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The Jesuits

A History

By: Markus Friedrich

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Since its founding by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jesus ("The Jesuits") has been intimately involved in the unfolding of the modern world. The young Jesuit order played a crucial role in the Counter Reformation, especially in Poland, southern Germany, and several other parts of Europe. The Jesuits were also participants in the establishment and spread of European empires, engaging in missionary activity in east and south Asia in the 16th and 17th centuries, and becoming central to the spreading of Christianity in the New World. At the same time, Jesuits often tangled with the Roman curia and the Pope, leading to the suppression of the Jesuits in 1773. After the subsequent restoration of the order in 1814, the Jesuits continued to be leaders in Catholic education and theology. In 2013 Jorge Bergoglio became the first Jesuit Pope, taking the name Pope Francis I. In this book, Markus Friedrich presents the first comprehensive account of the Jesuits from a non-Catholic perspective. Drawing on his expertise as a historian of the early modern world, Friedrich situates the Jesuit order within the wider perspective of European history. In particular, he places the Jesuits in the context of social, cultural, and imperial history, showing that the Jesuits were not monolithic but rather were very sensitive to local context and that the order's core texts, especially Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises, were templates to engage with, rather than instructions manuals to be followed slavishly"--

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Princeton University Press

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0691180121

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Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio

Music, Theology, Culture

By: Markus Rathey

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Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio

Music, Theology, Culture

By: Markus Rathey

In the last decades of the 17th century, the feast of Christmas in Lutheran Germany underwent a major transformation when theologians and local governments waged an early modern "war on Christmas," discouraging riotous pageants and carnivalesque rituals in favor of more personal and internalized expressions of piety. Christmas rituals, such as the "Heilig Christ" plays and the rocking of the child (Kindelwiegen) were abolished, and Christian devotion focused increasingly on the metaphor of a birth of Christ in the human heart. John Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio, composed in 1734, both reflects this new piety and conveys the composer's experience living through this tumult during his own childhood and early career. Markus Rathey's book is the first thorough study of this popular masterpiece in English. While giving a comprehensive overview of the Christmas Oratorio as a whole, the book focuses on two themes in particular: the cultural and theological understanding of Christmas in Bach's time and the compositional process that led Bach from the earliest concepts to the completed piece. The cultural and religious context of the oratorio provides the backdrop for Rathey's detailed analysis of the composition, in which he explores Bach's compositional practices, for example, his reuse and parodies of movements that had originally been composed for secular cantatas. The book analyzes Bach's original score and sheds new light on the way Bach wrote the piece, how he shaped musical themes, and how he revised his initial ideas into the final composition.

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Oxford University Press

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0190624035

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Barbarian: Explorations of a Western Concept in Theory, Literature, and the Arts

Vol. I: From the Enlightenment to the Turn of the Twentieth Century

By: Markus Winkler

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Barbarian: Explorations of a Western Concept in Theory, Literature, and the Arts

Vol. I: From the Enlightenment to the Turn of the Twentieth Century

By: Markus Winkler

This two-volume co-authored study explores the history of the concept ‘barbarism’ from the 18th century to the present and illuminates its foundational role in modern European and Western identity. It constitutes an original comparative, interdisciplinary exploration of the concept’s modern European and Western history, with emphasis on the role of literature in the concept’s shifting functions. The study contributes to a historically grounded understanding of this figure’s past and contemporary uses. It combines overviews with detailed analyses of representative works of literature, art, film, philosophy, political and cultural theory, in which “barbarism” figures prominently. Diese auf 2 Bände konzipierte komparatistische und interdisziplinäre Studie in englischer Sprache geht der Geschichte des Barbarenbegriffs vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart nach. Seit der griechischen Antike spielen Bild und Begriff des Barbarischen eine eminente Rolle für das abendländische Selbstverständnis. Die Studie verbindet Epochenüberblicke mit der Analyse herausragender literarischer, philosophischer, politik- und kulturtheoretischer, aber auch bildkünstlerischer und kinematographischer Werke und legt einen besonderen Akzent auf den Beitrag ästhetischer Verfahren zur Aufdeckung der Herkunft und der Implikationen des Barbarenbegriffs.

