“…Raro esempio di “filosofa pubblica”, spiega nitidamente al lettore la genesi e le implicazioni dell’idea di gender e, senza mai rinnegare le sue radici cattoliche, decostruisce le letture spesso fantasiose che ne danno oggi molte associazioni religiose. Soprattutto, come sanno i suoi lettori, non esita mai a mettersi in gioco direttamente, raccontando se stessa e identificandosi nell’esperienza di chi ha vissuto da vittima innocente il dramma dell’esclusione…”

“…. -- Literary reading(s) of the Bible: aspects of a semiotic conception of intertexuality and intertexual analysis of the text / Magdolna Orosz. -- Reading the Bible in the context of "Thick description": reflections of a practical theologian on phenomenological concept of contextuality / Hans-Gunter Heimbrock. -- New Testament studies on the basis of categorical semiotics / Stefan Alkier…”

“…Sullo sfondo degli eventi che in quegli anni trasformeranno la società, il dvd approfondisce alcuni aspetti del Concilio Vaticano II per spiegare, anche a chi non è esperto in materia, lo spirito di questo storico evento, evidenziando allo stesso tempo il lavoro di conservazione e testimonianza che la Filmoteca Vaticana svolge dal 1959, per tramandare il patrimonio storico e culturale dell’umanità attraverso l’immagine…”

“…Kortamnn examines the theoretical justifications for assuming this position and again concludes that the law deserves reconsideration. …”

“…Liberal reform may have begun with JFK’s New Frontier, but his assassination only gave emotional urgency to his agenda. …”
Sumario

“…Los trabajos recogidos aquí consideran diversos aspectos de esta situación, estudiando en detalle la interacción entre principios externistas específicos y las líneas argumentativas principales del escepticismo…”

“…Embodied Emotions makes an original contribution to ongoing debates on the normative aspects of emotions and will be of interest to philosophers working on emotions, embodied cognition and situated cognition, as well as neuroscientists or psychologists who study emotions and are interested in placing their own work within a broader theoretical framework…”

“…Joaquim de Vasconcelos reuniu um saber invulgar e disperso, empenhou-se com um entusiasmo anárquico em questões que eram, ou seriam, temas chave: o Ensino Artístico, com ênfase na aprendizagem do Desenho, fundamento quer das Belas-Artes, quer das Artes Industriais e Caseiras pelas quais lutaria de forma aguerrida e pioneira; as emigrações artísticas para a Península; as origens e influências da Pintura em Portugal, sobretudo nos séculos XV e XVI; organizou, ou ajudou a organizar, diversas exposições do Centro Artístico Portuense e da Sociedade de Instrução do Porto; assumiu uma posição contra o estilo Manuelino; fez a descoberta científica dos Painéis de S. …”

“…Aujourd’hui réintégrée dans ses fonctions, Catherine Pederzoli-Ventura récidive, avec la complicité du journaliste Simon Marty, en associant le récit de ses voyages de la mémoire de la Shoah à celui du harcèlement qu’elle a subi pour les avoir organisés…”

“…He is the author of Paper and Iron, The House of Rothschild, The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus, Empire, Colossus, The War of the World, The Ascent of Money, High Financier and Civilization. …”

“…Thus, even though highly technical, the cases that forms the matter of this book, are not so exotic for an English speaking audience.What makes this study an important contribution to the social studies of law is that, because of an unprecedented access to the collective discussions of judges, Latour has been able to reconstruct in details the weaving of legal reasoning : it is clearly not the social that explains the law, but the legal ties that alter what it is to be associated together. It is thus a major contribution to Latour's social theory since it is now possible to compare the ways legal ties build up associations with the other types of connections that he has studied in other fields of acticity. …”
Sumario

“…Di lettera in lettera assistiamo così al ricomporsi della lacerazione tra l’intellettuale e il politico, vediamo la riflessione sui temi della libertà e della democrazia riversarsi nell’analisi delle istituzioni e della situazione politica americana messe a confronto con quelle europee, e farsi proposta concreta di intervento contro il dilagare dei fascismi e delle dittature…”

“…Avec lui, sous son impulsion, le Saint-Siège a assumé le service prophétique de la contradiction…”

“…'Communication and conflict' situates and explains the growth of diplomatic activity from a series of perspectives - political and institutional, cognitive and linguistic, material and spatial - and thus offers a highly sophisticated and persuasive account of causation, change, and impact in respect of a major political and cultural form.0The volume also provides the most complete account to date of how it was that specifically Italian forms of diplomacy came to play such a central role, not only in the development of international relations at the European level, but also in the spread and application of humanism and of the new modes of political thinking and political discussion associated with the generations of Machiavelli and Guicciardini…”

“…They explain that progress is being held back by an uncritical acceptance of folk wisdom regarding how experiments should be conducted, a failure to acknowledge that different objectives call for different approaches to experimental design, and a misplaced assumption that principles of good practice in theoretical modeling can be transferred directly to experimental design. …”

“…Las que estoy quemando al volver por escrito a Palestina cuando se enciende el terrible bombardeo de Gaza». Así se planta Meruane en este libro que hermana la crónica personal y el ensayo literario y que resulta extraordinario no solo por su valeroso trasunto autobiográfico, sino, sobre todo, por su prosa llena de finezas y de hallazgos…”

“…Este conjunto epistolar se convierte así en uno de los últimos testimonios inéditos de la vida del genial autor argentino…”

“…La presidencia de Adolfo Suárez, además de resumir los aspectos más esenciales de la política desarrollada por Felipe González en su etapa de gobierno, incluye información como el resultado de las elecciones generales celebradas en España en esos años, el resultado de las elecciones autonómicas y europeas, fragmentos de algunos de los discursos pronunciados por Felipe González, imágenes de la época, textos relevantes del momento y otros datos que guardan relación con el contexto analizado."…”

“…Through the microcosm of the fashion show, The Fashion Show Goes Live asks broader socio-political questions about the effects of the fashion industry's mediatization, challenging the notion that new technology has fostered inclusivity."…”