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Eine umfassende, innovative und maßgebliche Perspektive der moralischen Betrachtung, basierend auf den Quellen der WeltreligionenIn drei ausführlichen Bänden führt die Encyclopedia of Religious Ethics in grundlegende Fragen der moralischen Betrachtung ein, untersucht die großen Moraltraditionen der Welt und gibt einen Überblick über konkrete moralische Fragen zu einem breiten Spektrum menschlicher Erfahrungen. Die wegweisende Enzyklopädie definiert die Bedeutung, die Aufgabe und die verschiedenen Formen der religiösen Ethik und begleitet den Leser durch eine kritische Betrachtung des religiösen und moralischen Lebens in unterschiedlichen geschichtlichen Epochen, verschiedenen Teilen der Welt und zahlreichen kulturellen Traditionen. Das Werk enthält Beiträge einer außergewöhnlichen Gruppe von Ethikern, Historikern, Theologen, Philosophen, Politiktheoretikern und anderen Experten, die religiöse Quellen heranziehen und kritisch betrachten, um grundlegende Themen der Moraltheorie zu untersuchen und sich mit aktuellen ethischen und politischen Problemen zu befassen.Mit ihrem Bestreben, die moralischen Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten unseres globalen Zeitalters zu ergründen und zu thematisieren, ist die Enyclopedia of Religious Ethics ein unverzichtbares Werk für alle, die sich für das Verhältnis zwischen Religion und Ethik in der modernen Welt interessieren, und insbesondere für diejenigen, die sich mit vergleichenden Religionswissenschaften, religiöser und vergleichender Ethik und Moraltheorie beschäftigen.

A Companion to Mediterranean History presents a wide-ranging overview of this vibrant field of historical research, drawing together scholars from a range of disciplines to discuss the development of the region from Neolithic times to the present. Provides a valuable introduction to current debates on Mediterranean history and helps define the field for a new generation Covers developments in the Mediterranean world from Neolithic times to the modern era Enables fruitful dialogue among a wide range of disciplines, including history, archaeology, art, literature, and anthropology

A Companion to Fritz Lang"Fritz Lang's movie-making spans a major part of the history of cinema, across genres, styles, and national contexts. With smartness and sharpness, the essays in this essential volume come from many angles to capture the richness of Lang's cinema and bring great insight to its study."Dana Polan, Cinema Studies, NYUFritz Lang's influence on cinema cannot be overstated, with a career that stretched from the silent era in Germany to the decline of the Hollywood studio system in the late 1950s, from the Weimar Republic to Nazi Germany, from Depression America to the McCarthy era. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, Lang is also credited with influencing the emergence of film noir.A Companion to Fritz Lang offers the first full-scale collection of scholarship available in English on one of the most important filmmakers of all time. Addressing much of Lang's voluminous body of work, from Metropolis and M, to lesser-known titles such as Western Union and Clash by Night, this volume offers a superb overview of Lang's cinema with revealing insights into his enduring influence on directors such as Godard, Scorsese, Chabrol, and Tarantino. The two dozen essays presented here are an unrivaled and up-to-the-minute assessment of the prolific and resilient life and vision of one of cinema's greatest auteurs.

A Companion to Latin American Cinema offers a wide-ranging collection of newly commissioned essays and interviews that explore the ways in which Latin American cinema has established itself on the international film scene in the twenty-first century.* Features contributions from international critics, historians, and scholars, along with interviews with acclaimed Latin American film directors* Includes essays on the Latin American film industry, as well as the interactions between TV and documentary production with feature film culture* Covers several up-and-coming regions of film activity such as nations in Central America* Offers novel insights into Latin American cinema based on new methodologies, such as the quantitative approach, and essays contributed by practitioners as well as theorists

A Companion to Steven Spielberg provides an authoritative collection of essays exploring the achievements and legacy of one of the most influential film directors of the modern era.* Offers comprehensive coverage of Spielberg's directorial output, from early works including Duel, The Sugarland Express, and Jaws, to recent films* Explores Spielberg's contribution to the development of visual effects and computer games, as well as the critical and popular reception of his films* Topics include in-depth analyses of Spielberg's themes, style, and filming techniques; commercial and cultural significance of the Spielberg 'brand' and his parallel career as a producer; and collaborative projects with artists and composers* Brings together an international team of renowned scholars and emergent voices, balancing multiple perspectives and critical approaches* Creates a timely and illuminating resource which acknowledges the ambiguity and complexity of Spielberg's work, and reflects its increasing importance to film scholarship

With 30 historiographical essays by established and rising scholars, A Companion to Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter is a comprehensive picture of the presidencies and legacies of these 20th century American presidents.

An indispensable resource for morphologists and other linguists alike, written and edited by esteemed scholars in the fieldThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Morphology is an authoritative, state-of-the-art overview the data that have been central to the development of morphological theory in the past decades. Featuring contributions from an international panel of linguists, this unparalleled collection brings together both seminal work and recent morphological research on topics including derivational and inflectional processes, concatenative and non-concatenative types of morphology, and the interfaces of morphology with syntax, phonology, and semantics.In-depth case studies describe important morphological phenomena, discuss how they have shaped different theoretical proposals, and analyze and contextualize the data behind well-established empirical studies. Organized alphabetically, each chapter explores a specific set of empirical data relating to a morphological problem or issue central to both past and current theoretical debates.* Provides detailed and comprehensive information about morphology and its interfaces* Describes main morphological phenomena based on a large, cross-linguistically varied body of data* Offers a balanced presentation of different morphological approaches, analytical proposals, and academic perspectives* Covers a wide range of topics and a large number of subdomains of morphology* Online version available at https://www.companiontomorphology.comAvailable both as a five-volume set and as an online resource, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Morphology is an essential reference tool for scholars in the field of morphology and linguistics more generally , and will also be a very useful tool in advanced undergraduate as well as graduate courses in these fields.