peter lang peter lang okt 2005 (179 résultats)

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -In 2003 and again in 2005, the international community was called to take part in a World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). This two-phase United Nations summit placed an unprecedented global spotlight on information and communication issues. Civil Society, Communication and Global Governance provides a sweeping portrait of the players, structures and themes of the WSIS, as well as a critical analysis of the summit¿s first phase, the issues it raised and the groundbreaking role played by civil society. Including an extensive bibliography, list of relevant web sites and key documents, this will be a basic reference source for everyone interested in the role of information and communication on shaping twenty-first-century societies.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 212 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -This book approaches literary existentialism (1935-1960) from a philosophical point of view and provides a semantic frame through which the primary works of this movement can be interpreted. Readings of Sartre, Sábato, Camus, Böll, De Beauvoir, Nooteboom, and others emphasize the place and themes specific to each writer within literary existentialism as a whole.One of the most original features of this study is its focus on the central notion of ¿engagement¿ after 1960. Having highlighted its waning in postmodernism, van Stralen then demonstrates the vigorous resurgence of this pivotal concept in postcolonial discourses. 246 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Das Buch ist für Lehrer/innen und Lehramtsstudierende des Faches Deutsch konzipiert. Es vermittelt einen Einblick in das Phänomen sprachlicher Verständigung, indem es die Sprachstruktur unter Gebrauchsperspektive betrachtet. Dabei zeigt es auf, welche Bedeutung die sprachlichen Einheiten Laut, Wort, Satz, sprachliche Handlungen und Text für das Ziel der Verständigung besitzen. Die linguistische Beschäftigung mit Sprache produziert keine schulischen Lernziele. Sie analysiert, beschreibt und benennt Strukturen und Gebrauchsweisen von Sprache. Die dabei gewonnenen Erkenntnisse werden dann Gegenstand des Deutschunterrichts, wenn mit ihrer Hilfe Lernziele einer reflexiven, rezeptiven und aktiven Sprachkompetenz verwirklicht werden können. Aus diesem Grund stellt das Buch explizite Bezüge her zwischen Gegenstandsbereichen der Sprachwissenschaft und Lernzielzusammenhängen des Deutschunterrichts. 310 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -In celebrating the academic career and practice of a distinguished scholar of French literature, this volume concentrates on one of Peter Broome¿s major preoccupations and attainments: translation. Eschewing a dogmatic, theoretical approach, the contributors (former colleagues and students) tackle four rich areas of study: modern anglophone poets¿ reactions to, and translations of, authors with whom they have closely identified (Racine, the Symbolists, Saint-John Perse, Valéry); problematics of translating specific poets of recent centuries (Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Valéry, Césaire, some contemporary poets); reception and interaction in two foreign countries (Australia, Spain); and a more fluid interpretation of translation, moving the notion across into wider realms of literary expression (Mallarmé, Proust, Assia Djebar). A focalising feature, punctuating the volume, are Peter Broome¿s own translations of hitherto unpublished poems by five major contemporary French writers: Jean-Paul Auxeméry, Marie-Claire Bancquart, Louise Herlin, Vénus Khoury-Ghata and Jean-Charles Vegliante. The book thus intertwines theory and practice in a non-prescriptive manner which invites further elaboration and analysis. 248 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Theological aesthetics is a rapidly expanding subject in the field of religious humanism that, until now, has not had a participating Lutheran voice. Musica Christi: A Lutheran Aesthetic fills this void by approaching the rich tradition of music and theology in the Lutheran Church through Christology. Furthermore, this study shows Christ¿s full participation in and by music. Selections from Lutheran works in Danish, German, Latin, Norwegian, and Swedish are offered in English translations for the first time by the author. 328 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Variations in speech melody (intonation) can be used to express different meanings (e.g. question vs. statement, friendliness). Yet, intonational information is hardly used in present-day linguistic models. When intonational information is used, it is mostly based on introspection rather than on empirical investigation; almost exclusively, a one-to-one relation between accent types and semantic function is assumed. This book focuses on an empirical investigation of thematic contrast in German. Thematic contrast has received considerable attention in semantics because sentences with contrastive themes can be used to imply propositions of various kinds without saying them explicitly.In this book, first an acoustic comparison between sentences produced in contrastive and non-contrastive contexts is described. Intonational realisation is quantified in terms of the height and position of tonal targets. The perceptual reality of different productions and the relevance of different acoustic cues are tested by means of rating experiments. Finally, the data are prosodically annotated by a group of linguists to explore the validity and explanatory power of different accent categories for contrastive and non-contrastive themes in German. 