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Robert Brown and Mungo Park - Joel Schwartz - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Robert Brown and Mungo Park - Joel Schwartz - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Explorer-naturalists Robert Brown and Mungo Park played a pivotal role in the development of natural history and exploration in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This work is a fresh examination of the lives and careers of Brown and Park and their impact on natural history and exploration. Brown and Park were part of a group of intrepid naturalists who brought back some of the flora and fauna they encountered, drawings of what they observed, and most importantly, their ideas. The educated public back home was able to gain an understanding of the diversity in nature. This eventually led to the development of new ways of regarding the natural world and the eventual development of a coherent theory of organic evolution. This book considers these naturalists, Brown, Park, and their contemporaries, from the perspective of the Scottish Enlightenment. Brown''s investigations in natural history created a fertile environment for breakthroughs in taxonomy, cytology, and eventually evolution. Brown''s pioneering work in plant taxonomy allowed biologists to look at the animal and plant kingdoms differently. Park''s adventures stimulated significant discoveries in exploration. Brown and Park''s adventures formed a bridge to such journeys as Charles Darwin''s voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, which led to a revolution in biology and full explication of the theory of evolution.

DKK 290.00
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Aging Masculinities in Contemporary U.S. Fiction - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Aging Masculinities in Contemporary U.S. Fiction - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book focuses on representations of aging masculinities in contemporary U.S. fiction, including shifting perceptions of physical and sexual prowess, depression, and loss, but also greater wisdom and confidence, legacy, as well as new affective patterns. The collection also incorporates factors such as race, sexuality and religion. The volume includes studies, amongst others, on Philip Roth, Paul Auster, Toni Morrison, Ernest Gaines, and Edmund White. Ultimately, this study proves that men''s aging experiences as described in contemporary U.S. literature and culture are as complex and varied as those of their female counterparts.

DKK 561.00
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An Asian Woman's Religious Journey with Thomas Merton - Jung Eun Sophia Park - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

An Asian Woman's Religious Journey with Thomas Merton - Jung Eun Sophia Park - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Join Jung Eun Sophia Park on her personal quest for God and her true self through the writings of Thomas Merton. Approaching Merton as an Asian immigrant feminist in the postcolonial era, Park''s perspective is a unique one, and in this dance sometimes it is her and sometimes Merton who leads. Throughout, Eastern and Western spirituality are organically woven together in reflection on Merton''s narratives and in the examination of late capitalism, poverty, beauty, and violence. These reflections are insightful, provocative, and illuminating, particularly with regard to his androcentric spirituality, especially as it relates to his relationships with women.

DKK 901.00
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Paul J. Crutzen and the Anthropocene: A New Epoch in Earth’s History - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Paul J. Crutzen and the Anthropocene: A New Epoch in Earth’s History - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book outlines the development and perspectives of the Anthropocene concept by Paul J. Crutzen and his colleagues from its inception to its implications for the sciences, humanities, society and politics. The main text consists primarily of articles from peer-reviewed scientific journals and other scholarly sources. It comprises selected articles on the Anthropocene published by Paul J. Crutzen and a selection of related articles, mostly but not exclusively by colleagues with whom he collaborated closely. •In the year 2000 Nobel Laureate Paul J. Crutzen proposed the Anthropocene concept as a new epoch in Earth''s history •Comprehensive collection of articles on the Anthropocene by Paul J. Crutzen and his colleagues •Unique primary research literature and Crutzen''s comprehensive bibliography •Paul Crutzen''s scientific investigations into human influences on atmospheric chemistry and physics, the climate and the Earth system, leading to the conception of the Anthropocene •Reflections on the Anthropocene and its implications •Bibliometric review of the spread of the use of the Anthropocene concept in the Natural and Social Sciences, Humanities and Law

DKK 455.00
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Comics as Communication - Paul Fisher Davies - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Comics as Communication - Paul Fisher Davies - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book explores how comics function to make meanings in the manner of a language. It outlines a framework for describing the resources and practices of comics creation and readership, using an approach that is compatible with similar descriptions of linguistic and multimodal communication. The approach is based largely on the work of Michael Halliday, drawing also on the pragmatics of Paul Grice, the Text World Theory of Paul Werth and Joanna Gavins, and ideas from art theory, psychology and narratology. This brings a broad Hallidayan framework of multimodal analysis to comics scholarship, and plays a part in extending that tradition of multimodal linguistics to graphic narrative.

