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'WALKER'S FINEST YET ... A FIRST-RATE MYSTERY' - Entertainment WeeklyBruno, Chief of Police, investigates when a body is found floating in the river showing marks of Satanism. France's favourite cop must track down a murderer while quelling his town's superstitious fears in this page-turning mystery, part of an internationally bestselling series.It is springtime France's Périgord, a time of beauty and calm. But not for Bruno, chief of police of the small town of St Denis. A woman's body has been found on a boat, bearing signs of a black magic ritual. Bruno has too much on his plate as it is - mediating a domestic abuse case that needs careful handling and a dodgy local development proposal that seems just too good to be true. But a murder case must take precedent and the roots of this one lie buried deep in the past - linked to a chateau above a bend in the river, to the reclusive old woman who lives there, and to the secret hidden in the Devil's Cave.

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Die Metaphysik ist in weiten Kreisen der Philosophie und Theologie wieder salonfähig. Ob aber tatsächlich erledigt ist, was unter dem "Ende der Metaphysik" zu denken versucht wurde, wird gegenwärtig höchst kontrovers diskutiert: Schon was unter "Metaphysik" und "Metaphysikkritik" verstanden wird, ist umstritten. Erst recht aber scheiden sich die Geister an der Frage, ob das Ende der Metaphysik auch die Auflösung des Gottesgedankens bedeutet: Ist es wahr, dass Metaphysik treibt, wer Gott denkt? Geht es darum, schlechte Metaphysik durch bessere zu ersetzen oder ist das Setzen auf Metaphysik insgesamt als Irrweg des Denkens Gottes zurückzuweisen? Zu wenig wird bedacht, dass das Denken Gottes selbst Quelle und Kritik metaphysischen Denkens sein kann. Gerade deshalb ist zu klären, was es heisst, Gott nichtmetaphysisch oder metaphysikkritisch zu denken.

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L'affirmation que les peuples autochtones d'Amerique, du Groenland ou d'Australie, seraient, comme les Grecs de l'Antiquite, "nes de la terre", habite bien des nationalismes indigenes. Le present ouvrage s'interroge sur le caractere traditionnel de ces representations de la "terre-mere". Pour ce faire, il entreprend une plongee dans les mythes des Polynesiens, descendants de migrants asiatiques devenus autochtones des iles du Pacifique. Si leurs mythes evoquent bien la naissance d'une humanite primordiale a partir de la terre, cette terre n'est pourtant pas celle de leur sejour actuel. Dans ces mythes, la qualite des premiers humains, nes du sol, signifie-t-elle l'archaisme, l'appartenance, l'exclusion? Quelles sont fondamentalement les lecons de l'autochtonie, de la Grece antique aux rivages de l'Oceanie?

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The exemplar of Indo-Persian history, at once a biography of Emperor Akbar and a chronicle of sixteenth-century Mughal India.Akbarnāma, or The History of Akbar, by Abu’l-Fazl (d. 1602), is one of the most important works of Indo-Persian history and a touchstone of prose artistry. Marking a high point in a long, rich tradition of Persian historical writing, it served as a model for historians across the Persianate world. The work is at once a biography of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605) that includes descriptions of his political and martial feats and cultural achievements, and a chronicle of sixteenth-century India.The sixth volume details the twenty-third to twenty-eighth years of Akbar’s reign, including accounts of the quelling of rebellions in Bihar, Bengal, and Kabul, and final victory in Gujarat.The Persian text, presented in the Naskh script, is based on a careful reassessment of the primary sources.

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Ancient expertise on water and warfare.Frontinus, Sextus Iulius, ca. AD 35–103, was a capable Roman civil officer and military commander. Praetor of the city in 70 and consul in 73 or 74, 98 and 100, he was, about the year 76, sent to Britain as governor. He quelled the Silures of Wales, and began to build a road through their territory; his place was taken by Agricola in 78. In 97 he was given the highly esteemed office of Manager of Aqueducts at Rome. He is known to have been an augur, being succeeded by his friend Pliny the Younger. The two sides of Frontinus’ public career are reflected in his two surviving works. Stratagems, written after 84, gives examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history, for the instruction of Roman officers, in three books; the fourth book is concerned largely with military discipline. The Aqueducts of Rome, written in 97–98, gives some historical details and a description of the aqueducts for the water supply of the city, with laws relating to them. Frontinus aimed at being useful and writes in a rather popular style which is both simple and clear.

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With these stunning and approachable illustrations of mandalas and other Buddhist symbols, readers will color beautiful art while falling in love with the meditative process of coloring, using it to unwind from the day and help quell the anxieties of everyday life. Readers will fill in illustrations little by little, focusing on the journey and experience of coloring over time, as opposed to only working towards an end goal. This will help readers build a meditative practice that they can come back to again and again with each drawing. Pictures are accompanied by Buddhist quotes and teachings, which reinforces the calming effect of coloring for readers, offering bits of wisdom on mindful practices as they work through the book. And with a wide variety of quotes, figures and practices represented in this book, there is something that will resonate with everyone. Illustrations will be printed on special quality watercolor paper, which will highlight the beautiful colors in the illustration, making them pop. As the focus is on the meditative experience of coloring, and the journey of filling in a piece overtime, these durable pages will allow this book to perfectly fit into people's busy routine and make the experience available, on the-go, from remote locations. This book will have 40 coloring projects.

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There is historical precedent for a book that uses roads to inflict pain on people throughout Highland Scotland. Thanks to the various Jacobite Rebellions between 1688 and 1746 the British Government embarked on an unparalleled programme of road building to enable their troops to quickly cross the length and breadth of the land in order to quell unrest and control unruly clansmen. Under the direction of Generals Wade and Caufield, 1100 miles of roads were constructed in less than fifty years. Inevitably, almost as quickly as they covered the miles in distance, these roads racked up the metres in altitude, as they clambered their way to the lowest point or easiest route through the bealachs that connect the Highland glens that dissect the mountains of Scotland. Following on from A Cyclists' Guide to Hillclimbs on Scottish Lowland Roads, this volume by John H McKendrick features 40 of the best road climbs in the north of the country, many of them on the old military roads. As well as established classics like the Cairn o'Mount, The Lecht, Bealach Ratagan and, of course, the legendary Belach na Ba, there are some lesser-known gems and unusual challenges to keep the adventurous roadie on their toes.

