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Die Wissenschaftslehre von 1807 »Die Königsberger« von Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Editions Rodopi 2006; US$ 56.00Inhalt Vorwort des ersten Herausgebers Vorwort des zweiten Herausgebers Helmut GIRNDT (Univ. Duisburg): Die Wissenschaftslehre 1807. Eine Zusammenfassung ihres Gedankengangs Gaetano RAMETTA (Univ. Padua): Einleitende Bemerkungen über die Wissenschaftslehre von 1807 Prolegomena Matteo D?ALFONSO (München): Seite 115,26-118,18 1. Vorlesung: Bestimmung... more...
The Greeks Who Made Us Who We Are
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 35.00Hellenic contributions to Western Civilization are acknowledged by all, but the details of their endowment are under-appreciated. This volume seeks to disclose two distinctive features of Western culture uniquely attributable to the ancient Greeks: A human-centered worldview that elevated humans to the threshold of divinity and a philosophical temperament... more...
The Lahu Minority in Southwest China
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95The Lahu, with a population of around 470,000, inhabit the mountainous country in Yunnan Province bordering on Burma, Laos and northern Thailand. Buddhists, with a long history of resistance to the Chinese Han majority, the Lahu are currently facing a serious collapse of their traditional social system, with the highest suicide rate in the world,... more...
Culture, Politics and Television in Hong Kong
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 195.00Ma looks at the ways in which the identity of Hong Kong citizens has changed in the 1990s especially since the handover to China in 1997. This is the first analysis which focuses on the role, in this process, of popular media in general and television in particular. The author specifically analyses at the relationship between television ideologies... more...
The Dark Road
Random House Group Ltd 2013; US$ 22.67Meili, a young peasant woman born in the remote heart of China, is married to Kongzi, a village school teacher, and a distant descendant of Confucius. They have a daughter, but desperate for a son to carry on his illustrious family line, Kongzi gets Meili pregnant again without waiting for official permission. When family planning officers storm... more...
Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 147.00Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar is an innovative reference guide to Mandarin Chinese, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. Divided into two sections closely linked by extensive cross-references, it covers: traditional grammatical categories such as phrase order, nouns, verbs and specifiers language functions... more...
Renewable Energy Sources
Spon Press 1990; US$ 360.00Presents and analyses the sources of renewable energy, including advantages and disadvantages, projects implemented internationally, cost and environmental implications, and the benefits of system integration. more...
Media, Technology and Copyright
Edward Elgar Publishing 2004; US$ 40.00Economic consultant Einhorn combines discussion of law and economics in his examination of copyright and other intellectual property issues of media content. Eight chapters consider such topics as the economic uncertainty produced by the fair use regime, the economics of digital rights management. more...
Funology
Springer 2004; US$ 149.00This book reflects the move in Human Computer Interaction studies from standard usability concerns towards a wider set of problems to do with fun, enjoyment, aesthetics and the experience of use. Traditionally HCI has been concerned with work and task based applications but as digital technologies proliferate in the home fun becomes an important issue.... more...
Non-Governmental Organizations in Contemporary China
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95Based on documentary materials including interviews with key players in China, this book charts the development of non-governmental and non-profit organizations in China from the late 1970s to the present day. It recounts how in the aftermath of the 1978 reforms that created a market economy and diversified interests and social life, new institutions... more...