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Springer

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3476044858

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The Server

A Media History from the Present to the Baroque

By: Markus Krajewski

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The Server

A Media History from the Present to the Baroque

By: Markus Krajewski

A cutting†‘edge media history on a perennially fascinating topic, which attempts to answer the crucial question: Who is in charge, the servant or the master?†‹ Though classic servants like the butler or the governess have largely vanished, the Internet is filled with servers: web, ftp, mail, and others perform their daily drudgery, going about their business noiselessly and unnoticed. Why then are current†‘day digital drudges called servers? Markus Krajewski explores this question by going from the present back to the Baroque to study historical aspects of service through various perspectives, be it the servants’ relationship to architecture or their function in literary or scientific contexts. At the intersection of media studies, cultural history, and literature, this work recounts the gradual transition of agency from human to nonhuman actors to show how the concept of the digital server stems from the classic role of the servant.

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Yale University Press

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0300186800

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Fields of Sense

By: Markus Gabriel

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Fields of Sense

By: Markus Gabriel

Markus Gabriel proposes a radical form of ontological pluralism that divorces ontology from metaphysics, understood as the most fundamental theory of absolutely everything (the world). He argues that the concept of existence is incompatible with the exist

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748692916

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Handbook of World Exchange Rates, 1590–1914

By: Markus A Denzel

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Handbook of World Exchange Rates, 1590–1914

By: Markus A Denzel

As a world economy emerged from the 16th-17th centuries onwards, a global cashless payment system arose. This had its base in Europe, first in Italy, then in the rising regions of the north-west, with Amsterdam and then London as the central financial market. The mutual quotation of exchange rates, which provide the data tabulated and analysed here, mark the integration into a global network of all areas with significant economic potential. The primary aim of this book is to provide a compact account of the exchange rates in all these financial markets, from the late 16th century up to the First World War. This makes possible an instant conversion between the major world currencies at nearly any date within that period, while the important introduction provides the explanation and context of developments. The present handbook therefore serves as an invaluable resource for those concerned with all aspects of commercial and financial history.

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1351931725

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Cormac McCarthy

An American Apocalypse

By: Markus Wierschem

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Cormac McCarthy

An American Apocalypse

By: Markus Wierschem

This definitive assessment of Cormac McCarthy’s novels captures the interactions among the literary and mythic elements, the social dynamics of violence, and the natural world in The Orchard Keeper, Child of God, Outer Dark, Blood Meridian, and The Road. Elegantly written and deeply engaged with previous scholarship as well as interviews with the novelist, this study provides a comprehensive introduction to McCarthy’s work while offering an insightful new analysis. Drawing on René Girard’s mimetic theory, mythography, thermodynamics, and information science, Markus Wierschem identifies a literary apocalypse at the center of McCarthy’s work, one that unveils another buried deep within the history, religion, and myths of American and Western culture.

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1609177509

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Heidegger's Style

On Philosophical Anthropology and Aesthetics

By: Markus Weidler

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Heidegger's Style

On Philosophical Anthropology and Aesthetics

By: Markus Weidler

Addressing Heidegger's continuing centrality to continental thought, Markus Weidler argues that Heidegger's prickly charm is best explained in terms of his great ingenuity, crafting a novel genre of writing which promises to harness the revelatory power of artworks for the purpose of philosophical inquiry. In doing so, Heidegger challenges the reader with a provocative form of artisan thinking, which for Weidler is central to understanding the significance of Heidegger's work overall. In Vorträge und Aufsätze (Public Lectures and Essays) Heidegger declares: 'once it has become anthropology, philosophy perishes from metaphysics.' Remarks critical of 'philosophical anthropology' are scattered throughout his writings, but so far commentators have not connected these tantalizing statements in any systematic way. This book deals with his hostility by addressing what we are to make of Heidegger's frequent but elusive dismissals of philosophical anthropology as a field of study. This examination of Heidegger's complex relation to philosophical anthropology traces how pioneering thinkers like Schelling and Schiller paved the way not only for Heidegger but also for some of his potential competitors, most notably Max Scheler and Georg Simmel. Weidler argues that confronting the puzzle over Heidegger's peculiar relation to philosophical anthropology is also one of the keys to explaining his popularity as a philosopher, which has endured despite revelations of his various personal and political failings.

