“…Though Aristotle introduces this premise while analyzing human activities, it is absent from approaches in the theory of action that self-identify as Aristotelian. …”

“…¿Has pensado que hay ficciones que influyen en tus actos más que la realidad misma? Érase una vez en tu cerebro es un ensayo a medio camino entre lo científico y lo humanístico, lo divulgativo y lo novelesco, que responde a todas esas preguntas con la neurociencia y un variado y rico muestrario de obras narrativas. …”

“…Milner constructs a new model based on two-level game theory, reflecting the political activity at both the domestic and international levels. …”
Sumario

“…Entre sus obras, estos Júbilos de Lima describen las «fiestas reales que hizo esta muy noble y leal ciudad, capital y emporio de la América austral, en celebración de los augustos casamientos del serenísimo señor don Luis Fernando, Príncipe de las Asturias, nuestro señor, con la serenísima señora Princesa de Orleans, y del señor rey cristianísimo Luis Décimo Quinto con la serenísima señora doña María Ana Victoria, infanta de España», integrando una breve historia del Perú, con la serie de sus incas, los elogios a la Corona y la evocación de los actos festivos (desfiles, toros, carros simbólicos, fuegos artificiales, comedias y pompas triunfales), en un texto que explora una síntesis de erudición clásica, admiración por la historia precolombina y devoción por la Corona y la cultura hispánica, fundidas en la ciudad de Lima, que asimila a una Roma o Atenas de Indias"--Contracubierta…”

“…This holistic approach covers: - early communication and language - the achievements of young bilinguals - the significance of stories, narrative and language play - the emergence of literacy in homes, early years settings and classrooms…”

“…"Power and Persuasion" stands apart for its critical evaluation of the concepts, doctrines, and activities that the US Department of Defense and Department of State employ for the art of strategic communication including psychological operations, military information support operations, propaganda, and public diplomacy. …”

“…This is the first detailed biography in English to give coverage of the full range of Münzenberg's activism. There are valuable lessons to be learnt from the book about the best ways to counter fascism which are powerfully relevant to our contemporary political situation. …”

“…From an interdisciplinary perspective this study considers the epistemological and metaphysical foundations of the contemplative act; the nature of the active and contemplative lives in light of Aquinas’s Dominican calling; the role of faith, charity, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit in contemplation; and contemplation and the beatific vision. …”

“…Extra-curricular clubs and activities reinforced classroom experiences and helped discipline the mind, body, and behaviors. …”

“…Looking to folkloristics, part II examines modern instances of the textualization of an oral traditional work in order to reconstruct the creation of written versions of the Homeric poems through a process that began with a poet dictating to a scribe.0Combining research into scribal activity in other cultures, especially in the fields of religious studies and medieval studies, with research into performance in the field of linguistic anthropology, part III investigates some of the earliest extant texts of the Homeric epics, the so-called wild papyri.0By looking at oral texts, dictated texts, and wild texts, this volume traces the intricate history of Homeric texts from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period, long before the emergence of standardized written texts, in a comparative and interdisciplinary study that will benefit researchers in a number of disciplines across the humanities."…”

“…Digital Dieting: From Information Obesity to Intellectual Fitness provides active, conscious, careful and applicable strategies to move students and citizens from searching to researching, sharing to thinking, and shopping to reading -- Contracubierta…”

“…The text adopts a hands-on, jargon-free approach, and includes relevant examples, case studies, reader activities and sources of further reading. Key areas covered include: what is information needs analysis? …”

“…Camprub offers a different perspective, considering instead scientists' and engineers' active roles in producing those political mandates. …”

“…The Jesuits were a major source of European information on Japan from the late 16th to early 17th century. Not only were they active missionaries but they also produced linguistic, religious and cultural tracts, regional chronicles, as well as hundreds of Latin plays written in imitation of classical Greco-Roman theatre but set in Japan. …”

“…Developed in the interwar years by Jesuits and Dominicans, the nouvelle théologie reimagined the Church’s relationship to public life, encouraging political activism, engaging with secular philosophy, and inspiring doctrinal changes adopted by the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. …”

“…Ruderman explores five crucial and powerful characteristics uniting Jewish communities: a mobility leading to enhanced contacts between Jews of differing backgrounds, traditions, and languages, as well as between Jews and non-Jews; a heightened sense of communal cohesion throughout all Jewish settlements that revealed the rising power of lay oligarchies; a knowledge explosion brought about by the printing press, the growing interest in Jewish books by Christian readers, an expanded curriculum of Jewish learning, and the entrance of Jewish elites into universities; a crisis of rabbinic authority expressed through active messianism, mystical prophecy, radical enthusiasm, and heresy; and, the blurring of religious identities, impacting such groups as conversos, Sabbateans, individual converts to Christianity, and Christian Hebraists. …”

“…Based in large part on a carefully argued utilitarian practical philosophy, he developed a program for the non-violent reform of the authoritarian institutions of the Hapsburg Empire, a program which he himself helped to set in motion through his teaching and other activities. …”

“…In her time in office, she announced a GBP3.5m programme to be spent promoting classes and extra-curricular activities that build "grit" and "resilience" in a generation of schoolchildren. …”

“…This book thus illuminates Xenophon's importance within the vibrant intellectual culture of ancient Greece as an active participant in and evaluator of his world, as well as his impact over time.-- Contracubierta…”

“…Estos documentos representan una muestra de varios tipos textuales (actas de ayuntamiento, ordenanzas municipales, inventarios de bienes, repartimientos, libros de habices, etc.) relacionados con la vida municipal y administrativa del antiguo reino y se configuran como fuentes indispensables a la hora de abordar y matizar ciertos aspectos poco estudiados sobre el arabismo léxico en español. …”