A comparative appraisal of normative power

In A Comparative Appraisal of Normative Power Ville Sinkkonen constructs a three-pronged analytical framework for the analysis of normative power, a theoretical concept recently associated with studying the international role of the European Union. This toolkit allows him to compare the foreign p...

Marxist monetary theory

The collected papers of Costas Lapavitsas are a pathway to Marxist monetary theory, a field that continues to attract strong interest. The papers range far and wide, including markets and money, finance and the enterprise, power and money, the financialisation of capitalism, finance and profit, e...

The incorporation and integration of the king's tributary lands into the norwegian realm c. 1195-1397

The emergence of a Norwegian medieval state had consequences beyond Norway. Inspired by transnational research on state formation, this book presents a comprehensive study of the political incorporation and subsequent judicial and administrative integration of Iceland, the Faroes, Shetland, and O...

Amulets and talismans of the middle east and north africa in context

In this volume amulets and talismans are studied within a broader system of meaning that shapes how they were manufactured, activated and used in different networks. Text, material features and the environments in which these artifacts circulated, are studied alongside each other, resulting in an...

Late works of mou zongsan

In Late Works of Mou Zongsan, Jason Clower publishes English translations of this most famous and influential of modern Chinese philosophers for the first time. In essays chosen for their clarity and approachability, this leading contemporary Confucian speaks on the topics that best define his ca...

Dutch deltas

In Dutch Deltas, Werner Scheltjens examines the emergence, functions and structure of the Low Countries’ maritime transport system between ca. 1300 and 1850. Scheltjens introduces the delta as a suitable geographical unit of analysis for understanding the regional economic origins of communities ...

En el centenario de alejo carpentier (1904-1980)

Hace unos diez años Harold Bloom escribió que la literatura hispanoamericana del siglo XX tenía tres fundadores: Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda y Alejo Carpentier (1904 – 1980). Con motivo del centenario de Carpentier, este número de homenaje reúne nueve trabajos originales redactados por destac...

The encyclopedia of christianity, volume 5 (si-z)

Beneath the crust of culture

In this book, the author presents a pioneering interpretation of culture as constituting a dynamic relationship between the visible “crust” and the elusive “core” of social life. He meticulously maps the role of the unconscious in shaping much of American life in the late 20th and early 21st cent...

Preaching and inquisition in renaissance italy

As has been well documented, the printed word was an essential vehicle for the transmission of reformed theology, and one that has left a tangible record for historians to explore. Yet as contemporaries well recognized, books were only a part of the process. It was the spoken word – and especiall...

The book world

British literature underwent profound changes in the period 1900-1940. What role did audiences and channels of book distribution play in this? In this wide-ranging collection, the influence of publishers, distributors, librarians and readers come to the foreground to open up new perspectives on l...

Global inequality

The book contributes to a better understanding of the relationship between globalisation and transnationalisation and the development of social inequality. It addresses this challenge in the current transition to a multi-centred world. The contributions by international experts from different con...

Political mistrust and the discrediting of politicians

This book, prepared under the auspices of the ISA research committee on Comparative Sociology, focuses on a worldwide phenomenon: political mistrust, observable in almost all countries, in both established democracies and in authoritarian regimes.But ubiquity does not signify uniformity. The div...

Eu management of global emergencies

EU Management of Global Emergencies: Legal Framework for Combating Threats and Crises provides a thorough analysis of the role played by the European Union (EU) in combating some of the global emergencies that currently affect, or are likely to affect, our planet. In particular, the potential of ...

Emerging trends in learning analytics

The term 'learning analytics' is defined as the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of information about learners and their contexts for the purposes of understanding and optimizing learning. In recent years learning analytics has emerged as a promising area of research that trails t...

A breath of fresh eyre

Ever since its publication in 1847 Jane Eyre – one of the most popular English novels of all time – has fascinated scholars and a wide reading public alike and has proved a source of inspiration to successive generations of creative writers and artists. There is hardly any other hypotext that has...

Religious practices and christianization of the late antique city (4th – 7th cent.)

In Religious Practices and Christianization of the Late Antique City, historians, archaeologists and historians of religion provide studies of the phenomenon of the Christianization of the Roman Empire within the context of the transformations and eventual decline of the Greco-Roman city. The ele...

