The essays in Word and Self Estranged in English Texts, 1550-1660, consider diverse historical contexts for writing about 'strangeness'. They draw on current practices of reading to present contrasts and analogies within and between various social understandings. In so doing they reveal an interplay of thematic and stylistic modes that tells us a great deal about how, and why, certain aspects of life and thinking were 'estranged' in sixteenth and seventeenth century thinking. The collectio...

De kleine Semler is een samenvatting van de filosofie en aanpak van Ricardo Semler, de geestelijk vader van de zelfsturende organisatie. Zijn bedrijf Semco werd zeer succesvol nadat hij snoeide in managementlagen en de macht teruggaf aan de werknemers. Zo werft en beoordeelt het Semco-personeel zelf zijn managers, heeft het inspraak bij belangrijke beslissingen en deelt het in de winst. Semler gelooft in de kracht van kleine teams, transparantie en vertrouwen. Zijn revolutionaire ...

Ricardo Semler thinks that companies ought to put employee freedom and satisfaction ahead of corporate goals.Imagine a company where employees set their own hours; where there are no offices, no job titles, no business plans; where employees get to endorse or veto any new venture; where kids are encouraged to run the halls; and where the CEO lets other people make nearly all the decisions. This company—Semco—actually exists, and despite a seeming recipe for chaos, its revenues have...

Is it possible to derive a viable definition of persons from Aristotle’s work? In A Person as a Lifetime: An Aristotelian Account of Persons, Stephanie M. Semler argues that we can. She finds the component parts of this definition in his writing on ethics and metaphysics, and the structure of this working definition is that of an entire lifetime. If J.O. Urmson is right that “[t]o call somebody a eudaimon is to judge his life as a whole,” then a Greek, and by extension an Aristotelian acco...

"Though I don't have each answer, I hope that you know, there's meaning to find wherever you go."The Love That Made You is a wonder-filled, empowering picture book introducing children to the idea of a higher power called Love that connects us and carries us through life.With gentle, rhyming text, The Love That Made You helps grown-ups find the words to share the comfort, encouragement, and wonder of God or the Universe with a you...

A History of Maternity Wear: Design, Patterns, and Construction explores pregnancy clothing worn throughout the decades, providing historical information, images, and patterns.Filled with photos showing extant attire, with intricate details and sample patterns that can be recreated to scale, this book examines how maternity clothes were constructed, provides historical context, and aids readers in designing their own maternity garments. Each chapter includes examples of co...

Eric Humphrey and Dwight Semler present a new theory explaining the mysterious historical emergence of modern economic growth and its even more baffling offspring, modernity. Noticeable changes in material life began less than three centuries ago, but previous theoretical accounts have failed to explain their arrival. Thinkers assumed modern wealth and morality were the universal standard driving human history. They assumed modern rights and riches were natural and normal. In this way they...

»Dann ist es wie von Geisterhand passiert …« Seit mehr als 300 Jahren ist die Freimaurerei mit ihren Geheimnissen die bekannteste aller diskreten Gesellschaften. Geschichten und Gerüchte ranken sich um sie, von sagenhaftem Einfluss auf Politik und Gesellschaft ist dabei die Rede, aber auch von Weisheit und Wohltätigkeit. Die reguläre Freimaurerei betreibt keine Öffentlichkeitsarbeit zumindest nicht in Österreich. Sie kennt keine Tage der offenen Tür, veranstaltet keine Nachwuchsseminare. D...

Ein Salon, der Karrieren machte – und Geschichte schrieb.Wie wurde ein Künstler im 19. Jahrhundert berühmt? Der Pariser Salon war die wichtigste Kunstausstellung Europas – und das entscheidende Karrieresprungbrett für Malerinnen und Maler zwischen 1791 und 1880. In ihrem fundierten und hochspannenden Werk analysiert Andrée Sfeir-Semler das komplexe Zusammenspiel zwischen Künstlern, Staat, Öffentlichkeit und Institu...

Three out of five workers across the world say they feel burned out. A 2020 study claims that the figure is in fact three in four. Over the past 24 months, our relationship with work has changed beyond recognition. On one side, employees are now looking for more choice, flexibility and freedom than ever before and statistics show that if they don't get what they want, they are prepared to vote with their feet. On the other, employers across all industries and job roles are currently facing...

The Early Modern Grotesque: English Sources and Documents 1500-1700 offers readers a large and fully annotated collection of primary source texts addressing the grotesque in the English Renaissance. The sources are arranged chronologically in 120 numbered items with accompanying explanatory Notes. Each Note provides clarification of difficult terms in the source text, locating it in the context of early modern English and Continental discourses on the grotesque. The Notes also direct reade...

Since the 1990s, contemporary art in the Arab world has experienced exponential growth and numerous changes. With the appearance of artists from the region in international exhibitions, the dynamics within the art scenes changed significantly. Museums & art foundations began to collect, biennials were launched, contemporary art galleries, fairs, residencies and schools emerged in many countries, and the governments of the Gulf states launched megaprojects. This reader serves as a guide for...