Your email was sent successfully. Check your inbox.

An error occurred while sending the email. Please try again.

Proceed reservation?

Export
Filter
  • English  (18)
  • 2010-2014  (18)
  • Cambridge : Cambridge University Press  (17)
  • Cham : Springer International Publishing
  • Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell
  • Gesellschaft  (11)
  • Kultur  (7)
  • Ethnology  (12)
  • Geography  (3)
  • Romance Studies  (2)
  • Biology  (1)
Datasource
Material
Language
  • English  (18)
Years
Year
Subjects(RVK)
  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107337879
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages)
    Uniform Title: Essays
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 303.48/3
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Gesellschaft ; Naturwissenschaft ; Science / Social aspects ; Gesellschaft ; Wissenschaftsethik ; Naturwissenschaften ; Naturwissenschaften ; Wissenschaftsethik ; Gesellschaft
    Abstract: Does science have limits? Where does order come from? Can we understand consciousness? Written by Nobel Laureate Leon N. Cooper, this book places pressing scientific questions in the broader context of how they relate to human experience. Widely considered to be a highly original thinker, Cooper has written and given talks on a large variety of subjects, ranging from the relationship between art and science, possible limits of science, to the relevance of the Turing test. These essays and talks have been brought together for the first time in this fascinating book, giving readers an opportunity to experience Cooper's unique perspective on a range of subjects. Tackling a diverse spectrum of topics, from the conflict of faith and science to whether understanding neural networks could lead to machines that think like humans, this book will captivate anyone interested in the interaction of science with society
    Description / Table of Contents: Part One. Science and Society: 1. Science and human experience; 2. Does science undermine our values?; 3. Can science serve mankind?; 4. Modern science and contemporary discomfort : metaphor and reality; 5. Faith and science; 6. Art and science; 7. Fraud in science; 8. Why study science? The keys to the cathedral; 9. Is evolution a theory? A modest proposal; 10. The silence of the second; 11. Introduction to Copenhagen; 12. The unpaid debt -- Part Two. Thought and Consciousness: 13. Source and limits of human intellect; 14. Neural networks; 15. Thought and mental experience : the Turing test; 16. Mind as machine : will we rubbish human experience?; 17. Memory and memories: a physicist's approach to the brain; 18. On the problem of consciousness -- Part Three. On the Nature and Limits of Science: 19. What is a good theory?; 20. Shall we deconstruct science?; 21. Visible and invisible in physical theory; 22. Experience and order; 23. The language of physics : on the role of mathematics in science; 24. The structure of space; 25. Superconductivity and other insoluble problems; 26. From gravity and light to consciousness : does science have limits?
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107261372
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 304.809415
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Geschichte 1900-2000 ; Geschichte 1945-1965 ; Geschichte ; Migration ; Irish / Great Britain / History / 20th century ; Irish / Great Britain / Social conditions / 20th century ; Auswanderung ; Kultur ; Literatur ; Großbritannien ; Irland ; Great Britain / Emigration and immigration / History / 20th century ; Ireland / Emigration and immigration / History ; Irland ; Irland ; Literatur ; Kultur ; Auswanderung ; Geschichte 1945-1965
    Abstract: Clair Wills's The Best Are Leaving is an important and wide-ranging study of post-war Irish emigrant culture. Wills analyses representations of emigrants from Ireland and of Irish immigrants in Britain across a range of discourses, including official documents, sociological texts, clerical literature, journalism, drama, literary fiction, and popular literature and film. This book, written by a leading critic of Irish literature and culture, discusses topics such as the loss of the finest people from rural Ireland and the destruction of traditional communities; the anxieties of women emigrants and their desire for the benefits of modern consumer society; the stereotype of the drunken Irishman; the charming and authentic country Irish in the city; and the ambiguous meanings of Irish Catholicism in England, which was viewed as both a threatening and civilising force. Wills explores this theme of emigration through writers as diverse as M. J. Molloy, John B. Keane, Tom Murphy, and Edna O'Brien
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 3
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781139050814
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xxi, 631 pages) , Diagramme
    Series Statement: Studies in environment and history
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 304.2/709
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Geschichte ; Klimaänderung ; Climatic changes / History ; Nature / Effect of human beings on ; Human beings / Effect of climate on ; World history ; Sozialgeschichte ; Klimaänderung ; Weltgeschichte ; Kultur ; Klimaänderung ; Kultur ; Weltgeschichte ; Sozialgeschichte