280 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -As a textual form, the essai predominates in modern and contemporary literature in French. Emerging from an earlier tradition and distinguished from its English-language counterpart, the French-language essay ranges from Stéphane Mallarmé to Colette, Victor Segalen to Aimé Césaire, Jean Grenier to Pierre Michon. The essai remains, however, one of the most hazily identified of textual forms, its definition often depending on the progressive elimination of all other generic possibilities. Excluded from the archigenres (theatre, poetry, récit), it can even be seen as a hold-all category whose role is to absorb the anarchic extremes of writing.It is perhaps this very lack of pretension to orthodoxy that has drawn so many writers to the essai. The conventional understanding of the term ¿ as a tentative, unsystematic exploration ¿ stresses the genre¿s provisional nature, its refusal of any claims to comprehensiveness. The essai exploits the devices of anecdote, illustration and humour; it is addressed to a wide and often general audience; it is also intricately linked to the performance of ideological and writerly strategies, often reordering the classical art of rhetoric and persuasion. As the contributions to this volume show, there is a need to outline an ethics and politics, as well as poetics, of essayism.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 304 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Two major themes are addressed in this book. The first one is on Active Civic Participation. This is considered an increasingly important aim both for public governance and for the renewal of civil society. The contributions on this topic deepen our understanding of the reasons why civic participation is relevant as an answer to present day societal challenges. They also improve our insight in the factors that stimulate or inhibit such participation. The second theme is about European Citizenship and Multiple Identities. It helps to understand the evolution of citizenship and identities in the context of European integration and enlargement, of globalisation and glocalisation, of migration, etc. The book holds a selection of papers presented at the Connections Conference, organised at the University of Leuven (Belgium) in September 2003 under the auspices of the Flemish Research Council and the Network on Active Democratic Citizenship and Adult Learning of ESREA (European Society of Research into the Education of Adults). 360 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Considérée comme l¿une des figures centrales du langage avec la métaphore, la métonymie est tiraillée entre plusieurs approches (sémantico-référentielles, cognitives, rhétoriques, stylistiques¿) qui en font une notion peu homogène, voire hybride. L¿objectif de cet ouvrage est de montrer comment la métonymie trouve une cohérence conceptuelle si on l¿envisage comme un fait de discours émergeant au c¿ur des variations permises par la langue. Dans ce cadre opératoire, s¿appuyant sur les réseaux associatifs sous-tendant la communication, la métonymie permet d¿établir des désignations obliques et des refonctionnalisations au sein de nombreux contextes: langage quotidien, discours littéraire ou médiatique, sociolectes particuliers¿Tout en présentant les principales modalités des réalisations métonymiques dans les discours, cet ouvrage s¿intéresse plus spécifiquement à deux dimensions importantes de la métonymie souvent négligées: ses problèmes d¿interprétation et ses effets illocutoires qui engendrent une modulation de la référence, propre à reprofiler nos représentations du monde. Au total, loin d¿être un simple procédé d¿expression, la métonymie apparaît comme l¿un des meilleurs témoignages de la plasticité du langage, que ce soit au niveau énonciatif, pragmatique ou textuel. 236 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Ces travaux ont été couronnés par l¿Institut de France, Académie des sciences morales et politiques : prix Araxie Torossian 2004.L¿ouvrage se propose de suivre l¿histoire de l¿obligation alimentaire légale de la renaissance du droit à la réglementation contemporaine. L¿auteur y décrit l¿évolution du « système doctrinal » qui a permis l¿émergence et la permanence de l¿institution alimentaire légale.Ce livre traite des bases, formes, moyens d¿actions et caractères des aliments légaux aux différents moments de leur histoire ; des parts qüy prennent le public et le privé ; et de la manière dont leurs actions respectives s¿entrelacent.La question essentielle de la définition des fondements du nécessaire vital rejoint alors nécessairement celles de ses sources, puis de son étendue et enfin celle des interactions nécessaires avec le droit de propriété et la théorie des obligations. 