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117 produkter
Muslim Brotherhood
Ideology, History, Descendants
Häftad, 2022
459 kr
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The Muslim Brotherhood is often represented in mainstream media as a theocratic organisation that preaches Qur’an-based violence and is out to grab power in the West. As this book shows, such representations are wrought with prejudice and oversimplification; the organisation is in reality much more …
History and Philosophy of the Humanities
An Introduction
Av Gerard Vries
Häftad, 2019
597 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 …
Making Media
Production, Practices, and Professions
Häftad, 2019
446 kr
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It uncovers what it means and what it takes to make media, focusing on the lived experience of media professionals within the global media, including case studies of the main media industries/ professions: television, journalism, social media entertainment, advertising/public relations, digital …
Wellbeing Economics
How and Why Economics Needs to Change
Av Nicky Pouw
Häftad, 2020
308 kr
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Amidst rising global inequality, migration, climate change, health pandemics, and deepening poverty, it is time to redirect our economy towards more sustainable and socially just processes and outcomes.In 'Wellbeing Economics' Nicky Pouw puts forward a new framework that places human wellbeing at …
Early Photography in Vietnam
Inbunden, 2020
1892 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 …
Early Modern Rabbis of Amsterdam: Urban Dynamics, Communal Tensions, and Diasporic Entanglement
Studia Rosenthaliana. Volume 2025, 51-1/2
Av Bart Wallet
Häftad, 2026
402 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 …
7 Roles to Create Sustainable Success
A Practical Guide for Sustainability and CSR Professionals
Häftad, 2020
372 kr
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Which roles and practices do you adopt to effectively guide businesses towards a sustainable future? And what skills and competencies do you need to establish sustainable transformation? In '7 Roles to Create Sustainable Success', Carola Wijdoogen shares the insights of 25 professionals around the …
Participation of Juvenile Defendants in the Youth Court
A Comparative Study of Juvenile Justice Procedures in Europe
Häftad, 2019
934 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.
University of Groningen in the World
A Concise History
Av Klaas van Berkel, Guus Termeer
Inbunden, 2021
788 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.
Picturing Art History
The Rise of the Illustrated History of Art in the Eighteenth Century
Häftad, 2010
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1091 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 …
Looking for Lines
Theories on the Essence of Art and the Problem of Mannerism
Häftad, 2010
1213 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.
Making of the Humanities
Volume 1 - Early Modern Europe
Häftad, 2010
1213 kr
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This book is the first step towards the development of a comparative history of the humanities. Specialists in philology, musicology, art history, linguistics, literary theory, and other disciplines highlight the intertwining of the various fields and their impact on the sciences. This first volume …
Mickery Theater
An Imperfect Archaeology
Av Mike Pearson
Häftad, 2011
1061 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 …
Perfect Worlds
Utopian Fiction in China and the West
Av Fokkema
Häftad, 2011
1290 kr
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Perfect Worlds offers an extensive historical analysis of utopian narratives in the Chinese and Euro-American traditions. This comparative study discusses, among other things, More’s criticism of Plato, the European orientalist search for utopia in China, Wells’s Modern Utopia and his talk with …
Postcolonial Netherlands
Sixty-five Years of Forgetting, Commemorating, Silencing
Häftad, 2011
790 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.
Reconsidering the Postmodern
European Literature Beyond Relativism
Av Thomas Vaessens, Yra van Dijk
Häftad, 2011
841 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.
War of Words
Dutch Pro-Boer Propaganda and the South African War (1899-1902)
Häftad, 2012
1213 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.
Installation Art and the Museum
Presentation and Conservation of Changing Artworks
Häftad, 2013
790 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 …
Making of the Humanities, Volume III
The Modern Humanities
Häftad, 2014
1213 kr
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This comprehensive history of the humanities focuses on the modern period (1850-2000). The contributors, including Floris Cohen, Lorraine Daston and Ingrid Rowland, survey the rise of the humanities in interaction with the natural and social sciences, offering new perspectives on the interaction …
Capitalist Workingman's Paradises Revisited
Corporate Welfare Work in Great Britain, the USA, Germany and France in the Golden Age of Capitalism, 1880-1930
Av Erik de Gier
Inbunden, 2016
1837 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.
Surrealism and the Occult
Occultism and Western Esotericism in the Work and Movement of André Breton
Inbunden, 2014
2759 kr
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This book offers a new perspective on a long-debated issue: the role of the occult in surrealism, in particular under the leadership of French writer Andre Breton. Based on thorough source analysis, this study details how our understanding of occultism and esotericism, as well as of their function …
Turbulence
A Corporate Perspective on Collaborating for Resilience
Inbunden, 2014
1032 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 …
Chinese "Cancer Villages"
Rural Development, Environmental Change and Public Health
Av Ajiang Chen, Pengli Cheng m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2208 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 …
Global City Debate Reconsidered
Economic Globalization in Contemporary Dutch Cities
Inbunden, 2015
1837 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.
German Art in New York
The Canonization of Modern Art 1904-1957
Häftad, 2015
1091 kr
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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.
Culture of the Sound Image in Prewar Japan
Av Michael Raine, Johan Nordström
Inbunden, 2020
2208 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.
Moral Sentiments in Modern Society
A New Answer to Classical Questions
Av Gabriël van den Brink, Gabriël van den Brink
Inbunden, 2016
2489 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.
Narrative Worlds of Paul the Deacon
Between Empires and Identities in Lombard Italy
Inbunden, 2017
2208 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.
Spell of Capital
Reification and Spectacle
Av Samir Gandesha, Johan Frederik Hartle
Inbunden, 2017
2144 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.
Bodies of Stone in the Media, Visual Culture and the Arts
Av Alessandra Violi, Barbara Grespi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2525 kr
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In this book scholars in media, visual culture and the arts propose studies of bodies of stone.
