Lars Johannes's Books

The Jews and the World in the Fourth Gospel

Parallelism, Function, and Context

By: Lars Kierspel

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The Jews and the World in the Fourth Gospel

Parallelism, Function, and Context

By: Lars Kierspel

Revised thesis (Ph. D.)--Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., 2006.

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Mohr Siebeck

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316149069X

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Where Is Science Leading Us?

And What Can We Do to Steer It?

By: Lars Jaeger,Michel Dacorogna

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Where Is Science Leading Us?

And What Can We Do to Steer It?

By: Lars Jaeger,Michel Dacorogna

This book charts the evolution of the sciences and technologies that have shaped our modern age like nothing else in the last 60 years. As well as describing many exciting developments, it will also highlight the challenges and dangers of the technologies that have emerged from them. While science and technology have brought about enormous and often astonishing improvements in our quality of life, they have often also brought with them considerable risks, including the risk of human extinction. We place particular emphasis on the aspects that directly impact us as human beings: Artificial Intelligence (AI), enhancements of our brains/minds through innovative neuro-technologies, and the integration of nanotechnology into our bodies for early disease detection and elimination. What philosophical implications arise from these transformations? Authored by two theoretical physicists who are also experts in economics and capital markets - a rather rare combination - the book will explain the developments of modern science and the resulting technologies. It also examines the current state of play and emerging developments in a manner accessible to non-scientists. Based on their own experience and the analysis, the authors also propose ways in which science can progress more harmoniously in future.

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Springer Nature

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3031471385

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Approaching New Testament Texts and Contexts

By: Lars Hartman

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Approaching New Testament Texts and Contexts

By: Lars Hartman

Collection of texts published previously.

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161523199

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Working Class Experiences of Social Inequalities in (Post-) Industrial Landscapes

Feelings of Class

By: Lars Meier

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Working Class Experiences of Social Inequalities in (Post-) Industrial Landscapes

Feelings of Class

By: Lars Meier

Based on qualitative research among industrial workers in a region that has undergone deindustrialisation and transformation to a service-based economy, this book examines the loss of status among former manual labourers. Focus lies on their emotional experiences, nostalgic memories, hauntings from the past and attachments to their former places of work, to transformed neighbourhoods, as well as to public space. Against this background the book explores the continued importance of class as workers attempt to manage the declining recognition of their skills and a loss of power in an "established-outsider figuration". A study of the transformation of everyday life and social positions wrought by changes in the social structure, in urban landscapes and in the "structures of feeling", this examination of the dynamic of social identity will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology and geography with interests in post-industrial societies, social inequality, class and social identity.

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Routledge

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0429857624

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Silent Territory

Seven Stories on Western Sahara

By: Fredrik Laurin,Lars Schmidt

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Silent Territory

Seven Stories on Western Sahara

By: Fredrik Laurin,Lars Schmidt

IT'S AFRICAS LAST COLONY - BUT NOBODY TALKS ABOUT IT • On a Saharan desert strip lies a country of enormous natural riches, but whose inhabitants are destitute. Western Sahara has been torn apart by close to forty years of war, occupation and international power struggles. Half of the population lives in Algerian refugee camps. But the world turns a blind eye. The forgotten conflict is closely linked to all of us - we literally have it in our bodies. Western companies buy Sahrawi phosphate, fish and fruit from the Moroccan occupiers, in breach of UN resolutions. • Investigative reporters Fredrik Laurin and Lars Schmidt have visited refugee camps and presidential palaces, met with activists and the UN-envoy, and travelled through endless deserts in search of answers. They show how a small elite controls both the fishing and vegetable industries, and how Swedish and international companies are deeply involved in the exploitation of Western Sahara. Using isotope analysis, they follow the phosphate from the Bou Craa mine to the aisles of our supermarkets. • Will the Sahrawis ever get their freedom? Or are those who profiteer from the occupation too powerful?

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Lars Schmidt Fredrik Laurin

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9163777061

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Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema

By: John Sundholm,Isak Thorsen,Lars Gustaf Andersson

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Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema

By: John Sundholm,Isak Thorsen,Lars Gustaf Andersson

The Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema covers the history of the Nordic countries through a chronology, introductory essays on each country, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on major persons and films, pan-Sc...

