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Book Aspekte der Asymmetrie

Download or read book Aspekte der Asymmetrie written by Josef Schröfl and published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. This book was released on 2006 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Erkenntnis, dass das Moment der Asymmetrie nicht nur im "engen" Bereich der Kriegfuhrung beobachtet werden kann, sondern uberhaupt im sicherheitspolitischen und strategischen Diskurs zu einem bestimmenden Faktor zu werden scheint, fuhrt inhaltslogisch dazu, den Faktor der Asymmetrie im sicherheitspolitischen und gesellschaftlichen Diskurs auch jenseits seiner Bedeutung in der modernen Kriegfuhrung zu lokalisieren und Auswirkungen auf und Konsequenzen fur kunftige nationale wie internationale Politikgestaltung zu eruieren. Die vorliegende Studie stellt die Bedeutung und Herausforderungen des Phanomens "Asymmetrie" fur den politischen und gesellschaftlichen Diskurs aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln dar, sie wendet sich nicht nur an Experten, Wissenschaftler oder Studierende, sondern auch ganz bewusst an die Entscheidungstrager und Meinungsbilder in Politik und Gesellschaft. Denn sowohl als theoretische Konzeption als auch in den Manifestationen in der politischen Praxis und Realitat erweist sich das Phanomen der Asymmetrie als eines mit immenser politischer und sozialer Relevanz.

Book Die metaphysische Synthese des Johannes von Damaskus

Download or read book Die metaphysische Synthese des Johannes von Damaskus written by Smilen Markov and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smilen Markov’s monograph on the metaphysical synthesis of John Damascene depicts a paradox ontological structure: the single man, whose ontological position is conditioned by non-being, participates in the life of the Origin of being. The term ‘historical interconnections’ denotes the basic elements of Damascene’s reception strategy through which he approaches the Holy Scripture and the tradition of the fathers. The structural transformation to which different epochs and cultural circles put Damascene’s concepts reveals regularity in understanding the intellectual scope of the Palestinian monk. The reception of his thought could serve as an indicator for the stable mental structures, ‘framing’ the epoch turning-points in European culture for at least six centuries.

Book Semantik   Semantics

Download or read book Semantik Semantics written by Arnim von Stechow and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past 20 years the investigation into meaning of natural languages has emerged into one of the most active disciplines in theoretical linguistics. The different traditions of linguistics, philosophy of language and philosophical logic converged in the paradigm of truth conditional semantics, which now plays a central role in the cognitive sciences. From empirical research in particular languages more principal questions arise of how the speaker succeeds in expressing particular types of meaning by use of formal combination of signs. The theories developed to cope with the question assume that for a hearer, the meaning of a complex expression must be "computable", and therefore, modern theoretical semantics uses formal algebraic methods to construct the meaning compositionally in view of syntactic structur. Furthermore, meaning need to be "anchored" in the experience available to hearer. In order to deal with this, theoretical semantics extensivly uses the concept of truth conditions, which roughly explain how a world must be structured in order to be matched by certain linguistic expressions. Semantic analyses are complemented by context theory and the theory of speech acts. Thus, linguistic meaning must be related to human cognitive capacities, and therefore, theoretical semantics is tightly connected with philosophical logic as well as cognitive sciences in general. The aim of this handbook is to represent the body of theoretical knowledge which has evolved in the international research of the last two decades. Some of the theories can now be termed "classical" in that they belong to the commonly accepted base of theoretical semantics. Other theories are still disputed, and there areproblems still to be solved - as normal in a more developed science. The authors, who are leading experts in the field of semantics, try to balance the accepted and the questionable results. It goes without saying that each author hold a particular position in this respect. Some articles are written in English, some in German. Since semantics is considered to be a subfield of linguistics, the articles are arranged due to linguistic points of view. In the first 5 chapters (comprising 15 articles) the common principles of semantics are presented: ontological foundations of semantics, composition of meaning, problems of use (context, speech acts, and lexical base of meaning. The next 5 chapters (comprising 25 articles) are concerned with semantic phenomena, theories and problems which are specific for a particular class of linguistic expressions. These are arranged according to parts of speech: nouns, functional categories, verbs, adjectives and so on.This division does not reflect a theoretical position by itself, however it allows one to recognize problems connected with one another. Some more general questions are discussed in more than one article, in different perspective and vicinity. The Handbook is complemented by a service article on formal methods in semantics, followed by a comprehensive bibliography including about 1700 entries, and both a subject and a name index. This handbook is indispensable for all research in linguistics and neighboring disciplines (philosophy of language, cognitive sciences). Some of the articles can serve as basic literature for classes of advanced students.