DKK 901.00
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Samuel Beckett’s Legacies in American Fiction - James Baxter - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Samuel Beckett’s Legacies in American Fiction - James Baxter - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Samuel Beckett''s Legacies in American Fiction provides an overdue investigation into Beckett''s rich influences over American writing. Through in-depth readings of postmodern authors such as Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Paul Auster and Lydia Davis, this book situates Beckett''s post-war writing of exhaustion and generation in relation to the emergence of an explosive American avant-garde. In turn, this study provides a valuable insight into the practical realities of Beckett''s dissemination in America, following the author''s long-standing relationship with the countercultural magazine Evergreen Review and its dramatic role in redrawing the possibilities of American culture in the 1960s. While Beckett would be largely removed from his American context, this book follows his vigorous, albeit sometimes awkward, reception alongside the authors and institutions central to shaping his legacies in 20 th and 21 st century America.

DKK 901.00
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Skateboarding and Religion - Paul O'connor - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Skateboarding and Religion - Paul O'connor - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book explores the ways in which religion is observed, performed, and organised in skateboard culture. Drawing on scholarship from the sociology of religion and the cultural politics of lifestyle sports, this work combines ethnographic research with media analysis to argue that the rituals of skateboarding provide participants with a rich cultural canvas for emotional and spiritual engagement. Paul O''Connor contends that religious identification in skateboarding is set to increase as participants pursue ways to both control and engage meaningfully with an activity that has become an increasingly mainstream and institutionalised sport. Religion is explored through the themes of myth, celebrity, iconography, pilgrimage, evangelism, cults, and self-help.

DKK 689.00
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Paul Rogers: A Pioneer in Critical Security Analysis and Public Engagement - Paul Rogers - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Paul Rogers: A Pioneer in Critical Security Analysis and Public Engagement - Paul Rogers - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book brings together a collection of writings over the past half century from Professor Paul Rogers. As a leading peace researcher he has gained an international reputation for the critical, independent and rigorous analysis of international security and the underlying causes of global conflict. His work on the responses to 9/11 and the continuing failure of the war on terror, in particular, has shown prescience that has attracted widespread attention. Moreover, he has coupled his academic analysis with a determination to communicate widely beyond the university environment. With many thousands of radio and television interviews, hundreds of public lectures and a world-wide following for his web publishing, this extramural engagement consistently seeks to raise the level of public debate on international security issues. - Provides a radically different perspective on global security, based on 50 years of analysis - Uniquely integrates economic, environmental and security analysis into a single overview - Cogently demonstrates the urgent need to rethink our entire approach to global security

DKK 434.00
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Creativity in the Recording Studio - Paul Thompson - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Creativity in the Recording Studio - Paul Thompson - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Paul Thompson offers an alternative take on the romanticized and mythologized process of record-making. Side A illustrates how creativity arises out of a system in action, and introduces the history, culture, traditions and institutions that contribute to the process of commercial record production. Side B demonstrates this system in action during the central tasks of songwriting, performing, engineering and producing. Using examples from John Lennon, David Bowie, Tupac Shakur, Björk, Marta Salogni, Sylvia Massy and Rick Rubin, each chapter takes the reader inside a different part of the commercial record production process and uncovers the interactive and interrelated multitude of factors involved in each creative task.

DKK 731.00
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Comparative Cinema - Paul Coates - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Comparative Cinema - Paul Coates - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book comprises what may be called exercises in ''comparative cinema''. Its focus on endings, near-endings and ''late style'' is connected with the author''s argument that comparative criticism itself may constitute an endgame of criticism, arising at the moment at which societies or individuals relinquish primary adherence to one tradition or medium. The comparisons embrace different works and artistic media and primarily concern works of literature and film, though they also consider issues raised by the interrelationship of language and moving and still images, as well as inter- and intra-textuality. The works probed most fully are ones by Theo Angelopoulos, Ingmar Bergman, Harun Farocki, Theodor Fontane, Henry James, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Chang-dong Lee, Roman Polański, Thomas Pynchon, and Paul Schrader, while the key recurrent motifs are those of dusk, the horizon, the labyrinth, and the ruin.