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Scarecrow Press

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0810855240

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German Merchants in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic

By: Lars Maischak

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German Merchants in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic

By: Lars Maischak

Studies the ties between America and Bremen in the nineteenth century, illuminating the role of merchant capital in making an industrial-capitalist world economy.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107017297

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Tattoo Traditions of Asia

Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity

By: Lars Krutak

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Tattoo Traditions of Asia

Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity

By: Lars Krutak

For millennia, tattoos have documented the history of humanity one painful mark at a time. They form a visual language on the skin, expressing an individual’s desires and fears as well as cultural values, family ties, and spiritual beliefs on the surfaces of the body. The Indigenous peoples of Asia have created some of the world’s oldest and most distinctive tattoos, but their many contributions to body art and practice have been largely overlooked. Tattoo Traditions of Asia is the first single volume dedicated to the anthropological study of an ancient cultural practice and artform that spans many countries and societies, ancestral lands, and contemporary communities across the continent and its islands. This richly illustrated survey combines the author's twenty years of fieldwork, interviewing hundreds of Indigenous tattoo bearers and contemporary tattoo practitioners, with painstaking research conducted in obscure archives throughout the region and elsewhere to break new ground on one of the least-understood mediums of Indigenous Asian expressive culture—a vital tradition to be celebrated, an inspirational story told in skin and ink.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824897951

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Eyes on the Skies

400 Years of Telescopic Discovery

By: Govert Schilling,Lars Lindberg Christensen

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Eyes on the Skies

400 Years of Telescopic Discovery

By: Govert Schilling,Lars Lindberg Christensen

Adopted as the official book of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009, this stunningly illustrated history of telescopic discovery spans the range from the first telescopes via the Hubble Space Telescope to next generation platforms, and how they have changed and continue to change our view of the universe, our place in it and where it all came from. EYES ON THE SKIES features numerous full-page photographs and is printed in high-quality color throughout. Also includes the official IYA DVD with 59 minutes of narrated text, expert comments and interviews, animations, computer simulations, science results, plus footage from observatories.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527657053

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Veganissimo A to Z

A Comprehensive Guide to Identifying and Avoiding Ingredients of Animal Origin in Everyday Products

By: Reuben Proctor,Lars Thomsen

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Veganissimo A to Z

A Comprehensive Guide to Identifying and Avoiding Ingredients of Animal Origin in Everyday Products

By: Reuben Proctor,Lars Thomsen

An unprecedented, up-to-date A to Z guide to animal-derived ingredients found in every kind of consumer good also helps consumers decipher product labels. Original.

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The Experiment

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1615190686

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The Fire Witness

A novel

By: Lars Kepler

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The Fire Witness

A novel

By: Lars Kepler

A terrifying new thriller in the the internationally bestselling Killer Instinct series: Detective Joona Linna finds himself on a collision course with a terrifying killer whose past is more troubling than anyone could imagine. “One of those rare books that is truly difficult to put down.” —New York Journal of Books A brutal killing spree at a home for wayward teens. One girl is dead, another is missing. Joona Linna scrambles to track her down before the death toll mounts.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0525433090

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Karen Blixen's Existentialism

"Where I Ought to Be"

By: Lars Kaaber

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Karen Blixen's Existentialism

"Where I Ought to Be"

By: Lars Kaaber

This book investigates the writings of Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) from an existentialist angle. Although it has not been subject to much study, Blixen’s writing elegantly and subtly integrates the ideas of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Sartre in a way that makes the philosophers more accessible to a wider audience. However, Blixen also offers her own ideas of the fundamental problem in existentialism: how to arrive at an authentic identity through free, individual choices – or, as Nietzsche put it: how to become who you are. On the whole, Blixen’s authorship can be seen as an existential study of the 20th century and the ways by which Western culture came to be what it is now. In agreement with Nietzsche’s statement that all philosophy is an involuntary autobiography, this book also contains accounts of the lives of the three philosophers chiefly involved in this study.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527546047

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Veganissimo A to Z: A Comprehensive Guide to Identifying and Avoiding Ingredients of Animal Origin in Everyday Products

By: Reuben Proctor,Lars Thomsen

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Veganissimo A to Z: A Comprehensive Guide to Identifying and Avoiding Ingredients of Animal Origin in Everyday Products

