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The first sociolinguistic history of all languages spoken in ScotlandPresents a history which includes analyses from across the country including coverage of Gaelic, Scots, Pictish, British, Norn, Immigrant languages and Scottish Standard EnglishIncludes four case studies dealing with the birth of a dialect or variety: North East Scots, Scottish Standard English, Shetland Scots and Glasgow Scots Appeals across specialisms, clearly explaining sociolinguistic terminology and requiring no knowledge of Scottish language other than Standard EnglishRobert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing on the histories of the speakers of Scots and Gaelic, and their competition with the encroaching use of (Scottish) Standard English, he also traces the decline and eventual 'death' of Pictish, British and Norn. Four case studies illustrate the historical development of North East Scots, Scottish Standard English, Shetland Scots and Glasgow Scots. Immigrant languages are also discussed throughout the book

This article aims to reflect on the place of history in the history of science from the perspective of Brazilian historiography of science, mainly according to the thought of the Brazilian physicist and historian of science, Carlos Alvarez Maia. Since the 1990s, Maia (2013) began to question why the history of science became (and still largely remains) a "history of absent historians" in the face of the predominance of history of science in the Natural Science Departments and the absence in History Departments. The dynamic and changing historiography of science itself reaffirms the lack of historical analyses using history's methodological and conceptual apparatus. Thus, epistemological aspects appear interrelated to political-institutional issues. Consequently, one has a political-epistemological perspective for discussing the place – or non-place – of history in the history of science. The thought of Maia (2013) acts as an essential starting point for reflection. It constitutes a possible opening in constructing a consolidation of discussions about the impacts (of the absence and the presence of the conceptual apparatus of history) in developing new historiography of science conceptually historical.

Samuel Byrskog verbindet Modelle aus dem interdisziplinären Gebiet der mündlichen Überlieferung mit Einsichten aus der Kulturanthropologie, um die Interaktion zwischen Gegenwart und Vergangenheit in der Entwicklung der Evangelientradition zu untersuchen. Demnach spielten Augenzeugenberichte eine zentrale, aber unterschiedliche Rolle im frühen Christentum. Die folkloristische Bewegung der Reoralisierung erklärt die gegenseitige regelmäßige Einwirkung zwischen mündlichen Berichten und geschriebenen Texten und zeigt sowohl die lebhafte Beziehung zur Vergangenheit als auch die semantische Bedeutung der mündlichen Kommunikation und Darstellung. Insgesamt gesehen sind die Evangelien eine Synthese aus Geschichte und Erzählung, die die Horizonte der Vergangenheit und der Gegenwart verbindet.

Presocratic Greek ethics / Charles H. Kahn -- Classical Greek ethics / John M. Cooper -- Hellenistic ethics ; Roman ethics / A.A. Long -- Early medieval ethics / G. Scott Davis -- Late [sic] medieval ethics / Scott MacDonald -- Renaissance ethics / Jill Kraye -- Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century ethics / J.B. Schneewind -- Nineteenth-century British ethics / Marcus G. Singer -- Nineteenth-century continental ethics / Richard Schacht -- Twentieth-century continental ethics / William B. Schroeder -- Twentieth-century Anglo-American ethics / Alan Donagan

Decolonization has finished. It definitely belongs to the past, but somehow it has refused to become history. A great deal has already been written on this subject, and yet it seems that there is little to say about it. After the Second World War, the colonized countries wanted to become independent, struggled with their oppressors and threw off the yoke of colonial rule. Within a few years they all achieved their aim. That is the song that has now already been sung for about thirty years, in various keys, it is true, but with a remarkable consistency of tune and melody. The entire colonial history seems to have been no more than a prologue to an inevitable and triumphant independence. A new Whig interpretation of history has come into being.

Charting the rise and development of Christianity, Carter Lindberg has succeeded in writing a concise and compelling history of the world's largest religion. He spans over 2,000 years of colorful incident to give an authoritative history of Christianity for both the general reader and the beginning student. Ranges from the missionary journeys of the apostles to the tele-evangelism of the twenty-first century.Demonstrates how the Christian community received and forged its identity from its development of the Bible to the present day.Covers topics fundamental to understanding the course of West

From Kant to Kierkegaard, from Hegel to Heidegger, continental philosophers have indelibly shaped the trajectory of Western thought since the eighteenth century. Although much has been written about these monumental thinkers, students and scholars lack a definitive guide to the entire scope of the continental tradition. The most comprehensive reference work to date, this eight-volume History of Continental Philosophy will both encapsulate the subject and reorient our understanding of it. Beginning with an overview of Kant's philosophy and its initial reception, the History traces the evolution

"In this book, experts explore the representation of Balthazar as a Black African king. They examine medieval and Renaissance artworks that portray the European fantasy of the Black magus, offer clues about the Africans who may have inspired these images, and chronicle the Black presence in premodern Europe"--

What do economic historians do? I analyze quantitatively The Journal of Economic History's contents since its founding, showing subfields, nations, and periods studied, and which scholars and universities have contributed. The timing, extent, and participants of the cliometric revolution are investigated. New rankings of economic history programs are made.