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From one of the world's most imaginative designers comes a story about humanity told through the lens of our buildings. 'This book is a super-accessible guide as to why we shouldn't put up with soulless buildings and how we might change that' GRAYSON PERRY _____ Our world is losing its humanity. Too many developers care more about their shareholders than society. Too many politicians care more about power than the people who vote for them. And too many cities feel soulless and depressing, with buildings designed for business, not for us. So where do we find hope? Thomas Heatherwick has an alternative. By changing the world around us, we can improve our health, restore our happiness, and save our planet. The time has come to put human emotion back at the heart of the design process. Drawing on thirty years of making bold, beautiful buildings, neuroscience and cognitive psychology, Heatherwick brings together vivid stories and hundreds of beautiful images into a visual masterpiece. Humanise will inspire us to do nothing less than remake our world. _____ 'Thomas Heatherwick brings a velvet sledgehammer to the way we think about buildings and how they change our lives . . . I want to live in the kind of city Heatherwick imagines!' SIMON SINEK 'Humanise is a masterwork. It's quietly furious, impassioned, rigorous and forensic in all the right doses. It leaves me very hopeful indeed about how things could go from here' ALAIN DE BOTTON

"Drawing from an extensive database and a cross-national comparative approach, this book examines the ways and reasons why new media promotes political participation among young people in Russia and Kazakhstan. The author develops theoretical models that better explain how new-media use translates into political participation"--

"This book analyzes the relationship between Colombian paramilitaries and the State in the period 1982-2007. Despite the attention that the paramilitaries demand, due to both the magnitude of their crimes and their specificities, understanding the nature of this interaction has proven to be complex. They were not a homogeneous, hierarchical force, but a protean network of highly localistic coalitions and units. Based on new and extensive empirical evidence, the book shows that even in diverse circumstances there was a set of basic mechanisms that established a link between the State and paramilitary factions, which influenced the trajectory of the latter. These mechanisms, in turn, were permanently mediated by political institutions and the highly clientelistic Colombian polity. Therefore, without a close reading of the Colombian clientelistic politics and statehood, it is not possible to understand the interaction between the two entities."--Provided by publisher

A tale of two wars -- The winding road to war -- Desert shield -- War of necessity -- The Clinton interregnum -- The 9/11 presidency -- Prelude to war -- War of choice -- Takeaways from two wars

Stümke fragt nach relevanten Impulsen, die von Martin Luthers Friedensverständnis für die heutige Friedensforschung ausgehen können. Dazu wird der Versuch unternommen (erster Hauptteil), Luthers politische Ethik im Rückgriff vor allem auf die Schrift "Ob Kriegsleute auch in seligem Stande sein können" (1526) systematisch zu rekonstruieren. Luthers Anthropologie und Rechtfertigungslehre werden ausführlich analysiert. Der zweite Hauptteil ist den politischen Anwendungsbereichen gewidmet, konzentriert auf aktuelle militärbezogene Themenkomplexe. Nach der Beantwortung der Frage, ob ein Christ überhaupt Soldat sein dürfe, richtet sich die Perspektive auf Nothilfe, Krieg und Frieden.

'Absolutely fascinating . . . A must-read for anyone enthralled by the value and integrity of books' Janice Hallett, author of The Alperton AngelsA true detective story from the age of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers: the literary crime that fooled the world - and the daring young booksellers who uncovered itLondon, 1932. Thomas James Wise is the toast of the literary establishment. A prominent collector and businessman, he is renowned on both sides of the Atlantic for unearthing the most stunning first editions and bringing them to market. Pompous and fearsome, with friends in high places, he is one of the most powerful men in the field of rare books.One night, two young booksellers - one a dishevelled former communist, the other a martini-swilling fan of detective stories - stumble upon a strange discrepancy. It will lead them to suspect Wise and his books are not all they seem. Inspired by the vogue for Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes, the pair harness the latest developments in forensic analysis to crack the case, but find its extent is greater than they ever could have imagined. By the time they are done, their investigation will have rocked the book world to its core.This is the true story of unlikely friends coming together to expose the literary crime of the century, and of a maverick bibliophile who forged not only books but an entire life, erasing his past along the way.'The perfect piece of armchair detection' Ruth Ware, author of The Woman in Cabin 10 Thrilling . . . reads like a detective story from the golden age Roland Philipps, author of A SPY NAMED ORPHAN'A great story that is truly stranger than fiction' Martin Edwards, President of the Detection Club

Die päpstliche Lehrmeinung zu Fragen der Entwicklungsproblematik unterlag und unterliegt selbst Entwicklungen und Veränderungen. Das Buch zeigt die historischen Hintergründe und den Zusammenhang von Mission und Entwicklung auf und erläutert die unterschiedliche Schwerpunktsetzung der katholischen Lehrmeinung im Verlauf des 20. Jahrhunderts. Stellungnahmen des kirchlichen Lehramts zur Entwicklungsproblematik gibt es seit Papst Pius XI., zunächst nur vereinzelt, seit den 60er Jahren ausführlich und gezielt: Enzykliken wie "Mater et magistra" von Johannes XXIII. (1963), "Populorum progressio" von Paul VI. (1967), "Sollicitudo rei socialis" von Johannes Paul II. (1987), die Pastoralkonstitution des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils (1965) oder das Schlußdokument der römischen Bischofssynode "De iustitia in mundo" (1971). In dieser Gesamtdarstellung werden die Kernaussagen der Dokumente in ihrer geschichtlichen Abfolge und in ihrem inneren Zusammenhang und ihrer phasenweisen Entfaltung im Anschluß an den vom 16.-20. Jh. reichenden Traditionsstrang Mission - Kolonisation - Entwicklung systematisch dargestellt.

Introduction -- The Generation of Zaytunah -- A Scattered Group with a Less-Than-Perfect Image -- Come Do Jihad -- Sons of Tunisia -- Tunisia Is a Land of Dawa -- Hear from Us, Not About Us -- Tunisians Can Be Found Everywhere in the Land of Jihad -- It Was Mostly the Tunisians Who Were Involved in Takfir -- Honest Ones Among the Dawa People Must Come to al-Sham -- We Are Here to Protect You from This Nonbeliever Government -- Postscript

"Why the paradigm of the world-class university is an implausible dream for most institutions of higher education Universities have become major actors on the global stage. Yet, as they strive to be "world-class," institutions of higher education are shifting away from their core missions of cultivating democratic citizenship, fostering critical thinking, and safeguarding academic freedom. In the contest to raise their national and global profiles, universities are embracing a new form of utilitarianism, one that favors market power over academic values. In this book, James Mittelman explains why the world-class university is an implausible dream for most institutions and proposes viable alternatives that can help universities thrive in today's competitive global environment. Mittelman traces how the scale, reach, and impact of higher-education institutions expanded exponentially in the post-World War II era, and how the market-led educational model became widespread. Drawing on his own groundbreaking fieldwork, he offers three case studies--the United States, which exemplifies market-oriented educational globalization; Finland, representative of the strong public sphere; and Uganda, a postcolonial country with a historically public but now increasingly private university system. Mittelman shows that the "world-class" paradigm is untenable for all but a small group of wealthy, research-intensive universities, primarily in the global North. Nevertheless, institutions without substantial material resources and in far different contexts continue to aspire to world-class stature. An urgent wake-up call, Implausible Dream argues that universities are repurposing at the peril of their high principles and recommends structural reforms that are more practical than the unrealistic worldwide measures of excellence prevalent today. "--