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Belfast in 1916. Fourteen-year-old Helen is shaped by her mixed background – rural, Catholic Irish values from mum Kathleen; urban, Protestant Ulster ones from dad James. Her parents are relaxed in their politics but others in the family circle are more extreme – Aunt Violet is a die-hard anti-Home Ruler, more British than the king, while Uncle Sean is staunchly nationalist. These are the parents of Helen’s older cousins: Sandy, who joined the army straight from school and has already seen action in France, and Michael, who runs away from home to enlist. But before he leaves for France, Michael is deployed to Dublin to help quell the Rising, where he’s expected to open fire on his fellow Irishmen. Who and what are they fighting for? The story of a young girl caught between the Easter Rising, the outbreak of World War 1 and a divided Ireland

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Master Perspective Drawing in a Flash with Shockingly Simple TechniquesIntimidated by perspective drawing? This all-inclusive guide will quell your fears and have you creating architectural masterpieces in no time at all. Join artist and educator Roberto Bernal, and learn the secrets of perspective drawing, starting with the most basic shapes and lines. As a former architect who switched careers to focus on his passion for perspective drawing, Roberto is all about diving into the need-to-know information, without bogging you down with a bunch of unnecessary theory.In 14 detailed lessons with accompanying step-by-step projects, you'll learn the ins and outs of one-, two- and three-point perspective. He also shares expert tips for how to craft a convincing staircase, construct a beautiful building and create depth-defying bird's-eye views of cities. But Roberto's techniques aren't limited to the urban realm; with universally-applicable lessons like Height, Depth

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Quelle est la situation de l'Église catholique aujourd'hui? Quel bilan peut-on tirer cinquante ans après le concile Vatican II et quel avenir peut-on envisager? Un même constat émerge des différentes contributions de ce volume que ce soit d'un point de vue historique, sociologique, juridique, philosophique ou théologique : le catholicisme connaît une crise profonde. Il s'affaisse, il s'affaiblit numériquement et culturellement du moins, en Europe tout particulièrement. Cela conduit à parler d'une déculturation, voire d'une exculturation du catholicisme. Mais si cette crise témoigne d'un affaiblissement certain, elle peut aussi être l'occasion d'une évaluation critique et d'un discernement créatif. Puisse cet ensemble diversifié d'analyses et d'interprétations, convergentes à bien des égards, alimenter désormais la réflexion et les pratiques ecclésiales.

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Develop a library staff training program that really works!To stay on top of the lightning-fast changes in the library field and provide your patrons with the best service possible, you need to establish and sustain an effective program for training your staff. The Practical Library Trainer examines the concept of the library as a learning place for patrons and staff, offering a comprehensive view of training from an administrator’s perspective. Bruce E. Massis, author of The Practical Library Manager (Haworth), addresses the essential issues of how to develop a strong program of continuous instruction, including customer service, reporting, recruitment, and retention of staff. The book focuses on the integration of staff training as a blended activity instead of an intervention, quelling the notion of training as an add-on to existing staff duties. The current information-rich environment provides your patrons with an abundance of resources to choose from for their research needs. But they can’t do it alone-they need direction from a knowledgeable librarian who can recognize the pedigree, currency, and validity of licensed resources, particularly those available through electronic means. The Practical Library Trainer uses the goal of long-range customer service as a starting point, emphasizing the return on investment possibilities from blended training methods as a key to meeting your patrons’ high expectations of service. The book also provides examples from outside the library community to demonstrate the importance of training on a non-library setting and looks at future training issues.The Practical Library Trainer examines: types of staff training (formal, informal, employer-provided, qualifying, skill improvement) strategies for recruiting and retaining a staff blended learning e-training in-house training how to use professional conferences as continuing education opportunities how to evaluate your training program a sample of an anywhere, anytime education and training program and much more! The Practical Library Trainer is an important resource for making sure your patrons get the most from your libraryand your staff.

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A Violent Peace offers a radical account of the United States' transformation into a total-war state. As the Cold War turned hot in the Pacific, antifascist critique disclosed a continuity between U.S. police actions in Asia and a rising police state at home. Writers including James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and W.E.B. Du Bois discerned in domestic strategies to quell racial protests the same counterintelligence logic structuring America's devastating wars in Asia. Examining U.S. militarism's centrality to the Cold War cultural imagination, Christine Hong assembles a transpacific archive—placing war writings, visual renderings of the American concentration camp, Japanese accounts of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, black radical human rights petitions, Korean War–era G.I. photographs, Filipino novels on guerrilla resistance, and Marshallese critiques of U.S. human radiation experiments alongside government documents. By making visible the way the U.S. war machine waged informal wars abroad and at home, this archive reveals how the so-called Pax Americana laid the grounds for solidarity—imagining collective futures beyond the stranglehold of U.S. militarism.

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In 1996 Argentina adopted genetically modified (GM) soybeans as a central part of its national development strategy. Today, Argentina is the third largest global grower and exporter of GM crops. Its soybeans—which have been modified to tolerate being sprayed with herbicides—now cover half of the country's arable land and represent a third of its total exports. While soy has brought about modernization and economic growth, it has also created tremendous social and ecological harm: rural displacement, concentration of landownership, food insecurity, deforestation, violence, and the negative health effects of toxic agrochemical exposure. In Seeds of Power Amalia Leguizamón explores why Argentines largely support GM soy despite the widespread damage it creates. She reveals how agribusiness, the state, and their allies in the media and sciences deploy narratives of economic redistribution, scientific expertise, and national identity as a way to elicit compliance among the country’s most vulnerable rural residents. In this way, Leguizamón demonstrates that GM soy operates as a tool of power to obtain consent, to legitimate injustice, and to quell potential dissent in the face of environmental and social violence.

