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A multi-purpose reference work which should become an indispensable companion for anybody who comes into touch with Hinduism. Includes a dictionary of Sanskrit and vernacular terms, a glossary of terms and concepts, and a survey of the historical development of Hinduism.

The first to appear in Curzon's well respected 'Popular Dictionary' series.

Strategic minerals are a major element of resource geopolitics. The US has always provided the 'umbrella for the West and is now the 'global policeman on strategic mineral supply. As the global economic system has developed it has become increasingly clear that the geopolitical balance in global mineral supply is focused on the countries of the former Soviet Union, China and South Africa. The entire import list of US non-fuel minerals is exami...

The changing nature of waged work in contemporary advanced industrial nations is one of the most significant aspects of political and economic debate. It is also the subject of intense debate among observers of gender. Capital Culture explores these changes focusing particularly on the gender relations between the men and women who work in the financial services sector. The multiple ways in which masculinities and femininities are constructed ...

This overview of modern visual culture explores the relationship between technology, society and identity which underpins contemporary `media culture'. While tracing historical shifts as they have developed through, or intersected with, different camera technologies, the book is not so much about the camera's field of vision: it is concerned with processes of modernization and the dramatic changes - perceptual, experiential, epistemological - ...

Packed with tested tips, techniques and time-savers--including over 100 reproducible exercises, forms and letters--"School Newspaper Adviser's Survival Guide" helps you in all aspects of the job--from organizing staff and workspace, and handling production details, to training students in good newswriting style and the journalistic approach. Four sections cover staff organization and mission, newswriting, layout, and time management.

Zen Buddhism emerged in China some fifteen centuries ago and remained the most dynamic and influential spiritual movement in Asia for more than a millennium. Though the teachings of the first Zen masters are sometimes considered innovation, they were actually a return to the core of Buddhist teaching and to an understanding of the importance of the personal experience of enlightenment. This anthology presents talks, sayings, and records of hea...

This seminal book by this century's most important development psychologist chronicles the evolution of children's moral thinking from preschool to adolescence, tracing the concepts of lying, cheating, adult authority, punishment, and responsibility, and offering important insights into how they learn--or fail to learn--the difference between right and wrong.

Leigh Botts writes letters to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. Following Mr. Henshaw's recommendation, he starts to keep a diary. Through his letters and diary entries, a picture emerges of a growing boy trying to adjust to new situations, particularly to his parents' divorce.

»Verstehen will verstanden sein.« Das vorliegende Buch handelt von den Bedingungen und den Möglichkeiten des Verstehens als einem in und mit der Sprache sieh vollziehenden Prozeß.

Gundolf, eigentlich Friedrich Leopold Gundelfinger, hatte sich bei Stefan George mit sechs ins Deutsche übersetzte Sonette Shakespeares bekannt gemacht. Rund ein Vierteljahrhundert währte sodann der Kontakt zwischen den beiden Dichtern, wobei Shakespeare lange ein bestimmendes Thema der Korrespondenz blieb. Gundolf hablitierte sich gar 1911 über »Shakespeare und der deutsche Geist«. Seit der Beziehung Gundolfs zu seiner späteren Ehefrau kühlte...

Nach der Ersten Moderne des ökonomischen Liberalismus und des liberalen Rechtsstaates und der Zweiten Moderne der Wohlfahrtsökonomie und des demokratischen Rechtsstaates stehen wir jetzt an der Schwelle einer Dritten Moderne. Ob sie die Modernisierungsrisiken der Ersten und Zweiten Moderne besser bewältigen und gleichwohl ihre Errungenschaften bewahren kann, ist noch völlig offen. Die Dritte Moderne wird zunächst von einer Verschärfung ökologi...

Die »Therapeutisierung sexueller Selbste« erweist sich in der vorliegenden Genealogie als das Ergebnis einer jahrhundertelangen Serie von (christlichen) Selbstbearbeitungstechniken, auf die der wissenschaftlich angeleitete sexualtherapeutische Diskurs selektiv und transformierend zugreift: Auch in vorwissenschaftlichen Techniken figuriert das Begehren als Gegenstand der Selbstbearbeitung. Im Zuge der Verwissenschaftlichung des Diskurses wird d...