edinburgh university press feb 2022 (17 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Offers a new theory of history through an original reading of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura For Lucretius, history means something surprisingly different than we ordinarily think. Instead of thinking of history in terms of time, he thought of it in terms of motion. This book unpacks the implications of this unique kinetic philosophy of history. In the final volume of his trilogy on De Rerum Natura, Thomas Nail argues that in books five and six, Lucretius described a world born to die. What does it mean to live in such a world De Rerum Natura provides a guidebook to answering this question. Thomas Nail is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver. He is the author of Lucretius I: An Ontology of Motion and Lucretius II: An Ethics of Motion.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Considers Nietzsche's lifelong obsession with Wagner and why it matters for understanding Nietzsche's philosophy as a whole Ryan Harvey and Aaron Ridley put Wagner centre-stage to show why he mattered so much to Nietzsche. Looking at both The Case of Wagner and Nietzsche Contra Wagner, they identify and define the trajectory of a number of overarching themes - modernity, decadence and Wagner as the sign of decline within Nietzsche's work as a whole - and then demonstrate how they crystallise into Nietzsche's final and most substantial discussion of Wagner in The Case of Wagner. Assuming no prior knowledge of Nietzsche or the texts, they offer a chapter-by-chapter interpretation of The Case of Wagner addressing especially why Wagner is a 'case' for Nietzsche. Ryan Harvey is a Lecturer in Philosophy at The California State University. Aaron Ridley is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Your one-stop practical guide to translating text from English into Arabic Learn all the skills you need to translate from English to Arabic in this clearly structured guide. The extracts from a variety of authentic, contemporary texts have been carefully selected to introduce you to important stylistic features so that you can develop your skills across a range of genres. This Second Edition includes two completely new modules: Translating Grammar and Machine Translation; as well as new vocabulary and exercises relating to social media, the COVID-19 pandemic and bitcoin. Key Features - For learners who already have a grasp of basic Arabic and are looking to improve their translation skills - Examples cover media, legal, scientific & technical, literary and administrative texts - Clear explanations and worked examples develop your understanding of the translation process - Lots of drills and exercises help you to enhance and refine your translation skills Modules: Module 1: Introduction to Translation Module 2: Machine Translation Module 3: Arabic and English Grammar in Translation Module 4: Literary Translation Module 5: Economic Texts Module 6: Scientific Texts Module 7: Media Texts Module 8: Administrative Texts Module 9: Legal Texts El Mustapha Lahlali is Professor of Linguistics and Media at the University of Leeds, UK. Wafa Abu Hatab is Professor and former Director of the Centre for Translation at Zarqa University, Jordan.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A practical guide to the conduct of criminal cases Whether a student of Scots Law coming to criminal evidence and procedure as part of your LLB law degree or as part of your Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, or a practitioner needing a quick reference guide, this textbook covers all of the essentials. Sheriff Alastair Brown draws on his extensive experience in practice to present a clear and up-to date overview of the subject, taking into account updates relating to the law of arrest, the treatment of vulnerable witnesses, the sentencing powers for non-harassment orders and the First Diet procedure. Key Features: - Centred around The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, as amended - Covers procedure in the general order in which steps occur in prosecutions - Deals with solemn and summary procedure together as far as possible - Addresses matters of evidence as they become relevant to the topics being dealt with Alastair N. Brown is a Floating Sheriff of Tayside, Central and Fife at Dunfermline and a member of the Faculty of Advocates.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A new history of medieval Islamic political thought, focusing on the rule of law, limited government and the theory of delegation Political Thought in the Mamluk Period covers the political thought produced by legal theorists, jurists, judges and administrators of the late Ayyubid and early Mamluk period as they tackled a central question: how best to govern their communities. It proposes a taxonomy of the main themes and concerns of this political thought under the three ideals of the rule of law, limited government and legitimate delegation of power. Further, it recommends a contextualist approach for interpreting Islamic political texts based on their narrow social, intellectual and political contexts. Examining treatises by 5 carefully selected authors who flourished in the Syro-Egyptian lands in the period between c.1250 and c.1350, the book also deals with important questions of authorship, readership and dedicatees, authorial motives and intentions, genres and literary styles, sources and influences, and applicability. Key Features ? Studies Ayyubid and Mamluk political thought beyond the prevalent focus on Ibn Taymiyya ? Offers a novel classification of the themes and concerns of medieval Islamic political thought ? Provides a comprehensive study of Ibn Jama?a's well-known works and other previously unstudied treatises ? Presents a novel interpretation of a distinctive Sufi political thought and uncovers its interrelatedness with Ash?ari-Sufism and Shafi?ism ? Includes 5 case studies based on treatises authored by legal theorists, jurists, judges and administrators Mohamad El-Merheb is Assistant Professor of Medieval History at the University of Groningen. He is editor of Professional Mobility in Islamic Societies (700-1750): New Concepts and Approaches (2021).

