Wie weiter?
Das Land steckt in der Krise. Seine Parteien auch. Im Chinesischen besteht das Wort »Krise« aus zwei Schriftzeichen. Das eine heißt »Gefahr«, das andere »Chance«. Der notorische Optimist Gregor Gysi glaubt wie Obama: Das Beste kommt noch. Er sieht...
The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems
Citizens living in presidential or parliamentary systems face different political choices as do voters casting votes in elections governed by rules of proportional representation or plurality. Political commentators seem to know how such rules inf...
The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems
Citizens living in presidential or parliamentary systems face different political choices as do voters casting votes in elections governed by rules of proportional representation or plurality. Political commentators seem to know how such rules inf...
Die Rückenschule
Jeder Zweite von uns hat Rückenprobleme, der eine mehr, der andere weniger. Aber es ist leicht und weniger zeitaufwendig, als Sie denken, Ihrem Körper und besonders Ihrem Rücken etwas Gutes zu tun. Der Autor ist Mitbegründer der hochangesehenen Ka...
Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells, Volume 1
"The Greek magical papyri" is a collection of magical spells and formulas, hymns, and rituals from Greco-Roman Egypt, dating from the second century B.C. to the fifth century A.D.. A comprehensive text, this volume contains a fresh trans...
Rise of Reptiles
The defining masterwork on the evolution of reptiles. Over 300 million years ago, an early land vertebrate developed an egg that contained the embryo in an amnion, allowing it to be deposited on land. This moment marked the first step in the fasci...
Max Frisch
Max Frisch
A Natural History of Peace
A stimulating and innovative consideration of the concept, causes, and practice of peace in societies both ancient and modern, human and primate.We know a great deal about aggression, conflict, and war, but relatively little about peace, partially because it has been such a scarce phenomenon throughout history and in our own times. Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace requires special relationships, structures, and attitudes to promote and protect it. A Natural History of Peace provides the first broadly interdisciplinary examination of peace as viewed from the perspectives of social anthropology, primatology, archeology, psychology, political science, and economics. Among other notable features, this volume offers: a major theory concerning the evolution of peace and violence through human history; an in-depth comparative study of peaceful cultures with the goal of discovering what it is that makes them peaceful; one of the earliest reports of a new theory of the organization
Democracy and Political Culture in Eastern Europe
What is the relationship between democracy and political culture in countries undergoing major systemic change? Have subjective political orientations of citizens been important in shaping the development of democracy in central and eastern Europe...
Yoga Meditation
Yoga Meditation
European Labour Law
In the beginning Labour Law and Social Security Law were of little significance in the development of European Law. They only played a very minor role in the founding Treaties of the European Communities as their aim was primarily to harmonise eco...
Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence
This book presents an introduction to, and modern account of, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, an active field both in general turbulence theory and in various areas of astrophysics. The book starts by introducing the MHD equations, certain u...
Picture Book of Quantum Mechanics
The aim of this book is to explain the basic concepts and phenomena of quantum mechanics by means of visualisation. Computer-generated illustrations in color are used extensively throughout the text, helping to establish the relation between quant...
Terrestrial Conservation Lagerstatten
Evolutionary biologists have long been concerned by the incompleteness of the fossil record. Although our knowledge of the diversity of life in 'deep time' has improved, many lineages of extant animals and plants still have only sparse fossil docu...
Global Lawmaking and Social Change
Customary international law is a widely-recognised modality of international lawmaking. It underpins all norms of international law and shapes all aspects of global society. Yet familiar approaches to customary international law struggle to answer basic questions about its role, operation, and prospects. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, this book offers an alternative perspective on customary international law as a dynamic and multifaceted social phenomenon and idea. It explores customary international lawmaking in different social contexts, including the regulation of armed conflict, the treatment of the ‘other’, and the management of global environmental risks. Focusing on the ‘varieties’ of customary international law, it identifies four types of customary international law norms and explores their roles and implications. Critically revisiting a classic topic of international law, the book provides a tool for understanding and shaping global lawmaking and social change in a
Yevgeny Mravinsky
The last of a long line of distinguished Russian aristocrats, Yevgeny Mravinsky emerges from the 20th Century musical scene as a noble conductor and exceptional treasure of Soviet culture. His friendship of some forty years with Dmitri Shostakovic...
Hegel and Spinoza
Gregor Moder's Hegel and Spinoza: Substance and Negativity is a lively entry into current debates surrounding the issues raised by Hegel's readings of Spinoza, from the Lacanians and Deleuzians to the Althusserians and Heideggerians. Hegel and Spi...
Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany
A new history of how the musical worlds of German towns and cities were transformed during the Nazi era. In the years after the Nazis came to power in January 1933 and through the war years all aspects of life in Germany changed. However, despite ...
Ashtanga Yoga Practice and Philosophy
Ashtanga Yoga Practice and Philosophy
Nazism, War and Genocide
Now available for the first time in paperback, this volume of specially commissioned essays brings together contributions by internationally recognised scholars from Britain, Germany and the USA to present and reflect upon the latest research on t...
Fuel Cell Technology Handbook
Fuel cell systems have now reached a degree of technological maturity and appear destined to form the cornerstone of future energy technologies. But the rapid advances in fuel cell system development have left current information available only in...