia, this publication brings together an interesting variety of quantitative and qualitative methods to understand and interpret risk management concepts in agriculture. For public and private stakeholders analyses and reflections can be used in debating the domain of policy reforms, risk exposure and risk management in European agriculture.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Class has always played a role in American religion. Class differences in religious life are inevitably felt by both those in the pews and those on the outside looking in. This volume starts a long overdue discussion about how class continues to matter - and perhaps even ways in which it does not - in American religion. Class is indeed important, whether one examines it through analysis of events and documents, surveys and interviews, or participant observation of religious groups. The chapters herein examine class as a reality that is both material and symbolic, individual and corporate. Religion and Class in America examines the myriad ways in which class continues to interact with the theologies, practices, beliefs, and group affiliations of American religion.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The growing military, political and socio-economic costs for all belligerents as the Great War entered its fourth year were increasingly evident, liberal democracies and authoritarian states alike having to remobilise public opinion for yet greater sacrifices. While the Western Front was facing these challenges, 1917 was also marked by the collapse of Tsarist Russia and by food riots resuting both from the Entente's blockade of Central Europe and the revival of unrestricted submarine warfare by the Central Powers. Ottoman Turkey was feeling the strain of war as well, as British forces advanced in both Palestine and Mesopotamia. For states as yet uncommitted to war, such as the United States and China, 1917 was a year of decision. This volume amply illustrates the significance of this crucial year in the global conflict.Contributors are Lawrence Sondhaus, Eric Grove, Keith Grieves, Matthew Hughes, Kaushik Roy, Vanda Wilcox, Laura Rowe, and Nick Hewitt.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book studies the dynamic encounter between Taiwan's Indigenous Peoples (the Formosans), the Dutch VOC and Chinese settlers between 1624 and 1662. From the viewpoint of indigenous agency, the author offers a comprehensive picture of the Taiwanese colonial 'civilizing process' under Dutch rule. Using so far unexplored source materials from the VOC archives, the author shows how Taiwan's Indigenous Peoples shaped their own colonial reality while retreating from 'the Age of Aboriginal Taiwan'.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book examines the history of the Anglican Diocese of Mashonaland/Southern Rhodesia (virtually co-extensive with modern Zimbabwe) in the period 1890-1925, when its institutions took shape and its religious character was formed. While work among indigenous communities is outlined, the primary subject is the church's work with white settlers. A fresh general narrative is provided and an examination of clergy recruitment and finance relates events in Mashonaland to developments in global Anglicanism. Among the questions addressed are those of religion and empire, church and state and the complexities of relationship between the Church of England and her overseas extensions, particularly those covering areas of white settlement. Local developments in religious practice are also explored: most striking of these was the settler apprehension of the vast landscapes of South-Central Africa as a locus of the sacred and their custom of veld burial.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - International lawyers usually disregard the vital functions that general principles of law may play in the decisions of international courts and tribunals. As far as international criminal law is concerned, general principles of law may be crucial to the outcome of an international trial, inter alia because the conviction of an accused in respect of a particular charge may depend on the existence of a given defence under this source. This volume examines the role that general principles of law have played in the decisions of international criminal courts and tribunals. In particular, it analyses their alleged 'subsidiary' nature, their process of determination, and their transposition from national legal systems into international law. It concludes that general principles of law have played a significant role in the decisions of international criminal courts and tribunals, not only by filling legal gaps, but also by being a fundamental means for the interpretation of legal rules and the enhancement of legal reasoning.