    Abstract: Climate Change and the Course of Global History presents the first global study by a historian to fully integrate the earth-system approach of the new climate science with the material history of humanity. Part I argues that geological, environmental, and climatic history explain the pattern and pace of biological and human evolution. Part II explores the environmental circumstances of the rise of agriculture and the state in the Early and Mid-Holocene, and presents an analysis of human health from the Paleolithic through the rise of the state. Part III introduces the problem of economic growth and examines the human condition in the Late Holocene from the Bronze Age through the Black Death. Part IV explores the move to modernity, stressing the emerging role of human economic and energy systems as earth-system agents in the Anthropocene. Supported by climatic, demographic, and economic data, this provides a pathbreaking model for historians of the environment, the world, and science
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 4
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107337688
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (ix, 426 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 394.2
    RVK:
    Keywords: Gesellschaft ; Politik ; Festivals ; Fasts and feasts ; Food supply / Social aspects ; Food supply / Political aspects ; Agriculture and politics
    Abstract: In this book, Brian Hayden provides the first comprehensive, theoretical work on the history of feasting in pre-industrial societies. As an important barometer of cultural change, feasting is at the forefront of theoretical developments in archaeology. The Power of Feasts chronicles the evolution of the practice from its first perceptible prehistoric presence to modern industrial times. This study explores recurring patterns in the dynamics of feasts as well as linkages to other aspects of culture such as food, personhood, cognition, power, politics, and economics. Analyzing detailed ethnographic and archaeological observations from a wide variety of cultures, including Oceania and Southeast Asia, the Americas, and Eurasia, Hayden illuminates the role of feasts as an invaluable insight into the social and political structures of past societies
    Description / Table of Contents: Before the feast : overview of the importance of feasting -- Food sharing and the primate foundations of feasting behavior by Suzanne Villeneuve -- Simple hunter/gatherers -- Transegalitarian hunter/gatherers -- Domesticating plants and animals for feasts -- The horticultural explosion -- Chiefs up the ante -- The first states -- Feasting in industrial societies
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 5
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9780511996443
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.80097309/04
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Boas, Franz ; Century of Progress International Exposition / (1933-1934 / Chicago, Ill.) / Exhibitions ; Geschichte 1900-2000 ; Geschichte ; Gesellschaft ; Physical anthropology / United States / History / 20th century ; Race / Social aspects / United States / History / 20th century ; Somatotypes / United States / History / 20th century ; Race awareness / United States / History / 20th century ; Racism in anthropology / United States / History / 20th century ; Rasse ; Anthropologie ; Ethnologie ; Geschichte ; USA ; USA ; Ausstellungskatalog ; Ausstellungskatalog ; USA ; Anthropologie ; Ethnologie ; Boas, Franz 1858-1942 ; Rasse ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Constructing Race helps unravel the complicated and intertwined history of race and science in America. Tracy Teslow explores how physical anthropologists in the twentieth century struggled to understand the complexity of human physical and cultural variation, and how their theories were disseminated to the public through art, museum exhibitions, books, and pamphlets. In their attempts to explain the history and nature of human peoples, anthropologists persistently saw both race and culture as critical components. This is at odds with a broadly accepted account that suggests racial science was fully rejected by scientists and the public following World War II. This book offers a corrective, showing that both race and culture informed how anthropologists and the public understood human variation from 1900 through the decades following the war. The book offers new insights into the work of Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict, and Ashley Montagu, as well as less well-known figures, including Harry Shapiro, Gene Weltfish, and Henry Field
    Description / Table of Contents: Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Race, anthropology, and the American public : an introductory essay -- 2. Franz Boas and race : history, environment, heredity -- 3. Order for a disordered world : The Races of Mankind at the Field Museum of Natural History -- 4. Mounting The Races of Mankind: anthropology and art, race and culture -- 5. Harry Shapiro's Boasian racial science -- 6. Rejecting race, embracing man? : Ruth Benedict's race and culture -- 7. Alternatives to race? : ethnicity, genetics, biology -- 8. Conclusion
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 6
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781139939447
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 272 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Contesting international society in East Asia
    DDC: 327.5