The rise of china-u.s. international cooperation in higher education

Over the past two decades, international cooperation in higher education has become the norm in China and around the world. To exemplify these relationships, this edited volume devotes individual chapters to case studies of China-U.S. international higher education partnerships focused on 1) Coll...

Scottish soldiers in france in the reign of the sun king

This volume examines the role and significance of Scottish soldiers in France in the age of the Sun King, Louis XIV. The study examines the complex relationship of expatriate Scottish soldiers to their homeland and native sovereign, within the context of a changing environment for military employ...

Human and societal security in the circumpolar arctic

Human and Societal Security in the Circumpolar Arctic addresses a comprehensive understanding of security in the Arctic, with a particular focus on one of its sub-regions – the Barents region. The book presents a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective to which the Arctic is placed as refer...

Hellenic religion and christianization c. 370-529, volume ii

This work discusses the decline of Greek religion and the christianization of town and countryside in the eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the laws of Justinian the Great against paganism, c. 370-529.It examines such questions as the effect of the laws against sac...

Political religion, everyday religion: sociological trends

As the title suggests, Political Religion, Everyday Religion: Sociological Trends reflects upon two important trends that have recently emerged in the sociology of religion. Firstly, there is an increasing interest in the interplay between religion and politics. Religion has moved from being almo...

The spirit, indigenous peoples and social change

In The Spirit, Indigenous Peoples and Social Change Michael Frost explores a pentecostal theology of social engagement in relation to Māori in New Zealand. Pentecostalism has had an ambiguous relationship with Māori and, in particular, lacks a robust and coherent theological framework for engagin...

Die ḫattisch-hethitischen bilinguen, ii & iii. textbearbeitungen 2. das bauritual 412/b+ (kbo xxxvii 1). 3. der mondmythus kub xxviii 3-5

At last the complement to the much-acclaimed Part I (Brill, 1974). With many important corrections of established readings and opinions.

The hebrew bible manuscripts: a millennium

In The Hebrew Bible: A Millennium, scholars from different fields and dealing with different material sources are trying to consider the Hebrew Bible as a whole. The development of new databases and other technological tools have an increasing impact on research practices. By inviting doctoral st...

Monitoring the quality of education in schools

Masculinity and the bible

Most characters in the Bible are men, yet they are hardly analysed as such. Masculinity and the Bible provides the first comprehensive survey of approaches that remedy this situation. These are studies that utilize insights from the field of masculinity studies to further biblical studies. The vo...

The ‘air of liberty’

The Caribbean imagination as framed within a Dutch historical setting has deep Portuguese-African roots. The Seven Provinces were the first European power, in the first half of the 17th century, to challenge the Iberian countries directly for a share in the slave trade. This book analyzes the phi...

Jews in islamic countries in the middle ages

This book deals with the history of the Jews in Muslim countries, and consists of four parts; the central part is the second one which is a comprehensive history of the Jews of Iraq and Iran, from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries; the first part discusses the origin of the Jews in Yathrib ...

Human dignity and human cloning

Since the cloning of human beings has become technically conceivable, a controversial ethical and legal debate on the desirability and admissibility of human cloning has evolved. The issue touches questions from different disciplines, such as biology, philosophy, theology and law. This book, alth...

Autour de l' enfant

The present “revolution” in biological technology is leading lawyers to fundamentally reconsider the laws of human reproduction .What is at stake is not only the transmission of life but also the transmission of a certain order of the things on which society is based. This is the reason why the l...

The horizon of modernity

The Horizon of Modernity provides an extensive account of New Confucian philosophy that cuts through the boundaries between history and thought. This study explores Mou Zongsan's and Tang Junyi's critical confrontation with Marxism and Communism in relation to their engagement with Western thinke...

Bankenregulierung, insolvenzrecht, kapitalanlagegesetzbuch, honorarberatung

Der Bankrechtstag 2013 in Berlin widmete sich den Themen Bankenregulierung und Insovenzrecht sowie Kapitalanlagegesetzbuch und Honorarberatung. Referenten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis diskutierten unter der Leitung von Olaf Langner und Elisabeth Roegele.