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Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you're only seventeen? Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father's kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran's queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar's wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire...But Akaran has its own secrets -- thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most...including herself.

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How can we unmask the vested interests behind capital's 'cultural' urban agenda? Limits to Culture pits grass-roots cultural dissent against capital's continuing project of control via urban planning. In the 1980s, notions of the 'creative class' were expressed though a cultural turn in urban policy towards the 'creative city'. De-industrialisation created a shift away from how people understood and used urban space, and consequently, gentrification spread. With it came the elimination of diversity and urban dynamism - new art museums and cultural or heritage quarters lent a creative mask to urban redevelopment. This book examines this process from the 1960s to the present day, revealing how the notion of 'creativity' been neutered in order to quell dissent. In the 1960s, creativity was identified with revolt, yet from the 1980s onwards it was subsumed in consumerism, which continued in the 1990s through cool Britannia culture and its international reflections. Today, austerity and the scarcity of public money reveal how the illusory creative city has given way to reveal its hollow interior, through urban clearances and underdevelopment.

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The most important illuminating source that survived from the two centuries termed "the dark ages of Byzantium" is the chronicle of the monk Theophanes (d. 817 or 818). In it Theophanes paints a vivid picture of the Empire's struggle in the seventh and eighth centuries both to withstand foreign invasions and to quell internal religious conflicts. Theophanes's carefully developed chronological scheme was mined extensively by later Byzantine and Western record keepers; his chronicle was used as a source of information as well as a stylistic model. It is the framework upon which all Byzantine chronology for this period must be based. Important topics covered by the Chronicle include: The Empire's struggle to repel explosive Arab expansionism and the Bulgar invasion. The iconoclastic controversy, which caused civil war within Byzantium and led to schism between the churches of Constantinople and Rome. The development of the Byzantine thematic system, the administrative and social structure that would bring the Empire to the height of its power and prosperity. Almost all the sources used by Theophanes have perished, leaving his chronicle as the most important historical literature from this period. Turledove's translation makes available in English this crucial primary text for the study of medieval Byzantine civilization.

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A timely book addressing the burning concerns of our times, from the excesses of capitalism to the global crisis of leadership. There is widespread agreement, across a voluble political spectrum and around the planet, that we live in times of intensifying insecurity and turmoil. If ours is an age of transition, its direction is anything but certain. Momentous transformations in ecology, geopolitics, and everyday life are shadowed by a suffocating sense of stasis. The limits to capital and the limits of nature are entangled in frightful ways, while the profoundly obsolete form of leadership, domination, and conflict exacerbate an already baleful situation. And yet struggles for liberation have not been quelled. Terms of Disorder confronts this moment by probing some of the defining terms in the modern vocabulary of emancipation, with the aim of testing their capacity to name and orient collective action set on abolishing the present state of things. Ranging from communism to leadership, the eleven keywords addressed in this book provide a set of interlocking points of entry into the common task of forging a political language capable of navigating our disorientation. If, as Gramsci famously noted, the interregnum is a time when the new struggles to be born while the old order is moribund, we may wish to heed Cedric Robinson’s call to “choose wisely among the dying.”

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HITTING ROCK BOTTOMWhen Alexandra Belarus discovered her family’s secret ability to breathe life into stone, she uncovered an entire world of magic hidden within New York City—a world she has accidentally thrown into chaos. A spell gone awry has set thousands of gargoyles loose upon Manhattan, and it’s up to Lexi and her faithful protector, Stanis, to put things right.But the stress of saving the city is casting a pall over Lexi and Stanis’s relationship, driving them to work separately to solve the problem. As Stanis struggles to unite the gargoyle population, Lexi forges unlikely alliances with witches, alchemists and New York’s Finest to quell an unsettling uprising led by an ancient and deadly foe long thought vanquished.To save her city, Lexi must wield more power than ever before with the added hope of recovering a mysterious artifact that could change her world—and bring her closer to Stanis than she ever thought possible…

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After only eight months on the job, President David Rodgers dies from an apparent heart attack, and Katherine Ann Miles, Rodgers’s VP, becomes the first woman to occupy the Oval Office. As she tries to calm a grieving nation and adjust to her new role, Katherine must also contend with an unrelenting power struggle with Congress—the ultimate boys’ club. With Iran making grave threats against Israel, their troops positioned on the Israeli border, poised to attack, the new president faces her first test in quelling the explosive situation without resorting to major military options. Yet it seems danger lurks closer to home: Clues emerge, suggesting President Rodgers’s death wasn’t so natural. And whoever wanted him dead has Madam President in the crosshairs—and at close range. A traitor lies in wait as a widespread conspiracy infiltrates the highest level of government in D.M. Annechino’s third novel, a bold, fast-paced political thriller.