682 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Ist Schwarz eine Farbe oder nur Kontrastgeber Ist Schwarz ein einziger Farbton oder sind es mehrere Sind Einstellungen zur Farbe Schwarz kulturell geprägt Wenn man Schwarz sagt, meint man dann tatsächlich auch Schwarz Es heißt, Schwarz ist die am wenigsten verstandene aller Farben. Insofern ist es eine besondere Herausforderung, die Sinngebung der Farbe Schwarz in den kulturhistorischen Landschaften der Welt auszuleuchten. Eben dies wird in dieser Studie angestrebt, wobei der Diskussion über Farbmetaphorik besondere Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt wird. Hier werden Erkenntnisse der verschiedensten Fachdisziplinen ausgewertet ¿ darunter der Kunstgeschichte, der Anthropologie, der Linguistik, der Forschung über kulturelle Stereotypen und der Religionsgeschichte ¿ und zu einer Gesamtschau verdichtet. Dieses Buch ist in einem verständlichen Essaystil geschrieben und spricht damit den allgemein interessierten akademischen Leser an. Darüber hinaus eignet es sich nach seinem Inhalt und der Vielzahl an Quellenverweisen ebenso als Forschungsinstrument für die verschiedensten Fachvertreter. 188 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die Zusammenhänge zwischen Sprachpolitik, Bildungsdiskursen und Linguistic Human Rights (LHRs) zu beschreiben. Das Forschungsgebiet der LHRs umfasst Diskurse, die eine vertiefte Analyse, Diskussion und Kritik der sprachpolitischen Praktiken erlauben, die in den staatlichen Schulen in der EU und in anglophonen Ländern zurzeit im Gebrauch sind. Der monolinguale Habitus in den Erziehungs- und Bildungsinstitutionen westlicher Einwanderungsländer ist in vielen Fällen für das Schulversagen immigrierter bilingualer Schulkinder und Jugendlicher verantwortlich. Hierdurch entsteht eine Form der institutionellen Diskriminierung von Minderheiten, die in vielen Fällen durch sprachpolitische Entscheidungen verfestigt wird. 134 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Die Auswärtige Kulturpolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland war bisher kaum Gegenstand historischer Forschung. Über die meisten sogenannten Mittlerorganisationen ist daher wenig mehr als ihre Existenz bekannt. Überblicksdarstellungen über die Entwicklung einzelner Organisationen, aber auch des gesamten Bereichs der Auswärtigen Kulturpolitik fehlten bislang völlig. Angesichts dessen legt Steffen R. Kathe mit der vorliegenden Studie eine umfassende Untersuchung zur Geschichte der größten Mittlerorganisation, des Goethe-Instituts, vor. Dabei kann der Autor auf bisher unveröffentlichtes Quellenmaterial der Kultureinrichtung zugreifen. Deren abwechslungsreiche und nicht immer unproblematische Geschichte stellt den zentralen Gegenstand dieser Arbeit dar.Indem sie eine der zentralen Aufgaben des Goethe-Instituts in den Blick nimmt, bietet die Arbeit zudem eine Darstellung der deutschen Sprachpolitik in vier Jahrzehnten.Darüber hinaus liefert Kathe jedoch auch eine umfassende Einführung in die Geschichte der Auswärtigen Kulturpolitik der BRD. Die Geschichte des Goethe-Instituts wird nämlichvielfach erst im größeren Zusammenhang der innen- wie außenpolitischen Einflüsse auf die Auswärtige Kulturpolitik verständlich. 526 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Lehrer müssen ständig neue Entscheidungen treffen: Lehrpläne kommen und gehen, Bildungspläne werden fortlaufend verändert, Schulbücher werden revidiert. Gibt es bei allem Wechsel nicht auch Prinzipien, das heißt grundlegende Orientierungen, die bei allem zeitbedingten Wechsel die pädagogische Kontinuität sicherstellen, ja: das Pädagogische überhaupt erst gewährleisten Freilich kann und muss man gegenüber allen erklärten Letztverbindlichkeiten Skepsis walten lassen. In diesem Buch wird beiden Gedanken, dem prinzipiellen wie dem skeptischen, nachgegangen. Dabei kommt die prinzipienwissenschaftliche Theorie von Petzelt ebenso zur Sprache wie die skeptische von Ballauff und Fischer. Sie werden zu einem Theorievorschlag synthetisiert, wobei die Differenz der Positionen und der Sinn des skeptischen Einsatzes nicht aufgehoben, sondern für die Praxis fruchtbar gemacht werden. 254 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Die Arbeit untersucht anhand überlieferter Archiv- und Aktenbestände den Einfluß, den die SS auf «das Recht», also Gesetzgebung, Justiz und Rechtswissenschaft, ausübte. Aufgrund der Weite des Themas und der schwierigen Überlieferungssituation können nur einzelne Teilbereiche berücksichtigt werden. Es erfolgt eine genauere Analyse von Beiträgen mit juristischem Bezug in der SS-Zeitung Das Schwarze Korps sowie der Rubrik Verwaltung und Recht in den Meldungen aus dem Reich, die gesammeltes nachrichtendienstliches Material enthielten und vom SD, dem Sicherheitsdienst der SS, herausgegeben wurden. Daneben wird die Kontrolle, die der SD im Reichswissenschaftsministerium auf die Universitäten und insbesondere die juristischen Fakultäten ausübte, anhand der Biographie von K. A. Eckhardt untersucht. Abschließend wird das Verhältnis von SS bzw. SD und der Justiz aufbauend auf bereits bestehenden Erkenntnissen thematisiert. Die Autorin kommt zu dem Ergebnis, daß die SS, insbesondere auch über den SD, versuchte, Gesetzgebung, Justiz und Rechtswissenschaft bedeutend stärker als bisher angenommen im eigenen Interesse zu beeinflussen und zu kontrollieren. 