In het voorjaar van 2006 stemde de Nederlandse bevolking tegen de Europese grondwet. Al eerder vielen kabinetten en ministers over staatsrechthervorming, referenda, gekozen burgemeesters en kiesstelsels. Politieke moorden dwongen tot reflectie op de principi

In dit boek van de filosoof, literator en godsdienstwetenschapper Rufus Jones wordt de wezenskern van de Quakers op warmbloedige wijze belicht. De geschiedenis, religie, mentaliteit, pedagogische uitgangspunten en het humanitaire werk van de Quakers worden aangevuld met een artikel van Rudolf Otto over hun zwijgende eredienst. Ook is een compilatie van een lezing die Abraham Joshua Heschel hield voor een quakerbijeenkomst in het Duitsland van vlak voor de oorlog toegevoegd. Een lezing die aan...

Through incisive discussions of topics ranging from practice, power, and pedagogy to ritual, history, sex, and death, the authors offer new directions for the understanding of Buddhism, taking constructive and sometimes polemical positions in an effort both to demonstrate the shortcomings of assumptions about the religion and the potential.

Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' The Human Bone Manual is intended for use outside the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic scientists, anthropologists and researchers. The compact volume includes all the key information needed for identification purposes, including hundreds of photographs designed to show a maximum amount of anatomical information.

This engaging 2005 introduction offers a critical approach to discourse, written by an expert uniquely placed to cover the subject for a variety of disciplines. Organised along thematic lines, the book begins with an outline of the basic principles, moving on to examine the methods and theory of CDA (critical discourse analysis). It covers topics such as text and context, language and inequality, choice and determination, history and process, ideology and identity.

Blommaert focuses on how la...

Based on comprehensive research into strategic planning literature and its military antecedents, the successor to The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning offers a penetrating analysis of the ten dominant schools of strategic thought. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

A tale from the Brothers Grimm provides inspiration for three gifted students from the world-renowned Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Khang Le, Mike Yamada, and Felix Yoon were guided by their instructor, Scott Robertson, to create original design solutions for the environments, characters, props, and vehicles found within The Skillful Huntsman . The trio's sketches and full-color renderings thoroughly document the creative process of concept design, revealing a host of ...