Book Aspekte des Menschseins im Alten Mesopotamien

Download or read book Aspekte des Menschseins im Alten Mesopotamien written by Ulrike Steinert and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-02-17 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being the first monographic study of this kind in the field of Assyriology, this book comprises an investigation of Ancient Mesopotamian concepts of the human person. Concentrating on Akkadian cuneiform texts from the 2nd and 1st millennium BC, the author examines the characteristics and attributes attached to human beings and the notions of the person as a composite being through a semantic analysis of Akkadian terms for the body, body parts and aspects of the self, which can be termed "souls". Through an examination of a wide range of textual sources and an interdisciplinary approach, this study shows that the Mesopotamian views of personhood share amazing similarities with those of the neighbouring ancient cultures, but often differ from our own. “...in short, as a piece of modern Assyriological scholarship it is very well done and a tribute to its author’s capabilities and accomplishments.” Benjamin R. Foster, Yale University

Book The Routledge Handbook of Security Studies

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Security Studies written by Myriam Dunn Cavelty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-16 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on contemporary challenges, this major new Handbook offers a wide-ranging collection of cutting-edge essays from leading scholars in the field of Security Studies. The field of Security Studies has undergone significant change during the past twenty years, and is now one of the most dynamic sub-disciplines within International Relations. It now encompasses issues ranging from pandemics and environmental degradation to more traditional concerns about direct violence, such as those posed by international terrorism and inter-state armed conflict. A comprehensive volume, comprising articles by both established and up-and-coming scholars, the Handbook of Security Studies identifies the key contemporary topics of research and debate today. This Handbook is a benchmark publication with major importance both for current research and the future of the field. It will be essential reading for all scholars and students of Security Studies, War and Conflict Studies, and International Relations.

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  • ISBN : 3825263479
  • Pages : 270 pages

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Book An Interdisciplinary Bibliography on Language  Gender and Sexuality  2000  2011

Download or read book An Interdisciplinary Bibliography on Language Gender and Sexuality 2000 2011 written by Heiko Motschenbacher and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, state-of-the-art bibliography documents the most recent research activity in the vibrant field of language, gender and sexuality. It provides experts in the field and students in tertiary education with access to language-centred resources on gender and sexuality and is, therefore, an ideal research companion. The main part of the bibliography lists 3,454 relevant publications (monographs, edited volumes, journal articles and contributions to edited volumes) that have been published within the period from 2000 to 2011. It unites work done in linguistics with that of neighbouring disciplines, covering studies dealing with a broad range of languages and cultures around the globe. Alphabetical listing and a keyword index facilitate finding relevant work by author and subject matter. The e-book version additionally enables users to search the entire document for specific terms. Sections on earlier bibliographies and general reference works on language, gender and sexuality complete the compilation.

Book Language Typology and Language Universals   Sprachtypologie und sprachliche Universalien   La typologie des langues et les universaux linguistiques  1  Halbband

Download or read book Language Typology and Language Universals Sprachtypologie und sprachliche Universalien La typologie des langues et les universaux linguistiques 1 Halbband written by Haspelmath Martin and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides a comprehensive and thorough survey of our current insights into the diversity and unity found across the 6000 languages of this planet. The 125 articles include inter alia chapters on the patterns and limits of variation manifested by analogous structures, constructions and linguistic devices across languages (e.g. word order, tense and aspect, inflection, color terms and syllable structure). Other chapters cover the history, methodology and the theory of typology, as well as the relationship between language typology and other disciplines. The authors of the individual sections and chapters are for the most part internationally known experts on the relevant topics. The vast majority of the articles are written in English, some in French or German. The handbook is not only intended for the expert in the fields of typology and language universals, but for all of those interested in linguistics. It is specifically addressed to all those who specialize in individual languages, providing basic orientation for their analysis and placing each language within the space of what is possible and common in the languages of the world.

