“…From despots to powerless figureheads, and from the Neolithic era to the present, this book traces the history of kingship around the world and the tenacity of its connection with the sacred. …”

“…The goal was to display and promote research in the field along with the practices of media education. Research results presented at the conference indicated that the civic skills needed in information societies include critical awareness, which is the basis for understanding media societies. …”

“…The contributions therefore focus on the Septuagint, early Jewish sages and ancient scriptures. They present the results of original research, identify new lines and topics of inquiry and make novel contributions to existing insights…”

“…The first three chapters provide an overview of the communication system in technology, present the author's research methods, and describe differences in the career paths and goals of engineers and scientists that cause special problems for organizations. …”

“…La reconstrucción analítica de su mundo simbólico, de su lenguaje radicalmente nuevo, de su genial tejido literario, en suma, puede considerarse aún- y sin duda por mucho tiempo- como la mayor "prueba de fuego" de todo crítico e historiador de la literatura. En las presentes páginas John Gross consigue hacer inteligible -con nitidez poco común: y este su mayor mérito-, el complejo y atormentado mundo literario de este gran revolucionario de la "escritura", atendiendo tanto las claves históricas de la obra de Joyce como a su estructura sincrónica…”

“…Alexander Wendt clarifies the central claims of the constructivist approach, presenting a structural and idealist worldview which contrasts with the individualism and materialism which underpins much mainstream international relations theory. …”

“…El Café Budapest se convierte en un pequeño escenario donde se reflejan el caos y la barbarie presentes en toda Palestina." -- contracoberta…”

“…Pour usée jusqu’à la corde qu’elle soit, la locution continue à faire écran à la formule dont Socrate se servait pour définir sa vocation philosophique devant le tribunal populaire d’Athènes : «Vivre en philosophant». Le présent ouvrage se donne pour tâche de repenser le sens et de réfléchir aux enjeux de la formule socratique, en esquissant un parcours de la reconnaissance balisé par trois questions également cruciales : celle de la base expérientielle de la philosophie, celle des exercices qui permettent de la mettre en œuvre et, finalement, celle du genre de « salut » qu’elle est susceptible de nous procurer…”

“…Ce livre se propose de présenter une pensée qui s'inspire non seulement des sciences telles que psychologie, physique, logique et mathématiques, mais aussi de toute la tradition et même de la pensée moderne. …”

“…The text blends scholarship and hands-on experiences to provide a theory-based and coherent description of the concrete communication practices and sites in the debates over environment protection.The level of presentation targets upper-level, undergraduate students in speech communication, environmental studies, English, journalism, political science, and sociology. …”
Sumario

“…This updated edition traces that history from prehistoric times to the present, focusing particularly on culture, society, politics, and personalities. …”

“…Kovecses is a leader in CMT, and his argument in this book is more in line with what has been discovered about the nature of human cognition in recent years; namely, that human cognition is grounded in experience in multiple ways - embodiment, in a strict sense, being just one of them (see Barsalou, 2008; Gibbs, 2006; Pecher and Zwaan, 2005). In light of the present work, this is because cognition, including metaphorical cognition, is grounded in not only the body, but also in the situations in which people act and lead their lives, the discourses in which they are engaged at any time in communicating and interacting with each other, and the conceptual knowledge they have accumulated about the world in the course of their experience of it…”