Kategoria BISAC: Philosophy >> General

The titles in this mini-set were originally published between 1924 and 1931 and include works by J D Bernal, E E Fournier d Albe, Andre Maurois and S Radhakrishnan. Drawing on philosophy, anthropology, and psychology they examine man s place in the world of the future. "

Die Herausforderung durch "das Neue" hat sich zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts noch einmal entscheidend verscharft. Bio-, Nano- und Medienwissenschaftler verkunden zum wiederholten Male Veranderungen, die das Gesicht und die Ordnung der "Welt" tiefgreifend umgestalten werden. Futurologen sprechen sogar von einer "zweiten Evolution," die sich bereits jetzt ankundige. Die Wahrnehmung des Neuen ist aber selbst eine historische Variable. Deshalb werden in diesem Bande zwei paradigmatische Typen von Gesellschaften auf ihren Umfang mit dem Neuen hin untersucht: eine traditionale, die Antike, und...

The closely argued and provocative contributions to this volume challenge psychology's hegemony as an interpretive paradigm in a range of social contexts such as education and child development. They start from the core observation that modern psychology has successfully penetrated numerous domains of society in its quest to develop a properly scientific methodology for analyzing the human mind and behaviour. For example, educational psychology continues to hold a central position in the curricula of trainee teachers in the US, while the language of developmental psychology holds primal...

This book is the result of having sought and found in the sacred books of main popular religions and philosophies, the most important and common points that unify them all. Trying to organize and explain that points or principal ideas in a practical and logic way; and purging them, of each school's particular dogma. Using a simple vocabulary and without the necessity of having any previous experience in any type of lecture, this make it to be lightweight but deep at the same time, driving us to a personal introspection and meditation; which is the principal objective of the book.

The series publishes monographs and edited volumes that showcase significant scholarly work at the various intersections that currently motivate interdisciplinary inquiry in German cultural studies. Topics span German-speaking lands and cultures from the 18th to the 21st century, with a special focus on demonstrating how various disciplines and new theoretical and methodological paradigms work across disciplinary boundaries to create knowledge and add to critical understanding in German studies. The series editor is a renowned professor of German studies in the United States who penned one...