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What role should religious convictions play in political activities? Christopher Eberle is at odds with the dominant orthodoxy among political theorists about the relation of religion and politics. He argues that a citizen may ground political commitments on religious beliefs, even if those political commitments are religious in nature

In this collection - essays from the late 1970s to the '90s - Professor Foot develops further her critique of the dominant ethical theories of the second half of the 20th century including discussion of the nature of moral judgement, practical rationality and the conflict of virtue with desire

These essays examine the global impact of infertility as a major reproductive health issue, one that has profoundly affected the lives of countless women and men. The contributors address a range of topics including how the deeply gendered nature of infertility sets the blame on women's shoulders

This work explores the nature of one of the most ancient tools for nonverbal communication - drawings. How exactly do drawings do their job so well? This work covers the material components of images and the activation of the perceptual and cognitive processes that create and decipher them

The contributors to this informative book consider the nature of a supervision and examine the ways in which it can be further defined and developed. Drawing together practical and theoretical perspectives, Integrative Approaches to Supervision examines the contribution that supervision can make within both organisational and individual settings

This text opens with a discussion of the nature, causes and consequences of the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC). It examines the impact the AFC had as well as offers answers for the questions: why was the economic downturn so severe and why was the territory initially a laggard in economic recovery?

Examines the excuses professionals make when accused of acting unethically, and asks when they are valid and when not. This study of excuses aims to provide a challenging way to think about the nature of ethical problems in the professions and to suggest ways of solving them

Fachwissenschaften und Philosophie haben eine Fülle an Erkenntnissen über "Natur" und "Wesen" der Menschen zusammengetragen. Allerdings mußten anthropologische Aussagen auch immer wieder dafür herhalten, politische Systeme der Unterdrückung zu legitimieren. Ein anthropologisches Grundwissen ist daher gerade für solche Menschen nützlich, die beruflich oder ehrenamtlich in der Kulturarbeit oder -politik tätig sind oder die sich auf eine solche Tätigkeit vorbereiten. Denn gerade sie benötigen ein Verständnis von "Kultur als Selbstschöpfung des Menschen", als Universum symbolischer Formen (E. Cassirer), um ihre Praxis vor einem theoretischen Hintergrund reflektieren zu können

This text challenges theories on the nature of social stratification. The author went to Pohnpei and studied how people use language and other semiotic codes to reproduce and manipulate status differences. The result is this view of how language works to create power and social inequality

Freunden der Natur, der Seen und der Meere eröffnet dieses Buch einen Einblick in die oft mikroskopisch kleine Welt des Planktons. Zahlreiche Zeichnungen und Farbtafeln geben einen Eindruck von der Schönheit und Formenvielfalt vieler Plankter. Beispiele aus vielen Gewässern der Erde zeigen, welch wichtige Rolle das Plankton in der Nahrungskette spielt und wie es die Stoffkreisläufe im Wasser und sogar die Atmosphäre beeinflußt. Schließlich wird die Reaktion des Planktons auf die Gewässerversauerung und die Überdüngung gezeigt und erklärt, welches Gefährdungspotential von Giftalgen ausgehen kann

List of Abbreviations1. Introduction2. The Itineraries of the LSI and the Comintern3. An International United Front?4. The Era of United Fronts5. The Promise of the Plan6. The Nature of a Popular Front7. Transnational Consciousness Within the European Left8. Piston-Box and Steam9. Contingency in the Historical ProcessNotesIndex.

This book offers an original interpretation and a critical assessment of Friederich Nietzsche's influential work on the traditionally central questions of philosophy concerning the possibility of knowledge and the nature of reality. Dr Poellner draws upon not only Nietzsche's published works but also his voluminous notebooks, largely unpublished.

Thomas Nagel addresses the conflict between the claims of the group and those of the individual. Nagel clarifies the nature of the conflict, one of the most fundamental problems in moral and political theory, and argues that its reconciliation is the essential task of any legitimate political system

The authors explain the ways in which uncertainty is an important factor in the problems of risk and policy analysis. This book outlines the source and nature of uncertainty, discusses techniques for obtaining and using expert judgment, and reviews a variety of simple and advanced methods for analyzing uncertainty

Hong Kong literature has attracted attention only in recent years. The present paper gives a sketch of the development of Hong Kong literature as reflected by local literary periodicals and subsequently dwells on the specific nature of this literature by taking up some recent examples. (DÜI-Sbt)