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In den letzten Jahren hat sich eine neue, und zwar eine feministische Kritik an Pornographie entwickelt, die die Annahme, daß ungezügelte individualisierte Freiheit gesund, vital und in sich selbst gut sei, für schlichtweg falsch hält. Die feministische Kritik wird erläutert, der von Feministinnen betonte Unterschied zwischen Erotika und Pornographie sowie die Mängel der Sexualforschung, die sich mit der Wirkung sexueller Stimuli beschäftigt, werden aufgezeigt. Es wird eingegangen auf die Schwierigkeit der Definition von Pornographie, die bei der Herstellung und dem Vertrieb von Pornographie vorhandenen Marktmechanismen sowie die Rolle des Subjekts 'Kunde'. Es folgt eine Analyse von Hard-Core. Die Autoren legen dar, daß das naturalistische Modell von Sexualität (Sexualität als Teil unserer Natur und nicht als Teil unserer Kultur) die Maskierung von Feindseligkeit und Haß in der Pornographie fördert. Abschließend wird noch einmal kurz skizziert, wieso Pornographie nicht Befreiung, sondern das Gegenteil bedeutet. (LF)

Democracy was forged in the furnaces of oppression, whether combatting tyranny or affirming the rights of the individual. As democracy is under threat in many parts of the world, there has never been a more urgent need to understand political thoughts and behaviours. This lucid and accessible book brings together a global group of scholars from psychology, political science, communication, sociology, education and psychiatry. The book's structure, based on Abraham Lincoln's well-known phrase 'Of, by and for' the people, scrutinises the psychological factors experienced by politicians as representatives 'of' the electorate, the political institutions and systems devised 'by' those we elect, and the societies that influence the context 'for' us as citizens. From trust to risk, from political values to moral and religious priorities, from the personality and language of leaders to fake news and anti-democratic forces, this book provides vital new insights for researchers, politicians and citizens alike

"This collection of essays, written by authors of different nationalities, explores the experiences of the countries that were not numbered among the Second World War's major belligerents, including colonies, "lesser" powers, and neutral nation states. National Perspectives on the Global Second World War is an essential contribution to the study of the Second World War and will be of particular interest to scholars of imperial and colonial history, military history, and global history"--

"In this study the author examines how, in the Civil War-era South, newly freed African Americans used their experiences with death from war, disease, and racial violence to advance their own understanding of the meaning of freedom and to stake claims to citizenship, civil rights, and racial justice from the federal government"--

What are trans conversion practices? -- Interpreting the scope of bans -- Legal variants across the globe -- Opposition and constitutional challenges to bans -- Analyzing the benefits and limitations of bans -- Developing an affirmative professional culture -- Annotated model law for prohibiting conversion practices.

Among one of the older sub-fields in Buddhist Studies, the study of Theravāda Buddhism is undergoing a revival by contemporary scholars who are revising long-held conventional views of the tradition while undertaking new approaches and engaging new subject matter. The term Theravāda has been refined, and research has expanded beyond the analysis of canonical texts to examine contemporary cultural forms, social movements linked with meditation practices, material culture, and vernacular language texts. The Routledge Handbook of Theravāda Buddhism illustrates the growth and new directions of scholarship in the study of Theravāda Buddhism and is structured in four parts: Ideas/Ideals, Practices/Persons, Texts/Teachings, Images/Imaginations. Owing largely to the continued vitality of Theravāda Buddhist communities in countries like Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos, as well as in diaspora communities across the globe, traditions associated with what is commonly (and fairly recently) called Theravāda attract considerable attention from scholars and practitioners around the world. An in-depth guide to the distinctive features of Theravāda, the Handbook will be an invaluable resource to provide structure and guidance for scholars and students of Asian Religion, Buddhism and in particular Theravāda Buddhism.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Beyond the Postmodern? The Inhuman Condition -- 1. The End of Time: Evolution, Extinction, and the Fate of Meaning -- 2. Information and Event: Lyotard's Philosophy of Information -- 3. Economy, Ecology, Organology: On Technics and Desire -- 4. Nihilism and the Sublime: The Crisis of Perception -- 5. Aesthēsis and Technē: New Technologies and Lyotard's Aesthetics -- 6. Immaterial Matter: Yves Klein and the Aesthetics of the Sensible -- 7. Inhuman Arts: From Cubism to New Media -- Conclusion: The Judgement of the Inhuman -- Bibliography -- Index

From the European assimilation and destruction of the New World to our present environmental destruction of our shared world, Humans, among Other Classical Animals demonstrates how the Classics have been implicated in the structures of thought that have ultimately led us to our present historical moment.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figure 2.1. The Sayarim Kite -- Figure 2.2. Aerial view of the Pitam Kite, looking west. -- Figure 2.3. Funnel- shaped game drives in Tibet -- Figure 2.4. Hunting blind in Tibetan antelope wintering grounds -- Figure 2.5. Locations of dzaekha traps -- Figure 2.6. Ancient remains of a trap for chaccu -- Figure 2.7. Apparent drive structures in Chile -- Figure 2.8. Start of the Gran Chaccu -- Figure 2.9. Guide map of the Gran Chaccu -- Figure 2.10. The Kutoyis Complex, Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana -- Figure 2.11. Pronghorn hunting architecture sites labeled north of Matlin, Box Elder County, Utah -- Figure 2.12. Aerial view of the Barnett pronghorn hunting site in Canada -- Figure 2.13. Oblique aerial view of the Barnett pronghorn hunting site, -- Figure 2.14. Oblique aerial view of the Barnett pronghorn hunting site looking northeast -- Figure 2.15. Drive lane and hunting blind at the Olson site -- Figure 2.16. Deer trap on Rum in Scotland -- Figure 2.17. Deer trap on Rum with the surrounding landscape -- Figure 2.18. Schematic of caribou drive lane features -- Figure 2.19. Rock art depiction of reindeer hunting corral near Alta, Norway -- Figure 2.20. Engraving of Rangifer hunting architecture on walrus tusk pipe, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska -- Figure 2.21. Map of Tulugak Lake, Alaska, showing the microregional layout of Nunamiut settlements, caribou hunting architecture, and caribou migration trails (Binford 1978b:206 -- Binford 2012: 206). -- Figure 2.22a- d. Rock art depicting camelids in a drive lane and corral hunting structure in Peru (Hostnig 2011, figs. 8-9, 10b, 11). -- Figure 2.23. Rock art depicting bighorn sheep trap. Photograph taken by Dell Crandall of Moab, Utah. Used by permission of Peter Faris and https:// rockartblog.blogspot.com.