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1350083410

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Prayers of Jewish Women

Studies of Patterns of Prayer in the Second Temple Period

By: Markus H. McDowell

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Prayers of Jewish Women

Studies of Patterns of Prayer in the Second Temple Period

By: Markus H. McDowell

Markus McDowell examines how the literature of the Second Temple period portrays women at prayer through an examination of the literary context and character of those prayers. The goal of this work is a greater understanding of how women were portrayed in literary sources and an offering of some fresh insights for the study of women's religious and social roles in the ancient world. The texts are analyzed and categorized within five areas: social location, content, form, occasion, and gender perspective. The prayers are also compared and contrasted with men's prayers in the same sources. The analysis includes locating (as much as possible) the historical, literary, and cultic context of each document in which these prayers appear. By examining all prayers in these texts uttered by women (not just prayers of named or prominent women), and then comparing them with all the prayers of men in those same texts, certain patterns appear. This study adds to our knowledge of women and religion in Second Temple Judaism by primarily exploring patterns that appear among the prayers in the literature of the Second Temple period. While there are fewer prayers by women than men in this literature, the prayers of women are not portrayed as significantly different from those of men in terms of social location, content, form, or occasion. At the same time, the prayers of women exhibit other patterns of language - and in a minor way, form and occasion - that differ from the prayers of men.

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3161488504

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Can Architectural Art-form be Designed Out of Construction?

Carl Boetticher, Gottfried Semper, and Heinrich Woelfflin : a Sketch of Various Investigations on the Nature of the "tectonic" in Nineteenth Century Architectural Theory

By: Markus Breitschmid

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Can Architectural Art-form be Designed Out of Construction?

Carl Boetticher, Gottfried Semper, and Heinrich Woelfflin : a Sketch of Various Investigations on the Nature of the "tectonic" in Nineteenth Century Architectural Theory

By: Markus Breitschmid

The essay argues that the axiomatic definition of the tectonic "Poetics of Construction", as it has been advocated en recent decades, is focusing too one-sidedly on architecture's tangible materiality, and undermines the capability of architecture to contain representational values and to hold civilizing meaning.

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0970282087

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Visual Culture and Politics in the Baltic Sea Region, 1100-1250

By: Kersti Markus

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Visual Culture and Politics in the Baltic Sea Region, 1100-1250

By: Kersti Markus

In Visual Culture and Politics in the Baltic Sea Region, Kersti Markus examines how visual rhetoric was used by the Danish rulers as an instrument in establishing supremacy in the region during the Baltic crusades.

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9004426175

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The Organs of J.S. Bach

A Handbook

By: Markus Zepf

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The Organs of J.S. Bach

A Handbook

By: Markus Zepf

Published in cooperation with the American Bach Society.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252078454

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Sense, Nonsense, and Subjectivity

By: Markus Gabriel

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Sense, Nonsense, and Subjectivity

By: Markus Gabriel

Philosophers have spent millennia accumulating knowledge about knowledge. But negative epistemological phenomena, such as ignorance, falsity, and delusion, are persistently overlooked. Markus Gabriel argues that being wrong is part and parcel of subjectivity itself, adding a novel perspective on epistemic failures to the work of New Realism.

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Harvard University Press

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0674260287

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Medical Memories and Experiences in Postwar East Germany

Treatments of the Past

By: Markus Wahl

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Medical Memories and Experiences in Postwar East Germany

Treatments of the Past

By: Markus Wahl

This book draws on the example of the major cities of Leipzig and Dresden to illustrate continuity and change in public health in the German Democratic Republic. Based on archival work, it will demonstrate how members of the medical profession successfully manipulated their pre-1945 past in order to continue practising, leading to persistence in the social conception of medicine and disease after Communism took hold. This was particularly evident in attitudes towards and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and the pathology of deviant behaviour among young people.

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1000011763

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Writing the History of Early Christianity

From Reception to Retrospection

By: Markus Vinzent

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Writing the History of Early Christianity

From Reception to Retrospection

By: Markus Vinzent

Brings a new approach to the interpretation of the sources used to study the Early Christian era - reading history backwards. This book will interest teachers and students of New Testament studies from around the world of any denomination, and readers of early Christianity and Patristics.

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1108480101

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Seeing the Word

Refocusing New Testament Study

By: Markus Bockmuehl

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Seeing the Word

Refocusing New Testament Study

By: Markus Bockmuehl

This important study considers the divided and contentious state of contemporary New Testament studies, arguing that the interpretation of Scripture must take place within the context of the church and Christian theology.