Uterusfehlbildungen

Uterine Fehlbildungen können neben Unterbauchbeschwerden zum Abort und zur Sterilität führen. Das Frauenärztliche Taschenbuch stellt in prägnanter Form und mit farbigen Zeichnungen und OP-Bildern die Ätiologie, Diagnostik und Therapie der einzelnen Uterusfehlbildungen vor und orientiert sich...

English inversion

The book provides an account of English inversion, a construction that displays perplexing idiosyncrasies at the level of semantics, phonology, syntax, and pragmatics. Basing his central argument on the claim that inversion is a linguistic representation of a Ground-before-Figure model, the...

The book of exodus

Written by leading experts in the field, The Book of Exodus: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation offers a wide-ranging treatment of the main aspects of Exodus. Its twenty-four essays fall under four main sections. The first section contains studies of a more general nature, including the h...

Papst johannes xxii

Als Jacques Duèze am 7. August 1316 zum Papst gewählt wurde, war er bereits 72 Jahre alt. Die Kardinäle hatten ihn als Kompromiss‑ und Übergangskandidaten vorgesehen, dessen absehbarer Tod eine neue Wahl ermöglichen würde, doch diese Erwartung wurde gründlich enttäuscht. Als Papst Johannes X...

Liver regeneration

understanding the mechanisms involved in liver regeneration is of crucial importance for clinical medicine, not only regarding carcinogenesis and diabetes treatment, but also for the use of stem cells for cell therapy and liver surgery. This graduate-level text provides an overview of the cur...

Gesammelte aufsätze zum pentateuch

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Gesammelte Aufsätze zum Pentateuch" verfügbar.

Die rückforderung von schenkungen wegen verarmung

Der vorliegende Band behandelt den Rückforderungsanspruch des verarmten Schenkers gem. § 528 BGB, der zunehmend in den Blickpunkt des Interesses gerückt ist und eine wichtige Schnittstelle von Zivil- und Sozialrecht darstellt. Unter Wahrung des wissenschaftlichen Anspruchs wird das Werk vor ...

Der peloponnesische krieg

Thukydides hat sein unvollendetes Werk über den Peloponnesischen Krieg als ‚Besitztum für immer‘ für die Nachwelt konzipiert. Es wird hier in einer neuen Übersetzung vorgelegt, die einerseits die Eigenwilligkeit des Originals getreuer wiedergibt, sich andererseits jedoch von der heutigen deu...

Language change at the syntax-semantics interface

Bringing together diachronic research from a variety of perspectives, notably typology, formal syntax and semantics, this volume focuses on the interplay of syntactic and semantic factors in language change - an issue so far largely neglected both in (mostly lexical) historical semantics as ...

Stories from the post-ethnological museum

Focusing on current exhibition and research projects of the Weltmuseum Wien, WMW NOW aims to question and expand existing narratives, promote multi-perspective approaches, and critically examine socially relevant issues.

Algebra of the tetralemma

The key Buddhist concept of non-duality is emptiness, i.e. that which is neither existence nor non-existence. The first step in formalizing Buddhist logic is to recognize that a non-duality corresponds to a contradiction in conventional logic. Although there are several well-developed logical sys...

Real analysis

The philosophy of the book, which makes it quite distinct from many existing texts on the subject, is based on treating the concepts of measure and integration starting with the most general abstract setting and then introducing and studying the Lebesgue measure and integration on the real line a...

Heimat-praktiken

Der Band untersucht aus einer geschichtswissenschaftlichen Perspektive, wie Heimat-Vorstellungen in Praktiken überführt wurden und damit Alltagshandeln prägten. Durch die praxistheoretische Herangehensweise lassen sich bisherige Forschungsbefunde zum Heimatkonzept deutlich erweitern. Dafür werden...

De gruyter handbook of religion and social change

This truly unique, global and multidisciplinary reference work offers a comprehensive and analytically rigorous examination of the multifaceted relationship between religious phenomena and processes of social transformation. While the study of religion has long acknowledged its capacity to preser...

Handbook of life writing

This series has been designed to offer students and researchers a compact means of orientation in their study of Anglophone literary texts. Each volume will introduce readers to current concepts and methodologies, as well as academic debates, by combining theory with text analysis and contextual ...

