“…It offers early sightings of an increasingly widespread turn toward the geologic as source of explanation, motivation, and inspiration for creative responses to conditions of the present moment. In the spirit of a broadside, this edited collection circulates images and short essays from over 40 artists, designers, architects, scholars, and journalists who are actively exploring and creatively responding to the geologic depth of "now." …”

“…Chaque époque invente une nouvelle façon d'écrire l'histoire ou, du moins, cherche à éclairer le présent en interrogeant différemment le passé. Depuis une trentaine d'années, les données produites par l'archéologie, notamment par les fouilles préventives, ont cru de façon exponentielle, ouvrant ainsi de nouvelles perspectives de recherche sur l'histoire des techniques et de l'économie antiques. …”

“…Telles sont les questions qu'il faut à présent se poser…”

“…The forms of their engagement are differentiated and summon plural registers: protest, political participation, multiple modes of allegiance, even withdrawal, sometimes claimed, into subjectivity.Lebanon and Syria present dissimilar situations from the point of view of the role of the state and the private sector, the political atmosphere, the weight of censorship and the institutionalization of artistic fields. …”

“…An overall plan of the canabae now exists, thanks to the intensification of aerial-archaeological evaluations in recent years in the area of ​​present-day villages of Petronell and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg (Lower Austria, A); its richness in detail makes it unique. …”

“…The present book is dedicated to one main aspect of the Marian cult: it investigates the historical process that made Mary, mother of Jesus, the most prominent intercessor across the Byzantine Empire at the end of Iconoclasm (843). …”

“…This book brings together works on the past and present of the laws, justices and security institutions of the province of Buenos Aires. …”

“…Danish civil procedure is based on a number of procedural law principles that affect the taking of evidence, including the principle of party presentation, the principle of disposition, and the principle of free assessment of evidence. …”

“…The books argues for the rule of law, respect for human rights and the eradication of a culture of impunity in Africa. it is a product of peer-reviewed contributions from graduates of the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, where the Master's degree programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa has been presented since 2000"--Back cover…”

“…John Dinan challenges this understanding by tracing and evaluating the different methods that have been used to protect rights in the United States from the founding until the present era.By examining legislative statutes, judicial decisions, convention proceedings, and popular initiatives in four representative states—Massachusetts, Virginia, Michigan, and Oregon—Dinan shows that rights have been secured in the American polity in three principal ways. …”

“…How tolerant were the Dutch, how Calvinist, how peace-loving, how democratic, how republican? Do present day values concerning social justice, gender equality, and ecology affect our view of the Dutch Golden Age?" …”

“…Glassman shows that despite their theological differences, Anglican, Puritan, and Catholic clergymen concurred in the negative images of Jews presented to their congregations. They pictured the Jews as Christ-killers, and related myths of how Jews performed barbaric and sacrilegious rituals. …”

“…David DeLeon challenges this position, however, by presenting a historical and theoretical perspective for understanding the scope and significance of dissent in America. …”

“…Monsman undertakes a comprehensive critical analysis of Walter Pater's fiction, which presents the critic with numerous causes of frustration, not the least of which is a lack of both dramatic narration and description. …”

“…Ethics in Psychiatry: (1) presents a comprehensive review of ethical issues arising in psychiatric care and research; (2) relates ethical issues to changes and challenges of society; (3) examines the application of general ethics to specific psychiatric problems and relates these to moral implications of psychiatric practice; (4) deals with recently arising ethical problems; (5) contains contributions of leading European ethicists, philosophers, lawyers, historians and psychiatrists; (6) provides a basis for the exploration of culture-bound influences on morals, manners and customs in the light of ethical principles of global validity…”

“…Based on in-depth empirical studies in school and university classrooms, this book presents rich insights into the complexities and dynamics of students’ environmental learning. …”

“…The study is among the first to systematically examine the antecedents and consequences of risk behaviour from a comparative perspective over time and across countries. Matthias Richter presents findings from several empirical studies and extends current theoretical and empirical knowledge on adolescent risk behaviour. …”

“…This work will give a fuller picture of the present-day character of British (especially English) higher education. …”

“…It aims to foster an international and interdisciplinary exchange of perspectives by presenting current developments, case studies, best practices as well as new integrated theoretical approaches and applications…”

“…The book is divided into two parts. The first part presents contributions on modelling emergence of different phenomena, formalised in multi-agent systems. …”