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Social structure ; Social structure ; East Asia ; East Asia ; Foreign relations ; East Asia Foreign relations ; Ostasien ; Gesellschaft ; Internationalität
    Abstract: Bringing together some of the most innovative scholars in both the English School of international relations and East Asian studies, this volume investigates whether or not significant and distinct international social structures exist at the regional level represented by 'East Asia', and what this can tell us about international society both regionally and globally. The book's main finding is that the regional dispute over how its states and peoples should relate to the Western-dominated global international society makes the existence of East Asian international society essentially contested. While this regional-global social dynamic is present in many regions, it is particularly strong in East Asia. This book will appeal to audiences interested in developing English School theory, the study of East Asian international relations and comparative regionalism
    Abstract: Introduction : interrogating regional international society in East Asia / Barry Buzan and Yongjin Zhang -- International societies in pre-modern East Asia : a preliminary framework / Feng Zhang -- Imagining 'Asia' : Japan and 'Asian' international society in modern history / Shogo Suzuki -- An East Asian international society today? The cultural dimension / David C. Kang -- Regional and global forces in East Asia's economic engagement with international society / Mark Beeson and Shaun Breslin -- Outside-in and inside-out : political ideology, the English School and East Asia / Alice D. Ba -- East Asia and the strategic 'deep rules' of international/regional society / Yuen Foong Khong -- East Asia as regional international society : the problem of great power management / Evelyn Goh -- Social boundaries in flux : secondary regional organizations as a reflection of regional international society / Rosemary Foot -- Conclusion : the contest over East Asian international society / Barry Buzan and Yongjin Zhang
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 7
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107588349
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xviii, 379 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 303.48/330954
    RVK:
    Keywords: Gesellschaft ; Information society / India ; Knowledge economy / India ; Information technology / Social aspects / India ; Soziale Identität ; Informationsgesellschaft ; Indien ; Indien ; Indien ; Informationsgesellschaft ; Soziale Identität
    Abstract: This book depicts the emergence of knowledge society across rural and urban spaces and among cross sections of social collectivities in India. It analyses the new economic momentum and socio-cultural milieu as set in motion with the emergence of this society. The ensuing impact on the pre-existing facets of social identity and marginality, and the processes of construction of new social identities therein are studied. This book delineates both the hope and despair, as produced with the arrival of the knowledge society, and identifies the scope and conditions of alternative choice and liberation for the people within the emerging socio-economic order of this society. Rich in empirical data, this monograph will interest students, researchers, teachers, policy planners and social activists
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction : conceptualising knowledge society : critical dimensions and ideal image -- Critiquing and contextualising knowledge society -- Strategising for knowledge society in India : the shifting backdrops and emerging contexts -- Education for knowledge society in India -- Information and communication technologies for knowledge society -- Indian growth story : service and knowledge dynamics -- Education, ICTs and work : the divergent empirical reality -- knowledge society : work, workers and work relations -- knowledge society : culture, continuity and contradictions -- Conclusion : marginality, identity, fluidity and beyond
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 8
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781139196178
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 311 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Jacka, Tamara, 1965 - Contemporary China
    DDC: 951.06
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Social change ; Social change ; China ; China ; Social conditions ; 2000- ; China Social conditions 2000- ; China ; Gesellschaft
    Abstract: China's rapid economic growth, modernization and globalization have led to astounding social changes. Contemporary China provides a fascinating portrayal of society and social change in the contemporary People's Republic of China. This book introduces readers to key sociological perspectives, themes and debates about Chinese society. It explores topics such as family life, citizenship, gender, ethnicity, labour, religion, education, class and rural/urban inequalities. It considers China's imperial past, the social and institutional legacies of the Maoist era, and the momentous forces shaping it in the present. It also emphasises diversity and multiplicity, encouraging readers to consider new perspectives and rethink Western stereotypes about China and its people. Real-life case studies illustrate the key features of social relations and change in China. Definitions of key terms, discussion questions and lists of further reading help consolidate learning. Including full-colour maps and photographs, this book offers remarkable insight into Chinese society and social change