By: Reuben Proctor,Lars Thomsen

veganissimo \ve-gan-iss-i-mo\ 1. n : one who is vegan to the highest possible standard 2. adj : the most vegan An Essential New Resource for Those Who Want to Reduce Their “Animal Footprint” Substances obtained from animals are used everywhere—in food and other goods, in the production of food and goods, and (due to advances in biotech and genetic engineering) even in places they’ve never appeared before. Whether you already strive for a 100 percent vegan lifestyle or just want to know what exactly is in the products you buy, this peerless, portable guide puts the power of knowledge at your fingertips. The product of years of exhaustive research by vegan authors Reuben Proctor and Lars Thomsen, Veganissimo A to Z cuts through the vague and often misleading language on labels to reveal the sources, production and uses of over 2,500 ingredients, with: • Detailed A-to-Z entries on animal, vegetable, mineral, synthetic and microbiological substances—and color-coded icons that distinguish them at a glance • Information on animal-derived ingredients that lurk in food and other products—such as diet supplements, medicine, cosmetics, cleaning products, clothes, sporting goods, art supplies and electronics • And guidance on how to interpret label claims and seek more information. With this accessible reference, you’ll have all the information you need to make conscious decisions about a wide range of products and their ingredients.

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The Experiment, LLC

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1615191666

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Into the Name of the Lord Jesus

Baptism in the Early Church

By: Lars Hartman

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Into the Name of the Lord Jesus

Baptism in the Early Church

By: Lars Hartman

A comprehensive examination of all the passages in the New Testament, together with key documents from the apostolic Fathers, which allude to baptism.

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A&C Black

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0567113132

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Musica Christi

A Lutheran Aesthetic

By: Marion Lars Hendrickson

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Musica Christi

A Lutheran Aesthetic

By: Marion Lars Hendrickson

Theological aesthetics is a rapidly expanding subject in the field of religious humanism that, until now, has not had a participating Lutheran voice. Musica Christi: A Lutheran Aesthetic fills this void by approaching the rich tradition of music and theology in the Lutheran Church through Christology. Furthermore, this study shows Christ's full participation in and by music. Selections from Lutheran works in Danish, German, Latin, Norwegian, and Swedish are offered in English translations for the first time by the author.

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Peter Lang

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0820463469

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Christian Heretics in Late Imperial China

Christian Inculturation and State Control, 1720-1850

By: Lars Peter Laamann

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Christian Heretics in Late Imperial China

Christian Inculturation and State Control, 1720-1850

By: Lars Peter Laamann

Following the prohibition of missionary activity after 1724, China's Christians were effectively cut off from all foreign theological guidance. The ensuing isolation forced China's Christian communities to become self-reliant in perpetuating the basic principles of their faith. Left to their own devices, the missionary seed developed into a panoply of indigenous traditions, with Christian ancestry as the common denominator. Christianity thus underwent the same process of inculturation as previous religious traditions in China, such as Buddhism and Judaism. As the guardian of orthodox morality, the prosecuting state sought to exercise all-pervading control over popular thoughts and social functions. Filling the gap within the discourse of Christianity in China and also as part of the wider analysis of religion in late Imperial China, this study presents the campaigns against Christians during this period as part and parcel of the campaign against 'heresy' and 'heretical' movements in general.

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Routledge

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1134429983

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Exploring Textbooks and Cultural Change in Nordic Education 1536–2020

By: Merethe Roos,Kjell Lars Berge,Henrik Edgren,Pirjo Hiidenmaa,Christina Matthiesen

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Exploring Textbooks and Cultural Change in Nordic Education 1536–2020

By: Merethe Roos,Kjell Lars Berge,Henrik Edgren,Pirjo Hiidenmaa,Christina Matthiesen

This volume explores Nordic textbooks chronologically and empirically from the Protestant reformation to our own time. The chapters are written by scholars from Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, and deploy a wide range of methods, representing different academic fields.

