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The catastrophe and holocaust brought about by the two powerful movements of fascism and national socialism will mark human life always. This title offers a collection of readings that has been selected to encourage students to clarify their thinking on social philosophy.
Mit der grafischen Darstellung von Information mithilfe elektronischer Geräte hat sich der Mensch ein neues Medium geschaffen. Die Leichtigkeit und die Geschwindigkeit, mit der jetzt Bilder kreiert und verändert werden können, wird - zusammen mit den elektronischen Massenmedie- auch die menschliche Denkweise und die Vorstellungskraft für abstrakte Zusammenhänge beeinflußen. So wie die Informationstechnologien insgesamt dringt die grafische Da...
Iraq, holding oil reserves second only to those of Saudi Arabia in the Middle East, is locked in a war with Iran whose outcome will affect Western energy supplies and the prospects for stability in the Arabian Gulf. Yet Iraq even now remains little known to Western governments and publics. This study is intended to enlarge understanding of Iraqi behavior and of the concerns that motivate its leaders.
This 22-chapter text explores the structure of language and the meaning of words within a given structure. The text/workbook combination gives students both the theory and practice they need to understand this complex topic. Analyzing Syntax & Semantics features the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) approach. This method uses student performance objectives, practice, feedback, individualization of pace, and repeatable testing as instruc...
Consider a poem as the literary critic reads it, consider the language of an analysand as the psychoanalyst hears it. The tasks of the professionals are similar: to interpret the linguistic, symbolic data at hand. In "Language and Interpretation in Psychoanalysis, " Marshall Edelson explores the linguistics of Chomsky, showing the congruence between Chomsky and Freud, and comparing linguistic interpretations in the psychoanalytic situation wit...
An urgently whispered message in an empty stable warned Matt Bardoul to avoid the wagon train to the Big Horns and the gold. But Bardoul went anyway--with as poisonous a pack of sidewinders as could be. He bought in because he was interested--in the gold, the grass, and the girl.
This book, considers the major philosophical and methodological trends within each 'school, ' the balance between the various sub-disciplines, the role of leading individuals, influences upon the development of the subject, and its impact in education and elsewhere
International politics is not a cumulative subject in which the latest book makes all the others obsolete. The assumption underlying these pages is that our understanding of international politics is more likely to be improved by reflecting upon and reworking what we already know about the subject, than by topping up our knowledge with either more detailed research or more contemporary analysis. Each of the chapters deals with a different aspe...