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How is the Christian supposed to act when his or her government misbehaves Should one suffer and obey the authority, or should one render resistance; and if so, should it be passive or active; and if active, should it be violent or not This book will not provide the answer to this question, but it will describe and analyse important persons of the 20th century who were placed in a situation where they did not merely 'turn the other cheek', but felt that they had to resist a regime; a decision which had consequences for them all. Thus the book provides insight to a central and current question of Christian and indeed religious thinking.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This monograph contributes to a better understanding of the Book of Chronicles. The past forty years have seen a complete transformation in the study of the Book of Chronicles. The former domination of Chronicles by parallel texts in the Books of Samuel and Kings made way for studying the historical, sociological, literary, theological, and ideological aspects of Chronicles in their own right. This book/document is now increasingly recognized as being of major interest to the Second Temple Period.Reading the book of Chronicles, it appears that the Chronicler is constantly transforming Israel's tradition(s) into a new theological and ideological system. In this study, attention is, therefore, paid both to specific texts, such as 1 Chronicles 17; 21; 2 Chronicles 20; 26, and to particular central themes, such as the special function of Jerusalem, and the peculiar way of how the Chronicler presents prophets, war narratives, and genealogies.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The relationship between medieval animal symbolism and the iconography of animals in the Renaissance has scarcely been studied. Filling a gap in this significant field of Renaissance culture, in general, and its art, in particular, this book demonstrates the continuity and tenacity of medieval animal interpretations and symbolism, disguised under the veil of genre, religious or mythological narrative and scientific naturalism. An extensive introduction, dealing with relevant medieval and early Renaissance sources, is followed by a series of case studies that illustrate ways in which Renaissance artists revived conventional animal imagery in unprecedented contexts, investing them with new meanings, on a social, political, ethical, religious or psychological level, often by applying exegetical methodology in creating multiple semantic and iconographic levels.Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History, vol. 2.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The present study is a pioneering account of the development of late medieval Karaite Jewish thought, challenging the oft-repeated assertion that Karaite thinkers remained loyal to Kalam, the dominant theological philosophy during the earlier Golden Age of Karaism. A careful reading of Karaite sources demonstrates that the watershed figure whose influence led to changes in Karaite thought was the Rabbanite Maimonides, whose attacks on the Kalam had revealed its scientific shortcomings.This book discusses major Karaite thinkers from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, as well as the central themes in their writings. It also outlines the impact of Karaism on the dominant Rabbanite Jews and their major thinkers, especially Maimonides. It should be of interest to all those who study medieval philosophy, intellectual history, Judaism and sectarianism.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This monograph presents an original portrait of the second-century miscellanist Aulus Gellius, based on a detailed reading of Attic Nights against its contemporary background. Highlighting Gellius' use of humour and irony in his portrayals of controversial celebrities such as Favorinus and Herodes Atticus, the book provides a necessary corrective to interpretations of Gellius as an uncritical philhellene or an apolitical bookworm. Distinguishing Gellius' various literary personae (the youthful sectator, the independent researcher, the mature writer and adviser), the book uncovers the many-layered sophistication of Gellius' self-presentation. Noting previously unrecognised allusions to literary works and contemporary events, it offers a fresh perspective on Gellius as a satirical writer, whose Roman cultural programme reflects the ambiguities and complexities of Antonine intellectual life.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Given the scarcity of data relating to trade with Japan in this period, 1861-1910, the Cornes archive is of great significance. A complete transcript on CD forms part of this volume, which in turn is supported in Part 2 by content summaries of all the private letters and copy books. Part 1 considers the life and times of Frederick Cornes and his legacy.