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Michael Meyer-Blanck stellt das Gebet aus verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Perspektiven dar. Nach dem grundlegenden ersten Kapitel, den Prolegomena, u.a. mit der Skizzierung reformatorischer und gegenwärtiger Denkbewegungen, folgt im zweiten Kapitel eine detaillierte Phänomenbeschreibung, bei der er zwischen dem Gebet als Handlung und dem Gebet als Haltung unterscheidet. Dazu gehört ein Blick u.a. auf Kunst, Musik, Literatur, Naturerleben, Gesundheit und die Leiblichkeit des Betens. Im dritten Kapitel bietet der Autor eine kurze Geschichte des Gebets, die von der Alten Kirche über das Mittelalter und die Reformation bis ins 18. und 19. Jahrhundert reicht. In der Neuzeit bildete sich eine zunehmende Scham gegenüber dem Beten, besonders gegenüber dem Bittgebet heraus. Die heute wichtigen systematischen Fragen werden im vierten Kapitel diskutiert: Hier geht es um das Beten in gegenwärtiger denkerischer und biblischer Verantwortung. Dazu umschreibt Michael Meyer-Blanck das christliche Gebet zunächst vom Psalter, dem Modell christlichen Betens, und dann vom Vaterunser und vom Neuen Testament her, bevor er es als Suche, als Quelle der Gottesvorstellung, als implizite Anthropologie und als Quelle von Ethos und Ethik betrachtet. Schließlich kommen die komplexen Fragen des an Jesus Christus gerichteten Gebets und des Bittgebets zur Sprache. Im fünften Kapitel steht die Praxis des Gebets im Mittelpunkt: Empirische Zugänge, die Sprache des Gebets, religionspädagogische, poimenische und liturgische Aspekte werden ebenso dargestellt wie schließlich das Tagzeitengebet, das Gebet in digitalen Medien sowie das multireligiöse Gebet. Rezensionen:"Das Buch ist gut verständlich und gleichermaßen anspruchsvoll geschrieben, also: uneingeschränkt empfehlenswert."Gudrun Mawick in Zeitzeichen 2020, Heft 2, S. 63-64Für Bibliotheken gelten bei diesem Titel abweichende Konditionen; bitte wenden Sie sich an den Vertrieb.

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Les Mesopotamiens n'ont jamais ressenti le besoin d'enoncer de maniere claire et structuree leur conception de l'au-dela et les informations relatives a ce sujet sont disseminees dans une multitude de documents, toutes categories confondues, disperses dans le temps. Ces textes ont ete rassembles dans cet ouvrage afin de mieux comprendre comment les Mesopotamiens expliquaient le phenomene universel de la " Mort ", comment ils imaginaient ce qui subsiste de l'homme suite au trepas, quelle etait la place occupee par les Enfers dans leur univers, comment pouvait-on y acceder ou encore quel etait le cadre de vie des defunts. Cet ouvrage aborde egalement la question controversee de l'existence d'eventuelles conditions d'acces au sejour des trepasses avant de s'interesser aux modalites de " survie " des defunts.

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Chrissie Wellington is the world''s No 1 female Ironman triathlete, a four times World Champion, having recently won the her fourth title in October 2011 and the World Record holder. In 2009 she was voted ''Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year'' and in 2010 was awarded the MBE.She is the undefeated champion of Triathlon, having won thirteen Ironman titles from thirteen races. She set a new World Record of 8 hours19:13 at Quelle Roth Germany in 2010, which slashed over 14 minutes from the previous record and where she was only beaten by six men. She went on to improve this time by another minute in the 2011 race. She also set a new world record for the fastest ever Ironman sanctioned event at Ironman South Africa in April 2011.Chrissie has displayed unprecedented levels of stamina, strength and competitiveness in becoming Ironman World Champion in only her second event at Ironman level. Her victory in Kona, Hawaii in 2007 finishing five minutes ahead of her ne

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A Violent Peace offers a radical account of the United States' transformation into a total-war state. As the Cold War turned hot in the Pacific, antifascist critique disclosed a continuity between U.S. police actions in Asia and a rising police state at home. Writers including James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and W.E.B. Du Bois discerned in domestic strategies to quell racial protests the same counterintelligence logic structuring America's devastating wars in Asia. Examining U.S. militarism's centrality to the Cold War cultural imagination, Christine Hong assembles a transpacific archive—placing war writings, visual renderings of the American concentration camp, Japanese accounts of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, black radical human rights petitions, Korean War–era G.I. photographs, Filipino novels on guerrilla resistance, and Marshallese critiques of U.S. human radiation experiments alongside government documents. By making visible the way the U.S. war machine waged informal wars abroad and at home, this archive reveals how the so-called Pax Americana laid the grounds for solidarity—imagining collective futures beyond the stranglehold of U.S. militarism.

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In 1996 Argentina adopted genetically modified (GM) soybeans as a central part of its national development strategy. Today, Argentina is the third largest global grower and exporter of GM crops. Its soybeans—which have been modified to tolerate being sprayed with herbicides—now cover half of the country's arable land and represent a third of its total exports. While soy has brought about modernization and economic growth, it has also created tremendous social and ecological harm: rural displacement, concentration of landownership, food insecurity, deforestation, violence, and the negative health effects of toxic agrochemical exposure. In Seeds of Power Amalia Leguizamón explores why Argentines largely support GM soy despite the widespread damage it creates. She reveals how agribusiness, the state, and their allies in the media and sciences deploy narratives of economic redistribution, scientific expertise, and national identity as a way to elicit compliance among the country’s most vulnerable rural residents. In this way, Leguizamón demonstrates that GM soy operates as a tool of power to obtain consent, to legitimate injustice, and to quell potential dissent in the face of environmental and social violence.

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Ronald W. Schatz tells the story of the team of young economists and lawyers recruited to the National War Labor Board to resolve union-management conflicts during the Second World War. The crew (including Clark Kerr, John Dunlop, Jean McKelvey, and Marvin Miller) exerted broad influence on the U.S. economy and society for the next forty years. They handled thousands of grievances and strikes. They founded academic industrial relations programs. When the 1960s student movement erupted, universities appointed them as top administrators charged with quelling the conflicts. In the 1970s, they developed systems that advanced public sector unionization and revolutionized employment conditions in Major League Baseball. Schatz argues that the Labor Board vets, who saw themselves as disinterested technocrats, were in truth utopian reformers aiming to transform the world. Beginning in the 1970s stagflation era, they faced unforeseen opposition, and the cooperative relationships they had fostered withered. Yet their protégé George Shultz used mediation techniques learned from his mentors to assist in the integration of Southern public schools, institute affirmative action in industry, and conduct Cold War negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachev.

