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Über die Erfolge der Frauenemanzipation und die Abwehrreaktionen.Das weltweite Bildungsniveau ist im letzten halben Jahrhundert rasant gestiegen, insbesondere bei Mädchen und jungen Frauen. Das hat auch die Beziehungen zwischen Mann und Frau verändert. Frauen heiraten später, bekommen weniger Kinder, arbeiten länger und verdienen mehr.Dieser Zugewinn an Wissen, Einkommen und auch Macht ist für viele Männer schwer zu ertragen. Abram de Swaan zufolge führt dieses relative Schwinden der männlichen Dominanz zu sozialen und psychologischen Spannungen, die auf die Verletzung des...

This bold and accessible study of human languages and communication explores issues which are at the forefront of today's globalized society.


The human species is divided into more than five thousand language groups that do not understand each other. And yet these groups constitute one coherent world language system, connected by multilingual speakers in a surprisingly powerful way. The chances of a language thriving depend on its position in the system. There are thousands of small, peripheral languages, each connected to one of a hundred central languages. The entire...

This book is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences.


Each chapter addresses a fundamental question about people in their various arrangements. The book begins by asking: what do people need from one another; what do they need to survive and how do these needs make them dependent upon others? Subsequent chapters deal with the ties that bind people, the expectations they entertain of one another, their means of distinguishing themselves from others, the ways they have of moulding and teaching the...

This book is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences.


Each chapter addresses a fundamental question about people in their various arrangements. The book begins by asking: what do people need from one another; what do they need to survive and how do these needs make them dependent upon others? Subsequent chapters deal with the ties that bind people, the expectations they entertain of one another, their means of distinguishing themselves from others, the ways they have of moulding and teaching the...

This bold and accessible study of human languages and communication explores issues which are at the forefront of today's globalized society.


The human species is divided into more than five thousand language groups that do not understand each other. And yet these groups constitute one coherent world language system, connected by multilingual speakers in a surprisingly powerful way. The chances of a language thriving depend on its position in the system. There are thousands of small, peripheral languages, each connected to one of a hundred central languages. The entire...