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BRILL

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9004449558

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Business and the Greater Good

Rethinking Business Ethics in an Age of Crisis

By: Knut J. Ims,Lars Jacob Tynes Pedersen

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Business and the Greater Good

Rethinking Business Ethics in an Age of Crisis

By: Knut J. Ims,Lars Jacob Tynes Pedersen

With cutting-edge insights from leading European and North American scholars, this authoritative book addresses the fundamental problems of business in an age of crisis whilst presenting radical, but practical, solutions. ø

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1784711772

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Om Respect

By: Lars-Henrik Schmidt

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Om Respect

By: Lars-Henrik Schmidt

On Respect is a defense for the right to show resentment, indignation and anger. Lars-Henrik Schmidt criticizes the established 'equality' way of thinking which maintains that everyone has equally much to offer. According to Lars-Henrik Schmidt, respect does not make sense if one is not allowed to show disrespect. By introducing the concept of 'deference', Lars-Henrik Schmidt shows how, fundamentally, respect is not about acknowledging the other, but about respecting the difference to the other. This means, for example, that one must do away with the notion that the various partners in the educational relationship are equals. Respectable respect means that teachers can show disrespect towards students who do not respect the learning environment the teacher is promoting. Like Lars-Henrik Schmidt's other writings, On respect is a social-analytical diagnosis of contemporary society. Among the themes covered are: the rise in decaying values; the lack of standpoints; the joyless society - and a suggestion as to ??how to make respect respectable.

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Aarhus Universitetsforlag

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8779345964

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Marx at the Movies

Revisiting History, Theory and Practice

By: Lars Kristensen

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Marx at the Movies

Revisiting History, Theory and Practice

By: Lars Kristensen

Marx and the Moving Image approaches cinema from a Marxist perspective. It argues that the supposed 'end of history', marked by the comprehensive triumph of capitalism and the 'end of cinema', calls for revisiting Marx's writings in order to analyse film theories, histories and practices.

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Springer

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1137378611

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Hunters in Transition

An Outline of Early Sámi History

By: Lars Ivar Hansen,Bjørnar Olsen

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Hunters in Transition

An Outline of Early Sámi History

By: Lars Ivar Hansen,Bjørnar Olsen

Hunters in Transition provides a new outline of the early history of the Sámi, the indigenous population of northernmost Europe. Discussing crucial issues such as the formation of Sámi ethnicity, interaction with chieftain and state societies, and the transition from hunting to reindeer herding, the book departs from the common trope whereby native encounters with other cultures, state societies, and “modernity”, are depicted mainly in negative terms. Far from always victimizing “the other”, the interaction with outside societies played a crucial role in generating and maintaining a number of features considered integral to Sámi culture. At the same time the authors also emphasize internal processes and dynamics and show how these have greatly contributed to the diverse historical trajectories with which this book is concerned. Listed by Choice magazine as one of the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2014

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BRILL

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900425255X

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Knut Hamsun

By: Lars Frode Larsen

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Knut Hamsun

By: Lars Frode Larsen

KNUT HAMSUN (1859-1952), Norwegian author of a number of novels, short stories and essays. Among his best-known works are Hunger, Victoria and Growth of the soil. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1920. His politics were highly controversial. NORWEGIAN HERITAGE is a series of books about our most important and best-known national icons. The respective titles introduce major personalities from the worlds of art and literature, science and sports, but also the many natural wonders of the country, as well as significant historical periods and cultural expressions. Each book offers an updated introduction to readers who wish to familiarize themselves with a given subject.

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Font Forlag AS

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8281692022

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Liberal Roots of Far Right Activism

The Anti-Islamic Movement in the 21st Century

By: Lars Erik Berntzen

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Liberal Roots of Far Right Activism

The Anti-Islamic Movement in the 21st Century

By: Lars Erik Berntzen

This book explores the anti-Islamic turn and expansion of the far right in Western Europe, North America and beyond from 2001 and onwards. Driven by terror attacks and other moral shocks, the anti-Islamic cause has undergone four waves of transnational expansion in the period since 2001. The leaders and intellectuals involved have varied backgrounds, many coming from the left, uniting historically opposed sets of values under their banner of a civilizational struggle against Islam. The findings presented in this book indicate that anti-Islamic initiatives in Western Europe and the United States form a transnational movement and subculture characterized by a fragile balance between liberal and authoritarian values. The author draws on a broad array of data sources and methods, including network analysis and sentiment analysis, to analyze the impact of the anti-Islamic expansion and turn at a macro level, and the theoretical implications for our understanding of the current far right flowing from this. Offering an overview of anti-Islamic activism, the book explores the background of their leaders and ideologues, provides an in-depth look at their ideology, online organizational networks, and the views expressed by their online members as well as which emotions and messages continue to drive their mobilization. The book will be of interest to scholars in the social movement field as well as political scientists, sociologists, and general readers interested in issues such as populism, extremism and understanding the ways in which the contemporary far right challenges liberal democracies.