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Offers an explanation of how Cormac McCarthy blends the material and the metaphysical across his work McCarthy's entire literary output demonstrates his consistent philosophical preoccupations. The book explores McCarthy's novels, plays, screenplays, philosophical essays and unpublished archive material to uncover a distinct literary philosophy. More specifically, this study elucidates how McCarthy articulates a philosophical perspective which pivots on themes of mortality, the political, education, nihilism, materialism and language. Tracing these themes from the publication of his earliest novels to his most recent philosophical essays, the author argues that McCarthy offers a unique synthesis of spiritual, ethical and materialist concerns, the understanding of which is essential for coming to terms with his literature. Patrick O'Connor is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Staffordshire University (School of Digital, Technologies and Arts).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Diagnoses the Western poetic tradition's determinative association of poetry with giving. Using a broad, comparative approach, this study shows how the figure of the gift structures poetic discourse and does so from the age of Homer up through twenty-first century conceptual poetics. Beginning from a new interpretation of Derrida's writings on the gift, Adam R. Rosenthal argues that this ambivalent figure names at one and the same time poetry's most extreme aneconomic privilege and the point of its closest contact with the interested exchange of the market. In this way, the gift conducts material relays of patronage and theories of poetic origination in genius, inspiration and imagination. Poetics and the Gift capitalizes on this double function in order to read material historical accounts of poetry alongside philosophical and poetic ones. Adam R. Rosenthal is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Studies at Texas A&M University.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Presents the experiences of two burgeoning cities and the Irish people that helped to establish what it was 'to be Irish' within them Set within colonial Melbourne and Chicago, this book explores the shifting influences of religious demography, educational provision and club culture to shed new light on what makes a diasporic ethnic community connect and survive over multiple generations. The author focuses on these Irish populations as they grew alongside their cities establishing the cultural and political institutions of Melbourne and Chicago, and these comparisons allow scholars to explore what happens when an ethnic group - so often considered 'other' - have a foundational role in a city instead of entering a society with established hierarchies. Forging Identities in the Irish World places women and children alongside men to explore the varied influences on migrant identity and community life. Sophie Cooper is Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Queen's University Belfast.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Investigates the Alevis' struggles for recognition in Turkey and the diaspora and transformations in authority and traditional rituals This book explores the struggles of a minority group - Alevis - for recognition and representation in Turkey and the diaspora. It examines how they mobilise against state practices and claim their rights, while at the same time negotiating how they define themselves. The authors offers a conceptual framework to study minorities by looking at both structural and agency-related factors in resisting state pressure and mobilising for their rights. The Alevis in Modern Turkey and the Diaspora is divided into three main sections looking into: the Turkish state and society's pressures over Alevis; how Alevis struggle and obtain representation in various Western countries; and how traditional authority and rituals transform under these conditions. Studying this minority group's experience helps to understand oppression and resistance in the broader Middle East. Key Features ? 