DKK 561.00
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The Politics of Race and Ethnicity in Matthew's Passion Narrative - Wongi Park - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

The Politics of Race and Ethnicity in Matthew's Passion Narrative - Wongi Park - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

In Matthew''s passion narrative, the ethnoracial identity of Jesus comes into sharp focus. The repetition of the title "King of the Judeans" foregrounds the politics of race and ethnicity. Despite the explicit use of terminology, previous scholarship has understood the title curiously in non-ethnoracial ways. This book takes the peculiar omission in the history of interpretation as its point of departure. It provides an expanded ethnoracial reading of the text, and poses a fundamental ideological question that interrogates the pattern in the larger context of modern biblical scholarship. Wongi Park issues a critique of the dominant narrative and presents an alternative reading of Matthew''s passion narrative. He identifies a critical vocabulary and framework of analysis to decode the politics of race and ethnicity implicit in the history of interpretation. Ultimately, the book lends itself to a broader research agenda: the destabilization of the dominant narrative of early Christianity''s non-ethnoracial origins.

DKK 689.00
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Life Hereafter - Paul Crittenden - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Life Hereafter - Paul Crittenden - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

In this book, Paul Crittenden offers a critical guide to the problematic origins of biblical teaching about the afterlife and the way in which it was subsequently developed by Church authorities and theologians-Origen, Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas in particular. In the post-Reformation era the focus falls on the challenges set by modern secularism. The tradition encompasses a body of interconnected themes: an apocalyptic war in which the Kingdom of God triumphs over Satan''s powers of darkness; salvation in Christ; the immortality of the soul; and finally the resurrection of the dead and the last judgment, ratifying an afterlife of eternal bliss for the morally good and punishment in hell for wrongdoers. The critique questions these beliefs on evidential, ethical, and philosophical grounds. The argument overall is that what lies beyond death is beyond knowledge. The one fundamental truth that can be distilled from the once compelling body of Christian eschatological belief-for believers and unbelievers alike-is the importance of living ethically.

DKK 816.00
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Blasphemy and Politics in Romantic Literature - Paul Whickman - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Blasphemy and Politics in Romantic Literature - Paul Whickman - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book argues for the importance of blasphemy in shaping the literature and readership of Percy Bysshe Shelley and of the Romantic period more broadly. Not only are perceptions of blasphemy taken to be inextricable from politics, this book also argues for blasphemous ''irreverence'' as both inspiring and necessitating new poetic creativity. The book reveals the intersection of blasphemy, censorship and literary property throughout the ''Long Eighteenth Century'', attesting to the effect of this connection on Shelley''s poetry more specifically. Paul Whickman notes how Shelley''s perceived blasphemy determined the nature and readership of his published works through censorship and literary piracy. Simultaneously, Whickman crucially shows that aesthetics, content and the printed form of the physical text are interconnected and that Shelley''s political and philosophical views manifest themselves in his writing both formally and thematically.

DKK 434.00
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What Is a Human? - James Paul Gee - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

What Is a Human? - James Paul Gee - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

In a sweeping synthesis of new research in a number of different disciplines, this book argues that we humans are not who we think we are. As he explores the interconnections between cutting-edge work in bioanthropology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, human language and learning, and beyond, James Paul Gee advances, also, a personal philosophy of language, learning, and culture, informed by his decades of work across linguistics and the social sciences. Gee argues that our schools, institutions, legal systems, and societies are designed for creatures that do not exist, thus resulting in multiple, interacting crises, such as climate change, failing institutions, and the rise of nationalist nationalism. As Gee constructs an understanding of the human that takes into account our social, collective, and historical nature, as established by recent research, he inspires readers to reflect for themselves on the very question of who we are-a key consideration for anyone interested in society, government, schools, health, activism, culture and diversity, or even just survival.

DKK 234.00
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Multiplatform Media in Mexico - Paul Julian Smith - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Multiplatform Media in Mexico - Paul Julian Smith - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Multiplatform Media in Mexico is the first book to treat the exciting, interconnected fields of cinema, television, and internet in Mexico over the last decade, fields that combine to be called multiplatform media. Combining industrial analysis of a major audiovisual field at a time of growth and change with close readings of significant texts on all screens, acclaimed author Paul Julian Smith deftly details these new audiovisual trends. The book includes perspectives on local reporting on the ground, as covered in the chapter documenting media response to the 2017 earthquake. And, for the first time in this field, the book draws throughout on star studies, tracing the distinct profiles of actors who migrate from one medium to another. As a whole, Smith''s analyses illustrate the key movements in screen media in one of the world''s largest media and cultural producing nations. These perspectives connect to and enrich scholarship across Latin American, North American, and global cases.