Polynomial solutions of linear differential equations

Linear ordinary differential equations with polynomial coefficients and their solutions in the complex plane have been an active area of mathematical research since the mid-19th century, with contributions from such prominent figures as G. Lamé, M. Bôcher, E. Heine, F. Klein, T. Stieltjes, G. D. ...

Powering global academic landscapes

The academic world is undergoing a silent, rapid revolution. As the global education landscape shifts with the impact of technology, the ability to keep pace with evolving skill sets and emerging technologies is the new standard for a faster, more flexible, and more adaptable learning process. Po...

Degrees of fictionality / degrés de fictionnalité

The first volume of Fiction Studies / Penser la fiction, titled Degrees of Fictionality, explores a notion that is both widely used and theoretically contested. While everyday discourse readily invokes gradations of fictionality, many philosophical and theoretical approaches have traditionally de...

Computational finance

Mathematical finance and computing are parts of nearly all aspects of everyday life. The discipline has underpinned beneficial modern capabilities, financial modelling, predictive analysis and optimization including search algorithms, financial data visualisation, financial computing, numerical a...

Unsettled dynamics

How can twenty-first-century understanding of audience experiences illuminate core aspects of ancient performance traditions, and how might Greek theatre challenge our modern frameworks? This volume advances discussion across theoretical, affective, and social dimensions of Greek spectatorship. T...

Unter männern

Nach 1945 waren Frauen in allen Ressorts der Bayerischen Staatsregierung tätig. Das Grundgesetz garantierte ihnen Gleichberechtigung, aber in der Verwaltungspraxis wurde sie nicht verwirklicht. Bis in die späten 1980er-Jahre arbeiteten die meisten Frauen in geschlechtsspezifischen und statusniede...

War and human nature

The overbearing return of war in international relations is producing consequences that were unthinkable until recently, calling into question the idea that humanity was now capable of overcoming the horror of major conflicts forever. Meanwhile, the revolution taking place in the biological and a...

Statistical concepts in biomedical and health sciences

Statistics is an essential discipline for health sciences. However, studying statistics often presents challenges for students and practitioners. Some approaches that are used to overcome challenges include simplifying statistical concepts, providing step-by-step instructions for applying statist...

Quantum artificial intelligence

Quantum Artificial Intelligence explores the powerful convergence of quantum computing and artificial intelligence, a paradigm poised to redefine computational capabilities in the 21st century. This volume presents a comprehensive foundation of quantum algorithms, machine learning techniques, and...

African storytelling and images in teaching

As a team of upcoming and established scholars from Kenya, Ethiopia and Belgium, we propose this book with oral folktales accompanied by strong visuals. Through performative learning procedures the book invites young people to meaningfully engage with living traditions of oral storytelling. The b...

Handbook of educational semiotics

The Handbooks of Applied Linguistics provide a state-of-the-art description of established and emerging areas of Applied Linguistics. Each volume gives an overview of the field, explains the most important traditions and their findings, identifies the gaps in current research, and gives perspecti...

Laboratory diagnostics in medicine

This textbook provides an excellent resource for medical students, physicians in training, clinical chemists, and natural scientists preparing for examinations in laboratory medicine. It not only conveys foundational knowledge but also emphasizes the practical application of rational and efficien...

Einleitung; §§ 1-3

Das Werk kommentiert umfassend das gesamte UWG. Die vierte Auflage berücksichtigt die Änderungen der Definitionsnormen in § 2 UWG, ferner die §§ 5 bis 5c UWG und die Blacklist sowie § 19 UWG. Die in den Startlöchern stehenden Richtlinien zur Umweltwerbung und zu Umweltclaims werden ebenfalls beha...

Diabetic wounds and antibacterial resistance

This book provides a comprehensive overview of diabetic wounds, highlighting the dual challenge of impaired wound healing and antimicrobial resistance. It explores pathophysiology, microbial biofilms, treatment limitations, and emerging therapeutic strategies including nanotechnology, peptides, n...

Kaleidoskop der zeiten

Dieses Buch untersucht wie und unter welchen kulturellen Kräften Mythen der Vier Grossen Romane – Sanguo Yanyi 三國演義, Shuihuzhuan 水滸傳, Xiyouji 西遊記, and Hongloumeng 紅樓夢 – in Fernsehadaptationen reinterpretiert worden sind. Zuerst werden Mythen als symbolische Narrative definiert und die Geschichten...

