Now at seventy-three volumes, this popular MLA series (ISSN 1059-1133) addresses a broad range of literary texts. Each volume surveys teaching aids and critical material and brings together essays that apply a variety of perspectives to teaching the text. Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, student teachers, education specialists, and teachers in all humanities disciplines will find these volumes particularly helpful.
Contributes to a radical formulation of pedagogy through its revitalization of language, utopianism, and revolutionary message. . . . The book enlarges our vision with each reading, until the meanings become our own. Harvard Educational ReviewConstitutes the voice of a great teacher who has managed to replace the melancholic and despairing discourse of the post-modern Left with possibility and human compassion. Educational Theory
Eines der ungelOsten Probleme marktwirtschaftlich orientierter Gesellschaftsordnun gen wie der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist die Beteiligung der Arbeitnehmer an den Ertragen und an der Eigentumsbildung in der Wirtschaft. Zu dieser Feststellung mu~ man kommen, obwohl dieses Problem so alt ist wie die "Soziale Frage" selbst und obwohl Forderungen nach einer Gewinn-und Kapitalbeteiligung der Arbeitnehmer seit dem immer wieder erhoben worden si...
Das Forschungsvorhaben "Public Interest Groups in den USA", dessen Ergebnisse Heinz Ulrich Brinkmann in dieser Studie der Öffentlichkeit vorlegt, wurde 1979 in Angriff genommen und 1982 zum Abschluß gebracht. Die Stiftung V01kswagenwerk hat es finanziert. Sie hat insbesondere möglich gemacht, daß Heinz Ulrich Brinkmann zwanzig Monate lang in Washington arbeiten konnte, zwanzig Monate, die - mit großer Intensität genutzt - eine EUle wichtiger E...
Presented in this volume are essays and surveys examining elements of continuity within the context of the broad changes that have marked the history of modern Turkey. The establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923 represented a fresh start after the demise of the Ottoman Empire that had spanned the medieval and the modern times, but had become too outdated to cope with the complexities of the industrialized world. Although the Republic was...
In this highly influential study of art forms as models for a theory of communications, Hugh Dalziel Duncan demonstrates that without understanding of the role of symbols in society, social scientists cannot hope to develop adequate models for social analysis. He reviews critically major contributions to communication theory during the past century: Freud's analysis of dream symbolism, Simmel's concept of sociability, James' insights into reli...
This brief volume is an eloquent statement on the meaning of Jose Marti's thought as well as on how his thought has been harnessed to the needs of ideology in present-day Cuba. Hence, Jose Marti, the United States and the Marxist Interpretation of Cuban History should quite properly be viewed as a contribution to the sociology of knowledge, and the political processing of the literature. Professor Ripoll's volume gives special attention to Mar...
Die Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns ist auf Bedürfnisse der Gesellschaftstheorie zugeschnitten. Zunächst leistet sie einen Beitrag zur Bedeutungstheorie. Wir verstehen einen Sprechakt, wenn wir wissen, was ihn akzeptabel macht. Ferner stellt sich die Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns die Aufgabe, die in die kommunikative Alltagspraxis eingelassene Vernunft aufzusuchen und aus der Geltungsbasis der Rede einen unverkürzten Begriff der Vern...
Basing his discussions on everyday life in France, Lefebvre shows the degree to which our lived-in world and our sense of it are shaped by decisions about which we know little and in which we do not participate. He evaluates the achievements and shortcomings of applying various philosophical perspectives, such as Marxism and Structuralism, to daily life, studies the impact of consumerism on society, and looks at the effects on society of lingu...
This book discusses the principles behind the measurements, the state of the art in technology and possible future developments in liquid chromatography (LC). It explains the limit of detection in LC for considering separately the minimum total quantity and the minimum concentration at the detector.
Readers are given a glimpse of how protecting the integrity of birth, beginning on a personal level with our own peace of mind, may help bring about more positive, conscious birthing for everyone." Midwifery Today