In many ways, Rudolf Steiner is the forgotten genius of recent times. A powerful thinker, who developed an intricate spiritual philosophy based on his ability to research and perceive spiritual dimensions, Steiner is perhaps best known today for his legacy to education, medicine and agriculture. But behind these practical manifestations of his ideas lies a profound teaching, which he called a 'science of the spirit' or 'anthroposophy'. In these wonderfully succinct summaries of Steiner's t...

On Jean Améry provides a comprehensive discussion of one of the most challenging and complex post-Holocaust thinkers, Jean Améry (1912-1978), a Jewish-Austrian-Belgian essayist, journalist and literary author. In the English-speaking world Améry is known for his poignant publication, At the Mind's Limits, a narrative of exile, dispossession, torture, and Auschwitz. In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in Améry's writings on victimization and resentment, partly attributable to...

This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple actionable recommendations that, if adopted, would simultaneously lead to healthy and nut...

Dieses Buch zeigt auf eindrucksvolle Weise, was alles möglich ist, wenn du anfängst, deinen Traum zu verwirklichen. Den ersten Schritt hin zum eigenen Buch unternahm Roy Käch bereits im Alter von zehn Jahren. Da versuchte er, ein Buch über eine Reise um die Welt zu schreiben. Die Erinnerung daran löst in ihm bis heute verschiedene Gefühle aus und auch der Traum vom Buch blieb weiter bestehen. Mit diesem Werk hat sich nun einer seiner Lebensträume erfüllt, welches dich auf eine sehr emotion...

No verão de 1980, Marguerite Duras recebe em sua casa, na Normandia, Yann Lemmé, ávido leitor de suas obras que a enviava cartas regularmente. A partir daquele encontro, os dois permaneceriam juntos e inseparáveis durante os últimos dezesseis anos de vida da autora. Neste livro, Duras nos faz acompanhar o início da "história entre o muito jovem Yann Andréa Steiner e esta mulher que fazia livros e que estava velha e sozinha". Terna e visceral, Duras escreve sobre a sua história de amor, o n...

An essential collection of scholarly essays on the anthropology of Africa, offering a thorough introduction to the most important topics in this evolving and diverse field of studyThe study of the cultures of Africa has been central to the methodological and theoretical development of anthropology as a discipline since the late 19th-century. As the anthropology of Africa has emerged as a distinct field of study, anthropologists working in this tradition have strive...

What were new ideas 30 years ago, such as the concepts of participatory development and systems thinking, are now accepted norms in international development circles. The majority of professionals engaged in rural development accept the proposition that the people who participate in development should play an active role in defining, implementing, and evaluating projects intended to improve their productivity and lives. However this goal remains unrealized in many development programs....