Polnische bürgermeister und der holocaust

Polnische Bürgermeister waren eine wichtige Beamtengruppe im Verwaltungsapparat des Generalgouvernements. Gemeinsam mit den deutschen Kreis- und Stadthauptmännern gestalteten sie Kommunalpolitik und waren an der Verfolgung und Ermordung polnischer und europäischer Juden sowie an der Ausbeutung de...

Ordinary differential equations

The book offers both direct analytic methods for solving Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) and approaches for approximate and numerical solutions. This is particularly relevant because many real-world and engineering models rely on ODEs that cannot be solved exactly.Additionally, the book co...

Revolutionizing rare disease care

Rare diseases affect millions globally, yet patients often face delayed diagnoses, limited treatments, and insufficient support due to the conditions’ low prevalence and clinical complexity. This book, Revolutionizing Rare Disease Care: The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, ad...

Percezione e rappresentazione della variazione linguistica in area dolomitica

The book series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie is among the most renowned publications in Romance Studies. It covers the entire field of Romance linguistics, including the national languages as well as the lesser studied  Romance languages. The series publishes high-quality mo...

Spelling as a sociolinguistic practice

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features vo...

Rib-adda, king of byblos (ca. 1370-1340 bc)

This book reconstructs the history of Rib-Adda, who ruled Byblos from around 1370 to 1340 BC. Rib-Adda was a prolific ruler, sending 68 letters to the Egyptian court, making him the most prolific Lebanese leader from the mid-14th century BC to the early 20th century AD. The work explores the Cana...

Kluge

Subskriptionspreis von 39,95€ gilt bis 30.09.2026, danach 49,95€ Der KLUGE stellt eine einzigartige Wissensquelle zur Geschichte des deutschen Wortschatzes dar. Das mit der 26. Auflage grundlegend überarbeitete Wörterbuch erläutert umfassend die Entstehung und Bedeutungsentwicklung von rund 13.00...

Genesis

This is the first critical edition of Fuller’s seminal work, The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation: or The Duty of Sinners to Believe in Jesus Christ, and contains both of the first two printed editions as well Fuller’s initial manuscript. The treatise is a window into the 18th century debate in B...

Kritisches und exegetisches zu menander

Diese 1896 begründete Reihe erfasst bedeutende griechische und lateinische Texte mit Übersetzungen und Kommentaren sowie ausführliche Einleitungen und macht sie einem weiteren wissenschaftlichen Publikum zugänglich. Als Schwerpunkt der Reihe gilt seit 2000 "Homers Ilias. Gesamtkommentar"; hier wi...

Mastering deepseek in 7 days

The disruptive capabilities of DeepSeek have made it one of the most talked-about AI tools today. However, there is a widespread lack of knowledge on how to use it effectively. Publishing a guidebook on DeepSeek therefore holds significant social value—this is the primary driving force behind the...

Initiation im höfischen roman

Die Reihe Andere Ästhetik – Studien (AÄS) umfasst Sammelbände und Monographien, die sich vor allem in fachdisziplinärer Perspektive mit dem Forschungsprogramm des Sonderforschungsbereichs 1391 auseinandersetzen.

A grammar of tundra yukaghir

The series builds an extensive collection of high quality descriptions of languages around the world. Each volume offers a comprehensive grammatical description of a single language together with fully analyzed sample texts and, if appropriate, a word list and other relevant information which is ...

Surveying the summae

Avicenna was a prolific scholar and, throughout his career, authored eight complete summae of philosophy. Although these eight "main works" vary in terms of length, content, order, and intended readership, they all profess to contain a more or less "complete" version of Avicenna’s theoretical phi...

Nationalism, racism, and ancient history

Between the two World Wars, many European countries propagated nationalist and racist narratives based on idealized images of a distant past. The role of ancient history (both as a scientific discipline and as a repository of figures, places, people) in the elaboration of these narratives in Fasc...

Along the silk roads, between western and eastern asia

Roma Sinica. Mutual interactions between Ancient Roman and Eastern Thought is an original series in classical and comparative studies. Generously supported by the SIAC (International Society of Cicero’s friends), it aims to publish works concerning the relationships between Ancient Western (Greek...