DKK 247.00
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The Global Trump - Paul J.j. Welfens - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

The Global Trump - Paul J.j. Welfens - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

"This book is able to explain and analyze what has eluded both scholars and thought leaders in business and the media - how and why populism has grabbed center stage. Highly recommendable."-David B. Audretsch, Indiana University Bloomington, USA "Welfens provides valuable insight into US politics and describes the strategic options for Europe going forward."-Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley, USA "With great skill Welfens traces the implications of US populism for the global economic system."- Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia University, USA "This critique of Trump´s fiscal and international trade policies and their weak intellectual basis deserves the attention of US and European readers alike"-Richard H. Tilly, University of Münster, Germany What lies behind the Trump victory of 2016 and the US'' new raft of economic policies? Is a populist presidency in the United States likely to be a temporary phenomenon or a structural long-term challenge? In an era of declining multilateralism, what can the US still stand to learn from Europe, where several countries have effective lifetime economic welfare equal to that of the US - and what can the EU learn from the US in return? Furthermore, what international economic dynamics can be expected from the Sino-US trade conflict and can globalization be maintained? In this timely volume, Paul Welfens provides a rare, clear-sighted and scholarly analysis of the global problems created by Trump''s protectionism and economic policy. He leverages his understanding of these problems to make concrete policy suggestions that could help prevent the world economy from falling back into a variant of the Great Powers regime of the late nineteenth century.

DKK 901.00
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The Global Trump - Paul J.j. Welfens - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

The Global Trump - Paul J.j. Welfens - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

"This book is able to explain and analyze what has eluded both scholars and thought leaders in business and the media - how and why populism has grabbed center stage. Highly recommendable."-David B. Audretsch, Indiana University Bloomington, USA "Welfens provides valuable insight into US politics and describes the strategic options for Europe going forward."-Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley, USA "With great skill Welfens traces the implications of US populism for the global economic system."- Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia University, USA "This critique of Trump´s fiscal and international trade policies and their weak intellectual basis deserves the attention of US and European readers alike"-Richard H. Tilly, University of Münster, Germany What lies behind the Trump victory of 2016 and the US'' new raft of economic policies? Is a populist presidency in the United States likely to be a temporary phenomenon or a structural long-term challenge? In an era of declining multilateralism, what can the US still stand to learn from Europe, where several countries have effective lifetime economic welfare equal to that of the US - and what can the EU learn from the US in return? Furthermore, what international economic dynamics can be expected from the Sino-US trade conflict and can globalization be maintained? In this timely volume, Paul Welfens provides a rare, clear-sighted and scholarly analysis of the global problems created by Trump''s protectionism and economic policy. He leverages his understanding of these problems to make concrete policy suggestions that could help prevent the world economy from falling back into a variant of the Great Powers regime of the late nineteenth century.

DKK 901.00
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Hizmet in Transitions - Paul Weller - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Hizmet in Transitions - Paul Weller - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

1 Introduction 1.1 The Focus of the Book 1.2 A Religious Studies Approach and the "Politics of Naming" 1.3 Situating in the Author''s Previous Research and the Wider Literature 1.4 Evidence, Aims and Methods References Part I Hizmet in Turkish Origins and European Development 2 Turkish Origins and Development 2.1 Hizmet: The Emergence of a Phenomenon 2.2 Turkey''s Need for More Schools, Not More Mosques 2.3 Turkey''s Deep Fissures, Need for Dialogue and Hizmet Responses 2.4 Relief of Poverty 2.5 Business Links 2.6 The Media 2.7 Spread to "Turkic" Republics of the Former USSR and to the Western Balkans References Contents xviii Contents 3 Hizmet in European Hijrah 3.1 Hizmet at European Level and Across Europe 3.2 Hizmet in the Netherlands 3.3 Hizmet in Germany 3.4 Hizmet in Belgium 3.5 Hizmet in the United Kingdom (UK) 3.6 Hizmet in Switzerland 3.7 Hizmet in France 3.8 Hizmet in Spain 3.9 Hizmet in Italy 3.10 Hizmet in Denmark 3.11 Hizmet in Some Other European Countries References Part II Hizmet in Turkish De-centring and European Transitions 4 Pivotal Issues in Pivotal Times 4.1 The AKP and Hizmet: Walking in Tandem? 4.2 Mutual "Infiltration"? 4.3 The MV Mavi Marmara Incident: A Sign of Things to Come 4.4 From Gezi Park to 15 July 2016 4.5 Hizmet Trauma in Turkey and Europe 4.6 Three-Layered Hizmet: Challenges and Opportunities References 5 New Foci for Old Questions 5.1 Changing Contexts 5.2 Seen as Terrorists and Challenging Terrorism 5.3 Turkishness and Beyond 5.4 Charisma, Structures and Transparency 5.5 Relating to Civil Society, Politics and the State 5.6 Relating to Other Muslims 5.7 Gender in Transition References Contents xix 6 Continuing Values, Different Expressions and Future Trajectories 6.1 Contextual Transitions 6.2 Education to Tackle Ignorance 6.3 Dialogue to Tackle Conflict and Promote Inclusive Integration 6.4 Helping to Relieve Poverty Developing into Supporting Human Rights 6.5 Meeting Needs and Keeping the Balance 6.6 Hizmet in Europe With and/or Without Fethullah Gülen 6.7 Confident Engagement, Islamic Self-Criticism and Human Focus 6.8 From Copy-Paste into Contextual Reinvention References