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0801027616

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China’s Use of Military Force in Foreign Affairs

The Dragon Strikes

By: Markus B. Liegl

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China’s Use of Military Force in Foreign Affairs

The Dragon Strikes

By: Markus B. Liegl

This book explains why China has resorted to the use of large-scale military force in foreign affairs. How will China use its growing military might in coming crisis and existing conflicts? This book contributes to the current debate on the future of the Asia-Pacific region by examining why China has resorted to using military force in the past. Utilizing fresh theoretical insights on the causes of interstate war and employing a sophisticated methodological framework, the book provides detailed analyses of China’s intervention in the Korean War, the Sino-Indian War, China’s border clashes with the Soviet Union and the Sino-Vietnamese War. It argues that China did not employ military force in these wars for the sake of national security or because of material issues under contestation, as frequently claimed. Rather, the book’s findings strongly suggest that considerations about China’s international status and relative standing are the principal reasons for China’s decision to engage in military force in these instances. When reflecting the study’s central insight back onto China’s contemporary territorial conflicts and problematic bilateral relationships, it is argued that the People’s Republic is still a status-seeking and thus highly status-sensitive actor. As a result, China’s status ambitions should be very carefully observed and well taken into account when interacting with the PRC. This book will be of much interest to students of Chinese foreign policy, Asian politics, military and strategic studies and IR in general.

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1315529319

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Breakthroughs in Space Life Science Research

From Apollo 16 to the ISS

By: Günter Ruyters,Markus Braun,Katrin Maria Stang

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Breakthroughs in Space Life Science Research

From Apollo 16 to the ISS

By: Günter Ruyters,Markus Braun,Katrin Maria Stang

This last volume of the SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences series is setup in 5 main parts. The 1st part shortly summarizes the history of life science research in space from the late 40s until today with focus on Europe and Germany, followed by a part on describing flight opportunities including the Space Shuttle/Spacelab system and the International Space Station ISS; in the 3rd part it focuses on extraordinary success stories of this constantly challenging research program and highlights some important key findings in space life science research. The book introduces in the 4th part innovative developments in non-invasive biomedical diagnostics and training methods for astronauts that emerge from this program and are of benefit for people on Earth especially in the aging society. Last but not least in its 5th part it closes with an outlook on the future of space life sciences in the upcoming era of space exploration. The book is intended for students and research scientists in the life sciences and biomedicine as well as for interested lay persons, who wish to get an overview of space life science research: its ́ early days, current status and future directions.

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Springer Nature

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3030740226

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The Letter to Philemon

By: Markus Barth,Helmut Blanke

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The Letter to Philemon

By: Markus Barth,Helmut Blanke

Although sometimes regarded as trivial because of its brevity or its treatment of issues distant from the modern world, the letter to Philemon remains valuable both for its insight into the social setting of the New Testament and for its reiteration of a central component of the gospel-brotherly love. This superb new commentary in the ECC series is unique for its exhaustive study of the ancient world at the time Philemon was written. The volume examines the institution of slavery in Paul's day, drawing on secular sources from Greece and Rome and from Christian writers of the time. The references to slavery found in Ephesians, Colossians, and 1 Timothy are also compared and contrasted with Paul's words in Philemon. In addition, the verse-by-verse commentary focuses on important themes in Pauline theology, including love, faith and faithfulness, church unity, providence, free will, and human responsibility. Markus Barth makes his exposition even more useful by surveying the history of the interpretation of Philemon, from the patristic age to modern liberation theologians. The product of Barth's lifelong research and completed by Helmut Blanke, this volume will become the standard work on Philemon.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802827454

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Geoinformatics

from basic to specialized knowledge

By: Markus Penzkofer

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Geoinformatics

from basic to specialized knowledge

By: Markus Penzkofer

In this manuscript some theoretical background and interrelations of Geoinformatics shall be assembled. Also the most important formulae of Mathematics, Surveying, Geodesy and Cartography will be presented in short. Besides these provinces of course Informatics builds a very important part of Geographic Information Systems. In a closing chapter all basic knowledge will be combined to a short overview over Geoinformatics, where especially modelling, extensions, specializations and analysis of Geoinformatics are shown. The open source GIS application MensorGIS, written by the author, implements the described topics in source code and functionality. A final chapter refers to this program, showing where the basic principles can be found. In addition Adjustment Computation, a matter relevant in all parts of Surveying and Geodesy, is presented including samples. A Geoinformatics - from Theory to the Application 1 Introduction 2 Overview over the Basic Knowledge of Geoinformatics 3 Basics of Mathematics 4 Basic Calculations of Surveying 5 Basic Calculations of Geodesy 6 Basics of Cartography and Photogrammetry 7 Basics of Informatics 8 Geoinformatics 9 Practical Application in MensorGIS B Statistics and Adjustment Computations 1 Introduction 2 Basics of Statistics 3 Basics of Matrix Calculation 4 Adjustment Computation 5 Application of Adjustment Computation With extensive appendices and index. The Book should be read by students approaching advanced lectures with the focus on Geoinformatics. Also recommended for career changers, who want to learn more about the geodetic background of Geographic Information Systems.

