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113 produkter
113 produkter
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
571 kr
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The humanities include disciplines as diverse as literary theory, linguistics, history, film studies, theology, and philosophy. Do these various fields of study have anything in common that distinguishes them from, say, physics or sociology? The tripartite division between the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities may seem self-evident, but it only arose during the course of the 19th century and is still contested today.'History and Philosophy of the Humanities: An Introduction' presents a reasoned overview of the conceptual and historical backgrounds of the humanities. In four sections, it discusses:- the most influential views on scientific knowledge from Aristotle to Thomas Kuhn;- the birth of the modern humanities and its relation to the natural and social sciences;- the various methodological schools and conceptual issues in the humanities;- several themes that set the agenda for current debates in the humanities: critiques of modernity; gender, sexuality and identity; and postcolonialism.Thus, it provides students in the humanities with a comprehensive understanding of the backgrounds of their own discipline, its relation to other disciplines, and the state of the art of the humanities at large.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
1 827 kr
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In more than 500 photographs, many published here for the first time, the volume records Vietnam’s capture and occupation by the French, the wide-ranging ethnicities and cultures of Vietnam, the country’s fierce resistance to foreign rule, leading to the reassertion of its own identity and subsequent independence.
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Häftad, Engelska, 2026
389 kr
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In the early modern period Amsterdam developed into the largest Jewish urban centre in Europe. Its rabbis had to navigate the intersections of urban dynamics, communal tensions, and diasporic entanglements. This book considers the individuals who made up the rabbinate of Amsterdam in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the particular challenges (and successes) they had in building and preserving Jewish communities in the Dutch Republic. These rabbis faced formidable new challenges to their authority, unlike what their medieval predecessors encountered. Among these were building a religiously, intellectually, socially, and economically thriving community on the banks of the Amstel while integrating immigrants from the Iberian Peninsula and Central and Eastern Europe; the reintegration of former conversos into normative Judaism; the greater separation of administrative and religious leadership, with lay leaders taking over communal responsibilities and prerogatives formerly held by rabbis; new organization of rabbinic training; and changes in titles. The early modern rabbi was thus quite distinct not only from his medieval predecessors, but also from his modern successors, and Amsterdam was one site where the institution of the rabbinate found its rearticulation.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
360 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2019
865 kr
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This study revolves around the issue of the participation of juvenile defendants in the youth court. In total, the cases of 3,019 juvenile defendants have been observed in youth courts and other competent administrative bodies in juvenile justice in 11 European countries.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
400 kr
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The history of the university, as told by Klaas van Berkel and Guus Termeer, ends with a short paragraph on the impact of the corona crisis.
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
1 012 kr
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Books on art history are nearly always lavishly illustrated with quality colour reproductions of famous masterpieces. Yet this has not always been the case: it was only in the eighteenth century that art books came to be illustrated with beautiful images. Picturing Art History shows how the fundamentally new notion of the history of art as a visual history was responsible for this development. In the age before photography, paper collections of prints and drawings offered the only way to picture the artistic past. For the first time, illustrations became indispensable toolsas the new belief grew that art works rather than artists were the measure of the artistic past. Internationally renowned art scholars such as Bottari (1689-1775), Winckelmann (1717-1768) and d’Agincourt (1730-1814) collected reproductions in the form of prints and drawings, triggering discussions of the nature of illustrations as representations of art, classification of reproductions to demonstrate trends in art history, and the relationship between image and text in the art literature. With the help of illustrations, art history became an extraordinary visual experience, vital to the understanding of the history of art.
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
1 113 kr
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Relating to the current interest in the historiography of art history, this illuminating study offers a valuable contribution to the discussion surrounding its principles and values.