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Routledge

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1000707962

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Politics, Markets, and Grand Strategy

Foreign Economic Policies as Strategic Instruments

By: Lars S. Skålnes

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Politics, Markets, and Grand Strategy

Foreign Economic Policies as Strategic Instruments

By: Lars S. Skålnes

Why do great powers sometimes favor one country over another in the conduct of their foreign economic policies?

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University of Michigan Press

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0472110314

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Historical Brewing Techniques

The Lost Art of Farmhouse Brewing

By: Lars Marius Garshol

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Historical Brewing Techniques

The Lost Art of Farmhouse Brewing

By: Lars Marius Garshol

Ancient brewing traditions and techniques have been passed generation to generation on farms throughout remote areas of northern Europe. With these traditions facing near extinction, author Lars Marius Garshol set out to explore and document the lost art of brewing using traditional local methods. Equal parts history, cultural anthropology, social science, and travelogue, this book describes brewing and fermentation techniques that are vastly different from modern craft brewing and preserves them for posterity and exploration. Learn about uncovering an unusual strain of yeast, called kveik, which can ferment a batch to completion in just 36 hours. Discover how to make keptinis by baking the mash in the oven. Explore using juniper boughs for various stages of the brewing process. Test your own hand by brewing recipes gleaned from years of travel and research in the farmlands of northern Europe. Meet the brewers and delve into the ingredients that have kept these traditional methods alive. Discover the regional and stylistic differences between farmhouse brewers today and throughout history.

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Brewers Publications

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1938469615

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Bridging the Baltic Sea

Networks of Resistance and Opposition during the Cold War Era

By: Lars Fredrik Stöcker

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Bridging the Baltic Sea

Networks of Resistance and Opposition during the Cold War Era

By: Lars Fredrik Stöcker

Tracing the origins, evolution, and goals of Polish and Estonian émigré politics in Cold War Sweden and its linkages with both the host and homeland societies, this book investigates the transnational dimension of resistance and opposition to the communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe. The analysis of the constantly shifting, at times conspiratorial, and even subversive networks that transcended the Iron Curtain draws a line from World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union, framing half a century of transnationally concerted political activism in a geographical context that has not received much scholarly attention. Challenging the image of the Baltic Sea Region as a periphery of the European Cold War theater, the topography of the multilayered and complex linkages between neutral Sweden and her opposite coasts suggests that the small inland sea was a particularly vibrant setting for processes that efficiently defied the rigid border regimes of the Cold War era. This book relates both to ongoing historiographical debates about the scope and extent of East-West contacts that developed underneath the radar of international diplomacy and to the question of the role, significance, and impact of émigré politics during the Cold War. Embedding the dynamics of transnationally framed opposition in the wider context of political, economic, and cultural relations at the northeastern peripheries of divided Europe, the study not only sheds new light on so far still unexplored facets of interaction and cooperation between societies in East and West, but also offers a first comprehensive synthesis of the Baltic Sea Region’s post-war history.