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3741263109

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Bach in the World

Music, Society, and Representation in Bach's Cantatas

By: Markus Rathey

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Bach in the World

Music, Society, and Representation in Bach's Cantatas

By: Markus Rathey

Johann Sebastian Bach's works are often classified along the lines of "sacred" versus "secular." While this distinction is fraught with problems, it seems to provide a useful way to distinguish between Bach's vocal works for the liturgy and those that were written to honor courts and members of the nobility. But even there, the lines cannot be drawn that clearly. The political and social systems of Bach's time relied on religion as an ideological foundation and public displays of political power almost always included religious rituals and thus required some form of sacred music. Social constructs, such as class and gender, were also embedded in religious frameworks. The book analyzes public manifestations of the social order during Bach's time in large-scale celebrations, processions, public performances, and visual displays. By analyzing selected cantatas, the book explores how Bach's music functioned as an agent of affective communication within rituals, such as the installation of the town council, and as a place where socio-political norms were perpetuated and-in a few cases-even challenged"--

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Oxford University Press

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0197578845

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Against the Wind

Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof

By: Markus Baum

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Against the Wind

Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof

By: Markus Baum

Against the Wind gives flesh, blood, and personality to Eberhard Arnold, a man whose contagious faith sparked a movement of practical Christian community. The Bruderhof, Arnold's legacy, carries on his commitment to integrate faith and action in today's world.

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0874869536

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The Hamburg Marine Insurance, 1736–1859

By: Markus A. Denzel

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The Hamburg Marine Insurance, 1736–1859

By: Markus A. Denzel

Based on the analysis of Hamburg’s marine insurance premiums for more than 120 years, this book shows that the premiums’ long-term decline has been a consequence of both the restoration of security on the high seas after 1815 and the elimination of piracy around 1830.

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9004510265

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Respiratory Biology of Animals

evolutionary and functional morphology

By: Steven F. Perry,Markus Lambertz,Anke Schmitz

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Respiratory Biology of Animals

evolutionary and functional morphology

By: Steven F. Perry,Markus Lambertz,Anke Schmitz

Oxygen uptake for metabolic energy demand and the elimination of the resulting carbon dioxide is one of the essential processes in all higher life forms; in the case of animals, everything from protozoans to insects and vertebrates including humans. Respiratory Biology of Animals provides a contemporary and truly integrative approach to the topic, adopting a strong evolutionary theme. It covers aerobic metabolism at all levels, from gas exchange organs such as skin, gills, and lungs to mitochondria - the site of cellular respiration. The book also describes the functional morphology and physiology of the circulatory system, which often contains gas-carrying pigments and is important for pH regulation in the organism. A final section describes the evolution of animal respiratory systems. Throughout the book, examples are selected from the entire breadth of the animal kingdom, identifying common themes that transcend taxonomy. Respiratory Biology of Animals is an accessible supplementary text suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in respiratory biology, comparative animal physiology, and environmental physiology. It is also of relevance and use to the many professional academics requiring a concise but authoritative overview of the topic.

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0192559206

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Caesarism in the Post-Revolutionary Age

Crisis, Populace and Leadership

By: Markus J. Prutsch

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Caesarism in the Post-Revolutionary Age

Crisis, Populace and Leadership

By: Markus J. Prutsch

This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Debates about the legitimacy and 'essence' of political rule and the search for 'ideal' forms of government have been at the very heart of political thought ever since antiquity. Caesarism in the Post-Revolutionary Age explores the complex relationship between democracy and dictatorship from the 18th century onwards. More concretely, it assesses how democracy emerged as something compatible with dictatorship, both at the level of political thought and practice. Taking Caesarism – a political alternative somewhere between democracy and dictatorship – as its key concept, the book considers: * To what extent was Caesarism seen as a new post-revolutionary form of rule? * What were the flaws and perils, strengths and promises of Caesaristic regimes? * Can 19th-century Caesarism be characterised as a 'prelude' to 20th-century totalitarianism? * What is the legacy and ongoing appeal of Caesarism in the contemporary world? This study will be of value to anyone interested in modern political history, but also contemporary politics.

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1474267556

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Irredentism in European Politics

Argumentation, Compromise and Norms

By: Markus Kornprobst

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Irredentism in European Politics

Argumentation, Compromise and Norms

By: Markus Kornprobst

Considers how the emergence of the territorial status quo norm in post-1945 Europe has reversed the pattern of disputes.

