“…Più produttivo gli sembra attensersi a due profili: da un lato, il rapporto di tali azioni con gli istituti della retentio e della compesatio; dall'altro, una rinnovata indagine volta a collocare nello sviluppo delle tutel giudiziali e del pensiero giurisprudenziale le attestazioni come contrariae (non sempre presenti nelle fonti correlate) attribuite a tali azioni, nonché le esigenze a cui rispondevano…”

“…Mai come in passato, tuttavia, i saperi scientifici richiedono la collaborazione della filosofia per comprendere appieno il significato da attribuire alla plasticità del nostro cervello, così da affrontare con strumenti epistemologici efficaci le implicazioni morali, politiche e giuridiche poste dalla nostra condotta di creature dell’abitudine…”

“…Flaubert, Balzac, Baudelaire y tantos otros nombres mayores de la literatura francesa son protagonistas de unas páginas que por primera vez se atrevieron a levantar el velo de las convenciones sociales y los falsos pudores para mostrarnos la vida literaria, política y social de una época, el Segundo Imperio, en toda su sorprendente, hiriente, conmovedora verdad…”

“…I saggi contenuti in questo volume mettono alla prova tale approccio analitico, applicandolo ai linguaggi mediatici contemporanei, dal social networking al videogioco, identificandone gli eventuali aspetti rischiosi e facendo emergere – anche attraverso lo studio di esempi concreti e la proposta di linkografie aggiornate e di spunti per attività in classe – le molteplici potenzialità come risorse didattiche e formative…”

“…Todo ello al ritmo de un personal estilo de conversar, que asegura a Antonio Arco la fortuna de una valiosa escritura impresionista sobre el mundo actual, visto desde la atalaya que él mismo ha construido para llevar a cabo su trabajo de lúcido observador…”

“…Starvation set in rapidly, and people ate anything: grass, tree bark, dogs, corpses. In some cases, they killed one another for food. …”

“…Among works discussed are Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum in Berlin, Rachel Whiteread's Holocaust Memorial in Vienna, Morris Louis's series of paintings Charred Journal, photographer Shimon Attie's Writing on the Wall, and Mikael Levin's series Untitled. …”
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“…In Implacable Foes, award-winning historians Waldo Heinrichs (a veteran of both theatres of war in World War II) and Marc Gallicchio bring to life the final year of World War Two in the Pacific right up to the dropping of the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, evoking not only Japanese policies of desperate defense, but the sometimes rancorous debates on the home front. …”

“…As the movers and shakers of Munich's political scene tried to blame everything on him in the course of the trial, Hitler was presented with a golden opportunity to place himself at the centre of attention, turning what had been the 'Ludendorff trial' into the 'Hitler trial'. …”

“…Buc addresses the culturally sanctioned logic that might lead a sane person to kill or die on principle, traces the circuitous reasoning that permits contradictory political actions, such as coercing freedom or pardoning war atrocities, and locates religious faith at the backbone of nationalist conflict. …”

“…Esta excepción legal, común actualmente a la ejecución laboral y a la de la Recaudación, se conceptúa como salvedad de la vis attractiva concursus de carácter ejecutivo. Por ello, el estudio de los requisitos en la norma y la jurisprudencia, así como los mecanismos de control en su dinámica, son semejantes a los del apremio separado de la Recaudación, y ahí el subtítulo de la obra. …”

“…Basándose en una amplia bibliografía clásica y contemporánea, y excelentemente escrito, el libro ofrece a los científicos sociales -desde aquellos que están en los últimos años de sus estudios de grado hasta los investigadores cualitativos y otros académicos- una guía creativa y accesible sobre las posibilidades y retos de trabajar con estos métodos, con un enfoque multidisciplinar, y con especial atención a cuestiones ligadas a la teoría, la metodología, la ética y la difusión de materiales…”
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“…Written for students and researchers of cognitive science, the authors offer a fuller view of the mind, a view better attuned to the experiences of people who live, work, love, struggle, and age, thrown into a world of meaningful relations they help create. …”

“…There have been few attempts to explain the Rwandan horror, and none has succeeded so well as this one. …”

“…Con el asalto al poder local, los patronos del pueblo, ahora con la camisa azul de Falange y con el apoyo y aquiescencia de la autoridad militar y eclesiástica, acometen en pocos meses una atroz masacre con la eliminación sistemática de los obreros identificados con la izquierda…”

“…He explains in clear, accessible language the divisive impact of rules about zoning, redevelopment, land use, and the organization of such city services as education and policing. He pays special attention to the underlying role of anxiety about strangers, the widespread desire for good schools, and the pervasive fear of crime. …”

“…Finally, in the northern city of Newcastle, she is a fly on the wall as council workers see off an attempt by British Telecom to take over local services and win the battle for a democratic public alternative. …”

“…The book will reward close attention by policymakers and strategic managers alike, and makes a timely contribution to scholarship on the topic."…”

“…A concluding chapter identifies central problems in the history of knowledge, from triumphalism to relativism, together with attempts to solve them. The only book of its kind yet to be published, What is the History of Knowledge? …”

“…Su historia recorrió toda Europa, llamando la atención de los más variopintos personajes, y acabó trágicamente cuando, sin que se sepa a ciencia cierta el autor ni la razón, fue asesinado vilmente el 14 de diciembre de 1833. …”