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How socio-cultural factors influence the development of Intercultural Communication Competence is an essential part of developing the skills to work and interact with a rapidly globalizing world. Building upon the work of Edward Hall, Geert Hofstede and Stella...
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Die Metapher Gläserne Decke steht für Hindernisse, mit denen Frauen konfrontiert sind, wenn sie in ökonomischen wie alltäglichen Bereichen in klassische Männerdomänen einzudringen suchen, etwa Anspruch auf Führungspositionen erheben. Vor rund dreißig Jahren fassten...
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Nachdem die Kulturwissenschaft sich als eigenständige, wenngleich nicht unumstrittene akademische Disziplin etabliert hat, scheint es an der Zeit, einen vergleichenden Blick auf die fachimmanente Entwicklung mit ihren in Europa unterschiedlichen Traditionen zu werfen....
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Rationalität und Demokratie gehört mit den bereits ins Deutsche übersetzten Werken Appell an die Vernunft und Hegel hatte recht zu den drei meistgeschätzten Philosophiebüchern des Autors. In diesem Buch versammelt Miranda die bedeutendsten Thesen seiner früheren Bücher...
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Dieses Buch beleuchtet die Aktualität der Philosophie Karl Poppers, des Kritischen Rationalismus, aus dem Gesichtspunkt verschiedener Disziplinen. Den Schwerpunkt bilden Weiterentwicklungen von Fragestellungen der Wissenschafts- und Erkenntnistheorie und der politischen...
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Questo è il secondo tomo di una trilogia: I. Differenziazione, non linearità, equilibrio (già pubblicato); II. Stati psichici e costanti dell’azione; III. Stati psichici e variabili dell’azione (che seguirà a breve). In questo secondo tomo si procede all’applicazione...
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Judaism and Emotion breaks with stereotypes that, until recently, brandedJudaism as a rigid religion of laws and prohibitions. Instead, authors from different fields of research discuss the subject ofJudaism and emotion from various scholarly perspectives; they present...
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As American literary and cultural scholars reconsider the foundations of U.S. relations with other nations, Ruins, Revolution, and Manifest Destiny: John Lloyd Stephens Creates the Maya locates in Stephens’s immensely popular nineteenth-century travel narratives (1841,...
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The volume is a collection of essays focussing on the cultural construction, perception and representation of public and private spaces in 20th and 21st century Italian culture. Through the study of a variety of spaces, this book provides an exploration of the notions...
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Sovereign Stories examines contemporary Native American writers’ engagement with various forms of cultural, political, and artistic sovereignty. The author considers literature’s ability to initiate vital discussions about tribal autonomy in modern America and suggests...
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The thesis addresses the question of human consciousness in its oscillation between conditioning and transcendence: the impact of cultural worldviews on the individual’s lifeworld and their gradual transcendence as a form of spiritual practice. At the centre of...
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Human dignity as a shared heritage of humanity functions as an anthropological key to the understanding of the person. Historically it became the fundament for modern constitutions and rights. Although found almost on every lip the meaning of human dignity remains...
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Each of us, waking in the morning, has to open the world we have woken into. We have to endow meaning to people, objects and tasks, have to secure a place in the chaos of time passing. When opening their eyes during the palpable reality of a dream, a person will dream...
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Speziell für Frauen haben sich die Lebens-, Arbeits- und Rahmenbedingungen im Literaturbetrieb in den letzten 60 Jahren stark verändert und der Buchmarkt ist mehr denn je von rasanten Entwicklungen bestimmt. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes untersuchen u.a. den Einfluss...
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Subaltern Writings focuses on one of the most important Brazilian novelists of the first half of the twentieth century, Graciliano Ramos, and critically examines two of his novels, Caetés and Angústia. The analysis is based on the premise that the reader must bring to...
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Drawing on oral history interviews and archival materials, Summer of Rage examines the causes and consequences of urban unrest that occurred in Newark and Detroit during the summer of 1967. It seeks to give voice to those who experienced these events firsthand and...
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This unique addition to the Success in Research series addresses the importance of understanding and achieving impact for the purposes of gaining research funding and reporting achieved impact for the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The book includes...
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"An outstanding achievement... Graeme Turner writes with power and persuasion, and brilliantly explores what it is about celebrity today that should concern us all" - Sean Redmond, Deakin University "A key touchstone for celebrity studies. Turner thoughtfully...
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What do we mean by ‘the gay community’?What is the state of ‘gay and lesbian politics’ in contemporary Britain? Have ‘communitarian’ ideas provided a framework for change? And what is the view from outside the capital? Recent years have seen both signi?cant legal and...
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Promotion of healthy behaviors and prevention of disease are inextricably linked to cultural understandings of health and well-being. Health communication scholarship and practice can substantially and strategically contribute to people living safer, healthier, and...
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