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Disaffected examines the effects of antisedition law on the overlapping public spheres of India and Britain under empire. After 1857, the British government began censoring the press in India, culminating in 1870 with the passage of Section 124a, a law that used the term "disaffection" to target the emotional tenor of writing deemed threatening to imperial rule. As a result, Tanya Agathocleous shows, Indian journalists adopted modes of writing that appeared to mimic properly British styles of prose even as they wrote against empire. Agathocleous argues that Section 124a, which is still used to quell political dissent in present-day India, both irrevocably shaped conversations and critiques in the colonial public sphere and continues to influence anticolonialism and postcolonial relationships between the state and the public. Disaffected draws out the coercive and emotional subtexts of law, literature, and cultural relationships, demonstrating how the criminalization of political alienation and dissent has shaped literary form and the political imagination.

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The incredible first memoir by System Of A Down frontman Serj TankianWith nearly 40 million record sales, three albums topping the Billboard charts, a Grammy win and a legion of fans, System Of A Down are one of the biggest metal bands on the planet. At their core has always been Serj Tankian, whose journey from the streets of Beirut to rock superstardom is as remarkable and unlikely as you''ll get. By dint of luck, circumstance, struggle, and more than a little talent, Serj has had the chance to live an extraordinary life. In Down With the System, he retraces this remarkable and unlikely journey, and explores what it''s taught him - about music, about art, about activism, and about himself. From teaming up with Tom Morello to push social justice causes on unsuspecting metalheads, arguing with LAPD officers over the best way to quell his rioting fans, and traveling with Anthony Bourdain through Armenia one meal at a time, Down With the System is

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Die Septuaginta ist als jüdische Bibelübersetzung ab dem 3. Jahrhundert v.Chr. entstanden und wurde zur zentralen Grundlage des Judentums in der griechisch-sprachigen Welt. Textgeschichtlich ist sie für das Alte Testament die wichtigste Quelle neben dem hebräisch-masoretischen Text und den nur sehr unvollständig erhaltenen biblischen Texten aus Qumran. Zudem gibt sie Einblick in die Theologie und das Schriftverständnis des antiken Judentums. Neutestamentliche Autoren zitieren das Alte Testament häufig in Gestalt der Septuaginta; in den orthodoxen Kirchen gilt sie bis heute als offizieller Text des Alten Testaments.Die Septuaginta-Forschung bildet einen eigenständigen Bereich, der im Schnittfeld steht mit antiker Judaistik und den historisch-exegetisch orientierten Wissenschaften innerhalb der Theologie. Der vorliegende Band ist erwachsen aus der 5. Internationalen Tagung des Projektes Septuaginta Deutsch im Juli 2014 in Wuppertal.

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The force that forged an empire. The furious thunder of thousands of hooves, the clatter and sheen of bronze armor sparkling in the desert sun, the crunch of wooden wheels racing across a rock-strewn battlefield-and leading this terrifying chariot charge, the gallant Pharaoh, the ribbons of his blue war crown streaming behind him as he launches yet another arrow into the panicking mass of his soon-to-be-routed enemies. While scenes like the one depicted above did occur in ancient Egypt, they represent only one small aspect of the vast, complex, and sophisticated military machine that secured, defended, and expanded the borders of the empire during the late Eighteenth Dynasty. In Tutankhamun's Armies, you'll discover the harsh reality behind the imperial splendor of the New Kingdom and gain a new appreciation for the formidable Egyptian army-from pharaoh to foot soldier. You'll follow "the heretic king" Akhenaten, his son Tutankhamun, and their three Amana-Period successors as they employ double-edge diplomacy and military might to defeat competing powers, quell internal insurrections, and keep reluctant subject states in line. This vivid and absorbing chronicle will forever change the way you think about the glories and riches of ancient Egypt.

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Im Kloster Lüne bei Lüneburg führte die Annahme der Bursfelder Reform im Jahre 1481 nicht nur zu einer geistlichen und künstlerischen Blütezeit, sondern auch zu einem Aufschwung der Schriftlichkeit, der bis zur Durchsetzung der lutherischen Reformation durch den Lüneburger Herzog Ernst I. anhalten sollte. Die gebildeten Nonnen redigierten liturgische Ordines und Statuten und sammelten ihre Korrespondenz. Sie führten ein (fragmentarisch erhaltenes) Tagebuch, aus dem sie im Jahre 1530, als die neue Zeit schon ihre langen Schatten vorauszuwerfen begonnen hatte, eine lateinische Klosterchronik schöpften, mit der sie noch einmal das historische Gedächtnis ihrer Gemeinschaft für die Nachwelt festhalten und ihre Wertschätzung für ihre von der monastischen Reformbewegung inspirierte Praxis dokumentieren wollten. Diese wichtige Quelle liegt nun erstmals als durchgängig kommentierter Volltext vor; dabei werden ausgewählte Passagen mit ihren Vorlagen aus den erhaltenen Tagebuchfragmenten konfrontiert.

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Almost French takes readers on a tour fraught with culture clashes but rife with insight and deadpan humour - a charming true story of what happens when a strong-willed Aussie girl meets a very French Frenchman.Backpacking around Europe, twenty-something Sarah Turnbull meets Frederic and impulsively accepts his invitation to visit him for a week in Paris. Eight years later, she is still there - and married to him. The feisty journalist swaps vegemite for vichyssoise and all things French, but commits the fatal errors of bowling up to strangers at classy receptions, helping herself to champagne, laughing too loudly and (quelle horreur!) rushing out for a baguette in her 'pantalons de jogging'. But Paris' maddening, mysterious charm proves irresistible and Sarah makes spectacular progress. She finds work as a freelance journalist, learns to survive Parisian dinner parties and how to deal with grim-faced officialdom.As she navigates the highs and lows of Parisian life, covering the haute couture fashions shows and discovering the hard way the paradoxes of France today, Sarah succeeds in becoming 'almost French'.