    Abstract: Part I. Social institutions. Families, kinship and relatedness ; Marriage, intimacy, and sex ; Citizenship, household registration and migration ; Community institutions ; Work -- Part II. Cultures, socialization and the formation of identities. Religion, ritual and religiosity ; Ethnicity ; Education and the cultivation of citizens ; Modernity, youth identities and popular culture -- Part III. Inequalities, injustices and social responses. Class and stratification ; Regional, rural/urban and within-community inequalities ; The 'woman question' and gender inequalities ; Collective action and social change
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2014)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 9
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9780511620768
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 263 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.4/4/0944
    RVK:
    Keywords: Französisch ; Gesellschaft ; French language / Social aspects ; French language / Social aspects / Foreign countries ; Sociolinguistics ; Französisch ; Soziolinguistik ; Sprachgeografie ; Französisch ; Soziolinguistik ; Französisch ; Sprachgeografie
    Abstract: This book deals with the ways in which French is used in different circumstances and settings in France and abroad, with the language attitudes of French speakers and with language policy. It is concerned to examine not only the linguistic data, but also the social, political and economic environment in which contemporary French is used. At the same time it offers an introduction to contemporary sociolinguistic theory, methods and results. After a brief historical introduction and a review of approaches to regionalism, Professor Ager looks at such questions as the conflicts between standard French and regional languages such as Breton, the changing role of French in the world; the distinctiveness of social and professional varieties such as the language of the working class, scientists or immigrants and language variation correlating with interactional factors such as formality or medium. A final chapter deals with language attitude, language policy and language planning. This volume sets language information in its social context and shows how to investigate and evaluate both language variation and the social and political reaction to it
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 10
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 128077357X , 9781107010642 , 9781280773570 , 9781139378512
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (264 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Ethnolinguistics and Cultural Concepts : Truth, Love, Hate and War
    DDC: 306.44/089
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Ethnolinguistik ; Kultur ; Konzeption
    Abstract: An original approach to ethnolinguistics, discussing how abstract concepts such as love and hate are expressed across cultures and ethnicities
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Ethnolinguistics and Cultural Concepts; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1: Hope, Obama and the neoconservative worldview; Words of truth; Linguistic patterning; Beyond ideology; 2: Ethnolinguistics; Linguists and their problem with ethnolinguistics; Linguistics following Saussure; Six obstacles on the road to understanding ethnolinguistics; Defining and redefining ethnology; Repercussions for linguistics as a tradition; Humboldt, Bartminski, Wierzbicka and the ethnolinguistics project
    Description / Table of Contents: 3: The shapes of truth: a comparative study of converging and diverging tendencies in the construction of truth in English, French, German and CzechEstablishing the truth; Essence and family resemblance; Towards a new universalism - a languageless linguistics; Approaching truth; Verifying the truth; Translating 'truth'; The gender of 'truth'; Truth and right; Truth and honesty; Enlightenment; Truth as construction; The taste of truth; The depth of truth; Serving truth; Innovations; Truth's semantic structure in the lexicon; French; German; Czech; Metaphoric paths; Defining truth; 4: Love
    Description / Table of Contents: The languages of loveLove metaphors in English; Trilingual case study; Love, amour and láska; English love; Amour français; Ceská láska; Conclusions and reflections; Desire, désir and touha; Desire; Désir; Touha; The rhetoric of love and desire; Reification; Personification; Personified reification; Regrounded metaphors; Blends; Countering metaphors; Irony; Negated metaphors; Counter metaphors; Mirror metaphors; Paradoxical metaphors; Foregrounding; Conclusions; 5: Hate; Do we need hate?; Defining hate; Love, zeal, hate and God; Biblical rhetoric; Old Testament hate; New Testament hate
    Description / Table of Contents: A philology of hateThe etymology of hate; Synonyms and antonyms; Collocations and associations; Metaphoric construction of the concept of hate; Organism; Attack or weapon; Natural force; Water or liquid; Other; Translating hate; Shared origin: shared tradition?; What writers do with hate; Avoir la haine: having hate; The crusade against the Empire of Evil; Anti-Americanism à la française; The sickly animals of a sick country; The decadence of the lost savage of the Revolution; The Yankee; No thanks for the liberators; Conclusion; 6: War; Why war?; What does 'war' mean for ethnolinguistics?
