De voeding van Nederland in de twintigste eeuw : Balans van honderd jaar werken aan voeding en gezondheid /
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Het denken over voeding heeft in de twintigste eeuw enkele ingrijpende veranderingen ondergaan. Tot aan de jaren vijftig stond de zorg voor voedselzekerheid centraal; hoe om te gaan met eventuele voedingstekorten? Na de be'indiging van de tweede wereldoorlog zou een nieuwe welvaart deze vragen oplossen, maar na de eerste tekenen van overvoeding en problemen met gezondheid dienden geheel andere vragen zich aan. In 'De voeding van Nederland in de twintigste eeuw ' wordt een sterkte-zwakte analyse gemaakt met betrekking tot deze ontwikkelingen, de oplossingen die zijn gevonden en de strategische keuzes die werden gemaakt. Zijn we nu beter gevoed en gezonder geworden? Het boek heeft specifieke aandacht voor de volgende aspecten: de complexe relatie tussen voedsel, voeding en de voedingsmiddelenindustrie; de nieuwe inzichten over vetten en cholesterol, vitamines, mineralen en de implicaties voor de consument en de industrie; de betekenis van marketing, reclame en wetenschap voor ons voedsel; voeding in de tropen; de komst van nieuwe uitdagingen zoals functional foods en nutraceuticals; voorlichting, interventies en beleid. Het boek wordt afgerond met vragen voor de toekomst. Het boek is van belang voor diegenen die werkzaam zijn of belangstelling hebben voor de voedsel- en voedingssector, de voedingsmiddelenindustrie, marketing, onderzoek, het hoger onderwijs en beleid.
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1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789074134972
Religion in Society : Social Dimensions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism in India /
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Through an analysis of archaeological and literary data, this book explores two interrelated themes: the socio-economic and cultic processes that resulted in the decline of Indian Buddhism in its last strongholds - Bihar and Bengal - towards the end of the early medieval period, and the patterns of revival of Buddhism in the neighbouring province of Uttar Pradesh, c. 2005-2011 ce. These themes have been explored by undertaking an analysis of the developments in the social histories of other competing religions: Hinduism, Jainism and Ājīvika-dharma. By placing emphasis on the religious praxis and behaviour of the non-elite segment of population, this book offers some significant 'from below' perspectives on the social histories of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Ājīvika-dharma in eastern and northern India.
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1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004753303
Interpreting Globalization : Polish Perspectives on Culture in the Globalized World /
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The main hypothesis of the volume is that globalization is a cultural phenomenon. Therefore, the book offers an explanation of how globalization emerged from cultural exchange between groups, nations, and religions. The articles in this volume register the thematically multi-dimensional and theoretically complex contribution of Polish research on globalization. Polish debates on globalization, as presented in this book, on the one hand reflect international disputes and controversies, and on the other hand address local issues. As their crucial feature, the articles in this volume exhibit a special sensitivity to historical and contemporary cultural contexts. They do not approach globalization as an abstract process, instead exploring it through the lens of clearly defined factors.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004443792
9789004443785
Entertainment among the Ottomans /
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Approaching Ottoman social history through the lens of entertainment, this volume considers the multi-faceted roles of entertainment within society. At its most basic level entertainment could be all about pleasure, leisure and fun. But it also played a role in socialisation, gender divisions, social stratification and the establishment of moral norms, political loyalties and social, ethnic or religious identities. By addressing the ways in which entertainment was employed and enjoyed in Ottoman society, Entertainment Among the Ottomans introduces the reader to a new way of understanding the Ottoman world. Contributors are: Antonis Anastasopoulos, Tülay Artan, Ebru Boyar, Palmira Brummett, Kate Fleet, James Grehan, Svetla Ianeva, Yavuz Köse, William Kynan-Wilson, Milena Methodieva and Yücel Yanıkdağ.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004399235
Satanism : a social history /
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A 17th-century French haberdasher invented the Black Mass. An 18th-century English Cabinet Minister administered the Eucharist to a baboon. High-ranking Catholic authorities in the 19th century believed that Satan appeared in Masonic lodges in the shape of a crocodile and played the piano there. A well-known scientist from the 20th century established a cult of the Antichrist and exploded in a laboratory experiment. Three Italian girls in 2000 sacrificed a nun to the Devil. A Black Metal band honored Satan in Krakow, Poland, in 2004 by exhibiting on stage 120 decapitated sheep heads. Some of these stories, as absurd as they might sound, were real. Others, which might appear to be equally well reported, are false. But even false stories have generated real societal reactions. For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Satanism, from the French Court of Louis XIV to the Satanic scares of the late 20th century, satanic themes in Black Metal music, the Church of Satan, and beyond.
