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Das Buch beschaftigt sich mit Grundzugen des mythologischen und philosophischen Denkens im alten Amerika. Die Aktualitat dieser Thematik ergibt sich aus der sich seit Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts vollziehenden indigenen Emanzipationsbewegung, die auf eine lange historische Tradition zuruckblicken kann. Altamerikanische Mythen haben bis heute im Rahmen von christlichen Mischreligionen ihre Bedeutung erhalten. Im Mittelpunkt steht u. a. die Rolle und Funktion sozialer Mythen. Ausgegangen wird von d...
Carnets Jean Paul Sartre (Jahrbucher Der Sartre-Gesellschaft E.V., #3) (Jahrbuecher Der Sartre-Gesellschaft E.V., #3)
Die Sartre Gesellschaft nahm das Erscheinen von Sartres Drama Der Teufel und der liebe Gott vor gut funfzig Jahren zum Anlass, das aus der religioesen Tradition ins Politische verschobene Kategorienpaar gut - boese in seinen aktuellen moralischen und ethischen Dimensionen zu befragen. Von der Breite und Vielfalt dieses Themas zeugen die hier veroeffentlichten Tagungsbeitrage. Aufsatze und Rezensionen erweitern und erkunden philosophische, literarische und ideengeschichtliche Bezuge, die unter Be...
Cu Chulainn's Revival (Kulturelle Identitaten / Cultural Identities, #4) (Kulturelle Identitaeten / Cultural Identities, #4)
by Franziska Bock
Seit der Wiederentdeckung Cu Chulainns und seiner Stilisierung zum irischen Nationalhelden im Irish Literary Revival im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert ist das Interesse an ihm ungebrochen. Auch zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts befassen sich Autoren unterschiedlicher Nationalitaten mit den Erzahlungen um diesen irischen Helden. Auf der Basis von 18 Werken zeigt dieses Buch die Veranderungen des Helden vom Mittelalter bis in die Moderne auf und legt dar, wie sich das Bild eines Kriegers gewandelt hat. Dabe...
Philosophy as a discipline has not only been distinct and crucial but also consistent in the enduring search for practical solutions to human problems. This study discusses the role philosophical enquiries and postulations can play in the practical reconstruction of Africa. It identifies the continent's peculiar and diverse challenges as arising mostly from effects of Western intervention in African history and argues for a restoration of the heritage immanent in Africa's oral tradition. The aut...
Little has been written about the early Harrist movement in Ivory Coast following the remarkable evangelistic successes there of Liberian prophet William Wade Harris, 1913-1915. Harris' converts among the Dida people, however, recorded much of what happened in hundreds of hymns composed during those first dynamic decades. These hymns are today a unique and invaluable resource for understanding the early life, faith and history of one of West Africa's largest independent churches. Over 250 hymn t...
"Chambers Harrap's Primary French Dictionary" contains 250 dialogues, 300 games and activities and, on the CD-ROM, 6 songs that together make up a complete learning package that addresses the different learning abilities of children. Authentic language is shown in a context that makes it come alive. A user-friendly, full-colour picture dictionary with an attractive layout, "Chambers Harrap's Primary French Dictionary" will be an invaluable tool as modern languages become more widely taught in Br...
These brand-new books, split into two sections, are based on our extremely successful Utiles range for the French market. The first section consists of thematic chapters covering topics such as accommodation, problems and emergencies and food and drink; each chapter contains lists of basic vocabulary followed by sentences the user will want to say or will hear. Practical information is also included as are informal and slang expressions. The second section consists of a bilingual dictionary cont...
Value, Meaning and the Social Structure of Human Work (European University Studies, v. 282)
by Obiora F. Ike
Ripping Open the Set (New Studies in European Cinema, #13)
by Professor Ben McCann
French film design throughout the 1930s was not just descriptive, but also expressive: sets were not merely part of the background, but were vital components of a film's overall atmosphere, impact and critical afterlife. This was a period when sets were 'ripped open', as painted backdrops were replaced by three-dimensional constructions to ensure greater proximity to reality. Accomplished set designers such as Alexandre Trauner, Jacques Krauss and Eugene Lourie crafted a series of designs both r...
Adapting Shahrazad's Odyssey (American University Studies, #40)
by Eda Dedebas Dundar
Adapting Shahrazad's Odyssey: The Female Wanderer and Storyteller in Victorian and Contemporary Middle Eastern Literature focuses on a comparative study of the figure of the female traveler and storyteller in nineteenth-century Victorian literature and contemporary Anglophone Middle Eastern writing. Eda Dedebas Dundar's cutting-edge study is the first to discover a strong link between traveling texts and the traveling women in fiction, analyzing the ways in which she is molded by her previous ex...
de Codice Liviano Vetustissimo Vindobonensi (1876)
by Michael Gitlbauer
Berlitz English for Danish Travellers (Foreign Language Phrase Books)
Tukarama, His Person and His Religion (European University Studies, v. 22)
by Ajit Lokhande
Arnulfi Imperatoris Vita Ex Annalibus Et Diplomatis Conscripta (1837)
by Maximilian Joseph Ludwig Von Gagern