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0521895588

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Why the World Does Not Exist

By: Markus Gabriel

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Why the World Does Not Exist

By: Markus Gabriel

Where do we come from? Are we merely a cluster of elementaryparticles in a gigantic world receptacle? And what does it allmean? In this highly original new book, the philosopher Markus Gabrielchallenges our notion of what exists and what it means to exist. Hequestions the idea that there is a world that encompasseseverything like a container life, the universe, and everythingelse. This all-inclusive being does not exist and cannot exist. Forthe world itself is not found in the world. And even when we thinkabout the world, the world about which we think is obviously notidentical with the world in which we think. For, as we are thinkingabout the world, this is only a very small event in the world.Besides this, there are still innumerable other objects and events:rain showers, toothaches and the World Cup. Drawing on the recenthistory of philosophy, Gabriel asserts that the world cannot existat all, because it is not found in the world. Yet with theexception of the world, everything else exists; even unicornson the far side of the moon wearing police uniforms. Revelling in witty thought experiments, word play, and thecourage of provocation, Markus Gabriel demonstrates the necessityof a questioning mind and the role that humour can play in comingto terms with the abyss of human existence.

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I am Not a Brain

Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century

By: Markus Gabriel

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I am Not a Brain

Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century

By: Markus Gabriel

Many consider the nature of human consciousness to be one of the last great unsolved mysteries. Why should the light turn on, so to speak, in human beings at all? And how is the electrical storm of neurons under our skull connected with our consciousness? Is the self only our brain's user interface, a kind of stage on which a show is performed that we cannot freely direct? In this book, philosopher Markus Gabriel challenges an increasing trend in the sciences towards neurocentrism, a notion which rests on the assumption that the self is identical to the brain. Gabriel raises serious doubts as to whether we can know ourselves in this way. In a sharp critique of this approach, he presents a new defense of the free will and provides a timely introduction to philosophical thought about the self – all with verve, humor, and surprising insights. Gabriel criticizes the scientific image of the world and takes us on an eclectic journey of self-reflection by way of such concepts as self, consciousness, and freedom, with the aid of Kant, Schopenhauer, and Nagel but also Dr. Who, The Walking Dead, and Fargo.

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The Remembered Peter

In Ancient Reception and Modern Debate

By: Markus N. A. Bockmuehl

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The Remembered Peter

In Ancient Reception and Modern Debate

By: Markus N. A. Bockmuehl

Collection of texts partly published previously, all rev. and updated.

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3161505808

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World Projects

Global Information before World War I

By: Markus Krajewski

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World Projects

Global Information before World War I

By: Markus Krajewski

Markus Krajewski is emerging as a leading scholar in the field of media archaeology, which seeks to trace cultural history through the media networks that enable and structure it. In World Projects he opens a new portal into the history of globalization by examining several large-scale projects that, at the beginning of the twentieth century, shared a grand yet unachievable goal: bringing order to the world. Drawing from a broad array of archival materials, Krajewski reveals how expanding commercial relations, growing international scientific agreements, and an imperial monopolization of the political realm spawned ambitious global projects. World Projects contends that the late nineteenth-century networks of cables, routes, and shipping lines—of junctions, crossovers, and transfers—merged into a “multimedia system” that was a prerequisite for conceiving a world project. As examples, he presents the work of three big-thinking “plansmiths,” each of whose work mediates between two discursive fields: the chemist and natural philosopher Wilhelm Ostwald, who spent years promoting a “world auxiliary language” and a world currency; the self-taught “engineer” and self-anointed authority on science and technology Franz Maria Feldhaus, who labored to produce an all-encompassing “world history of technology”; and Walther Rathenau, who put economics to the service of politics and quickly transformed the German economy. With a keen eye for the outlandish as well as the outsized, Krajewski shows how media, technological structures, and naked human ambition paved the way for global-scale ventures that together created the first “world wide web.”

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1452941394

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The History of the German Public Accounting Profession

By: Hugh B. Markus

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The History of the German Public Accounting Profession

By: Hugh B. Markus

First Published in 1997. Accountants in the English-speaking world have accorded the development of the Anglo-American accounting profession a great deal of attention. Perhaps only in the Netherlands has a like interest in the history of the public accounting profession manifested itself, although even there without the same degree of preoccupation as in the English-speaking world. Hugh Brian Markus’s History of the German Public Account-ing Profession, accordingly, is a particularly welcome addition to the accounting history literature. In the original German, it marked new attention to the history of the German public accounting profession; and in the English translation offered here, it provides English- speaking audiences with an insight into the development of a public accounting profession different from their own.