    Description / Table of Contents: What do we mean by 'war'?What is propaganda?; What is war?; Traditional conceptual metaphors for war; Commentary; Novel conceptual metaphors for war; Commentary; Warfare conceptual metaphors; Traditional warfare conceptual metaphors; Commentary; Novel warfare conceptual metaphors; Commentary; Switching; Escaping from the neoconservative worldview; 7: A final word; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 11
    Book
    Book
    Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell
    ISBN: 9781119108917 , 9781405195003 , 9781444393446
    Language: English
    Pages: XXII, 793 Seiten , Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
    Series Statement: Blackwell handbooks in linguistics
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.44089/68073
    RVK:
    Keywords: Gesellschaft ; Spanisch ; Spanish language Social aspects ; Sociolinquistics ; Soziolinguistik ; Spanisch ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Spanisch ; Soziolinguistik
    Note: Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke , Includes bibliographical references and index
    URL: Cover
    URL: Cover
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 12
    ISBN: 9780511761249
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (x, 269 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 973
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Einwanderer ; Gesellschaft ; Migration ; National characteristics, American ; Americanization ; Immigrants / United States / Social conditions ; Social integration / United States ; Assimilation (Sociology) / United States ; Nationalcharakter ; Akkulturation ; Einwanderung ; USA ; United States / Emigration and immigration / Social aspects ; USA ; USA ; Nationalcharakter ; Einwanderung ; Akkulturation
    Abstract: This book explores public opinion about being and becoming American, and its implications for contemporary immigration debates. It focuses on the causes and consequences of two aspects of American identity: how people define being American and whether people think of themselves primarily as American rather than as members of a panethnic or national origin group. Importantly, the book evaluates the claim – made by scholars and pundits alike – that all Americans should prioritize their American identity instead of an ethnic or national origin identity. It finds that national identity within American democracy can be a blessing or a curse. It can enhance participation, trust, and obligation. But it can be a curse when perceptions of deviation lead to threat and resentment. It can also be a curse for minorities who are attached to their American identity but also perceive discrimination
    Description / Table of Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. The 21st century Americanism survey; 3. Defining American identity in the 21st century; 4. Policy implications of multidimensional Americanism; 5. The myths and realities of identity prioritization; 6. Does 'becoming American' create a 'better' American?; 7. Immigrant resentment: when the work ethic backfires; 8. The politics of American identity
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 13
    ISBN: 9780521683463 , 9780521864978 , 0521683467 , 0521864976
    Language: English
    Pages: xvi, 323 Seiten , 23 cm
    Series Statement: Cambridge companions to culture
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Cambridge companion to modern British culture
    DDC: 941.082
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Popular culture History 20th century ; Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century ; Great Britain Intellectual life 20th century ; Great Britain Social conditions 20th century ; Great Britain Civilization ; Popular culture ; Great Britain ; History ; 20th century ; Popular culture ; Great Britain ; History ; 21st century ; National characteristics, British ; Great Britain ; Social life and customs ; 20th century ; Great Britain ; Social life and customs ; 21st century ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Großbritannien ; Kultur ; Geschichte 1950-2010
    Abstract: "British culture today is the product of a shifting combination of tradition and experimentation, national identity and regional and ethnic diversity. These distinctive tensions are expressed in a range of cultural arenas, such as art, sport, journalism, fashion, education, and race. This Companion addresses these and other major aspects of British culture, and offers a sophisticated understanding of what it means to study and think about the diverse cultural landscapes of contemporary Britain. Each contributor looks at the language through which culture is formed and expressed, the political and institutional trends that shape culture, and at the role of culture in daily life. This interesting and informative account of modern British culture embraces controversy and debate, and never loses sight of the fact that Britain and Britishness must always be understood in relation to the increasingly international context of globalisation"--
    Abstract: Machine generated contents note: Chronology; Introduction: modern British culture Michael Higgins, Clarissa Smith and John Storey; 1. Becoming British John Storey; 2. Language developments in British English David Crystal; 3. Schooling and culture Ken Jones; 4. The changing character of political communication John Street; 5. Contemporary Britain and its regions John Tomaney; 6. Contemporary British cinema Sarah Street; 7. Contemporary British fiction Patricia Waugh; 8. Contemporary British poetry Alex Goody; 9. Theatre in modern British culture Michael Mangan; 10. Contemporary British television Jane Arthurs; 11. British art in the twenty-first century Valerie Reardon; 12. British fashion Caroline Evans; 13. Sport in contemporary Britain Ellis Cashmore; 14. British sexual cultures Clarissa Smith; 15. British popular music, popular culture and exclusivity Sheila Whiteley; 16. British newspapers today Michael Higgins; 17. The struggle for ethno-religious equality in Britain: the place of the Muslim community Tariq Madood; Guide to further reading; Index
