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Becoming Two in Love

Kierkegaard, Irigaray, and the Ethics of Sexual Difference

By: Roland J. De Vries

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Becoming Two in Love

Kierkegaard, Irigaray, and the Ethics of Sexual Difference

By: Roland J. De Vries

This book draws Soren Kierkegaard and Luce Irigaray into conversation on the nature and ethics of sexual difference. While these two initially seem like doubtful dialogue partners, the conversation between them yields a rich and compelling account of intersubjectivity between man and woman--an account that moves beyond the limited and tired debate over egalitarianism vs. complementarianism. Through engagement with Irigaray and Kierkegaard, this book develops a constructive, theological ethics of sexual difference that focuses on an epistemological and subjective gap that sets man and woman at a decisive distance from each other. They are a mystery to each other. Yet it is also an ethical framework that allows woman and man to encounter one another in ways that respect the independence, subjectivity, and becoming of each. Above all, this is a theological ethics of sexual difference that centers on Jesus Christ, who is defined as the middle term in every relationship and whose love command defines the encounter between man and woman in difference.

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244

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1621898008

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9781621898009

Dutch

Biography of a Language

By: Roland Willemyns

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Dutch

Biography of a Language

By: Roland Willemyns

More than 22 million people speak Dutch-primarily in the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, and the Antilles. Roland Willemyns here offers a well-researched and highly readable survey of the Dutch language in all its historical, geographic, and social aspects. Willemyns tells a story of language contact and conflict. From its earliest days, Dutch has been in intense contact with other languages both within and outside the borders of the Low Countries, particularly with French, Frisian, and German. The first part of Dutch concentrates on the historical development of standard Dutch and its dialects. The second part focuses on contemporary Dutch, including its many dialects in Flanders and Holland (some of them on the verge of extinction). Willemyns pays special attention to important questions in the history of Dutch, particularly the contentious matter of the global spread of Dutch through colonization-which led to "exotic" variations such as Afrikaans, pidgins, and creoles-and whether Dutchmen and Flemings are "separated by the same language." His final chapter tries to shed some light on the future of Dutch, and the impact of such "new" varieties as Poldernederlands (in Holland) and Verkavelingsvlaams (in Flanders). Placing the Dutch story in the context of other West-Germanic languages like German and English, Dutch: Biography of a Language is the only English language history of Dutch and will be sure to interest a global audience of students of Dutch, those of Dutch descent, and linguists and other scholars wishing to learn more about Dutch.

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312

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Oxford University Press

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0199323666

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9780199323661

Evolution of Central Banking?

De Nederlandsche Bank 1814 -1852

By: Roland Uittenbogaard

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Evolution of Central Banking?

De Nederlandsche Bank 1814 -1852

By: Roland Uittenbogaard

The book analyses the establishment of De Nederlandsche Bank and its early development as a case study to test competing theories on the historical development of central banking. It is shown that the establishment of DNB can be explained by both the fiscal theory and the financial stability theory. Later development makes clear that the financial stability role of DNB prevailed. DNB ́s bank notes were not forced onto the public and competition was fierce. A prudent and independent stance was necessary to be able to play its intended role. This meant that DNB played a modest role in the Amsterdam money market until 1852. By 1852 it had established itself to become the central bank. By then its bank notes had become generally accepted and it could start to operate as a reserve bank. Also the market context had changed dramatically, its competitors had been driven out of the market and several credit institutions had become customers of DNB. "On the occasion of the Nederlandsche Bank's 200th Anniversary, it is good to have a new, and an extremely good, history of its founding and first fifty years of operation. The only previous account of this period of the DNB's history was legalistic and did not sufficiently place the Bank ́s development in its wider context. Uittenbogaard's book provides a much broader, and better, story of the personnel, economics, and finance of the DNB at this juncture." - Charles Goodhart, LSE.

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181

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Springer

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3319106171

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9783319106175

The Age of Rembrandt

Studies in Seventeenth-century Dutch Painting

By: Roland E. Fleischer,Susan Scott Munshower

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The Age of Rembrandt

Studies in Seventeenth-century Dutch Painting

By: Roland E. Fleischer,Susan Scott Munshower

This is a study of seventeenth-century Dutch painting.

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252

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Penn State Press

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0915773023

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9780915773022

The Age of Wood

Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization

By: Roland Ennos

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The Age of Wood

Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization

By: Roland Ennos

A scholarly and scientific examination of the unrecognized role of trees in the planet's ecosystem reveals wood's unexpected influence on human evolution, civilization, and the global economy.

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336

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Simon and Schuster

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1982114746

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9781982114749

Becoming Two in Love

Kierkegaard, Irigaray, and the Ethics of Sexual Difference

By: Roland J. De Vries

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Kierkegaard, Irigaray, and the Ethics of Sexual Difference

By: Roland J. De Vries

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1610975170

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