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Die klassische Basis des Bewusstseins ist unzureichend, um seine gesamte Spannbreite zu erfassen: das Gruppenbewusstsein auf der naturlichen Basis der Energie, das Wir-Subjekt und das Historische Subjekt. Die sich ergebenden Beziehungen sind vor allem polar zu begreifen, ihre Logik entfaltet sich bis in das Problem der modernen Antinomien.

Das Staatenlexikon vermittelt grundlegende Kenntnisse zu Geographie, Kultur, Politik und Wirtschaft der Staatenwelt Europas. In alphabetischer Reihenfolge ¿ von Albanien bis Zypern ¿ werden insgesamt 50 Staaten behandelt. Die Besonderheit des Lexikons besteht in der Analyse gegenwärtiger gesellschaftspolitischer und ökonomischer Entwicklungen als historisch bedingten Prozessen. In kompakter Form werden Informationen auf aktuellem Stand über die Bedingungen und Strukturen, Interessen und Ziele der Politik der Staaten Europas untereinander und in der internationalen Arena geboten. Zielgruppen sind vor allem Wissenschaftler, Studierende, Dozenten, Journalisten und sonstige Mittler politischer Bildung sowie alle politisch Interessierten. Ein Grundlagenwerk, das zur differenzierten Beurteilung Europas im Wandel beiträgt. Dabei wird der Begriff «Europa» räumlich großzügig interpretiert und auch über Ost- und Südosteuropa hinaus bis zum Kaukasus ausgedehnt.

The book presents the principal functions of representative institutions, which are necessary in every political order: legitimising power, creating sovereignty but also setting its limits, and pursuing the common good and yet reflecting social diversity. Thus, democratic theorists should focus on making representative government more accountable.

This book presents a new perspective on the importance of social sciences through various studies held by the authors. The contributors to this book are researchers in the departments of Archaeology, Ethnology and Folklore, History, Culture and Tourism Management of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra.

To understand digital marketing, it is necessary to understand what its origin is, how it develops, and which applications it is strengthened by. Digital marketing applications are explained by successful and expert researchers in their field. It is aimed to be one of the new reliable sources on digital marketing research.

The financial market environment has undergone a dramatic shift in the past few years as a result of the recent global financial crisis, associated regulatory changes, and new market participants. This study undertook an online survey of 12,169 German SMEs and shows that relationship lending is essential for ensuring financial market stability.

The contributions of the present volume outline the historical development and the intricate literary, artistic, journalistic and scientific communication and distribution networks of the moral weeklies and periodical essays inspired by the Spectator prototype in Europe and North America.

Der Band stellt ausgewahlte historische Konzepte des Gemeinsamen Lernens von Kindern mit und ohne Behinderungen in ihrem historischen Entstehungszusammenhang dar und zeichnet die auerordentlich kontroversen zeitgenossischen Debatten nach, die um diese Ansatze gefuhrt wurden.

What were the main forces that shaped religious liberty in the U.S. public education from the 1980s onwards? Did the historic legal framework of religious liberty contribute to the advancement of students' religious rights? The author of the book discusses these issues from a broad and complex perspective considering a wide spectrum of viewpoints.

Die Untersuchung bietet die erste Bestandsaufnahme eines bemerkenswerten Phanomens des politischen Gegenwartstheaters: In den Spielzeiten 2012/13 bis 2017/18 wurden 25 Theatertexte uraufgefuhrt, die sich mit der Verbrechensserie der Terrorgruppe Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund' (NSU) befassen. Sie reagieren damit auf Leerstellen der politischen, gesellschaftlichen sowie juristischen Aufarbeitung des NSU. Die Studie untersucht ausgewahlte prototypische Theatertexte von Elfriede Jelinek bis Nuran David Calis und deren Inszenierungen. Der Fokus auf Zeugenschaft als Analyseperspektive verbindet Fragen der Darstellung, wie jene von Angehorigen der Opfer oder von TaterInnenfiguren, mit Fragen der Rezeption von TheaterzuschauerInnen.

The authors focus on the reconsideration and re-evaluation of the legacy of the aesthetics of German classical idealism and the demonstration of its viability in the contemporary neuroaesthetic and cognitive scientific discourse.

The book essentially discusses whether philosophy can integrate the plethora of various empirical and neuroscientific approaches to the study of beauty or whether it should preserve its traditional a priori basis. In fact, is it possible to unite philosophy and cognitive-scientific analyses of aesthetic perception and assessment?

The book explores the creative potential of misunderstanding in cross-cultural communication. The concept is studied from the perspective of translation studies, literary and cultural history, sociology. Misunderstanding is viewed as an elementary and unavoidable component of any verbal and cultural communication and a factor in artistic creation.

Das Autorenkollektiv verdeutlicht in dieser Publikation den komplexen Weg der Slowakei bis zu ihrer selbststandigen demokratischen Staatlichkeit im 20. Jahrhundert und zeichnet die wichtigsten Tendenzen der gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung nach, die auf den 1. Januar 1993 folgten.

The volume presents the views of ten authors from four PostCommunist Central and East European countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Latvia) on the impact of emerging technologies on human condition. They analyse the topic from anthropological, ethical, philosophical, ontological, empirical and legal perspectives.

The presented text is an attempt to sketch the basic contours of selected issues in the cognitive research of aesthetic experience. The core themes of the book are methodological problems of the unification of philosophical and cognitive-scientific approaches to beauty and aesthetic experience, and cognitive aesthetic of music perception.

The book attempts to outline the fundamental contours of the possible research of emotionality by the means of analysis of the cognitive aspects of an aesthetic experience. The study presents the results of an impressive methodological combination of philosophical (phenomenological) and current cognitive scientific research.

By researching the activities of institutions and monitoring of relations and various phenomena of medieval and early modern society, the authors have outlined and promoted the lines of the continuing story of the Kingdom of Hungary, gradually finding its name in the community of the countries of contemporary Christian Europe.

The book presents a biography of Alexander Dubcek, the icon of the "Czechoslovak Spring" in 1968. It aims to explain his decisions and intellectual development in the context of the turbulent development of the 20th century Central Europe. The text deals with his rise to power, forced isolation and his attempt for a political comeback after 1989.

Language and culture relate to each other. It is important to refine teaching processes to enable language learners to use target languages effectively. This book shows that language and culture should be viewed in their interrelationship as they have a significant impact on the naturalness and appropriateness of discourse.

Die Autorin behandelt die neuere politische Geschichte Sri Lankas seit der Kandyan Convention 1815, der Unabhangigkeit im Jahr 1948 und ihrer Verwicklung mit dem Buddhismus und Herrschaftskonzeptionen der Chronik Mahavamsa. Es geht um Religion und Politik auf Sri Lanka und die Frage, wie das Verhaltnis von Buddhismus und Politik verhandelt wird.

The book tackles the English(es) spoken in post-Independence Namibia beyond variety status. Based on questionnaires and the corpus compiled by herself, the author analyzes morphosyntactical structures, language use and attitudes towards English(es) in comparison to home languages.

The book presents the birth of the psychoanalytical movement on Polish lands in the years 1900-1918, on the broad background of the assimilation processes of Polish Jews. The author points out that Freud's theory played the role of "the promised land", as it was associated with the idea of the establishment of a more just social order.