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis Seite 314-316 (Seite 314 ungezählt) , Mit Register , Notes on contributors ; Chronology ; Introduction: modern British culture , 1. Becoming British , 2. Language developments in British English , 3. Schooling and culture , 4. The changing character of political communications , 5. Contemporary Britain and its regions , 6. Contemporary British cinema , 7. Contemporary British fiction , 8. Contemporary British poetry , 9. Theatre in modern British culture , 10. Contemporary British television , 11. British art in the twenty-first century , 12. British fashion , 13. Sport in contemporary Britain , 14. British sexual cultures , 15. British popular music, popular culture and exclusivity , 16. British newspapers today , 17. The struggle for ethno-religious equality in Britain: the place of the Muslim community , Guide to further reading ; Index.
    URL: Cover
    URL: Cover
    URL: Cover
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 14
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780511714535
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (623 pages)
    DDC: 649.1
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Eltern ; Kind ; Interaktion ; Psychosoziale Entwicklung ; Psychobiologie ; Physiologische Psychologie ; Kultur ; Erziehung ; Kulturvergleich ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Explores the formative effects of children's early life experiences, with an emphasis on interactions among neurodevelopmental, behavioral and cultural dynamics.
    Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 15
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9780511711879
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxiv, 587 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 649/.1
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Parenting / Cross-cultural studies ; Developmental psychobiology ; Parenting Cross-cultural studies ; Developmental psychobiology ; Interaktion ; Erziehung ; Psychobiologie ; Kultur ; Psychosoziale Entwicklung ; Physiologische Psychologie ; Eltern ; Kind ; Kulturvergleich ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Eltern ; Kind ; Interaktion ; Psychosoziale Entwicklung ; Psychobiologie ; Physiologische Psychologie ; Kultur ; Erziehung ; Kulturvergleich
    Abstract: The authors offer a unique exploration of the formative effects of children's early life experiences, with an emphasis on interactions among neurodevelopmental, behavioural and cultural dynamics. Multidisciplinary case studies focus on specific periods of development, or windows of susceptibility, during which care giving and other cultural practices potentially have a long-lasting impact on brain and behaviour. Chapters describe in detail: how social experience interacts with neurodevelopmental disorders; how epigenetic mechanisms mediate the effects of early environment; the interaction of temperament and environmental influences; the implications of early life stress or trauma for mental health and well-being; and the cultural shaping of sexual development and gender identity. The final section translates insights from this work into a fresh appraisal of child-rearing practices, clinical interventions and global public health policy that affect the mental health and well-being of children around the world
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 16
    ISBN: 9780511804663
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 271 Seiten)
    Edition: First published
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cultural mobility
    Parallel Title: Print version
    DDC: 306.01
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Social change ; Culture ; Social change ; Kulturübertragung ; Kultur ; Mobilität ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Culture ; Kultur ; Mobilität ; Portugal ; Kolonialismus ; Indien ; Kulturwandel ; Goa ; Geschichte 1500-1600
    Abstract: Cultural Mobility is a blueprint and a model for understanding the patterns of meaning that human societies create. Drawn from a wide range of disciplines, the essays collected here under the distinguished editorial guidance of Stephen Greenblatt share the conviction that cultures, even traditional cultures, are rarely stable or fixed. Radical mobility is not a phenomenon of the twenty-first century alone, but is a key constituent element of human life in virtually all periods. Yet academic accounts of culture tend to operate on exactly the opposite assumption and to celebrate what they imagine to be rooted or whole or undamaged. To grasp the shaping power of colonization, exile, emigration, wandering, contamination, and unexpected, random events, along with the fierce compulsions of greed, longing, and restlessness, cultural analysis needs to operate with a new set of principles. An international group of authors spells out these principles and puts them into practice
    Abstract: Cultural Mobility is a blueprint and a model for understanding the patterns of meaning that human societies create. Drawn from a wide range of disciplines, the essays collected here under the distinguished editorial guidance of Stephen Greenblatt share the conviction that cultures, even traditional cultures, are rarely stable or fixed. Radical mobility is not a phenomenon of the twenty-first century alone, but is a key constituent element of human life in virtually all periods. Yet academic accounts of culture tend to operate on exactly the opposite assumption and to celebrate what they imagine to be rooted or whole or undamaged. To grasp the shaping power of colonization, exile, emigration, wandering, contamination, and unexpected, random events, along with the fierce compulsions of greed, longing, and restlessness, cultural analysis needs to operate with a new set of principles. An international group of authors spells out these principles and puts them into practice.