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Der Taschenatlas der Biotechnologie und Gentechnik hat seit dem ersten Erscheinen 2001 bereits etliche Jahrgänge von Studenten und Schülern und interessierte Quereinsteiger in die Grundlagen diese wegweisenden Zukunftstechnologien eingeführt und sich als anschaulicher und unersetzlicher Begleiter etabliert. Biotechnologie und Gentechnik gelten als Schlüsseltechnologien des 21. Jahrhunderts. Sie sind Motor für die Erforschung und Entwicklung neuer Arzneimittel und Therapieformen, von Nutzpflanzen und Lebensmittel sowie von modernen Umwelttechnologien und innovativen industriellen Verfahren. Diese neue Auflage wurde grundlegend aktualisiert sowie um die Themen Tissue Engineering, Protein Design und Proteomics erweitert. Der neue Atlas wird damit weiterhin seiner Rolle als reichhaltige und aktuelle Quelle zu den spannendsten Themen innerhalb dieses wichtigen Forschungszweiges gerecht. aus einer Rezension der 1. Auflage: "... Der Atlas ist Studenten der Naturwissenschaften und der Medizin ebenso zu empfehlen wie allen, die einen Überblick über Produkte, Methoden, Anwendungen sowie wirtschaftliche und rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen der Bio- und Gentechnologie suchen." Chemie in unserer Zeit

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China�s military transformation is one of the major geo-strategic developments of the 21st Century. Billions of dollars are being spent modernizing The People�s Liberation Army (PLA) as China seeks to upgrade and expand its military capabilities to rival the US. In this cutting-edge analysis, You Ji, a leading expert on China�s military affairs, explores the changes taking places within the PLA today, covering its ground, aerospace and maritime forces, its ability to meet asymmetric threats, and the growing role played by the People�s Armed Police in quelling dissent in China. He shows how these transformations in personnel, technology and strategic goals are slowly driving a wedge between China�s two most powerful institutions. Until recently, relations between the CCP and PLA were harmonious, but as the PLA becomes increasingly professionalized and autonomous so its unconditional loyalty to the ruling Party may weaken. The changing relationship between the CCP and PLA, he argues, is likely to have profound implications for China�s own political development and the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region. Comprehensive and incisive, this timely book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the nature and consequences of China�s military rise.

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The aces of the New Republic have one final chance to defeat the darkness of Shadow Wing in this thrilling conclusion to the Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron trilogy!In the wake of Yrica Quell's shocking decision-and one of the fiercest battles of their lives-the remnants of Alphabet Squadron seek answers and closure across a galaxy whose old war scars are threatening to reopen.Soran Keize has returned to the tip of Shadow Wing's spear. Operation Cinder, the terrifying protocol of planetary extermination that began in the twilight of the Imperial era, burns throughout the galaxy. Shadow Wing is no longer wounded prey fleeing the hunters of the New Republic. With its leader, its strength has returned, and its Star Destroyers and TIE squadrons lurk in the darkness between stars, carrying out the fallen Emperor's final edict of destruction-as well as another, stranger mission, one Keize has championed not for the dying Empire, but for its loyal soldiers.Alphabet Squadron's ships are as ramshackle and damaged as their spirits, but they've always had one another. Now, as they face the might of Keize's reborn juggernaut, they aren't sure they even have that. How do you catch a shadow? How do you kill it? And when you're finally victorious, who pays the price?

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A GUARDIAN POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'End State is absolutely superb. If you're looking for a book that is honest about the problems of the future but leaves you hopeful about solutions, then this is it' Jon Richardson'Insightful and revealing: a brilliant exploration of how ideas currently on the edge of politics could move into the mainstream' Danny Dorling, author of SLOWDOWNCan we reverse the mental health crisis by getting rid of Mondays?Is it time to stop poor people being poor by... giving them money?Can we quell the fires of populism by giving young people a say in the future?As the shockwaves of Covid 19 continue to spread, and as the smoke clears from a year of anger and unrest, many people feel forlorn about the future.In End State, James Plunkett argues that this can be a moment not of despair, but of historic opportunity - a chance to rethink, renew, and reform some of the most fundamental ways we organise society. In much the same way as societies emerged stronger from crises in the past - building the state as we know it today - we too can build a happier future.James Plunkett has spent his career thinking laterally about the complicated relationships between individuals and the state. First as an advisor to Gordon Brown, then a leading economic researcher and writer, and then in the charity sector, helping people struggling at the front-line of economic change. James combines a deep understanding of social issues with an appreciation of how change is playing out not in the ivory tower, but in the reality of people's lives.Now, in his first book, he sets out an optimistic vision, exploring nine ways in which our social settlement can be upgraded to harness the power of the digital age. Covering a dizzying sweep of geography and history, from London's 18th Century sewage systems to the uneasy inequality of Silicon Valley, it's a thrilling and iconoclastic account of how society can not only survive, but thrive, in the digital age.End State provides a much-needed map to help us navigate our way over the curious terrain of the twenty-first century.

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Cet ouvrage collectif presente les pratiques administratives des divers gouvernements, au sein de l'Union Europeenne, a l'egard des religions ou communautes de convictions. En Europe, quelles sont les attentes des grandes religions et comment dialoguent-elles avec les autorites de Bruxelles afin d'apporter leur contribution specifique a la construction europeenne? Dans ce volume, de hauts responsables des religions catholique, protestante, orthodoxe, israelite, musulmane aupres de la Commission exposent les modalites de ce dialogue entre l'Europe et les religions. Tous les Etats membres de l'Union Europeenne sont confrontes aux memes evolutions des realites religieuses et tous s'accordent pour reconnaitre les memes principes fondamentaux relatifs a la liberte religieuse. Pourtant, chaque Etat reste competant pour determiner le statut juridique qu'il entend accorder aux confessions religieuses. A partir d'une selection significative d'Etats membres de l'Union Europeenne, les auteurs presentent l'organisation et les competences des Directions et Bureaux charges, aupres des gouvernements, de l'administration des Affaires religieuses.

