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Ein Jahr. Im Konzentrationslager ist das eine lange Zeit, eine Zeit, die ein Leben in ein Vorher und ein Nachher teilt. Rachel Hanan war 15, als sie ins Konzentrationslager verschleppt wurde, sie überlebte Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Duderstadt und Theresienstadt, bei ihrer Befreiung war sie 16. Sie hat aus diesem Jahr Albträume und dunkle Gedanken mitgenommen, aber auch die Erkenntnis, dass Liebe einen Menschen am Leben erhalten kann. So wie sie und ihre drei Schwestern sich im Lager angesichts unvorstellbarer Härten gegenseitig am Leben erhielten. Rachel macht es sich bis heute zur Aufgabe, diese rettende Liebe an andere Menschen weiterzugeben. Und sie kämpfte in ihrem zweiten Leben darum, wieder glücklich zu sein IBM mit Erfolg, sagt sie im Alter von 93 Jahren. Dies ist die bewegende Botschaft einer starken Frau, die sich bewusst für die helle Seite des Lebens entschieden hat. (Verlagsinformation)

"The permanent presence of experts in the media has become ingrained in our everyday lives. Expertise is ubiquitous on TV, radio, and social media. It ranges from highly specialized and technical knowledge of the natural and social world to mundane aspects of life like our household clutter. This is particularly acute with regards to economic expertise. A small minority of people have expertise in financial economics - though everyone experiences the effects of the financialization of nearly all aspects of life - and through this knowledge and media presence, they wield a great deal of power through providing financial advice, interpreting market movements, and explaining the financial implications of political events. Most of what nonexperts think they know about financial markets comes not from their direct experience but through the media. The Spectacle of Expertise is an ethnographic exploration of how financial expertise is manufactured in collaboration between financial analysts, producers, anchors, and camera directors on TV, radio, and the internet. Alex Preda takes the reader into the world of trade fairs and investor conferences in the UK and the US, and TV and radio studios in Hong Kong. He shows how these settings deploy Goffmanian forms of talk of spectacle and games to manufacture and display expertise. Preda explains these two concepts, demonstrates the role that technology plays in these processes, shows what we expect of experts and how expert talk is created, and considers the relationship between talk and truth. In sum, the book explains the power of expertise to shape our understanding of important issues and reactions to them."

This longitudinal study is based on the story of Lola, who was gang raped during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992. At the time, she was in a detention camp with her young children. Only one of Lola's several perpetrators was convicted but his sentence of six years of imprisonment has never been actioned by the Bosnian judiciary. Lola's rapist is still free and she lives in continual fear that he will retaliate against her and her children for her role in his trial

The iconic image of the lunatic asylum is one that often leaves us wondering what went on inside these imposing buildings.In this new book, Juliana Cummings first questions what behaviours and characteristics define insanity and leads us through a comprehensive history of insanity and the asylum from the early treatment and care of mental illness in the Middle Ages and early modern period through to the closure of mental institutions in the twentieth century.Throughout the years, we learn of how the treatments and institutional structures for caring for the mentally ill developed and changed. The Age of Enlightenment and the rise of humanitarian reform was followed by the emergence of the insane asylum in the 1800s, which saw the beginning of the widespread constructions of asylums.We explore the different reasons for admittance, as well as the vast array of treatments. It shows that your treatment as an inmate of an asylum could vary depending on your gender and your social class.Although once thought of as criminals, the mentally ill were gradually treated with care. Juliana discusses the different treatments used over time as attitudes towards the mentally ill changed, such as drug use, psychosurgery and insulin therapy. We learn of the regulations and reforms that led to the closure of asylums, how their closure affected society and consider how the mentally ill are treated today.This insightful new history helps us to better understand the haunting past of the asylum and leads us down a fascinating road to where we come to an understanding of a time in history that is often mistaken

"Following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, tsunamis engulfed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant located on Japan's Pacific Coast, leading to the worst nuclear disaster the world has seen since the Chernobyl crisis of 1986. Prior to this disaster, Japan had the third largest commercial nuclear program in the world, surpassed only by those in the United States and France--nuclear power significantly contributed to Japan's economic prosperity, and nearly 30% of Japan's electricity was generated by reactors dotted across the archipelago, from northern Hokkaido to southern Kyushu. This long period of institutional stasis was, however, punctuated by the crisis of March 11, which became a critical juncture for Japanese nuclear policymaking. As Akihiro Ogawa argues, the primary agent for this change is what he calls "antinuclear citizens"-- a conscientious Japanese public who envision a sustainable life in a nuclear-free society. Drawing on over a decade of ethnographic research conducted across Japan--including antinuclear rallies, meetings with bureaucrats, and at renewable energy production sites--Ogawa presents an historical record of ordinary people's actions as they sought to survive and navigate a new reality post-Fukushima. Ultimately, Ogawa argues that effective sustainability efforts require collaborations that are grounded in civil society and challenge hegemonic ideology, efforts that reimagine societies and landscapes--especially those dominated by industrial capitalism--to help build a productive symbiosis between industry and sustainability"--

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Background and History -- Introduction: Civil Liberties in the United States -- U.S. Founding Documents -- The Declaration of Independence -- The Articles of Confederation -- The U.S. Constitution -- The Bill of Rights -- The First Amendment and Freedom of Speech -- Debating Freedom of Speech -- Court Rulings on Free Speech -- Academic Freedom and Campus Free Speech -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions -- Introduction -- Campus Climate Regarding Free Speech -- Civic Engagement Initiatives on Campus -- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives on Campus -- Challenges of Promoting Free Speech on Campus -- Controversies Regarding Free Speech on Campus -- Case Study: Chapman University -- Controversies Regarding Academic Freedom -- Solutions/Best Practices for Promoting Free Speech -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 3. Perspectives -- Introduction -- Campus Free Speech: Keep Your Head Down and Don't Say a Word? -- Free Speech and the Value of the Sidewalk Provocateur -- Promoting a "Statement of Community Valuesʺ -- Thoughts from the Front Lines of the Campus Free Speech Struggle -- Is There a Free Speech Crisis? -- Student Affairs and the Free Speech Debate on Campus -- Talking Politics: Teaching Democracy by Teaching Political Discussion -- Framing Controversies over Free Speech and Academic Freedom in the University Setting -- 4. Profiles -- Introduction -- Organizations -- American Association of University Professors -- American Civil Liberties Union -- American College Personnel Association -- American Council on Education -- American Political Science Association -- Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression -- Heterodox Academy -- National Association of Scholars -- National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.