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1000525546

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The management of innovation and its role for the accomplishment of leadership excellence in SMEs

By: Markus Santer,Bruno Riedl

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The management of innovation and its role for the accomplishment of leadership excellence in SMEs

By: Markus Santer,Bruno Riedl

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Die aktuelle Situation auf den Märkten ist gekennzeichnet durch Hyperwettbewerb, stark verkürzte Produktlebenszyklen, immer kürzere Produkt- und Technologieentwicklungszeiten. Daraus resultiert die zunehmende Notwendigkeit auch für KMUs, auf internationalen Märkten tätig zu sein und Kernkompetenzen global zu nutzen. Vorsprung zu haben vor anderen, vor Wettbewerbern ist zweifellos von Vorteil. Im Wettlauf um Kunden und überzeugte Anhänger gewinnt doch immer der, der besser, innovativer ist. Erfolgreiches Innovationsmanagement ist eine wesentliche Voraussetzung für überdurchschnittliche Wertsteigerung des Unternehmens, höheres Wachstum im Vergleich zu Konkurrenzunternehmen, Kundenzufriedenheit und letztendlich somit auch eine Notwendigkeit zur Zufriedenstellung aller Stakeholder. Die eingehende Auseinandersetzung mit sowohl theoretischen Grundlagen als auch praktisch angewandten Methoden des Innovationsmanagements bildet den Ausgangspunkt für unsere Diplomarbeit. Das Ziel unserer Arbeit ist es, einerseits theoretische Einblicke in neue Konzepte des Innovationsmanagements zu geben, und andererseits auch praktische Entscheidungshilfen für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen zur Verfügung zu stellen. Abstract: What are the main reasons for the fact that some companies are able to produce more innovative products and services of better quality in less time for their customers compared to their competitors in a given market? Which are the most important success factors and leadership implications that make some small and medium-sized firms more innovative and more successful than others? Those have been the underlying questions that guided us, when writing this paper on the management of innovation and its role for the accomplishment of leadership excellence in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). When searching the literature of the past five years one can find a vast amount of published articles and studies on innovation and the management of innovation but only a limited number of articles dealt with the specific situation and needs of SMEs. Thus we felt that it would be helpful for leaders of this type of companies to identify a set of practicable implications and measures to be taken in order to support and foster innovation. Of course we cannot reinvent the wheel by setting completely new rules of doing business in SMEs. But what we can do here is trying to identify relevant steps helping to support innovative [...]

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3832476849

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Paper Machines

About Cards & Catalogs, 1548-1929

By: Markus Krajewski

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Paper Machines

About Cards & Catalogs, 1548-1929

By: Markus Krajewski

Why the card catalog—a “paper machine” with rearrangeable elements—can be regarded as a precursor of the computer. Today on almost every desk in every office sits a computer. Eighty years ago, desktops were equipped with a nonelectronic data processing machine: a card file. In Paper Machines, Markus Krajewski traces the evolution of this proto-computer of rearrangeable parts (file cards) that became ubiquitous in offices between the world wars. The story begins with Konrad Gessner, a sixteenth-century Swiss polymath who described a new method of processing data: to cut up a sheet of handwritten notes into slips of paper, with one fact or topic per slip, and arrange as desired. In the late eighteenth century, the card catalog became the librarian's answer to the threat of information overload. Then, at the turn of the twentieth century, business adopted the technology of the card catalog as a bookkeeping tool. Krajewski explores this conceptual development and casts the card file as a “universal paper machine” that accomplishes the basic operations of Turing's universal discrete machine: storing, processing, and transferring data. In telling his story, Krajewski takes the reader on a number of illuminating detours, telling us, for example, that the card catalog and the numbered street address emerged at the same time in the same city (Vienna), and that Harvard University's home-grown cataloging system grew out of a librarian's laziness; and that Melvil Dewey (originator of the Dewey Decimal System) helped bring about the technology transfer of card files to business.

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0262550857

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T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Eschatology

By: Markus Mühling

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T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Eschatology

By: Markus Mühling

This textbook offers a systematic introduction to eschatology. The first part introduces the historical approaches to eschatology. The second part concerns the reasons for eschatological statements in light of important aspects of the doctrine of God and Christ. The third part is devoted to different concepts of the relationship between eternity and time, space and infinitude as well as the question of what is good, true and beautiful. Using a thematic structure, the multiple different approaches and concepts of modern eschatology are clearly presented, and illuminated by the perspective of the classical teachings on the Last Things; which are ultimately brought together in a synthesis. This is an important contribution to a crucial part of the study of systematic theology.