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Zu den beliebtesten Bildthemen römischer Friessarkophage gehört der blutige Kampf zwischen Amazonen und Griechen. Anders als lange vermutet, ging es den Auftraggebern dieser Sarkophage nicht in erster Linie um den glorreichen Sieg der Griechen, sondern um das grausame Todesschicksal der schönen Kriegerinnen, das paradigmatisch auf den eigenen Trauerfall bezogen werden sollte. Die Studie zu den stadtrömischen Amazonensarkophagen macht das umfangreiche, zwischen 120 und 320 n. Chr. entstandene Bildcorpus erstmals als Quelle für die Diskussion wesentlicher Aspekte der Körpergeschichte, der Geschichte der Ästhetisierung von Gewalt und der Medialisierung von Affekten nutzbar. Die Analyse dieser Themenfelder gibt Aufschluss über einschneidende mentalitätsgeschichtliche Veränderungen im Umgang mit Trauer und Tod am Übergang von der Hohen Kaiserzeit zur Spätantike. Grundlage der Untersuchung bildet die Erörterung grundsätzlicher Fragen zu Verwendungsmodi und Aktualisierungsstrategien mythologischer Bilder in der römischen Sepulkralkunst. Dabei liegt der Fokus auf den deutlich ausgeprägten, in jüngeren Studien jedoch oft vernachlässigten narrativen Qualitäten der dramatischen Mythenbilder.

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Inside the Academy tells the stories of a talented set of footballers spanning a quarter-century, exploring childhood aspirations and what became of them. It lifts the lid on teenage training grounds and what it takes to even come close to being a Premier League player.From Bobby Moore to Declan Rice, West Ham United has a proud history of cultivating young talent. Yet their 2023 FA Youth Cup triumph came against a backdrop of complaints about congested pathways to first-team football and inflated pay packets quelling ambition. These concerns are not unique to West Ham; they are symptomatic of the modern game.This book offers an insight into what life as a young footballer is really like, via interviews with people who''ve lived and breathed the game over the past 25 years. It''s a must-read for anyone who wonders why child prodigies don''t always become professionals and what happens to those who don''t make it to the top.

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The final showdown for the legendary yokai!In the seventh volume of Shigeru Mizuki's defining series, our beloved hero Kitaro stands accused of exposing the secret yokai world on television. He is put on trial for crimes against yokai. Witnesses are called from both sides, but when Nezumi Otoko takes the stand, all bets are off. Will Nezumi Otoko be for Kitaro or against him? Only the biggest bribe will tell!The Trial of Kitaro features five bizarre and amusing adventures. In every story, Kitaro has his hands full. He faces off against Kasha, a vicious demon cat; tries to quell a magical cooking pot; battes a sea monster; and solves the mystery of a three-eyed bird.This volume features comics from the late 1960s, which was the golden age of GeGeGe no Kitaro. These stories appear in English for the first time in a kid-friendly edition, with translations by the Mizuki scholar and series translator Zack Davisson. The Trial of Kitaro also con

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A restless New York artist searching for purpose returns to Barbados and stumbles into the role of activist in this scathingly funny and brilliantly observed satire about privilege, family discord, and performative do-gooding.Dark, lanky, and bald, New York-raised photographer Sabre Cumberbatch can’t tell if she’s highly talented or just highly Instagrammable. Up to here with art critics and their gaseous praise, Sabre returns to Barbados, her childhood island home, to water her roots. She needs to quell self-doubt by doing something—anything—profoundly important.Welcoming her with bejeweled open arms is her aunt Aggie, a fearsome high-society attorney eager to show off her famous American niece. When Sabre witnesses Aggie unleash her wrath on the household staff over a minor mistake, Sabre finds her cause. During an interview for a puff piece about art, Sabre goes off-script and takes a righteous stand against the tyranny of the ruling c

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Werden nur solche Menschen, die in ihrem Leben zum Glauben an Jesus Christus finden und sich taufen lassen, Gottes Heil im Diesseits und im Jenseits erfahren? Die christlichen Konfessionen haben eine unterschiedliche Geschichte mit dieser Fragestellung. Zugleich gibt es auch viele Gemeinsamkeiten in der Reflexion dieser Thematik, deren Quelle das gemeinsame Studium der biblischen Schriften ist. Der Ökumenische Arbeitskreis evangelischer und katholischer Theologen nimmt sich erstmals einer Thematik an, die nicht im engeren Sinn kontroverstheologisch ist: Jenseits des konfessionellen Streits über die rechte Gestalt der Kirche ist in der interreligiösen Gesprächssituation heute zu bedenken, welche Wege zum Heil aus christlicher Sicht allen Menschen offen stehen. Die Autorinnen und Autoren geben darauf eine Antwort, bei der bibeltheologische, historische, systematisch-theologische und auch praktische Themen aufgenommen werden.

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Der berühmte Liebesroman wurde um 1200/1220 verfasst. Der Tristan-Stoff ist gemeineuropäisch; Gottfrieds direkte Quelle ist vermutlich die Fassung des Thomas von Britanje. Der Roman erzählt, wie Tristan Isolde kennen lernt und wie die Ehebruchsbeziehung der beiden Liebenden verläuft. Denn Isolde ist mit Marke verheiratet, aber durch den verhängnisvollen Zaubertrank an Tristan gebunden. Das Dreiecksverhältnis bleibt nicht unverborgen, doch immer wieder kann Marke von der Keuschheit des Paares überzeugt werden, u.a. in der berühmten Minnegrotten-Szene, in der Marke die beiden unschuldig schlafend findet. Schließlich muss Tristan aber doch aus Cornwall fliehen. Der Roman bricht ab mit der Erzählung von Isolde Weißhand, in der Tristan sich in der Fremde verliebt. – Der Roman ist höchst kunstvoll komponiert und gehört neben Wolframs "Parzival" zu den Gipfelleistungen der deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters. Der Marold'sche Text ist die bis heute gültige Standardedition. Die Ausgabe bietet in Band 1 den mittelhochdeutschen Originaltext von Gottfrieds Tristan-Fragment sowie in Band 2 eine moderne Übersetzung und eine umfassende Einführung in das Werk.