Book Simultaneity

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  • Author : Susie Vrobel
  • Publisher : World Scientific
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9812792422
  • Pages : 490 pages

Download or read book Simultaneity written by Susie Vrobel and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2008 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pt. I. Observer perspectives: epistemological background. 1. Fractal time: extended observer perspectives / S. Vrobel. 2. Mirror neurons: evidence for the great simulator and Vrobelism / O.E. Rössler. 3. The concept of now in Dogen's philosophy / M.E. Luetchford. 4. Systems and observers from a holistic viewpoint / F.-G. Winkler. 5. A systems-theoretical generalization of non-local correlations / N. von Stillfried. 6. Brain time and physical time / U. Fidelman -- pt. II. Identifying temporal observer perspectives. 7. Simultaneity in emotional moments / G.L. Clore. 8. On time experience in depression / H.M. Emrich, C. Bonnemann and D.E. Dietrich. 9. Contextualization: memory formation and retrieval in a nested environment / M. Piefke and H.J. Markowitsch. Complexity and emergent temporal structure / P.M. Allen. 11. Ordinate logics of living systems / J. LR. Chandler. 12. Skill learning, brain engagement, context and the arts / M.F. Gardiner. 13. Utilizing fractal time / T. Marks-Tarlow -- pt. III. Disentangling temporal simultaneous contrasts. 14. Relativity of scales: application to an endo-perspective of temporal structures / L. Nottale and P. Timar. 15. Unpacking simultaneity for differing observer perspectives and qualities of environment / B. Seaman. 16. Circumcising the void: (de)contextualising in complex Lacanian psychoanalysis / D. De Grave. 17. A review of Flicker-Noise spectroscopy: information in chaotic signals / S.F. Timashev and Y.S. Polyakov. 18. Hidden perspectives in emergent structures produced by neural networks / R. Pavloski. 19. Modeling common-sense decisions / M. Zak -- pt. IV. Synchronization. 20. Synchrony in Dyadic psychotherapy sessions / F. Ramseyer and W. Tschacher. 21. Temporal perspective from auditory perception / G. Baier and T. Hermann. 22. Perception of simultaneous auditive contents / C. Tschinkel. 23. Computer simulations as hidden time-ecologies / G. Koehler. 24. Anti-flaring: how to prevent the market from overheating / A.P. Schmidt and O.E. Rössler. 25. Leveraging the future - existence of a new endo-reality in economics / A.P. Schmidt and O.E. Rössler. 26. Endonomics: looking behind the economic curtain / A.P. Schmidt and O.E. Rössler. 27. Possible quantum absorber effects in cortical synchronization / U. Kämpf. 28. Time and timing in our body and life / O. van Nieuwenhuijze

Book Schenkerian Analysis   Analyse nach Heinrich Schenker

Download or read book Schenkerian Analysis Analyse nach Heinrich Schenker written by Oliver Schwab-Felisch and published by Georg Olms Verlag. This book was released on 2021 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dass Heinrich Schenker zu einem der meistdiskutierten Musiktheoretiker des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde, hat im Wesentlichen zwei Gründe: Erstens ermöglicht seine Theorie ebenso vielschichtige wie konsistente Beschreibungen der Stimmführung, Harmonik und Syntax tonaler Werke. Und zweitens fand Schenkers ?Schichtenlehre? in den USA, wohin die meisten Schüler Schenkers nach 1933 emigriert waren, ideale Bedingungen vor - Bedingungen, die sie rasch zur führenden Theorie tonaler Musik aufsteigen ließen. In Österreich, Deutschland und der Schweiz nahm die Schenker-Rezeption vorerst einen anderen Weg: Bis zur Jahrtausendwende blieb Schenkers Theorie Sache weniger Spezialisten. Seither aber stößt sie auch im deutschsprachigen Raum auf wachsendes Interesse. Der vorliegende deutsch-englische Sammelband trägt zur Schenker-Forschung beider Sprachräume und Wissenschaftskulturen bei. Er untersucht theoriegeschichtliche Fragen, beleuchtet unerforschte Aspekte der Schenker-Theorie und erschließt zahlreiche ihrer wissenschaftstheoretischen, rezeptionshistorischen und musikästhetischen Implikationen. Häufig geht er dabei über Schenker hinaus - durch neue Vorstellungen von Rhythmik und Metrik, Bezüge zur Systemtheorie Niklas Luhmanns oder pluralistische Theoriekonzepte. Der separate Notenband enthält analytische Graphiken ebenso wie originale Notentexte. Online abrufbare Hörbeispiele verdeutlichen, wie sich unterschiedliche analytische Interpretationen auf musikalische Aufführungen auswirken können. Glossar und Register schließlich erleichtern vertiefte Lektüren entlang gezielter Fragestellungen. Ein grundlegendes Studienbuch, das Musiktheoretiker:innen wie Interpret:innen zahlreiche Möglichkeiten aufzeigt, sich von Schenkers Denken anregen zu lassen.