14 detailed case studies provide insights into the struggles for recognition and representation by Alevi communities in Turkey and the diaspora under the AKP administration ? Demonstrates how the struggles for recognition transform and re-define traditions, authorities and rituals ? Examines how diverse understandings of Alevi identities interplay with standardised representations of Alevism ? Opens up the study of the recognition of minorities as local, national and transnational processes Derya Özkul is a Research Officer at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Hege Markussen is a Researcher in History of Religions at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A philosophically sophisticated introduction to Nietzsche's most widely-read book On the Genealogy of Morality has become the most common point of entry into Nietzsche's thought. It offers relatively straightforward, sustained explanatory narratives addressing many of the main ideas of Nietzsche's mature thought, such as 'will to power, ' 'nihilism, ' 'perspectivism, ' and the 'value of truth'. It also directs its attention to what is widely taken to be Nietzsche's important philosophical contribution, the critique of morality. Yet it is challenging to understand because Nietzsche intended it as an expansion and elaboration of his ideas developed elsewhere. Presupposing no prior knowledge of Nietzsche or the text Robert Guay provides the interpretive and philosophical context to make Nietzsche's thought more accessible and shows how Nietzsche's narratives engage with philosophical issues about agency, self-knowledge, historical explanation and the critique of morality. Robert Guay is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Binghamton University.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A practical guide to the conduct of criminal cases Whether a student of Scots Law coming to criminal evidence and procedure as part of your LLB law degree or as part of your Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, or a practitioner needing a quick reference guide, this textbook covers all of the essentials. Sheriff Alastair Brown draws on his extensive experience in practice to present a clear and up-to date overview of the subject, taking into account updates relating to the law of arrest, the treatment of vulnerable witnesses, the sentencing powers for non-harassment orders and the First Diet procedure. Key Features: - Centred around The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, as amended - Covers procedure in the general order in which steps occur in prosecutions - Deals with solemn and summary procedure together as far as possible - Addresses matters of evidence as they become relevant to the topics being dealt with Alastair N. Brown is a Floating Sheriff of Tayside, Central and Fife at Dunfermline and a member of the Faculty of Advocates.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first book-length study of Heaney's dialogue with Virgil, one of Seamus Heaney's major literary exemplars. This book demonstrates the ways in which Virgil's are poems that Heaney 'lived with long and dreamily', especially the descent into the underworld in Aeneid VI. It shows that in his original English poems as well as his translations from Latin, Heaney conjures and transforms familiar Virgilian motifs. The rhythm, pace and musicality of Virgil's hexameters can be heard in Heaney's pastoral eclogues and sonnet sequences. And Virgil's life and times, as well as his poetry, contribute to the shaping of Heaney's prose poetics. In dialogue with Virgil, as well as other classical and modern poets, Heaney develops his notion of the redress of poetry: the counterbalance that poetry can offer against historical tragedy, suffering and loss. The book explores Heaney's intensely productive, thirty-year dialogue with Virgil, beginning with his translation of 'The Golden Bough' in the 1980s and extending through several major volumes, including Seeing Things, The Midnight Verdict, Electric Light, District and Circle, The Riverbank Field, Human Chain, and the posthumously published translation of Aeneid Book VI. Rachel Falconer is Professor and Chair of Modern English Literature at the University of Lausanne. Her publications include A Quest for Remembrance: The Underworld in Classical and Modern Literature, edited with Madeleine Scherer, and Hell in Contemporary Literature: Descent Narratives since 1945.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A guidebook to living in a world that's destined to die, through a new reading of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The hillforts of five countries thoroughly mapped, described and explained This book provides the first comprehensive series of maps of the hillforts of Britain and Ireland, with accompanying commentaries and broader overviews which interpret the survival and detection of this evidence in its later prehistoric and early historic contexts. The authors expertly assess and analyse the available evidence for over 4,000 hillforts from Shetland to Cornwall to County Clare to a single standard and present their findings in both map and descriptive form. Linking to the online appendix where a wealth of detailed information is available to search, the book is an indispensable resource. Gary Lock is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. Ian Ralston is Abercromby Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh and President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.