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Ce volume est né de l'exigence de faire la lumière sur la doctrine aristotélicienne des quatre causes et sur l'une des questions fondamentales qu'elle soulève: peut-on réduire les quatre causes à une définition unitaire? Et dans ce cas, exprime-t-elle une explication subjective ou une connexion réelle? Et s'il s'agit d'une connexion réelle, de quelle connexion s'agit-il ? A la lumière de cette interrogation capitale, les contributions présentées dans ce volume se proposent d'offrir une présentation complète de la doctrine aristotélicienne des quatre causes en soulignant leur rôle et leurs fonctions spécifiques aussi bien dans les contextes théorétiques que dans les contextes pratiques. L'enquête a été élargie, en amont, aux causes dans le corpus Hippocraticum et à l'usage de aitia chez Platon et, en aval, à l'interprétation d'Alexandre d'Aphrodise et à une interprétation moderne, celle des causal powers.

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Born a stone's throw from the church and educated at the village school, Ernest Ambrose was brought up to respect God, his parents, Long Melford's two local squires and the rector. That didn't mean rural Suffolk life in the nineteenth century was quiet. Poaching was rife, the excesses of the Whitsun fair were an annual highlight, and young Ernie's friends risked their necks to master the new-fangled 'high bikes', or penny farthings. He witnessed the legendary street-battle when factory workers from neighbouring Glemsford stormed the village, the violence only quelled by a bayoneted militia. With the rest of his generation, he went off to war in Flanders. And, as the church organist in another nearby village, he heard at first hand the accounts of the hauntings that would make Borley Rectory a nationwide media sensation. Looking back in his tenth decade, he describes a vanished world of rural customs and culture with wit, intelligence and a freshness of observation that have made Melford Memories - now reissued on the 50th anniversary of its first publication - a much-loved Suffolk classic.

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Cet ouvrage amorce un dialogue entre théologiens chrétiens et musulmans sur la façon dont les premiers considèrentl’islam et sur les questions qu’il éveille chez eux. M. Younès (UCLyon) introduit le questioonnement d’ensemble sur la base d’un rapide regard historique. G. S. Reynolds (Notre-Dame, USA) propose sa vision du Coran comme écrit parénétique. Kl. von Stosch (Paderborn) montre à quelles conditions un chrétien peut voir en Muhammad un «Prophète». H. de La Hougue (Paris) interroge la conception de Dieu respective des deux religions, et M. Borrmans (Rome) et M. Younès livrent leurs réflexions sur les principaux actes cultuels en islam, notamment à la lumière de Vatican II. Entrant ensuite dans le dialogue, deux théologiens musulmans disent ce que leur inspire la lecture des textes précédents. R. Benzine (Trappes) livre ses réfl exions critiques avec franchise, soulignant notamment les points de désaccord. Quant à A. Mokrani (Rome), il propose un exemple de ce que pourrait être une approche musulmane de dogmes centraux du christianisme.

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Cet ouvrage s'attache a l'expression et aux manifestations simultanees du "temps" et de l'"espace", en focalisant l'attention sur les faits de langue et de culture qui revelent des transitions, des rencontres et des intersections entre ces univers notionnels. A partir de l'etude de langues (afro-asiatique, Niger-Congo, dravidienne, amerindienne...), de cultures et d'organisations sociales (rurale, citadine, nomade) pour l'essentiel non europeennes, il participe au debat concernant l'orientation que peuvent prendre ces echanges. Qu'en est-il du processus d'emprunt metaphorique qui, dans les langues europeennes, parait operer de facon preferentielle "de l'espace vers le temps"? Y a-t-il des cultures moins "spatialisantes" que d'autres? Quelle place accorder aux facteurs enonciatifs et pragmatiques dans l'apprehension de la relation "temps - espace"?C'est en prenant appui sur des formes variees de productions orales (recits d'itineraires reels ou imaginaires, entretiens, fragments de litterature orale...) recueillies sur leurs terrains, que les contributeurs a cet ouvrage, linguistes et anthropologues, prennent part au debat.

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Bibelauslegung - das wird von Theologen manchmal vergessen - ist nicht das Privileg von Gelehrten innerhalb der Mauern der Universitat oder von Predigern auf der Kanzel, sondern geschieht ebenso am Schreibtisch des Romanschreibers, des Poeten, des Librettisten und Komponisten, im Atelier des bildenden Kunstlers und in den Filmstudios von Hollywood. Die Bibelauslegung nahm einst ihren Anfang, aber ist keineswegs an ihr Ende gekommen. Schon bevor die Grenzen der Bibelbucher festgelegt waren, fand Auslegung statt. Sobald die Grenzen der Bucher fixiert waren, wurden sie die Quelle eines immer breiter anschwellenden Stroms der Auslegung in unterschiedlichen Formen, die zusammen eine faszinierende, sich noch immer weiter ausbreitende Welt bilden. Anhand der herausfordernden Erzahlungen uber den Helden Simson, wie er in den Kapiteln 13-16 im Bibelbuch Richter beschrieben wird, wird der Leser in diesen Studien in die Welt der Interpretation eingefuhrt und ihm ein Eindruck der vielgestaltigen und reich schattierten Formen der Auslegung vermittelt.

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How can we unmask the vested interests behind capital's 'cultural' urban agenda? Limits to Culture pits grass-roots cultural dissent against capital's continuing project of control via urban planning. In the 1980s, notions of the 'creative class' were expressed though a cultural turn in urban policy towards the 'creative city'. De-industrialisation created a shift away from how people understood and used urban space, and consequently, gentrification spread. With it came the elimination of diversity and urban dynamism - new art museums and cultural or heritage quarters lent a creative mask to urban redevelopment. This book examines this process from the 1960s to the present day, revealing how the notion of 'creativity' been neutered in order to quell dissent. In the 1960s, creativity was identified with revolt, yet from the 1980s onwards it was subsumed in consumerism, which continued in the 1990s through cool Britannia culture and its international reflections. Today, austerity and the scarcity of public money reveal how the illusory creative city has given way to reveal its hollow interior, through urban clearances and underdevelopment.

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