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0567655687

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Transport and Chemical Transformation in the Troposphere

Proceedings of EUROTRAC Symposium 2000, Garmisch-Patenkirchen, Germany, 27-31 March 2000

By: Pauline M. Midgley,Markus J. Reuther,Marilee Williams

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Transport and Chemical Transformation in the Troposphere

Proceedings of EUROTRAC Symposium 2000, Garmisch-Patenkirchen, Germany, 27-31 March 2000

By: Pauline M. Midgley,Markus J. Reuther,Marilee Williams

This book record the activities of Symposium 2000, the sixth symposium of the coordinated EUREKA environmental project, EUROTRAC, and the second of its phase, EUROTRAC-2. The number of new scientific results and findings illustrates the comprehensive nature of this highly successful project. The book contains the invited lectures under the topic headings of the symposium. The poster contributions are organised according to the 12 EUROTRAC-2 subprojects plus guest contributions. These publications provide a lively snapshot of EUROTRAC-2 and a useful reference to the most recent scientific results and principal activities in this field in Europe.

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3540419837

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The City as a Terminal

The Urban Context of Logistics and Freight Transport

By: Markus Hesse

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The City as a Terminal

The Urban Context of Logistics and Freight Transport

By: Markus Hesse

The on-time delivery of goods is regarded as a primary factor of the urban economy and is being monitored by businesses and government alike. However, much analysis of freight transportation and the flow of goods into, out of and within urban areas focuses on functional, business-related approaches. This book examines the interrelationship between logistics development on one hand and urban development and geographical issues, such as land use and location, on the other. Avoiding certain one-dimensional views on 'logistics impacts on the city', it discloses the complex interaction of the logistics system with the entire urban environment. It also bridges the gap between recent geographical research into new production systems and (post)modern consumption patterns. Illustrated with case studies from the United States, Germany, France, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom, it examines issues such as: the historical nexus between urban areas and logistics; current urban developments with regards to goods distribution; city-region related characteristics of freight flows; locational dynamics; and specific freight related urban problems and conflicts.

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1317038118

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Gravitational Biology I

Gravity Sensing and Graviorientation in Microorganisms and Plants

By: Markus Braun,Maik Böhmer,Donat-Peter Häder,Ruth Hemmersbach,Klaus Palme

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Gravitational Biology I

Gravity Sensing and Graviorientation in Microorganisms and Plants

By: Markus Braun,Maik Böhmer,Donat-Peter Häder,Ruth Hemmersbach,Klaus Palme

This book summarizes what is currently known about gravity sensing and response mechanisms in microorganisms, fungi, lower and higher plants; starting from the historical eye-opening experiments from the 19th century up to today’s extremely rapid advancing cellular, molecular and biotechnological research. All forms of life are constantly exposed to gravity and it can be assumed that almost all organisms have developed sensors and respond in one way or the other to the unidirectional acceleration force,this books shows us some of these different ways. The book is written for plant biologists and microbiologists as well as scientists interested in space and gravitational biology.

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3319938940

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Mythology, Madness, and Laughter

Subjectivity in German Idealism

By: Markus Gabriel,Slavoj Žižek

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Mythology, Madness, and Laughter

Subjectivity in German Idealism

By: Markus Gabriel,Slavoj Žižek

Mythology, Madness and Laughter: Subjectivity in German Idealism explores some long neglected but crucial themes in German idealism. Markus Gabriel, one of the most exciting young voices in contemporary philosophy, and Slavoj Žižek, the celebrated contemporary philosopher and cultural critic, show how these themes impact on the problematic relations between being and appearance, reflection and the absolute, insight and ideology, contingency and necessity, subjectivity, truth, habit and freedom. Engaging with three central figures of the German idealist movement, Hegel, Schelling, and Fichte, Gabriel, and Žižek, who here shows himself to be one of the most erudite and important scholars of German idealism, ask how is it possible for Being to appear in reflection without falling back into traditional metaphysics. By applying idealistic theories of reflection and concrete subjectivity, including the problem of madness and everydayness in Hegel, this hugely important book aims to reinvigorate a philosophy of finitude and contingency, topics at the forefront of contemporary European philosophy. MARKUS GABRIEL is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research, NY. He has published a number of books and journal articles in German, including Der Mensch im Mythos (De Gruyter, 2006), and Das Absolute und die Welt in Schellings Freiheitsschrift (Bonn University Press, 2006).

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