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1 online resource (xi, 655 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004244962 :
1871-1405 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
"Ich war Arbeiterfotograf, ohne es zu wissen" : Walter Ballhause und sein Album Soziale Fotos /
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Kurz nach Beginn der Weltwirtschaftskrise 1929 fotografiert Walter Ballhause das Elend der untersten Gesellschaftsschicht und den aufkommenden Terror durch die Nationalsozialisten auf den Straßen Hannovers. In nur drei Jahren entsteht so ein Werk, das in Umfang, thematischer Komplexität und stilistischer Gestaltung einmalig ist für die Darstellung des von großer Not geprägten Alltags in der niedergehenden Weimarer Republik. Auf diese Weise praktiziert Ballhause sozialdokumentarische Fotografie zu einer Zeit, in der wegweisende Vorbilder für diesen fotografischen Bereich vor allem in Deutschland noch rar oder unbekannt waren.
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1 online resource (496 pages) : illustrations. :
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9783846768570
Von der Leichtigkeit der Realität : Abbas Kiarostami und die Spätmoderne /
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Ohne die Realität unseres Lebens in der Spätmoderne zu dramatisieren oder zu vertuschen, bahnt der renommierte Regisseur Abbas Kiarostami in seinem zwischen Dokumentar- und Spielfilm oszillierenden Kino kulturübergreifende Auswege aus der Krise der Zeit. Diese werden jedoch nicht wie eine Morallehre vorgelegt oder bieten eine artifizielle Pseudolösung an, vielmehr kehren sie die zur Norm gewordene Logik unseres alltäglichen Lebens in der Spätmoderne um und eröffnen ein Fenster zu einer anderen Art des Sehens oder einem anderen Wahrnehmungsmodell. In diesem Buch wird herausgestellt, wie Kiarostamis Filme mittels Bildern statt Begriffen poetisch, humorvoll und mutig von der Leichtigkeit der Realität erzählen, In-der-Zeit-Sein und In-der-Welt-Sein neu definieren und eine lachende, schwerelose Reflexion ermöglichen, die sich mit der Realität und ihren elegisch gestimmten Momenten versöhnt und einem Horizont der zukunftslosen, entidealisierten Hoffnung auf das Gegenwärtige entgegenstrebt. Dabei weisen sie einen poetisch resonierenden Ausweg auf, der sich von der Entfremdung abkehrt und gerade im Herzen des spätmodernen Alltags einen ursprünglichen ,einfachen' Sinn des Lebens aufschimmern lässt.
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1 online resource (454 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9783846769157
Bildwege zur Freiheit : Das transnationale iranische Art Cinema und seine filmische Dissidenz /
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Mit welcher Wucht (bewegte) Bilder es schaffen, sich Machtsystemen entgegenzustellen und auf soziopolitische Umstände einzuwirken, zeigt uns die Geschichte des transnationalen iranischen Art Cinema. Dieses Kino wächst seit seinen Anfängen in den 1960er-Jahren über jedwede geografische, kulturelle und ideologische Einschränkung hinaus und setzt sich unverdrossen und wagemutig für universelle menschliche Werte ein. In einem despotischen System wurde dieses Kino zur Stimme der Freiheit und wirkte auf gesellschaftlicher Ebene sogar zugkräftiger und aufklärender als das Medium Schrift. Während das Wort im Munde der Mullahs zu einem Mittel der Heuchelei wurde, entleert von jeglichem kritischen Impetus und jeglicher Mündigkeit, blühte das kritische Denken in den bewegten Bildern dieses Kinos auf. Anschließend wurde das iranische Art Cinema im wortdominierten misogynen Männerstaat zur äußerst mächtigen Waffe im Kampf der Frauen gegen die systematische Unterdrückung ihrer Rechte. Aufklärerische Dissidenz und Transnationalität sind somit zwei Wesenszüge des iranischen Art Cinema, die in dem vorliegenden Buch genauer unter die Lupe genommen werden und für eine grundlegende Auseinandersetzung mit diesem Kino sorgen.