Book Language Typology and Language Universals

Download or read book Language Typology and Language Universals written by Martin Haspelmath and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2001 with total page 873 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of HANDBOOKS OF LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCE is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction. For "classic" linguistics there appears to be a need for a review of the state of the art which will provide a reference base for the rapid advances in research undertaken from a variety of theoretical standpoints, while in the more recent branches of communication science the handbooks will give researchers both an verview and orientation. To attain these objectives, the series will aim for a standard comparable to that of the leading handbooks in other disciplines, and to this end will strive for comprehensiveness, theoretical explicitness, reliable documentation of data and findings, and up-to-date methodology. The editors, both of the series and of the individual volumes, and the individual contributors, are committed to this aim. The languages of publication are English, German, and French. The main aim of the series is to provide an appropriate account of the state of the art in the various areas of linguistics and communication science covered by each of the various handbooks; however no inflexible pre-set limits will be imposed on the scope of each volume. The series is open-ended, and can thus take account of further developments in the field. This conception, coupled with the necessity of allowing adequate time for each volume to be prepared with the necessary care, means that there is no set time-table for the publication of the whole series. Each volume will be a self-contained work, complete in itself. The order in which the handbooks are published does not imply any rank ordering, but is determined by the way in which the series is organized; the editor of the whole series enlist a competent editor for each individual volume. Once the principal editor for a volume has been found, he or she then has a completely free hand in the choice of co-editors and contributors. The editors plan each volume independently of the others, being governed only by general formal principles. The series editor only intervene where questions of delineation between individual volumes are concerned. It is felt that this (modus operandi) is best suited to achieving the objectives of the series, namely to give a competent account of the present state of knowledge and of the perception of the problems in the area covered by each volume.

Book Political Asymmetries in the Era of Globalization

Download or read book Political Asymmetries in the Era of Globalization written by Josef Schröfl and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the latest since 9/11 the phenomenon of the «asymmetry» or, more common, the «asymmetric warfare» has become a subject within International Relations. So, highly unequal parties face each other in asymmetric warfare, with one of them trying to inflict major damage on the other by making only a minor effort. Since the time when interstate wars started to disappear, the traditional ideas of wars have become useless and obsolete as a basis for political decision-making. For several years policy-makers, officials, and writers on defence and foreign policy have employed the terms «asymmetric» or «asymmetry» to characterize everything from the nature of the threats we face to the nature of war and beyond. Labelling current and future threats as «asymmetric» diminishes our understanding of the threat environment. In the age of globalization, of new threats, new and even revolutionary technologies, and new forms of military operations, the requirement for clear thinking increases commensurately. Authors from four continents will follow this new way of thinking.

