Los seres humanos nos estamos escondiendo detrás de los altos muros de nuestras vidas personales, desconectados, desconfiados. Evitamos la mirada de los demás y nos encerramos en nuestras próximas fantasías de éxito y consumo. Nos rehusamos a estar con otros, a entrar en el "movimiento" con otros. ¿Qué consecuencias tiene esta desestructuración y deculturación del hombre moderno en el campo del derecho y la política? Gabel nos narra con precisión este malestar existencial y nos da pistas p...

In ANOTHER WAY OF SEEING, Peter Gabel argues that our most fundamental spiritual need as human beings is the desire for authentic mutual recognition. Because we live in a world in which this desire is systematically denied due to the legacy of fear of the other that has been passed on from generation to generation, we exist as what he calls "withdrawn selves," perceiving the other as a threat rather than as the source of our completion as social beings. Calling for a new kind of "spiritual...

The Desire for Mutual Recognition is a work of accessible social theory that seeks to make visible the desire for authentic social connection, emanating from our social nature, that animates all human relationships.Using a social-phenomenological method that illuminates rather than explains social life, Peter Gabel shows how the legacy of social alienation that we have inherited from prior generations envelops us in a milieu of a "fear of the other," a fear of each other. ...

This book presents a unique and powerful analysis of the psychological and spiritual dimension of politics, culture, and society. In a series of strikingly original essays, Gabel sheds new light on a wide range of subjects based on "the longing for mutual recognition," including the meaning of American politics, alienation, health care, affirmative action, the SAT, adversarialness, and law.

Gain the latest knowledge about the colour technology of coatings in a single book - from the fundamentals of colour perception, to colour measurement and colour-order systems, through to the characterisation and practical application of pigments. The authors provide a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey of relevant industrial colour applications and illustrate the different methods of elementary and advanced colorimetry in detail. An excellent introduction for the ambitious expert to th...

Das Buch "… Weil Gott es so will - Frauen erzählen von ihrer Berufung zur Diakonin und Priesterin" ist innerhalb wie außerhalb der Kirche auf enorme Resonanz gestoßen und hat das Thema Ämter für Frauen in der Kirche erneut in den Fokus der Diskussion gerückt, auch im Synodalen Weg.Das jetzige Buch macht den nächsten Schritt: 100 Männer der Kirche, darunter viele Prominente - Priester, Diakone und Ordensleute, auch eine Reihe Bischöfe - solidarisieren sich mit dem Anliegen der Fraue...

Kampf um Macht und Glauben: der Krieg, der Europa prägteWas mit dem Prager Fenstersturz im Mai 1618 begann, sollte sich zu einem jahrzehntelangen Konflikt auswachsen, der die religiöse und politische Landkarte Europas für immer veränderte: Der Dreißigjährige Krieg hinterließ Millionen Tote und prägte die Überlebenden für Generationen. Peter H. Wilson hat die unzähligen Einzelstränge der Geschichte dieses Krieges kenntnisreich und detailliert zu einer Gesamtdarstell...

Im Jahr 2010 hat das Bundesarbeitsgericht seine Rechtsprechung zur Tarifeinheit im Betrieb aufgegeben. Dies hat unter anderem Auswirkungen auf die Auslegung kleiner und großer dynamischer Bezugnahmeklauseln. Diesen Auswirkungen widmet sich die Studie. Sollte aufgrund der nunmehr vom Bundesarbeitsgericht anerkannten Tarifpluralität das Bezugsobjekt durch einfache Auslegung nicht mehr eindeutig festgestellt werden können, zeigt die Autorin auf, dass die ergänzende Vertragsauslegung als Lösun...

Edited by the leading scholars in the field, Vital Questions Facing Disability Studies in Education provides an overview and introduction to the growing field of disability studies in education, including the application of the interdisciplinary field of disability studies to inclusive education, teacher education, educational research, and educational policy development. While traditional special education research has focused on developing interventions aimed at increasing stude...

This book presents and analyses the most recent research dedicated to restoring vision in individuals who are severely impaired or blind from retinal disease or injury. It is written by the leading groups worldwide who are at the forefront of developing artificial vision. The book begins by discussing the difficulties in comparing and interpreting functional results in the area of very low vision and the principal prospects and limitations of spatial resolution with artificial tools. Furth...

This volume brings together contributors from 18 countries to provide international perspectives on the politics of parental leave policies in different parts of the world. Initially looking at the politics of care leave policies in eight countries across Europe, the US, Latin America and Asia, the book moves on to consider a variety of key issues in depth, including gender equality, flexibility and challenges for fathers in using leave. In the final section of the book, contributors look ...