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Das Maß des Menschen : Platons Antwort an Protagoras im 'Theaitetos' und im 'Protagoras' /
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Protagoras beansprucht, die Jugend erziehen zu können. Warum nicht? Wenn «Mensch Maß aller Dinge» ist, kann jeder jeden 'besser' machen... Für Plato geht das nicht auf. Insofern Pädagogik Menschen dazu bringen will, 'bessere' Wesen zu werden, verlangt sie nach Plato ein gesundes Verständnis von 'Sein' überhaupt. Diese Studie untersucht die ontologischen Implikationen des Homo mensura -Satzes, Protagoras' Prämisse, im 'Theaitetos' - einem Dialog, der selten ontologisch gelesen wird. Wenn der protagoräische Prämisse den pädagogischen Anspruch nicht trägt, dürfte der 'Protagoras' gar nicht eigentlich von den erzieherischen Fragen handeln, die diskutiert werden. Es könnte sich herausstellen, dass er einen 'verborgenen' Diskurs enthält... Protagoras claims to be able to educate the young. If «Man is Measure of Everything», anybody can make everybody 'better'... To Plato, this doesn't add up. Insofar as pedagogy aims at making humans become better beings, to Plato it supposes a sound conception of 'being' per se. This study explores the ontological implications of homo mensura , Protagoras' premiss, in the 'Theaetetus' - a dialogue which is rarely read ontologically. If the Protagorean premiss doesn't support the pedagogical claim, the 'Protagoras' might not even be about the educational questions under discussion, but turn out to contain a 'hidden' discourse....
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9789004471092
9789004471085
Leaders and masses in the Roman world : studies in honor of Zvi Yavetz /
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It is largely thanks to Zvi Yavetz that the Roman plebs has become "Salonfähig". In numerous important studies Yavetz has focused his - and our - attention on the problem of the relationship between the ruler and the masses of the ruled. Thus, it seemed natural to choose various aspects of this relationship as the topic of a volume in his honour. The articles here contributed by thirteen eminent friends and colleagues deal with historical and theoretical questions of the relationship between "the one" and "the many", covering a period from the second century B.C., through the times of the Late Republic and the Principate, to Late Antiquity and, finally, to an intriguing view at modern totalitarianism as perceived from an Enlightenment perspective.
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English, French, German, and Italian. :
1 online resource (xvii, 243 pages) :
"Zvi Yavetz: bibliography" (p. [xiv]-xvii).
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9789004329447 :
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Critical reflections on religion and media in contemporary Bali /
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Scholars of religion have always worked closely with media of one kind or another, from sacred books and archaic languages to cassette-sermons and the Internet. Yet comparatively little attention has been paid to the ways we actually use these and other media in the pursuit of historical inquiry. Drawing on ethnographic and archival research conducted on the Indonesian island of Bali, this book offers a critique of the media-related assumptions underpinning fields as diverse in their subject matter and approach as the history of religions, British cultural studies and Old Javanese philology. Its central contention is that more nuanced attention to problems of media will have serious implications for how we think about the study of religions, past and present.
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9789047429937 :
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In Synchrony with the Heavens, Volume 2 Instruments of Mass Calculation : (Studies X-XVIII) /
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This is the first investigation of one of the main interests of astronomy in Islamic civilization, namely, timekeeping by the sun and stars and the regulation of the astronomically-defined times of Muslim prayer. The study is based on over 500 medieval astronomical manuscripts first identified by the author, now preserved in libraries all over the world and originally from the entire Islamic world from the Maghrib to Central Asia and the Yemen. The materials presented provide new insights into the early development of the prayer ritual in Islam. They also call into question the popular notion that religion could not inspire serious scientific activity. Only one of the hundreds of astronomical tables discussed here was known in medieval Europe, which is one reason why the entire corpus has remained unknown until the present. A second volume, also to be published by Brill, deals with astronomical instruments for timekeeping and other computing devices.
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9789047406754
9789004141889
The IOS Annual Volume 21. "Carrying a Torch to Distant Mountains" /
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The IOS Annual Volume 21: "Carrying a Torch to Distant Mountains" , brings forth cutting-edge studies devoted to a wide array of fields and disciplines of the Middle East. The three sections-the Ancient Near East, Semitic Languages and Linguistics, and Arabic Language and Literature-include sixteen articles. In the Ancient Near East section are studies devoted to Babylonian literature (Gabbay and Wasserman; Ayali-Darshan), history (Cohen and Torrecilla), and language (Zadok). The Semitic Languages and Linguistics section contains discussions about comparative Semitics-Egyptian and Modern South Arabic (Borg; Cerqueglini), Aramaic dialects (Khan; Stadel), Palestinian Arabic (Arnold; Procházka), and Tigre and Ethiosemitic languages (Voigt). The final section of Arabic Language and Literature is devoted to ʿArabiyya and its grammarians (Dror, Versteegh, Sheyhatovitch, Kasher, and Sadan)
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9789004499140
9789004499133
Hundert Jahre Hörspiel : Geschichte und Geschichten /
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Zum 100. Geburtstag des Hörspiels legt Günter Peters eine Geschichte dieser Kunstgattung vor, die seit ihrer Entstehung eine breite thematische Palette und ein vielfältiges Formenrepertoire entwickelt hat. Flankiert von der Kritik am Rundfunk als bloßem Distributionsapparat und der Utopie einer absoluten Radiokunst erkunden Autor:innen die Möglichkeiten des Mediums von den zartesten Regungen der Stimme bis zum volltönenden Geräusch der Welt. Als die Nazis den Rundfunk erobern, stagniert das Hörspiel im Anpassungszwang der Autor:innen, die dennoch versuchen, es am Leben zu erhalten. Nach dem Krieg erlebt das Hörspiel im Leitmedium Radio seine Blüte. Dabei spiegelt sich der Gegensatz von West und Ost auch in der Hörspielästhetik. In den 70er Jahren gerät das literarische Hörspiel in die Defensive gegenüber dem klang- und sprachexperimentellen Neuen Hörspiel. Aber durch diesen Streit öffnet sich die Hörspiellandschaft zu grenzenlosen Möglichkeiten, das Leben im Akustischen zu spiegeln.