296 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In The False Promises of Constructivist Theories of Learning: A Global and Ecological Critique, C. A. Bowers examines why constructivist-based educational reforms fail to take into account these current critical issues: the deepening ecological crisis, globalization, and undermining of the world's diverse cultural commons. Special attention is given to the ethnocentrism and Social Darwinism that created the foundations for the ideas of Dewey, Piaget, and Freire. Also considered is how the neo-liberal promoters of economic globalization share their taken-for-granted assumptions. Additionally, Bowers explains how teachers in different cultures can contribute to the revitalization of their cultural and environmental commons without engaging in the cultural imperialism that characterizes constructivist approaches to educational reform. 156 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Convergence is happening around the world. It represents a new form of reporting and may well be the future for journalism. Full convergence involves a radical change in approach and mindset among journalists and their managers. It involves a shared assignment desk where the key people, the multimedia assignment editors, assess each news event on its merits and send the most appropriate people to the story. Convergence coverage should thus be driven by the significance of the news event. Depending on variables unique to each country and company, convergence is one of the most likely scenarios for media organizations around the world. This book explains the phenomenon of media convergence, defines what has been until recently a confusing topic, describes the main business models, provides case studies of successful convergent newsrooms around the world, and explains how to introduce convergence into the newsroom. Stephen Quinn provides a practical introduction to the changing landscape of news reporting, and has written a useful book for students and professionals alike. 256 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Este estudio se estructura en torno a tres temas principales. En primer lugar se considera el fenómeno de la interferencia lingüística como parte del contacto entre culturas, haciendo un repaso de las distintas nomenclaturas que se han utilizado y que se siguen empleando en este campo de la lingüística. En el siguiente capítulo, después de realizar un recorrido por las principales tipologías del préstamo lingüístico, se presenta la clasificación adoptada para el análisis de un corpus de más de un millar de galicismos del español que hemos recopilado. En la última parte se aborda el proceso de adaptación del préstamo en sus distintos planos (fónico y gráfico, morfosintáctico y semántico), circunscrito al caso específico de los préstamos que el francés ha suministrado al español actual. 116 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book demonstrates that the encounter between Christianity and various African cultures gives rise to a number of problems for Africans who become Christians. It draws attention to certain traditional African beliefs and practices that seem to be incompatible with Christianity and create problems for Africans who embrace Christianity. Against this background it argues for the need to inculturate Christianity. It contends that in this exercise African Christianity can learn from the attempts at inculturation found in the New Testament times and in the early church. It offers examples of how the early church sought to make use of non-Christian categories of thought and elements in its articulation of the Christian message and in worship. It suggests a few areas of Ghanaian and African life where inculturation could and should take place. These include funeral rites, widowhood rites, child-naming rites, the rites of marriage, libation and christology. It concludes by offering some guidelines for use in the process of the inculturation of Christianity in Africa today. 132 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The essays in this volume consider a range of negotiations around francophone identity in Canada (Quebec, Acadia, Ontario, Saskatchewan), in the Caribbean, in Belgium and in Switzerland, and also with regard to Jewishness within European and Canadian francophonie . Their arrangement, starting with the Americas and concluding with Europe, provides a structural foregrounding of the shifting emphasis of the margins/centre debate, which also serves to resituate the more occulted, but no less significant, uncertainties of minority francophone cultures in Europe.Ce recueil d'essais examine les négociations variées autour de l'identité francophone au Canada (Québec, Acadie, Ontario, Saskatchewan), aux Antilles, en Belgique, en Suisse, et dans l'écriture juive francophone de l'Europe et du Canada. Prenant les Amériques comme point de départ et l'Europe comme point de chute, il met en relief, de par cette organisation, l'accentuation changeante du débat entre les marges et le centre, tout en resituant du même coup les incertitudes plus cachées mais non moins significatives des cultures francophones minoritaires de l'Europe. 257 pp. Französisch, Englisch.

