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Dynamics and Performativity of Imagination
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95In this interdisciplinary anthology, essays study the relationship between the imagination and images both material and mental. Through case studies on a diverse array of topics including photography, film, sports, theater, and anthropology, contributors focus on the role of the creative imagination in seeing and producing images and the imaginary.... more...
Die Geste in Erziehung, Bildung und Sozialisation
Springer Fachmedien 2011; US$ 47.99Images of the Body in India
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 130.00This intriguing book engages with the concept of the body in its cultural context by acknowledging and demonstrating that the human body is understood differently in Western and Indian cultures. The contributors go on to show that any attempt to put forward a single concept of the body within Indian culture would be misleading. Divided into three... more...
Children, Development and Education
Springer 2011; US$ 109.99Historical anthropology is a revision of the German philosophical anthropology under the influences of the French historical school of Annales and the Anglo-Saxon cultural anthropology. Cultural-historical psychology is a school of thought which emerged in the context of the Soviet revolution and deeply affected the disciplines of psychology and education... more...
Anlegerschutz im Wertpapiergeschäft. Verantwortlichkeit der Organmitglieder von Kreditinstituten
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 105.00Banking Law Day 2012 inFrankfurt adressed the topics of "Anlegerschutz im Wertpapiergeschäft" and "Verantwortlichkeit der Organmitglieder von Kreditinstituten". Under the direction of Markus Artz and Volker Groß, expert speakers from academia and daily praxis debated the issues. more...
Perspectives in Company Law and Financial Regulation
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 176.00This collection of essays examines the development of company and financial law under the influence of European integration and globalisation. more...
Anthropology
University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 30.00Originally published in German, Christoph Wulf’s Anthropology sets its sights on a topic as ambitious as its title suggests: anthropology itself. Arguing for an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to anthropology that incorporates science, philosophy, history, and many other disciplines, Wulf examines—with breathtaking scope—all... more...
Das Glück der Familie
Springer Fachmedien 2011; US$ 47.99Wie inszenieren Familien in Deutschland und Japan familiäres Glück In ethnografischen Fallstudien fokussiert diese Darstellung die zentralen Familienfeste - für Deutschland das Weihnachtsfest und für Japan das Neujahrsfest. Aufgezeigt und analysiert werden Rituale und Gesten, mit denen die familiäre Gemeinschaft mit den Emotionen... more...
Mythen des Blutes
Campus Verlag 2007; US$ 36.65Hauptbeschreibung Blut ist seit den Anfängen der Kultur Symbol für Leben und Tod und für die körperliche Bedingtheit des Seins. Seine oft als bedrohlich erfahrene Macht ist in zahllosen Mythen und Erzählungen, Bildern und Riten festgehalten - und spielt selbst in den modernen Wissenschaften noch eine Rolle. In diesem Band werden die Metaphorik des... more...









