Relentlessly entertaining "—Michelle Green, The New York Times [/b]Women travelers in Egypt in the nineteenth century saw aspects of the country unseen by their male counterparts, as they spent time both in the harems of Cairo and with the women they met along the Nile. Some of them, like Sarah Belzoni and Sophia Poole, spoke Arabic. Others wrote engagingly of their experiences as observers of an exotic culture, with special access to some places no man could ever go.From Eliza Fay’s...
• A classic case in First Amendment Rights • Introduction by Ferlinghetti, reminiscences of editing “Howl” and the trial • Contains unpublished correspondence between Ginsberg & Ferlinghetti showing Ginsberg’s doubts about the poem, and Ferlinghetti’s editorial input • Amusing and illuminating articles from San Francisco media, providing fascinating cultural and social background • Never-before discussed...
Hvad vil det sige at eksistere – og at tAenke over sin eksistens? HvorDanish pavirker livet tAenkningen – og tAenkningen livet? Sporgsmal som disse, og med dem eksistentialismen, nod enorm popularitet i efterkrigstiden, hvor de blev hvermandseje. Men som arene gik, gik det populAere hen og blev upopulAert. Betegnelsen eksistentialisme, og dens navnebroder eksistensfilosofien, der ellers sa sig som et alternativ til den forste, kom til at signalere filosofisk letbenethed, populisme og generel...
How well do the places where we live support the wellbeing of older adults? The Canadian population is growing older and is reshaping the nation’s economic, social and cultural future. However, the built and social environments of many communities, neighbourhoods and cities have not been designed to help Canadians age well. Bringing together academic research, practitioner reflections and personal narratives from older adults across Canada, this cutting-edge text provides a rare spotlight on the...
The ongoing social crises and moral conflicts evident in global social policy debates are addressed in this timely volume. Leading interdisciplinary scholars focus on the ‘social’ of social policy, which is increasingly conceived in a globalized form, as new international agreements and global goals engender social struggles. They tackle pressing ‘social questions’, many of which have been exacerbated by COVID-19, including growing inequality, changing world population, ageing societies,...
Kon i historien giver nogle eksempler pa, hvordan lAesning af historisk kildemateriale i et konsperspektiv kan fore den historiske forskning frem til ny viden om fortiden. Bidragyderne drofter konsforhold i henholdsvis oldtidens GrAekenland og middelalderens Vesteuropa og forskellige aspekter af dansk historie i henholdsvis 1700-, 1800- og 1900-tallet. Bogens bidrag inddrager imidlertid ogsa generelle introduktioner til de virkninger, konshistoriske forskningsfelter har haft i den tidligere...
Om verdslig ovrighed er Martin Luthers vigtigste skrift om forholdet mellem kristendom og politik. Her fremstiller han sin beromte sondring mellem de to regimenter, det andelige og det verdslige. Dermed lAegger han op til en klar opdeling mellem kirke og stat. ToregimentelAeren betyder dog ikke en fuldstAendig adskillelse af religion og politik for Luther. TvAertimod har den kristne i sin tro et sAerligt grundlag for at involvere sig i det politiske, fordi den kristnes virke er prAeget af...
Is the body a mere container of learning processes? Or can we, in a productive way, develop an approach to learning that includes learning as a bodily phenomenon? The authors all work with the development or refinement of theories of 'learning bodies,' and in this anthology they present the state of the art to anybody with an interest in current scientific discussions about the interplay between body, movement and learning. A full understanding of learning in all its complexity...