DKK 349.00
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Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process - Paul Dixon - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process - Paul Dixon - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

"Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process offers a nuanced and stimulating analysis which goes beyond standard explanations by exploring the motives and means used by those who made peace in Northern Ireland." (Professor Timothy White, Xavier University, USA) "Paul Dixon has produced an impressive and challenging book. Dixon defends the Northern Ireland peace process as a carefully-crafted, drawn-out episode in realist, pragmatic politics. However, he pulls few punches in highlighting the moral deceptions which have kept the process in play. Provocatively, Dixon also challenges a wide range of academic interpretations of the processes and their associated political prescriptions. Thoughtful and well-researched throughout, Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process is an essential read for anyone interested in conflict management." (Professor Jon Tonge, University of Liverpool) "In this outstanding book, Dixon shows yet again the importance of the theatrical metaphor for Northern Ireland. More importantly still, he demonstrates that the adoption of a critically realist outlook actually enhances our capacity to think creatively about the political choices we face in international politics and the alternative policies and institutions we might construct." (Professor Adrian Little, The University of Melbourne) This book is exceptional in defending the ''dirty politics'' of the Northern Ireland peace process. Political actors in Britain, Ireland and the United States performed the peace process and used ''political skills'', often including deception and hypocrisy, in order to wind down the conflict and achieve accommodation. These political skills, it is argued, are often morally justifiable even as they are popularly condemned. The Northern Ireland peace process has been highly successful in reducing violence and an accurate understanding of its politics is an important contribution to international debates about managing conflict.

DKK 689.00
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Place and Identity in the Lives of Antony, Paul, and Mary of Egypt - Peter Anthony Mena - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Place and Identity in the Lives of Antony, Paul, and Mary of Egypt - Peter Anthony Mena - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

In this book , Peter Anthony Mena looks closely at descriptions of space in ancient Christian hagiographies and considers how the desert relates to constructions of subjectivity. By reading three pivotal ancient hagiographies-the Life of Antony , the Life of Paul the Hermit , and the Life of Mary of Egypt -in conjunction with Gloria Anzaldúa''s ideas about the US/Mexican borderlands/ la frontera, Mena shows readers how descriptions of the desert in these texts are replete with spaces and inhabitants that render the desert a borderland or frontier space in Anzaldúan terms. As a borderland space, the desert functions as a device for the creation of an emerging identity in late antiquity-the desert ascetic. Simultaneously, the space of the desert is created through the image of the saint. Literary critical, religious studies, and historical methodologies converge in this work in order to illuminate a heuristic tool for interpreting the desert in late antiquity and its importance for the development of desert asceticism. Anzaldúa''s theories help guide a reading especially attuned to the important relationship between space and subjectivity.

DKK 731.00
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Embracing Scientific Realism - Seungbae Park - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Embracing Scientific Realism - Seungbae Park - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book provides philosophers of science with new theoretical resources for making their own contributions to the scientific realism debate. Readers will encounter old and new arguments for and against scientific realism. They will also be given useful tips for how to provide influential formulations of scientific realism and antirealism. Finally, they will see how scientific realism relates to scientific progress, scientific understanding, mathematical realism, and scientific practice.

DKK 901.00
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