Here, David Delfs Erbo Andersen presents a syncretic history of political and socioeconomic developments in the three Scandinavian countries since the early modern period, and contrasts their peaceful transitions with the more dramatic histories of otherwise similar European countries, like France and Germany.
Consensual - and comparatively efficient - policies have likewise been pursued in agricultural and industrial policies, in environmental policies, and in many policies related to public services. The preconditions for these policies are strong civil societies, i.e.
Animation" implies that the image or figural object is alive, endowed with anima: a "soul", "spirit" or "vital principle." In the Middle Ages, holy or emphatically unholy imagery often possessed an ability to come to life, to act and do things, to move and gesticulate, to speak and exude.
This catalogue showcases the collection of Sardinian, Etruscan and Italic bronze statuettes In the Danish National Museum, exploring these works of art and their cultural significance.
Deswegen waren die Fluchtlinge nicht sonderlich popular - sie trafen auf Ablehnung bei den Danen und bei den Behoerden bis die letzten deutschen Fluchtlinge im Februar 1949 ausreisen konnten.
This volume on urban planning within the book series 'Nordic World' outlines the preconditions, the development, the challenges and the actual appearances of the changing welfare city.
Old men - and especially old men living alone - remain an understudied group in the gerontological literature. This book is an anthology of different perspectives on the old man: What is it like to become an old man? Furthermore, ideas about the old man through our cultural history and the first research on the very old man.
The lover of light': these were the words used in 1928 by a French critic seeking to describe the great Danish painter Peder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909), who had close ties to the French art scene for more than two decades.
The first international, research-based, volume on the Danish artist Ovartaci (Louis Marcussen, 1894-1985), exploring the mix of media, objects and influences that characterised his work.
This anthology aims to demonstrate that the early Danish pioneers saw little distinction between the study of classical antiquity, the middle ages, prehistory, ethnography and human evolution, nor between humanities and natural sciences.
The book is a contribution to a new global literary history and provides a historical in-depth perspective for highly topical discussions in interdisciplinary areas such as Pacific Studies, Island Studies, Ocean Studies and Planetary Studies.