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Current concerns about the survival of marine life and the fishing industry have contributed to a rising interest in their past development. While much of the scholarship is focused on the recent past, this collection of essays presents new interpretations in the pre-industrial history of the fisheries by highlighting the consequences of the northern fisheries through an interdisciplinary approach, including the environment, economy, politics, and society in the medieval and early modern periods. A wide variety of topics related to the fisheries, such as settlement and spatial organisation, processing methods, trade, profitability and taxation, consumption, communication and cooperation, ranging from the Viking Age until industrialisation are dealt with in a long term perspective, offering new insights in the intriguing relationship between marine life and humanity.Contributors are Inês Amorim, James H. Barrett, Christiaan van Bochove, Petra van Dam, Chloé Deligne, Carsten Jahnke, Alison M. Locker, Thomas H. McGovern, Sophia Perdikaris, Marnix Pieters, Peter Pope, Bo Poulsen, Callum M. Roberts, Louis Sicking, Dries Tys, Adri van Vliet, Annette de Wit, Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book investigates the character of the Peshitta in Psalms 90-150 in order to facilitate the proper use of this version in textual criticism. It identifies the Peshitta's translation techniques and it discusses the version's interpretation of difficult passages in the Hebrew text. The question of the Hebrew Vorlage behind the Peshitta Psalter is raised. Also investigated here is the relationship between the Peshitta Psalms and the LXX and Targum, and an assessment of the supposed influence of these versions on the Peshitta Psalter is offered. Inquiry is made into the theology of the translation, the identity of the translators, and the relationships among the manuscripts of the Peshitta Psalter. This text is designed as a tool for scholars who, when confronted by critical questions in the Psalter, seek to understand the readings preserved in the Peshitta.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Women have been structurally part of the masonic enterprise from at least the middle of the 18th century. Yet, little is known about the ways in which they themselves obtained and exercised power to influence the systems they were involved in, in order to adapt them to be more appropriate to their needs. This volume intends to concentrate on two aspects: Women's agency (i.e. the power women gained and exercised in this context) and rituals (i.e. the role of men and women in changing and shaping the rituals women work with). These two aspects are closely related, since it requires some agency to realise changes in existing rituals.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Recent research has called into question the orthodox view that the last two centuries of the Roman Republic witnessed a decline of the free rural population. Yet the implications of the alternative reconstructions of Italy's demographic history that have been proposed have never been explored systematically. This volume offers a series of in-depth discussions not only of the republican manpower and census figures but also of the abundant archaeological data. It also explores the growth of cities, especially Rome, and the changing distribution of the population over the Italian landscape. On the rural side it addresses the interplay between demographic, economic, and legal developments and the background to the Gracchan land reforms. Finally it examines the political implications of demographic growth and large-scale migration to the provinces. The volume as a whole demonstrates that demography is the key to many aspects of Italy's economic, social, military, and political history.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume on Apollonius of Rhodes, whose Argonautica is the sole full-length epic to survive from the Hellenistic period, comprises articles by eighteen leading scholars from Europe and America. Their contributions cover a wide range of issues from the history of the text and the problems of the poet's biography through questions of style, literary technique and intertextual relations to the epic's literary and cultural reception. The aim of this 2nd edition is to give an up-to-date outline of the scholarly discussion in these areas and to provide a survey of recent and current trends in Apollonian studies which will be useful also to students of Hellenistic poetry in general.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Much of what we know about the colourful Russian middle ages comes from legal sources: the treaties of Russian-Scandinavian warlords with the Byzantine emperors, the gradual penetration of Christianity and Byzantine institutions, the endless game of war and peace among the numerous regional princes, the activities of Hanseatic merchants in the wealthy city-republic of Novgorod, the curious relationships between the Mongol conquerors and Russian rulers and church dignitaries, etc. And, at the even further fringes of medieval Europe, there were the Christian kingdoms of Armenia and Georgia, squeezed between the Islamic empires of Iran and Turkey, but each possessing their elaborate and original legal systems. A discussion of more general questions of legal history and legal anthropology precedes the treatment of these various topics.