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1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations. :
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9783846769140
Ganga to Mekong : A Cultural Voyage through Textiles. Foreword by Kapila Vatsyayan /
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Textiles have been the binding factor in the cultural history of India and Southeast Asia from times immemorial. As the foremost currency they were carried by the traders from the banks of river Ganga to the fertile areas around the river Mekong and to the rich spice islands of Suvarnadwipa, Indonesia. Over the centuries, these textiles turned into vehicles of culture that built the foundation for an enduring multi-layered and multi-coloured relationship. The painted textiles from the Coromandel coast, the block-printed fabrics and the doubleikat patola from Gujarat enticed Southeast Asian royalty and masses alike. These trade textiles, considered ritually powerful and imbued with magical qualities played an integral role in binding India with Southeast Asia while becoming a part of the regional folklore, ceremonies and rituals. Over time they were seamlessly assimilated into the local culture. This cultural amalgam was here to stay as solid as the rocks of Borobudur and Konark and as intricately woven as the double-ikat patola which is the cultural legacy of India in Southeast Asia.
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1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004752498
Corona Phenomenon: Philosophical and Political Questions /
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This book is the outcome of one of the most extensive international academic projects on the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of humanities and social sciences. It includes the reflections of scholars from 25 universities, in Europe, Asia, Canada, Australia, the US, and the UK, on 60 important philosophical and political questions. This paradigmatic volume is unique in the history of the humanities and social sciences in dealing with pandemics and should be considered as a starting point for more coherent and synergistic academic cooperation in preparation for similar future phenomena.
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In the face of the corona phenomenon, this volume includes the reflections of scholars on 60 important philosophical and political questions, together and interconnected. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004512924
9789004512917
Corona Phenomenon: Philosophical and Political Questions /
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This book is the outcome of one of the most extensive international academic projects on the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of humanities and social sciences. It includes the reflections of scholars from 25 universities, in Europe, Asia, Canada, Australia, the US, and the UK, on 60 important philosophical and political questions. This paradigmatic volume is unique in the history of the humanities and social sciences in dealing with pandemics and should be considered as a starting point for more coherent and synergistic academic cooperation in preparation for similar future phenomena.
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In the face of the corona phenomenon, this volume includes the reflections of scholars on 60 important philosophical and political questions, together and interconnected. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004512924
9789004512917
The Coming of Consumer Society /
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The present volume adds momentum to the ongoing discourse on consumerism in India and offers a fresh perspective by arguing that India is not just a consumer market but a consumer society in the making. There is no consensus on the birth, place and context of a consumer society amongst historians. And for scholars of contemporary social life, consumer societies, till recently were held to be akin to societies in the late stage of capitalism or those having completed their transition from feudalism to post-industrialism. However, given the processes of globalization and liberalization of new global economic order, consumerism as an ideology, a world view and a practice is fast 'coming of age' in other societies across the globe. Hence, the earlier intellectual lexicon stands replaced by a new consumer epistemology signalling the coming of new consumer societies in hitherto unimagined locales such as India. The varied essays in the volume develop the themes of consumption, brands, representation, and identity construction in some new settings - so far unexplored in the Indian context - for instance ethnic brands such as Fabindia; tribal art in new digitized forms; fashion; and so on. The strength of the book lies in traversing not just fresh sites and objects of consumer desire, but also in bringing together a host of multidisciplinary and theoretical perspectives such as Marxism, feminism, postmodernism, and post-colonialism. The book would be of interest to students and researchers of sociology, anthropology, politics, cultural studies and media studies.
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1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004753693