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In the Embrace of the Swan
Myths determine the way cultures understand themselves. The papers in this volume examine culturally specific myths in Britain and the German-speaking world, and compare approaches to the theory of myth, together with the ways in which mythological formations operate in literature, aesthetics and politics ‐ with a focus on the period around 1800. They enquire into the consequences of myth-oriented discourses for the way in which these two cultures understand each other, and in this way make a significant contribution to a more profound approach to intercultural research.
Der Anspruch
Der Anspruch ist die Zentralkategorie des Privatrechts. Seine Legaldefinition ( 194 Abs. 1 BGB) verleiht dem "Anspruch" eine gewisse Stabilitat und jeder Jurist bedient sich des Kriteriums alltaglich ohne weiteres Hinterfragen. Nahere Betrachtung erhellt indessen, dass das Anspruchskriterium mit einer ganzen Reihe von Unsicherheiten verbunden ist. Deren Relevanz illustriert das Problem der Anspruchsentstehung als Anknupfungspunkt fur den Verjahrungsbeginn. Aufbauend auf den historischen Grundlagen und einem rechtsvergleichenden Seitenblick prazisiert Thomas Winkelmann das Anspruchskriterium funktional-teleologisch: Der Anspruch hat privatrechtsubergreifend ausschliesslich in der Funktion als rechtsverwirklichendes Schutzrecht einen sinnvollen Gehalt. Die Anspruchsentstehung lasst sich deshalb universell in Abhangigkeit von einer Rechtsverletzung bestimmen. Dieser Ansatz erlaubt es, uberall dort, wo das geltende Recht an den Anspruch anknupft, Probleme prazise und widerspruchsfrei zu losen.
Norse Revival
Norse Revival offers a thorough investigation of Germanic Neopaganism (Asatru) through an international and comprehensive historical perspective. It traces Germanic Neopaganism’s genesis in German ultra-nationalist and occultist movements around 1900. Based on ethnographic research of contemporary groups in Germany, Scandinavia and North America, the book examines this alternative Neopagan religion’s transformations towards respectability and mainstream thought after the 1970s. It asks which regressive and progressive elements of a National Romantic discourse on Norse myth have shaped Germanic Neopaganism. It demonstrates how these ambiguous ideas about Nordic myth permeate general discourses on race, religion, gender, sexuality, and aesthetics. Ultimately, Norse Revival raises the question whether Norse mythology can be freed from its reactionary ideological baggage.
Neural Tissue Transplantation Research
During the last decade research on neural transplantation in mammals has grown extensively, and has attracted the attention of many young inquisitive scientists. This growth, as the critics point out, has been somewhat random, and has resulted neither in the formulation of basic concepts nor in any other significant achievement. For instance, they question-how is it possible to jump into functional research with clinical bearing when the basic morphological work has not yet been conducted? The criticism, objectively speaking, is valid and is supported by the fact that every investigator who has stepped into this unex plored field of neurosciences has formulated questions in his own way, has ...
Health Design Thinking, second edition
A practice-based guide to applying the principles of human-centered design to real-world health challenges; updated and expanded with post–COVID-19 innovations. This book offers a practice-based guide to applying the principles of human-centered design to real-world health challenges that range from drug packaging to breast cancer detection. Written by pioneers in the field—Bon Ku, a physician leader in innovative health design, and Ellen Lupton, an award-winning graphic designer—the book outlines the fundamentals of design thinking and highlights important products, prototypes, and research in health design. This revised and expanded edition describes innovations developed in response...
The Chinese Recorder Index
The Chinese Recorder Index is the only complete index and research guide to the Chinese Recorder andissionary Recorder. The core of this monumental work is three separate indexes: p liThe Persons Index includes every individual who is mentioned at least four times over the run of the journal. Index entries for each person are keyed to indicate the location of such biographical information as his or her title, denominational affiliation, dates and locations of service in China, and names of spouse and children, as well as any articles he or she contributed to the Recorder./lip liThe Missions and Organizations Index includes references to mission locations, personnel, finances, converts made, attacks sustained, and other data, and to hospitals, schools, opium refuges, and orphanages./lip liThe Subject Index includes references to the many topics covered in the Recorder./lip Following these indexes are lists that provide quick reference to specific information, such as persons and missions by location, women, and medical doctors.
Globalisation
In recent years, the integration of goods, capital and financial markets has progressed on a global scale. The 66th annual meeting of the Association of German Economics Research Institutes (ARGE) focused on the question of national macroeconomic policies in an environment of increasingly interdependent business cycles.In the first paper of the volume, Koll gives a general introduction to the history of business cycles co-movement. Koll also highlights the responsibility of national governments as global players.The first section deals with the evolution of business cycle synchronization. Flaig, Sturm and Woitek conclude that, while the oil shocks of the 70s induced strong co-movements in bu...
The European Reform Logjam and the Economics of Reform
Europa tut sich schwer mit wirtschaftspolitischen Strukturreformen. Oft widersetzen sich vor allem größere EU-Länder ganz dem Druck zur Veränderung, oder es werden nur partielle Reformen durchgeführt. Doch Verzögerungen von Reformen sind mit hohen volkswirtschaftlichen Kosten verbunden: Dazu gehören Wachstums- und Beschäftigungsverluste. Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Forschungsinstitute hat darum anlässlich ihrer 67. Wissenschaftlichen Tagung Gründe für und Wege aus dem "Reformstau in Europa" gesucht. Erstmalig wurde die Tagung in Kooperation mit einem anderen Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitut, dem Centre for European Policy Studies (Brüssel), durchg...
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Arctic Discourses
Both fictional and non-fictional accounts of the Arctic have long been a major source of powerful images of the region, and have thus had a crucial part to play in the history of human activities there. This volume provides a wide-reaching investigation into the discourses involved in such accounts, above all into the consolidation of a discourse of “Arcticism” (modelled on Edward Said’s concept of “Orientalism”), but also into the many intersecting discourses of imperialism, nationalism, masculinity, modernity, geography, science, race, ecology, indigeneity, aesthetics, etc. Perspectives originating from inside and outside the Arctic, along with hybrid positions, are examined, wit...