Buch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In 2003 and again in 2005, the international community was called to take part in a World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). This two-phase United Nations summit placed an unprecedented global spotlight on information and communication issues. Civil Society, Communication and Global Governance provides a sweeping portrait of the players, structures and themes of the WSIS, as well as a critical analysis of the summit's first phase, the issues it raised and the groundbreaking role played by civil society. Including an extensive bibliography, list of relevant web sites and key documents, this will be a basic reference source for everyone interested in the role of information and communication on shaping twenty-first-century societies. 212 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -In The False Promises of Constructivist Theories of Learning: A Global and Ecological Critique, C. A. Bowers examines why constructivist-based educational reforms fail to take into account these current critical issues: the deepening ecological crisis, globalization, and undermining of the world's diverse cultural commons. Special attention is given to the ethnocentrism and Social Darwinism that created the foundations for the ideas of Dewey, Piaget, and Freire. Also considered is how the neo-liberal promoters of economic globalization share their taken-for-granted assumptions. Additionally, Bowers explains how teachers in different cultures can contribute to the revitalization of their cultural and environmental commons without engaging in the cultural imperialism that characterizes constructivist approaches to educational reform.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 172 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume provides a description and analysis of findings from a European Commission research and development project: 'The Fifth Dimension - Local Learning Communities in a Global World', funded within the framework 'Information, Society, and Technology (IST), School of Tomorrow'. The contributors take as a point of departure that the school of tomorrow, the school in the information society, has two significant features. One is the expanded use of information and communication technologies (ICT). The other is the development of partnerships. The cases described here are based on the work of three European university teams from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden; the University of Copenhagen and Roskilde University in Denmark, and the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain, that developed collaborations jointly to create new technology-based tools and learning environments that expanded beyond school walls. Using the Fifth Dimension approach to building learning environments, this network of university researchers worked together with teachers and software developers to co-design tools, strategies, and materials for teaching and learning in the 'school of tomorrow'. The volume addresses both the challenges and the possibilities of integrating technology in schools and classrooms that are partners in local and global learning communities. 188 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book approaches literary existentialism (1935-1960) from a philosophical point of view and provides a semantic frame through which the primary works of this movement can be interpreted. Readings of Sartre, Sábato, Camus, Böll, De Beauvoir, Nooteboom, and others emphasize the place and themes specific to each writer within literary existentialism as a whole. One of the most original features of this study is its focus on the central notion of 'engagement' after 1960. Having highlighted its waning in postmodernism, van Stralen then demonstrates the vigorous resurgence of this pivotal concept in postcolonial discourses. 246 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -L'étude de la place et du rôle des collectivités territoriales en Europe est révélatrice d'enjeux majeurs dans l'organisation du pouvoir. Deux modèles coexistent : le premier est celui de la subsidiarité, fondé sur la division des fonctions selon différents niveaux ; le second, analysé selon le paradigme de la Multi-level governance , part du constat que des politiques ne peuvent être efficacement menées que par la conjonction de la capacité d'action des différents niveaux de gouvernement. L'observation des modes d'association des collectivités territoriales à l'élaboration et à la mise en oeuvre des politiques permet une réflexion sur l'efficacité et la légitimité de l'action publique dans un ensemble transcendant les cadres étatiques. En mettant en évidence des intérêts publics autres qu'étatiques ou communautaires, ainsi que la diversité des canaux utilisés par les acteurs régionaux ou locaux, cet ouvrage ouvre des perspectives nouvelles à l'analyse de l'intégration européenne. 304 pp. Französisch.

