This volume explores issues of moral character found in the different text versions of the book of Esther. First the study suggests the two most common approaches to perceived moral problems in the story of Esther: avoidance and transformation. Then it investigates selected port…
"Around 400 BCE, inhabitants of the Southern Andes took up a sedentary lifestyle that included the practice of agriculture. Settlements were generally solitary or clustered structures with walled agricultural fields and animal corrals, and the first small villages appeared in so…
"In this book, Curtis Gruenler proposes that the concept of the enigmatic, latent in a wide range of medieval thinking about literature, can help us better understand in medieval terms much of the era's most enduring literature, from the riddles of the Anglo-Saxon bishop Aldhelm…
Prologue. Insanity and religion -- Part I. Sanctified insanity: between history and psychology -- The paradox that inhabits ambiguity -- Meanings of insanity -- Part II. Abnormality and social change: early Christianity vs. rabbinic Judaism -- Abnormality and social change -- So…
"Insanity and Sanctity in Byzantium aims to understand how the use of psychological abnormality functions in deep societal transformations, producing a major shift in the religious, cultural, mental, and social aspects. The book examines a particular set of religious phenomena, …
Ambige Verhältnisse: Uneindeutigkeit in Kunst, Politik und Alltag
by Schmidt, Thomas, Lang, Johannes, Krieger, Verena, Saalfeld, Robin K., Groß, Bernhard, Lüthy, Michael, Meyer-Fraatz, Andrea, Dyk, Silke van, Klinger, Cornelia, Strauß, Bernhard, Linck, Dirck, Lüscher, Kurt, Mader, Rachel, Quent, Matthias, Sabisch, Andrea, Scholz, Sylka
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Ambige Verhältnisse: Uneindeutigkeit in Kunst, Politik und Alltag
by Schmidt, Thomas, Lang, Johannes, Krieger, Verena, Saalfeld, Robin K., Groß, Bernhard, Lüthy, Michael, Meyer-Fraatz, Andrea, Dyk, Silke van, Klinger, Cornelia, Strauß, Bernhard, Linck, Dirck, Lüscher, Kurt, Mader, Rachel, Quent, Matthias, Sabisch, Andrea, Scholz, Sylka
fromEdition Kulturwissenschaft
Ambivalenzen, Mehrdeutigkeit und Vagheit begegnen uns in allen Bereichen des Lebens. Ambiguität wird dabei unterschiedlich bewertet: Rechtspopulisten beuten die Angst davor aus, während Künstler Ambiguität gezielt einsetzen, um gesellschaftliche Konflikte zu dynamisieren. Die "A…
Ambivalenzen, Mehrdeutigkeit und Vagheit begegnen uns in allen Bereichen des Lebens. Ambiguität wird dabei unterschiedlich bewertet: Rechtspopulisten beuten die Angst davor aus, während Künstler Ambiguität gezielt einsetzen, um gesellschaftliche Konflikte zu dynamisieren. Die »A…
Obfuscation: A User's Guide for Privacy and Protest
Ambiguity: language and communication
Ambiguity: Language and Communication
Ambiguity: language and communication
"This volume uncovers a great mystery about language: why can we communicate so effectively despite the fact that ambiguity is pervasive? Conversely, how do speakers use ambiguity to achieve a specific goal? Answers to these questions are provided from different fields: (psycho)…
