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Men's Bodies, Men's Gods
Men's Bodies, Men's Gods explores the intersection of body, religion, and culture from the specific perspective of male identities. How are male bodies constructed in different historical periods and contexts? How do race, ethnicity, and sexual preference impact on the intersection of male bodies and religious identity? Does Christianity provide models to cope with the aging and ailing male body? Does it provide models for intimacy between men and women? Between men and men? And, how do men reflect the carnal dimensions of power, abuse, and justice?
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.
Contemporary Populism
The fundamental question uniting the contributions to this volume is: what exactly is populism? This is certainly not a new question, as a large amount of literature has focused on this topic for more than half a century. As little conceptual consensus has been reached so far, this book aims to reduce the level of abstraction. To this end, it approaches the populist phenomenon from a broader theoretical and empirical perspective, making reference to its developments on several continents. The book is divided into two parts: the first is theoretical and discusses various perspectives on populism, while the second is empirical and emphasises the diversity of the forms populism has embraced thr...
Bjørn Melhus
Bjorn Melhus is a video artist who has not only consummately mastered film language and digital image technology, but who, with the theme of the twin or Doppelganger, has also found a way to connect our time's most current themes: du bist nicht allein -- you are not alone is the horror vision of cloning humans and the question of the maintenance of an identity and self in the epoch of rapidly changing cultural identities and their media reflections. Bjorn Melhus deals with pop culture's worlds of image and sound in a seemingly playful way. By playing all the roles in his films himself, Melhus embodies an inner division that concerns us all. Where is the boundary between the I and the You? What patterns of action and experience influence us, now that even childhood is plugged in to the worlds of commercial film and television? What kinds of projection surfaces confront us? Are we manipulated, or do we manipulate ourselves? Book jacket.
Alte Seelen I: Die Macht der Erinnerung
Ein spannend-grusliger Dark-Fantasy-Roman in Englands Residenzstadt London. Ein jahrhundertealter Krieg um die Seelen der Menschheit tobt zwischen einer düsteren Bruderschaft und dem Ortus Solis, einem Zirkel aus magisch Begabten, die ihre Macht aus den Energien vergangener Inkarnationen ziehen. Als Steve, Bjorn, Albert und Shornee durch den Ortus Solis rekrutiert werden, gerät ihre Welt völlig aus den Fugen. Während sich die Erinnerungen an frühere Leben immer weiter nach oben arbeiten, sehen sie sich mit unerklärlichen Kräften und grausamen Kreaturen konfrontiert. Das diabolische Netz der Bruderschaft zieht sich immer weiter zu, bis sie niemandem mehr vertrauen können, außer ihrer Freundschaft. Was steckt hinter der alten Legende des Jägers? Woher kommt der plötzliche Schönheitswahn von Shornees Mutter? Und wer ist der Typ mit den Gummibärchen? Ein actionreiches Abenteuer voller Magie, Intrigen und schwarzem Humor.
Egalitarian Dynamics
Liminality: the state of being ‘betwixt and between’ is one of anthropology’s most influential concepts. This volume reconsiders Victor Turner’s innovative extension of Arnold Van Gennep’s concept of liminality from within the Manchester tradition of Social Anthropology established by Max Gluckman. Turner’s work was grounded in ethnography and engaged with philosophical perspectives in varied socio-historical contexts, extending well-beyond the confines of the anthropology that initially inspired much of his work. Liminality has therefore become a concept with broad interdisciplinary reach. Engaging with topical issues across the globe – from neuroscience to open access publishing and refugee experiences in Europe – this volume launches Turner’s fundamental work into the future.
Strategies for Peace
How can sustainable peace be achieved? The book identifies potential supranational, state and non-state actors involved in peacebuilding processes. Further - more, it develops strategies to address the problems and dilemmas of international peacebuilding. An important contribution to a highly topical debate. Hopes for a less conflict-prone world after the end of the Cold War were bitterly disappointed. Instead, the international community is faced with protracted wars and violent conflicts today. In addition, social, economic and cultural insecurities as well as fragile statehood challenge the post-Westphalian environment. As a result, scholars and policy-makers alike are trying to develop viable strategies for sustainable peace. The book contributes to this debate, as it illustrates current research results on the topic and addresses the complex problems and dilemmas that various international peace - building actors are confronted with.
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An Unworthy Future
It is difficult to find an area of public policy more plagued by misunderstanding than energy policy. Even worse, every time the subject is raised, we are obligated to get mired in pointless arguments about the weather. This book helps set the record straight. Not convinced? Consider some of these inconvenient truths: The cost of green energy climate remediation is anywhere from 10-to-1,000 times greater than the damage from the climate change it attempts to alleviate. Germany, the worlds leader in solar energy, will spend more than $280 billion by 2030 on solar subsidies. But all of that investment will only forestall 22nd century global warming by 37 hours. Obamas carbon tax would cost Ame...
