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Home is a powerful idea throughout antiquity, from Odysseus epic journey to recover his own home, nostalgically longed-for through his long absence, to the implanting of Christianity in the domestic sphere in late antiquity. We can recognise the idea even if there is no word for it that quite corresponds to our own: the Greek oikos and the Latin domus mean both house and family, the essential components of home. To attempt a history of the home in antiquity means bringing together two separate, if closely related, fields of study. On the one hand, study of the family, both in the legal frameworks that define it as institution and the literary representations of it in daily life; on the other, archaeological study of the domestic setting, within which such relationships are played out. Ranging across a period of over a millennium, this collection looks at the home as a force of integration: of the worlds of family and of the outsider in hospitality; of the worlds of leisure and work; of the worlds of public and private life; of the world of practical structures and furnishings and the world of religion

The epic of America -- What I am fighting for -- People of plenty -- The making of a counter culture -- The poverty of affluence -- The world is flat

The Revista Brasileira de Música (Brazilian Journal of Music) begins its 85 years consolidating its editorial policy of internationalization and democratization of access to knowledge. The present volume expresses the institutional concern to promote the socialization of the results of research developed at the university in broader sectors of society, focusing on the integration of updated knowledge about Brazilian music in the curricular contents of elementary and high school. The texts published here result from the first edition of the extension course 'Pedagogy of the History of Brazilian Music for Basic Education', aimed at the continuing education of teachers, and which was held during the IX International Symposium of Musicology of UFRJ "Music, Society and Socialization of Knowledge, "which celebrated the 170th anniversary of the UFRJ School of Music in the week of August 13-17, 2018.

Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America and a New York Times bestselling author, explains how the Supreme Court has spilled beyond its Constitutional powers and how we the people should take that power back. Taking his typically in-depth, historically informed view, Thom Hartmann asks, What if the Supreme Court didn't have the power to strike down laws? According to the Constitution, it doesn't. From the founding of the republic until 1803, the Supreme Court was the final court of appeals, as it was always meant to be. So where did the concept of judicial review start? As so much of modern American history, it began with the battle between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, and with Marbury v. Madison. Hartmann argues it is not the role of the Supreme Court to decide what the law is but rather the duty of the people themselves. He lays out the history of the Supreme Court of the United States, since Alexander Hamilton's defense to modern-day debates, with key examples of cases where the Supreme Court overstepped its constitutional powers. The ultimate remedy to the Supreme Court's abuse of power is with the people--the ultimate arbiter of the law--using the ballot box. America does not belong to the kings and queens; it belongs to the people.

Benvenisti, ehemaliger Zweiter Bürgermeister von Jerusalem, stellt die aktuelle Situation in der Stadt und die Lösungsperspektiven des Jerusalemproblems in den Kontext der dreitausendjährigen Stadtgeschichte, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf dem 20. Jh. liegt. Er behandelt u.a. Fragen der geographischen Abgrenzung, die politische Geschichte Jerusalems, das Spannungsverhältnis von Demokratie und Demographie in einer geteilten Stadt sowie die Problematik der politisch statt städteplanerisch begründeten Stadtentwicklung. Benvenisti glaubt nicht, dass der Jerusalemkonflikt durch ein Souveränitätsreglement - gleich welcher Art - zu lösen ist; die Lösung muss sich auf der Basis einer vertrauensvollen Zusammenarbeit nach und nach entwickeln: "the process is the solution". (DÜI-Hns)