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1 online resource (800 pages) : illustrations. :
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9783846769041
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. :
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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
"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
The reception of ancient virtues and vices in modern popular culture : beauty, bravery, blood and glory /
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In Ancient Virtues and Vices in Modern Popular Culture , Eran Almagor and Lisa Maurice offer a comprehensive collection of chapters dealing with the reception of antiquity in popular media of the modern era (19th-21st centuries). These media include theatrical plays, cinematic representations, Television drama, popular newspapers or journals, poems and outdoor festivals. For the first time in Classical Reception Studies, ancient Jewish literature and imagery are included in the discussion. The focus of the volume is both the continuity and variance between ancient and modern sets of values, which appear in the new interpretations of the ancient stories, figures and protagonists.
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1 online resource. :
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9789004347724 :
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Kurdish Studies Archive : Vol. 9 No. 1 2021. Special Issue: Mass Violence and the Kurds /
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Kurdish Studies Archive publishes the content of volumes 1 to 10 of Kurdish Studies . This interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed journal was dedicated to publishing high-quality research and scholarship. Since 2023 the journal has been continued as the new Kurdish Studies Journal , published by Brill, and focuses on research, scholarship, and debates in the field of Kurdish studies in a multidisciplinary fashion covering a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, economics, history, society, gender, minorities, politics, health, law, environment, language, media, culture, arts, and education.
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Interart Poetics : Essays on the Interrelations of the Arts and Media /
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In this anthology are gathered 28 essays, devoted to the interrelations of the arts and media. They present together the current state of the emerging field of Interart Studies. The contributors - Stephen Greenblatt, Claus Clüver, Erika Fischer-Lichte, John Neubauer, Steven Paul Scher, Walter Bernhart, Ulrich Weisstein, Eric T. Haskell, Eric Vos, Thomas Elsaesser, among others - are leading international scholars in the fields of Art History, Literary Criticism, Musicology, Film, Theatre and Media Studies. In challenging ways they promote interdisciplinary strategies in the study of the traditional arts: dance, literature, music, painting, sculpture, theatre etc, as well as of the modern media: film, TV, video, computer-generated arts, etc. The essays collected engage in a broad perspective of topics, approached from varying theoretical, methodological or ideological viewpoints. No single thread runs through the diversely conceived essays, yet it is evident that what all contributors appear to envision is the importance today of investigations into the problems of what might be called the interart - or intermedia - discourse. Aimed at university teachers, scholars, students and even artists, this book will meet the demands from those interested in modern modes of interart and intermedia analysis.
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1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004650947
Muslim Networks and Transnational Communities in and across Europe /
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The topic of this collection of articles is the increasingly transnational nature of Islam in Europe as well as the mechanisms by which the transnationalism is activated, especially the media. The papers integrate specific case studies with more general and thematic considerations, including the impact of the continuing migration processes and the adaptation of networks and intellectual and religious links by the 'European' generations of Muslims. This involves both the preservation and mobilisation of family and ethnic networks as well as the establishment of new personal and intellectual ('imagined') networks of shared interest which cross over the lines of the traditional or break out of them. These studies also show how European Muslims are increasingly locating themselves within global Islam.
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1 online resource. :
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9789047401780
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No Single Trajectory : Transnational and Transmedia Explorations of the American West /
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This book presents papers by eleven European scholars that explore the ambivalent representations of an American West that follows "no single trajectory, creating instead a series of lines and rhythms, always moving, crossing, and folding" (Neil
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1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004704442
Approaches to Multimodality : Rhetoric and Stylistics in Public Discourse /
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This volume transcends boundaries, captivating multimodality scholars worldwide while offering invaluable non-"Anglo" perspectives through its main focus on Lithuanian public discourse. Discover the interaction between multimodal communication and (sub)cultural influences in political, advertising, and film discourse. This volume is a vade mecum for scholars and students of visual and multimodal stylistics, rhetoric, and creativity across diverse media, professionals specialising in advertisements, commercials, films etc. Discover original insights that encourage intercultural comparative research, emphasising the role of cultural context in multimodality.
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1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations. :
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9789004687721
Islam and Muslims in Germany /
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In the European discourse of post 9/11 reality, concepts such as "Multiculturalism", "Integration" and "European Islam" are becoming more and more topical. The empirically- based contributions in this volume aim to reflect the variety of current Muslim social practices and life-worlds in Germany. The volume goes beyond the fragmented methods of minority case studies and the monolithic view of Muslims as portrayed by mass media to present fresh theoretical approaches and in-depth analyses of a rich mosaic of communities, cultures and social practices. Issues of politics, religion, society, economics, media, art, literature, law and gender are addressed. The result is a vibrant state-of-the-art publication of studies of real-life communities and individuals. Contributors are Kilian Bälz, Kea Eilers, Friedmann Eissler, Konrad Hirschler, Jeanette S. Jouili, Melanie Kamp, Matthias Kulinna, Judith Pies, Claudia Preckel, Robert Pütz, Mathias Rohe, Sabine Schiffer, Verena Schreiber, Christoph Schumann†, Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Clara Seitz, Faruk Şen, Viola Shafik, Yafa Shanneik, Martin Sökefeld, Margrete Søvik, Levent Tezcan, Jörn Thielmann, Nikola Tietze and Maria Wurm. This book is also available in paperback .
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9789047430001 :
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