The Score, the Orchestra, and the Conductor
In The Score, The Orchestra, and the Conductor, internationally-renowned conducting instructor Gustav Meier presents his practical approach to preparing an orchestral score for rehearsal and performance. Well-illustrated with numerous music exampl...
A History of Social Psychology
The term 'social psychology' was first established in the 1860s but the issues surrounding the subject have evolved over a much longer period. This book follows the history of the discipline over two and a half centuries, demonstrating the links b...
A History of Social Psychology
The term 'social psychology' was first established in the 1860s but the issues surrounding the subject have evolved over a much longer period. This book follows the history of the discipline over two and a half centuries, demonstrating the links b...
Experiencing the Impossible
How the scientific study of magic reveals intriguing-and often unsettling-insights into the mysteries of the human mind. What do we see when we watch a magician pull a rabbit out of a hat or read a person's mind? We are captivated by an illusion; ...
Groups, Graphs and Trees
Presenting groups in a formal, abstract algebraic manner is both useful and powerful, yet it avoids a fascinating geometric perspective on group theory - which is also useful and powerful, particularly in the study of infinite groups. This book pr...
Leo Strauss and the Theologico-Political Problem
This book, by one of the most prominent interpreters of Leo Strauss's thought, was the first to address the problem that Leo Strauss himself said was the theme of his studies: the theologico-political problem or the confrontation with the theologi...
Migrant Professionals in the City
The migration of professionals is widely seen as a paradigmatic representation and a driver of globalization. The global elite of highly qualified migrants-managers and scientists, for example-are partly defined by their lives' mobility. But their...
Gymnasium of the Horse
Gymnasium of the Horse
Pojken med den blå ryggsäcken
Hossein är bara ett år når han och hans föräldrar måste fly sitt hemland Afghanistan där de riskerar döden, av religiösa skäl. Men inte heller Iran är säkert för en familj ur minoritetsbefolkningen hazarer, som familjen tillhör. När Hossein ...
Förfacklig kamp och vardagligt motstånd : Klassmotsättningar mellan husbönder och statare i Stockholms län ca 1890-1919
I denna avhandling bidrar Gustav Nyberg med ny kunskap om statarnas förfackliga kamp och vardagliga motstånd i Stockholms län under tidsperioden 1890-1919. Genom att kombinera olika typer av källmaterial analyserar Nyberg skärpta klassmotsättninga...
Observationer
Observationer är en ung mans funderingar över medmänniskor och samtid, uttryckta i form av s.k. oneliners, underfundigt illustrerade av konstnären Jacob Frössén. Med ett extraordinärt sinne för att fånga upp lustigheterna i vardagslivet lockar Gus...