Buch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In analyzing the intertextuality between the Genesis and Johannine Prologues, Dr. Lioy maintains that both passages utilize polemical theology to refute distorted views of ultimate reality. Furthermore, he theorizes that the author of the Johannine Prologue deliberately reflected the structure and themes found in the Genesis Prologue to emphasize that the God-man, Jesus Christ, created all things and is a new (spiritual) beginning for all who believe in Him. Ultimate reality is found through faith in the Son. 226 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In celebrating the academic career and practice of a distinguished scholar of French literature, this volume concentrates on one of Peter Broome's major preoccupations and attainments: translation. Eschewing a dogmatic, theoretical approach, the contributors (former colleagues and students) tackle four rich areas of study: modern anglophone poets' reactions to, and translations of, authors with whom they have closely identified (Racine, the Symbolists, Saint-John Perse, Valéry); problematics of translating specific poets of recent centuries (Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Valéry, Césaire, some contemporary poets); reception and interaction in two foreign countries (Australia, Spain); and a more fluid interpretation of translation, moving the notion across into wider realms of literary expression (Mallarmé, Proust, Assia Djebar). A focalising feature, punctuating the volume, are Peter Broome's own translations of hitherto unpublished poems by five major contemporary French writers: Jean-Paul Auxeméry, Marie-Claire Bancquart, Louise Herlin, Vénus Khoury-Ghata and Jean-Charles Vegliante. The book thus intertwines theory and practice in a non-prescriptive manner which invites further elaboration and analysis. 248 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Figures of Fantasy explores the popularization of the idea of the Internet as a «cyberspace» and considers the implications this has for discussions of gender and identity. The book analyzes the standard figures used to conceptualize and explain technology and gender, and traces the ways in which these concepts have served to create the figure of the Internet as a cyberspace - a manner of thinking that has come to dominate Internet research internationally, making visible its historicity, limitations, and implications. Figures of Fantasy offers an innovative theoretical approach to Internet research, and provides a highly original, systematic critique of the canonical works in the field.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 312 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Drawing on the theories of philosophers of ethics including Hannah Arendt and Alasdair MacIntyre, Damaged Lives: Southern and Caribbean Narrative from Faulkner to Naipaul studies how moral skepticism harms ordinary human beings. In response to an indecisive and uncommitted culture, many writers from the American South and the Caribbean have sought unambiguous sources of order and belief. Damaged Lives shows how a yearning for conviction pervades the writing of William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Agee, Flannery O'Connor, Mary Hood, and V. S. Naipaul. This book will be useful in courses on modern American and Caribbean literature as well as in courses on ethics, American studies, and cultural studies.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 150 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Theological aesthetics is a rapidly expanding subject in the field of religious humanism that, until now, has not had a participating Lutheran voice. Musica Christi: A Lutheran Aesthetic fills this void by approaching the rich tradition of music and theology in the Lutheran Church through Christology. Furthermore, this study shows Christ's full participation in and by music. Selections from Lutheran works in Danish, German, Latin, Norwegian, and Swedish are offered in English translations for the first time by the author. 328 pp. Englisch.