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
1 113 kr
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The first step towards the development of a comparative history of the humanities.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
982 kr
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This is the first full-length account of the history and working practices of Amsterdam’s Mickery Theater. Between 1965 and 1991 under its noted director Ritsaert ten Cate, Mickery became renowned worldwide for promoting and presenting significant international alternative theatre companies including La Mama, Tenjo Sajiki and the Wooster Group, and for staging its own innovative productions. Combining archival research, oral history, field observation, and drawing on personal accounts of key participants, the book illuminates the singular importance of Mickery, while evoking the unique atmosphere of both the building and the art that it nurtured.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
1 184 kr
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An extensive historical analysis of utopian narratives in the Chinese and Euro-American traditions.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
735 kr
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The current Dutch population counts two million non-Western migrants.Postcolonial Netherlands, which elicited much praise but also controversy following the publication of its Dutch edition, is the first scholarly monograph to address these themes in an internationally comparative framework.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
782 kr
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From Michel Houellebecq to Zadie Smith, from Javier Marías to Arnon Grunberg: this study takes its reader on a tour of European literature and the critical discussion around it.
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
1 113 kr
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Kuitenbrouwer offers fascinating insights into the rise of organisations that tried to improve the ties between the Netherlands and South Africa and in that capacity became important links in the international network that distributed propaganda for the Boers.
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
735 kr
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Installation art has become mainstream in artistic practices. By analysing three in-depth case studies, the author sheds new light on the key concepts of traditional conservation (authenticity, artist’s intention, and the notion of ownership) while exploring how these concepts apply in contemporary art conservation.
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
1 113 kr
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Volume III in the first comparative history of the humanities, focusing on the period 1850-2000.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
1 491 kr
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An in-depth exploration of the international phenomenon of enlightened paternalist capitalism and social engineering in the golden age of capitalism.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
2 664 kr
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Surrealism and the Occult offers a fresh view of the debate whether Surrealism was involved with occultism and the esoteric or not, with special examination of the movement's leadership by its founder, André Breton.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
866 kr
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How can multinational companies develop a set of new collaborative business models that can contribute to increased system resilience of cities, regions or countries? Aggressively forward-thinking, and consistent with an enlightened self-interest, the ideas considered here represent a corporate perspective on the broad collaborations required for a more resilient world.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
2 045 kr
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The phenomenon of cancer villages has emerged in many parts of rural China, drawing media attention and becoming a fact of social life. However, the relationship between pollution and disease is often hard to discern. Through sociological analysis of several villages with different social and economic structures, the authors offer a comprehensive, historically grounded analysis of the coexistence between the incidence of cancer, environmental pollution and villagers’ lifestyles, as well as the perceptions, claims and responses of different actors. They situate the appearance of cancer villages in the context of social, economic and cultural change in China, tracing the evolution of the issue over two decades, and providing deep insights into the complex interactions and trade-offs between economic growth, environmental change and public health.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 491 kr
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This book provides a systematic overview of the global city debate and competing theoretical notions, as well as an argument for the need to test the framework's empirical validity before the unresolved questions can be fruitfully addressed.
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
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Gregor Langfeld argues that National Socialism played a crucial role in the canonization of movements such as Expressionism and the Bauhaus and offers important new insights into the political and ideological motivations behind the New York art world's fluctuations in opinion, fashion, and price.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
1 827 kr
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This collection of essays explores the development of electronic sound recording in Japanese cinema, radio, and popular music to illuminate the interrelationship of aesthetics, technology, and cultural modernity in prewar Japan.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
2 047 kr
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The essays in this interdisciplinary volume use the example of Dutch society and a wealth of empirical data to propose a novel theory about the ambivalent relation between contemporary life and human nature.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
1 972 kr
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This study presents fresh interpretations of the works of Paul the Deacon (c. 720-799), which are vital to understanding the history of Italy and Western Europe in the Middle Ages.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
1 774 kr
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This book explores the tradition, impact, and contemporary relevance of two key ideas from Western Marxism: Georg Lukács's concept of reification and Guy Debord's concept of the spectacle.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
2 057 kr
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In this book scholars in media, visual culture and the arts propose studies of bodies of stone.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
1 536 kr
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Using the example of Amsterdam's Concertgebouw in the nineteenth century, Cressman shows how its design was in part intended to help discipline and educate concert audiences to listen attentively.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
2 098 kr
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This volume brings together a number of contributors to look at how and why certain writers have attained celebrity throughout history.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
1 845 kr
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This is the first monograph to thoroughly analyse Benjamin’s film writings, contextualizing them within his oeuvre whilst also paying attention to the various films, actors, and directors that sparked his interest.