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The history of Western esotericism is rich in references to the domains of eros and sexuality, but this connection has never been explored in detail from a critical scholarly perspective. Bringing together an impressive array of top-level specialists, this volume reveals the outlines of a largely unknown history spanning more than twenty centuries.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The 3-volume handbook is dedicated to one of the most significant processes in the history of ancient Greece - colonisation. Greeks set up colonies and other settlements in new environments, establishing themselves in lands stretching from the Iberian Peninsula in the west to North Africa in the south and the Black Sea in the north-east. In this colonial world Greek and local societies met, influenced and enriched each other. The handbook brings together historians and archaeologists, all world experts, to present the latest ideas and evidence. The principal aim is to present and update the general picture of this phenomenon, showing its importance in the history of the whole ancient world, including the Near East. The work is dedicated to the late Prof. A.J. Graham.This second volume contains chapters on Central Greece on the eve of the colonisation movement, foundation stories, colonisation in the Classical period, the Adriatic, the northern Aegean, Libya and Cyprus.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Auch heute noch ist für viele Russland das Land der Gefangenschaft, Sibirien weniger geographischer Begriff, als vielmehr ein Synonym für Unfreiheit, Verbannung und Tod.Weitgehend in Vergessenheit geraten ist das Schicksal der Kriegsgefangenen, die im Ersten Weltkrieg, als Soldaten der österreichisch-ungarischen Armee, in russische Gefangenschaft gerieten. Jene für diesen Band ausgewählten Erinnerungstexte ehemaliger Kriegsgefangener gewähren uns tiefe und lebendige Einblicke in die Lebenswirklichkeit der Menschen des untergehenden russischen Zarenreiches und in die nachfolgenden revolutionären Umwälzungen. Kaum ein Gefangener konnte sich den Auswirkungen der politischen Entwicklung in Russland ganz entziehen.Die Autoren brechen mit einem Klischee über das Wesen der Gefangenschaft: Die Lager waren für viele nur Zwischenstationen. Mitten im 'Feindesland' lebten und arbeiteten sie und mussten lernen, sich einer ihnen in vieler Hinsicht fremden und unverständlichen Kultur anzupassen. Keinem deutschsprachigen Autor war es zu jener Zeit möglich , Russland in dieser Weise von innen kennenzulernen und die gesammelten Eindrücke aufzuzeichnen. Die Lebensgeschichten der Kriegsgefangenen aus der Donaumonarchie stellen daher ein besonders wertvolles und spannendes Material dar. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Filme sind ausnahmslos zeitliche Gebilde, die Bild- und Bewegungsmuster verbinden. Ausgehend von Panzerkreuzer Potemkin werden Eisensteins bahnbrechende Vorstellungen zu diesem Kern des Mediums erstmals systematisch erschlossen. Hieraus ergibt sich eine Neubewertung seines Werks. Jenseits ideologischer Polarisierung erweisen sich Muster des rhythmischen Zusammenspiels aller filmischen Elemente als eigentlicher Kern seiner Ästhetik.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Die Bedeutung von Vereinen in der Kirche nimmt beständig zu; sie bewegen sich in einem Raum der Autonomie und sind zugleich ein Zeichen der Gemeinschaft und der Einheit der Kirche. Dementsprechend ist eine terminologisch präzise Darlegung des für sie geltenden kanonischen Rechts erforderlich. Ausgehend von den theologischen Vorgaben des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils stellt Lluís Kardinal Martínez Sistach, einer der international renommiertesten Kirchenrechtler, das Vereinsrecht der Kirche und die Kriterien für den kirchlichen Charakter der Vereine vor und lädt so zu einer rechtskonformen Praxis im Umgang mit kirchlichen Vereinen und Verbänden ein. Zwei Anhänge - Statuten und die Canones des Codex über die kirchenrechtlichen Vereine - komplettieren das Werk, das in Spanien bereits seine fünfte Auflage erlebt.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Moritz Schlick gilt zu Recht als einer der herausragenden Wissenschaftsphilosophen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Als 'KopfGründer' des Wiener Kreises hat er den Logischen Empirismus maßgeblich mitgeprägt. In einem erstaunlichen Ungleichgewicht zu diesem Befund steht die immer noch unzureichende wissenschaftstheoriegeschichtliche Würdigung des Schlickschen Oeuvres. Zwar hat die historische Aufarbeitung des Wiener Kreises und seiner Vorgeschichte in den letzten beiden Dezennien erhebliche Fortschritte gemacht, das größere philosophiehistorische wie systematische Interesse wird aber immer noch anderen Vertretern (wie Rudolf Carnap und Otto Neurath) entgegengebracht. Dies mag auch durch die Ermordung Schlicks 1936 erklärbar sein, die eine eigenständige Schul- und Traditionsbildung verhinderte. Die vorliegende Untersuchung liefert durch eine detaillierte historisch-systematische Rekonstruktion der theoretischen Philosophie des frühen Schlick einen Beitrag zur Behebung dieses Ungleichgewichts.