Book Teaching Right Livelihood  Eine Handreichung f  r Lehrkr  fte und Lehrerbildner  Mit englischsprachigen Unterrichtsmaterialien

Download or read book Teaching Right Livelihood Eine Handreichung f r Lehrkr fte und Lehrerbildner Mit englischsprachigen Unterrichtsmaterialien written by Ellen Christoforatou and published by kassel university press GmbH. This book was released on 2012 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diese Handreichung richtet sich an Lehrkraefte und Lehrerbildner:innen, die die internationale Dimension von Schule und Unterricht staeker in den Blick nehmen und Anregungen fuer eigene Vorhaben gewinnen moechten. Sie dokumentiert den Ablauf und die Ergebnisse einer transnationalen Lehrveranstaltung, die im Wintersemester 2011/2012 anlaesslich der Verleihung des Alternativen Nobelpreises gemeinsam mit Lehramtsstudierenden der Universitaeten Kassel und Stockholm stattfand. Aufgrund ihres Modellcharakters wurde sie vom Deutschen Akademischen Austausch Dienst (DAAD) gefoerdert. Die englischsprachigen Unterrichtsmaterialien wurden von den Teilnehmer:innen gemeinsam entwickelt und im Unterricht erprobt. Sie beziehen sich auf den faecheruebergreifenden Themenkomplex right livelihood - die "richtige Art zu leben", der unmittelbar an den Lernbereich Globale Entwicklung anknuepft. Die Arbeitsblaetter sind sowohl im Fremdsprachenunterricht als auch im bilingualen Sachfachunterricht einsetzbar. Fuer die universitaere Lehrerbildung greift das Buch Fragen der Internationalisierung auf: Wie lassen sich laenderuebergreifende Projekte fuer die Ausbildung berufsrelevanter Kompetenzen und Einstellungen von angehenden Lehrer:innen nutzen? Welche Moeglichkeiten ergeben sich hieraus fuer die Vermittlung globaler Entwicklungsthemen an Schulen?

Book The Heroic in Music

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  • Author : Beate Kutschke
  • Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
  • Release : 2022
  • ISBN : 1783276894
  • Pages : 303 pages

Download or read book The Heroic in Music written by Beate Kutschke and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2022 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconstructs the socio-political history of the heroic in music through case studies spanning the middle ages to the twenty-first century The first part of this volume reconstructs the various musical strategies that composers of medieval chant, Renaissance madrigals, and Baroque operas, cantatas or oratorios employed when referring to heroic ideas exemplifying their personal moral and political values. A second part investigating the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries expands the previous narrow focus on Beethoven's heroic middle period and the cult of the virtuoso. It demonstrates the wide spectrum of heroic positions - national, ethnic, revolutionary, bourgeois and spiritual - that filtered not only into 'classical' large-scale heroic symphonies and virtuoso solo concerts, but also into chamber music and vernacular dance music. The third part documents the forced heroization of music in twentieth-century totalitarian regimes such as Nazi-Germany and the Soviet Union and its consequences for heroic thinking and musical styles in the time thereafter. Final chapters show how recent rock-folk and avant-garde musicians in North America and Europe feature new heroic models such as the everyday hero and the scientific heroine revealing new confidence in the idea of the heroic.

Book New Directions in Biblical Theology

Download or read book New Directions in Biblical Theology written by S. Pedersen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Directions in Biblical Theology contains the papers of an international conference on Biblical Theology which was organized by the Faculty of Theology of Aarhus University on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The papers delivered at the conference address a number of fundamental issues evolving from the recently revived debate on Biblical Theology. The first group of contributions deals with essential topics such as the biblical concept of revelation, and the interpretation of the Old Testament as presented by the apostle Paul, by the evangelists Matthew, Mark and John, and by the Letter to the Hebrews. Further contributions treat themes such as the 're-use' of a given biblical tradition, theology of creation, apocalyptic, the concept of mercy, the community's role in transmission and interpretation, and the primary aspects of the concept of God.

Book Investigating Subjectivity

Download or read book Investigating Subjectivity written by Gert-Jan van der Heiden and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-11-25 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion of subjectivity is one of the most fundamental notions for modern philosophy that only gains in importance in present-day discussions. This volume gathers essays from both young and senior researchers that examine which role subjectivity plays in both classical and contemporary phenomenology. The essays discuss the importance of a phenomenological account of subjectivity for the nature and the status of phenomenology but they also discuss how the phenomenological account of the subject offers new perspectives on themes from practical philosophy and from the philosophy of mind. Thus, this volume does not only show how multifaceted the question of subjectivity is but also how important this theme continues to be for present-day philosophy.

Book Psychologick   st  die

Download or read book Psychologick st die written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: