In diesem Band findet das gesellschaftskritische und kulturtheoretische Potenzial der Psychoanalyse und ihrer Nachbarwissenschaften (z. B. der Soziologie und der Geschichtswissenschaften) Anwendung auf aktuelle, politische Konfliktarenen (Gender, Postkolonialismus, Intersektionalität), Krisen (Pandemie, Kriege) und zeitgenössische Phänomene (Populismus, Verschwörungstheorien). Dabei soll ein historischer Bogen gespannt werden, der die Entwicklung der politischen Psychoanalyse aus ihren Anf...

This collection seeks to contribute to the many long-standing discussions on modernity, but also and more specifically to the more recent debates over trends to pluralize modernity. These debates are current in many different academic disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, literature and postcolonial studies. Hitherto, most engagements with modernity in the plural have remained conspicuously confined to one or other intra-disciplinary notion of modernities, such as that of Shmuel Eis...

Political theory offers a great variety of interpretive traditions and models. Today, pluralism is the paradigm. But are all approaches equally useful? What are their limits and possibilities? Can we practice them in isolation, or can we combine them? Modeling Interpretation and the Practice of Political Theory addresses these questions in a refreshing and hands- on manner. It not only models in the abstract, but also tests in practice eight basic schemes of interpretation with wh...

United States Diplomatic Codes and Ciphers, 1775-1938 is the first basic reference work on American diplomatic cryptography. Weber's research in national and private archives in the Americas and Europe has uncovered more than one hundred codes and ciphers. Beginning with the American Revolution, these secret systems masked confidential diplomatic correspondence and reports.During the period between 1775 and 1938, both codes and ciphers were employed. Ciphers were frequently used for Americ...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

Comparative Philosophy without Borders presents original scholarship by leading contemporary comparative philosophers, each addressing a philosophical issue that transcends the concerns of any one cultural tradition. By critically discussing and weaving together these contributions in terms of their philosophical presuppositions, this cutting-edge volume initiates a more sophisticated, albeit diverse, understanding of doing comparative philosophy. Within a broad conception of the ...

Infografik, interaktiv - allein diese beiden Begriffe füllen Bücher! Interaktive Infografik: Zu dieser Kombination wurde bis jetzt wenig publiziert. Diese Lücke will der vorliegende Band schließen. Er führt ein in Theorie, Design und Rezeption von interaktiven Infografiken. Die Autorinnen und Autoren betrachten die interaktive Infografik aus theoretischer und praktischer Perspektive: Sie erforschen die interaktive Infografik als Diagramm, als Karte, als Comic, als hybride Form, beschreiben...

There is a growing need in both industrial and academic research to obtain accurate quantitative results from continuous wave (CW) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) experiments. This book describes various sample-related, instrument-related and software-related aspects of obtaining quantitative results from EPR expe- ments. Some speci?c items to be discussed include: selection of a reference standard, resonator considerations (Q, B ,B ), power saturation, sample position- 1 m ing, and ...

Addressing arguments that comparative philosophy is itself impossible, or that it is indistinguishable from philosophy more generally, this collection challenges myopic understandings of comparative method and encourages a more informed consideration.Bringing together a wide variety of methodological options, it features scholars spread across the globe representing multiple philosophical traditions. From the beginnings of comparative philosophy in the 19th century to present-day p...

Das Völkermord-Versehen. Shira trifft ihre Entscheidung. Finale der Drangwalze-Trilogie: Icho Tolot, Gucky, Auris und Tom Blast kämpfen sich immer tiefer ins Millie-Territorium vor, um die entführte Shira zu finden. Nach und nach mehren sich jedoch die Anzeichen, dass die Crew der CREST damit einen furchtbaren Fehler begeht. Gucky und Auris versuchen, die Rettungsmission zu retten, während der Blutzoll steigt.

e-artnow presents to you the greatest Christmas novels, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christmas The Child Born at Bethlehem The Adoration of the Shepherds The Visit of the Wise Men As J...

Spymasters is a collection of interviews revealing enlightening perspectives on the covert operations of this powerful, secretive arm of the U.S. government. Here former top-ranking CIA officials shed light on some of the most sensitive issues and practices in American foreign intelligence to date. These men disclose information about:President Harry S. Truman's demands for a centralized intelligence agency and the stubborn resistance of James F. Byrnes, J. Edgar Hoover, and the mil...