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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editors' Introduction -- 1. History and Theory of Anthropology and Ethnology -- 2. Theory and Practice -- 3. Enlightenment and Pietism -- 4. Ethnography and Empire -- 5. Anthropology and the Orient -- 6. From the Field to the Study -- 7. Anthropology in the German Enlightenment -- 8. Epilogue -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Colophon -- Table of Contents -- Sonderegger: Facets of an Intellectual History of Africa -- Marzagora: The Role of the Japanese Model in Ethiopian Political Thought (1900-1936) -- Aroch-Fugellie: Africa and Neoliberal Circuits of Intellectual Value Production -- Dallywater: In Search of 'African Aesthetics' -- Angelo: Virtues for All, State for No One? -- Houser: The Making of Biko -- Diegner: Bwanamvinyo, Protean Nyerere, and the Battleground of Ideas -- Steinbach-Hüther: Near and Far

"The dominance of economic repertories of value is a relatively new phenomenon, and one which directly correlates to the steady advent of capitalism in early modern Europe. This volume brings together scholars with expertise in a variety of related fields, including economic history, the history of consumption and material culture, art history, and the history of collecting, to explore changing concepts of value from the early modern period to the nineteenth century and present a new view on the advent of modern economic practices. Jointly, they fundamentally challenge traditional historical narratives about the rise of our contemporary market economy and consumer society"--

As the United States continues its slow recovery from the global financial crisis of 2008, politicians, policymakers and academics are increasingly turning to the lessons of history to gain insight into how we might address both current and future economic challenges. This volume offers contributions by eminent economists and historians, each commenting on the theories of a particular 20th century economist and the ways in which those theories apply to modern economic thought. -- Presented in rough chronological order of the lives of the featured economists, these chapters tackle a number of major economic issues, including the role of central banks, monetary and fiscal policy, government spending, entrepreneurship and financial innovation. The contributors apply the theories of Walter Bagehot, Thorstein Veblen, John Maynard Keynes, Joseph Schumpeter and Friedrich Hayek to these and other crucial topics, offering both comprehensive historical analysis and vital insights into the modern US and world economies. Two additional chapters on the Great Depression and US monetary and fiscal history round out this critical collection.

Imperien sind ein zentrales Thema der Geschichts- und Politikwissenschaften. Mit den USA und dem Imperium Romanum analysiert Ulrich Leitner die zwei prominentesten »Imperien« der modernen politologischen und althistorischen Debatte. Dabei verbindet er erstmals beide Sichtweisen und entwickelt ein idealtypisches Modell des Imperiums, das in beiden Disziplinen angewendet werden kann.

&b&Hauptbeschreibung&/b&&br/&Ideen haben Konsequenzen - vor allem, wenn Intellektuelle und Experten das Ohr der Mächtigen finden, weil diese fürchten, ihnen könnten die Ideen ausgehen. Auch darum ging es im Kalten Krieg: um eine umfassende Mobilisierung geistiger Ressourcen, um das feindliche Lager im weltweiten Kampf um Macht, Prestige und Einfluss auszustechen. So ist die Konjunktur von Modernisierungs- und Planungstheorien zu verstehen, der Aufschwung von Kybernetik und Länderstudien, von Spieltheorien und anderer Modelle des Konfliktmanagements. &br/&&br/&25 renommierte Historiker rekonstr