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History and Education is a text that engages the history of the global class war, from the United States to the former Soviet Union, from the People’s Republic of China to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in order to contribute to the development of communist...
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Der Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges wurde von der überwiegenden Zahl der deutschen Intellektuellen und Schriftsteller emphatisch begrüßt – auch von den deutschen Juden, die im Kampf fürs Vaterland eine Möglichkeit sahen, ihren Patriotismus und ihre gelungene...
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Hate Narratives examines the limits of free speech and focuses on the role of language in creating images of reality, and on language’s power to build social relationships based on hatred. The study provides an analysis of language used in totalitarian systems, along...
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This volume addresses the crucial role of knowledge and innovation in coping with and adapting to socio-economic and political transformation processes in post-Soviet societies. Unique are the bottom up or micro-sociological and ethnographic perspectives offered by the...
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Questo è il terzo tomo di una trilogia: I. Differenziazione, non linearità, equilibrio (2006); II. Stati psichici e costanti dell’azione (2013). In questo terzo tomo si procede all’applicazione della teoria delle derivazioni, alla ricerca delle variabili dell’azione....
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Currently, we are witnessing a «border game» with participants on a global scale. The massive movement of illegal immigrants and refugees who have arrived in Europe over the last few months has led political leaders, activists’ movements and anonymous citizens to...
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How can change in cultural Policy be explained? Through a comparative and historical analysis, this research sheds new light on the emergence, institutionalization and transformation of the cultural policies of two major Latin American countries: Mexico and Argentina....
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The book offers an analysis of the «Belarusian Maidan» protest movement that emerged in Minsk at the October Square as a result of the falsification of the presidential elections in March 2006. In particular, the author analyses the virtual dimension of the movement and...
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This volume takes a broad outlook on the concept of transculturality. Contributions from 19 authors and specialists, of almost as many diverse origins, grapple with this concept, each in their own way. How can transculturality be described? How can it help us understand...
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"Key Concepts in Urban Studies is written in an accessible, concise way and introduces students to the key topics in urban studies. Drawing examples from different parts of the world, this authoritative resource exposes students to the diverse forms that cities take,...
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The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Work and Employment is a landmark collection of original contributions by leading specialists from around the world. The coverage is both comprehensive and comparative (in terms of time and space) and each ‘state of the art’...
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"This is a book about who we are today, and how we have become who we are. It is about the engineers of the modern soul, the entrepreneurial self. It is essential reading for all those who care about the incessant demands placed on us to become more than we are, to...
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Media pilgrimage has become a booming business in the 21st century. Fans of television shows, rock groups and books flock to places associated with their favorite series, artist or writer, trying to embody and perhaps understand what inspired the beloved piece of work,...
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Intricacies of Patriotism presents a selection of concepts of patria along with their corresponding forms of patriotism. The various contributions represent different backgrounds and draw a picture of patria as a universal value that is indispensible to one’s sense of...
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From Multitude to Crowds: Collective Action and the Media presents a study of collective action in the 21st century. Experts from Sociology, Political Science, Philosophy, Political Communication and Media Studies offer a multidisciplinary approach to social formations...
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Das Buch nimmt die Eickstedt-Sammlung aus Südindien zum Ausgangspunkt und verbindet ethnologische Forschung im Museum mit postkolonialer Kritik an der Aneignung von Objekten und Fotografien. Dabei vermittelt die Sammlung als ethnohistorische Quellen ein Bild der...
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The ways in which the Internet is managed and controlled-often labeled as Internet Governance- are usually considered as standing on four main pillars: Technology, Market Laws, State Regulation and Uses. Nevertheless, its specific features, the consequences of the...
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Die Autorin untersucht die Texte rechtsextremer Bands und Sänger/-innen. Beim Erstkontakt Jugendlicher mit der rechtsextremen Szene ist die Musik häufig «Einstiegsdroge Nr. 1».Die Liedtexte vermitteln die rechtsextreme Ideologie auf wirkungskräftige Weise; dies kann auf...
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Das Buch beleuchtet die Wechselwirkung zwischen Mensch und Gesellschaft. Da der Mensch nicht als ein biologisch, psychisch und sozial determiniertes Lebewesen angesehen werden kann, sondern als ein sinnenbegabtes Vernunftwesen, kommt ihm als selbständig denkendes und...
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The book takes a close look at the social dimensions of robotics. It examines some of the projects on which robotic engineers are presently working, explores the dreams and hopes connected with these undertakings and determines if there is a relation between automation...
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