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Lexington Books

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1498551289

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Europe to the Stars

ESO's First 50 Years of Exploring the Southern Sky

By: Govert Schilling,Lars Lindberg Christensen

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Europe to the Stars

ESO's First 50 Years of Exploring the Southern Sky

By: Govert Schilling,Lars Lindberg Christensen

The creation of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in 1962 was the culmination of the dream of leading astronomers from five European countries. Over the years, as more member states joined, ESO constructed the La Silla and Paranal observatories, as well as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) together with partners. ESO is now starting to build the world's biggest eye on the sky, the European Extremely Large Telescope. At the dawn of 2012, its 50th anniversary year, ESO is ready to enter a new era. One that not even its founding members could have anticipated in their boldest dreams. Constantly at the technological forefront, ESO is ready to tackle new and as yet unimaginable territories of high-precision technology and scientific discovery. Produced especially for ESO's 50th anniversary, this sumptuously illustrated book takes the reader behind the scenes of the most productive ground-based observatory in the world. It contains the best 300 of ESO's images, hand-picked from a large collection of more than 100 000 images. "Beautifully produced, Europe to the Stars tells the story of how dreams of giant telescopes became a reality and covers many of the exciting discoveries made at La Silla and Paranal." —BBC Sky at Night, 1 February 2013 "Leave the book on your coffee table, certainly, but read it first and come back to it regularly. It's an intelligent, inspiring celebration of a great European scientific adventure." —Astronomy Now, 1 March 2013

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527671676

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9783527671670

Business Transformation Essentials

Case Studies and Articles

By: Axel Uhl,Lars Alexander Gollenia

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Business Transformation Essentials

Case Studies and Articles

By: Axel Uhl,Lars Alexander Gollenia

Transformation programs are an common feature of global companies carrying out major strategic change projects. These programs combine business and technical expertise to bring together management and information systems. Managers rate firms' transformation competencies relatively poorly, and the success rate of such endeavours is correspondingly low. Using a variety of case studies including: Allianz SE, Shell, SAP, Vodafone, and Mercedes-Benz, this book provides unprecedented insights into characteristics of current transformation programs and the potential that can be leveraged by applying a holistic transformation management approach.

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1317170466

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Mathematics and Mathematicians

Mathematics in Sweden Before 1950

By: Lars Gårding

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Mathematics in Sweden Before 1950

By: Lars Gårding

This book is about mathematics in Sweden between 1630 and 1950 - from S. Klingenstierna to M. Riesz, T. Carleman, and A. Beurling. It tells the story of how continental mathematics came to Sweden, how it was received, and how it inspired new results. The book contains a biography of Gosta Mittag-Leffler, the father of Swedish mathematics, who introduced the Weierstrassian theory of analytic functions and dominated a golden age from 1880 to 1910. Important results are analyzed and re-proved in modern notation, with explanations of their relations to mathematics at the time. The book treats Backlund transformations, Mittag-Leffler's theorem, the Phragmen-Lindelof theorem and Carleman's contributions to the spectral theorem, quantum mechanics, and the asymptotics of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821806122

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9780821806128

Calcium signalling

Approaches and Findings in the Heart and Blood

By: Lars Kaestner

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Calcium signalling

Approaches and Findings in the Heart and Blood

By: Lars Kaestner

The book combines general concepts and methods to investigate calcium signalling in cells ranging from molecular biology approaches to manipulation of calcium in living cells. The focus within these methods in on the broad range of fluorescence imaging technology, in particular on optical sectioning techniques and fast image acquisition. In addition to these general guidelines there are application examples in a context beyond calcium signalling in two major fields: investigations of isolated cardiac myocytes and red blood cell related research. While the cellular cardiology section provides snapshots of certain calcium signalling aspects, the red blood cell part presents an overview from the functional identification of calcium-channels to a concept of physiological and pathophysiological relevance.

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247

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642346170

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9783642346170

The Mind of a Bee

By: Lars Chittka

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The Mind of a Bee

By: Lars Chittka

A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees Most of us are aware of the hive mind—the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals? In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws from decades of research, including his own pioneering work, to argue that bees have remarkable cognitive abilities. He shows that they are profoundly smart, have distinct personalities, can recognize flowers and human faces, exhibit basic emotions, count, use simple tools, solve problems, and learn by observing others. They may even possess consciousness. Taking readers deep into the sensory world of bees, Chittka illustrates how bee brains are unparalleled in the animal kingdom in terms of how much sophisticated material is packed into their tiny nervous systems. He looks at their innate behaviors and the ways their evolution as foragers may have contributed to their keen spatial memory. Chittka also examines the psychological differences between bees and the ethical dilemmas that arise in conservation and laboratory settings because bees feel and think. Throughout, he touches on the fascinating history behind the study of bee behavior. Exploring an insect whose sensory experiences rival those of humans, The Mind of a Bee reveals the singular abilities of some of the world’s most incredible creatures.

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Princeton University Press

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0691253897

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9780691253893

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