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Unlike most theologians of his age, Martin Bucer proved to be farsighted with respect to European affairs: In addition to his contacts within Alsace and Germany he established relations with almost every European country. It was his ecumenical attitude that always led him to mediate between the parties in the religious battles of his time. His deep commitment to the goal of reaching agreement can be traced in all his activities, works and letters.Since the first editor, Jean Rott (Strasbourg), died in 1998, Bucer's correspondence has been edited in Erlangen. This academic edition of source material provides future research with a broad basis for significant aspects of Reformation history about which very little is known. Volume VII covers the period from October 1531 to March 1532.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Die neu ins Leben gerufenen Benjamin-Studien sind ein internationales Forum für die Auseinandersetzung mit den Schriften und dem Denken Walter Benjamins. Sie erscheinen in einem ein- bis zweijährigen Rhythmus. Das Potential von Benjamins Denk- und Arbeitsweise ist längst nicht erschöpft, die Komplexität seiner Schriften in vielen Teilen und Aspekten längst nicht erschlossen. Trotz der Fülle vorhandener Untersuchungen und Adaptionen hat sich - angesichts der Entwicklung von Künsten, Medien und Technik und angesichts aktueller Ereignisse im Feld von Religion und Politik - der Wirkungsradius von Benjamin jüngst in internationaler und interdisziplinärer Perspektive ausgeweitet. Der erste Band der Reihe, der auf Beiträge des Internationalen Benjamin-Festivals 2006 in Berlin zurückgeht, vereint Beiträge u. a. von: Heinz Brüggemann, Georges Didi-Huberman, Detlev Schöttker, Uwe Steiner, Samuel Weber, Sigrid Weigel, Erdmut Wizisla.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Papst Benedikt XVI. schätzte Leo Kardinal Scheffczyk (1920-2005) als Freund und herausragenden Theologen, mit dem er sich in theologischer Geschwisterlichkeit verbunden fühlte. In den Grundmaximen ihrer Theologie standen sich beide sehr nahe. Wenn Papst Benedikt von einer 'Diktatur des Relativismus' spricht, die 'nichts als endgültig' anerkenne und deren 'letzter Maßstab nur das eigene Ich und dessen Wünsche' sei, versteht auch Scheffczyk Pluralismus und Libe-ralismus als große Herausforderung des Glaubens, worin sich die Objektivi-tät der katholischen Wahrheit zu bewähren hat und sich zugleich bewähren kann. In diesem Denken steht Scheffczyk im geistigen Kraftfeld gemeinsam mit Männern wie Papst Benedikt und Kardinal Newman. Das kompakte Buch, das hier in durchgesehener Neuauflage vorgelegt wird, nimmt im Denken Scheffczyks eine markante Schlüsselstellung ein und darf zweifellos als ein Vermächtnis des Kardinals angesehen werden. Er geht darin von der Konkretheit des Katholischen aus, um so das Wesen des Chris-ten-tums zu ermitteln. Als Theologe von Weltrang bietet Scheffczyk einen fundierten, umfassenden und zuverlässigen Leitfaden für jeden, der der Eigenart des katholischen Christentums gründlich auf die Spur gehen will. Die argumentative Vor-gehensweise offenbart eine Meisterschaft in einem Dialog, der an inhaltli-chem Profil orientiert ist, und lenkt - nicht ohne Selbstkritik an der Er-scheinungsweise der eigenen Konfession - den Blick auf jene Unter-schei-dun-gen, die gerade im heutigen Kontext für eine solche Profilierung nötig sind. Es handelt sich um ein in seiner Art bislang einzigartiges Buch, das unabdingbar ist für jeden, der das typisch Katholische im pluralistischen Kontext des Gegenwartsbewusstseins ernsthaft konfrontieren will. Mit diesem epochalen Werk wird ein großartiges Zeugnis für das Katholische wieder zugänglich gemacht, das an seiner Aktualität und Relevanz nichts ein-gebüßt hat. Fast möchte man behaupten, der Pontifikat Papst Benedikts habe ihm neuerlich Bedeutung verschafft.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Die Frühromantiker, die sich in Auseinandersetzung mit der klassischen deutschen Philosophie und Literatur profilierten, befanden sich nicht nur philosophisch, literarisch und naturwissenschaftlich auf der Höhe der Zeit, sondern gingen auch in vielen Bereichen neue Wege. Sie rangen auf originelle und oft auch radikale Weise um Alternativen zu den bisherigen Denkmodellen, Rationalitätsformen, Konzepten von Philosophie, Poesie, Religion, Naturwissenschaft, Politik und selbst Lebensformen und stellten gerade darin eine Herausforderung für ihre Zeit und die nachfolgende Entwicklung dar. Der vorliegende Band zielt darauf, die innovativen philosophischen Leistungen der Frühromantik und deren Tragweite auch für die heutigen philosophischen Diskussionen herauszustellen. Dabei wird nicht nur der gegenwärtige Forschungsstand dokumentiert, sondern auch verschiedene Zugänge zur Philosophie der Frühromantik erörtert.…