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 17
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9780511778629
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 393.0941
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Geschichte 1500-1700 ; Funde ; Gesellschaft ; Funeral rites and ceremonies / Great Britain ; Funeral rites and ceremonies / Ireland ; Dead / Social aspects / Great Britain ; Dead / Social aspects / Ireland ; Human body / Social aspects / Great Britain ; Human body / Social aspects / Ireland ; Human remains (Archaeology) / Great Britain ; Human remains (Archaeology) / Ireland ; Totenglaube ; Sektion ; Heilmittel ; Leiche ; Bestattungsritus ; Volksmedizin ; Großbritannien ; Irland ; Great Britain / Antiquities ; Ireland / Antiquities ; Irland ; Großbritannien ; Großbritannien ; Irland ; Bestattungsritus ; Leiche ; Volksmedizin ; Heilmittel ; Totenglaube ; Sektion ; Geschichte 1500-1700
    Abstract: Drawing on archaeological, historical, theological, scientific and folkloric sources, Sarah Tarlow's interdisciplinary study examines belief as it relates to the dead body in early modern Britain and Ireland. From the theological discussion of bodily resurrection to the folkloric use of body parts as remedies, and from the judicial punishment of the corpse to the ceremonial interment of the social elite, this book discusses how seemingly incompatible beliefs about the dead body existed in parallel through this tumultuous period. This study, which is the first to incorporate archaeological evidence of early modern death and burial from across Britain and Ireland, addresses new questions about the materiality of death: what the dead body means, and how its physical substance could be attributed with sentience and even agency. It provides a sophisticated original interpretive framework for the growing quantities of archaeological and historical evidence about mortuary beliefs and practices in early modernity
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Religious belief -- 3. Scientific belief -- 4. Social belief -- 5. Folk belief -- 6. Conclusions
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 18
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9780511762475
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 304.2/3
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Gesellschaft ; Klimaänderung ; Menschenrecht ; Human beings / Effect of climate on ; Human security ; Human rights ; Climatic changes / Social aspects ; Klimaänderung ; Umweltethik ; Menschliche Sicherheit ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Klimaänderung ; Menschliche Sicherheit ; Umweltethik ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: Presenting human security perspectives on climate change, this volume raises issues of equity, ethics and environmental justice, as well as our capacity to respond to what is increasingly considered to be the greatest societal challenge for humankind. Written by international experts, it argues that climate change must be viewed as an issue of human security, and not an environmental problem that can be managed in isolation from larger questions concerning development trajectories, and ethical obligations towards the poor and to future generations. The concept of human security offers a new approach to the challenges of climate change, and the responses that could lead to a more equitable and sustainable future. Climate Change, Ethics and Human Security will be of interest to researchers, policy makers, and practitioners concerned with the human dimensions of climate change, as well as to upper-level students in the social sciences and humanities interested in climate change
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
Close ⊗
This website uses cookies and the analysis tool Matomo. More information can be found here...