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The Myths of Herakles in Ancient Greece surveys the rich legacy of Herakles's representations during the Archaic and Early Classical periods and joins to this survey a scholarly apparatus that summarizes and refers to a good portion of the work completed on the meanings and descriptions of these manifestations.

Challenging the popular myth of a present-day 'information revolution', Media Technology and Society is essential reading for anyone interested in the social impact of technological change. Winston argues that the development of new media forms, from the telegraph and the telephone to computers, satellite and virtual reality, is the product of a constant play-off between social necessity and suppression: the unwritten law by which new technolo...

To this date, efforts to document the scholarly contributions of exclusively African American criminologists are nonexistent. This is a reference work which offers contemporary Afrocentric perspective on critical issues of crime and justice by focusing on the contributions of African American criminologists whose interests and responses to crime arguably differ from those of mainstream white criminologists. This reference will be of interest t...

Providing translations of and commentaries on primary source materials of modern Japanese philosophy, this sourcebook centers on the creative philosophical writings of the Kyoto School broadly conceived, featuring the thought of Nishida Kitarô, Tanabe Hajime, Kuki Shûzô, Watsuji Tetsurô, Miki Kiyoshi, Tosaka Jun, and Nishitani Keiji. The 22 selections include unabridged whole works, essays, or chapters of books. Also included is exhaustive bio...

Blair's new translation of Plato's Republic is more readable and accessible than any translation on the market. Blair makes a persuasive case for using "honesty" rather than "morality" when translating a key Greek term.

Gender and Power in Affluent Asia is the first major study to analyse the relatioships between gender and power that have accompanied the rise of Asian affluence.

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Antisense technology may result in dramatic changes in the therapy of many diseases and may provide tools to dissect pharmacological processes and to confirm the roles of various genes. In this volume, progress in the understanding of antisense technology and its use in creating new drugs is discussed. Potential caveats, pitfalls and limitations of the technology are also presented. In the next few years the pace at which new molecular targets...

Auf dem Weg in die Informations- und Wissensgesellschaft werden Wissen und Bildung zu zentralen Gr¿¿n. Facettenreich sind die Visionen einer zukunftsf¿gen Bildung und Ausbildung, die den Erfolg in der Wissensgesellschaft versprechen, doch inwiefern wird unser heutiges Bildungssystem diesen Anforderungen gerecht? Es ist an der Zeit, sich wieder neu ¿ber die Funktionen und Aufgaben von Bildung zu verst¿igen. Im Spannungsfeld der Anforderungen se...

Eine "ökonomische Theorie der Sozialpolitik" wurde bereits 1961 durch das gleichnamige Lehrbuch von Elisabeth Liefmann-Keil angemahnt und in den Grundlagen dargestellt. Bis heute wurden diese Ansätze einer wissenschaftlichen Fundierung der Sozialpolitik weiterentwickelt und ausgebaut. Der Sammelband liefert durch die Beiträge namhafter Autoren einen umfassenden Überblick über den Stand dieses Forschungsgebietes. Das Buch sollte eine Pflichtlek...

Eine Reihe von Gesetzen für den Anrainerschutz sehen keine Schallpegelgrenzwerte vor, sondern die weiter reichendeVerpflichtung zur Vermeidung "unzumutbarer" oder "gesundheitsgefährdender" Lärmimmissionen. Die Psychoakustik, die auf den Zusammenhängen zwischen psychologischen Prozessen und akustischen Parametern beruht, bietet Methoden zur empfindungsproportionalen Lärmbewertung. Diese werden hier erstmals umfassend und interdisziplinär für...

The Politics of Environment in Southeast Asia charts the emergence of the environment as an issue of public debate in the region. Through a series of case studies the authors explore the coalescence of social forces around environmental issues, the process of alliance formation, and the role of state institutions, media and NGOs in the complex political battles over resource allocation.The volatile tensions between the winners and losers in th...

Personal Identity and Self-Consciousness is about persons and personal identity. What are we? And why does personal identity matter? Brian Garrett, using jargon-free language, addresses questions in the metaphysics of personal identity, questions in value theory, and discusses questions about the first person singular. Brian Garrett makes an important contribution to the philosophy of personal identity and mind, and to epistemology.

Do the media help democratic society to function for the benefit of all, or for the few? And how does the media influence our formation of social identities? Inspired by the work of Elihu Katz, "Media, Ritual and Identity" examines the role of media in society and its influence on democratic processes. It draws extensively on cultural anthropology, combining a commanding overview of contemporary media debates with a series of fascinating cas...

Contains )Grove Of The Infirm( and )Wonder At The Works Of God(, with translations, notes and interpretative essays.

This text examines the value of selected theories for enhancing both research and service provision on housing for elderly populations. It studies the housing needs of older populations and provides theory-driven solutions for improving the "fit" between older persons and their residences.

∗ Deals with the most fundamental issues currently facing religion: the existence of different religions, the relation between science and religion, how religion should be treated in a pluralistic society. ∗ Stresses the traditional - and therefore controversial - view that religion claims truth.

Introduced by a historical overview of the Society and the publication, Pro Musica: Patronage, Performance and a Periodical provides analysis of the content and detailed descriptions of all articles published during the publication's existence, 1923-1929. Comprehensive subject and author-translator indexes add to the strength of this document that chronicles representative musical activities during an extraordinary decade of the twentieth cent...

This is a histological classification of tumours and tumour-like lesions of the exocrine pancreas which also includes those tu­ mours showing a mixture of exocrine and endocrine elements. The classification is based principally on standard microscopic observations, but whenever indicated it incorporates diagnosti­ cally valuable immunohistological findings. In addition, the most important immunohistological findings which are helpful in cat­ e...